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Baseball Art from the Gladstone Collection

exilewarriors — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:01:03 +0000

It’s America’s favorite pastime. It’s every boys’ favorite game. It’s one of the commonplaces of America. Which all make it one of the richest subjects in art. This exhibition features a collection of paintings, sculptures, prints, and memorabilia that trace the history of baseball. Kind of like Cooperstown comes to Philadelphia, this exhibition is a special tribute to the sport and all that it has inspired in all of us. Artists represented include Ben Shahn, Claes Oldenburg, John Martin, William Merrit Chase, and Robert Rauschenberg.

SFJAZZ Spring Season

exilewarriors — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:00:21 +0000

SFJAZZ presents its second annual Spring Season, a dynamic series of concerts, films, and educational programmes held in venues throughout the city. Under the dexterous direction of saxophonist Joshua Redman, the series features five weekends of top-notch performance by some of the best-known names in music. Among the many performers are Redman, Terence Blanchard, Nicholas Payton, Paolo Conte, Diane Reeves, Marcus Roberts and Mingus Amungus. Each week’s series is categorised accordingly – The Trumpet, The Voice, What’s New, Solo Piano, The Bass.

His Wife’s Diary

exilewarriors — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:00:14 +0000

Already set to be submitted as Russia’s entry for the Academy Award’s best foreign film category, ‘His Wife’s Diary’ is one of the few real quality Russian films of the last few years. Focusing on Russian émigré writer Ivan Bunin and his troubled personal life in the South of France in the 1930s and 1940s. Bunin, who won the Nobel Prize in 1933, is portrayed as part-tyrant, part-child in his dealings with his unusual household – he lived with both his wife and his lover. In Russian.

Antarctica: S.S.S.S.S.I.

exilewarriors — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:00:14 +0000

It may still be 20 degree Celsius, but that’s winter in Hong Kong. Australian artist Stephen Eastaugh must be finding it like a tropical heatwave since he spent much of last winter in Antaractica. He has gathered together paintings and drawings he made while living in sub-zero temperatures and created an exhibition charting his travels. The artist says the name ‘S.S.S.S.S.I.’ stands for ‘Site of Special Scenic, Scientific and Sacred Interest’.

Mamma Mia!

exilewarriors — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:00:14 +0000

This hugely successful musical moves from London’s West End across the Atlantic. Based on songs by megapopsters ABBA, it’s simultaneously a greatest hits concert and a coming-of-age story about a mother and daughter preparing for the daughter’s wedding. Original, comic and touching, it ingeniously weaves over 20 of the group’s best known songs like ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘The Winner Takes It All’, ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’ and, of course, ‘Mamma Mia’ into award-winning British playwright Catherine Johnson’s funny and poignant script.

Eduard Gaertner 1801-1877

exilewarriors — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:00:50 +0000

This exhibition plays tribute to the celebrated Biedermeier painter Eduard Gaertner. Known for their simplicity and clarity, his light-drenched pictures depict views of Berlin in the mid 19th-century before the founding of the German Reich. His subjects include everything from monuments and churches to cabarets, factories and country estates. It is the first time all Gaertner’s works have been brought together in a single show. As well as marking the second centenary of his birth, the exhibition is timed to coinicide with a host of events celebrating the 300th anniversary of the proclamation of the kingdom of Prussia.

The Triumph of French Painting

exilewarriors — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:00:50 +0000

This exhibition includes over 50 major French paintings from the 19th and early-20th centuries, from neo-classicism to post-impressionism. ‘The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse’ is sponsored by the Baltimore Museum of Art and JP Morgan. Among the immortals on display are Cezanne, Degas, Delacroix, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, and Picasso. An art lover’s delight, this show will be one of the highlights of the season.

Rose Theatre

exilewarriors — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:00:50 +0000

56 Park Street, SE1 (020 7593 0026)

London Bridge or Cannon Street tube/rail. Open 10am-5pm daily (last entry 4.30pm). Admission ?3; ?2 5s-15s; ?2.50 students, OAPs, disabled. Credit MC, V.

Website: http://www.rdg.ac.uk/rose

The remains of the
sixteenth-century Rose, the first of four playhouses to be built at
Bankside, were rediscovered in 1989 during excavations on a site where
new office buildings were due to be erected. The extensive remnants,
some two-thirds of the original site, would have been built over were
it not for the campaigning of a group of actors, scholars and ordinary
theatre-loving punters. Currently there’s a sound and light exhibition,
with a video narrated by Sir Ian McKellan, aimed at raising awareness
of the Rose. In the longer term, the Rose Theatre Trust wants to see
the site fully excavated (during which time the public can watch the
archaeologists at work) and open to all – this is pending further
funding being raised.

Japoni Santé

exilewarriors — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:02:05 +0000

Minimalist Japanese meets sumptuous French in a marriage made in culinary heaven. This pretty eatery in the busy Halsted/Armitage shopping neighbourhood is painted in vivid red and blue with hanging lamps above silky gold banquettes. Sample sushi and sake, grab a meal to go or linger over a full meal and wine. The new menu emphasises smaller, sharable portions. Traditional French dishes combine with Japanese sauces, while Japanese dishes take on a French flair. Try crispy soft-shell crab salad, seafood tempura or marinated sea bass with miso sauce.

Gaslight

exilewarriors — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:02:05 +0000

Gaslight is the suspenseful thriller of the diabolical Mr Manningham who embarks upon a well-laid plan to drive his wife insane. Accused of losing her own belongings and unnerved by the dimming gaslights, Mrs Manningham is at wits end and believes everyone to be plotting against her. Enter the mysterious inspector Rough, who makes grueling accusations about her husband, and the story takes a harrowing turn. This Broadway and Hollywood classic will make you rethink what hides in the dark of shadows.