Mid-Week Libation: Floating On A Moment

Joan Rivers on being herself, a perfect summer wine & cheese pairing, an amazing live performance from Beth Gibbons, the art of Jeffrey Gibson, remembering Qiu Miaojin & wisdom from Laverne Cox!

Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture!

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Amazing Live Performance! Beth Gibbons Live at Artone Studios in Haarlem (Recorded May 1, 2024)

• Purchase or stream Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons! (multiple platforms)

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A Perfect Summer Pairing: Creamy Liptauer (Spicy Cheese Spread) paired with Grüner Veltliner! (via Curious Cuisinière)

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• Click here for a printable recipe for Liptauer! (via Curious Cuisinière)

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Paired with Wildstar’s Wednesday Wine Pick: Weingut Leo Alzinger Loibenberg Gruner Veltliner Smaragd (Wachau, Austria)

Purchase via Wine-Searcher

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The Art of Jeffrey Gibson at the Venice Biennale 2024

• Official Site of Jeffrey Gibson / Instagram / Works for Sale (via Artsy)

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Remembering Taiwanese Writer Qiu Miaojin (May 29, 1969 – June 25, 1995)

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• A Crocodile In Paris: The Queer Classics of Qiu Miaojin (via Longreads)

• Missive Impossible: Qiu Miaojin’s Philosophical Investigation of Love and Grief by Eileen Myles (via Bookforum)

• Read an excerpt from Qiu Miaojin’s Notes of a Crocodile (via The Margins)

• Read an excerpt from Qiu Miaojin’s Last Words from Montmartre (via Guernica)

Purchase here.

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Hilarious Interview: Joan Rivers on Being Herself (via PBS American Masters)

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Interesting Artists Born Today: May 29th

Visual Artists:

Today is the birthday of Louise-Adéone Drölling, Clark Voorhees, Christine Swane, Doris Ulmann, Marlow Moss, Anna-Eva Bergman, Joyce Treiman, Behjat Sadr, Lars Bo, Teodoro González de León, Aw Tee Hong, Ken Kiff, Sargy Mann, Novera Ahmed, Howard Bingham, Joyce Tenneson, John Raimondi, Manuel Castellanos López, Cephas Yao Agbemenu, Hugh Buchanan and Nick Gentry!

Writers, Philosophers & Scholars:

Today is the birthday of Louise Michel, Martin Wickramasinghe, Alfonsina Storni, T. H. White, Leah Goldberg, Coleman Dowell, Harry Frankfurt, Éric Jourdan, Paul R. Ehrlich, Abdelrahman Munif, Nancy Cárdenas, André Brink, Robert L. Allen, Marvin X, Melvin Dixon, Louise Cooper, Hida Viloria, Qiu Miaojin and R. F. Kuang!

Musicians & Composers:

Today is the birthday of Isaac Albéniz, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Fela Sowande, Iannis Xenakis, Eugene Wright, Freddie Redd, Sandy Mosse, Ben Patterson, Sylvia Robinson, Hibari Misora, Irmin Schmidt, Gary Brooker, Hilton Ruiz, Danny Elfman, Mars Williams, Steve Hanley, Melissa Etheridge, Wycliffe Gordon, M Lamar and Sean Jones!

Film/TV/Stage:

Today is the birthday of Josef von Sternberg, Bob Hope, Sebastian Shaw, Helmut Berger, Clara Law, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Annette Bening, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Rupert Everett, Laverne Cox, Aaron McGruder, Sarah Millican, Pearl Mackie and Riley Keough!

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This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972)

“If you have a problem with people living their lives and being authentically who they are, you really should go and do some soul-searching.” — Laverne Cox [Source: Azquotes]

• Official Site of Laverne Cox / Instagram

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