Mid-Week Libation: Give Me Something Real
Artist Richard Mayhew's 100th birthday, a red wine from Lebanon, a new R&R playlist, choreography from Micaela Taylor, a poem by Iris Tree & words of wisdom from David Hyde Pierce!
Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture! Click above to listen to this weeks’ audio segment!
R&R’s Newest Playlist: Give Me Something Real
Wildstar’s Wednesday Wine Pick: Ixsir ‘El Ixsir’ Red (Batroun, Lebanon)
Happy 100th Birthday to Artist Richard Mayhew! (born April 3, 1924)
Check out the exhibition, Richard Mayhew: Inner Terrain, at The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (currently on view until May 12, 2024!)
Richard Mayhew’s Visionary Mindscapes (via Hyperallergic)
“The Sun is Lord of Life and Colour” by Iris Tree (1897-1968)
“The Sun is Lord of Life and Colour”
by Iris Tree
The sun is lord of life and colour,
Blood of the rose and hyacinth,
Hair of the sea and forests,
Crown of the cornfields,
Body of the hills.
The moon is the harlot of Death,
Slaughterer of the Sun,
Priestess and poisoner she goes
With all her silver flock of wandering souls,
Her chant of wailing waters,
The bed of shimmering dust from which she comes
Bound all around with bandages of mist....
The living are as blossoms and fruit on the tree,
The dead are as lilies and wind on the marshes;
The living are as cherries that bow to the morning
Beckoning to the loitering stranger,
The wind, to sing them his eerie ballads.
The dead are as frozen skeleton branches
Whereon the stillness perches like an owl....
The dead are as snows on the cherry orchard.
1918Choreography of the Week: MISFIT by Micaela Taylor
Just Dance: MISFIT - Moving through an LA liquor store, choreographer Micaela Taylor weaves an ego-fueled exchange into dance (via Nowness)
Interesting Artists Born Today: April 3rd
Visual Artists:
Today is the birthday of Knut Ekwall, Henry van de Velde, Henry Keller, Zella de Milhau, Frits Van den Berghe, Beatrice S. Levy, Josef Breitenbach, Józef Czapski, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Russel Wright, Hedi Schoop, Edvarda Lie, Eleanor de Laittre, Eusebio Sempere, Richard Mayhew, Harvey Dinnerstein, Raoul Middleman, Herb Greene, Frank Gohlke, Gregory Spaid, Giuseppe Penone, Francesca Woodman, Carlos J. Tirado Yepes, Betsy Eby, Jamie Hewlett and Graydon Parrish!
Writers, Philosophers & Scholars:
Today is the birthday of George Herbert, Washington Irving, Anne Lister, Mary Carpenter, Harriet Prescott Spofford, John Burroughs, Narcisa Amália, José Juan Tablada, Rachel Annand Taylor, Dora Russell, Nirmal Verma, William Bast, Jane Goodall, A. C. Grayling, Sarah Arvio and Yu Hua!
Musicians & Composers:
Today is the birthday of Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes, Grigoraș Dinicu, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Lili Kraus, Bubber Miley, Louiguy, Enrique Iturriaga, Ervin Drake, Jimmy McGriff, Scott LaFaro, Harold Vick, Louis Satterfield, Jeff Barry, François de Roubaix, Philippé Wynne, Mario Lavista, Richard Manuel, Daniel Catán, Eric Kloss, Richard Thompson, Simon Raymonde, Leona Lewis and Young M.A!
Film/TV/Stage:
Today is the birthday of Dooley Wilson, Leslie Howard, Doris Day, Marlon Brando, Lino Brocka, Eric Braeden, Marsha Mason, Jonathan Lynn, Alec Baldwin, David Hyde Pierce, Eddie Murphy, Adam Scott, Jamie Bamber, Matthew Goode and Rachel Bloom!
This Week’s Words of Wisdom: David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959)
Richard Mayhew's art is amazing. What a take on landscape!