Mid-Week Libation: Hope Will Never Be Silent
Celebrating Harvey Milk Day with Ian McKellen! Plus an eclectic R&R playlist, a poem by Yone Noguchi, a visual poem by Kathleen Malay, and the first Mexican taco stand to earn a Michelin star!
Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture!
Celebrating Harvey Milk Day in honor of Harvey Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978)
Watch Ian McKellen’s powerful reading of Harvey Milk’s “Hope Speech”:
A perfect documentary to watch today: The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) - directed by Rob Epstein (available to stream via The Criterion Channel)
A perfect book to read/order/check out today: An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings
R&R’s Playlist of the Week: A European Paradox
Taquería El Califa de León: The First Mexican Taco Stand to Earn a Michelin Star!
This Taco Stand Just Won a Michelin Star, and It Only Serves 4 Things (via Food & Wine)
Poem of the Week: “I Am Like a Leaf” by Yone Noguchi (1875-1947)
I Am Like a Leaf
by Yone Noguchi
The silence is broken: into the nature
My soul sails out,
Carrying the song of life on his brow,
To meet the flowers and birds.
When my heart returns in the solitude,
She is very sad,
Looking back on the dead passions
Lying on Love’s ruin.
I am like a leaf
Hanging over hope and despair,
Which trembles and joins
The world’s imagination and ghost. After the Flags: A Visual Poem by Kathleen Malay (via Nowness Asia)
“Inspired by the iconic works of Indonesian artist Arahmaiani, Kathleen Malay's newest visual poem is a love letter to the power of art and community in an era of crises” [Source]
Interesting Artists Born Today: May 22nd
Visual Artists:
Today is the birthday of Gabriël Grupello, Hubert Robert, Amalia Lindegren, Worthington Whittredge, Félix Bracquemond, Mary Cassatt, Belmiro de Almeida, Lionel Walden, Lucy May Stanton, Julius Klinger, Clara Tice, Ferol Sibley Warthen, Clarence Sinclair Bull, Balcomb Greene, Hergé, Margaret Mee, Minoru Kawabata, Ed Moulthrop, Lorraine Fox, Sulton Rogers, Jerry Navarro Elizalde, Jean Tinguely, Marisol Escobar, Arnold Lobel, James Seawright, Abel Ramírez Águilar, Ubaldo Vitali, Salvo, Tomás Sánchez, Yolanda Andrade, Bae Bien-u and John Sisko!
Writers, Philosophers & Scholars:
Today is the birthday of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Charity Bryant, Hirose Tansō, Gérard de Nerval, Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Arthur Conan Doyle, Eva Gore-Booth, Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, Arthur Cravan, Emilio Carballido, Peter Matthiessen, Harvey Milk, Richard Oakes, Betty Williams, Coral Bracho, Barbara May Cameron, Lucie Brock-Broido, José Manuel Prieto and Max Brooks!
Musicians & Composers:
Today is the birthday of Annamacharya, Richard Wagner, Joséphine Boulay, Jean Cras, Julio Fonseca, Juan Arvizu, Sun Ra, Rita Vidaurri, Charles Aznavour, Elek Bacsik, Giuseppi Logan, Barry Rogers, Facundo Cabral, Calvin Simon, Bernie Taupin, Stuart Elliott, Chalmers Alford, Jerry Dammers, Morrissey, Mirri Lobo, Mark Taylor, Johnny Gill, AverySunshine, Vivian Green and Christian Sands!
Film/TV/Stage:
Today is the birthday of Laurence Olivier, Daniel Nagrin, Paul Winfield, Nakamura Kichiemon II, Hideaki Anno, Wang Xiaoshuai, Michael Kelly, Naomi Campbell, J. D. Williams, Maggie Q, Mo Heart and Jasmine Kennedie!
This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Harvey Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978)
