Mid-Week Libation: How ‘Bout Them Apples?
Cynthia Erivo & Dionne Warwick, cinematic legends Dorothy Arzner & Anna May Wong, a gallery of artwork from 1928 for Public Domain Day, the apple's ancient ancestor, & Paul Lynde’s best quips!
Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture! Click above to listen to this weeks’ audio segment!
Outstanding Music Performance: Cynthia Erivo Performs "Alfie" for Dionne Warwick at the 46th Kennedy Center Honors
How ‘Bout Them Apples? A Fascinating Article!
Saving the Apple's Ancient Ancestor in the Forests of Kazakhstan (via Smithsonian Magazine)
Honoring Two Legends of Cinema: Dorothy Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) & Anna May Wong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961)
Click here or here to watch the short PBS documentary: Anna May Wong: The First Asian American Movie Star!
Monday was Public Domain Day 2024!
January 1, 2024 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1928 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1923! (via Duke Law)
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2024: Enjoy Classic Works by Virginia Woolf, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, D. H. Lawrence, Bertolt Brecht & More (via Open Culture)
Happy Public Domain Day 2024! (via The Public Domain Review)
A Gallery of Artworks from 1928:
1) Abaporu by Tarsila do Amaral; 2) Marguerite Kelsey by Meredith Frampton; 3) I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold by Charles Demuth; 4) Lit by the Sun by Zinaida Serebriakova; 5) Metropolis by Otto Dix; 6) Girl on a Hill by Prudence Heward; 7) Textile Design for Cretonne by Loïs Mailou Jones; 8) The Empty Mask by René Magritte; 9) Tower of Babel by M. C. Escher
Laugh Out Loud with Paul Lynde’s Best Quips!
Artists Born Today: January 3rd
Visual Artists:
Today is the birthday of Johann Baptist Zimmermann, Carl Gustav Carus, Larkin Goldsmith Mead, Władysław Malecki, Joseph Carlier, Ernst Klimt, John E. Thompson, Omar Racim, Anna Lesznai, Harriet von Rathlef, August Macke, Harry Edward Stinson, Gyula Czimra, Migishi Setsuko, Ray Strong, Óscar Domínguez, Josef Herman, Jack Levine, André Franquin, Toshiko Okanoue, Kōjirō Akagi, Ewen Henderson, Mary Heilmann, Arif Aziz, Melvin Way, Barbara Nanning and Ida Ivanka Kubler!
Writers, Philosophers & Scholars:
Today is the birthday of Cicero, Pietro Metastasio, Nguyễn Du, Lucretia Mott, Savitribai Phule, Henry Handel Richardson, J. R. R. Tolkien, Doris P. Buck, Boris Kochno, Genoveva Matute, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Marcel Dubé, Anne Stevenson, Doreen Massey, Norma Elia Cantú, Alex Wheatle, Marie Darrieussecq, Charles Yu, Hannah Sullivan and Troy Onyango!
Musicians & Composers:
Today is the birthday of Borys Lyatoshynsky, Preston Jackson, Lina Mathon-Blanchet, Victor Borge, Antonio Estévez, Maxene Andrews, Herbie Nichols, Renato Carosone, Musa Kaleem, George Martin, Dianne Brooks, Van Dyke Parks, Heinz Karl Gruber, Stephen Stills, James Mtume, John Paul Jones, Zulema, Coati Mundi, Marla Glen, James Carter, Thomas Bangalter and Susana Santos Silva!
Film/TV/Stage:
Today is the birthday of Dorothy Arzner, Anna May Wong, John Sturges, Bill Travers, Sergio Leone, Marpessa Dawn, Glen A. Larson, Leo de Berardinis, Thelma Schoonmaker, Shima Iwashita, Victoria Principal, Bruce LaBruce, Jon Proudstar, Nicholas Gonzalez, Nicole Beharie and Florence Pugh!
This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Henry Handel Richardson (January 3, 1870 – March 20, 1946)
Speaking of apples, I'm caramelizing some with chunks of sweet onion & thyme and olive oil in a WOK! How does that WOK? The kidneys wuv dem onions & apple-dapples and long tom tiks of toasty-woasts.
I totally agree on Richardson's quote. It leaves the court system with a LOT to be desired.