Mid-Week Libation: Love is a Magician
Our favorite Tuscan wine bar, a newly restored painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, a new music video from Beverly Glenn-Copeland, poetry for Hispanic Heritage Month & choreography from Bill T. Jones!
Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture!
Our Favorite Tuscan Wine Bar in Florence’s Coolest Neighborhood — Oltrarno: Tuscan Taste Wine Bar!
The Restoration of Artemisia Gentileschi’s Allegory of Inclination at the Casa Buonarroti (Florence, Italy)
Artemisia UpClose – Artemisia in the Museum of Michelangelo
Exhibition curator: Alessandro Cecchi
Florence, Casa Buonarroti, 26 September 2023 – 8 January 2024
For detailed information on the Inclination restoration project and to follow the various steps that led to the final result visible in the exhibition, through a series of evocative videos, click HERE!
Artemisia Gentileschi’s censored nude painting to be digitally unveiled (via The Guardian)
Music Video of the Week: Beverly Glenn-Copeland performing “Love Takes All” - Live From Lakewind Sound Studios
Academy of American Poets: Poems & Multimedia for Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15)
A treasure trove of poetry! Featuring poems in English & Spanish by Claribel Alegría, Richard Blanco, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Francisco X. Alarcón, Elizabeth Acevedo, Jaime Manrique and many more!
Inspiring Choreography! “The Red Circle and the Blue Curtain” — Bill T. Jones, Somi & Joshua Roman: The dancer, the singer, the cellist ... and a moment of creative magic
Artists Born Today: October 11th
Visual Artists:
Today is the birthday of James Barry, August Ahlborn, Emilie Linder, August Kiss, Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Alfred Kowalski, Marie Ernestine Lavieille, Nils Kreuger, Joseph Lindon Smith, Georges Gardet, Ruth Payne Burgess, Reynolds Beal, Karl Hofer, Curtis Moffat, George Ault, Edwin Dickinson, Anton Räderscheidt, Marguerite Wildenhain, Moissaye Marans, Margret Craver, Hy Hirsh, Joe Simon, Emilio Greco, Elie Grekoff, Édgar Negret, Raymond Moriyama, Bessie Harvey, Inez Storer, Peter Hujar, Betty Hahn, Jane Burch Cochran, Edjohnetta Miller, Andrew Logan, Rengha Rodewill, Michael Abramson, Akio Takamori, Gazmend Leka, Tony Heaton, Thomas Struth, Stan Douglas, Pedro Vizcaíno and Arman Nur!
Writers, Philosophers & Scholars:
Today is the birthday of Adela Zamudio, Eleanor Roosevelt, François Mauriac, Pierre Jean Jouve, Roman Jakobson, Elmore Leonard, Thích Nhất Hạnh, David Daniels, Daniel Quinn, David McFadden, Margaret Busby, Becky Birtha, Elana Dykewomon, Anne Enright, Lee Ann Brown and Ben Marcus!
Musicians & Composers:
Today is the birthday of George Bridgetower, R. Nathaniel Dett, Teddy Weatherford, Cartola, Art Blakey, Curtis Amy, Dottie West, Billy Higgins, Lester Bowie, Daryl Hall, Andrew Woolfolk, Brian Jackson, Alexander Hacke, MC Lyte, Rachel Barton Pine and Cardi B!
Film/TV/Stage:
Today is the birthday of Jerome Robbins, Earle Hyman, Frederick Combs, Ron Leibman, Amitabh Bachchan, Amos Gitai, Dawn French, Joan Cusack, Lennie James, Luke Perry, Jane Krakowski, Stephen Moyer, Constance Zimmer, Justin Lin, Matt Bomer, Wes Chatham and Brandon Flynn!
This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499)
