Mid-Week Libation: Piece of My Heart
Erma Franklin & Candi Staton sing their hits, a long-lost Clara Bow film, a tour of The Met's Harlem Renaissance exhibition, John Cameron Mitchell's queer art church & a lovely red wine from Greece!
Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture!
[Editor’s Note: No audio segment from us this week. Instead, have a listen to Erma Franklin and Candi Staton singing their signature songs!]
Two Music Legends Born Today: Erma Franklin (March 13, 1938 – September 7, 2002) & Candi Staton (born March 13, 1940)
Wildstar’s Wednesday Wine Pick: Oenoforos Rouvalis Tsigello PGI Slopes of Aegialia (Peloponnese, Greece)
Take a Guided Video Tour of The Met’s New Exhibition: The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
Lost Film Starring Clara Bow Rediscovered!
Rediscovered Clara Bow Movie ‘The Pill Pounder’ to Screen for First Time in 101 Years This April (via IndieWire)
“The film, thought for decades to be lost, was found recently in the auction of items from a defunct Omaha-based distributor.” [Source]
How John Cameron Mitchell Turned His New Orleans Home Into a Queer Art Church
“The creator moved south for a chance at a more affordable life—and found it in the former home of (among other things) the secret society Ordo Templi Orientis.” [Source]
Interesting Artists Born Today: March 13th
Visual Artists:
Today is the birthday of Georges de La Tour, Johan Zoffany, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Hans Gude, Maximilien Luce, Alexej von Jawlensky, William Glackens, Lizzy Ansingh, Marius de Zayas, Josef Gočár, Kōtarō Takamura, Agueda Salazar Martinez, Andrée Bosquet, Li Mei-shu, William Melton Halsey, Marjorie Blamey, John Rhoden, Kumi Sugai, Irving Kriesberg, Al Jaffee, Jane Bown, Robert Denning, Bill Cunningham, Günther Uecker, Giuliano Vangi, Diane Dillon, Minnie Adkins, Aquirax Uno, Robert Qualters, István Árkossy, Ibrahim Hussein, Virginia Stroud, Samir Mondal, Laura Peery, Russell Young, Roshini Kempadoo, Mikhail Reva and Yehia Dessouki!
Writers, Philosophers & Scholars:
Today is the birthday of Hugh Walpole, Janet Flanner, Yeghishe Charents, George Seferis, Margaret Craven, Brian Howard, Félix Morisseau-Leroy, Richard E. Kim, Barry Hughart, Kofi Awoonor, Zulfikar Ghose, Donella Meadows, Mahmoud Darwish, Alberto Manguel, Caryl Phillips, Yurii Andrukhovych, Alastair Reynolds and Viet Thanh Nguyen!
Musicians & Composers:
Today is the birthday of Michel Blavet, Delphine von Schauroth, José Ferrer, Hugo Wolf, Louis Chauvin, Pancho Vladigerov, Lightnin' Slim, Ina Ray Hutton, Roy Haynes, Ronnie Hazlehurst, Blue Mitchell, Rosalind Elias, Mike Stoller, Erma Franklin, Julian Bahula, Neil Sedaka, Candi Staton, Scatman John, Moses Hogan, Melvin Taylor, Adam Clayton, Terence Blanchard, Fito Páez, Chico Science and Common!
Film/TV/Stage:
Today is the birthday of Dorothy Davenport, Joseph Mascolo, Leslie Parrish, André Téchiné, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, William H. Macy, Robin Duke, Glenne Headly, Dana Delany, Joe Ranft, John Greyson, Anusha Rizvi and Ryan Jamaal Swain!
This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Janet Flanner (March 13, 1892 – November 7, 1978)
Read more about the fascinating life of Janet Flanner here! (via Elisa Rolle at Queer Places)