Mid-Week Libation: Step Off the Beaten Path

Celebrating Women's History Month with Carmen de Lavallade, Kiri Te Kanawa, Pretty Yende, Nigella Lawson, Harriet Hosmer and 7 Novels About Women Over 60 Who Defy Societal Expectations!

Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture! Click above to listen to this weeks’ audio segment!

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Two Sensational Sopranos Born Today: Pretty Yende (b. March 6, 1985) & Kiri Te Kanawa (b. March 6, 1944)

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America’s Most Famous 19th-Century Woman Sculptor: Harriet Hosmer (1830 – 1908)

1) Daphne (1854); 2) Clasped Hands of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1853); 3) Medusa (c. 1854); 4) Zenobia in Chains (1859); 5) The Sleeping Faun (1864); 6) Will-o-the-Wisp (c. 1858)

• Harriet Hosmer on Art and Ambition: The World’s First Successful Woman Sculptor on What It Takes to Be a Great Artist by Maria Popova (via The Marginalian)

• Harriet Hosmer at Queer Places (by Elisa Rolle)

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Comfort Food Recipe of the Week: Nigella's Dreamy, Creamy Peanut Butter Pasta

• Click here for the printable recipe!

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A Great Reading List! 7 Novels About Women Over 60 Who Defy Societal Expectations (via Electric Literature)

• 7 Novels About Women Over 60 Who Defy Societal Expectations Stories from around the world that take older women seriously by Andrea Carlisle (via Electric Literature)

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Legendary Dancer/Choreographer Carmen de Lavallade turns 93 today! Happy Birthday Carmen!

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Interesting Artists Born Today: March 6th

Visual Artists:

Today is the birthday of Michelangelo, Michelangelo Naccherino, Anna Claypoole Peale, Annie Feray Mutrie, Sofie Ribbing, Emil Julius Epple, María Blanchard, F. Burrall Hoffman, Daniel Kabiljo, Carmen Lind Pettersen, Li Hua, Ejler Bille, Will Eisner, Roger Medearis, Herman Leonard, Bikki Sunazawa, Pauline Boty, Joel Meyerowitz, Ken Danby, David Rabinowitch, Marianne Maderna, Arthur Ollman, Felice Varini, Jorge Muscia, Camille Utterback and Oscar Abreu!

Writers, Philosophers & Scholars:

Today is the birthday of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Rose Fyleman, Ring Lardner, Parker Tyler, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Donald Davidson, Leo Bretholz, Gabriel García Márquez, Elsa Cross, Peter Finch, Wang Anyi, Sholeh Wolpé, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, Patrick deWitt and Daniel H. Wilson!

Musicians & Composers:

Today is the birthday of Furry Lewis, Dave Clark, Red Callender, Howard McGhee, Wes Montgomery, Sarah Caldwell, Ronald Stevenson, Lovelace Watkins, Claudi Martí, Peter Brötzmann, Flora Purim, Charles Tolliver, Dom Minasi, Kiri Te Kanawa, Mary Wilson, David Gilmour, Kiki Dee, Stephen Schwartz, Walter Trout, Devaki Pandit, Awadagin Pratt, Guy Garvey, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Pretty Yende!

Film/TV/Stage:

Today is the birthday of Lou Costello, Frankie Howerd, James Edwards, Lewis Gilbert, Andrzej Wajda, William J. Bell, Robert Clouse, Carmen de Lavallade, Sardono Waluyo Kusumo, Rob Reiner, Anna Maria Horsford, Richard Elfman, Alan Davies, Connie Britton, Alain Gomis, Penny Lane, Shaun Evans and Alaska!

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This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908)

“I honor every woman who has strength enough to step out of the beaten path when she feels that her walk lies in another.” - Harriet Hosmer (Source: Azquotes)

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