Mid-Week Libation: Time for a Mai Tai?
Martin Denny, Johnnie Tillmon, Zanele Muholi, Narsiso Martinez & artists making a difference, a recipe for artichoke “meatballs,” and the Hollywood origins of Tiki bars!
Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture!
[Editor’s Note: No audio segment from us this week. Instead, why not make yourself a Mai Tai and have a listen to the music of Martin Denny? Or try out that vegetarian recipe for Artichoke “Meatballs” in a Creamy Sauce? Or listen to the short audio segment about writer and activist Johnnie Tillmon? Or watch two inspiring videos about artists making a difference? There’s even a fascinating documentary about the Hollywood origins of Tiki Bars! Enjoy!]
Recipe of the Week: Artichoke “Meatballs” in a Creamy Garlic Sauce (via Spain on a Fork)
Celebrating Writer & Activist Johnnie Tillmon (April 10, 1926 – November 22, 1995)
6-Minute Listen: How One Woman Set Out To Do Something About the Financial Burden of Motherhood (via NPR)
This Day in Feminist History: Johnnie Tillmon (via Dissent)
“Johnnie Tillmon, activist and chairperson of the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), was a visionary feminist of the second-wave era who advocated for a universal basic income and dignity for all.”
Read Johnnie Tillmon’s landmark essay from 1972: “Welfare Is a Women’s Issue” (via Ms. Magazine)
Artists Making a Difference: Two Inspiring Videos
“How do artists create work within their communities, in a way that helps us see injustice and shows us the way towards change? In this film we look at five artists who demonstrate the power of collaboration across borders: Outi Pieski, Carolina Caycedo, Anna Daučíková, Zanele Muholi and Rita Keegan.” [Source]
“Narsiso Martinez is an artist whose work celebrates the vital and often invisible labor performed by farmworkers. Martinez’s work is informed by his own experiences as a farmworker, spending summers picking produce in Washington state to support himself while studying at California State University, Long Beach. He gives his Brief But Spectacular take on painting the people who feed America.” [Source]
Check out the exhibition, Narsiso Martinez: From These Hands/De Estas Manos, at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in Buffalo, NY (currently on view until April 22, 2024!)
Time for a Mai Tai? It’s the perfect cocktail to celebrate the birthday of musician/composer Martin Denny! (April 10, 1911 – March 2, 2005)
Need a Mai Tai Recipe? Click here for Trader Vic’s Classic Mai Tai Cocktail! (via Difford’s Guide)
Tiki Bars and Their Hollywood Origins | Lost LA
“Lost LA host Nathan Masters explores some of the oldest tiki bars in Southern California. In this episode, discover the Hollywood origins of Don the Beachcomber and learn how postwar American pop culture appropriated the rich traditions of the South Pacific.” [Source]
Interesting Artists Born Today: April 10th
Visual Artists:
Today is the birthday of Alfred Thompson Bricher, Mary Hiester Reid, Kanzan Shimomura, Alfred Kubin, Henri Ottmann, William John Leech, Ben Nicholson, Clare Turlay Newberry, Annemarie von Matt, Sueo Serisawa, Eric Pehap, Lee Jung-seob, Ruth Duckworth, Marie Johnson-Calloway, Kenneth Noland, John Levee, Sonia Sheridan, Gustav Metzger, Agustín Cárdenas, Bruno Weber, James Lee Byars, Rodrigo Moya, Bernice Bing, David A. Hardy, Charles Arnoldi, Jim Burns, Jacques de Loustal, Ángel Santos Juárez, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Farah Mahbub and Christopher Simmons!
Writers, Philosophers & Scholars:
Today is the birthday of William Hazlitt, Æ (George William Russell), Horace Gregory, Anna Kavan, Vesna Parun, Roger Gaillard, Johnnie Tillmon, Dolores Huerta, Adrian Henri, Bella Akhmadulina, Claudio Magris, Paul Theroux, Stuart Dybek, Norman Dubie, John M. Ford and Reginald Shepherd!
Musicians & Composers:
Today is the birthday of Fess Williams, Abu Bakr Khairat, Martin Denny, John Brim, George Freeman, Rosco Gordon, Claude Bolling, Kishori Amonkar, Bobby Smith, Denny Zeitlin, Hayedeh, Shirley Walker, Eddie Hazel, Masashi Sada, Errollyn Wallen, Babyface, Katrina Leskanich, Omar Sosa, Q-Tip, Joey DeFrancesco, Pavlos Fyssas, Shemekia Copeland and Sophie Ellis-Bextor!
Film/TV/Stage:
Today is the birthday of Harry Morgan, Alfie Bass, Max von Sydow, Delphine Seyrig, Omar Sharif, Poncie Ponce, Gregory Nava, Ruth E. Carter, Orlando Jones, David Harbour, Charlie Hunnam, Michael Pitt, Barkhad Abdi and Daisy Ridley!
This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Zanele Muholi
