Mid-Week Libation: When in Rome . . .
A virtual tour of the Borghese Gallery, a wine from Calabria, a concert from Ludovico Einaudi, a tribute to Grazia Deledda, an introduction to the Commedia dell'Arte & wisdom from Pier Paolo Pasolini!
Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture!
Take a 360° Panoramic Virtual Tour of the Borghese Gallery in Rome!
Click here for a mind-blowing virtual tour of the Borghese Gallery!
Or click here for some photographic highlights from the permanent collection!
Our favorite ceiling: The Council of the Gods by Giovanni Lanfranco [Click the image below to zoom in on a much larger version!]:
Wildstar’s Wednesday Wine Pick: Librandi Duca Sanfelice, Cirò DOC Rosso Riserva (Calabria, Italy)
We enjoyed this wine paired with ravioli all’Arancia (ravioli with orange cream) and braised oxtail in red sauce at Il Giardino Romano restaurant in the Jewish Ghetto of Rome!
GORGEOUS Music - Ludovico Einaudi: Tiny Desk Concert
Tribute to Grazia Deledda (September 27 , 1871 – August 15, 1936)
“Rome! she was filled with childish joy at the mere thought that Rome was near. Rome! the long-dreamed-of wonder city, the world's metropolis, the home of all splendours, all delight—Rome, which was now to become her own!” — Grazia Deledda, from Nostalgia [trans. Helen Hester Colvill (aka Katharine Wylde)]
“With Profound Admiration: Grazia Deledda, Nobel Laureate” by Alexis Coe (via The Paris Review)
Read Nostalgia and other books by Grazia Deledda for free! (ebooks via Project Gutenberg)
In honor of Flaminio Scala (September 27, 1552 – 9 December 9, 1624): The World of Commedia dell'Arte!
Artists Born Today: September 27th
Visual Artists:
Today is the birthday of George Cruikshank, Carl Götzloff, Julius Bien, Emile Claus, Joseph Henry Sharp, Alexander Phimister Proctor, Paul Bergon, Heinrich Dohm, Charles Jay Connick, Adele Goodman Clark, Hugo Lous Mohr, Erna Schillig, Alexander Camaro, Alison Frantz, Alexandru Ciucurencu, Zhang Chongren, Mark Freeman, Marcey Jacobson, Mary Grierson, Bernard Waber, Leroy Lamis, Muriel Castanis, Jack Katz, Alan Fletcher, Bruno Gironcoli, Günter Brus, Thawan Duchanee, Alexander Ney, Gorky González Quiñones, Nicky Haslam, Joel Shapiro, Michele Cassou, Jack Goldstein, T. C. Cannon, Gail Skoff, Pamela Studstill, Lisa Gralnick, Gary Baseman, Junggeun Oh, Celestino Mukavhi, Kristoffer Zetterstrand, Alexi Torres and Sophie Crumb!
Writers, Philosophers & Scholars:
Today is the birthday of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Caroline Rhys Davids, René Ghil, Grazia Deledda, Hans Hahn, Cyril Scott, Arthur E. Powell, Cynthia Asquith, Pilar de Valderrama, Adelina Gurrea, Adela Sloss Vento, Edvard Kocbek, William Empson, Jim Thompson, Louis Auchincloss, Faith Bandler, Josef Škvorecký, Te Uruhina McGarvey, Merlin Stone, Robert Patrick, Jim Shooter, Irvine Welsh, Jonathan Evison, Andrew Carroll, Dimitry Elias Léger and Olga Ravn!
Musicians & Composers:
Today is the birthday of José Mariano Elízaga, Vincent Youmans, Tauno Marttinen, Bud Powell, Red Rodney, “Earring” George Mayweather, Shaun Cassidy, Randy Bachman, Meat Loaf, Linda Lewis, Matt Wilson and Víctor Manuelle!
Film/TV/Stage:
Today is the birthday of Flaminio Scala, Harry Blackstone Sr., Carl Ballantine, William Conrad, Slappy White, Miklós Jancsó, Arthur Penn, Yash Chopra, Roger C. Carmel, Will Sampson, Greg Morris, Wilford Brimley, Don Cornelius, Liz Torres, A Martinez, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Andy Lau, Marc Maron, Gwyneth Paltrow, Indira Varma, Carrie Brownstein and Tia Kofi!
This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975)
