at a Jazz Cabaret

Karen Wyman performed this afternoon at the Metropolitan Room! I was there to see her show. She sang the standards I love and did a lovely tribute to Edie Gorme.  The experience was... magical!

The show was sold out and the room was packed an hour before the show even began!

And at 4:00, Karen entered and began to sing.

Julie Budd was there and she stayed to pose for a few photos!

And Karen posed for a photo with Julie.

Karen Wyman, on the Ed Sullivan show from 1969:

Julie Budd, probably late 1960s:

Retired and Reinvented in a Comeback

and ongoing until the denouement:

 S, U, or D (doubtful):

I retired in February 2002... but was it a "retirement?"

Lost and Found!

Memories, Lighting Specific Corners of a Long Career

I was Charity's teacher that year and encouraged her to enter that contest, which she won. We were all very proud of her. 

Lost and Found: a note from long ago

On Paper/Grand Central at 100

MTA Arts for Transit Unveils New Papercut Exhibition at Grand Central

from the NYPost

And so... I went today, I saw, I took photos, and I scanned!

at the NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

This was a fascinating exhibit, filled with wonderful information about an age gone by.

in the NYPost

Beauty’s Legacy: Gilded Age Portraits in America

Théobald Chartran (French, 1849 –1907), James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959), 1901

Emma Cecilia Thursby (1845-1931)

Nellie McCormick Flagg (1876-1923)

Fannie Fredericka Dyckman and Mary Alice Dyckman

Hamilton Grange

In October, I will be visiting and taking a tour of the Harlem estate of Alexander Hamilton.

coming soon!

A Queer History of Fashion at FIT

A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk the exhibit at FIT, coming soon!

the exhibit's website

Pierre Balmain, Jean Cocteau, Christian Bérard, Riding Costume for L'Aigle à Deux Têtes, 1947

Gianni Versace, leather evening dress, Autumn/Winter 1992

Alexander McQueen, silk dress from Plato's Atlantis Collection, Spring 2010

Of Interest

Storm King

Thomas Houseago, Sleeping Boy I, 2012

Poughkeepsie Bridge Walkway (Walkway Over the Hudson)

Ripley's Believe It or Not

Ripley's Believe It or Not

Baseball Exhibit

Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure

Vermeer and Music

Johannes Vermeer, A Young Woman Standing at a Virginal

Johannes Vermeer, The Guitar Player

Johannes Vermeer, A young Woman Seated at a Virginal

A Book Signing

The event:

Mariann from Brooklyn and me

High Pitch Mike and me

Shuli and me

Lisa G stands in the rear

Bobo poses for my camera

Robin enters

Robin speaks

Robin is ready to start the signing, with Ronnie Mund standing by

And then I walked the four short blocks to go home...

at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Today, I saw this exhibit! I loved it and learned so much about the artist, Balthus.

from THE NEW YORKER

from The New York Times

Balthus at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

at the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

Balthus Cats and Girls—Paintings and Provocations

September 25, 2013–January 12, 2014

Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski) (French, Paris 1908–2001 Rossinière). Thérèse, 1938



Therese Dreaming

The Golden Days

Brother and Sister

Lew Welch

I will be writing more about him later.

Poetry Foundation

at the Jewish Museum

Today, I went to the Jewish Museum to see:

Chagall: Love, War, and Exile 

September 15, 2013 - February 2, 2014

Marc Chagall, The Juggler, 1943, oil on canvas

Marc Chagall, Self-Portrait with Clock, 1947, oil on canvas

Marc Chagall, Time is a River without Banks, 1930–1939, oil on canvas

at MoMA

Today I went to MoMa:

Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926–1938
September 28, 2013–January 12, 2014

René Magritte. The Menaced Assassin. Brussels, 1927. Oil on canvas

Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926–1938