The merch

I made my first piece of merchandise which i hope to sell. A bag with the names of my blogs stenciled in: Pinkgrapefruit/ Homegals/ on blogspot. (pi in yellow and the rest in green). (home in purple and gals in red)

The Art: Blooming at Li, Hui exhibition

Viewing the Blooming piece: Me: "It's a garden!" opening attendee: "I think it's a mushroom cloud." Me: "What!" (shrieking)

My night at the Cherry Lane

I was thrilled to be a part of the 15 year anniversary celebration of the mentor project at the Cherry Lane theater on Monday night. To my delight, there were readings by actors including the great Ruby Dee reading a section from a play she was in from a past mentor project : St-Lucy's Eyes. She was right next to me walking down the aisle with her back to me when the woman next to me asked "Who's that?". "I don't know", i replied. And then, A minute later, there she was on stage, Ruby Dee reading about "going to the polls" from St-Lucy's Eyes. We exclaimed together excitedly, "it's Ruby Dee!" There were also readings from Huck and Holden (very funny), the current Pas de Deux... The artistic director of the Cherry Lane gave a speech and introduced herself comically by struggling with her last name "I am Angelina Fior... de... llisi". There was chardonnay and salmon and fun! ( I was not drunk). I would have loved if they had snapped my photograph and put 'blogger' as caption for their website. Maybe next time!

The Art: Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light at Moma

Northumbrian coalminer at his evening meal (1937). Tuesday, I attended the Moma Press conference on two new exhibitions opening: Bill Brandt (Shadow and light) and Henri Labrouste (Structure brought to light). The first is a photographer i have never heard of and the second, an architect i have never heard of. I approached the department of photography curator, sarah Meister and mentionned that Brandt's work reminded me of street photographer's like Henri Cartier-Bresson but that the name was not familiar to me. "He is known in photography circles," she answered. And she continued that his work is on the level as such documentarians like Walker Evans and Cartier-Bresson. The above photo is one of my favorite in the exhibition ( i have yet to finish viewing it). The image of a soot covered coalminer is very amusing. "The exhibition brings together more than 150 works divided into six sections, each corresponding with a distinct aspect of Brandt's achievement: London in the Thirties; Northern England; World War 2; Portraits; Landscapes; and Nudes.

Pas de Deux review (Cherry Lane theater Mentor Project)

I was pleasantly delighted Monday night with Lisa Ramirez's solo performance of Pas de Deux at the Cherry Lane theater. It was a moving tribute to her brother, a ballet dancer, who died of alcoholism. Appearing on stage in a ballet tutu, she delivered her monologue addressing the audience, and speaking into a very large microphone. Little by little, Ramirez reveals details of her brother's struggles, her family's reaction to his death and her own feelings. One moment is very funny (tragicomic) when Ramirez impersonates her mother exclaiming: "he's gone!". 2 more nights left at the cherry lane.