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Welcome!
I enjoy stitching this together. A crazy patchwork of this city's cultural life ...past. present and yet to happen. It gets ripped apart and sewn afresh most days. The music changes frequently, often depending on the colour of the sky, the mood on the street, the rhythm of the river. I love this city, in its various guises. Curating this online magazine -still in its infancy -makes me love it even more. It's always going to be a voyage of discovery as I keep unearthing more interesting finds, while digging over the familiar.
Fiona Shaw was revealing, funny, honest, inspiring. Great evening.
To compliment the major Picasso exhibition at Tate Britain 'Picasso and Modern British Art', SinFinCinema presents a carefully selected body of films at various London locations until June 2012
Observer/Laura Cumming review of the exhibition : http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/feb/19/picasso-modern-british-art-review The Telegraph : Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/14/picasso-british-artists-tate-britain_n_1276198.html
"Beautifully sung and a lovely poetic song from Duke's 12 songs commisioned for a historical photographic collection by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York!" quote and unquote (special thanks to Dr Fizzy for the heads up)
The Freud Museum, at 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, London, was the home of Sigmund Freud and his family when they escaped Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938. It remained the family home until Anna Freud, the youngest daughter, died in 1982.
with thanks to the londonist
Lucienne Day (1917–2010), Jacqueline Groag (1903–86) and Marian Mahler (1911– 83).
with thanks to London Calling for pointing me in this direction ..a great video for a dark morning..and a wonderful sight to see .. I'm sure we will not be allowed to touch it...fair enough! but wouldn't it be amazing to feel it!
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/01/the-science-of-the-spider-silk.html
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/g/golden-spider-silk/
"Yayoi Kusama‘s work often obsessively repeats motifs such as patterns of polka-dots – for example the Obliteration Room in Brisbane – or the reflected lights in her new piece entitled “Infinity Mirror Room – Filled with the Brilliance of Life”. The Tate Modern‘s new retrospective recognizes these signature themes in the 82-year-old Japanese artist’s work. Having lived as a voluntary resident in a psychiatric hospital for almost 40 years, Kusama creates work that completely envelops the viewer. The exhibition will run through June 5, 2012"
(with thanks to Lynne for the link)
Carol Ann Duffy @ Kings Place, Monday 14 May
Premonitions Carol Ann Duffy
(Published in The Guardian, Saturday 2 May 2009)
Dedicated with love to the
We first met when your last breath The night before, we met again, to unsay Strange and beautiful to see How you talked! And how I listened,
A poem about her dead mother from the poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, and read by her last night @ King's Place, with steady gaze and major emotional impact.... travelling back in time through a whirlwind of devastatingly ordinary images that so often tell the story of the dying and the living..of the love and the loss..tracing back from the final weeks of commodes and the paraphernalia surrounding final, painful leavetakings,way back to the happier days of familiar movement, talk and proffered glasses of wine in a spring garden ..
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Sit down and make yourself comfy .. listen to some music .. have a browse, while you sip your coffee .. and do leave us a message...tell us what you think ..underneath the chesterfield would be the perfect place .. or you can always email us..
bestoflondonlife@aol.com
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"Inspired by Tyler Cullen's project on the streets of New York, we wanted to see what beats were moving the streets of London."
Exhibition catalogue for Terry O'Neill: Infamous, to be held at Alon Zakaim Fine Art, 5 - 7 Dover St, London W1S 4LD from Tuesday 1st May - Friday 8th June 2012...
Cillian Murphy plays all the characters in this acclaimed production. I am sure it cannot fail to rivet and mesmerise its audiences.
And if you need further convincing that this is a golden ticket, here is a review from its NYC run: http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/theater/reviews/cillian-murphy-in-misterman-by-enda-walsh-review.html
Theres also the view from Seat H9 posted below, a reaction from the paying public!
Through poetic storytelling and inventive promenade performance, Unfinished Dream reveals the hidden, moving stories of refugees and local residents in one of London’s most contrasting boroughs; all within the concrete confines of a Croydon car park. Meet at Fairfield Halls (Park Lane, Croydon, CR9 1DG)
"Award-winning comedian Sean Hughes is back, but this is no ordinary This hilarious yet poignant tale provides an insight into the lighter
don't you just love the look o' this woman?
Photofusion is London's largest independent photography resource centre.
The Sea Chair project by Royal College of Art graduates Alexander Groves, Azusa Murakami and Kieren Jones . Keiren is based in South Kilburn studios. What an amazing and worthwhile project from these forward thinking and extremely talented trio of eco designers! Love it! Intend to visit the studios, next time they are open to the local community.
http://southkilburnstudios.org/2012/03/24/kieren-jones-the-sea-chair-project/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5OJs5gGcW0&feature=player_embedded
http://www.studioswine.com/STUDIO_SWINE/Sea_Chair.html
flavorpill:
This would seem to be the perfect reason to return to this magnificent Treasure House!
... and below, the V & A serves up a quick reminder of some of the highlights on display:
A flavour of the arrangement that moved us to tears @ RAH.
Show of Hands, backed by the Urban Soul Orchestra and Mattt Clifford on piano.
The Dive is a song written by Steve Knightley (based on a true story) and can be found on the album Witness.
think elegiac think elegance
I also love the whispered exchange between the two people who did the filming !
"BluesFest London comes to town this summer for a week-long celebration of incredible music from some of the world’s greatest blues and blues-influenced artists." Music legends to include Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes! Have loved them for a l-o-n-g time. Got the original Hearts of Stone LP! This looks like one of those Must Go situations..meanwhile must check who else is performing.. the wheres and the whens..for the complete wishlist ...
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