Category Archives: Arts-a-Poppin’

Special focus on the Visual Arts (or when I am being extra artsy with the camera) with a side hustle of nature photography

NO KINGS 3/28/26

Posted on March 29, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

We joined the estimated 8-9 million protestors in over 3000 No Kings protests across the USA, not to mention the marches and rallies held elsewhere all over the planet. The NYC protest started at Columbus Circle to march down Central … Continue reading →

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CROCI !

Posted on March 26, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

Spring is finally springing in our backyard! I just had to go out and snap lots of pretty pics of the crocuses. And yes, I call them crocuses, not croci, but using the latin plural is a perfectly acceptable option, … Continue reading →

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Stills from “Oh Jesse”

Posted on March 18, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

The director of “Oh Jesse”, Tokio Sasaki, shared stills from the footage of the short film I acted in a few weeks ago opposite Xiaoxiao Sun. I share them here as an update to the original blog post about that … Continue reading →

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Three Pieces at the Brooklyn Museum

Posted on March 14, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

The other day I was enjoying a special exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum (future blog post about that one), and along the way inside I strolled past three pieces that not only delighted me (as so much does in this … Continue reading →

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Film Shoot and Ice Flows on the Hudson

Posted on March 1, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

A Trilingual Short Film in a Winter Panorama Two weekends ago I was at the Hudson river near Dobbs Ferry shooting a short film. A very short film – we got all shots in half a day. The film is … Continue reading →

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Snow Storm on Our Street

Posted on February 23, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

As Ed and I came home last evening just as the Big Blizzard was kicking in, we just had to take some photos of the snowy landscape our street had become. City Bikes, marshmallow coated

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Light Play on Window Sill

Posted on February 16, 2026 by dannyashkenasi
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Vermont Winter

Posted on February 4, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

Frozen Waterfalls at Dusk and Snowy Landscapes in the Snow So the ground hogs all saw their shadow and forecast six more weeks of winter. With all the persistent cold going on far and wide, that did not come as … Continue reading →

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Song of Songs of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on January 26, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

The only roles they offer us in Hollywood are city stompers and jeep chasers. Continuing the long running series and continuing to find installment titles in the Old Testament, one would think that, as a composer, I would have availed … Continue reading →

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FIRE-SPINNING in the SNOW

Posted on January 17, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

Hoops and Swords and Whips, Oh My! While in Vermont for New Year’s Even, we were treated to a Fire-Spinning exhibition. The artist spinning the hoops, and later the whip (!) is Ethan (@vancliffe.802 on Instagram). The artist spinning the … Continue reading →

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NO ICE! NO KINGS! NO WAR!

Posted on January 11, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

Photo/video diary of the protest gathering and march in NYC January 11, 2026

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Joining the Wall of Emotion

Posted on January 8, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

Above is my contribution to WOE – Wall of Emotions, a project created by Eva Mueller as a response to the ’24 post-election reality. Yesterday Eva was at Maison 10 on 29th Street in Manhattan, taking photos of more subjects … Continue reading →

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Texture and Color

Posted on January 3, 2026 by dannyashkenasi

I saw the room reflected in a window at night, and something about the light play made the mirroring wavey and doubled. It looked like a near abstract oil painting to me. I took a photo. And then flipped it. … Continue reading →

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Winter Lights at the Hotel Beacon

Posted on December 26, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Looking up at Broadway and 74th Street.

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LIGHTSCAPE 2025

Posted on December 22, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Our yearly return to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s winter lights and sounds spectacular, this time with much more video to show more lights in motion and share more accompanying music. Brought to you by Rodrigo, Anna, Ed and me.

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Lamentations of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on December 13, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Give me an E! Give me a Go! What’s that Spell? The 20th installment of the long running series. Find the other 19 here. The Old Testament continues to inspire the current run of installment titles. Whether the current title … Continue reading →

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