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

Our Japanese Maple Shows Off Its Red Leaves

Posted on May 11, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Beginnings | Tagged backyard, brooklyn, Color, Japanese, leaves, Maple, nature, photography, RED, tree | Leave a comment

14th Street Station

Posted on May 8, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Selfies with Statuettes If you look closely, you’ll notice this is a different moneybags figure from the one pictured above (that one smiles, this one frowns). There are sometimes similar or duplicate statuettes on both uptown and downtown platforms.

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged 14th Street, 8th avenue, Alligator, art, Bronze, coins, Life Underground, moneybag, photography, platform, policeman, selfie, station, statue, statuette, subway, Tom Otterness | Leave a comment

Exodus of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on May 5, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Alas, poor Yorick, I know you well. Installment #15 of my ongoing series. All other personal New Yorker Cartoon captions can be most easily found in the literary lyricism archives. Who’s a good board? Who’s a good board? You are! … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Literary Lyricism | Tagged Bible, boardroom, Book, caption, cartoon, Contest, death, dogs, Ebony and Ivory, Hamlet, hare, House, medusa, New Yorker, piano, rain, restaurant, snail, turtoise, weather, Yorick | Leave a comment

Hanami Nights at the Cherry Esplanade

Posted on April 28, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Last Thursday the Brooklyn Botanic Garden sponsored Hanami Nights in celebration of cherry blossom season. Hanami translates to “flower viewing”. I have posted pictures of the cherry blossoms before, but this is the first year the BBG organized their special … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Live! On Stage, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged BBG, botanic, brooklyn, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, cherry, dance, dusk, Esplanade, fan, flower, folk, folk dancing, Garden, Hanami, Japan, Japanese, lights, photography, picnic, pink, Spotlight, Umbrella, viewing | Leave a comment

Film Shoot in an Upper East Side Townhouse

Posted on April 24, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

I have been busy acting in several handfuls of short films (and other projects) lately. One of the short films shot early March in an upper class Upper East Side townhouse. It was a night shoot. I played a sleazy … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope | Tagged cushioned wallpaper, dolly shot, East Side, film, Film Noir, Gordon Willis, manservant, mirrored walls, mirrors, night shoot, photography, shoot, short film, slapjack, sleazy, town house, Upper, wall paper, wet bar | Leave a comment

THE RESISTANCE GROWS!

Posted on April 19, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Photos from the April 19 March in New York City

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Literary Lyricism, Notes in the News | Tagged 5th Amendment, 5th Avenue, Abrego Garcia, Billionaires, Constitution, Cory Booker, criminal, democracy, Due Process, fascism, felon, Gestapo, ice, Kilmar, Kristi Noem, Madison Avenue, Musk, Nazi, New York City, photography, POTUS, Protest, Putin, resist, Trump | Leave a comment

Brooklyn Vantage

Posted on April 14, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged Boerum Hill, brooklyn, brownstone, perspective, photography, sidewalk, town house, trees, vanishing point, vertical | Leave a comment

R E S I S T !

Posted on April 6, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

The NYC protest gathered at Bryant Park, then marched down 5th Avenue

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Literary Lyricism, Notes in the News | Tagged 5th Avenue, Bryant Park, democracy, Elon Musk, Empire State Building, fascist, felon, Hands Off, immigrant, Justice, Liberty, March, Nazi, New York City, penguin, Protest, Putin, tariff, Trump | Leave a comment

Exit the Hotel

Posted on April 3, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin' | Tagged carpet, corridor, dark glass, exit sign, hallway, Hampton, Hilton, Hotel, mirror, photography, reflection, silhouette | Leave a comment

Genesis of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on March 23, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

I lost this hand in a whirlpool, so this seemed appropriate. And we are back for another installment of my own personal (non-contest-winning) New Yorker Cartoon captions. Number 14 in the seemingly indefatigable series. Find all others via the literary … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Literary Lyricism | Tagged aliens, Angels, Bernadette Peters, captions, cartoon, Clue, Contest, crisis of faith, flying saucer, Gouda, Lion, mouse trap, New Yorker, realtor, sailor, Sunday in the Park with George, whisk, zebra | 1 Comment

CROCUS & CARCASS

Posted on March 17, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

CSI: Brooklyn That feeling when you go out to take photos of the first buds of Spring but then stumble upon the scene of a murder. The Remains of the Bird. Pigeon most likely. Most likely devoured by a hawk … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged Bird, brooklyn, carcass, Cooper's Hawk, Crocus, crocuses, CSI, Falcon, flowers, hawk, murder, photography, prey, purple, raptor, Spring | Leave a comment

HYACINTHS!

Posted on February 21, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin' | Tagged buds, Edward Elder, flower, green, hyacinth, leaves, light, odor, photography, purple, scent | Leave a comment

Battle for my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on January 25, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

You’re now in the very contemporary art section of the museum… And we’re back with another installment of my un-winning entries for the New Yorker cartoon caption entries. Well, un-winning according to the contest, but my husband chuckles at them. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Literary Lyricism | Tagged art, caption, cartoon, clocks, contemporary, Contest, couples therapy, dating, fruit, Hump Day, IRL, museum, New Yorker, Planet of the Apes, Rogaine, stand up, vegetables, vultures, Whale | Leave a comment

Peek-A-Boo!

Posted on January 19, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

When we moved to Brooklyn in 1997, the Williamsburg Bank Tower (now officially One Hanson Place, but no one calls it that) was the one tall building, the skyscraper of Brooklyn, a landmark to orient oneself by. It had been … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Live! On Stage, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged architecture, Atlantic Avenue, brooklyn, Downtown, George Seurat, musical, Nevins, One Hanson Place, skyscrapers, Sunday in the Park with George, Views, Williamsburg Bank Building, Williamsburg Bank Tower, Williamsburg Savings Bank Tower | Leave a comment

Hotel Room Views

Posted on January 7, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged beige, Capitol, corners, curtain, Hotel, lamp, light, Madison, mirror, Room, shade, TV screen, wallpaper, Walls, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

Wintry Wisconsin Flyover

Posted on January 1, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Flying over a Wisconsin landscape covered in light patches of snow December 21

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged airplane, Capitol, fog, horizon, Isthmus, Lake, landscape, Madison, Mendota, Monona, Snow, snowscape, winter, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

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