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

PARK SLOPE, EARLY SPRING

Posted on April 11, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged blossoms, branches, brooklyn, brownstone, churches, flowers, light, nature, ornamental pear, Park Slope, patterns, shadows, Spring, trees | Leave a comment

Attack of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on March 10, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

The 6th installment of my submissions to the New Yorker Magazine cartoon captioning contest. My streak of not being chosen as a finalist continues unabated! … got a little political with that one.

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Literary Lyricism | Tagged accountant, beach, cactus, caption, cartoon, Cats, Contest, Elephant, genie, Mr. Peanut, New Yorker, snowman, tiger | Leave a comment

Astor Place Reflections

Posted on February 21, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged architecture, Astor Place, building, glass, Manhattan, mirrors, New York City, photography, reflections | Leave a comment

The Wild, Spark-tacular Fire Run of Barcelona

Posted on February 17, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

It’s called Correfoc. It is a popular Catalan tradition consisting of “a parade of infernal characters that chase people with fireworks“. It was one of the wildest events we attended during Barcelona’s La Mercé festival. Diables and Bestiari, adults and children … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged Barcelona, Bestiari, Catalonia, Correfoc, Diables, drummers, festival, fireworks, Hell's Gate, La Mercé, Parade, Passeig de Gracia, Porta de L'Infern, Spain, sparklers, sparks | Leave a comment

The Dancing Giants of Barcelona

Posted on February 10, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

The day after the display of the Castells the La Mercé festival featured giant puppets dancing in Placa de Sant Jaume in Barcelona. Huge puppets surrounded the plaza, then were marched by their handlers – balancing figures many multiples of … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged Barcelona, Castells, Catalonia, chess figures, choreography, dance, dragons, Fantasy, folk, giant, La Mercé, Parade, Placa de Sant Jaume, royalty, Spain | Leave a comment

Verticles

Posted on January 31, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged 4th Avenue, 5th Avenue, architecture, Atlantic Mall, Barclay Center, brooklyn, Flatbush Avenue, Frame Works, motorcycle, photography, pizza, public art, scaffold, sculpture, skyscraper, Williamstown Bank Tower | Leave a comment

The Amazing Human Towers of Barcelona

Posted on January 28, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

When Ed and I scheduled our time in Barcelona (to attend the Love and Hope Film Festival), we didn’t realize we would be there for the La Mercè festival, the biggest weekend of festivities of the year in Barcelona. So many … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged Barcelona, Castells, Catalonia, festival, Human Tower, La Mercè, photography, Placa de Sant Jaume | Leave a comment

Revenge of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on January 15, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

And we’re back, for a fifth installment of my never-a-finalist New Yorker cartoon caption contest submissions. Well, the jury is still out on finalist status of my last two submissions. I’ll update if one of them gets chosen. But don’t hold your … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Literary Lyricism | Tagged bar, caption, cartoon, Christmas, clock, Contest, cowboy, emoji, horse, icon, New Yorker, pearly gates, pommel, rock paper scissor, stockings, therapy | Leave a comment

Wing Shots

Posted on January 5, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged airplane, Clouds, New York City, photography, Queens, sky, weather, window seat, Wings | Leave a comment

Moon Over Brooklyn

Posted on December 27, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

Eagle-eyed Brooklynite sleuths may be able to trace the route I took taking these pictures one past Thursday afternoon…

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged 4th Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic Mall, balcony, blue sky, brooklyn, brownstone, buildings, crane, Flatbush Avenue, Fulton Street, Moon, photography, roof, school building, skyscraper, streets | Leave a comment

Opera Lights

Posted on December 24, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

Holiday season favors the splendor of lights. So how about I share photos of the splendid chandeliers hanging in the Met Opera? “Most photographed chandeliers in the world”, the woman next to me said wryly as I raised my phone to … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged chandeliers, family circle, foyer, Holiday, lights, Lincoln Center, Met, Opera, photography, The Met | Leave a comment

Artsy Fartsy Bookcase Pics

Posted on December 17, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

This week we set up our new book cases, and I went a little crazy with my phone’s camera. Some context: perhaps you heard in the news that much of Brooklyn got massively flooded during unprecedented (but likely to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News | Tagged book cases, brooklyn, climate change, Climate Crisis, flooding, glass, light, metal, photography, rainfall, reflection, renovation, September 28, three-five-five-three | Leave a comment

The GAUDI CATHEDRAL

Posted on December 12, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona We visited the famous uncompleted cathedral, the magnum opus of genius architect Antoni Gaudi, celebrated native son of Barcelona, while in town attending the Love and Hope Film Festival. Signs at the site project completion … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged Apostle, architect, Barcelona, Cathedral, construction, Evangelist, Gaudi, gothic, Jesus, Mary, Nativity, Passion, Sagreda Familia, spire, Tower | Leave a comment

LIGHTSCAPE 2023

Posted on December 2, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

This year’s LIGHTSCAPE at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is the most spectacular and elegant to date.

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged 2023, botanic garden, brooklyn, Cathedral, chandeliers, Color, Elton John, Flower Duet, Fountain, hip-hop, Lakme, lanterns, light, Lightscape, Rocket Man, sculpture, singing, Snow on the Beach, submergence, Supernova, Taylor Swift, trees, water, winter | Leave a comment

Bride of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on November 21, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

I know I only just posted the third installment of my New Yorker Cartoon caption entries, but I already have six more lined up, having been submitting much more regularly lately, and not being chosen as a finalist just as … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Literary Lyricism | Tagged aliens, Autumn, birds, caption, cartoon, Contest, dinosaur, Doctor, high tea, lab rat, Macbeth, migration, Mr. Potato Head, New Yorker, Sistine Chapel, The Creation of Adam, Twitter, witch, Zoom | Leave a comment

P&P – DAY 10 – Shooting the Mirror Masks

Posted on November 14, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

Our tenth and final day of shooting my short film musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” was all about the three doppelganger judges of the Inquisition, but not as they appear to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Poe Musicabres | Tagged Charlotte Purser, Dies Irae, Edgar Allan Poe, Inquisition, Ja'rel Ivory, Jason Chua, Jimmy McCoy, Judges, masks, mirror, mirror mask, musicabre, musical, post-production, pre-production, Radka Salcmannova, Sami Eddy, short film, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, The Pit and the Pendulum, VFX | Leave a comment

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