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Category Archives: Arts-a-Poppin’
Early Spring Splendor at the BBG
Last Sunday Ed and I enjoyed another jaunt at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. While much is still in post winter slumber, here and there early spring blossoms – such as daffodils, early cherry, magnolias, and apricot – are writing the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged apricot, BBG, blossoms, Botanical, brooklyn, cherry, daffodils, flowers, Garden, magnolia, nature, photography, Spring
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CROCUSES!
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged Crocus, crocuses, flowers, Garden, gnome, nature, photography, purple, Spring, winter, yellow
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Home Details
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Beginnings
Tagged Buddha, bulb, Freud, home, India, Lego, light, Nataraja, Painting, photography, Pride, Rainbow, shadow
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LIGHTSCAPE 22/23
LIGHTSCAPE, the outdoor light show experience at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden concludes this Sunday, January 8. Here are some of this year’s highlights in pics and vids. You can also catch the splendor from last year’s show here and here.
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged art, birds, botanic, brooklyn, Cathedral, Garden, installation, light, Lightscape, lightshow, photography, sculpture, Snowflakes, videos, winter
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OREGON ROSE GARDEN
The same day my cousin and I went to Washington Park in Portland, Oregon, to marvel at the Redwoods and pay our respects at the Holocaust Memorial, we also basked in the splendor of the International Test Rose Garden. Which … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Amphitheater, Bronze, damask, Garden, International Test Rose Garden, Oregon, Portland, RED, Rose, Roses, Royal Rosarian, statue, Washington Park
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OREGON HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
I visited the Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Washington Park in Portland last October. The photos don’t require further commentary.
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged arch, Auschwitz, children, cobble stones, doll, family, Holocaust, memorial, Oregon, photography, Portland, stone, suitcase, Wall, Washington Park, World War 2
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A Walk Through Central Park
Central Park was in fall splendor this recent November Monday as I walked from Sheep Meadow through to the Plaza at the 5th ave / 59 Street exit, but the hot sun and blue sky framed the autumnal scene in … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 5th Avenue, Autumn, Central Park, New York City, photography, sculpture, Sheap Meadow, skyscrapers, Sunshine, The Plaza
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BROOKLYN HALLOWEEN
Or rather Park Slope Halloween. Or more specifically some of the Halloween decorations I photographed in my neighborhood. Vroom Vroom! Hello, Sailor!
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged brooklyn, cobwebs, decorations, dragon, ghost, Halloween, motorcycle, Mummy, neighborhood, Park Slope, photography, pumpkin, sculpture, skeleton, spider, wreath, zombies
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REDWOODS!
While visiting Portland, Oregon to screen my short film “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” at the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, I went to Washington Park with my cousin. Plenty of lovely nature and more to experience … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged nature, Oregon, photography, Portland, Redwood, trees, Washington Park
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Up the Hudson to Albany and NYSIFF
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” wins Best Horror at the New York State International Film Festival Yes, my musical Poe adaptation was awarded Best Horror at the New York State International Film Festival, and I will report … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Poe Musicabres, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Albany, Award, Capitol, Carl Kinlin, Corning, Dragon Poets of Boston, Edward Elder, Empire State Plaza, festival, Film Festival, Greg Aidala, Hamilton, horror, Hudson Guild Theatre, Lark Street, Lincoln Park, Linda Performing Arts Studio, Mark O'Toole, Martin Luther King Jr, Metube, musicabre, New York, New York State International Film Festival, Nico Altekin, NYSIFF, Outside In, Philip Henry Sheridan, photography, river, Rockefeller, State, SUNY, The Pit and the Pendulum, train, Washington Park
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ELDERBERRY BLOSSOMS
with a real life Elder in the background…. See him? There he is!
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged blossoms, brooklyn, Edward Elder, Elderberry, flowers, nature, photography
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BROOKLYN PRIDE 2022
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged Attorney General, Batala, Berkeley Carroll, Bill de Blasio, brooklyn, Cheer, City Council, drumline, Eric Adams, friends, Gay, GMHC, Gotham, Herstory, lesbian, Letitia James, LGBTQ, Mayor, New York, NYC, Officers Action League, Parade, Park Slope, Pride, school, Trans Rights
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CHERRY BLOSSOMS 2022
Last Saturday I returned to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to see the cherry blossoms in its famous esplanade in peek bloom. Took a lot of photos again, of course, as I have before (and before and before), but this time … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged blossom, botanic, brooklyn, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, cherry, Cherry blossoms, Cherry Esplanade, Esplanade, Garden, photography, pink, Spring, White
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Pit and Pendulum Image Tease
This is my favorite screenshot of “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre“, my musical short film Edgar Allan Poe adaptation. I like its visual composition. I like the emotion that radiates from it. I like the mystery that … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged adaptation, bald, Edgar Allan Poe, evocative, feelings, musicabre, musical, mystery, photography, screenshot, short film, spoiler, The Pit and the Pendulum, thoughts, trio, triplets
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Notes from a Composer 