Poetry: sunsprung bright Julys
Despite the title of this post it’s August now, not July. And a lovely August it is. The other day I was walking along the street in a beach town in New England on a sunny day. It’s the sort … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Arts
Once again…
…we have Ksenia Parkhatskaya (see yesterday’s post if you don’t know who I’m talking about). This dance has a completely different tone than the ones I posted yesterday, and therefore it spotlights her versatility. Although it’s not the sort of … Continue reading →
They All Laughed—and danced
Here’s a video (with subtitles) of an interesting Russian entertainer named Ksenia Parkhatskaya, performing on a Ukrainian TV show. She starts out giggling—and gets practically everyone else giggling, too—but don’t let that fool you. She a good singer, with no … Continue reading →
Beauty at the Sunapee Fair
I’ve been going to the Sunapee League of NH Craftsman Fair nearly every year for decades, and look forward to it with delight each time. A juried fair with about 350 exhibitors in a series of large tents, the setting … Continue reading →
A poet of the right
[NOTE: An exchange I had with commenter “Cornflour” on the Robert Conquest thread (here and here) reminded me of a previous post from about two years ago, one that I think it appropriate and interesting to revisit with some added … Continue reading →
Ta-Nehisi Coates and the reductionist theory of everything bad that ever happened to black people
First, a disclaimer: I have not read T-Nehisi Coates’ new book entitled Between the World and Me. I’ve only read summaries or reviews of it, although I’m familiar with his thought from reading many of his articles for The Atlantic … Continue reading →
The Royal class
Let’s take a look at some beauty. This is a video of company class at one of the best ballet companies in the world, Britain’s Royal Ballet. “Company class” means it’s a class that’s taken by the company members, who … Continue reading →
Some interesting facts about Walt Whitman
I’m not a Whitman fan (no, that’s not one of the interesting facts), although I like some of his poems. But looking at his Wiki entry I noticed the following items, which somehow seemed worth mentioning: When Whitman was 6 … Continue reading →
Von Rothbart and the Iran deal
You may think I’ve gone stark raving mad. What could Van Rothbart, the evil magician in the ballet “Swan Lake,” have to do with the Iran deal? Answer: not all that much. But in the wake of the Iran deal … Continue reading →
Marriage Newspeak
Aleister at Legal Insurrection reports on a campaign to eliminate the words “husband” and “wife” from federal statutes: More than two dozen Democrats have proposed legislation that would eliminate the words “husband” and “wife” from federal law. Those “gendered terms” … Continue reading →
“Etudes”: dueling mazurkas
I’ve written about the ballet “Etudes” before, but now I want to hone in on one of my very favorite parts of it, the mazurka, in particular one of the male solos. “Etudes” is a ballet choreographed in 1948 by … Continue reading →
For the Fourth: he’s a Yankee Doodle Dandy
For the Fourth of July, courtesy commenter “mezzrow”: I saw that film on TV maybe 30 times when I was a child. Loved it, and in particular loved the idea that James Cagney—whom I already knew as a tough old … Continue reading →