DAZZLING ART and FASHION DIVERSITY in the BIG APPLE(c) By Polly Guerin

Art and fashion in spellbinding proliferation adds sparkle to New York City this week with openings to dazzle your intelligence and entertain your muse. Here’s the scoop!!!
SOFA NEW YORK 2012 Grab your walking shoes and head out to the not-to-be-missed destination---the 4-day sculpture objects and functional art fair, a pageant of art jewelry to dazzle the eye with objects crafted by a roster of internationally recognized artists. The Annual Sculpture Objects and Functional Art Fair celebrating its 15th anniversary opens Friday, April 20 through Monday, April 23, at the Park Avenue Armory, 67th Street and Park Avenue. Lola Brooks and the Sienna Gallery in Lenox, Mass. creates playful heart-shaped pastiches that delicately combine steel, gold and semi precious and precious stones. Sally Rosen of Dallas’s Nexxt20 spotlights jewelry by renowned Belgian sculptor Poi Bury and London’s Flow gallery presents award-winning Scottish goldsmith Andrew Lamb. Much, much more wonders to view. For info: www.softaexpo.com or 800.563.7632.
GUSTAVE KLIMT 150th Anniversary Celebration: The month of May’s birthday party celebrating Klimt’s birthday, at the Neue Galerie, showcases major paintings as well as a number of rare and never-before-seen photographs of the artist and his close companion, fashion designer Emile Floge. Café Sabarsky will feature its special Klimt cake and the Design shop will offer gold and silver cufflinks designed by Joseph Hoffmann for Gustav Klimt; the Book Store will offer two newly published studies that feature Klimt’s portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer on the cover. The exhibition Henrich Kuehn and His American Circle: Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen, on view April 26-Aug. 27 offers a rich survey of these artist’s work and the international development of photography. Neue Galerie New York at 1048 Fifth Ave., 86th Street & Fifth Avenue. www.neuegalerie.org.
FRANCESCA WOODMAN’s Retrospective on view at the Guggenheim is the most comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work since her untimely death in 1981 at the age of 22. Spanning the breadth of her production, the exhibition includes more than 120 vintage photographs, artist books, and a selection of recently discovered and rarely seen short videos, presenting a historical reconsideration of Woodman’s brief but extra ordinary career. Woodman’s favorite subject was herself. From the very first time she picked up a camera, she used it to thoroughly plumb the genre of self-portraiture. The presentation covers work from her earliest student experiments at RISD, her time in Rome, and her forays in New York. Thru June 13th. At 89th St. & Fifth Ave. www.guggenheimmusum.org.
FASHION ON THE AGENDA: Mark your calendar. Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada are to be the focus of the Spring 2012 Costume Institute Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art May 10 to Aug. 19. A full report coming up in one of the next PollyTalk. www.metmuseum.org. The MUSEUM at FIT continues its tony exploration of modern and contemporary design with FASHION, A-Z: Highlights from the collection of part two, the second of two consecutive exhibitions that showcase selections from the museum, which is dedicated solely to the art of fashion. FREE Info: www.fitnyc.edu/museum.
Ta darlings!!! I’m heading out for the SOFA show…to dazzle my eyes on the rich pageant of art jewelry. Fan mail: pollytalk@verizon.net. Or go to www.pollytalk.com and just click in the left hand column on direct links to my Blogs like thefashionhistorian to read about PIXIE HAIRDOS and PEPLUM FASHION, or click poetryfromtheheart for my latest poem Nature’s Rainbow.

STREET ARTIST KEITH HARING, ART and DESIGN NYC(c) By Polly Guerin

One of the best known American artists of the twentieth century gets his due recognition in a major museum exhibition and at Sotheby’s; the Art and Design Fair takes to the tents on Lincoln Center and the Classic metamorphism converges on the Big Apple this week. Here’s the scoop!!!
KEITH HARING: 1978-1982 the first large-scale exhibition to trace the development of Haring’s extraordinary visual vocabulary in a life so short-lived but so productive, includes 155 works on paper, numerous experimental videos, and over 150 archival objects, among them rarely seen sketchbooks, journals, exhibition flyers, posters, subway drawings and documentary photographs. It chronicles the period in Keith Haring’s career from the time he left his home in Pennsylvania to attend New York’s School of Visual Arts, through the years when he started his studio practice and began making public and political art on the city streets. Picture right: Untitled, 1978. Various pencils and inks on graph paper and unlined paper(c) Collection Keith Haring Foundation. At the Brooklyn Museum, Through July 8, 2012. www.brooklynmusum.org.
SOTHEBY'S KEITH HARING: SHINE ON selling exhibition, installed in its S/2 galleries until April 23 includes a wide range of mediums in which the artist worked, including canvases, tarps, sculpture, found objects and works on paper and will be on view and available for private sale, with music and guests meant to evoke Haring's time at Club 57 and the Pop Shops that he opened in New York and Tokyo. The show falls at a time of great interest in the artist, with the Brooklyn Museum's exhibition currently on view. Shine On is an incredibly rare show of some of the artist's works, like a series of 8 masks which have never been seen in a public exhibition. For viewing dates and information contact www.sotheby.com. Tel: 212.606.7176.
NYC20 ART and DESIGN FAIR Istdibs and Dolphin Promotions presents the inaugural New York 20th Century Art and Design Fair opens at the Tent at Lincoln Center in Damrosch Park, celebrating the iconic designs of the 20th century. NYC20 features stunning presentations by 40 carefully selected international exhibitors each showcasing curated decorative and fine arts from all movements of the 20th century including furniture, lighting, paintings, jewelry, silver, glass, ceramics vintage clothing and accessories. The early bird preview party benefiting the Bard Graduate Center will be held on Thursday evening April 12. The show opens to the public Friday April 13-Sunday April 15. For more info contact NYC20.net or Dolphin at 708.366.2710.
PUT ON YOUR KILTIE DEARIE In celebration of New York City's celebration of Scotland-Tartan Week the Museum of American Finance and the American Scottish Foundation jointly hold a panel discussion this evening on the life and legacy of Andrew Carnegie. Reception 5:30 pm, panel discussion, 6pm and reception 7 pm. The exhibition "Andrew Carnegie Forging Philanthropy," on display spotlights Carnegie's life and work and his love of Scotland, his business life and his philanthropic activities. A little know fact is that Peter Cooper's son-in-law, Abram Stevens Hewitt the one-time mayor of NYC in 1887-1888, himself a philanthropist, business man and iron master and administrator of Cooper Union brought young Carnegie over from Scotland. . The exhibit will be up through October 2012. General Adm. $45 (includes Museum membership) Reservations reequired 212.908.4110. At MOAF 48 Wall St. (corner of William and Wall) Or email info@moaf.org.
AL HIRSCHFELD, CHARACTERIST The life and work of America's most beloved "characterist," stands as one of the most innovative efforts in establishing the visual language of modern art through caricature in the 20th Century. Hirschfeld's signature work, defined by a linear calligraphic style appeared in virtually every major publication of the last nine decades as well as numerous book and record covers and 15 postage stamps. Among his many awards, he was given the ultimate Broadway accolade on what would have been his 100th birthday in June 2003. The Martin Beck Theater was renamed the Al Hirschfeld Theater. To attend the lecture and view the exhibition on Wednesday April 11th from 6:30 pm to 9 pm, purchase tickets $25 non -members, $15 members, $10 students at www.societyillustrators.org. The exhibit is ongoing.
Ta Ta darlings!!! Keith Haring's legend as a street artist captures the imagination of art aficionados today...I'll be there. Fan mail welcome: pollytalk@verizon.net or go to my website www.pollytalk.com and in the left hand column click on the Blog of interest, such as a direct link to amazingartdecodivas.

ART and DESIGN, UNIQUE VENUES IN THE BIG APPLE(c) By Polly Guerin

Art and Design aficionados need go no further than the Big Apple to indulge their sensitivities in new ways of viewing art and design budding like a spring bouquet at museums and installations. Here’s the scoop!!!
THE WORLD STAGE: ISRAEL One of the most significant young artists today, American-born Kehinde Wiley’s vibrant, large-scale paintings of young urban men shed a new light on Ethiopian, and native-born Jews and Arab Israelis who are rendered in the self-confident, empowered poses typical of classical European portrait painting. Wiley’s work is based on photographs the artist took of men of diverse religions and ethnicities living in Israel and scouted his subjects in discos, malls, bars, and sporting venues in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Lod. He places them against vivid decorative backgrounds inspired by Jewish papercuts, an intricate form of folk and ceremonial art. Wiley’s painting Alios Itzhak, pictured here, portrays an Ethiopian Jewish Israel man entwined in an ornamental background on a papercut. At The Jewish Museum, through July 19, 2012. www.thejewishmuseum.org.
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE The contemporary art organization, NO LONGER EMPTY uses public art initiatives to help New Yorkers re-discover their neighborhoods’ history and architectural lost treasures. For the last several weeks a group of more than 30 artists have been at work in the once abandoned Andrew Freeman Home on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, a posh retirement home for the formerly well-to-do, and turning old bedrooms and bathrooms into installations that mine the building’s eccentric history. ‘This Side of Paradise’ art installations draw attention to the grand 1924 Italian Renaissance-style palazzo building located at 1125 Grand Concourse in the Bronx at 167th St. It’s worth the trip. Among the artists’ work, painter and graffiti artist John Matos, better known as ‘Crash,’ worked on a subway theme that will cover the walls of a second-floor bedroom. The opening April 4, from 6 pm is followed by a speakeasy fundraiser. Call 508.272.5699. www.nolongerempty.org.
THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ANDREW CARNEGIE Join the Museum of American Finance and the American-Scottish Foundation on Tuesday, April 10th at MoAF, the Museum of American Finance for a program on Andrew Carnegie in connection with New York City’s celebration of Scotland-Tartan Week, which kicks off with the Caledonian Club’s pre-parade Ceilidh on Friday, April 13th at the Abigail Adams Auditorium, 417 East 61st St. Following a panel discussion at MoAF guests will have the opportunity to view “Andrew Carnegie Forging Philanthropy,” the Museum’s display on Carnegie’s life and work, with a spotlight on his love of Scotland, his business and philanthropic activities. Registration required. Call 212.908.4110. Members Free. Gen. Adm $45 (includes museum membership). 5:30 Registration, 6pm panel discussion, 7pm reception and viewing. At MoAF, 48 Wall St. (corner of William and Wall) www.moaf.org.
ART DECO NEW YORK: BIRTH OF A MODERN METROPOLIS, an illustrated lecture by bon vivant raconteur, author, lecturer and historian David Garrard Lowe, sheds more light on the subject of New York’s celebrated landmarks which are also pictured in Lowe’s book by the same name. The lecture, Thursday, April 12th, 6 to 8 pm takes place at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, 2 East 90th St. Reservations are required. For tickets and questions about the event contact rickbruner@nylandmarks.org.
Ta Ta darlings!!! I’m tripping up to the Bronx to ‘THIS SIDE OF PARADISE,’ see you there. Fan mail welcome: pollytalk@verizon.net or go to www.pollytalk.com and click the link to any of the Polly Blogs in the left-hand column of the page.

TASTE OF BRAZIL IS NEW YORK'S HOT BEAT(c) By Polly Guerin

The city is bursting forth in early bloom but the beat heats up on Broadway where Macy’s annual flower show, a veritable botonical wonderland, lets us escape into tropical gardens in paradise right here in the Big Apple. Here’s the scoop!!!
BRAZIL 'GARDENS IN PARADISE' at Macy’s Herald Square is a floral salute to Brazil and a teaser to the store’s upcoming Brazil promotion in May. It’s the great escape to paradise where you can view indigenous plants and brilliant blooms come to life in lush gardens and paths that pass a Bahia urban barrio setting, an old Salvadoran mission and a rainforest with a waterfall. The flower show has been transported from the main floor of the flagship store, which is undergoing renovations, to a 5,000- square-foot, climate controlled tent right outside on the Broadway Plaza in Herald Square. Breathtaking!!! it is filled to the most gorgeous orchids and waxy plants, even a rare white bird of paradise and a giant eight-foot toucan topiary made of Brazilian button flowers and dried magnolia leaves. Events throughout the two-weeks from March 25-April 7 will also feature Carnival windows, Brazilian dancers and planting lessons. For more information visit: www.macys.com/flowershow.
THE EARTH EXHALES: Ceramic Sculptures. Working with only "earth, fire and emotions," Kathy Rutternberg's fairytale-like ceramic sculptures create a world that is immediately captivating, but you might be surprised by what's down the rabbit hole. In her first show at Stux Gallery, Ruttenberg's world is filled with lush foliage, woodland creatures and puzzling slightly grim yet open-ended reveries of gender relations. Men are always portrayed as animals in gentlemen's clothing, and women are always well-groomed and dressed in rounded skirts. It is hard to tell if the men are masquerading as animals, or vice versa. Death, in works such as "The Moment After," is the stark aftermath of failed love, but also an opportunity to blossom imaginatively and become one with earth. Not to be missed!!! Delightful, enchanting, magical and full of surprise are words that describe this New York based, Chicago born sculptor. At Stefan Stux Gallery, 530 West 25 Street, through May 5, 2012. http://www.stuxgallery.com.
ROSIE THE RIVEETER "We can Do It" women's stories come to life April 3 at NYUs Tamiment Library at 6 pm. In conjujnction with filmmakiers Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly of Spagel Productions and executive producer, writer and playwright Elizabeth Hemmerdinger, celebrate the opening of a new collection of film oral histories entitled "The Real Rosie the Riveter Oral History Archive." A panel discussion featuring two real "Rosies" will be featured at Tamiment Library, tenth floor, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South (at LaGuardia Place). A reception follows immediately after the panel. The public may RSVP to rsvp.bobst@nyu.edu.
TAMARA de LEMPICKA a pioneering artist who occupied an important position in "Roaring Twenties" Paris, embodied the spirit of the Art Deco era and its sense of style and modernity. Nu adosse I, the major work, a lost masterpiece by the modern artist Tamara de Lempicka, thought to be lost since the 1920s has only recently brought to light. It will be offered in Sotheby's sale of Impressionist & Modern Art on the evening of May 2, 2012, and is estimated to sell at $3/5 million. Nu adosse I is a classic example of the artist's elegant and sensuous aesthetic and was included in her groundbreaking solo exhibition at Milan's Bottega de Poesia gallery in 1925, the same year that it was painted. Sotheby's at 72nd St. & York Ave. For pre-sale viewing schedule visit www.sothebys.com.
Ta Ta Darlings!!! Brazil on my mind, reminds me of last year's fabulous trip I made to Rio de Janeiro to attend the 11th Art Deco World Congress with the Art Deco Society of New York. However, a vicarious trip to the Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro can be had right here in the Big Apple at Macy's Brazil 'Gardens in Paradise.' It's just so goregous, don't miss it!! Love to hear from you. Fan mail welcome: pollytalk@verizon.net and do visit my Blogs at www.pollytalk.com and just click on the link in the left hand column. Choose from any of the five Blogs listed or read my poem "Remind Us to Remember" on poetryfromtheheartbypollyguerin.blogspot.com

SHAPING ART and CULTURE IN THE BIG APPLE(c) By Polly Guerin

Asia Week in New York may have come and gone but the galleries still linger on with art and culture that shapes the vision of New York as the Art and Antiques capital of the world. Here’s the Scoop!!!
BYZANTIUM and ISLAM: Age of Transition begins with the arts of the region under Byzantium rule, then demonstrates their influence on the traditions that evolved under the new political and religious dominance of Islam, including new Muslim traditions that emerged in the process. Image: St. Mark Preaching from Ivories of the So-called Grado Chair. (Eastern Mediterranean or Egypt, 7-8th century) Courtesy of Civiche Raccolte d'Art Applicata, Castello Sforzesco, Milan. The exhibit through July 8, 2012 represents the first major museum exhibition to focus on this pivotal era in the history of the eastern Mediterranean. Two Centuries that shaped the Medieval world showcases some 300 exceptional works of art, revealing the artistic and cultural adaptations and innovative works drawn primarily from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Benaki Museum, Athens, and from the Dept. of Antiquities of Jordan. 1000 Fifth Ave. www.metmuseum.org.
DECO JAPAN: 1920-1945 Art Deco aficionados, just day trip over to the Japan Society, showcasing the spectacular craftsmanship and sophisticated design associated with Japan and the Art Deco style. This exhibition is the first in the United States to explore the little known brand of pre-WWII modernism born of competitive ingenuity that shaped Art Deco Japan with metalwork, ceramics, lacquer, glass, furniture and jewelry dramatically designed to meet discerning modern tastes. Sheet music, posters, postcards, prints and photography introduce the Moga (the Modern Girl)who emerged in the Art Deco style of the 1920s and 30s. On going through June 12, 2012. Docent-led walk-in tours are conducted Tue. – Sun. at 12:30 pm. At Japan Society, 333 W. 47th St. www.japansociety.org.
NOEL COWARD-NEW YORK FESTIVAL 2012 Opens at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts exhibition, Star Quality: The World of Noel Coward, which explores the wonderful world NC with lectures and events at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Avenue (at 65th Street). All events are FREE. Tickets on first come first serve basis. Monday April 9th the Mabel Mercer Foundation presents an evening of Coward in Cabaret at 7 pm; Monday June 4thfeatures Made About the Boy a lecture by Alan Pally 6pm; Talking of Noel CowArd, an informal panel of friends, performers and others discuss Coward's work takes place June 11th at 6pm. Exhibit through August 18. for further info: www.noelcowardinnewyork.com/ny_festival. Additionally, the Film Society of Lincoln Center presents "Coward on Film" May 11-13; Feinstein's at the Regency hosts Christine Ebersole and Edward Hibbert in "Love, Noel," two weeks June 3-18.
SANFORD BIGGERS AND JENNIFER ZACKIN...A Small World video installation opens March 30th at The Jewish Museum. Sanford Biggers and Jennifer Zackin juxtapose home movies of their families--one African American and one Jewish American--to explore the commonalities of middle-class across racial lines. The similarities of both family narratives are striking, and the tone is playful. The duo celebrates birthdays, travel to Disneyland, and entertain at indoor and outdoor gatherings. Sanford Biggers, a Los Angeles native, lives in New York and creates artworks that integrate film video, installation, sculpture music and performance. Jennifer Zackin is a new York-based mixed-media artist. Her sculptures, videos, and site-specific installations have been widely exhibited internationally. Through August 26, 2012. In the Goodkind Media Center, located on the 3rd floor of The Jewish Musuem, 1109 Fifth Ave. (92nd St) www.thejewishmuseum.org,
Ta Ta Darlings!!! There is so much Art and Culture shaping the collective minds of New Yorker’s that I am quite out-of-breath as I take in all these exhibits. Fan mail welcome: pollytalk@verizon.net. Visit Polly’s Blogs at www.pollytalk.com and click on the links in the left-hand column. Get inspired and read http://www.poetryfromtheheartbypollyguerin.blogspot .

ASIA WEEK, A WORLD-MARKET IN NEW YORK (c) By Polly Guerin

Asian art specialists, auction houses, and 17 museums and cultural institutions celebrate the surging world-market for Asian Art, antiques and design during ASIA WEEK in New York 2012, which runs from March 16 to March 24 with museum exhibitions, lectures and special events. The nine-day celebration is filled with a non-stop schedule of simultaneous gallery open houses which will exhibit the rarest and finest treasures of Asian art and antiques. To help visitors easily navigate the week’s myriad activities, a comprehensive 88-page guide and map will be available at galleries, auction houses, and cultural institutions & www.AsiaWeekNewYork.com. It’s a rare opportunity to participate in this Asian Adventure and I mention but a few highlights to encourage your participation. Here’s the Scoop!!!
CARLO CRISTI from Daverio, Italy presents “Tibetan and Indian Arts and Central Asian Textiles, and features a superbly modeled and finely detailed 15th century Yongle bronze of Mahakala from Tibet and 7th and 8th-century silks from Central Asia. At Arader Galleries, 1016 Madison Ave.
FRANCESCA GALLOWAY joins Asia Week from London and shows “Indian miniatures & Courtly Objects,” including depictions of yalis, mythological felines seen mainly in Hindu temples in South India as well as other parts of India. At the Leslie Feely Fine Art, 33 East 68th St.
KOONEW YORK’S “Portraits & Pantheons in Korean Art” offers a rare opportunity to see extraordinary portraits of late Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910AD) civil court officials, Buddhist priests, and deities rendered in full-length scrolls, album paintings, and wooden sculptures. At Mark Murray Gallery, 39 East 72nd St.
ERIK THOMSEN presents “Japanese Paintings: Screens and Scrolls from the 17th through the 20th Centuries,” including Plovers Flying over Waves by Suzuki Kinji, on a two-panel screen referencing a poem in the famous poetry anthology Kokin Wakashu. At Eric Thomsen, 23 East 67th St.
CHAMBERS FINE ART includes a large-scale installation by Wu Jian’an, one of china’s most celebrated emerging artists. For his creation, the artist uses thousands of cut-out forms derived from Chinese mythology. At Chambers Fine Art, 522 West 19th St.
JOAN B. MIRVISS LTD. Presents “Approaching the Horizon: Important Japanese Prints from the collection of Brewster Hanson, among them some of the most coveted designs by Katsushika Hokusai, such as Amid a Waterfall on the Kisokaido and other masterworks assembled from around the world. At Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd., 39 East 78th St.
THE CHINESE PORCELAIN COMPANY exhibits “Transcending Reality: New Ink Paintings by Tai Xiangzhou,” who is well-known for his dedication to ancient papermaking and for his exclusive use of 18th-century ink and his deft command of materials evident in his landscape paintings reveal the romance between ink and paper. At The Chinese Porcelain Company, 475 Park Ave.
Ta Ta Darlings!!! This was just a small sampling of Asia Week in New York. There are auctions at Bonhams, Christie’s, Doyle and Sotheby’s, lectures and book signings at the China Institute. Gallery Talks at The Korea Society, Brooklyn Museum, Rubin Museum, the Arts of Pacific Asia Show, the Japanese Art Society of America (JASA) on Deco Japan, and symposiums and gala events. Not to be Missed! Asia Week in New York is a rare opportunity that is both educational and entertaining.

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MAGICAL VERTICAL GARDENS, THE NEW YORK WONDERLAND (c) by Polly Guerin

Spring has sprung like a magical leprechaun, the Youthquake! is shaking up fashion, Dreamy Music and Women’s History Month invite your cultural dalliance and the time of the year to welcome the harbingers of spring. It’s the Best of New York my friends, the very best of venues, so you can’t blame a gal for putting a cultural feather in her cap can you? Here’s the scoop!!!
10th ANNUAL ORCHID SHOW at the New York Botanical Garden takes you on a magical tour into the realm of Patrick Blanc, (pictured above) world-renowned French botanist and landscape artist who has transformed the orchid show into a wonderland with his vertical gardens of living foliage and flowers. It’s unlike any other orchid show ever seen because Blanc with his green dyed hair, green splashed shirt and green leather shoes looks every bit the Forest Sprite that he is by introducing color-rich towering spectacular vertical walls. In an explosion of alluring design and fragrance the exotic walls rise high above, some featuring purple-leaved foliage, orchids from the forests of India or green leaves from the slopes of Montana. Not to be Missed! It’s time to get some color into your life. www.nybg.org. March 3-April 22nd.
YOUTHQUAKE! The 1960s Fashion Revolution ought to shake you up, wake you up to the youth culture of fashion during the 1960s, a decade defined by the ascendancy of young people, who were warning each other not to trust anyone over 30, as a political, social and aesthetic force. Featuring garments, accessories, videos, and other related media, the exhibit at the Museum at FIT and the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Master of Arts program in fashion and Textile Studies draws primarily from the museum’s collection to create the exhibition featuring clothing and accessories from cutting-edge boutique and mass-market labels, as well as high fashion ready-to-wear and couture including a metallic copper mini dress, wing Dings, boots imprinted with images of the Beatles, Dress with photograph of Bob Dylan. FREE at the Museum at FIT. Through April 7th. www.fitnyc.edu/museum.
OUT OF MY DREAMS AND INTO YOUR HEART comes the lilting music of Oscar Hammerstein that springs us forward into another era. PBS hosts a look at the man who changed the American Musical forever. Hosted by Matthew Morrison, the program on March 6th at 8pm is a celebration of the most acclaimed lyricist and librettist of the 20th Century, who worked in the theater for over 40 years, writing lyrics for over a thousand songs and the libretti for dozens of operettas and musicals on Broadway, in London and Hollywood films. Remember Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, The King and I, the show is brimming over with movie clips and interview with celebrities and Hammerstein family members. Not to be missed!!!
THE CENTER FOR FEMINIST ART takes center stage during Women’s History Month at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum with public and events during March. The center had hosted hundreds of artist talk, panel discussion and lectures and who can ever forget The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago still on view with two exhibitions that celebrate the 5th anniversary of the center: Rachel Kneebone’s Regarding Rodin presents the artist’s intricately wrought, large-scale porcelain sculptures paired with 15 Rodin sculptures and Newspaper Fiction: The New York journalism of Djuna Barnes features drawings, works on paper, documentary photographs and newsprint stories through August. www.brooklynmuseum.org.
Ta Ta darlings!!! I entered the vertical world of landscaped foliage walls at the New York Botanical Garden and you should, too. It’s like nothing you have ever seen before. Fan mail welcome: pollytalk@verizon.net. View Polly’s Blogs at www.pollytalk.com, just click in the left-hand column to view a Blog, like http://www.amazingartdecodivas.com.