Bands come and bands go. That is the nature of popular music. Sure, some stay and go on to become the stuff legends. That is always the hope and the prayer.
Necrophiliacs and dancing bears: meet the wild artists of the Society of Dilettanti
A series of works on show at Sir John Soane’s Museum was funded by an 18th-century group who were truly mad, bad and dangerous to know
20 May 2021 • 5:00am
In their cups: various members of the Society of Dilettanti (1778), as painted by Joshua Reynolds
Credit: Alamy
All the boisterous patrician privilege of the Bullingdon Club crossed with the artistic hunter-gatherer instincts of the Tate trustees: that was, approximately, the Society of Dilettanti, founded in 1734 by some aristocratic courtiers around Frederick, the Prince of Wales who would predecease his father, George II. They had returned reluctantly from their classical tours in Italy “desirous of encouraging at home a taste for those objects which had contributed so much to their entertainment abroad”.
Ramblers
The Caledonia Ramblers Hiking Club is holding a slide show at the Spruce Capital Seniors’ Recreation Centre, 3701 Rainbow Drive on January 23. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., with Mark Earle showing slides of the 3M Traverse- Missinka River and Monkman Pass to Muller Creek. Non-members are welcome to attend. Please call 563-4233 for further information.
Button Blankets
Marion Hunt-Doig, a Kwaquilth Indian and native cultural teacher, will be putting on a Button Blanket-making workshop entitled The Robes of Power. Teachers will learn about the people and culture behind the Button Blanket as well as start their own blanket. The workshop takes place January 30 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the Jack Byron room of the Stuido 2880 Arts Complex. Registration deadline is today [January 22] and costs $50. For more information or to register call Virginia 562-4526.
Steve Wong, Times-News correspondent
A few weeks ago, I saw a Facebook event posting for an “electric violinist.” Now there’s a listing you don’t see every day when looking for “live music” in Hendersonville.
Granted, sometimes I see fiddlers who play bluegrass or country. I see an occasional violinist who is part of a band or ensemble. This might be the first time I’ve seen an electric violinist playing solo at one of Hendo’s popular venues.
I was intrigued and wanted to know more. The violinist is Paul Rene McIntire of Asheville. He’ll be playing Sunday afternoon at Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards.