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Darien Library Invites You to Explore Artists’ Gardens in New England Written by Amanda Goodman
Darien Library invites history, art, literature, and gardening aficionados alike to visit the gardens of the greats. Some of the most beloved painters, sculptors, and authors were inspired by the gardens they created. Author Jana Milbocker with lead a virtual tour of the private havens of Edith Wharton, Julian Alden Weir, Childe Hassam, Daniel Chester French, Emily Dickinson, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Celia Thaxter, and others.
Register for this Tuesday, February 23 at 10 a.m. online event at Darien Library’s website at darienlibrary.org/event/4823.
Jana Milbocker is a garden designer, speaker, and author. She combines horticulture, design, and travel tips to educate, inspire and delight both new and seasoned gardeners. Jana loves to visit gardens and historic sites in the U.S. and abroad, and share her trips through her books, photos and blog.
Trump made an arts commission all White, all male and almost entirely mediocre
Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post
Feb. 11, 2021
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The Commission of Fine Arts, c. 1915. Clockwise from left: Charles Moore, Peirce Anderson, Edwin Blashfield, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Daniel Chester French, Colonel William Harts , Thomas Hastings and Cass Gilbert.Commission of Fine Arts
A photograph taken a few years after the 1910 founding of the Commission of Fine Arts shows its seven members and the commission secretary at a moment when the capital of the United States was being radically redesigned as a grand, monumental city. All of the members are White men and all are dressed in suits and ties. Among them is Daniel Chester French, the sculptor who created the giant statue of the 16th president that commands the inner sanctum of the Lincoln Memorial; Cass Gilbert, the architect who designed the Supreme Court building; and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., a landscape designer
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With a lineup of A-list recording artists, the concert marking the inauguration of America s 46th presidency felt a long way from four years ago when organisers struggled to find performers willing to endorse Donald Trump s ascension to political office with a performance.
Accompanying a transition of power with musical fanfare is a long-held tradition in American politics, but Inauguration Day galas are largely invitation-only events, reserved for party donors, the who-used-to-be-who and the what s left of high society and the political hoi polloi.
This year the COVID-19 pandemic forced the creation of a virtual event,
Celebrating America, hosted by actor Tom Hanks and featuring musical performances from various remote locations by Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry and others.
On the first day of the Biden administration, we had already seen something almost entirely missing from Washington over the last four years: A-list stars. Also, music. In the inauguration itself there were Lady Gaga, with her golden microphone and in-ear monitors singing the “Star-Spangled Banner”; Jennifer Lopez‘s medley of “This Land Is Your Land” and “America the Beautiful,” stopping to pick up “Let’s Get Loud” on the way; and Garth Brooks’ hatless solo “Amazing Grace.” Donald Trump’s 2016 inaugural events managed to field Tony Orlando, Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave), the inevitable Lee “God Bless the U.S.A.” Greenwood and the Piano Guys.