A WITNESS !!
the World Trade Center towers – come down – SEPT 11, 2001
I knew we were under attack – when I saw the 2nd plane swing over the East River, and make for the second tower.
then I watched them pancake down.
human screams, filled the air for miles – as if the island had become a huge outdoor sports stadium – in a huge mass reverse – of cheering.
Theo.
Kate.
one of the quilts I work on.
I repair archival antique quilts by hand. with patience & alot of hard-earned hand-stitch skills . . .
I also sometimes consult on quilt collecting, and quilt lore and patterns. go figure.
maybe I should open a gallery – and call it – THE HOLE, too ?
PHOTOS COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
~YES, I WAS !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 10th, 2010, 10:22am
ALLYSON MELLBERG/LOTUS EATER/IMAGE COURTESY: CINDERS GALLERY
ALLYSON MELLBERG – ‘AN UNEARTHLY CHILD’ – OPENING TO-NITE – FRI SEPT 10, 2010 / 7-10PM !!
the show runs thru OCT 10, 2010
CINDERS GALLERY – 103 HAVEMEYER ST – WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN
~ALLYSON MELLBERG/AN UNEARTHLY CHILD !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 10th, 2010, 9:58am
SUNDAY SEPT 12, 2010 / 11AM – 9PM
MOORE ST. – BTW BOGART & WHITE – BUSHWICK
‘BROOKLYN NEEDS LEADERS / BLACK APPLE RECRUITMENT CENTER’
BLACK APPLE PLAYS THE – 1st ANNUAL BUSHWICK BLOCK PARTY – WITH A LIVE INSTALLATION BY:
THE EASTERN DISTRICT CLAN – NOHJCOLEY, CASH4 & POSTERBOY !!
and featuring a:
* * * BLACK APPLE LEADERS – PRESENTATION/INSTALLATION at EASTERN DISTRICT !! * * *
with a LIVE PERFORMANCE – by TALIB KWELI – at 7:30 PM
ALSO: DETH KILLERS – DETH RALLY in 3d at 9PM !!
check out this website for the event: bushwickblockparty.com – it’s got a great animated graphic going on !!
~BUSHWICK LOVE ME, TOO !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 10th, 2010, 9:51am
PUBLIC SCHOOL / FASHION’S NIGHT OUT !!
CFDA INCUBATOR / POP UP PRINT SHOP / ART INSTALLATION / DOCUMENTARY FILMING
‘NEW YORK LOVE ME’ – PUBLIC SCHOOL
COME GET FILMED FOR THE NYLME DOC – AND – RECEIVE A CUSTOM SCREENED T-SHIRT
FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 / 6-ll PM
PLAZA HOTEL – 59TH ST & FIFTH AVE.
ON EXHIBIT – AN INSTALLATION – BY EASTERN DISTRICT ARTIST – JASON GRUNWALD !!
see: PUBLIC SCHOOL !!
see: EASTERN DISTRICT !!
~NEWYKLVEME !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 10th, 2010, 9:23am
DAN COLEN/IMAGE COURTESY GAGOSIAN GALLERY
but if you are on the island – to-nite’s hottest opening would probably be:
DAN COLEN – ‘POETRY’ – OPENING FRI SEPT 10, 2010 / 6-8 PM
the show runs thru OCT 16, 2010
GAGOSIAN GALLERY – 555 – W. 24 TH ST – CHELSEA, NYC.
according to the gallery – this marks Dan’s “first major show in New York” . . .
they have a couple of images and an interesting intro – on the gallery website,
see: GAGOSIAN GALLERY/DAN COLEN – SEPT 2010
~DAN COLEN LANDS AT GOGO !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 10th, 2010, 8:59am
DUKE RILEY – ‘An Invitation to Lubber Land’, 2010/FILM STILL/COURTESY & COPYRIGHT: DUKE RILEY
. . . island of Manhattan aside – if you happen to be the mid-west – here’s the opening to make !!
‘DUKE RILEY: AN INVITATION TO LUBBER LAND’ – OPENS TO-NITE – FRI SEPT 10, 2010 / 7-10 PM
On View September 10th, 2010 thru January 9th, 2011
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND
8501 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OHIO.
note: there will be an ARTIST TALK – with DUKE RILEY – ‘CIGARETTE TREES & OTHER HOBO FANTASIES’ – at the start of tonight’s opening – 7 PM.
you can read more about the exhibit: here !!
. . . but here are some of the most pertinent & colorful details, that Duke sent along . . . quote:
HISTORY:
Buried beneath the city of Cleveland is a prehistoric river known as Kingsbury Run. Before it was re-routed underground, itinerant workers made their home along its banks. During the depression of the 1890s, a “tramp census” conducted by John McCook indicated 6% of the population of the United States were itinerant. At that time Cleveland was regarded as a “hobos’ paradise” because of the gracious handouts itinerants would receive, and lenient treatment by the city’s police.
During the Great Depression of the 1930s the itinerant population swelled to 30%, and the Kingsbury Run grew into a sprawling shantytown. However, a series of gruesome murders occurred along the Run, targeting the hobos. As a band-aid solution to stop the serial killings, the police department arrested and displaced the population, burning the neighborhood to the ground.
PROJECT:
Today, itinerant cultures both nationally and globally are being marginalized to the brink of extinction. The hobo census, a once respected barometer for the American economy is now obsolete.
Motivated by our current economic climate, I traveled the country by freight train, attempting to re-conduct McCook’s census, ultimately returning to Cleveland. By infiltrating the sewer system. I regained access to the forgotten Kingsbury Run. In search of the lost “hobos’ paradise” I followed the Run, beneath the streets of Cleveland to its headwater.
~DUKE RILEY LANDS IN OHIO !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 10th, 2010, 8:47am
‘DO NOT ABANDON ME – LOUISE BOURGEOIS AND TRACEY EMIN’
OPENING RECEPTION: THURS SEPT 9, 2010
the show runs thru NOV 13, 2010
CAROLINA NITSCH PROJECT ROOM – 534 W. 22 – CHELSEA, NYC.
The new season started – with a bang. Simon stumbled upon last night’s hottest opening – ‘DO NOT ABANDON ME – LOUISE BOURGEOIS AND TRACY EMIN’ – a series of 16 collaborative works completed during the past two years – on the walls – and accompanied by – a beautiful large-scale fully illustrated hardcover catalog.
Simon says: “Too bad Louise Bourgeois recently died – she would have loved the opening. Tracey was there in top form, sporting a sublime tan – that could put the Jersey Shore denizens to shame. Dressed to the hilt and surrounded by a glamorous European circle of friends – they were all British and French – she was in her trademark hard and soft, sweet and sour self. Ashely Bickerton put in a rare appearance, talking shop – with Gary Indiana. The gallery being a small space – was packed to the gills and over-flowing. It’s a beautiful show. Go see it.”
TRACEY EMIN AND LOUISE BOURGEOIS. 2010. PORTRAIT BY BRIGITTE CORNAND
the frontispiece of the catalog – ‘DO NOT ABANDON ME 2009-10’.
Louise Bourgeois did the watercolors, Tracey did the small line drawings, and the texts.
all images from the hard cover catalog:
‘LOUISE BOURGEOIS TRACEY EMIN – DO NOT ABANDON ME 2009-10’
Published in a limited edition of 1,500 – to accompany the exhibition.
PHOTOS – FROM THE BOOK – COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
~DO NOT ABANDON ME, TRACEY EMIN !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 10th, 2010, 8:00am
MORPH TRAITS – A COLLABORATIVE ART EXHIBIT & BOOK RELEASE – BY :
DANIEL HIGGS & KYLE RANSON
OPENS TO-NITE – THURS SEPT 9, 2010 / 7-10 PM
NEEDLES AND PENS – 3253-16th ST. – SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
the show runs thru OCT 14, 2010
44 drawings – that are the result of a collaborative exercise between Kyle Ranson and Daniel Higgs – that began in 1991 and set aside – this back and forth practice continued intermittently over the next 16 years through brief encounters and the postal system. In 2007, the two geographically separated artists re-initiated the game and it was decided to create a volume of these works. Three years in the making, this assemblage evolved into what became known as the ‘Morph Traits’ – a 4 color, 60 page off-set printed book, printed in a limited edition of 500 and published by NEEDLES & PENS.
All images from the book – will be displayed on the gallery walls.
~MORPH TRAITS OPENS AT NEEDLES & PENS |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 9th, 2010, 11:30am
thanks to a lucky alignment of all things good !! – we were able to make the up-state New York – Catskill Mountains – opening of MATT BUA’S – CATAMOUNT PEOPLE’S MUSEUM – SAT SEPT 4, 2010.
unlike the impression we got from the earliest photos – Matt had sent us – that the big wooden cat was the top of the – or the actual roof – of a small building – it was a wonderful surprise – to see that the handmade bobcat – comprised the entire museum building – it was more of a lean-to – though in fact a totally free-standing sheltering structure . . . and, made with great innovation !! how fun.
MATT BUA – founder & builder of the first ever CATAMOUNT PEOPLE’S MUSEUM.
literally built from the grass roots-up . . . the ‘museum’ collection – is also an on-going grass roots in-progress open to the public – endeavor, too. the way a real folk museum should be – a true people’s museum and community gathering spot.
inside the almost open-to-the-elements – wooden shelter – is a place to contribute artifacts of local lore and comment.
more permanent displays are sturdily framed among the ‘cat’ rafters !! – and perhaps- the most interesting
‘open invitational’ element – a vintage typewriter – on which to leave your own story !!
. . . KATE writes our story !!
that’s CARMEN BORGIA – providing some sweet and low-key music – for the entirely charming & inspired afternoon.
and then pins it to a wall. it was really interesting to read – the other stories too.
LOL !! – the stories stayed brief – it . . .
was . . . hard to type – on a vintage ribbon-fed typewriter – as opposed to a modern-day keyboard !!
it was fun to watch the generation that never had – try to deal with it !!
“NANCY SMITH, KATE & THEO CERIGO VISITED SEPT 4, 2010 – FROM NYC VIA PINE HILLS.”
“we have been coming upstate almost every summer from New York City since we were kids to stay at a friend’s summer house and get some country life in our city systems.
it’s always hard to leave and go back to the city.
maybe we are all just made for the mountains.”
yep, Theo was there too. and he really liked it too.
KATE & THEO CERIGO, CATAMOUNT PEOPLE’S MUSEUM. OPENING DAY. SEPT 4, 2010.
the sign says:
CALL 1-877-679-4283 FOR THE CATAMOUNT PEOPLE’S MUSEUM RECORD-A-STORY HOT LINE.
PRESS 1 FOR THE PAST.
PRESS 2 FOR THE FUTURE. (!!)
another of the charming and very practical, though absolutely rustic – DIY design features – handmade seating, some for individuals, some to share . . . fashioned from found tree parts, mostly branches, and some wood planks & scraps . . .
and, yes – they were comfortable !!
a look from the backside of the “lean-to” !!
well actually, inside the belly of the cat – it was a pretty sturdy free-standing structure – that seemed to grow up from the ground and take on an organic life. cat, museum, artifacts and all. and it afforded more protection than one would imagine – from the elements. Matt expects the structure to be up – for at least a year – and it is open to the public at all times.
(that’s another chair – fashioned from branches – in the foreground)
one of the more fascinating up-close details – the use of vintage bottle caps – as washers.
re-cycling – was obviously – the catch phrase.
of course – the cat’s – shape – esp the cat face . . . took on a life of it’s own !!
and the cat paws – were the among the most awesome and unique – parts of the project !!
another really interesting design element – was how the structure was placed – on the small country town – empty rural lot . . .
from one angle – yep – there was the town of CATAMOUNT !!
but, from another angle – you could swear – you had just stumbled across this Hans-and-Gretel style – in the open woods !!
you can follow MATT’s project, and check out it’s early beginnings, here.
see: MATT BUA/CATAMOUNT PEOPLE’S MUSEUM/bobcathouse.blogspot.com !!
PHOTOS COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
~MATT BUA/CATAMOUNT PEOPLE’S MUSEUM/OPENING |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 9th, 2010, 9:27am
AN EVENING – IN HONOR OF – ACTOR PHILIP LOEB !! – TO-NITE: SEPT 1, 2010 / 6:30 PM
SPONSORED BY THE ACTOR’S EQUITY ASSOCIATION
at: THE MUSEUM of JEWISH HERITAGE – A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST – EDMOND J. SAFRA PLAZA
36 BATTERY PLACE – NEW YORK, NY
DIRECTIONS: SUBWAY 4/5 to BOWLING GREEN, walk west along Battery Place. SUBWAY R to WHITEHALL STREET, walk west along Battery Place to South Ferry, walk north along Battery Park/State Street, turn left & walk west on Battery Place.
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
IF YOU SAW THAT DELIGHTFUL & ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE HERALDED – DOCUMENTARY – ‘YOO-HOO, MRS. GOLDBERG’ – BY AVIVA KEMPNER – THEN YOU KNOW WHY – THIS EVENT HEADLINES ARTLOVERS TO-DAY !!
. . . forget what you usually see on T.V. shows about the earliest T.V. sitcoms – LUCILLE BALL – did not – initiate the genre. that’s just what they’d like you think. it was GERTRUDE BERG – who played Lower East Side matriarch – MRS. GOLDBERG – who actually kicked off the sitcom ball game !! though the show – didn’t time-travel – culturally – as well Lucille Ball’s – ‘I LOVE LUCY’ – maybe that was because – it was so topical – and therefore a little more prone to appear dated – as opposed to Lucy’s generalized and second generation slapstick comedy. in fact, if you even casually – follow Ms. Kempner’s documentary – which is very very lively, thoroughly entertaining and chockful of vintage clips – it’s not a step too far to conclude that the producer, writer, and star of the show – Gertrude Berg – a native-born New Yorker – was not only the true mother of them all – but – an early blogger as well. well before there was a blogshere !! she was on the air – with her take !!
A real multi-tasker, and thinker – not just a gifted comedian and entertainer – Gertrude Berg – stepped out of her home each morning – with the issues of the day on her mind – and a story to tell – fresh – for each day’s live broadcast. She absolutely generated her own whole show, and she did this day after day. Unlike Lucille – she had no outside writers – it was all Gertrude – 24/7 and on point. She wrote the scripts – that had the first T.V. audiences in stitches – as she brought ethnic immigrant life – the newcomers from the old country – who landed on New York’s Lower East Side – to life – for a vast new national T.V. audience – national as in country-wide – even in the heartland – who had previously no real inkling of what was afoot in America’s biggest city. and along with the hilarious family ups and downs – she served up – gentle but insightful takes on the politics of the day and the world – New York City style !!
probably – therefore – it comes – as no surprise – that her show got caught up in the national embarrassment – that we now so plainly see those sorry blacklisting days of the 40s and 50s to be. seeing the original clips – it’s hard to understand what antagonized these small-minded censors – so much. All of Gertrude Berg’s writing comes across as very gentle chiding – even when it touched on national issues. She wrote from such a heartfelt and truly concerned place. yet the co-star of the show – PHILIP BERG – who played JAKE GOLDBERG – Molly Goldberg’s husband on the show – and – therefore the first father knows best !! – took a heartbreaking fall for the gang – and was blacklisted. As Aviva Kempner details so poignantly in ‘Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg’ – it was for his union activities – and not for his role on the program per se – that got him into hot water. but he was forced from the show – signaling not only the beginning of the end of the show, but of his own life as well. Heartbroken and well – just plain broken – he took his own life on Sept 1, 1955. and the union activism that got him blacklisted ? – he was one of the first founder activists for an actor’s union – or – as it is called today – the Actors’ Equity Association – and so, no wonder they are the honoring sponsors of this event to-nite. the eve of Labor Day weekend and the 55th anniversary of his untimely death.
I believe he jumped from a hotel window – he had been at the height of his acting career. as for the show, ‘Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg’ never found a replacement – for the depth of heart and warmth of humor he brought to the role -and it went off the air, rather unceremoniously, as Ms. Kempner notes – to be replaced by the more stylized and innocuous – ‘I LOVE LUCY’.
excerpts of ‘Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg’ – along with other clips related to Philip Loeb and his career will be shown to-nite.
to-nite’slive panel guests – honoring the memory of Philip Loeb will include:
AVIVA KEMPNER, director, ‘Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg’
ANNA BERGER, actress on ‘The Goldbergs’
PETER FREIDMAN, an actor who is writing a play about Loeb
Dr. STEVE LOEB, Loeb’s grandnephew
Dr. GLENN SMITH, a Loeb biographer
and JIM BROCHU, an actor, and playwright of ‘ZERO HOUR’.
. . . and if you want to spend a really entertaining and thoughtful moment – on Labor Day weekend !! – check out – the official website for – Aviva Kempner’s – ‘Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg’ – and meet GERTRUDE BERG – the “most famous woman in America – you never heard of” – !!
see: YOO-HOO, MRS. GOLDBERG !!
~IN HONOR OF PHILIP LOEB/YOO-HOO, MRS GOLDBERG !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 1st, 2010, 11:44am
