I wish that I was alluding to a fantastic new fall wardrobe.... but in a way, I'll come to that.
It's been quite some time since Livrelle has had any activity (on my end, at least). Livrelle is almost one year old and in the year since I began Livrelle I've been down quite a crazy road of life changes with a serious illness with accompanying life changes, a move and the completion of a master's degree. Since I've got all of that behind me now it is time for Livrelle to garner more of my attention too. First thing, will not only cover items of culture but also the occasional gluten free post. Secondly, there will just be more posts period.
So, a few things that I've wanted to write about are:
- Bam Bam Bakery (A new gluten free Bakery in Portland Maine with some vegan options!) YUMMMMMM!! That is the only way to describe Bam Bam. However, for those who have forsaken all baked items since going gluten free proceed with caution. While everything at Bam Bam is delicious their bars (lemon, raspberry and caramel) are quite sweet, but they have a blueberry muffin that is hands down the best muffin I've ever tasted - gluten free and not! Thank you Bam Bam for all of your hard work to bring those of us with Celiac's Disease a Saturday morning hot spot.
- Speaking of bakeries the folks over at Bomb Diggity Bakery make the most amazing gluten free pizza crust on the planet, I do not exaggerate. Equal thanks and praise for Bonobo for their gluten free pizza creations. You are my Friday night (read, anytime I don't want to cook) weakness.
- The Textile History Museum, in Lowell Massachusetts, has an exhibit of more than forty fashions running called "Grace & Glamour" until October 16, 2011. This exhibit showcases fashions the geometric and streamline creations of the 1930s. For those that have missed the opening of this exhibit or did not make it to the Textile History Museum for their exhibits "Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam", which focused on the stories of young American Soldiers on their way to Vietnam via their graffiti on bunk canvases or "Textile Revolution: An Exploration through Space and Time" that highlighted the influence of space exploration on textiles; on October 2nd at 2pm there will be a program related to this exhibit titled "Hollywood & Fashion: The Golden Age". This October 2nd program, given by Patricia Warner Professor Emeritus of UMASS Amherst, focuses on the influence of Hollywood glamour of the 1930s influenced the hair styles and makeup of depression generation women (talk about feeling as good as you look).
- Jumping ahead to the sixties and beyond is the Phoenix Art Museum exhibit "Giorgio di Sant' Angelo". Special thanks to the Arizona Costume Institute for sponsoring this exhibit and providing an excuse to visit family, friends and/or the beautiful of the American desert. This exhibit runs until February 12, 2012 in the Ellman Fashion Design Gallery.
More later!
O
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Upcoming Costume/History of Fashion Events in AZ
Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend myself however, the Arizona Costume Institute has sent invitations for the following:
Théâtre De La Mode: reception Friday March 25, 2011 6-8:30Pm, sponsored by the Phoenix Art Museum and the Arizona Costume Institute, exhibit runs through July 31, 2011, the exhibit focuses around the survival of haute couture in Paris after WWII to prove its resilience as the center of the fashion world.
Fashion Independent: Also sponsored by the Phoenix Art Museum and the Arizona Costume Society, this exhibit focuses around custom made sportswear for women by major mid-twentieth century designers, this exhibit will run until May 29, 2011.
A quick run of up-coming lectures includes:
Kandahar Treasure: the production of fine artisanal textiles produced by Afghan women and sold throughout the world.
Fifty Works for Fifty States: The result of an American couple who chose to live on her salary, as a librarian, while using his salary, as a postman, to collect art.
Echos of Eden: The Garden as a symbol of the World: The theme of the garden is explored in the works of many famous interpretations including, plays, religion, paintings, satire, etc.
Insights into Théâtre de La Mode : A second life/touring for French mannequins from the 1940s representing a renaissance of timeless fashions.
An Evening with Fischl and Andres Serrano: Andres Serrano is the guest of international stature this year to act as jury for the Phoenix College Art Competition and to participate in the Fischl Lecture Series, Serrano specializes in photography that deals with the boundaries of beauty and disgust.
Celebrating the Golden Age of Dutch Art: A celebration of Dutch art with William Kloss, a distinguished teacher, art historian and national recognized scholar of European art.
The Art of Couture: Lecture by renouned Pati Palmer about couture sewing, how sewing has changed since 1945, designing and custom fitting as well as her participation in Théâtre de la Mode: The Secret Survival of French Fashion.
Bowles on Bolenciaga: Hamish Bowles, Editor-at-Large of European Vogue, talk about the European designer Balenciaga.
If you live or are at all able to get to Phoenix Arizona for these events I highly, highly encourage it, for the rest of us...we'll just dream and salivate.
Théâtre De La Mode: reception Friday March 25, 2011 6-8:30Pm, sponsored by the Phoenix Art Museum and the Arizona Costume Institute, exhibit runs through July 31, 2011, the exhibit focuses around the survival of haute couture in Paris after WWII to prove its resilience as the center of the fashion world.
Fashion Independent: Also sponsored by the Phoenix Art Museum and the Arizona Costume Society, this exhibit focuses around custom made sportswear for women by major mid-twentieth century designers, this exhibit will run until May 29, 2011.
A quick run of up-coming lectures includes:
Kandahar Treasure: the production of fine artisanal textiles produced by Afghan women and sold throughout the world.
Fifty Works for Fifty States: The result of an American couple who chose to live on her salary, as a librarian, while using his salary, as a postman, to collect art.
Echos of Eden: The Garden as a symbol of the World: The theme of the garden is explored in the works of many famous interpretations including, plays, religion, paintings, satire, etc.
Insights into Théâtre de La Mode : A second life/touring for French mannequins from the 1940s representing a renaissance of timeless fashions.
An Evening with Fischl and Andres Serrano: Andres Serrano is the guest of international stature this year to act as jury for the Phoenix College Art Competition and to participate in the Fischl Lecture Series, Serrano specializes in photography that deals with the boundaries of beauty and disgust.
Celebrating the Golden Age of Dutch Art: A celebration of Dutch art with William Kloss, a distinguished teacher, art historian and national recognized scholar of European art.
The Art of Couture: Lecture by renouned Pati Palmer about couture sewing, how sewing has changed since 1945, designing and custom fitting as well as her participation in Théâtre de la Mode: The Secret Survival of French Fashion.
Bowles on Bolenciaga: Hamish Bowles, Editor-at-Large of European Vogue, talk about the European designer Balenciaga.
If you live or are at all able to get to Phoenix Arizona for these events I highly, highly encourage it, for the rest of us...we'll just dream and salivate.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Oh Phoo
You might note that my last post was Monday, February 21st. This wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary except that, it was in that post that I expressed my resolve to post more often. Well, after that I clicked "Publish Post", shut down my computer and headed to bed. The next morning when I went to power up the computer, check the weather, e-mail, etc., I was writing my first e-mail of the day when my keyboard did a, then rather annoying, in retrospect hilarious and fun, thing. Every time I typed the "h" key only a dot would appear and sometimes after typing the "h" key other letters would be influenced, for example my "w" would appear as a sigma, or my vowels would have non-English accents over them. A friend said it best "Jamie your e-mail is a great combination of Yiddish and cockney! See you when you get here!" She was certainly right. But, all has been remedied - so I'm back to post away!
I've recently joined a book group with a really great component - reader services advisory. This is an important topic for me because it is something that I am asked in my professional work and a very difficult skill to do well. This book group has decided to choose books for each month based on the Dewey Decimal classification system. But that got me thinking. I just happened to have finished three books this week, my on the go non-fiction book, my at home fiction book and an audio-book. This has never happened before and left me reeling as to what to read next! I decided that instead I would like to read about Ireland for the month of March. In a rush to begin a new audio-book I started the next one in my audio library, which happened to be The Devil Wears Prada, completely non-Ireland but...oh well. I am enjoying this audio book and it has spurred ideas for April and given me time to find The Story of Lucy Gault, which I am also looking forward to listening to this month. For other reading about Ireland, instead of purchasing new books- always a temptation, I decided to "start" with the only two books about Ireland that I already own but have not yet read; Tales of the Elders of Ireland, the translation that I have is by Ann Dooley and Harry Roe, and Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales by Alwyn and Brinley Rees. Perhaps this will segue nicely into a month of books about Wales, which I have a lot more material about, for April. I suppose we'll wait and see!
Please send along any recommendations for fiction books about Ireland. I've already read all of the "Irish Country" books by Patrick Taylor - wonderful reads if you've not read them yet!
I've recently joined a book group with a really great component - reader services advisory. This is an important topic for me because it is something that I am asked in my professional work and a very difficult skill to do well. This book group has decided to choose books for each month based on the Dewey Decimal classification system. But that got me thinking. I just happened to have finished three books this week, my on the go non-fiction book, my at home fiction book and an audio-book. This has never happened before and left me reeling as to what to read next! I decided that instead I would like to read about Ireland for the month of March. In a rush to begin a new audio-book I started the next one in my audio library, which happened to be The Devil Wears Prada, completely non-Ireland but...oh well. I am enjoying this audio book and it has spurred ideas for April and given me time to find The Story of Lucy Gault, which I am also looking forward to listening to this month. For other reading about Ireland, instead of purchasing new books- always a temptation, I decided to "start" with the only two books about Ireland that I already own but have not yet read; Tales of the Elders of Ireland, the translation that I have is by Ann Dooley and Harry Roe, and Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales by Alwyn and Brinley Rees. Perhaps this will segue nicely into a month of books about Wales, which I have a lot more material about, for April. I suppose we'll wait and see!
Please send along any recommendations for fiction books about Ireland. I've already read all of the "Irish Country" books by Patrick Taylor - wonderful reads if you've not read them yet!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Mad about Marginalia
I love a great many things, marginalia is definitely one of them. So, it would come as no surprise that I was very excited about, and then very disappointed by, today's New York Times article "Book Lovers Fear Dim Future for Note in the Margins." I had quite the post going when I realized I do not want Livrelle to be a place for rants, so the link is above for you to read the article and form your own opinion of the piece. I think the heart of the article is in the right place.
Since this is a post about marginalia I suppose I can't just leave it at that so....Love books and want to start a collection? Next time you're in a used bookshop or ordering something from Amazon, or somewhere similar, look to see if there's a copy of one of your favorite books with notes in the margins. It is fascinating to learn how others responded to the same text, and often very cheap too! The only downside is that you can't ask the marginator (that's my made up word for people who write in margins) any questions. It's a fun and interesting way to enjoy books you've read time and again in a new way.
When I began Livrelle I wanted to post every day. Obviously, I have not been successful in that goal. But, I have been reading like wild fire and my most recent read, Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project, has got me thinking about revisiting my goal of posting every day and about what the content of Livrelle will be. I can't say I have any answers yet but if there are any regular readers out there - please bear with me. I think this will be fun!
Since this is a post about marginalia I suppose I can't just leave it at that so....Love books and want to start a collection? Next time you're in a used bookshop or ordering something from Amazon, or somewhere similar, look to see if there's a copy of one of your favorite books with notes in the margins. It is fascinating to learn how others responded to the same text, and often very cheap too! The only downside is that you can't ask the marginator (that's my made up word for people who write in margins) any questions. It's a fun and interesting way to enjoy books you've read time and again in a new way.
When I began Livrelle I wanted to post every day. Obviously, I have not been successful in that goal. But, I have been reading like wild fire and my most recent read, Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project, has got me thinking about revisiting my goal of posting every day and about what the content of Livrelle will be. I can't say I have any answers yet but if there are any regular readers out there - please bear with me. I think this will be fun!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
And now for something Completely different...or at least fishy
As some of you may know, the Northeast has been having a very wintery winter. Though snow makes bipedal travel extra difficult, I am really enjoying it. We haven't had a real winter in a few years, so perhaps its just the change of pace that is making it so fun. Regardless, the weather has me craving soup. So tonight I made a sicilian fish soup. My was it good.
Here is the recipe...
6 tbs olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
2 large cloves of garlic (I use one giant clove of elephant garlic because it's sweeter and more mellow)
2/3 cup fresh chopped parsley
1 cup of chopped tomato (usually one medium tomato)
1 1/3 cup of cold water
2/3 cup dry white wine (really any white you like or have on hand would probably do just fine)
2 lbs of fish (again - this is up to your discretion. I recommend cod and bay scallops but I'm sure whatever white fish and/or shell fish you like or have on hand would work too.)
Heat olive oil on medium to medium high heat. Add garlic and onion and saute for 4 minutes. Add the parsley stirring occasionally for about 2 minutes and then add the tomato and cook for another 2 minutes. Then, add the water, wine and fish (cut to bite size pieces - although if you're using cod throw it in whole, stirring will break it up once it cooks) and simmer for about 10 minutes more. With your ever handy salt and pepper grinders, season to taste and enjoy!
Oh- and don't forget the chunk of baguette for sopping up broth!!
Here is the recipe...
6 tbs olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
2 large cloves of garlic (I use one giant clove of elephant garlic because it's sweeter and more mellow)
2/3 cup fresh chopped parsley
1 cup of chopped tomato (usually one medium tomato)
1 1/3 cup of cold water
2/3 cup dry white wine (really any white you like or have on hand would probably do just fine)
2 lbs of fish (again - this is up to your discretion. I recommend cod and bay scallops but I'm sure whatever white fish and/or shell fish you like or have on hand would work too.)
Heat olive oil on medium to medium high heat. Add garlic and onion and saute for 4 minutes. Add the parsley stirring occasionally for about 2 minutes and then add the tomato and cook for another 2 minutes. Then, add the water, wine and fish (cut to bite size pieces - although if you're using cod throw it in whole, stirring will break it up once it cooks) and simmer for about 10 minutes more. With your ever handy salt and pepper grinders, season to taste and enjoy!
Oh- and don't forget the chunk of baguette for sopping up broth!!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
We Did This...or rather the U.K. is
the United Kingdom has for quite a time now been at the head of the field in exploring how the digital environment can be used by the humanities. The last ten years has seen Intute, GalaxyWeb, Transcribe Bentham, and many, many more cutting edge projects come out of JISC and other government department funded projects. Some have survived while others have not.
One might think that in the face of major budget cuts new digital humanities efforts would grind to a halt. No, not for the British. This morning a new website wedidthis.org.uk was announced. The premis of this project is that donors will contribute to projects and the larger their contribution the larger the reward is for the donor. So, say you give 500,00 dollars (I'm completely making these numbers up) you may get to weigh in with your decisions on how the conductor has the orchestra perform the piece, or which 4 items of 20 get digitized for a specific topic of an online exhibit. Donors who contribute a million dollars may get to choose 4 items of 20 preselected items and are invited to a champagne reception for the launch of the exhibit with the composer or author. Of course, I'm completely making up these dollar figures and scenarios but it there really is a point here. Why throw obscene amounts of money at potential donors in an effort to get their donations when you can pay for a donor party with their own, prepaid, donation? Ummm, remind anyone of the adage 'Why pay for what you're already getting for free?'!
How many institutions do you know that have members groups or friends groups that they perpetually ask for money but the donors get little or nothing in return? Moving this aspect of institutional fundraising online eliminates the highly expensive dinners, receptions, galas and other events that institutions put on to invite potential donors to their institution to show them what they do and entice them to contribute to it AND it gives donors a greater reward for their generosity.
If you are skeptical that this may actually work I invite you to check out The White Review. The White Review, an art and ideas magazine, is a product of cowdsource funding by wefund.co.uk.
Brilliant... but the Brits always are.
One might think that in the face of major budget cuts new digital humanities efforts would grind to a halt. No, not for the British. This morning a new website wedidthis.org.uk was announced. The premis of this project is that donors will contribute to projects and the larger their contribution the larger the reward is for the donor. So, say you give 500,00 dollars (I'm completely making these numbers up) you may get to weigh in with your decisions on how the conductor has the orchestra perform the piece, or which 4 items of 20 get digitized for a specific topic of an online exhibit. Donors who contribute a million dollars may get to choose 4 items of 20 preselected items and are invited to a champagne reception for the launch of the exhibit with the composer or author. Of course, I'm completely making up these dollar figures and scenarios but it there really is a point here. Why throw obscene amounts of money at potential donors in an effort to get their donations when you can pay for a donor party with their own, prepaid, donation? Ummm, remind anyone of the adage 'Why pay for what you're already getting for free?'!
How many institutions do you know that have members groups or friends groups that they perpetually ask for money but the donors get little or nothing in return? Moving this aspect of institutional fundraising online eliminates the highly expensive dinners, receptions, galas and other events that institutions put on to invite potential donors to their institution to show them what they do and entice them to contribute to it AND it gives donors a greater reward for their generosity.
If you are skeptical that this may actually work I invite you to check out The White Review. The White Review, an art and ideas magazine, is a product of cowdsource funding by wefund.co.uk.
Brilliant... but the Brits always are.
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