Well, here we are, at the end of the ninth week, Dante’s innermost circle, kicking summer off. Many tri-state beaches are open and the wagons are circling our governors for their sins of keeping us safe. Time will tell. I love this image from Italy.
We have such a gorgeous continuum of bloom around here; the tulips turn into azaleas into iris into flowers I don’t recognize.
We found another fantastic place, Local 130 (named for the 130 miles of New Jersey coastline), a wholesale fishery that used to distribute to the still-closed restaurants. But, the fishermen are still catching and, like the farm, they’ve changed tack and now sell direct to us. They deliver to other states, too.
https://www.instagram.com/local130seafood/
My family is compliant, even when (some) people poke fun at us for being so. Many of our members are in the so-called “do gooder” professions, and my sister Nancy has been making dozens of masks in many sizes for all of us. Thank you!
What to watch: “A Streetcar Named Desire,” Young Vic National Theatre
Free until Thursday, May 28
Starring Gillian Anderson and Ben Foster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJEpYaD3yTw
Missing Sounds of New York: An Auditory Love Letter to New Yorkers
The NY Public Library put together a collection of sounds that we miss. I love no.7.
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/05/01/missing-sounds-of-new-york
Music: Graduation!
Did you ever wonder how the “graduation song” became so popular?
(The title comes from a line in Shakespeare’s ”Othello:” “Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!”)
https://www.wqxr.org/story/how-pomp-and-circumstance-marched-its-way-gra…
(The comments section is amusing)
Speaking of graduation, here’s one of the more interesting virtual addresses: Trigger alert!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgm6hK4znhE
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Concert (live): Sunday, May 24 at 3pm ET
Yo-Yo Ma will perform J.S. Bach’s six cello suites live.
A memorial for those we have lost in the pandemic and a tribute to the resilience of our communities
https://www.youtube.com/yoyoma
On WQXR.org and on many other public radio stations
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Live concerts
If you love live music, here’s an essay by Dave Grohl, “The Day the Live Concert Returns”
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/05/dave-grohl-irreplace…
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My friend Paula sent this to me and it cracks me up:
New York: Ko-Cuomo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnH-uA-Pog0
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Chelsea Garden Show
The famous show is virtual this year. The Royal Horticultural Society says its advice pages have had 12m views since lockdown started.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/virtual-chelsea/catch-up
Art (and fundraising)
What on earth do you think??
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/mona-lisa-sold…
For tea drinkers
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6741332/how-the-coronavirus-crisi…
Sports
I know you love the marble racing (most popular of all links to date, btw!). It’s a nail biter and the “driver’s eye” is scary!!! Greg Woods is the fab announcer!
It’s the Marbula second qualifying race. 12 marbles representing the real Formula E teams will compete!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3S5bHEcmeg
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Have a great weekend.

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