Clubhouse
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Happy Birthday, Kathleen Battle! 1948
Join us, listening to the lyric and coloratura soprano, on Clubhouse, today, August 13, at 10:30pm EST https://www.clubhouse.com/join/opera-blood-and-te/XZacnF3o/m2jRoGQD
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Happy Birthday, Louis Armstrong! Aug. 4 1901
Join us on Clubhouse, August 4, at 4 pm EST https://www.clubhouse.com/event/PGv3Xv2d
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Happy Birthday, James Baldwin! (1924)
Celebrate his life with us on Clubhouse, today, August 2, at 6pm EST https://www.clubhouse.com/join/birthday-celebration/MlZyWrn0/MwrdABVe
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“the usual rilke” by Ernst Jandl
Translation from the German by Joshua Weiner rilke’s separationthe unusual rilkeand the usual rilkeare stuck in their samenessthe unusual rilkeand the usual rilkewould have stayed togetherthe unusual rilkeand the usual rilkewould have to separatethe unusual rilkeand the usual rilkeboth knew it rilke’s breath 1rilkebreathedthe airthe good air 2rilkebreathedwithout pause rilke’s noseentrance and exitof the airit…
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Calling All Lovers of Poetry in the German Language
Join us on August 1 at 1pm EST, to celebrate the poetic magician and deconstructionist of the German language, Ernst Jandl — born on August 1 1925. https://www.clubhouse.com/join/birthday-celebration/001SObMj/xljpAnwj
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Happy Birthday, Kate Bush! (1958)
Feel free to join us by listening to this unusual musical mind. July 30 at 7 pm EST https://www.clubhouse.com/event/mJvLqoGv
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I’d say, Mick Jagger deserves a celebration on his birthday — 1943
Join in, listening to six decades of everlasting energy. At midnight, into July 26th. https://www.clubhouse.com/join/birthday-celebration/5du9a3Yg/maGX7Yzx
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A question follows which wants no answer but merely be asked
Why, in the midst of a conversation, does a scientist and Christian believer confess that, if it did turn out, there is no god, he would be disappointed?
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Madiba on Language
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. Nelson Mandela — born on a day like today, July 18 1918
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Some Madiba Words
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” Nelson Mandela, born on July…
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La Fanciulla del West (Puccini), on Clubhouse.
Today, at 9:45 pm EST https://www.clubhouse.com/join/opera-blood-and-te/nVKgDzAQ/M8v83b7P
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“I thought people sing in Spanish and speak in English”
With her Mexican roots, Linda Ronstadt listened to beautiful music at home and on the radio. Today she turns 75. So we are listening to her on Clubhouse… https://www.clubhouse.com/join/birthday-celebrationss/PbXIV0qw/PYLA0Wed
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Linda Ronstadt — in celebration (1946)
I have been doing rooms on Clubhouse where I dedicate a couple of hours to individuals and events which I find inspirational or important in our history. But there is a very special joy in being able to celebrate a person in life, not postmortem. It will be, therefore, a special joy to celebrate Linda…
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The beautiful thing about Beauty
It grows more, more often, and with more consistency than it dies. Celebrate! July celebrations on Clubhouse: 1 July 1804 George Sand — French novelist7 July 1860 Gustav Mahler — Austrian composer6 July 1887 Marc Chagall — French painter 10 July 1895 Carl Orff — German composer 6 July 1907 Frida Kahlo — Mexican painter18…
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Gracias a la Negra!
Dear Mercedes Sosa, Today we listened to your voice, energy, and soul, in celebration of what you gave us for decades.Thank you! Happy Birthday, Negra!July 9 1935 – October 4 2009
Sila Blume 