Librarian's Muse

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

A Calico Ball (alternately referred to as a Calico Dance or Party) stems from an 1855 New York City event in which women were encouraged to wear a dress made of simple calico which would be donated for the benefit of the poor after the party. When the New York Times ran the story, the idea caught on quickly and copycat dances quickly moved westward. https://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/2022/02/11/who-speaks-for-a-calico-ball/

ICING: 2 cups confectioner's sugar sifted with half and half or milk to thin. Use as needed, or use on top of fruitcake—recipe at https://theviewfromgreatisland.com/christmas-fruitcake-recipe/

The Broad was founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler, the museum offers free general admission and presents an active program of rotating temporary exhibitions and innovative audience engagement. The Broad is home to nearly 2,000 works of art in the Broad collection, which is one of the world’s leading collections of postwar and contemporary art. The 120,000-square-foot building features two floors of gallery space and is the headquarters of The Broad Art Foundation’s worldwide lending library, which has been loaning collection works to museums around the world since 1984. The Broad welcomes more than 900,000 visitors from around the world per year. See pictures at https://www.thebroad.org/about

I don't need time. What I need is a deadline. - Duke Ellington, jazz pianist, composer, and conductor (29 Apr 1899-1974)

The 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby is a series of races through which horses qualified for the 2024 Kentucky Derby, which will be held on May 4. The field for the Derby was limited to 20 horses, with up to four 'also eligibles' in case of a late withdrawal from the field. There were three separate paths for horses to take to qualify for the Derby: the main Road consisting of races in North America (plus one in Dubai), the Japan Road consisting of four races in Japan, and the European road consisting of seven races in England, Ireland and France. The top five finishers in the specified races received points, with higher points awarded in the major prep races in March and April. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Road_to_the_Kentucky_Derby

Turkey and Sweet Potato Meatloaf https://hrs.uni.edu/blogs/wellbeing/recipe/2018/sweet-potato-meatloaf See also https://www.punchfork.com/recipe/Sweet-Potato-Turkey-Meatloaf-Skinnytaste

Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958–1990) was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s. His animated imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language". In addition to solo gallery exhibitions, he participated in renowned national and international group shows such as documenta in Kassel, the Whitney Biennial in New York, the São Paulo Biennial, and the Venice Biennale. The Whitney Museum held a retrospective of his art in 1997. Haring's popularity grew from his spontaneous drawings in New York City subways—chalk outlines of figures, dogs, and other stylized images on blank black advertising spaces. After gaining public recognition, he created colorful larger scale murals, many commissioned. He produced more than 50 public artworks between 1982 and 1989, many of them created voluntarily for hospitals, day care centers and schools. In 1986, he opened the Pop Shop as an extension of his work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Haring