Savannah College of Art & Design Featuring work by: Nicholas Kahn, Richard Selesnick Lecture: Wed, Oct 15, 7pm – 8:30pm Through photographs made at the crossroads of past & future, the collaborative artistic duo Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick speculatively explore time’s breadth; from a decidedly old-West-feeling future, to an expertly imagined, science-fiction past.  Kahn & Selesnick […]
Author Archives: Layla
October
11
NYC OPERA TRIP FALL 2014- SEASONAL DINNER
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Where can we get a table for 14 on 2 hrs notice in NYC? Seasonal Restaurant, a favorite Austrian restaurant came to the rescue and seated us at 8:30PM!! Lexi and Roula joined us midway through dinner. We celebrated Ana and Lexi’s birthday during dessert. A wonderful time was had by all. PHOTOS:
October
11
NYC OPERA TRIP FALL 2014- ALISON WRIGHT STUDIO
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We stopped by National Geographic Photographer Alison Wright’s studio for a quick “Hello how are you?” before dinner at Seasonal. Alison was just back from Greenland and Iceland, and packing and prepping for a another trip on Tuesday. PHOTOS:
October
11
NYC OPERA TRIP FALL 2014- MACBETH BACKSTAGE MEET & GREET
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The magic continues… Judith arranged a mind-blowing private meet & greet with the entire cast- including the much anticipated Anna Netrebko!! PHOTOS:
October
11
NYC OPERA TRIP FALL 2014- RECEPTION WITH JEANETTE & LEONARD NEUBAUER
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Snacks in Peter Gelb’s office during intermission- coffee, hot chocolate & cookies! Unfortunately Mr. Gelb couldn’t make the reception because there were some problems with the HD feed during the first half of the broadcast. Jeanette & Leonard Neubauer of The Neubauer Family Foundation- the founding sponsors of the Met Opera Live in HD Broadcasts […]
October
11
NYC FALL 2014 OPERA TRIP- LIVE MET OPERA – Verdi’s Macbeth
posted by Layla
GIUSEPPE VERDI 2014-2015 HD OPERA SEASON OCTOBER 11, 2014 @ 12:55 PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 15 MIN Star soprano Anna Netrebko delivers her searing portrayal of Lady Macbeth, the mad and murderous mate of Željko Lučić’s doomed Macbeth, for the first time at the Met. Adrian Noble’s chilling production of Verdi’s masterful adaptation of […]
October
11
NYC OPERA TRIP FALL 2014- MET OPERA: MACBETH TALK WITH WILLIAM BERGER
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Judith arranged a Macbeth talk with Met Opera Radio and Sirius XM broadcast host and commentator Will Berger. He is also a regular host for New York Public Radio’s Overnight Music and WNYC radio. Will writes all the commentaries heard during entractes of historical broadcasts and is often the moderator of the Met Opera Quiz. Will […]
October
10
NYC OPERA TRIP FALL 2014- DO HWA DINNER
posted by Layla
A wonderful Friday night reunion of club members from Los Angeles to Atlanta. There was much laughter, excellent food, relaxation and fun. PHOTOS:
October
10
NYC OPERA TRIP FALL 2014- MOMA TOULOUSE-LAUTREC EXHIBITION & PERMANENT COLLECTION
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A docent led tour through MOMA to view more highlights from the Permanent Collection… PHOTOS:
October
10
NYC OPERA TRIP FALL 2014- HIGH ART: MACBETH
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The Posse took another trip to Hi Art! Studios to prepare for the opera. Through a performance by the London Opera of Macbeth, they had a chance to dive deeper into the plot and music of Macbeth. They used art by Anselm Kiefer as inspiration for their project focusing on death and destruction. An excellent time was […]
October
09
NYC OPERA TRIP FALL 2014- THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
posted by Layla
A vist to The American Museum of Natural History- one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret, and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education, and exhibition. The Museum […]
October
09
NYC OPERA TRIP FALL 2014- SIGHTSEEING IN NYC
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Around town with Lia and Grace… PHOTOS:
September
29
LUCINDA’S WORLD
posted by Layla
“Lucinda’s World” combines photography and installation art to give audiences an intimate look at the life and career of Lucinda Weil Bunnen. Mason Murer Gallery will be transformed with the installation of furniture, artwork, scrapbooks, and other personal items from Lucinda’s own home. The gallery walls will display framed photographs representing Lucinda’s 40+ year career […]
September
12
WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT
posted by Layla
Seven Stages Theatre 7PM Imagine being 29 and forbidden to leave your country. Nassim Soleimanpour dissects the experience of a whole generation in a wild, utterly original play from Iran. Forbidden to travel, he turns his isolation to his own advantage with a play that requires no director, no set and a different actor for […]
September
05
THE HIGH- DREAM CARS
posted by Layla
The automobile has evolved from curiosity to daily necessity. Its form has advanced from the horseless carriages of the early twentieth century to the sleek, highly functional objects we know today. The experimental, concept, or “dream car,” as it became known in the early 1950s, has long been a dynamic tool allowing designers to showcase […]
August
25
FUNDRAISER: 2ND ANNUAL RING CYCLE ENDURANCE WALK
posted by Layla
On August 25th, the Kids Opera & Art Posse did its 2nd Annual Ring Cycle Endurance Walk to benefit the HD Live in Schools Program. The club raised $6,800 for the Met Opera HD Live in Schools Program through Crowdrise, personal letters, emails and phone calls to friends and family members. The Crowdrise fundraising link […]
August
06
HIGH MUSEUM KIDS AUDIO GUIDE TABLE READ
posted by Layla
AUGUST 6, 2014 12PM HIGH MUSEUM ATLANTA, GEORGIA The High Museum Director of Education Julia Forbes gave the Kids Opera & Art Posse a very special opportunity to do a table read of the new kids audio guide for two new Fall 2014 exhibitions of the High Museum. This is the first time that the High […]
July
20
NBAF: A MASTER CLASS WITH HAROLYN BLACKWELL
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NATIONAL BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENTS A MASTER CLASS WITH HAROLYN BLACKWELL INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL, VENETIAN BALLROOM, ATLANTA, GA JULY 20, 2014 @ 12:00PM NOON Soprano Harolyn Blackwell is recognized for her expressive and exuberant performances, with a career that has spanned opera, concert and recital stages around the world. Following college, the Washington, D.C. native began […]
July
16
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD SUMMER ENCORE: THE ENCHANTED ISLAND
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GEORGE FRIDRICH HANDEL, ANTONIO VIVALDI, JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU DEVISED AND WRITTEN BY JEREMY SAMS 2013-2014 HD OPERA SEASON JULY 16, 2014 @ 7:00 PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 15 MIN In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from […]
June
25
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD SUMMER ENCORE: LA RONDINE
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GIACOMO PUCCINI DEVISED AND WRITTEN 2013-2014 HD OPERA SEASON JUNE 25, 2014 @ 7:00 PM RUN TIME: 2 HRS Puccini’s achingly beautiful score charmingly conveys the plight of Magda (the “swallow” of the title), who unexpectedly finds true love with the handsome young Ruggero. But their idyllic life comes to a premature end as she is […]
June
18
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD SUMMER ENCORE: RIGOLETTO
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GIUSEPPI VERDI 2013-2014 HD OPERA SEASON JUNE 18, 2014 @ 7:00 PM RUN TIME: 2 HRS 30 MIN Michael Mayer’s acclaimed production, the talk of the opera world when it premiered in 2013, sets the action of Verdi’s masterpiece in 1960 Las Vegas—a neon-lit world ruled by money and ruthless, powerful men. In this bold new […]
June
16
SUMMER LUNCH AT THE MET OPERA
posted by Layla
Stopping in to The Met to say hi to Judith and her team and to have quick lunch. I brought the cash and coins from the Met Opera lemonade stand to give to Judith for the HD Live in Schools program. POSSE PHOTOS:
June
06
FUNDRAISER: HIGHLANDS LEMONADE STAND
posted by Layla
The lemonade stand is as old as summer. Or at least as old as roller-skates. But how about selling this sweetened citrus for the MET? Lia Paprocki and business partner Layla Felder refreshed people with limeade and fresh mint and pink lemonade during the Virginia Highlands Summerfest, a local art festival in Atlanta’s oldest walking neighborhood. A couple hundred […]
May
10
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: LA CENERENTOLA
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GIACHINO ROSSINI 2013-2014 HD OPERA SEASON MAY 10, 2014 @ 12:55 PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 40 MIN A peerless pair of Rossini virtuosos joins forces in La Cenerentola—a vocal tour de force for mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, singing her first Met performances of the Cinderella title role, and the high-flying tenor Juan Diego Flórez, as her […]
May
04
ATLANTA OPERA: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
posted by Layla
Music by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Conducted by Craig Kier Directed by José Maria Condemi Sung in Italian with projected English translations The wily barber Figaro aids Count Almaviva in wooing the radiant maiden, Rosina. With masterful disguises and hilarious antics, romance unfurls right under the nose of an aghast Dr. Bartolo, intent […]
April
26
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: COSI FAN TUTTI
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 2013-2014 HD OPERA SEASON APRIL 26, 2014 @ 12:55 PM RUN TIME: 4 HRS 5 MIN Music Director James Levine conducts Mozart’s beloved opera about testing the ties of love. The cast is filled with youthful Met stars: Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard are the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, Matthew Polenzani and […]
April
25
THE HIGH- FREEDOM FIGHTERS & CIVIL RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY 1956-1988
posted by Layla
The High Museum of Art holds one of the most significant collections of photographs of the civil rights movement. The works on display are a small selection of the collection, which numbers more than 250 photographs that document the social protest movement, from Rosa Parks’s arrest to the Freedom Rides to the march on Washington, […]
April
21
CONVERSATIONS WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS: JULIE MEHRETU
posted by Layla
Join MacArthur Foundation Award–winning artist Julie Mehretu as she discusses her career and work, including the High Museum of Art’s recent acquisition, Mogamma (A Painting in Four Parts): Part II (2012). Mehretu, whose work is known for its dynamic formal complexity and multi-layered imagery, is interested in how the architecture of the public square, a site of […]
April
18
THE HIGH- ABELARDO MORELL: THE UNIVERSE NEXT DOOR
posted by Layla
Photographer Abelardo Morell’s inventive career is driven by creative discovery. He has conceived of new ways of looking at everyday objects and harnessed the basic principles of optics to create unexpected and mesmerizing photographs. The Universe Next Door is a major retrospective and presents more than one hundred of Morell’s works, including a new series […]
April
11
THE HIGH- AFRICAN ART & AFRICAN MASK/MASQUERADE: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
posted by Layla
With a curatorial department devoted solely to African art since 2001, and a curatorial position endowed by Fred and Rita Richman, the High’s collection has grown to encompass the dynamic diversity of African art forms from ancient to contemporary. The heart of the collection are sculptures from west and central Africa created between 1850 and […]
April
05
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: LA BOHEME
posted by Layla
GIACOMO PUCCINI 2013-2014 HD OPERA SEASON APRIL 5, 2014 @ 12:55 PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 25 MIN Puccini’s moving story of young love is the most performed opera in Met history—and with good reason. Anita Hartig stars as the frail Mimì in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with Vittorio Grigolo as her passionate lover, Rodolfo. […]
March
27
PETER HASSRICK: THE LAST OF THE BUFFALO
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THURSDAY, MARCH 27 @ 7PM THE HIGH MUSUEM RICH THEATRE The artist George Catlin feared that the bison that ranged in the millions might be exploited and that the Plains Indians who depended on them could be decimated as a result. His apprehension was perceptive. Many artists played roles in telling the story of […]
March
06
CONVERSATIONS WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS: ABELARDO MORELL
posted by Layla
The High presents an evening with photographer Abelardo Morell. The Cuban-born photographer will discuss the trajectory of his career, beginning with early photographs of his children to innovative explorations with the mesmerizing principles of optics. Having explored a variety of experimental techniques, including the tent-camera and the camera obscura, Morell combines his artistic perspective with […]
March
01
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HD LIVE IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM MAILING SPRING 2014
posted by Layla
The Metropolitan HD Live in Schools Program Mailing Spring 2014 Story about the Kids Opera & Art Posse with photos in the Met Opera Costume Shop during the Spring 2014 Opera Trip to see Rusalka Metropolitan Opera HD Live in Schools Program Brochure 2014
March
01
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: WERTHER
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JULES MASSENET 2013-2014 HD OPERA SEASON MARCH 1, 2014 @ 12:55 PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 15 MIN Two of opera’s greatest artists—Jonas Kaufmann and Elīna Garanča—appear together for the first time at the Met in Massenet’s sublime adaptation of Goethe’s revolutionary and tragic romance. It is directed and designed by Richard Eyre and Rob […]
March
01
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: PRINCE IGOR
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ALEXANDER BORODIN 2013-2014 HD OPERA SEASON MARCH 1, 2014 @ 12:00 PM RUN TIME: 4 HRS 30 MIN Borodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind of its conflicted hero, […]
February
16
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOICES: OUR LEGACY IN WORD AND SONG- AMERICOLOR OPERA ALLIANCE
posted by Layla
The Americolor Opera Alliance celebrates American music and culture by presenting opera stories or librettos based upon American and Afro-centric culture and experiences. It offers performance experiences and opportunities for classically trained professional and amateur artists; particularly, but not exclusively, from the Greater Atlanta area. Americolor Opera is devoted to educating young audiences about the […]
February
14
ALVIN AILEY DANCE THEATRE
posted by Layla
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2014 @ 2PM One of Atlanta’s most eagerly-awaited annual traditions is the return of the world’s most popular dance company to the fabulous Fox Theatre. See this season’s hottest new works plus returning repertory favorites including (at all performances) the beloved Revelations, which continues to move audiences around the world with its powerful […]
February
08
NYC OPERA TRIP SPRING 2014 – SAKAGURA DINNER
posted by Layla
Dinner at Sakagura was the perfect end to a wonderful day. In the basement of an office building, Sakagura looks like a subterranean Japanese environment. Specializing in Japanese hot food and sake, we ordered tons of small dishes and shared them family style. National Geographic Woman of the Year Alison Wright, and Founder of the […]
February
08
NYC OPERA TRIP SPRING 2014- “THE POSSE” MET OPERA RECEPTION
posted by Layla
At the end of Act 2, we were escorted by Judith Helf to Mr. Peter Gelb’s office for a reception for the Posse with Hot Chocolate and sweet treats. Yum… POSSE PHOTOS:
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