Aesthetic Arrest: A Tribute to Roberta Flack, The Last Showgirl & The Disappearance of Miss Scott!
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Plus Abel Selaocoe's Hymns of Bantu, the art of Cameron Ugbodu, poetry from Toi Derricotte, & delicious Greek meze in Ioannina!
Wildstar’s Wednesday Libation: Sacred Mountain ΑιΩ Marbled Malagouzia (Halkidiki, Greece)
Reading: “I”: New and Selected Poems by Toi Derricotte
Listening #1: A Tribute to Roberta Flack (February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025)
Listening #2: Hymns of Bantu by Abel Selaocoe
Looking: The Art of Cameron Ugbodu aka “See You”
Viewing #1: The Last Showgirl (2024) — directed by Gia Coppola & starring Pamela Anderson
Viewing #2: The Disappearance of Miss Scott (2025) — documentary about Hazel Scott, directed by Nicole London (PBS American Masters)
Tasting: Delicious Greek Meze at Balsamico Restaurant in Ioannina, Greece
This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Hazel Scott (1920-1981): “If you reach for something and find out it's the wrong thing, you change your program and move on.” — Hazel Scott [Source: Azquotes]
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