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Demetria Daniels

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At the Peace Concert organized by Florence Bocarius, we heard a "Hymn for Peace", written by Hans Corell, read at the United Nations General Assembly and put to music by Joseph Turrin, the brilliant composer who has written for the NY Philharmonic. The Counsel General of Belgium , Stephane De Loecker,said the concert was magnificent. A World War - which carries greater weight, when with his world, amongst the suns beyond the misty Milky Way, the most high sits in judgement, eternal, mild and wise- a busy ant-hill's fate or that of Rome? Florence wants us all to grow "peace roses".
I finally made the end of the Tribeca Film Festival where at the private screening and dinner at Le Cirque, for Bob Evans, another producer David Brown and his wife Helen Gurly Brown saw the film of his life - The Boy is Still Here" - about the ups and downs of Hollywood.

Mayor Bloomberg attended the Brooklyn Bridge Celebration hosted by Brooklyn President Marty Markowitz. Dinner, and a performance by the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra as well as fireworks and a big cake were features of the evening

The Guggenheim show of Mathew Barney is causing a sensation in New York. Run up and see it. For an art historian like me, I found it intellectually stimulating ; I ran around looking for the Masonic symbols - compass, plum, - but when I found the name Hiram Abiff mentioned, I did research that yielded that he is to the Masons what Christ is to the Christians. He was murdered and resurected by King Solomon - which then presents religious signifigance to the show. There is also a lot of kitsch thrown in too.
posted by Demetria at 2:58 PM