2019 Miscellany #12 — music, art, movies

Emeka Ogboh. Ámà: the Gathering Place. 30 November 2019. Atrium of Cleveland Art Museum. 

In the distance is a fabricated iroku tree with akwétè cloth, substituting for bark. The sculpture is better in fuller sunlight. Closer to the camera, is a miniature forest of bamboo. Foto is taken from an escalator. The next day, was the last of the installation.

December is a time for Christmas music concerts.  Early Tuba Christmas, on December 1st, at First Baptist Shaker Heights. Much smaller than Lorain's, and very much smaller than Akron's (both this upcoming weekend); more classical composers, playing to an older audience with older performers.

Edsel, Ford, Ford Falcon van, Dodge, Chrysler Imperial, Mercury, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Chrysler Newport

Sunday,  December 15th. W. 65th by St. Colman's.

The two days prior, a movie was being filled about the "extrajudicial" killing of Fred Hampton in Chicago, December 4th 1969. Hampton was chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and deputy chairman of the national party. He was being monitored by the FBI, Chicago Police, and Cook County police.  In a pre-dawn armed attack, he was shot in his bed, and then shot point blank in the head twice,

Do you like the prototype of the new Cleveland streetlights? An earlier film, A Christmas Story, was filmed on W. 11th. In the last few years, it has become a tourist stop.

Burning River Brass had its first concert (1996) at Pilgrim Congregational on West 14th Cleveland. Since then, they have played annual Christmas concerts. They also add humour, Trumpeter down.