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February 2009
Swedish Director William Sten Olsson recently premiered his film "An American Affair" in Washington
Posted by Susanna at 11:30 AM, Feb 28, 2009 (Comments)
Category: People
The ghostlike steps in Georgetown in Washington were in the 1973 film "The Exorcist," which starred the Swedish actor Max von Sydow. Now the steps make a reappearance in the recently released "An American Affair," directed by the Swede William Sten Olsson.
INTRIGUES AND POWER PLAY in the political life in Washington - "politics is the only game in town" - are subjects that continue to fascinate movie and television producers. The latest installment in this genre "An American Affair" is directed by William Sten Olsson, who is from Gothenburg, Sweden, and is the grandson of Sten A. Olsson, legendary founder of Stena Line, the huge ferry company that operates ferry ships all across northern Europe.
"AN AMERICAN AFFAIR" recently premiered in Washington at the E Street Cinema drawing a crowd of Washingtonians who spent the night trying to figure out who the lead character was in real life. In the film the gorgeous blond socialite is named Catherine Caswell, and the story line is a traditional Washington story with juicy ingredients such as politics, power, sex and intrigues that are fascinating not only to Washingtonians but to people everywhere. As implied by the film's title, the fictional Ms. Caswell has an affair with President John F. Kennedy.
WHILE SOME THOUGHT in real life she might be Marilyn Monroe or Judith Exner, many people think she's Mary Pinchot Meyer, who was a quintessential Washingtonian socialite. She was beautiful, lived in Georgetown, was previously married to ex-CIA agent Cord Meyer (whose sister was married to former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee), was divorced during the Kennedy presidency, experimented with drugs, had high-level affairs, kept a detailed diary and died under mysterious circumstances.
THE WORLD PREMIERE was hosted by the New York-based Creative Coalition and the society magazine Washington Life (which was my employer for several years in the 1990s). The premiere drew a good crowd, even though it was scheduled the same evening as President Barack Obama's impressive speech to the nation, which drew an audience of more than 50 million Americans and probably millions of other viewers around the world.
"AN AMERICAN AFFAIR" is being shown initially in movie theaters in Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Boston and New Haven, Connecticut.
Cooperation with the local society paper Washington Life Magazine very often guarantees good coverage and publicity in other media.
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Inte bara "Gloom and Doom".....
Posted by Susanna at 8:59 PM, Feb 25, 2009 (Comments)
Category: Design & Art
Inte bara "Gloom and Doom" och finanskris, CUSP - lyxvaruhuset Neiman-Marcus mer trendiga kedja - visar färgstarka vår- och sommarklänningar. Vem längtar inte till våren efter en så kall och dyster vinter...?
Svenska klädeskedjan H&M i Washington erbjuder 50% rabatt för det billigaste av tre inhandlade plagg...
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Plácido Domingo tilldelas det första Birgit Nilsson Prize
Posted by Susanna at 5:43 PM, Feb 23, 2009 (Comments)
Category: People
DEN SPANSKE OPERATENOREN Plácido Domingo har tilldelats det första Birgit Nilsson-priset eller Birgit Nilsson Prize. Priset - med prissumman en miljon dollar -- kommer att utdelas vid en ceremoni i slutet av året. Vart annat till tredje år kommer en vinnare av priset att utses.
Domingos karriär är legendarisk, och han har sjungit 130 olika operaroller, det är fler roller än någon annan i operahistorien. Förutom sångframträdanden, dirigerar han också operor och konserter. Han är chef för Washington National Opera i Washington, D.C. och Los Angeles-operan. Plácido Domingo beundras för sin mångsidighet och röststyrka, sin scentalang, musikalitet och musikaliska intellekt. Han har fått ett flertal utmärkelser såsom the United States Medal of Freedom och Frankrikes Hederslegion, med flera.
BIRGIT NILSSON och Plácido Domingo sjöng tillsammans för första gången på Metropolitanoperan i New York 1969 i Tosca. Birgit Nilsson lämnade plötsligt operayrket 1982. Under följande år undervisade hon bland annat operaklasser i Stockholm, Hannover och New York. Sångerskan avled 2005.
I ett uttalande efter tillkännagivandet uttryckte Domingo sin tacksamhet och sade att "Min största sorg var att Birgit och jag aldrig uppträdde tillsammans i Die Walküre eller Tristan och Isolde".
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Swedish Artist Anna U. Davis Debuts Solo Show in D.C.
Posted by Susanna at 2:14 PM, Feb 22, 2009 (Comments)
Category: Design & Art
Swedish photographer Beatrice Bring and Anna U. Davis
"BULL'S EYE," the powerful new exhibition of work by Swedish artist Anna U. Davis, recently debuted at Long View Gallery at 1302 Ninth St., N.W., in Washington.
THE PROLIFIC Anna displayed some of her larger pieces, continuing her focus on portrayals of women striving to look the way they are supposed to look. Her bold, colorful, graphic use of acrylic painting and collage is provocative and compelling.
TO SEE MORE of Anna U. Davis' work, visit her Web site: http://www.frocasians.com/
The learn more about her work, check her out on this video by Brandon Bloch: http://vimeo.com/3305957?pg=embed&sec
FIND A WAY to go by Long View Gallery and see Anna U. Davis' fine work first hand. www.longviewgallery.com. The gallery is open 11 a.m. - 7 p.m., Wednesdays through Sundays. Phone: (202) 232-4788.
Fernando Batista and Lisa Lindlbauer
Anna's husband Peter Davis
Lena Skanby and Richard Gould
Anna U. Davis and Bill Farrand
D.C. web designer Jonathan Sousa and artist Cory Oberndorfer
Lee Moore-Robert and Olivier Robert
Artists Sondra Arkin and Mary Beth Ramsey
Kellye McIntosh and Peter Hyan
Lee Moore-Robert and Claire Rambeau
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Art and Feeding the Homeless Merge at Washington's Transformer Gallery
Posted by Susanna at 11:10 AM, Feb 21, 2009 (Comments)
Category: Design & Art
Philippa Hughes of the Pink Line Project, and D.C. artists Lisa Marie Thalhammer and Kathryn Cornelius
D.C. ARTISTS Kathryn Cornelius and Lisa Marie Thalhammer invited one and all to the Transformer Gallery at 1404 P Street, N.W., in Washington this week for a hearty meal of Campbell's tomato soup and bread, accompanied by Summer Camp ditties they performed to the enjoyment of the diners.
TITLED "Soup Kitchen," the event explored the relationship of art and community service along with the common concerns of the current economic situation in a format of a communal experience. Friends and homeless people joined in the dinner and enjoyed the performances of the "Soup Kitchen" program, which is a part of the Transformer Gallery's Summer Camp series being presented Feb. 7 - March 7.
DONATIONS and left over food went to SOME (So Others May Eat), a local nonprofit organization that feeds homeless and other poor people daily in Northwest Washington. For more information, visit www.transformergallery.org, www.some.org, www.kathryncornelius.com or www.lisamariestudio.com .
Mike Schulz and David London
Kathryn Cornelius and Lisa Marie Thalhammer perform.
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Washington Flaunts its Flair for Fashion
Posted by Susanna at 9:19 AM, Feb 20, 2009 (Comments)
Category: Events
Tatiana and Inga
HUNDREDS OF of fashion fans gathered at The Washington Times' Arbor Ballroom this week to network with kindred fashionistas and learn more about the fashion scene in Washington. This is one of several events in the capital, marking DC Fashion Week. Several vendors were on hand to present their wares as well, including designer jewelry, handbags and clothing. Lots of pretty faces, stylish profiles and fashion forward outfits were evident in the crowd that assembled in the ballroom just next to the office of the Washington Times newspaper.
Orran Robinson
Jewelry designer Odaybea Morrow, Jewelry by Odaybea
Jamaal French
Margo Schlossberg, Kura Design
Luis Gomez and Korvi Kamara
Charles Franklin
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Konstfack och "tunnelbanevandalism som konst" -- i The Chronicle for Higher Education
Posted by Susanna at 10:21 PM, Feb 18, 2009 (Comments)
Category: Design & Art
DEN AMERIKANSKA TIDSKRIFTEN The Chronicle for Higher Education uppmärksammar i sitt senaste nummer Konstfack i Stockholm och "tunnelbanevandalism som konst", samt att fenomenet skapar blandade känslor i Sverige. Tidskriften menar att artistiskt värde kan vara subjektivt, men att artistiskt ansvar är lättare att tillskriva, och berättar att svenska myndigheter söker ersättning från Konstfack för vandalism av en tunnelbanevagn av en av skolans studenter - vandalism som var del av ett konstprojekt. Självfallet är vandalism av en tunnelbanevagn som ett konstprojekt något som höjer amerikanska ögonbryn!
THE CHRONICLE skriver vidare att Konstfackstudenten Magnus Gustafsson presenterade en två minuter lång film, där en figur förstörde interiören av en tunnelbanevagn med graffiti. Filmen som beskriver "markering av ens egna gränser" har titeln Song by Nirvana. Gustafssons projekt, liksom det för några veckor sedan -- då en Konstfackstudent låtsades ha en psykotisk episod och lät sig läggas in på ett mentalsjukhus, som en del av ett konstprojekt, har skapat kontrovers. Och nu nått den amerikanska kontinenten! Liknande kontroversiella projekt, som förolämpar allmänheten, har också förekommit på denna sidan av Atlanten - vid Ontario College of Art and Design och Yale University, enligt The Chronicle.
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Grand Reception at the Smithsonian for The Scurlock Exhibition
Posted by Susanna at 10:07 AM, Feb 18, 2009 (Comments)
Category: Design & Art
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THEIR WORK PROUDLY captures the thriving middle-class black culture of the nation's capital during that time, during decades of rigid segregation, and then during the civil rights movement and even the riots that ravaged Washington in 1968. Central to the exhibition are the images of African American families, weddings, graduations, and social events along with portraits of prominent black personalities such as W.E.B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Lena Horne and Duke Ellington. Additionally, since the Scurlocks served as official photographers for Howard University, the premier historically black university in Washington, images from that institution are prominent in the show.
THE EXHIBITION is presented by the National Museum of African American History and Culture in collaboration with the National Museum of American History.
IIT RUNS THROUGH through Nov. 15, 2009, at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, located on Constitution Avenue, N.W. between 12th and 14th streets. Hours are 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Lonnie Bunch, Director of The Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture, welcomes guests to the opening reception for the Scurlock photography exhibition.
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Adam & Viktoria-möbel i amerikansk hembilaga
Posted by Susanna at 10:21 AM, Feb 17, 2009 (Comments)
Category: Design & Art
ADAM & VIKTORIA - en svensk textil- och möbeldesignfirma - uppmärksammades nyligen i The New York Times hembilaga "Home". Bakom företaget står Adam Gistedt och Viktoria Nygren från Drottningholm. Stolen på bilden heter Priscilla, och är en av de senaste möblerna från Adam & Viktoria, som klär om vintage-stolar i egen textildesign, tillverkad i Portugal. Information kan i USA fås genom lisafontanarosa.com.
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Fabulous music event with Triple Helix Trio
Posted by Susanna at 8:27 AM, Feb 17, 2009 (Comments)
Category: Events
Triple Helix Trio performs in Washington.
THE INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed Triple Helix Trio presented a wonderful music event recently at the Washington, D.C., home of impresario Sasha Marx and his wife Thais. The trio, violinist Bayla Keyes, cellist Rhonda Rider and pianist Lois Shapiro, played a program that included pieces by Bright Sheng - Four Movements for Piano Trio (1988), Robert Schumann - Piano Trio No. 3 in G Minor Op. 110, and Maurice Ravel - Trio in A minor (1914). Ms. Keyes, Ms. Rider and Ms. Shapiro joined together in 1995 to create Triple Helix Trio. Since then the ensemble has become known as one of the best piano trios on today's musical scene. The Boston Globe has described them as "wildly imaginative, emotionally charged, virtuoso playing" that is "sophisticated in musical detail, wholeheartedly interactive, uninhibited in emotion, and touched by a special grace."
FOLLOWING the concert Thais and Sasha Marx presented a wonderful dinner buffet for everybody to enjoy.
