A beautiful sunrise for a change -- followed by dreary fog. I notice that the Deer are foraging greenery during the thaws lately.

Footbarn's Celebration of Theatre: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Ida's Places in Paris -- from my first jet-lagged day by the Seine.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

Visit: Michael's Montana Web Archive
Theater, Art, Flash Gordon, Funky Music and MORE!
NEW! Spitfires of the Spaceways
Watch Dale Arden rescue Flash Gordon for a change!

Charity Alert: Make a resolution as the days get longer to click on The Hunger Site every day.

In The Community: One of our curators at the Hockaday Museum was injured in a car rollover. That means I'm the one who is hanging the Ace Powell minatures this week. They are cute, but there's a lot more frames and wires, hooks and nails than there are actual pictures!
Hockaday Museum of Art

Media Watch: I made me a drive tape of old Motown singles last night while our unworthy president belched out his constitutionally - mandated State of the Union address. I have very little tolerance for his stupid lies anymore. Sen. James Webb (D-Virginia) gave a short, eloquent rebuttal. (Both texts HERE)
...As I look at Iraq, I recall the words of former general and soon-to-be President Dwight Eisenhower during the dark days of the Korean War, which had fallen into a bloody stalemate. "When comes the end?" asked the General who had commanded our forces in Europe during World War Two. And as soon as he became President, he brought the Korean War to an end. These Presidents took the right kind of action, for the benefit of the American people and for the health of our relations around the world. Tonight we are calling on this President to take similar action, in both areas. If he does, we will join him. If he does not, we will be showing him the way. Thank you for listening. And God bless America.


Magpie Music/Dance in Amsterdam deserves some attention!

Katie Duck/Appenzeller in 1975 with Matthew Child -- as good a dancer who has ever leapt across a stage.
"COOL NIGHT FEVER" / MUSIC/DANCE 301 mini-festival 26/27 January
Doors open 21:00 / Late bar till 03:00 / Entry price 6 euros / 4 sets each night

OT301 - Overtoom 301 - Amsterdam

FRIDAY 26TH JANUARY

21:30
Music; Oscar-Jan Hoogland [piano] + Colin McLean [computer]
Dance; Katie Duck, Kim Yun-gue + Kyungsun Beak
22:15
Music; HilaryJeffrey [trombone] + Rozemarie Heggen [double bass]
Dance; Makiko Ito, Lily Kiara + Amelia McQueen
23:00
Music; Michael Moore [saxophone, clarinet] + Andy Moor [guitar]
Dance; Malgorzata Haduc, Alexandra Manasse + Sylvain Meret
23:45
Music; Colin McLean, Andy Moor, Hilary Jeffrey, Oscar-Jan Hoogland, Rozemarie Heggen + Michael Moore
Dance; Alexandra Manasse, Makiko Ito, Sylvain Meret, Katie Duck, Kim Yun-gue , Kyungsun Beak, Lily Kiara, Amelia McQueen + Malgorzata Haduc

SATURDAY 27TH JANUARY
21:30
Music; Hilary Jeffrey [trombone] + Oscar-Jan Hoogland [piano]
Dance; Katie Duck, Sylvain Meret + Laura Moro
22:15
Music; to be confirmed
Dance; Makiko Ito, Natanya Den Boeft + Ailed Izurieta
23:00
Music; Colin McLean [computer] + Andy Moor [guitar]
Dance; Alexandra Manasse, Tinneke Veenhof + Amelia McQueen
23:45
Music; Colin McLean, Andy Moor, Hilary Jeffrey + Oscar-Jan Hoogland
Dance; Alexandra Manasse, Makiko Ito, Sylvain Meret, Ailed Izurieta, Tinneke Veenhof, Natanya Den Boeft, Amelia McQueen, Laura Moro + Katie Duck