LINDA'S BLOG

Saturday night HARBORFEST  July 31 TSL, City of Hudson, & Rob Caldwell’s Musica present FREE concerts at Hudson’s beautiful Riverfront.
Here is the line up: Yukari Roja, Wreck of the Steamboat Swallow with the Bleeding Hearts Dancers, & Bella’s Bartok
The event starts at 6pm thru 9:30. bring a chair, blanket, and a picnic.
there will be Hazel Murray’s fried chicken, ribs and Red Barn’s home cooked food. Check out the website for directions and more information about HARBORFEST. At the Friday night movie at the little pocket park on Warren 328 MEN IN BLACK bring a chair and a friend and enjoy the outdoor movie experience. And at TSL The GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO & THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE will screen Thurs. thru. Sunday…this is the last week for these two movies…don’t miss out the third movie will be coming soon.
As for all else the MACBETH project is moving forward. The COMMUNITY BUILD is on and we are very busy.
The opera ticket season starts in October and tickets go on sale Sept. 3rd. TSL Members get the first chance for purchasing.
And special thanks to Ann Gibbons of the Kingston Daily Freeman for the wonderful article on COMMUNITY BUILD and our new youth space.
see bellow

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/07/25/life/doc4c4a6f38f1bae765561890.txt
And in our “things & stuff” shop great new shipment of objects available for our audience, books, records, objects of splendor, and more and more.

The Daily Freeman of Kingston, reporter Ann Gibbons visited the Community Build project at TSL on Wednesday. There are two video clips on their site where you can see Ann introduce the project and the second video clip shows the kids and their projects.
This is a great project and it runs three times every week—Monday, Wednesday, & Friday from 10:00am to 1:00pm in the new youth space at TSL. check it out. http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/07/25/life/doc4c4a6f38f1bae765561890.txt

This week double feature. And more. Kids programs start today.
check out on the website the happenings.
and more.
THe Big BARN BBQ invite is in the mail…make reservations soon…we are selling tickets fast.
for more information about TURANDOT which screens Wednesday and Carmen call the office.
and if you are not a member join now.
thanks see you at tsl.

TSL has some things for sale…we are cleaning out our things.
We have records, books, oak desks, opera record collections,  chairs, ping pong table,  bathtub (clawfoot), keyboards (Kurtzweil), corner cabinets, power scooter, and more….time to lighten our load here.

We also have storage space for rent and some other work/live spaces that artists might be interested in renting.
so there is the news from the stockroom.
Stay cool drink a lot of water and watch out for the eclipse of the sun today…all change is in order once the sun takes a break from our little planet. We think we are the center of the universe?? i don’t think so.

And  we are working on MACBETH…still looking for some teens who want to take the challenge…and make this a new MAC one for the 21st century—one which fits into the time of war and chaos in which we live.

Okay okay and so on and so on.

Remember if you are not a member of TSL it makes a difference…be glad to tell you why or give you a tour.

Little kids COMMUNITY BUILD PROJECT starts July 19.

and thanks to Bard Fisher Center for giving us tickets to TRISHA BROWN Dance concert we took 4 kids and they liked what they saw…and that is just a little of what we do here…we could do more…cash is the key…and volunteers…we need more help…so don’t be shy jump on the band wagon help pull the load and toot the horns.  This week WAR & PEACE —thurs, Fri, Sat. 7:30

You can keep cool at TSL by watching a great opera, movie or theater piece on the big screen in the air conditioned space at TSL.
Eugene Onegin is on tomorrow starts at 6:30 Wednesday July 7th. –this is my favorite opera. Call ahead for tickets or just come to the door. And two great flicks this week. BEETLE QUEEN and ART OF THE STEAL and last but not least LONDON ASSURANCE.

Next week we will perform– for only 3 performances WAR & PEACE: thoughts and notes. There are some images of the piece located on the website. go to the photo gallery and check them out. Karen Keats is our photographer here at TSL and does great work.

WOW!!!!! hot is hot —– then on Friday FAME is at the little pocket park in Hudson on the 300 block …8:45 or 9pm will start….bring a chair and a friend…and a cool drink.
Okay Hudson is warming up and we have a great summer of  music. opera, theater and more.  And the big barn bbq in Ancram at our favorite barn with a great band…..looking forward to entertaining you.

We will be doing a Teen Theater project this summer—starting  July 19th. and runs 2 1/2 weeks. The project is MACBETH.

Interested Teens who wish to be involved need to meet us prior to this date so we know who is interested and level of skills. An audition is necessary.
E-mail Linda Mussmann or call 822-8448 FYI@TIMEANDSPACE.ORG for a time to audition and to know more about the project.
IN addition to the TEEN project there will be a program for young kids called TSL KIDS BUILD COMMUNITY age 3rd  & 4th grade starting in July.  This is a hands on project that builds a community out of found material such as cardboard and wood .  The project will be constructed over the duration of the times the young children meet.  The cardboard house is the beginning piece in the project and will be placed on a table where the rest of the landscape will be imagined and constructed.

This is a group project and will enable kids to have a chance to work with objects to create imagined spaces and places.  Times for this project will be announced.
This requires signing up and stopping by TSL to get information about the class.

Contributions are welcome to support the youth projects at TSL.

And Volunteers are welcome as well.
Let us know if you are interested.
Please call 822-8448 ask for LInda or e-mail LInda FYI@TIMEANDSPACE.ORG

Long ago when I was thinking and reading about life and art and art and life the book by E.H. Gombrich called Meditations on a Hobby Horse and other essays on the theory of art was an improtant book for me—along with many others.

In this book are essays on art. The one essay that I have re-read is the one the Hobby Horse.
Gombrich talks about the Hobby Horse in the world of art and representation.

He talks about art and artists and what we do to arrive at our images and pictures and so on.
The Hobby Horse is not a metaphor.
It is not an image of a horse nor and imitation of a horse. and so on and so on.
It is for Grombrich a substitute for a horse.

If a child calls a stick a horse it is not a sign that signifies the concept of horse nor a portrait of an individual horse — for Gombrich it is a substitute for horse in its own right.

Two things are needed to turn a stick into a horse:

1-the form must be possible to ride

2- riding matters.

the greater the desire to “ride”the fewer the features needed.

So what are we to think about this discussion?

The Hobby Horse is the concept of Horse and it is the memory of horse.

It sits in the corner of the nursery and fills the imagination.

It does this through the function of the form.

The need to ride creates this toy.

The need  is the key that unlocks the mind to create a “thing”.

Okay and so on and so on.

Where but TSL would you have the opportunity to see three thought provoking movies.
Check them all out. if you can’t come tell someone else that you would like to have them support TSL buy seeing a movie or joining. Next opera is EUGENE ONEGIN. And you don’t want to miss LONDON ASSURANCE the National Theater of London’s last of the series live from the merry old land of England.
And don’t forget the Big Barn BBQ in August and help us celebrate 20 glorious years in Hudson, New York. We are making all kinds of things happen on a daily basis. It is hard to imagine life without TSL here in the Hudson Valley. And of course if you are not a member join . join and join again.
Okay so the cheerleading does not stop here.
We will be bringing back WAR & PEACE THOUGHTS AND NOTES in July it is a chance to see the MUssmann Bruce production featuring Claudia Bruce and Ryder Cooley.
and don’t foreget the teen theater workshop.
starts in July—sign up pronto.
thanks and thanks again.
linda.

Opera this week on Wednesday 6;30pm.
just come to the door tickets are available.
it is a great chance to have a summer vacation at the best of the MET.
TSL TEEN THEATER PROJECT getting ready.
we will be doing a version of MACBETH. If interested check in and get more information.
And do you need a calendar??? Call Anya and get on the list July is filled with great offerings.
We are doing free movies at the park on Warren Street and we will be doing some concerts at the waterfront.
Don’t miss out .
see you at tsl.
and don’t forget to become a member it makes a big difference to all of us.
thanks.

This is a splendid movie.
check it out if you want to know more about a woman who dedicated her life to painting. IN addition she was a mother. No small task. Born at the beginning of the 20th century—she died in 1984. She painted people at a time when this was not a popular idea.