Author: mick
Happy Groundhog Day 2024
Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow in front of thousands of spectators Friday morning at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, part of the annual Groundhog Day tradition celebrated in the U.S. and Canada. That means, according to the legend, we’re in for an early spring.
Cabaret the Musical 2024
Cabaret the Musical at the Mixed Blood Theater by Theatre 55 Friday February 2nd thru February 10th only 7 shows. Art returning to the West Bank. Music with Shirley Mier, Lyra Olson, Jeff Ruhnke, Brian Handeland, Bebe Keith and mick “bamboula” laBriola!
Cosmos IC 410
This cosmic view shows off an otherwise faint emission nebula IC 410, captured under clear Netherlands skies with telescope and narrowband filters. Above and right of center you can spot two remarkable inhabitants of the interstellar pond of gas and dust, known as the tadpoles of IC 410. Partly obscured by foreground dust, the nebula…
Graham Nash
Graham William Nash OBE (born 2 February 1942) is an English-American musician, singer and songwriter. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll…
Stan Getz
Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski, February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as “The Sound” because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s…
Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his generation, recording more than 100 albums. He was nicknamed the “Lone Wolf” by jazz critic Dan Morgenstern…
Flamenco Fridays Camerón y Tomatito
A Gitano-derived word, ‘Bulerias’ comes from the Spanish word ‘buleria,’ which means ‘torn-foolery’ or ‘ridicule.’ Many theories abound on its roots. A recent development of the Cante Gitano, it appears to be barely a century old. Still associated with the Gitanos, Bulerias is a toque with enormous flexibility, ever-evolving in style. Some like to call…
Cosmos NGC 1365
Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some 200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away toward the faint but heated constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of the well-studied Fornax Cluster of galaxies. This sharp color image shows the intense, reddish star forming regions near the…
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