Category Archives: art

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New arts center in East Palo Alto

Posted on July 19, 2021 by markweiss86

Just as a skateboarder sees a new plaza with benches and steps and thinks its a skatepark, when I hear tell of a new arts center in East Palo Alto, EPACenter at 1950 Bay Road, I think concert series in … Continue reading →

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Dos Palos

Posted on July 17, 2021 by markweiss86

This is an idea I had at the art center the first is Queene Amirian 1908 1988 she was a founder of the Art Center, Palo Alto citizens for a cultural center which opened in 1971. The second is a … Continue reading →

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Free concert with La Doña in Palo Alto on August 7

Posted on July 12, 2021 by markweiss86
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Les Namingha pot in my parents’ home just before being shipped to the DeYoung and 15 months before it was displayed there

Posted on July 3, 2021 by markweiss86

I think I counted seven of the 30 pots in the DeYoung Hopi Pottery display came from my parents’ gift, from The Paul E. And Barbara H. Weiss Collection of Pueblo Pottery. I just noticed this Les Namingha pot in … Continue reading →

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Anything with love

Posted on July 1, 2021 by markweiss86

Yes, I use “they/them” pronouns and the reason why I put “and anything with love” is because I appreciate words that can be used to signify community or kinship. Given that I am Black, I often hear phrases (especially from … Continue reading →

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Nina Simone tribute, ‘Skin’ by Sabyne Pierre

Posted on June 30, 2021 by markweiss86
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Lets play too

Posted on June 27, 2021 by markweiss86
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Los Panaderos demo of Cake’s ‘Mexico’ with two-voice-harmony and jawbone

Posted on June 22, 2021 by markweiss86

I met Sharon Benitez and her sister Tanya Benitez Sunday busking on University Avenue, near Oren’s Hummus. They peform in a grupo called Los Panaderos (The Bread-makers) and also teach folkloric dance to children under the name Quetzal.They were here … Continue reading →

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No sour grapes for Napa billionaire

Posted on May 8, 2021 by markweiss86
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After beeple ‘Everydays’

Posted on May 3, 2021 by markweiss86

Trigger warning I sent this image to a NYT freelancer then realized it documents the fact that about a week after I got the Johnson vaccination I took 2 pictures of my thighs because I was worried that I had … Continue reading →

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