Category Archives: art

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Two hyphy bits for Earthwise and La Doña

Posted on July 26, 2021 by markweiss86

One: Karla Kane, for the Palo Alto Weekly, who is also a musician and records under the name The Corner Laughers, published online and maybe in Friday’s paper a brief preview of my three-part concert series at the art center. … Continue reading →

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Earthwise three-part series at Palo Alto Art Center, July-August 2021 VS Woodstock 99 documentary on HBO in NYT

Posted on July 24, 2021 by markweiss86

I am a little self-conscious putting on a concert or a concert series for the first time in 15 months. So when I watch this documentary discussed by Elisabeth Vincentelli in today’s Times– her headline is “three days of violence, … Continue reading →

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SuperMo

Posted on July 20, 2021 by markweiss86

‘m hereby announcing a Mac McCaughan tribute band called SuperMo that features Mark Weiss on not quite tuneful vocals, Steve Rothblatt on congas, and an assorted and rotating and non-repeating cast of other not quite melodic or rhythmic side peoples, … Continue reading →

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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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