Category Archives: art

paint, sculpt, draw, install, conceptualize, in public , in private et cetera

Earthwise welcomes Nefesh Mountain Friday in Palo Alto

Posted on February 5, 2024 by markweiss86

Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium 1313 Newell at Embarcadero Doors 7:45 8 pm show all ages $18 advance, $5 students EventBrite Earthwise 31st season thank god it’s Friday

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Death comes for the archbishop Riordan

Posted on February 1, 2024 by markweiss86

The author Willa Cather, when she mattered, in her best work said lillies that fester smell far worse than weeds. And I remember that, from my days at Dartmouth. Eighteen seventy-three, nineteen forty-seven. Seventeen sixty nine, nineteen eighty six rather. Do … Continue reading →

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Fabiola Mendez, 27 Roberto Clemente 21

Posted on January 18, 2024 by markweiss86

Fabiola Mendez, edad de 27, a Berkelee grad from Puerto Rico, plays March 1 at Club Passim; Clemente a giant of baseball wore #21 and collected exactly 3,000 hits.

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Three shows

Posted on January 14, 2024 by markweiss86

(picture of Jimmy Stewart from poster of “North By Northwest”)https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earthwise-welcomes-ethan-iverson-marta-sanchez-tickets-798059676977?aff=oddtdtcreator&lang=en-us&locale=en_US&status=30&view=listing (picture of a woman holding a book about fish yet I forget why) (picture of myself, Mark Weiss, of earthwise and Plastic Alto blog, under a painting pointing) February 9, … Continue reading →

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10 good thing about Mu (sic)

Posted on January 11, 2024 by markweiss86

  10 good thing about Mu (sic) There is a song by Bob Marley “one good thing about music”. Mu is also the letter of the Greek aleph bet. Or Roman? Mu is somehow related to the number 40. Sic … Continue reading →

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EI FTW

Posted on December 9, 2023 by markweiss86
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’I sweat when they put me in the pressure suit…’

Posted on November 26, 2023 by markweiss86

thank you Joe Miller of works, San Jose and San Jose State University, the alma mater of my alma mater, and my wife, for adding a pirate theme to this photo of a dog; grr plus aargh.  

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Springfield basketball vs Springfield musketball

Posted on November 25, 2023 by markweiss86

for Jim Adams who donated an 1891 rifle to Palo Alto Museum of American History, on display with other technical curiosities until March. His sons Bob and Jim were two of my first music peer heroes. I left two James … Continue reading →

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Earthwise don’t-hate-us on hiatus after robust 2023

Posted on November 21, 2023 by markweiss86

I am focusing on a very different, non-arts project this winter, after completing my last few shows for Earthwise. We hosted Anat Cohen Marcello Goncalves duo at The Mitch, plus Ben Goldberg combo at The Art Center — two of … Continue reading →

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Rose at Madison Square park, Cricket at Stanford farm

Posted on November 8, 2023 by markweiss86

I just got word from her SF gallerist that Rose B. Simpson one of my favorite Pueblo artists from New Mexico has a commission that will be on display next year at Madison Square Park in New York City. Meanwhile … Continue reading →

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