tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post485199998413319889..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: The Summer of Gertrude Stein 3: The Steins CollectCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-34654992246949253082017-05-06T15:50:22.145-07:002017-05-06T15:50:22.145-07:00Are you in need of a loan? Do you want to pay off ...Are you in need of a loan? Do you want to pay off your bills? Do you want to be financially stable? All you have to do is to contact us for more information on how to get started and get the loan you desire. This offer is open to all that will be able to repay back in due time. Note-that repayment time frame is negotiable and at interest rate of 3% just email us (creditloan11@gmail.com)URGENT LOAN OFFER WHATSAPP +918929509036https://www.blogger.com/profile/05012516565440710656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-80594887116012528362011-06-25T13:03:09.921-07:002011-06-25T13:03:09.921-07:00Dear fmh: Thanks so much. And I do know who Harrie...Dear fmh: Thanks so much. And I do know who Harriet Levy was, or at least a part of her story. She was the San Francisco neighbor of Alice B. Toklas who lent Alice $1,000 so they could go off to Paris together in 1907. Then, during the protacted romancing between Gertrude and Alice, she was merely in the way and was finally encouraged to revisit San Francisco and not come back. I don't think she ever did get that $1,000 loan back from Alice either. She did get the last laugh in another way, though, being wealthy enough to end up buying some of the famous Stein collection herself from Sarah Stein in Palo Alto when Sarah was paying off her grandson's gambling debts.<br /><br />I saw her "Paris Portraits" book at the museum and almost bought it but $21.95 for a tiny book seemed a little overpriced to me.<br /><br />My real question is whether or not Harriet and Alice were "girlfriends" when they took off to Paris. The bio in "Paris Portraits" mentions that Harriet became a San Francisco journalist and had many suitors over the years but never married. If she was a lesbian, she was definitely a closeted one.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-50984575585425397402011-06-24T12:36:10.515-07:002011-06-24T12:36:10.515-07:00I am totally loving this "Summer of Gertrude ...I am totally loving this "Summer of Gertrude Stein," there are too many events going on and I want to go to all of them. <br /><br />I recently read this book from a local Bay Area publisher that has a great insight into the Stein circle from Harriet Lane Levy (if you don't know who Levy is, definitely wiki her): http://www.heydaybooks.com/upcoming/paris-portraits.html. I really recommend it.<br /><br />The really cool thing is that actress Laura Sheppard is actually performing a one-woman show where she "brings to life" Levy's voice in the book. It's a cool thing to tie into all the other Stein events going on, and they even have a performance at the Contemporary Jewish Museum exhibit. There's several shows in SF and around the Bay: http://tinyurl.com/parisportraits<br /><br />Sorry for the super long comment! I just wanted to share. :)fmhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815285895721999097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-13343751194687652852011-06-16T13:17:23.148-07:002011-06-16T13:17:23.148-07:00I should have been more specific. My bad - I meant...I should have been more specific. My bad - I meant that I was taking photos at the Stein show, not the Picasso show. The PTB at the Picasso show were very specific about not taking photos. I think that's because the Picasso family is both avaricious and controlling. I talked to the official photographer for the FAMSF and he indicated, although very politely, that there were many rules and specifications that even he had to follow. It's completely ridiculous because there are images of almost everything in the show on the Internet, if not at the Musee Picasso web site. In this case, I think that the tight assedness came via the Picasso family who are protecting that ass-ett. If what I've read is true, some members of the family are like their dear dear Papa (or grand-papa). Possessive, ever ready to cop the credit for somebody the artistic inventions of others and greedy as all get out.Nancy Ewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12116290968007398337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-75239256033449905532011-06-16T10:13:56.937-07:002011-06-16T10:13:56.937-07:00Dear Nancy: I'm not on the Fine Arts Museums p...Dear Nancy: I'm not on the Fine Arts Museums press list, but I heard from Janos that they weren't allowing any photos at the press preview for the Picasso. I also heard there was some sloppy photo action on the part of some of the journalists at the press previews for the Impressionist shows, or maybe they're just being idiotic and tight-assed. Who knows?Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-80432035358106531532011-06-16T09:40:14.919-07:002011-06-16T09:40:14.919-07:00What a great series! Have you seen the Picasso exh...What a great series! Have you seen the Picasso exhibit yet? I looked for you but didn't see you. <br /><br />When I was at the press preview, I had a younger guard tell me not to take photos. She was interrupted by an older guard who said that "it was all right for the press." But I really don't understand their position. It's not like the images aren't available elsewhere.Nancy Ewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12116290968007398337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-44902678753631282632011-06-14T22:59:47.486-07:002011-06-14T22:59:47.486-07:00Dear Jan: I got invited to a press preview and the...Dear Jan: I got invited to a press preview and they allowed us to take panorama shots of the galleries, which is how I managed to get them. The museum also gave out memory sticks with approved images of some of the paintings.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-90122183074672177012011-06-14T20:41:28.161-07:002011-06-14T20:41:28.161-07:00Hey -- I got asked by a SFMOMA guard to erase my p...Hey -- I got asked by a SFMOMA guard to erase my pics of people looking at the exhibit. Good for you for getting those!janinsanfranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.com