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Late, late show
It’s easy to forget that young people stay up all night. It’s almost four and the rooms are full of fully alert, playful, chatty, mostly young people.
The Blanton plans to stage First Friday events with bands and such, but they should consider staying open way past midnight. There’s a whole race of people just getting their night started now.
Dave Steakley of Zachary Scott Theatre is one. Now here’s technology: He was reading my blog and standing in line outside, when he called me on my cell to sneak him in.
Alas, I didn’t feel the phone.
Right now, one theatrical group is leading people through the eLounge expounding fake mysteries about the art. The dancers — at one point joined by escapees from Eeyore’s — have wrapped. Where’s the improv?
You gotta go to the Blanton Web site to download screensavers and watch the Webcam mounted on the next buiilding. You can see me blogging if you use the zoom.
Uh oh, uh oh. Art just fell in the next room. Hate it when that happens.
Comments
By Frandances
April 30, 2006 04:01 AM | Link to this
Art has fallen…curious: which one(s)?
By Dave Steakley
April 30, 2006 04:53 AM | Link to this
Michael, The South Pacific concert at Carnegie Hall is on KLRU now and Lilias White is singing Bali Hai with all her ‘flow-y’ glory, Alec Baldwin is losing his place to the delight of the crowd…Reba is a bit wooden as Nellie and tied to the script — a shame since she was the ultimate Annie Oakley. Meanwhile, Brian Stokes Mitchell sings the hell out of everything…please be my Porgy, Brian!!! What does this have to do with the Blanton opening? I’m not sure but the interpretive dancers in the hanging sculpture area can give it meaning. Perhaps it is that the Blanton has given Austin an enchanted evening…..happy cereal, yoga and cartoons to all those going to the Blanton now.