We had a bunny cross the yard yesterday
“Kinky Boots” coming to Indy Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre
The 2022 season at Indy’s beloved dinner theater has a Tony Award winning musical opening next week. Their press release proudly states: Kinky Boots, the Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, struts onto the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre stage for the first time in 2022, featuring music by Cyndi Lauper and a heartwarming tale that’s based on a true story. Opening Feb. 10, this high-heeled hit will bring plenty of sparkle to Beef & Boards’ 49th Season!
This vibrant musical not only won the Best Musical Tony, but also Best Original Score for the talented music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, along with four additional Tony Awards, and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album.
Kinky Boots is on stage for 47 performances through March 27 in the intimate space of Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. Tickets include the dinner buffet and select beverages. For tickets, visit beefandboards.com or call the box office at 317.872.9664.
We are so looking forward to seeing this marvelous show. The pandemic stifled so many months of B&B’s productions. It will seem like finally getting to go to visit a dear friend when we see Kinky Boots next week.
Snow is over and now the cold arrives
The snow is over. Now things get cold. Really cold.
2:30PM Thursday
4:30PM Thursday
10:30 AM Friday
The sun popped out this morning! The sunlight looks warm but the temperatures won’t allow much if any melting today. The forecast high was 22, and that is what it is already. The low overnight tonight will be -2 according to the NWS. So far the first temperatures above freezing will be next Wednesday. Hey, at least the city plowed the street this morning.
Winter storm warning continues
The snow continues in central Indiana. It has pretty much been nonstop since 8:30AM this morning. Blowing and drifting is occurring on E/W roads.
From the local INDY TV Channel 13 WTHR
9:15 AM this morning.
2:30 PM this afternoon
4:30 PM this afternoon
Time will tell how much more snow we’ll get before the snow moves out of the state. Currently most everything in Indy is closed, and most all schools are closed for in person learning. Some schools will have remote classes on Friday. Some schools are reporting that they will actually have a true “Snow Day” with the kids completely off.
Another large vintage 1970 art work
De Wain Valentine was born in Colorado in 1936. He is known for his translucent glass, fiberglass and polyester resin minimalist creations. Of the same time as Robert Indiana of the LOVE sculpture, Valentine has a fine piece in the same gallery room at Newfields (IMA) in Indianapolis.
Vintage 1970 Double Concave Circle (Deep Violet-Red)
Above is the ID plaque at the museum with information about Valentines art
This is an impressive 8 foot tall circle of polyester resin. What we found fascinating was the fact that this striking red circle is a mere 20 feet or so from the Robert Indiana LOVE sculpture. Both were made in 1970. De Wain Valentine lives in California, and developed a unique resin for large scale pieces.
90 million people under alerts: when did they start that
A recent NBC News report proudly reported that “About 90 million people across the U.S. were under winter weather alerts Tuesday night as a storm threatened to bring rain, snow, sleet and ice from Colorado to Vermont.”
When did the news folks start stating how many millions were under threats? Threats of weather, be it blizzards, tornados or hurricanes? When I was younger I do not remember the number of folks under threats being reported. Does anybody know when it became accepted practice in the media to tell how many millions could be affected? Call me curious…
Winter storm warning
Today is supposed to be a rough day weather wise in central Indiana. We are officially under a Winter Storm Warning.
Tulip tree in our front yard, 9:15AM Thursday
Screenshot of iPhone
The latest forecast is calling for six to nine inches of snow during the day today. High winds are to add to wind chill temps and cause blowing and drifting of snow. (Northern Indiana got up to 9 inches yesterday.) We’ll have to wait and see if the forecast snow amounts occur.
LOVE is over 50 years old
LOVE outside at the IMA in the early years
Robert Indiana was born in 1928 as Robert Clark. His first use of the stacked four letters of “LOVE” was created for a Christmas card in 1964 for the New York Museum of Modern Art. This design creation led to the LOVE sculpture constructed of Cor-ten steel in 1970. LOVE was first put on display at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. It made the rounds of several American cities for five years until it returned to the IMA. After needed restoration was performed due to weathering of the steel, it is now displayed inside the museum building to protect it from the elements.
Standing in front of the LOVE sculpture will give you a feel for the size of the letters
Remember 8 cent stamps?
The design was also the inspiration of a USPS 8 cent stamp in 1973. Countless copies of the statue were made and sold over the years, however Robert Indiana had failed to copyright his design, thus he did not reap the benefits.
Even with masks we liked the Van Gogh show
Masks were required for admittance to the Van Gogh experience at Newfields 4th floor gallery called The Lume. We went this week, and even with masks we enjoyed ourselves immensely. You can read another post about our adventure here.
Bench seating in the gallery enabled us to sit as long as we wanted.
Sher checking out the Van Gogh bedroom table, right from the painting!
While insuring social distancing we dropped our masks for this photo op in the Van Gogh bedroom
A highlight was seeing up close and personal Van Gogh’s painting “Sheaves of Wheat”, 1890
We had fun at The Lume: Van Gogh experience at Newfields Indy
There was more than the digital presentations at the Van Gogh experience at The Lume. An activity room was set up with a few things to do. One was an interesting device that took a picture of your face, then offered you your choice of different Van Gogh styles.
Sher on left, Maj on right, both ala Vincent van Gogh styles
Sher and I both tried this “activity”. Hopefully they will soon email the digital copies to us, as was promised when we picked our style. Our pictures were displayed prominently on the wall for a time.
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