Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Botticelli, Lisetta Carmi, Casa Susanna & Fabulous Food from Firenze!
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Plus Jeremy Dutcher, Max Roach, Colm Tóibín & The Aeneid!
This Week’s Aperitivo: A Garibaldi! Named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, the famed Italian general and revolutionary who united Italy. He’s widely considered the “Father of Italy.”
Reading: Love In a Dark Time: Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodóvar by Colm Tóibín & The Aeneid by Vergil (translated by Sarah Ruden)
Listening: Motewolonuwok by Jeremy Dutcher
Looking: The Photography of Lisetta Carmi (1924-2022): Suonare Forte (Playing Strong) Exhibition at the Villa Bardini (Florence, Italy) & Paintings by Sandro Botticelli at the Uffizi Gallery (Florence, Italy) — Primavera, The Birth of Venus, Madonna of the Magnificat, The Annunciation Fresco(1481), The Cestello Annunciation (1489) & The Calumny of Apelles
Viewing: Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes(PBS American Masters) — documentary about Max Roach, directed by Ben Shapiro & Sam Pollard & Casa Susanna (PBS American Experience) — documentary about the history of Casa Susanna, directed by Sébastien Lifshitz
Tasting: Dinner at Tratorria La Casalinga (Florence, Italy) & Dinner at Il Santo Bevitore (Florence, Italy)
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