POLLYTALK FROM NEW YORK
by Polly Guerin
April 20, 2009
SPRINGTIME MELODIES IN NEW YORK
Ah love is so happy in springtime and flowers are blooming in May. Let me dream a song that I
can sing as melodies clear shadow clouds away. Spring Fever takes center stage in
A Scandalous Affair, saying Adieu to the QE 2, see Compass in Hand: Contemporary Drawings
and Swedenborgian again. Only in New York my friends, Only in New York. Here's the scoop!!!
Those singing lovebirds Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy swept into town with riveting
performances in Hallie Neill's musical, "A SCANDALOUS AFFAIR, which premiered in the Big
Apple over the weekend. Ms. Neill, a remarkably talented soprano herself, sang as Jeanette
and partnered with her husband Theodore Lambrinos, as Nelson. They revealed in a magical
night the best kept secret about the screen legend's torrid l930's love affair. Both extremely
talented singers the Neill/Lambrinos duo sang renditions of Herbert, Rogers to name a few, plus
opera arias, all of which solicited instant Bravos!!! Comments by legendary gossip columnist
Hedda Hopper, convincingly by Patricia Bartlett pulled the life story of the screen legends
together. For more Info: www.jeanetteandnelson.com.
ADIEU TO THE QE2. Memories, Memories!!! Let's sail away on the legendary ship. The World
Ship Society's PONY branch member and webmaster John McFarlane sailed on two of the farewell
voyages of the QE2 and has created a DVD of highlights from these voyages which he
will introduce and narrate various segments. The presentation will include the final westbound
tandem crossing of the QM2 and the last departure of the QE2 from New York on October 16th as
well as high-lights from the "Farewell to the British Isles" voyage. You'll also hear the sound music
and titles as well as excepts from the farewell concert that was held at the Liverpool Anglican
Cathedral when the QE2 made her final call there. Non-members $3. www.worldshipny.com.
COMPASS IN HAND: Contemporary Drawings Collection documents a resurgence of drawing
as a medium in contemporary art and features over 2,500 works on paper by more than 650
artists that entered the collection at MOMA. The exhibition shows the various methods and
materials within the styles of gestural and geometric abstraction, representation and figuration,
and systems-based and conceptual drawing. Brought together are historical works by Donald
Judd, Dan Flavin, John Currin, Lucy McKenzie and Paulina Olowska to name a few. In the
Contemporary Galleries through July 2009. At MOMA 11 W. 53rd St. www.moma.org.
Swedenborgian has his day in a lecture on William James:His Swedenborgian and
Transcendentialist Legacy presented by Eugene Taylor, PH.D., director of the Cambridge Institute
of
Psychology and Religion. William James was a co-founder of Pragmatism, the first uniquely
American philosophy. Just in case you didn't know. Swedenborgain pertains to the religious
doctrines of Emanuel Swedenborgain constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem or New
Church. At the New York New Church, located at 114 East 35th St. (between Park & Lexington
Aves.) Thursday, April 30th at 7:30pm. $10 in advance, $15 at the door. $5 students/seniors.
Purchase www.SmartTix.com or 212.868.4444.
Well, my darlings, as the French say "Livresse du Printemps," It's springtime time in New York and
we're hitting the high notes on melodies that serenade us with cultural pastimes. Tune in next
week and remember you heard all about it in PollyTalk on the Big Apple News Network. I'd love to
hear from you. Keep in touch!!! Fan mail goes toinfo@pollytalk.com or www.pollytalk.com.
by Polly Guerin
April 20, 2009
SPRINGTIME MELODIES IN NEW YORK
Ah love is so happy in springtime and flowers are blooming in May. Let me dream a song that I
can sing as melodies clear shadow clouds away. Spring Fever takes center stage in
A Scandalous Affair, saying Adieu to the QE 2, see Compass in Hand: Contemporary Drawings
and Swedenborgian again. Only in New York my friends, Only in New York. Here's the scoop!!!
Those singing lovebirds Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy swept into town with riveting
performances in Hallie Neill's musical, "A SCANDALOUS AFFAIR, which premiered in the Big
Apple over the weekend. Ms. Neill, a remarkably talented soprano herself, sang as Jeanette
and partnered with her husband Theodore Lambrinos, as Nelson. They revealed in a magical
night the best kept secret about the screen legend's torrid l930's love affair. Both extremely
talented singers the Neill/Lambrinos duo sang renditions of Herbert, Rogers to name a few, plus
opera arias, all of which solicited instant Bravos!!! Comments by legendary gossip columnist
Hedda Hopper, convincingly by Patricia Bartlett pulled the life story of the screen legends
together. For more Info: www.jeanetteandnelson.com.
ADIEU TO THE QE2. Memories, Memories!!! Let's sail away on the legendary ship. The World
Ship Society's PONY branch member and webmaster John McFarlane sailed on two of the farewell
voyages of the QE2 and has created a DVD of highlights from these voyages which he
will introduce and narrate various segments. The presentation will include the final westbound
tandem crossing of the QM2 and the last departure of the QE2 from New York on October 16th as
well as high-lights from the "Farewell to the British Isles" voyage. You'll also hear the sound music
and titles as well as excepts from the farewell concert that was held at the Liverpool Anglican
Cathedral when the QE2 made her final call there. Non-members $3. www.worldshipny.com.
COMPASS IN HAND: Contemporary Drawings Collection documents a resurgence of drawing
as a medium in contemporary art and features over 2,500 works on paper by more than 650
artists that entered the collection at MOMA. The exhibition shows the various methods and
materials within the styles of gestural and geometric abstraction, representation and figuration,
and systems-based and conceptual drawing. Brought together are historical works by Donald
Judd, Dan Flavin, John Currin, Lucy McKenzie and Paulina Olowska to name a few. In the
Contemporary Galleries through July 2009. At MOMA 11 W. 53rd St. www.moma.org.
Swedenborgian has his day in a lecture on William James:His Swedenborgian and
Transcendentialist Legacy presented by Eugene Taylor, PH.D., director of the Cambridge Institute
of
Psychology and Religion. William James was a co-founder of Pragmatism, the first uniquely
American philosophy. Just in case you didn't know. Swedenborgain pertains to the religious
doctrines of Emanuel Swedenborgain constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem or New
Church. At the New York New Church, located at 114 East 35th St. (between Park & Lexington
Aves.) Thursday, April 30th at 7:30pm. $10 in advance, $15 at the door. $5 students/seniors.
Purchase www.SmartTix.com or 212.868.4444.
Well, my darlings, as the French say "Livresse du Printemps," It's springtime time in New York and
we're hitting the high notes on melodies that serenade us with cultural pastimes. Tune in next
week and remember you heard all about it in PollyTalk on the Big Apple News Network. I'd love to
hear from you. Keep in touch!!! Fan mail goes toinfo@pollytalk.com or www.pollytalk.com.
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