January 16, 2012 – 8:51 am
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Big, Bold and Beautiful
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Tube of the Week
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Considering this youtube clip has had nearly 16 million views, you may have already seen it. But in case you missed it, “Guilty Dog: Did You Eat the Cat Treats?” is a classic bit of pure dog-ness.
Watch.
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Song of the Week
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“I Wish I were Twins” by Valaida Snow
Trumpeter and singer Valaida Snow was an exceptional talentwho lead an intense and dramatic life. She played ten instruments, spoke seven languages, and famously traveled in an orchid colored Mercedes, dressed in an orchid suit, her pet monkey rigged out in an orchid jacket and cap, with her chauffeur in orchid as well. The toast of Paris and London in the early 30s and on Broadway in the 40s, Snow was arrested on drug charges in 1941 by the Germans during a European tour and was held for 18 months in a Nazi concentration camp.
“I Wish I Were Twins” was featured on Monica‘s January 8th show on WFMU and is available via iTunes and Amazon.
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- Don’t miss New This Week, below. – Visit the Shout Out Archives. – Then visit our big, bold and beautiful showroom to see what else is new. “That’s what we’re here for…”
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Posted via email from Center44 “The Shout Out” Weekly Newsletter/Blog
January 16, 2012 – 8:51 am
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Big, Bold and Beautiful
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Tube of the Week
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Considering this youtube clip has had nearly 16 million views, you may have already seen it. But in case you missed it, “Guilty Dog: Did You Eat the Cat Treats?” is a classic bit of pure dog-ness.
Watch.
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Song of the Week
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“I Wish I were Twins” by Valaida Snow
Trumpeter and singer Valaida Snow was an exceptional talentwho lead an intense and dramatic life. She played ten instruments, spoke seven languages, and famously traveled in an orchid colored Mercedes, dressed in an orchid suit, her pet monkey rigged out in an orchid jacket and cap, with her chauffeur in orchid as well. The toast of Paris and London in the early 30s and on Broadway in the 40s, Snow was arrested on drug charges in 1941 by the Germans during a European tour and was held for 18 months in a Nazi concentration camp.
“I Wish I Were Twins” was featured on Monica‘s January 8th show on WFMU and is available via iTunes and Amazon.
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- Don’t miss New This Week, below. – Visit the Shout Out Archives. – Then visit our big, bold and beautiful showroom to see what else is new. “That’s what we’re here for…”
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Posted via email from Center44 “The Shout Out” Weekly Newsletter/Blog
January 2, 2012 – 8:56 am
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For the Birds
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Song of the Week
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”Snow Bird” by Chet Atkins
Virtuoso guitarist Chet Atkins flies free and easy across the frets on his 1971 cover of Anne Murray‘s massive hit, “Snowbird”. An architect of the “Nashville sound,” melding honky tonk with pop in the 50s and 60s, Atkins cut countless session and solo recordings, including dates with Elvis, the Everly Brothers, and Hank Williams. Inspired by Merle Travis, Les Paul and Django Reinhardt, his own picking style influenced George Harrison, Duane Eddy, Eddie Cochran, Eric Clapton and others. “Snowbird” was featured on Monica‘s December 18th show on WFMU and can be found on The Essential Chet Atkins via iTunes and Amazon.
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Tube of the Week
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This footage of starlings – thousands of them - doing their airborne ballet is simply beautiful to behold. It was captured at a reserve called Otmoor in New Oxford, England. Like all good choreography, it starts slowly and builds to a crescendo. Watch. |
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- Don’t miss New This Week, below. – Visit the Shout Out Archives. – Then fly into our Midtown showroom to see what else is new. “That’s what we’re here for …”
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Posted via email from Center44 “The Shout Out” Weekly Newsletter/Blog
December 19, 2011 – 8:51 am
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Straight From the Freight – Jewel Tones
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| These large scale works (60” x 77”), in brilliant jewel tones with wonderful details, are by Eugene Andrew Agafonoff (Evgeny Andreevich Agafonov), a Ukrainian painter, graphic artist and scene-designer who was born in 1879. He got his first art education in St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1899–1907 and was awarded a gold medal at the regional South Russia Exhibition in Ekaterinoslav. He illustrated satirical and theatrical magazines, and founded the experimental theatre Blue Eye in Kharkov as well as participating in many exhibitions, often using Ukraine national motifs,. In the early 1920s Agafonov immigrated to the USA, showing his works at the exhibitions of the Society of Independent Artists (1929), in the French Gallery and Cas-Delbaut Gallery in New York (1931), in the Greenwich Public Library (1939), and in Derby, Connecticut (1943). During the Great Patriotic War, the greater part of his works (which he’d left behind in the Kharkov Art Museum) were lost. Only several drawings and theatre designs remained in Kharkov. These stunning paintings were done in the 1940s. .Mr. Agafonov died in 1955. These special artworks are presented at Center44 by Heather Karlie Fine Art and Antiques. |
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Song of the Week
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Tube of the Week
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For the third straight year, Meryl Davis and Charlie White take the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Finals. Even folks who are not aficionados of figure skating are amazed by this performance – totally effortless and filled with joy. Don miss it! |
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Holiday Hours
Center44 will close for the Holidays from
Saturday, Dec. 24th – Sunday, Jan. 1st
We’ll reopen with regular hours on Monday, Jan. 2nd.
We wish everyone the Merriest of Times!
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- Don’t miss New This Week, below. – Visit the Shout Out Archives. – Then skate into our 25,000 sq ft Midtown showroom.. “That’s what we’re here for…”
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Posted via email from Center44 “The Shout Out” Weekly Newsletter/Blog
