By bluerasberry on 2023-05-09
On Tuesday 2 May 2023 Shagwüf played a concert at Chinchilla Café which was special because it was recorded. We are all big fans of Shagwüf and were keen to make it happen. Here I describe what it means from an administrative perspective to operate a house venue. I live in a house where we […]
Posted in art, Charlottesville, gay stuff, non-profit | Tagged concert, party
By bluerasberry on 2023-02-10
Chinchilla Café is a concert venue, community center, and animal coffeehouse in Charlottesville, Virginia. Robin Brown, Gabriela Toledo, Eli Draizen, Fabian Garcia, and I Lane Rasberry established it last year in 2022. I want to describe what it is, the shows we have presented, and what we are trying to accomplish by hosting it. See […]
Posted in art, Charlottesville, festival | Tagged chinchilla, coffee, music, party
By bluerasberry on 2023-01-03
For New Year’s Eve we went to the Southern concert venue in Charlottesville for Shagwüf and the Falsies. When I first moved to Charlottesville Fabian and I went there on 16 March 2018 to see Southern Culture on the Skids. Fabian had not been back since but I had gone there for concerts sometimes. Robin […]
Posted in art, Charlottesville, festival, gay stuff | Tagged holiday, music, party
By bluerasberry on 2019-09-08
On Saturday 7 September 2019 I attended the 18th Annual Youth Film Festival in Charlottesville. A nonprofit organization called Light House Studio presents this. I like that there is an organization which provides a channel for youth to produce and publish films locally. Because I am a media access advocate, I liked less that all […]
Posted in art, Charlottesville, festival, non-profit | Tagged movie, youth
By bluerasberry on 2019-08-14
On Wednesday 14 August 2019 I talked with Lodewijk about Wiki Loves Monuments. He asked me to avoid saying anything firm about the project before talking to others, and to ask Multichill in particular. What follows are messy notes! Avoid quoting, and assume that there are errors here! A tenth anniversary is special. A ninth […]
Posted in art, tour, Wikipedia | Tagged contest, monument, Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2018-07-31
On Sunday 15 July Fabian and I visited the Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town. After purchasing an admission ticket at the entrance we walked through through about 20 rooms to visit every gallery in this medium-sized museum. There was a mix of permanent and special exhibits in a variety of galleries. The […]
Posted in art, museum, South Africa, tour | Tagged discrimination
By bluerasberry on 2016-07-16
Since visiting Italy and seeing Ancient Greek art, Roman art, and Renaissance art I have been thinking about gay art. Classical artwork contains a lot of nude imagery, and so does Renaissance artwork. Western culture since classical times has avoided discussing sexuality, and consequently, there has been a disconnect between high art and the values […]
Posted in art, gay stuff, Italy | Tagged Caravaggio, Saint Sebastian
By bluerasberry on 2015-06-05
When a topic is not well covered on Wikipedia, that is often an indication that a topic is not accessible or well covered in available sources on the Internet. When I was developing a draft for a Wikipedia article on Jashodaben I searched for all the information I could find. In November I set a […]
Posted in art, India, Wikipedia | Tagged Jashodaben, Narendra Modi
By bluerasberry on 2014-11-13
Saturday 8 November Fabian and I went to see a dance show called the Radio City Christmas Spectacular at the Radio City Music Hall. I understand that the show is a New York City tradition and that it has been presented since the 1930s. I had heard it mentioned since coming to New York, with […]
Posted in art, New York City, rights, service industry, work | Tagged theatre
By bluerasberry on 2014-08-02
Wikimania starts Wednesday. Friday after work I went to the airport with intent to sleep on the way to London so that I could wake up and start some days touring. My flight left at 9am and I woke up in London in the morning. On the flight I watched Jodorowsky’s Dune and Tim’s Vermeer. […]
Posted in art | Tagged documentary, Jodorowsky, Vermeer