Midsummer Silvery Memories
to turn Reinhardt’s vision into a film version. Film buffs trea- sure it to this day. A very young and beautiful Olivia de Havil- land (Hermia) and a singular Mickey Rooney (Puck) were the only ones reeled in from their Hollywood Bowl perfor- mances. The fine Austrian com- poser, Eric Wolfgang Korngold was chosen to do the film score. He did so, incorporating far more of Mendelssohn’s music than the early incidental mea- sures. Korngold too, chose to stay in Hollywood. To see that film once was not enough for me at age eight. Happily one of my septet of un- cles agreed. I think Uncle Fred had a crush on the pretty ac- tress, Anita Louise, who played the role of Titania, Queen of the Fairies.
In 1978, Joseph
Papp created a sensational pro- duction of “The Dream” stag- ing it in Central Park for an enormous crowd to enjoy. Maybe Oscar-Claude Monet,
the influential, complicated artist, so beloved as a driving force among his fellow Impres- sionists, also relished Shake- speare’s lines: “I know a bank
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where the wild thyme blows/ Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows/ Quite over-cano- pied with luscious woodbine/ With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.” (from A Mid- summer’s Night’s Dream). He had the mind of a chess playing general. Surprisingly, highly organized, considering the ir- resistible freedom expressed in his brushstrokes and his ability to conquer light. Although he orchestrated almost the entire second half of his life so that he and his amalgamated fam- ily could live at Giverny, the entire world thanks him today for carving out that incredible sanctuary
of gardens, within
gardens, surrounded by man- made ponds that grew, with exact planning into lakes, with bridges, trees, shrubs, flow- ers absolutely everywhere and special coves of herbs. Every- one who likes to eat, take note. Monet was a man who knew how to live from farm to table and he chiefly rejoiced with company. Monet, that private- minded, moody artist, fastidi- ously kept diaries of recipes, notes from his friends, and re-
minded his kitchen staff what specialties to prepare for his honored guests. If you care for French poetry,
especially by
Stephane Mallarme, then you might enjoy this recipe he gave his friend Monet for “Recette de girolles” (or recipe for wild mushrooms.) Be safe, buy your mushrooms
organic, proceed with safety and joy (wild mushrooms in America are not always what they recognize in French woods as safe). –Trim the stems and wipe carefully about 2 and ½ lbs of mushrooms, cutting the largest in half. Chop about six ounces of bacon or pancetta into small pieces. Melt 2 and ½ tblspns of butter in a large skil- let and add the chopped bacon. Saute gently and sprinkle with ½ tspn pepper. Add the mush- rooms and allow to simmer slowly until almost every drop of liquid has evaporated. Add 1 or 2 cloves of minced garlic and 2 tblspns chopped fresh parsley and simmer five more minutes. Delicious to re-heat, if any of it remains. A poetic delight! Have an Upbeat June!
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to highlight your
‘60s style and celebrate with this year’s theme “Peace, Love & Fair.”
Weird Facts & Fun Trivia -5 The bar code, those stripes of
varying width that appear on virtually every price tag or package today, was invented by Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver. They were issued US Patent #2,612,994 on October 7, 1952.
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