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Petaluma, CA. ~ In cel- ebration of Women’s History Month, the Petaluma Historical Library and Museum presents the incredible
life of Alma Mahler in an unforgetta- ble evening of story, art and song. Daughter
of a noted Austrian painter,
Alma was a promis- ing com- poser in her
own right whose penetrating beauty, intelligence and vivac-
Muse: An Evening with Alma Mahler through Story and Song Rev it UP! Facts & Trivia
In celebration of Women’s History Month: The Outrageous
ity caused countless men (and some women) to fall desperate- ly in love with her. Her inspi- ration kin- dled the fi re of genius in those around her, and she be- came
the creative
catalyst for some of the 20th centu- ry’s greatest musical and artistic mas- terpieces.
In this
scintillating lecture-per-
formance, her incredible story will be told: a fairytale-like
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childhood fi rst kiss with paint- er GustavKlimt, tempestuous marriage to composer Gustav Mahler, a desperate passionate affair with Expressionist art- ist Oskar Kokoschka, stormy marriages to Bauhaus architec- tural founder Walter Gropius and award winning novelist Franz Werfel and fi nally, her dramatic fl ight from the Nazis over the Pyrenees to become a grand dame of
Hollywood,
immortalized in Tom Lehrer’s song, “Alma, Tell Us”
The Petaluma Historical Library and Museum will cel- ebrate the life of this “Outra- geous Muse” on Friday, March 31 at 8 pm in an evening of lecture by Asbo, the music his- torian for the Santa Rosa Sym- phony.
Paintings by Alma’s
father, Klimt, and Kokoschka will be interwoven with mu- sic of Brahms, Mahler and Zemlinsky and crowned with Alma’s own beautiful song cycles, sung by celebrated contralto Karen Clark and ac- companied by Karen Rosenak, faculty at UC Berkeley. Tickets available at
www.petalumamu-
seum.com. A wine and cheese reception with the performers follows the lecture and concert.
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A programmer was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, “If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a beautiful princess.”
The programmer took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket. The frog then cried out, “If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I’ll stay with you and do anything you want.” Again the
Finally, the frog asked, “What is the matter? I’ve told you I’m a beautiful princess that I’ll stay with you for a week and do anything you want. Why won’t you kiss me?”
The programmer said, “Look, I’m a programmer. I don’t have time for a girlfriend ...but a talking frog, now that’s cool!”
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programmer took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.
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