MIDTERMS at RISD

The photos show some of what I have been upto this semester at RISD -

Philadelphia October Weekend

I was in Philly for a conference this past weekend and was able to spend some time with Pack! On friday afternoon we met at Independence Mall and toured the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Chuck the NPS tour guide did a good job giving a feel for the revolutionary attitude that led up to the Declaration of Independence.

Friday night we got great-discounted tickets for Beethoven’s Fidelio directed by Robert Driver, conducted by Corrado Rovaris and designed by Jun Kaneko. Kaneko is a Japanese-American sculptor who effectively used bizarrely colored and oddly designed costumes and very strong visual images that linger - such as the bold silhouettes of prisoners locked into cells in the first act and the rainbow streamers descending at the very end. The music was great with strong voices. we had a great time.

Saturday we raced to the Kimmel Center at 5:30 to purchase $10 tickets for subscription seats that had been turned in for resale. We ended up with the best seats in the house to enjoy David Kim's violin solos.
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
David Kim, violin
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 ("Rhenish")
CHAUSSON Poème, for violin and orchestra
RAVEL Tzigane, for violin and orchestra
FALLA Suite Nos. 1 and 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat



Pack has a job at a coffee shop on Walnut st. that is meant to have the best coffee in the city. Hopefully he will make enough money to feed himself.


One of my goals was to make it the whole visit without a parking ticket - I was successful with help from sometimes reluctant parking meter police and local residents who I forced to explain parking strategy. Now that I have the parking figured out I am hoping to visit more often - I didn't get to the art museum yet .