The Real Story wishes you a happy holiday season and stellar 2012. We’ll be back in January with more insights and conversations. In the meantime, be sure to like us on Facebook to get our podcasts delivered directly to your news feed.The entire 2011 lineup of The Real Story is available on iTunes.
Warmest wishes to all!
On this Thanksgiving, The Real Story thanks YOU for your interest and support. We’ll return next week with more from Chuck Schoenberger of O’Brien Homes on building for the new generation of homebuyers. Log on and listen in!
The Real Story is taking this week off. Log on next week for the premiere of our three-part series on backyard cottages.
Memorial Day commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. It’s also the official beginning of the summer barbecue season. Enjoy!
The Real Story will return next week with a series on edible landscaping.
The Real Story is observing Presidents’ Day today. Watch for another podcast tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s some food for thought in a quote from Woodrow Wilson, who was President from 1913 through 1921:
“Some people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know am an American.”
Artifacts of the oldest civilization in America will be spending time in the Bay Area beginning this Saturday. But, party people, you can get a preview on Friday night at the de Young—for free. Plan on stopping by Friday Nights at the de Young from 6 until 8:45 p.m. for a preview of Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico.
Considered the “mother culture” of Mesoamerica and recognized as America’s oldest civilization, the people known today as the Olmec developed an iconic and sophisticated artistic style as early as the second millennium BC. The Olmec are best known for the creation of colossal heads carved from giant boulders that have fascinated the public and archaeologists alike since they were discovered in the mid-19th century. The monumental heads remain among ancient America’s most awe-inspiring and beautiful masterpieces today. Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico, featuring over 100 objects drawn primarily from Mexican national collections with additional loans from over twenty-five museums, is presented at the de Young Museum February 19 to May 8, 2011. Included in the exhibition are colossal heads, a large-scale throne in addition to precious small-scale vessels, figures, adornments and masks.
The evening includes a welcome by indigenous peoples leaders, a preview of the exhibition, live music by Orquesta La Moderna Tradición celebrating danzón, which features violins and woodwinds interlocking with driving afro-Cuban rhythms. The Emcee is Chelis Lopez, KPOO radio host.
Activities include hands-on jaguar mask making and a lecture on traditional Mexican music and dance ritual.
For more information, check out the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco web site.
