Bruce Hodges
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Writer | editor | more-than-decent cook. Where: The Strad (London), WRTI (Philadelphia). Music | architecture | art + design | photography | theater + film | journalism | science | climate change
Photo: Luis Barragán, Cuadra San Cristóbal, Mexico
Photo: Luis Barragán, Cuadra San Cristóbal, Mexico
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Bruce Hodges
@brucehodges.bsky.social
· Sep 25
One of the great paintings of the late 20th century, "Constructing the Grand Canyon" (1990, oil on canvas) by Mark Tansey (b. 1949), on view at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
Zoom in to see the workers pushing blocks of text into place to create the walls
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Zoom in to see the workers pushing blocks of text into place to create the walls
walkerart.org/collections/...
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Incredible how much energy, pettiness and deliberate intention are expended for racism.
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Incredible how much energy, pettiness and deliberate intention are expended for racism.
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Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
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The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Pete Hague-seth seems to think the expression "The Fog of War" is literal. It is not. It is a metaphor, and one that would not excuse executing shipwrecked passengers you can clearly see on your video screen.
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Pete Hague-seth seems to think the expression "The Fog of War" is literal. It is not. It is a metaphor, and one that would not excuse executing shipwrecked passengers you can clearly see on your video screen.
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41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
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Here's an excerpt -- please read the whole column so The Inquirer will think it's worth it for me to cover the big out-of-town stories (lol...no seriously)
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Here's an excerpt -- please read the whole column so The Inquirer will think it's worth it for me to cover the big out-of-town stories (lol...no seriously)
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Gem Cities by Neave Bozorgi.
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Gem Cities by Neave Bozorgi.
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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This happened 13 blocks from where I grew up, videos show neighbors with whistles coming out in force. No mistake they’re targeting the most diverse neighborhood in the entire country epicenter-nyc.com/an-assault-o...
An assault on Jackson Heights and our way of life in Queens - Epicenter NYC
Jackson Heights woke up to the sound of helicopters. Almost instantly, there were posts on Facebook and text messages reporting sightings of ICE at 89th Street and 34th Avenue. But […]
epicenter-nyc.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This happened 13 blocks from where I grew up, videos show neighbors with whistles coming out in force. No mistake they’re targeting the most diverse neighborhood in the entire country epicenter-nyc.com/an-assault-o...
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Pete Hegseth seems to be going down in flames, but the culture of violent racism that enabled these war crimes didn’t start with him. It started in a place where a certain buck used to stop.
Hegseth is just another one of that orange bastard’s fall guys.
Hegseth is just another one of that orange bastard’s fall guys.
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Pete Hegseth seems to be going down in flames, but the culture of violent racism that enabled these war crimes didn’t start with him. It started in a place where a certain buck used to stop.
Hegseth is just another one of that orange bastard’s fall guys.
Hegseth is just another one of that orange bastard’s fall guys.
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"Surely all art is the result of one’s having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further."
Remembering Rainer Maria Rilke on his birthday 🎂
🎨 Mark di Suvero
Rilke, 1990
Remembering Rainer Maria Rilke on his birthday 🎂
🎨 Mark di Suvero
Rilke, 1990
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Surely all art is the result of one’s having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further."
Remembering Rainer Maria Rilke on his birthday 🎂
🎨 Mark di Suvero
Rilke, 1990
Remembering Rainer Maria Rilke on his birthday 🎂
🎨 Mark di Suvero
Rilke, 1990
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It reminded me of Gérard DuBois' painting for the cover of Moby Dick. Astonishing also.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It reminded me of Gérard DuBois' painting for the cover of Moby Dick. Astonishing also.
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www.instagram.com/p/ChfLS2kr179/
Also tonight, because too many choices:
Joseph Lin, violin
Claire Bourg, violin
Natalie Loughran, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Helen Huang, piano
All-Beethoven:
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, Serioso
Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 96
Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, Archduke
#livestream
Joseph Lin, violin
Claire Bourg, violin
Natalie Loughran, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Helen Huang, piano
All-Beethoven:
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, Serioso
Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 96
Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, Archduke
#livestream
Joseph Lin & Claire Bourg, vn; Natalie Loughran, vla; Raman Ramakrishnan, vc; Helen Huang, pn – LIVE
YouTube video by pcmsconcerts
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December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Also tonight, because too many choices:
Joseph Lin, violin
Claire Bourg, violin
Natalie Loughran, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Helen Huang, piano
All-Beethoven:
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, Serioso
Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 96
Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, Archduke
#livestream
Joseph Lin, violin
Claire Bourg, violin
Natalie Loughran, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Helen Huang, piano
All-Beethoven:
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, Serioso
Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 96
Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, Archduke
#livestream
Tonight's livestream at 7:30 (ET), the Juilliard String Quartet with its new violinist, Leonard Fu, and two guests:
Juilliard String Quartet
Catherine Cho, viola
Marcy Rosen, cello
Brahms: String Quartet No. 2
Leonard Fu: Popular Dances
Kurtág: Six Moments Musicaux
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Juilliard String Quartet
Catherine Cho, viola
Marcy Rosen, cello
Brahms: String Quartet No. 2
Leonard Fu: Popular Dances
Kurtág: Six Moments Musicaux
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Juilliard LIVE
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December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Tonight's livestream at 7:30 (ET), the Juilliard String Quartet with its new violinist, Leonard Fu, and two guests:
Juilliard String Quartet
Catherine Cho, viola
Marcy Rosen, cello
Brahms: String Quartet No. 2
Leonard Fu: Popular Dances
Kurtág: Six Moments Musicaux
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Juilliard String Quartet
Catherine Cho, viola
Marcy Rosen, cello
Brahms: String Quartet No. 2
Leonard Fu: Popular Dances
Kurtág: Six Moments Musicaux
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
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Pages from Ruth McEnery Stuart and Albert Bigelow Paine’s Gobolinks (1896). More on the microgenre of "inkblot books" in our latest books post, including the original in the genre, Justinus Kerner's Kleksographien (1857) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/inkblot-books
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Pages from Ruth McEnery Stuart and Albert Bigelow Paine’s Gobolinks (1896). More on the microgenre of "inkblot books" in our latest books post, including the original in the genre, Justinus Kerner's Kleksographien (1857) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/inkblot-books
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Turkey lurkey in the fridge?
Last night, we put all the last scraps of turkey in a casserole dish & followed Sardi's recipe for Turkey Tetrazzini—which Vincent Price—a noted gourmand—included in his 1965 "Treasury of Great Recipes".
It was sublimely delicious!
Last night, we put all the last scraps of turkey in a casserole dish & followed Sardi's recipe for Turkey Tetrazzini—which Vincent Price—a noted gourmand—included in his 1965 "Treasury of Great Recipes".
It was sublimely delicious!
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Turkey lurkey in the fridge?
Last night, we put all the last scraps of turkey in a casserole dish & followed Sardi's recipe for Turkey Tetrazzini—which Vincent Price—a noted gourmand—included in his 1965 "Treasury of Great Recipes".
It was sublimely delicious!
Last night, we put all the last scraps of turkey in a casserole dish & followed Sardi's recipe for Turkey Tetrazzini—which Vincent Price—a noted gourmand—included in his 1965 "Treasury of Great Recipes".
It was sublimely delicious!
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Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
This live broadcast from Carnegie Hall is breathtaking. Cho is marvelous in the Rachmaninoff Paganini Variations, but so is the orchestra. I've rarely heard this piece done with such propulsive, angular lines and sharply defined colors.
Coming up: Shostakovich 5
Coming up: Shostakovich 5
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Carnegie Hall Live | WQXR
Hear the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Manfred Honeck, featuring guest piano soloist Seong-Jin Cho, in a program of works by Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, and Lera Auerbach.
www.wqxr.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This live broadcast from Carnegie Hall is breathtaking. Cho is marvelous in the Rachmaninoff Paganini Variations, but so is the orchestra. I've rarely heard this piece done with such propulsive, angular lines and sharply defined colors.
Coming up: Shostakovich 5
Coming up: Shostakovich 5
When an "aesthetic" excludes an artist like Copeland, I'm not particularly interested in said "aesthetic."
Disgusting
Disgusting
“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
When an "aesthetic" excludes an artist like Copeland, I'm not particularly interested in said "aesthetic."
Disgusting
Disgusting
On Friday at 2 pm (ET) live from Munich:
Simon: Four Black American Dances
Zimmermann: Trumpet Concerto "Nobody knows de trouble I see"
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Ravel: La valse
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Simon: Four Black American Dances
Zimmermann: Trumpet Concerto "Nobody knows de trouble I see"
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Ravel: La valse
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Andris Nelsons, conductor
LIVE: Simon, Zimmermann, Strauss, Ravel | Håkan Hardenberger | Andris Nelsons | BRSO
YouTube video by ARD Klassik
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December 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
On Friday at 2 pm (ET) live from Munich:
Simon: Four Black American Dances
Zimmermann: Trumpet Concerto "Nobody knows de trouble I see"
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Ravel: La valse
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Simon: Four Black American Dances
Zimmermann: Trumpet Concerto "Nobody knows de trouble I see"
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Ravel: La valse
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Andris Nelsons, conductor
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Glass block architecture 👀
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Glass block architecture 👀
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Today, the president said some of the most racist, vile shit I’ve ever heard said out loud about our Somali neighbors, friends, and family members. And it’s not just words—he also launched new attacks on our community because we’ve dared to try to build an inclusive, multiracial society.
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Today, the president said some of the most racist, vile shit I’ve ever heard said out loud about our Somali neighbors, friends, and family members. And it’s not just words—he also launched new attacks on our community because we’ve dared to try to build an inclusive, multiracial society.
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Auguste Herbin, Synchromy in Dark Blue, 1941
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135925
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135925
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Auguste Herbin, Synchromy in Dark Blue, 1941
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135925
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135925