Katherine
@katherinersf.bsky.social
Introvert who loves opera, books, dogs and cats. Fan of classic film, especially silents, pre-Codes and noir. I don't say much. I drink tea and read things. she/her
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Today is Thanksgiving in the US, or National Day of Mourning/"Unthanksgiving Day" for some Native Americans. Wampanoag people shared food with pilgrims in 1621 but were repaid with centuries of genocide. More on Indigenous resistance: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Today is Thanksgiving in the US, or National Day of Mourning/"Unthanksgiving Day" for some Native Americans. Wampanoag people shared food with pilgrims in 1621 but were repaid with centuries of genocide. More on Indigenous resistance: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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362. This book only has one title and author, but it contains more stories than I have read yet, despite the fact that I've read the book twice.
Sure, yes, whales, blubber, gore. But the VOICE. The interiority. The scrimshaw cipher that is Ahab. This book haunts me.
bookshop.org/a/868/978014...
Sure, yes, whales, blubber, gore. But the VOICE. The interiority. The scrimshaw cipher that is Ahab. This book haunts me.
bookshop.org/a/868/978014...
Moby-Dick: or, The Whale
or, The Whale
bookshop.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
362. This book only has one title and author, but it contains more stories than I have read yet, despite the fact that I've read the book twice.
Sure, yes, whales, blubber, gore. But the VOICE. The interiority. The scrimshaw cipher that is Ahab. This book haunts me.
bookshop.org/a/868/978014...
Sure, yes, whales, blubber, gore. But the VOICE. The interiority. The scrimshaw cipher that is Ahab. This book haunts me.
bookshop.org/a/868/978014...
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An increasing number of bookstores in Japan are leasing out their shelves to book lovers to allow them to sell the works they want to recommend, fostering communities of such “shelf owners.”
As bookstore numbers decline in Japan, many are leasing out shelves
The shelves are leased out to book lovers to allow them to sell the works they want to recommend, fostering communities of such “shelf owners.”
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November 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
An increasing number of bookstores in Japan are leasing out their shelves to book lovers to allow them to sell the works they want to recommend, fostering communities of such “shelf owners.”
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Remembering Tina Turner on her birthday 🎂
📷 Lynn Goldsmith, 1981
"If hers has been the story of triumph rescued from the disaster of childhood neglect & horrendous spousal abuse, ours has been the good fortune to see that redemption rendered in real time as music & spectacle."
- Jesse Green
📷 Lynn Goldsmith, 1981
"If hers has been the story of triumph rescued from the disaster of childhood neglect & horrendous spousal abuse, ours has been the good fortune to see that redemption rendered in real time as music & spectacle."
- Jesse Green
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Remembering Tina Turner on her birthday 🎂
📷 Lynn Goldsmith, 1981
"If hers has been the story of triumph rescued from the disaster of childhood neglect & horrendous spousal abuse, ours has been the good fortune to see that redemption rendered in real time as music & spectacle."
- Jesse Green
📷 Lynn Goldsmith, 1981
"If hers has been the story of triumph rescued from the disaster of childhood neglect & horrendous spousal abuse, ours has been the good fortune to see that redemption rendered in real time as music & spectacle."
- Jesse Green
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“I was essentially trained by Oscar Hammerstein to think of songs as one-act plays, to move a song from point A to point B dramatically...”
Stephen Sondheim
March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021
Stephen Sondheim
March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“I was essentially trained by Oscar Hammerstein to think of songs as one-act plays, to move a song from point A to point B dramatically...”
Stephen Sondheim
March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021
Stephen Sondheim
March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021
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Happy birthday Roz Chast 🎂
📷 Deborah Feingold, 1986
"I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there's any grudges I should start."
📷 Deborah Feingold, 1986
"I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there's any grudges I should start."
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Happy birthday Roz Chast 🎂
📷 Deborah Feingold, 1986
"I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there's any grudges I should start."
📷 Deborah Feingold, 1986
"I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there's any grudges I should start."
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Greed puts out the sun.
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Greed puts out the sun.
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Remembering Charles Schulz on his birthday 🎂
📷 Ted Streshinsky
"All the loves in the strip are unrequited; all the baseball games are lost; all the test scores are D-minuses; the Great Pumpkin never comes; and the football is always pulled away."
- Sparky
Bleak, but fair.
📷 Ted Streshinsky
"All the loves in the strip are unrequited; all the baseball games are lost; all the test scores are D-minuses; the Great Pumpkin never comes; and the football is always pulled away."
- Sparky
Bleak, but fair.
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Remembering Charles Schulz on his birthday 🎂
📷 Ted Streshinsky
"All the loves in the strip are unrequited; all the baseball games are lost; all the test scores are D-minuses; the Great Pumpkin never comes; and the football is always pulled away."
- Sparky
Bleak, but fair.
📷 Ted Streshinsky
"All the loves in the strip are unrequited; all the baseball games are lost; all the test scores are D-minuses; the Great Pumpkin never comes; and the football is always pulled away."
- Sparky
Bleak, but fair.
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"It seems beyond the comprehension of people that someone can be born to draw comic strips, but I think I was." :)
Born Today, Nov 26, in 1922, Charles M Schulz...
#botd #Snoopy #Peanuts #FondMemories
Born Today, Nov 26, in 1922, Charles M Schulz...
#botd #Snoopy #Peanuts #FondMemories
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"It seems beyond the comprehension of people that someone can be born to draw comic strips, but I think I was." :)
Born Today, Nov 26, in 1922, Charles M Schulz...
#botd #Snoopy #Peanuts #FondMemories
Born Today, Nov 26, in 1922, Charles M Schulz...
#botd #Snoopy #Peanuts #FondMemories
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Juzo Itami's comic masterpiece “Tampopo” remains one of the greatest films about food ever made. Just don't watch it on an empty stomach.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Juzo Itami's comic masterpiece “Tampopo” remains one of the greatest films about food ever made. Just don't watch it on an empty stomach.
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hey did you know you can use libro and still support us? 🥹 it's true: libro.fm/booksmith
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
hey did you know you can use libro and still support us? 🥹 it's true: libro.fm/booksmith
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Rose Hobart by Freulich, 1931. (Thread)
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Rose Hobart by Freulich, 1931. (Thread)
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Trisha Brown by Jack Mitchell
New York, June 1976
"Her choreography, showcased primarily in New York, helped shape generations of modern dance creators into the 21st century."
- Alistair Macauley
New York, June 1976
"Her choreography, showcased primarily in New York, helped shape generations of modern dance creators into the 21st century."
- Alistair Macauley
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Trisha Brown by Jack Mitchell
New York, June 1976
"Her choreography, showcased primarily in New York, helped shape generations of modern dance creators into the 21st century."
- Alistair Macauley
New York, June 1976
"Her choreography, showcased primarily in New York, helped shape generations of modern dance creators into the 21st century."
- Alistair Macauley
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Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End #otd in 1952. It is the longest continuously running play in history.
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End #otd in 1952. It is the longest continuously running play in history.
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A spectacular portrait of Candy Darling by Kenn Duncan
NYPL digital collection, 1971
NYPL digital collection, 1971
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A spectacular portrait of Candy Darling by Kenn Duncan
NYPL digital collection, 1971
NYPL digital collection, 1971
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Cecil Beaton takes a photo in The Factory, April 24, 1969
Andy Warhol with Ingrid Superstar, Candy Darling, Ultra Violet & Brigid Berlin
Village Voice photographer Fred W. McDarrah is always on the scene!
Andy Warhol with Ingrid Superstar, Candy Darling, Ultra Violet & Brigid Berlin
Village Voice photographer Fred W. McDarrah is always on the scene!
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Cecil Beaton takes a photo in The Factory, April 24, 1969
Andy Warhol with Ingrid Superstar, Candy Darling, Ultra Violet & Brigid Berlin
Village Voice photographer Fred W. McDarrah is always on the scene!
Andy Warhol with Ingrid Superstar, Candy Darling, Ultra Violet & Brigid Berlin
Village Voice photographer Fred W. McDarrah is always on the scene!
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It is cold and dark outside, and everything has gone out of me except misery.
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It is cold and dark outside, and everything has gone out of me except misery.
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Candy Darling during the filming of "The Death of Maria Malibran" (with director Werner Schroeter) - BOTD
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Candy Darling during the filming of "The Death of Maria Malibran" (with director Werner Schroeter) - BOTD
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VOGUE THEATER NEON SIGN RESTORATION LIGHTING CEREMONY
Wednesday December 3 at 7pm at the Vogue Theater, 3290 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, 94115
The Vogue Theater, through a generous grant from the Robert Mailer Anderson/Nicola Miner Family Foundation.
Wednesday December 3 at 7pm at the Vogue Theater, 3290 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, 94115
The Vogue Theater, through a generous grant from the Robert Mailer Anderson/Nicola Miner Family Foundation.
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
VOGUE THEATER NEON SIGN RESTORATION LIGHTING CEREMONY
Wednesday December 3 at 7pm at the Vogue Theater, 3290 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, 94115
The Vogue Theater, through a generous grant from the Robert Mailer Anderson/Nicola Miner Family Foundation.
Wednesday December 3 at 7pm at the Vogue Theater, 3290 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, 94115
The Vogue Theater, through a generous grant from the Robert Mailer Anderson/Nicola Miner Family Foundation.
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Scott Joplin (with production stills of his opera "Treemonisha") - BOTD
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Scott Joplin (with production stills of his opera "Treemonisha") - BOTD
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Sessue Hayakawa (June 10, 1886 – November 23, 1973)
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sessue Hayakawa (June 10, 1886 – November 23, 1973)
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Known as André Breton's wife & Picasso's muse, Dora Maar's own art, especially her photography, is much better known after recent exhibitions.
This untitled photo from c.1934 is stunning.
This untitled photo from c.1934 is stunning.
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Known as André Breton's wife & Picasso's muse, Dora Maar's own art, especially her photography, is much better known after recent exhibitions.
This untitled photo from c.1934 is stunning.
This untitled photo from c.1934 is stunning.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Remembering Dora Maar on her birthday 🎂
📷 Irving Penn, 1948
Her former photography teacher Brassaï once said that she had, "bright eyes & an attentive gaze, a disturbing stare at times."
📷 Irving Penn, 1948
Her former photography teacher Brassaï once said that she had, "bright eyes & an attentive gaze, a disturbing stare at times."
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Remembering Dora Maar on her birthday 🎂
📷 Irving Penn, 1948
Her former photography teacher Brassaï once said that she had, "bright eyes & an attentive gaze, a disturbing stare at times."
📷 Irving Penn, 1948
Her former photography teacher Brassaï once said that she had, "bright eyes & an attentive gaze, a disturbing stare at times."