Compassion and Passion for Art

Now that we are cooped up at home, let’s make this time an artistic experience while discovering your creative talent and passion for art. With this in mind, the Asian Art Museum is offering a print-at-home coloring activity. I bet your kids and the entire family will love it! Inspired by the mural painted by local artists Marina Perez-Wong and Elaine Chu and currently on view at the Village Artist Corner, The Goddesses and the Art of Compassionate Wrath will relax your mind and generate admiration from your family and friends who will be awestruck by your colorful paintings and newly discovered artistic talent. Just download the coloring pages and you will be on your way to fame.
Share your #MyAAM Sketches on @asianartmuseum.

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Asian Art Museum
Museum is currently closed
asianart.org

Photo courtesy of Asian Art Museum

Cooking Classes with Chef Viola Buitoni on Instagram Series #StayHomeAndCookItalian
Wed 4/08 – 11:30am The Easter Table: Carciofi ripieni per la tavola di Pasqua
Wed 4/22 – 11:30am Weeknight Pasta: Spaghetti al guanciale e punte di asparagi
Wed 4/29 – 11:30am Cooking with Kids: Gnocchi al Pomodoro

In this time of isolation when the entire family spends all their time at home and with the kids asking “What’s for lunch?” the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco is creating a special and delicious afternoon for those who love Italian cuisine. And who doesn’t? Starting next week, every Wednesday at 11:30 AM until the end of April, join Viola Buitoni, a renowned Bay Area Master Chef who lives in the Mission region of the city and who specializes in Italian food, as she present 30-minute lunchtime virtual lessons on the art of Italian cooking via the Institute’s Instagram channel. Her series, which she calls #StayHomeAndCookItalian, will satisfy your appetite and will teach your entire family, even the kids, how to cook Italian. You can find her food writings in missionlocal.org and lacucinaitaliana.com. You can find details about her trips and classes at violabuitoni.com.
Sometimes the difficult times we are all experiencing inspire us to be creative and work together. Thanks, Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco and Chef Buitoni. In the meantime, stay safe, stay home, and buon appetito!

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Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco
415-788-7142
iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it

Photo courtesy of ICISF

An Opera a Day from the NY Met – Streaming LIVE from the Lincoln Center
March 31 through April 5, 2020

No need to fly to New York while the Met’s live productions are on hold, INDEFINITELY. But you can hear the best arias in the area in the comfort of your living room. And it’s free! The schedule will include outstanding complete performances from the past 14 years of cinema transmissions, starring all of opera’s greatest singers. The streams are also available through the Met Opera on Demand apps for Apple, Amazon, and Roku devices and Samsung Smart TV. To access them without logging in, click “Browse and Preview” in the apps for connected TV, and “Explore the App” on tablets and mobile devices.
Hundreds of thousands of people will be tuning in daily to the performance streams. The following operas will be featured:
March 31: Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia; April 1: John Adams’s Nixon in China; April 2: Verdi’s Don Carlo; April 3: Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles; April 4: Verdi’s Macbeth (starring Anna Netrebko!!!); April 5: Bellini’s Norma. This is a priceless gift for the Bay Area opera aficionados.

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NY Metropolitan Opera live in HD streaming
metopera.org

Photo courtesy of the NY Met Opera production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Lina Broydo immigrated from Russia, then the Soviet Union, to Israel where she was educated and got married. After working at the University in Birmingham, England, she and her husband immigrated to the United States. She lives in Los Altos Hills, CA and writes about travel, art, style, entertainment, and sports. She hardly cooks or bakes, with no borsch or piroshky on her home cooking menu. Therefore, she makes reservations and enjoys dining out, mostly sushi.