Tour the Calder Exhibit with the BSLUGS

On Sunday, November 9 at 3 p.m. we've arranged to have a docent-led tour of the exhibit, “Calder and Abstraction: From AvantGarde to Iconic” at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass.

Alexander Calder's abstract works revolutionized modern sculpture and made him one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century. In collaboration with the Calder Foundation, this exhibition brings together 40 of the artist's mobiles (kinetic metal works) and stabiles (dynamic monumental sculptures) to explore how Alexander Calder introduced the visual vocabulary of the French Surrealists into the American vernacular -PEM website.

We'll meet in the museum lobby at 2:45 p.m. Tickets are $18 each. (Unfortunately you can't use any passes or memberships to get in for less.)  After the tour, join us as we head on over to O’Neill’s Irish Pub & Restaurant (120 Washington Street, Salem, MA 01970-3545) to enjoy live Irish music.

To reserve your space for the Calder Exhibit tour, please RSVP by Monday, Nov. 3 on the B-SLUGS Facebook page or email beatapana AT gmail DOT com.


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Two Fun 2014 Summer Events Coming Up – Mark Your Calendars and Join Us!

We hope you've had a good spring!  With summer around the corner we’re looking forward to getting together with UCSC folk, old friends and new.  We’ve planned two great events and hope you can join us.

ON SUNDAY, JUNE 22, we’ll be visiting SoWa market, in Boston’s South End.  It’s New England’s largest open-air arts market.  

We’ll meet at 11:30am at Cafe Green Light.   Click here for directions.

We will browse locally grown/produced food, handmade craft items, and art, and then eat lunch from a wide selection of food trucks.

ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, at 11 a.m. we’ve arranged to have a docent –led tour of the exhibit, “Turner and the Sea” at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass.  “In the first full-scale examination of Joseph Mallord William Turner's lifelong preoccupation with the sea, this exhibition features iconic works spanning the artist's career from his transformative Academy paintings of the late 1790s and early 1800s, to the unfinished, experimental seascapes produced towards the end of his life.”—PEM website.

We’ll meet in the museum lobby at 10:30 a.m.  Tickets are $18 each.  (Unfortunately you can’t use any passes or memberships to get in for less.)

We can have lunch together at the Gulu Gulu Café.

The Turner Exhibit tour requires an rsvp by Friday, August 1.

If you are planning to come to either or both of these events, please rsvp on the B-SLUGS Facebook page or email beatapanagmailcom

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

The B-SLUG Board

Sat. Nov. 13: Tour the Private Paradise!

Join us for a guided tour of the world exclusive exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) called "The Emperor's Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City." The exhibit was created from over 90 works of art which are being revealed to the public for the first time.

After coming first to Salem, the exhibit, organized by the PEM in partnership with the Palace Museum, Beijing, and in cooperation with World Monuments Fund, will travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Milwaukee Art Museum in 2011.

From 1736-1796, China's Qianlong emperor, who was one of the richest, most powerful men in the world, created a private compound filled with lavish palaces, hidden courtyards and finely manicured gardens. The pieces you'll see which come from this "glittering Asian Versailles" range from luxurious textiles and furniture to ornate Buddhist shrines, mandalas and other devotional objects. Other highlights include a massive jade-and-lacquer screen decorated with botanical images and a bamboo-inlay throne produced for the Qianlong (pronounced "chee'en lohng") emperor himself.

WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 13, 11 a.m.

WHERE: Peabody Essex Museum, downtown Salem, Mass
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COST: If purchased in advance from me, $8 per person. (Otherwise, tickets at the door: Adults $15, Seniors $13, Students $11, and Youth (16 and under), Salem, Mass. residents and members admitted free.)

To reserve a space, send check made out to "Beata Panagopoulos" and mail to me at: 28 Maple Ave., Apt. 3, Cambridge, MA 02139-1130.

We are very fortunate that BSLUG Board member, Paula Felsher, will be our tour guide. We will not only have a most excellent tour, but also more flexibility than a museum docent could afford us. In addition, with our own tour guide, we are able to use passes to get into the museum

If you haven't been to the Peabody Essex, now is the perfect opportunity to see this spectacular museum. Recently transformed, the PEM "presents art and culture from New England and around the world. The museum's collections are among the finest of their kind, showcasing an unrivaled spectrum of American art and architecture (including four National Historic Landmark buildings) and outstanding Asian, Asian Export, Native American, African, Oceanic, Maritime, and Photography collections. The museum campus features numerous parks, period gardens, and 24 historic properties, including Yin Yu Tang, a 200-year old house that is the only example of Chinese domestic architecture in the United States." (Excerpted from the Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. webpage.)

All friends and family welcome. If you can offer a ride or need one, please contact Beata.

Great Day at the Peabody Essex Museum

From left to right:
Back row: Mary Beth, Bill, Ian, Erika T., Betsy, Erika A., Paula, Nicole
Front row: Beata, Jill

On Saturday, April 3, a group of about a dozen BSLUGs convened in Salem, Mass. at the Peabody Essex Museum, to take a guided tour of the exhibit, "Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea". The exhibit, which runs through mid-July, had only been open a week. It's a very impressive, small exhibit in a beautiful space, complete with facinating interactive learning installations. Our tour guide was fine, in spite of the fact she seemed to not notice that we weren't school children. Many of the pieces on exhibit, dating from the 4th-11th centuries, were perfectly preserved, having been buried for hundreds of years. Painted vessels and sculpted panels depicted scenes with mythical aquatic creatures emerging from the bubbling sea.

Hungry, we emerged into the bright, sunny daylight, squinting our way to the Gulu Gulu Cafe where we found the perfect table for all of us. It felt a bit like being back in Santa Cruz, the weather being perfect, the doors of this funky cafe were wide open to the ocean breeze. Great beer, delicious sandwiches, and wonderful company - what more could you want on a beautiful Saturday afternoon!

Sat. April 3 Tour of "Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea" Exhibit at PEM

Join us for a one-hour guided tour of the much anticipated special exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum. Afterward at 1 p.m., we'll have lunch nearby at the wonderful Gulu Gulu Cafe.

The exhibit, Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea, consists of “over 90 works, many never before seen, offer exciting new insights into Maya culture that focus on the sea as a defining feature of the spiritual realm and the inspiration for the finest works of art.”

The tour will last about an hour, so that will leave you with another 45 minutes to enjoy the rest of the museum. All collections will be open to us with our admission except the historic houses and the Chinese house. This is a great deal and fabulous opportunity!

WHEN: Saturday, April 3, 11 a.m.
WHERE: Peabody Essex Museum, downtown Salem, Mass.
COST: $15 per person (Cost for children ages 5-17 is $5. Under 5 are complimentary and over 18 pay the adult price.)

To reserve a space, send check made out to “Boston Chapter” to Erika Tarlin, 7 Bradford Avenue, Somerville, MA 02145-2801 by Saturday, March 27.

If you haven’t been to the Peabody Essex, now is the perfect chance to see this spectacular museum. Recently transformed, the PEM “presents art and culture from New England and around the world. The museum's collections are among the finest of their kind, showcasing an unrivaled spectrum of American art and architecture (including four National Historic Landmark buildings) and outstanding Asian, Asian Export, Native American, African, Oceanic, Maritime, and Photography collections. The museum campus features numerous parks, period gardens, and 24 historic properties, including Yin Yu Tang, a 200-year old house that is the only example of Chinese domestic architecture in the United States.” (Excerpted from the Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. webpage.)

All friends and family welcome. If you can offer a ride or need one, please contact Beata (Tel. 617-491-3871 / Email: beatapana@gmail.com)

We hope to see you there!