Lighting It Up at the Sierra Arts Foundation

 

The Sierra Arts Foundation in Reno had a cool exhibit in art that lights up:

It was really cool seeing all of this neon art. 

SFMOMA Presents The Art of Noise

 

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has an exhibit called "The Art of Noise" which looks at how we listen to our music:

First IPOD -2001

1947 Juke Box

1912 Edison Photograph

1935 Special K Phonograph

1971 Vision 2000 Cassette Player and Radio

1970 Weltron 8-Track Player

1981 JVC Boombox

1962 Braun Recording Unit

2009 Power Love Digital Music Player

1938 Zenith Radio

1926 Model 425 Speaker

1933 Air King Radio

And they had some cool music posters:

And most interesting poster was the one of The Beatles last live concert:

The day I was there, they had one of Lars Ulrich's from Metallica drum kits there. Anyone who signed up could play it for a minute:

The Art of Noise was a really interesting exhibit and it was cool to see how we listen to our music has changed over the years.

Music Monday: All Over the Place

 Music Monday: Kind of all over the place for this Music Monday:

And two tributes as two musical stars passed away over the past week:

The first was Greg Kihn who passed away last Tuesday at age 75. Kihn was popular in the early 80's and went on to become an author and popular radio DJ in the San Francisco Bay Area:

The second one was Jack Russell who was a founding member and vocalist for the hard rock band Great White. He passed last Thursday and was 63:

Hope everyone has a great week.

The Tale of Two Minor League Parks

 

This is a tale of two minor-league Single-A ballparks- San Jose Giants - Excite Ballpark and the Modesto Nuts  -John Thurman Field. One good tale and one sad tale:

On the good side, Excite Ballpark is the home of the San Jose Giants.  It was built in in the early 40's as a WPA project and one of the first ballparks to be built entirely of reinforced concrete. 

This was the giveaway 

One of the cool things about Excite Ballpark is Turkey Mike's BBQ, down the the third base line:

One of really cool things that the ballpark has is Olimpos Churros which is owned and ran by Hipolito Cerda for the last 45 years:

Hipolito Cerda outside his stand at the Excite Ballpark

The sad tale is John Thurman Field, the home of the Modesto Nuts. John Thurman was built in 1955 but sadly as of the end of the 2024, the Nuts will be moving as Modesto decided not to come up with the $32 million that MLB for improvments:

It is sad that John Thurman is closing as it is a fun place to watch a game.

Kimono Design in the Meiji Period

 

The Legion of Honor in San Francisco has an exhibit going on that focuses on Kimono Design during the Meiji Period (1868-1912).  Zuan-Cho translate to "Design Idea Books" and the Legion of Honor had some Zuan-Cho from that period:

It was really cool seeing these design books (or Zuan-Cho) from over 100 years ago. Japan during the Meiji Era was changing as a society as they were going from a closed society to a society that became more open to the world and you can see all the different influences in the designs.

Welcome to the Boise Rose Garden

 

Located in Julia Davis Park, the Boise Rose Garden is a very peaceful place to stroll or just to sit and relax:

The Boise Rose Garden is a hidden gem in the City of Trees.