– I looked at two gallery shows, “Jane Freilicher: Recent Work” at Tibor de Nagy (it was just as good the second time)
and “Everyday Mysteries: Modern and Contemporary Still Life” at DC Moore, which included gorgeous paintings by William Bailey, Fairfield Porter, and Jane Wilson. (Both shows close April 24.)
– I saw a new play on Friday, Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel, which I’ll be reviewing in next week’s Wall Street Journal. Yesterday I finally caught up with Good Bye, Lenin!, which I loved, even though it took me by surprise–I had the mistaken notion that it would be less poignant and more broadly comic.
– I’ve been reading Aljean Harmetz’s Round Up the Usual Suspects and James Mann’s Rise of the Vulcans.
– Now playing on iTunes: David Cantor’s “Slow Boat to China” (no, it’s not the song you know, unless you’re v., v. cool), recorded by Mary Foster Conklin on Crazy Eyes.