Corey

Don Giovanni- By Mozart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K38j752-5o0



Don Giovanni by Mozart is an opera in two acts. ACT ONE: Scene one: Leporello, Don Giovanni's servant, complains of his lot... Leporello is keeping watch while Don Giovanni tries to seduce the Commendatore's daughter Donna Anna. The two appear and Don Giovanni is masked with Donna Anna at his side holding his arm trying to find out who he is while at the same time crying for help. The Commendatore appears and challenges Don Giovanni while Donna Anna runs for help. Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore and escapes with Leporello. Donna Anna returns soon after with her fiance to find her father lying in a pool of his own blood. The two swear vengeance on the unknown killer.

Scene two: Leporello and Don Giovanni are walking through a public square outside of Don Giovanni's palace when they overhear a woman named Elvira singing of having been abandoned by her lover on whom she is trying to seek revenge on. Giovanni starts to flirt with her but then comes to the realization that he is the lover she is speaking of. Giovanni shoves Leporello forward and urges him to tell the woman the truth while he hurries away. After the problem is sorted out Don Giovanni realizes a wedding is about to start nearby where he is attracted to the bride Zerlina. Don Giovanni tries to remove the jealous "soon to be spouse" by offering to host a wedding celebration at his castle. When the guests are all inside he attempts to stay behind and seduce Zerlina but the woman from earlier (Elvira) in the public square arrives and stops Don Giovanni. Right after Donna Anna and her fiance from scene one enter, plotting vengeance on the still unknown murderer of Anna's father. Anna, not knowing she is speaking to her fathers killer pleads Giovanni for help. Giovanni is relieved that he has remained unrecognized and promises he will help and asks who has disturbed the peace. Before she can answer Elvira returns and tells Donna Anna and her fiance that Giovanni is a false-hearted seducer. Giovanni tries to convince Donna Anna and her fiance that Elvira is not completely sane. Giovanni then tries to leave hastily and as he is leaving Donna Anna recognizes him as her fathers killer. Donna Anna's fiance, not convinced, says he will keep an eye on him. Don Giovanni returns to the wedding celebration and tries to continue his seducing ways with Zerlina who attempts to hide from Don Giovanni but fails.

Scene 3: Leporello distracts Masetto by dancing with him while Don Giovanni leads Zerlina to a private room. When Zerlina screams for help, Don Giovanni tries to fool the onlookers by dragging Leporello into the room and threatens to kill //"him"// for assaulting Zerlina. Donna Anna's fiance produces a pistol and unmasks himself along with the masked Elvira and Donna Anna who unmask themselves as well. Somehow Don Giovanni escapes for the moment.

ACT 2: Scene 1: Leporello threatens to leave Giovanni but is calmed with a peace offering of money. Don Giovanni attempts to seduce Elvira's maid at her house so Leporello and Don Giovanni swap clothing but Elvira comes to her window. Seeing an opportunity for a game, Giovanni hides and sends Leporello out in the open dressed as Giovanni. While Leporello has Elvira distracted Don Giovanni tries to seduce Elvira's maid. Before he can complete his seduction of the maid, Masetto and his friends arrive with the intent on killing Giovanni. Don Giovanni (dressed as Leporello) convinces the posse that he also hates Giovanni, and joins the hunt. After dispersing the group Giovanni takes Masetto's weapons away, beats him up, and runs away laughing. Zerlina arrives and consoles the bruised and battered Masetto

Scene 2: Leporello abandons Elvira. As he attempts to escape, Donna Anna and her fiance arrive. Just as Leporello is about to slip through the door, which he has trouble finding, Zerlina and Masetto open it and, seeing him dressed as Giovanni, catch him before he is able to escape. The group threatens him with death but Elvira appears to beg for pity and says that he is her husband. Seeing this as a good opportunity, Leporello removes some of the clothing and flees.

Scene 3: Leporello and Don Giovanni meet in a graveyard next to a statue of the Commendatore. Don Giovanni mocks the statue and tells Leporello to invite it to dinner, Leporello, afraid does it hesitantly. The statue falls on Giovanni himself to complete the invitation, thereby sealing his own doom. Much to his surprise, the statue nods its head and responds affirmatively.

Scene 4: Donna Anna and her fiance talk about getting married, Donna Anna says its inappropriate being so near her fathers death.

Scene 5: I guess the statue didn't kill Giovanni because in this scene he is in his house with the luxury of a great meal and music. Elvira appears, saying that she no longer feels resentment for Giovanni, only pity. Giovanni is surprised by her lack of hatred and asks what she wants. She begs him to change his life. The two argue and Elvira gives up and leaves. A moment later she screams from a room or two over. The cause was the statue of the Commendatore. The statue offers Giovanni one last chance to repent. Giovanni refuses and the statue sinks into the earth dragging Don Giovanni with him. Hellfire, and a chorus of demons, surround Don Giovanni as he is carried below. Giovanni is dead, Donna Anna and her fiance will marry after a year of mourning is over; Elvira will spend the rest of her life in convent; Zerlina and Masetto will finally go home for dinner; and Leporello will go to the tavern to find a better master. THE END.

Ansel Easton Adams was born February 20, 1902. Ansel was an American photographer and environmentalist best known for his black and white photos (as shown below). Ansel enjoyed taking photographs of historical sites like Yosemite National Park. Ansel developed a system for his photographs which adjusted many factors so that the photos looked the way they did. He determined the proper exposure and changed the contrast of each photo so that they looked so breathtaking.
 * Ansel Adams**






 * Lewis Hine**

Lewis Hine was born on September 26, 1874. Hine was an amazing photographer because he used his photos as tools for social reform. His photographs helped to change the child labor laws. Hine first came across the idea that photography could be used as a tool to cause social change and reform when taking photographs of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island. Hine also took some inspiring photos of Red cross relief workers during World War I. After labor laws had changed and corporate patronage had come to an end, Lewis Hine's photos became less popular and he ended up losing his house and applying for welfare. Lewis Hine died at the age of 66 and i think he was a very inspirational photographer whose photos motivated you to help the children working at that time.





Most important/memorable image in photography: This photo was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. This is an image of the Crab Nebula which is a six-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star's supernova explosion as of December 2, 2005. In the center of this nebula there is a pulsar which is a star with the same intensity as the Sun but is only the size of a small town. I think this images looks amazing and i cannot bring the exact words to my mind that i would like to use to describe it. I think I would make this a top memorable or important photo because of how cool it looks and because this photo shows an example of what we can see and learn about in space. Taking a photo of something like this, in my mind is an accomplishment because it shows how technologically advanced we are to be able to take pictures of things so far away. This photo amazes me and its something i will always think of now when i think of space or colorful photography. I think this photograph would be a good choice for the museum of modern art because it shows how modern technology works and what we can discover with it.





In this photo a man is climbing a high voltage electricity tower to draw attention that he had not been paid any compensation for the demolition of his house. The mood of this photo is rather sad because the man in the photo is climbing dangerously onto this tower just for some money that he deserves anyway. I am a bit upset by this because he probably isn't the only one not being paid compensation for losing a house but at the same time i applaud him for standing up for himself. I am surprised how far up he is... If you look at the photo the way it is taken he only looks a couple feet up but if you count the windows in the background hes a couple stories up. I myself cannot relate to something this crazy but i think he should receive the money he deserves. The photographer is exposing what as happened to the public which is a good start and the photo being as dangerous looking as it is, helps to get peoples attention. I really want to know if this happens to a lot of residents there and i want to know if this man in particular was paid.



Isadora Duncan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq2GgIMM060&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLF1D72CF218E4BEA0

Rudolf Nureyev http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag_r-_lPvJ8

Response on “Café Mueller”
 * If I was telling a friend about this piece I wouldn’t know what to say, I’m not exactly sure what happened I just noticed a lot of repetition in what the male dancer did.
 * I think the mood of this piece is sad, not sure why it’s sad besides the music being gloomy and mysterious and the dancers keep lying on the ground.
 * It confused me quite a bit. I am wondering why some of the people just wander and stumble around while they walk.
 * The dancers were very precise with their movements but that’s all that stood out. They looked very professional while stumbling around and acting clueless like some of the people wandering around. In the repetition of some of the moves they looked identical which was very professional as well.
 * What I saw in this dance was not what I expected when I read the article about Pina Bausch because some of the content in the article we read was a bit brutal and graphic sounding.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/02/26/theater/20120226-faces.html?WT.mc_id=TH-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M243-ROS-0312-L2&WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_c=181577

**Josh Young, 'Jesus Christ Superstar'**
I myself want to know exactly what a rock opera is. I also find it interesting that Josh Young grew up in a Conservative Jewish home with no familiarity to the New Testament until he was an adult.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/dancing-with-the-stars-announces-its-next-contestants/

The actor Jaleel White who played Steve Urkel on the show "Family Matters" will be on "Dancing With the Stars."



Valentines day: In honor of Whitney Houston. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiYWh0Q8UVk



Dear Mrs. Benton and class, Hi, I am Corey Nicklas. I am 17 years old and I am so excited to graduate from high school and go to college next year. I am still considering a major for college though. My two main choices at this moment in time are pharmacy or accounting. I am currently employed at the Beverwyck which is a retirement/nursing home where I am a utility worker. I basically just wash dishes there by running them through a giant dishwashing machine and then I put them away. I have been working there for about a year now. On November 14, 2010 I made my confirmation with my Uncle Kevin as my sponsor (picture below). Bishop Hubbard is in the center of this photo. I have a younger sister and a very supportive mom and dad (picture at top of first page). My sister and I both have August birthdays. Her birthday is August 5th and mine is August 2nd. My sister is 15 years old and a sophomore this year. My sister is extremely athletic and artistic. My dad is a hard worker who is an audit manager for the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. My mother is a teacher. I have many hobbies. I like to play video games, ride my bike, swim in my in-ground pool. I was unable to swim in the pool this year because it was severely cracked in the cement. I also like to hang out with friends when I’m not working. Every year my family takes a vacation during the summer. Usually we go to Wildwood, New Jersey. The last two years we have gone there we have taken my Grandmother. I love the beach and ocean. I was excited this year because I was able to drive a wave runner (Jet Ski) which was extremely fun. My sister and I boogie board in the ocean and were surprised to see a pack of dolphins only 15 feet from us this year that were swimming near other people.. (picture of family with boogie boards below)



I enjoy music very much. My favorite genres of music are hardcore and dubstep but I also like rap, rock and mostly everything except country. My favorite bands are Asking Alexandria, We Came as Romans, Miss May I, Abandon All Ships, and I See Stars. I am listening to music constantly and it always seems to put me in a good mood. I don’t watch television a lot but I enjoy a few shows that are really entertaining. My favorite shows are Family Guy, South Park, Royal Pains and Big Brother. I also enjoy watching movies. I particularly enjoy comedies and action movies. I have many cousins because my mom is one of six children and my dad is one of three, but I am somehow the oldest of all the children/cousins. My two cousins closest to mine and my sisters age are my cousins Justin and Taylor ( in photo ). We all spend a lot of time together. Every year my dad and I go to a Bills game in Buffalo. It is good bonding time and it is extremely fun. Being at the game in person is far more exciting than watching a game on TV. The photo below is a picture from a game we went to two years ago. This year we are going to a Bills vs. Jets game in November. I am looking forward to learning a lot this year and I am looking forward to graduating as well. -Corey

‘PORTRAITS FROM GROUND ZERO’ (A&E, Sept. 10 at 10 p.m.) A look at the work of Andrea Booher, one of only a few photojournalists given 24-hour access to ground zero in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.

Seeing the stories of people who experience the attacks or know someone who died. This program on TV shows people what happened during the attacks on 9/11 and what people did to help.

10 Favorite Artistic things. 1. Electric Guitars 2. Hardcore music 3. The WUB noise in dubstep music 4. The drop in dubstep songs 5. Anamorphic art 6. The view of the woods and my back yard from the back door of my house 7. Special effects in the movie avatar 8. The comedy in family guy 9. The color blue 10. Stripes

A panther was the replacement for the hunger artist and was significant in the story. The hunger artist fasting in a cage. The hunger artist only had water not food.

What is art? Is there a difference between art and Art? I don't think there is a difference between Art and art. Art is something made for others to enjoy. For some paintings made they make people happy or put them in a good mood when they are looked at. The same goes with music, it can be made to put you in a good mood or can be made for enjoyment. Art is something made by an artist that tries to express emotions. Although to others art may be a form of money making.

Who is an artist? An artist is someone who is painting, drawing, performing or something that others commit to memory. The artist has his or her own opinion on what art is because something one person may find to be art may be trash in the eyes of another person.

What is art for? Art is for the enjoyment of people who view/listen to it. For others art is a way to capture memories. Some people paint their memories and some people take photographs.

Who decides what is “worthy” to be published/shown/recorded, etc. The artist decides whether his painting or work of art is worthy and if it is they can show it. If an artist has to go through a publisher, for example an illustrator for a book, the publisher decides whether or not to let the work of art be published.

Should art ever make you uncomfortable? The way people react to art is how they interpret the art. Some may feel uncomfortable while others may feel different. It is based on interpretation.

Bird in space trial - In 1926 there was a court battle over the bird in space because the US customs tax on it.

Installation art describes an artistic genre of site-specific, three-dimensional works designed to transform the perception of a space.

New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies.

In my opinion some of his art is gruesome. ( Two examples of his art being gruesome... )
 * Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio**
 * Born September 29, 1571.
 * Died July 18, 1610.
 * Italian artist who painted between 1593 until his death in 1610.
 * First public commissions were the Martyrdom of Saint Matthew and Calling of Saint Matthew.
 * Once Caravaggio died he was forgotten and his art was not recognized until the 20th century.




 * Claude Monet**
 * Born November 14, 1840 – Died December 5, 1926
 * While painting in the Netherlands he was accused of revolutionary activities.
 * Married Camille Doncieux


 * Pablo Picasso**
 * Born October 25, 1881 – Died April 8, 1973
 * For nearly 80 of his 91 years Picasso devoted most of his time to artistic production.
 * Picasso's work is often categorized into periods.
 * Mark Rothko**
 * Born September 25, 1903 – Died February 25, 1970
 * Mark Rothko and his family emigrated from Russia to the United states because they thought the czarist army would recruit them.
 * Started a magazine "the Yale Saturday Evening pest".
 * Jackson Pollock**
 * Born January 28, 1912 – Died August 11, 1956
 * Pollock Died at the age of 44 due to an alcohol-related car accident.
 * The year of his death he received a memorial retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.

http://www.petapixel.com/2011/10/03/stunning-time-lapse-of-the-northern-lights-over-finland/

http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/escherportal-remix.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/misha_glenny_hire_the_hackers.html

Frank Stella
 * Born May 12, 1936.
 * Received important advice and encouragement from the painter Stephen Greene and the art historian William Seitz.
 * Stella wrote a book, //Working Space,// which was based on a series of lectures he did at Harvard University.
 * Made a series of paintings called The Black paintings.

JMW Turner

Mary Cassatt

Georgia O'Keeffe

Eduard Manet

Rene Magritte

Henri Matisse

Jacob Lawrence

Romare Bearden

Vasily Kandinsky

Edward Hopper

Georges Braque

Paul Cezanne

Winslow Homer

Aaron Douglas

John Singer Sargent

Edvard Munch

James Whistler

Andrew Wyeth

Georges Seurat

Corey Nicklas If I had millions of dollars and I was able to buy a painting from one of the artists I viewed for this assignment, I would by The Scream by Edvard Munch.  I have seen this painting many times before and it is very famous. The impact of having this painting on the classroom wall will make students imagine why the person in this painting is screaming which can put many different imaginative stories in their minds. The colors of this painting are unique as well and that is a good determining factor for why I would buy this painting. The sky in this painting is different than almost every other painting I have seen. I have seen red or pink skies but I cannot recall ever seeing an orange sky. I also like how the painting has a ton of curves in it. This painting in my interpretation is someone being painted while looking over this railing but doesn’t know about it until they turn around and look surprised and the painter named it scream because of something going on at that time.



BLU
 * Active in street art since 1999
 * Tries to communicate with the society which inhabits the spaces he works in, searching for the uniqueness of each place.
 * His murals and his videos are given to the public for free.

Swoon
 * Born in 1977
 * Real name Caledonia Dance Curry.



JR



C215 is a young French graffiti artist whose work is found primarily in France but increasingly around the world. C215 is know for his elaborate stencil graffiti work.
 * C215**

Science tattoo guy

Christo Federal regulators on Monday approved a $50 million installation of anchored fabric over the Arkansas River in southern Colorado by the artist Christo.

Okapi

I feel as though graffiti has become part of many peoples everyday life. You see graffiti less than you did years ago but it still exists. When i drive on the highway there is always graffiti on the bridges, but it isn't nearly as big as the pieces in the movie we have seen. I also found it disrespectful how cap was writing over other peoples graffiti pieces. I'm sure most of the people in this movie/documentary still continued to "bomb" as they aged even though the government and others put large amounts of effort in to getting them to stop. Personally i think they should be free to write graffiti on the outsides of the subway cars but the inside is a little too much. The government should not try to stop the people from "bombing" completely.

Vik Muniz



Barry Mcgee



Princess Hijab - Not sure if she is still "at work" but my guess is yes.

Origami The bug wars were origami contests among members of the origami detectives which started when a member made an amazing insect, a horn beetle with its wings spread from only one sheet of paper. Once this was created others tried to make more complicated origami insects and animals to beat the other peoples designs. Castle On the Ocean model city.





Shepard Fairey

Thanksgiving art



Carl Perkins
 * April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998
 * Best know song is Blue Suede Shoes
 * Is in three music hall of fames

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79CJON8fv6c



Elvis Presley
 * January 8, 1935 – August 16 , 1977
 * One of the originators of rockabilly
 * First released single "Heartbreak Hotel" was a number one hit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj0Rz-uP4Mk

Ed Sullivan show http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=755368613918481310 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1815255454288225230 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6000222364706440273 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-846528756337128767

Motown

Hitsville USA museum

This museum was founded in 1985 by Esther Gordy Edwards. The museums purpose is to preserve Motown record corporation and to motivate and educate people.

The Funk Brothers Performed the backing on most Motown records. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJpnT5O5vXg

Stevie Wonder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDZFf0pm0SE
 * born May 13, 1950, as **Stevland Hardaway Judkins**
 * Stevie Wonder recorded more than thirty U.S. top ten hits and received twenty-two Grammy awards

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 * The Swinging Blue Jeans**
 * http://video.mail.ru/mail/sae46/3683/3724.html**
 * The Swinging Blue Jeans** were a four piece 1960s British Merseybeat band, best known for their hit singles with the [|HMV] [|label]; "Hippy Hippy Shake", the follow-up, Little Richards's "Good Golly Miss Molly", and "You're No Good", a Clint Ballard song that provided a change of pace and furnished the group's most enduring achievement. But subsequent singles released that year and the next made no impression. In 1966 their version of "Don't Make Me Over" peaked at #31 in the UK singles chart, but the group never charted again. (wikipedia)

http://vimeo.com/4799295
 * Creedence Clearwater Revival**

Peter, Paul and Mary http://www.videohippy.com/video/12678/Puff-the-Magic-Dragon--Peter-Paul--Mary-Live
 * Peter, Paul and Mary were an American Folksinging trio.
 * The trio was created in 1961.
 * The trio broke up in 1970 to pursue solo careers.
 * In 1963 the group released "Puff The Magic Dragon"

Something that struck me from the movie/film we watched was that Bob Dylan went electric unannounced and went on tour with his electric band.

"The __ With the Hat"

I would love to see and write about this play because Chris Rock is in it and he is hilarious. This play seems a bit interesting with all the conflict that seems to be going on and I think i would stay entertained throughout the whole thing. Everything I have seen that Chris Rock is in has been funny and entertaining.

My number one for top cars of 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS

My number one movie of 2011 Limitless

My number one TV show of 2011

Top website of 2011

My top band of 2011

Merle Haggard -born April 6, 1937 -Merle's father died when he was 9 years old which caused him to rebel and commit crimes. -Inducted into the Kennedy Center Honors in 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iYY2FQHFwE Okie from Muskogee

Dixie Chicks During a concert in London the lead singer said "we don't want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States (George W. Bush) is from Texas" This statement offended many Americans and they were labeled un-American. The group began to receive hate mail and death threats. As of 2011 they have won 13 Grammy Awards five of which they received in 2007. The Dixie Chicks have become the top selling all-female band in the Nielsen SoundScan era with 30.5 million certified albums, 26,733,000 of which were sold in the US as of July 2010.


 * Simon 'Mahlathini' Nkabinde**

= Thokozile = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8PZImiMpgo

= Mbaqanga = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEWYFkjH2jc