The Epicurean Vagabonds present Aesthetic Arrest

Plus a Tribute to Dancer/Choreographer Judith Jamison, Local Wines & Anti-Authoritarian Rock Music at the Skopje Wine Festival, and Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight! Wildstar’s Wednesday Libation: Evening Land Vineyards, Seven Springs Passetoutgrain (Willamette Valley, OR) Reading: A Hopeful Science Fiction Vision of What Our World Could Be — The Ministry for the Future by Kim...

Plus The Merchant of Menace, Uncanny Old Masters, The Innocents, Ecce Homo, & Red Pozole for el Día de los Muertos! Wildstar’s Wednesday Libation: Corpse Revivers! Reading #1: Poem of the Week: “ Spirits of the Dead ” by Edgar Allan Poe Reading #2: A Vampire Novel with a Twist — Fledgling   by Octavia E. Butler Listening: Two Amazing New Albums Out This Week! Ecce Homo   by Gavin Friday &...

Plus John Edgar Wideman's Provocative New Book, An Autumnal Invocation by Robinson Jeffers, Martha Stewart's Ruffle Pumpkin Milk Pie & Owl-licious Cocktails! Wildstar’s Wednesday Libation: Havana Meets Normandy! (Havana Club 7 Year Old Dark Rum, Les Délices de Belle France Cidre Bouché Doux Normand (sparkling hard apple cider from Normandy), Brown Sugar Simple Syrup & a Red Apple...

Plus A New Cookbook from Michael Mina, Alison Moyet Reimagines Her Last 40 Years of Music, and the 50th Anniversary of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy! This Week’s Apéritif: Side Car Cocktails (Buy One, Get One Free!) at Tribeca Café in Skopje, Macedonia Reading: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré ! Listening: Two Great New Albums This Week! Ensoulment   by Th...

Plus Grace Lee Boggs, Tatsuo Ikeda, Spaghetti al Limone & The Largest Jade Sculpture in the World! This Week’s Apéritif: Tito’s Vodka Gimlet Reading: On Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau & Hannah Arendt (introduction by Roger Berkowitz ) & The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs Listening: The Elephant by J. Chris Rock...

Plus Scherezade García, Morley, Marie Awadis & Jane Graverol! This Week’s Apéritif: Tikveš Bela Voda Žilavka (North Macedonia) Reading: Creation   by Gore Vidal & Music for Chameleons   by Truman Capote Listening: Études Mélodiques   by Marie Awadis & Follow the Sound   by Morley Looking: The Art of Jane Graverol (1905 - 1984) & The Art of Scherezade García Viewing: A Tribute to Ma...

Plus Leigh Bowery, Judy Blame, Jonathan Nossiter, Ayom & Lake Ohrid Trout! This Week’s Apéritif: Badel Orange Pelinkovac & Tonic with an Orange Garnish Reading: Cultural Insurrection: A Manifesto for Arts, Agriculture, and Natural Wine by Jonathan Nossiter & And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music by Joe Boyd Listening: Chain of Light by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan &am...

Plus Nabil Nahas, Théodore Chassériau & Théophile Gautier! This Week’s Apéritifs: A Hugo Spritz (Fantinel Prosecco, Elderflower Syrup, Fresh Mint, Sparkling Water & Lime) & A Godfather Sour (Monkey Shoulder, Amaretto Disaronno, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup & Orange) from Matto Napoletano ! Reading: Selected Lyrics (translated by Norman R. Shapiro) by Théophile Gautier (August 30th, 18...

Plus Ebony G. Patterson, Augustin Pajou & Vegan Street Eats! This Week’s Apéritif: Bodegas Hidalgo “La Gitana” Manzanilla Sherry (Andalucia, Spain) Reading: Happy 90th Birthday to Sonia Sanchez ! (born September 9th, 1934) — Collected Poems by Sonia Sanchez Listening: The Music of Sérgio Mendes (February 11, 1941 - September 5, 2024) & The Music of Henry Mancini (1924 - 1994) - Celebrating...

Plus Beth Cavener, Francis Mallmann, Julie Buffalohead & Reginald Shepherd! This Week’s Apéritif: Tsililis Distillery - Theopetra Estate Malagouzia-Assyrtiko (Meteora PGI, Greece) Reading: The Palace of Eros by Caro de Robertis & The Selected Shepherd: Poems by Reginald Shepherd (edited by Jericho Brown ) Listening: Blame It On Eve by Shemekia Copeland & Mileage by Ruthie Foster Lookin...

Plus Bamako*Chicago Sound System, Ashley Suszczynski, Angela Saini & Penny Siopis! This Week’s Apéritif: Domaine Tselepos Amalia Rosé Reading: Borges: Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (translated by Andrew Hurley ) & The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality by Angela Saini Listening: Caracoles by Orquesta Akokán & Bamako*Chicago Sound System by Ballaké Sissoko and Nicole Mitche...

Plus Edward P. Jones, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Alexandre Cabanel & Killer of Sheep! This Week’s Apéritif: Anastasia Fragou “Old Vines” Retsina (100% Savatiano ), Attica, Greece Reading: Giovanni’s Room (Deluxe Edition) by James Baldwin (introduction by Kevin Young ) & The Known World by Edward P. Jones Listening: Night Reign by Arooj Aftab & Rectangles & Circumstance by Caroline Shaw &a...

Plus Pedro Lemebel, Marisol (Escobar), Lee ShinJa & Athenian Tragedy! This Week’s Apéritif: “ Mama’s Tired ” - Chivas Regal 12 Year Old Scotch, Mandarine Liqueur, Sour Cherry Juice & Greek Honey Simple Syrup with a Gummi Bear Garnish! Reading: The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides & Reading: A Last Supper of Queer Apostles: Selected Essays by Pedro Lemeb...

Plus David Malouf, Simphiwe Mbunyuza, Akseli Gallen-Kallela & Dinner at ParkBench! This Week’s Apéritif: Moschofilero from En Fiala Wines & Spirits in Athens, Greece Reading: The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker & Ransom by David Malouf Listening: The Music of Toumani Diabaté (August 10, 1965 — July 19, 2024) & No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin by Meshell Ndegeocello Loo...

Celebrating 100 Episodes with the Art & Artists We Can't Live Without!

Plus Minor Notes, Emily Cheng, Osman Hamdi Bey & Brian Wilson's Smile! This Week’s Apéritif: Rebuli Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Extra Brut, “Zerogrammi" Reading: The Palace of Dreams by Ismail Kadare & Minor Notes, Volume 1 (edited by Jesse McCarthy & Joshua Bennett , foreword by Tracy K. Smith ) Listening: Filthy Underneath by Nadine Shah & Brian Wilson Present...

Plus Isamu Noguchi, Yone Noguchi, Rachel Khong, Clarissa Munger Badger & Mango Shrikhand! This Week’s Apéritif: Wildstar’s Summer Sangria! (red wine, brandy, cherries, mango pits/seeds with pulp, oranges, lemon, peach juice, cinnamon, clove, star anise, simple syrup) Reading: Selected Poems of Yone Noguchi (1875-1947) & Real Americans by Rachel Khong Listening: Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbo...

Plus Madhur Jaffrey, Dylan Thomas, Omar Victor Diop and Josep Tapiró Baró! This Week’s Apéritif: The Bitter Pompelaretto (Amaretto, Schweppes Pompelmo, Schweppes Bitter Lemon) Reading: The Forgetters: Stories by Greg Sarris & A Wilderness Station: Selected Stories, 1968-1994 by Alice Munro (July 10, 1931 – May 13, 2024) Listening: Under Milk Wood narrated by Dylan Thomas ( original cast record...

Plus Henry Louis Gates Jr., Yuja Wang, Wangechi Mutu & Arnold Böcklin This Week’s Apéritif: Peroni Gran Riserva Rosso Reading: The Centaur by Algernon Blackwood & The Black Box: Writing the Race by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Listening: Kimono My House by Sparks (50th Anniversary!) & The Vienna Recital by Yuja Wang Looking: The Art of Arnold Böcklin (1827 - 1901) & The Art of Wangechi M...

Plus Judith Butler, Melissa Cody, Li Po, Alvin Langdon Coburn & a Helluva Halvah Tasting! This Week’s Apéritif: May Wine (White Wine, Sparkling Wine, Strawberries, Woodruff, Honey, Orange & Lemon) Reading: The Selected Poems of Li Po (translated by David Hinton ) & Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler Listening: Letters from a Black Widow by Judith Hill Looking: The Photograph...

Plus Sofia Samatar, Thandiwe Muriu & Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours Trilogy! This Week’s Apéritif: Qershi Cola Cocktails (Cherry Raki, Sour Cherry Juice & Coke Over Ice) Reading: The Practice, the Horizon and the Chain by Sofia Samatar & Celebrating the Life & Work of Poet, Translator & Anthologist Jerome Rothenberg (December 11, 1931 – April 21, 2024) Listening: Yum...

Plus Émile Zola, Émile Savitry, Anton Prinner, Altera Vita and Hela Nokto! This Week’s Apéritif: Metaxa Grapefruit Fizz Reading: The Belly of Paris (Le Ventre de Paris) by Émile Zola (a new translation with an introduction by Mark Kurlansky ) & I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé (February 11, 1934 – April 2, 2024) Listening: Hela Nokto by Jordi Forniés & Altera Vita by Alina B...

Plus Pierre Gagnaire, Maria Martinez, Maria Sibylla Merian, Yeisy Rojas & the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble! This Week’s Aperitivo: Aperol Bicicletta Cocktails! Reading: Mapp and Lucia by E. F. Benson (from the The Mapp & Lucia Novels ) & The Story of Film by Mark Cousins Listening: Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit by Kahil El’Zabar ’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble & A Mis...

Plus Lola Flash, A. E. Stallings & Highlights from Our Recent Trip to Athens! This Week’s Digestif: Mastika from Kosteas Distillery Reading: Medea   by Euripides (translated by Charles Martin with an introduction by A.E. Stallings ) & This Afterlife: Selected Poems   by A. E. Stallings Listening: Audio Vertigo   by Elbow & Real Power   by Gossip Looking: NoHMATA  Exhibition ( ‘Meanings...

Plus Isabel Wilkerson, Clara Sola, Marianne North, Bolesław Biegas & Daughters of Latin America! This Week’s Apéritif: 2021 Ruggeri Prosecco Superiore Brut “Vecchie Viti,” DOCG Conegliano Valdobbiadene, Italy Reading: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents   by Isabel Wilkerson & Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women   edited by Sandra Guzmán List...