Separate-ness makes for unexpected connected-ness. For proof, all you need to do is sit down at your computer, boot up the smart TV or even whip out your cellphone. The Internet keeps gaining steam when it comes to great things to do to keep us all busy, stimulated and, yes, more sophisticated during our “Stay-At-Home” world.
For instance, the Whitney Museum has started a new weekly series called “Whitney Screens.” They begin 7 p.m. Fridays and include video works that have recently been added to the Whitney’s permanent collection. Many of these are very unusual. In fact, you might call them “odd.” But if anything will get you out of a predictable daily schedule, these will. First up is a group of 57 videos called “Rubber Pencil Devil” which premiered at the 2019 Venice Art biennale. Loaded with pop culture references, these videos have been created by conceptual artist Alex Da Corte, a devotee of Jorgen Leth, a Danish filmmaker. Leth created a post-modern piece where he filmed Andy Warhol eating a hamburger. Da Corte has done the same thing by dressing up as rap artist Eminem and eating a bowl of Life cereal. And oh, there are much more on the Whitney website. So if you want to expand your mind past your own backyard, visit Whitney.org, click onto events and then into the Whitney Screens page.
If your interest is piqued by an art museum’s fascination with works high in concept, or what others might call pretentious, then by all means take the suggestion of the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s “Pick Flick” online program and watch “The Square.” An Oscar nominee for best foreign language film, “The Square” follows a museum curator who argues the case about personal responsibility to one another. And all of this is set against the backdrop of a dispassionate museum. The film has adult themes, scenes and language. Vero Beach Museum of Art asks you to watch the film, consider your reactions to it and then to share those thoughts on social media with the hashtags such as #VBMA, #VBMAFlickPick or #artfromhome. For more information, visit VBMuseum.org/flick-picks.
Riverside Theatre goes farm to table this weekend. It has become a new “No Contact Pick Up” place for the Farmers Market Oceanside. On Saturdays, customers who order from the Farmers Market website and live outside the market’s delivery area can pick up their orders by driving up to “The Loop,” the driveway which swings right by Riverside’s box office. Customers can pick up fresh produce, gourmet pastries, salsas, local honey, soaps, pickles, cheeses, meats and more all sold by local farms and small businesses. Those who live in the Farmers Market delivery area can still get their orders delivered directly to their homes for a small service charge. All you have to do is order by 6 p.m. Thursday, drive onto “The Loop” at Riverside, display your order number in your window, keep your windows closed, pop open your trunk … et voila, an attendant will put your order in the trunk of your car. Riverside Theatre is at 3250 Riverside Dr. Visit FarmersMarketDropOff.com.
Lionsgate Movies has a special presentation of some of America’s best-loved movies. But this is more than just watching the movie on TV. The programs are hosted by Jamie Lee Curtis, who brings memories of her own Hollywood career and ways for viewers to interact via real-time chats on YouTube Live. There are also on-air trivia games and those fun little “Let’s All Go to the Movies” intermission videos during which time you can restock the popcorn bowl. The free screenings begin 9 p.m. Fridays on YouTube. The schedule includes “Dirty Dancing” 9 p.m. Friday, April 26; “La La Land” Friday, 9 p.m. May 1; and “John Wick” Friday, 9 p.m. May 8. Go to YouTube.com and search for Lionsgate Live: A Night at the Movies.
