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Mar 18, 2005 01:49 PM by James Panero
The life of an associate editor at a high-culture magazine Thursday 10:00 a.m. receive gifts from managing editor aquired during visit to England (Books--Imaginary Friends: Private Eye, Parodies, 2000-2004, by Craig Brown; So Little Done: The Testament of a Serial Killer, by Theodore Dalrymple; Anchovy relish--Patum Peperium: "The Gentleman’s Relish," Spiced Anchovy Relish) 12:00 p.m. editorial lunch with Janet Daley at The Knickerbocker Club. Conclusion: Britain in worse shape than America; Tories take the high road on NHS. 4:00 p.m. visit, with assitant editor, Tim Nye’s gallery space ’Nyehaus’ in the National Arts Club. On view: Martin Kippenberger. 4:30 p.m. Pop in two floors down at the Accompanied Library, where ’A Venerable Club Adds a ’P’ to Arty," according to The New York Times. Check out Suicide of the West, by James Burnham. 5:30 p.m. Gallery opening at Mary Ryan for Adrianne Farb, Kermit Champa’s favorite artist. 6:30 p.m. dinner at Pam Real Thai Food 8:00 p.m. See the poet Glyn Maxwell’s new verse play "The Forever Waltz" at WorkShop Theater Company. Run into the actress Juliana Margulies in the elevator. Read The New York Times review of the play. Conclusion: the Times missed it--Glyn twists the Orpheus myth in reverse; Orpheus becomes Aristaeus and Hermes Orpheus--brilliant. Up next: a visit to "Brice Marden, Al Taylor, and Terry Winters" at Nolan/Eckman Gallery; see "The Germans in Paris", a new play by Jonathan Leaf, 59E59 Theatre, where "Marx, Wagner and Heine Meet" according to Playbill; Glyn Maxwell and Don Paterson at the 92nd Street Y; stay tuned... UPDATE: George Hunka offers up an alternative Thursday.
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