#alison b. hirsch

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Books read and movies watched in 2024 (January-June): Should you watch/read them?

Poetry:

In the Next Galaxy (Ruth Stone): No

Selected Poems (Mark Strand): No

In the Dark (Ruth Stone): Yes!

Response (Juliana Spahr): Yes

The Unicorn (Anne Morrow Lindbergh): No!

Everything Else in the World (Stephen Dunn): Yes

Words Under the Words (Naomi Shihab Nye): Eh

On Love and Barley (Matsuo Basho, trans. Lucien Stryk): Yes!

The Transformation (Juliana Spahr): No

The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Matsuo Basho, trans. Nobuyuki Yuasa): No

The Book of Taliesin (anon., trans. Gwyneth Lewis & Rowan Williams): No

What Love Comes To: New and Selected Poems (Ruth Stone): Eh

Face (Sherman Alexie): NO

No Surrender (Ai): Eh

The Summer of Black Widows (Sherman Alexie): Yes!

The Afflicted Girls (Nicole Cooley): Yes!

Winter Poems Along the Rio Grande (Jimmy Santiago Baca): No

American Smooth (Rita Dove): No

Elegy (Mary Jo Bang): No

Angel (Giles Dorey): NO

Collected Poems (Paul Auster): Eh

June-Tree (Peter Balakian): Yes

We Must Make a Kingdom of It (Gregory Orr): Eh

Only as the Day is Long (Dorianne Laux): No

Grace Notes (Rita Dove): Yes

Bathwater Wine (Wanda Coleman): Yes

My Soviet Union (Michael Dumanis): No

American Milk (Ruth Stone): Yes

The Drowned Girl (Eve Alexandra): No

A Worldly Country (John Ashberry): No

The Complete Poems of Hart Crane: No

One Stick Song (Sherman Alexie): Yes

If You Call This Cry a Song (Hayden Carruth): No

Doctor Jazz (Hayden Carruth): No

The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart (Gabrielle Calvocoressi): No

And Her Soul Out of Nothing (Olena Kalytiak Davis): No

Prisoner of Hope (Yvonne Daley): No

The Other Man Was Me (Rafael Campo): No

My Wicked Wicked Ways (Sandra Cisneros): No

On Earth (Robert Creeley): Eh

Genius Loci (Alison Hawthorne Deming): Eh

Science and Other Poems (Alison Hawthorne Deming): Eh

Voices (Lucille Clifton): Yes

A New Path to the Waterfall (Raymond Carver): Eh

Where Shadows Will (Norma Cole): No

The Way Back (Wyn Cooper): No

A Cartography of Peace (Jean L. Connor): No

Minnow (Judith Chalmer): Yes!

Postcards from the Interior (Wyn Cooper): Yes

Natural History (Dan Chiasson): Eh

The Ship of Birth (Greg Delanty): Eh

Madonna anno domini (Joshua Clover): NO

The Terrible Stories (Lucille Clifton): No

The Flashboat (Jane Cooper): Eh

Book of Longing (Leonard Cohen): No

Streets in Their Own Ink (Stuart Dybek): Eh

Different Hours (Stephen Dunn): Yes

I Love This Dark World (Alice B. Fogel): Eh

Baptism of Desire (Louise Erdrich): Yes!

The Eternal City (Kathleen Graber): Eh

Monolithos (Jack Gilbert): Yes

Crown of Weeds (Amy Gerstler): No

Blue Hour (Carolyn Forché): No

Place (Jorie Graham): No

Meadowlands (Louise Gluck): Yes!

Dearest Creature (Amy Gerstler): No

Loosestrife (Stephen Dunn): No

Little Savage (Emily Fragos): Yes

The Living Fire (Edward Hirsch): No

On Love (Edward Hirsch): No

Human Wishes (Robert Hass): NO

Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest (B. H. Fairchild): No

Sinking Creek (John Engels): No

Alabanza (Martín Espada): Yes

Saving Lives (Albert Goldbarth): No

All of It Singing (Linda Gregg): No

Green Squall (Jay Hopler): No

Tender Hooks (Beth Ann Fennelly): No

After (Jane Hirshfield): Eh

Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty (Tony Hoagland): NO

These Are My Rivers (Lawrence Ferlinghetti): No

Fruitful (Stephanie Kirby): No

Jaguar Skies (Michael McClure): No

Song (Brigit Pegeen Kelly): No

Roadworthy Creature, Roadworthy Craft (Kate Magill): No

Life in the Forest (Denise Levertov): No

Viper Rum (Mary Karr): No

Questions for Ecclesiastes (Mark Jarman): No

Brutal Imagination (Cornelius Eady): Yes

Alphabet of Bones (Alexis Lathem): No

Handwriting (Michael Ondaatje): No

Sure Signs (Ted Kooser): No

Sledding on Hospital Hill (Leland Kinsey): No

Between Silences (Ha Jin): Yes

House of Days (Jay Parini): No

Bird Eating Bird (Kristin Naca): Yes

Orpheus & Eurydice (Gregory Orr): Yes

Another America (Barbara Kingsolver): Yes

Candles in Babylon (Denise Levertov): Yes

The Clerk's Tale (Spencer Reece): Eh

Still Listening (Angela Patten): Yes

A Thief of Strings (Donald Revell): No

Wayfare (Pattiann Rogers): No

The Niagara River (Kay Ryan): No

The Bird Catcher (Marie Ponsot): No

Easy (Marie Ponsot): No

Human Dark with Sugar (Brenda Shaughnessy): No

Chronic (D. A. Powell): No

Novels/Fiction:

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (Yiyun Li): No

The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories: Yes

Movies:

What Dreams May Come (1998, Vincent Ward): Yes

The Cat's Meow (2001, Peter Bogdanovich): Yes

The Birdcage (1996, Mike Nichols): Yes

The Color of Pomegranates (1969, Sergei Parajanov): No

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1969, Yuri Ilyenko): Yes

And here's my 2023 list!

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mw counterparts?

this  list  got  a  little  bit  longer  than  anticipated.  as  there's  soooooo  many  counterparts  to  consider  choosing  from  !  so,  i  put  it  under  a  read  more  for  you  !

counterparts:  monica  geller, ross geller, joey  tribbiani,  chandler bing, janice litman, mike hannigan, ursula buffay, aria  montgomery,  emily  fields,  spencer  hastings,  mona  vanderwaal,  alison  dilaurentis,  caleb  rivers,  maya  st  germain,  toby  cavanaugh,  betty  cooper,  veronica  lodge,  cheryl  blossom,  archie  andrews,  reggie  mantle,  toni  topaz,  tabitha  tate,  quinn  fabray,  rachel  berry,  brittany  pierce,  olivia  baker,  layla  keating,  jordan  baker,  jaymee, spencer  james,  lucas  scott,  peyton  sawyer, brooke  davis,  quinn  james,  julian  baker,  anna taggaro, rachel  gatina,  blair  waldorf,  serena  van  der  woodsen,  dan  humphrey,  nate  archibald,  callie  adams  foster,  mariana  foster,  buffy  summers,  willow  rosenberg,  tara mclay, kendra young, faith  lehane,  cordelia  chase,  heather  mcnamara,  marissa  cooper,  summer  roberts,  seth  cohen,  angel, anya jenkins, ryan  atwood,  taylor  townsend,  elena  gilbert,  caroline  forbes,  bonnie  bennett,  stefan  salvatore, anna zhu, enzo  st  john,  sandy  olson,  betty  rizzo,  frenchy,  danny  zuko,  marty, jan, sonny,  jackie  burkhart,  donna  pinciotti,  eric  forman,  laurie  forman,  belly  conklin,  sloane  peterson,  ferris  bueller,  duckie  dale,  bianca  stratford,  kat  stratford,  patrick  verona,  mia thermopolis, sabrina spellman, harvey kinkle, libby chessler, barbie  roberts,  ken  carson,  jenna  rink,  allie  hamilton,  noah  calhoun,  brandon  walsh,  david  silver,  brenda  walsh,  kelly  taylor,  donna  martin,  conrad  fisher,  jeremiah  fisher,  steven  cokin,  taylor  jewel,  sarah  cameron,  jj  maybank,  john  b  routledge,  kiara  carerra,  pope  heywood,  cleo, topper  thornton,  prue  halliwell,  paige  matthews,  piper  halliwell,  phoebe  halliwell,  meredith  grey,  arizona  robbins,  jackson  avery,  callie  torres,  april  kepner,  derek  shephard,  alex  karev,  cristina  yang,  lizzie  stevens,  callie  torres,  jo  wilson,  addison  montgomery,  lexi  grey,  atticus  lincoln,  nancy  drew,  lucy  grey,  sam  montgomery,  austin  ames,  jen  lindley,  pacey  witter,  dawson  leery,  katherine  pierce,  rebekah  mikaelson,  hayley  marshall,  tatum  riley,  sidney  prescott,  casey  becker,  tara  carpenter,  samantha  carpenter,  beca  mitchell,  chloe  beale,  jessica  day,  winston schmidt, cece  parekh, laney  boggs,  dewey  riley,  gale  weathers,  georgina  sparks,  elle  woods,  francesca  bridgerton,  daphne  bridgerton,  penelope  featherington,  sookie  stackhouse,  karen  smith,  regina  george,  gretchen  weiners,  janis  ian,  cady  heron,  aaron  samuels,  dj  tanner,  stephanie  tanner,  marcia  brady,  cindy  brady,  greg  brady,  carrie  bradshaw,  cher  horowitz,  kirby  reed,  jim  halpert,  michael  scott,  kelly  kapoor,  pam  beesly,  peter  parker,  mary  jane  watson,  analise  keating,  olivia  pope,  tony  stonem,  effy  stonem,  joey  donner,  john  bender,  allison  argent,  scott  mccall,  lydia  martin,  olive  penderghast,  maggie  greene,  marty  mcfly,  bella  swan,  alice  cullen,  charlie  swan,  emmett  cullen,  jacob  black,  carlisle  cullen,  esme  cullen,  jane  volturi,  morticia  addams,  donna  and  sophie  sheridan,  lorraine  banes,  jennifer  parker,  sam  winchester,  luke  danes,  dean  forester,  tristan  dugray,  lane  kim,  paris  geller,  logan  huntzberger,  jeanie  bueller,  simon  basset,  kate  sharma,  colin  bridgerton,  shiv  roy,  gerri  kellman,  roman  roy,  olivia  benson,  clary  fray,  isabelle  lightwood,  jace  herondale,  simon  lewis,  daphne  blake,  shaggy  rogers,  velma  dinkley,  fred  jones,  cinderella, ariel, tiana, jasmine, tom  wambsgans,  kendall  roy,  greg  hirsch,  lestat  de  lioncourt,  louis  de  point  du  lac,  and  claudia  !

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Announcing | Tomorrowland Projects Foundation Award

Newly-created $7,000 grant awarded to Los Angeles-based artists Aroussiak Gabrielian and Alison B. Hirsch.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is pleased to announce that Los Angeles-based artists Aroussiak Gabrielian and Alison B. Hirsch were selected as the inaugural recipients of a $7,000 cash grant awarded through the Tomorrowland Projects Foundation. The duo was selected by a panel of anonymous reviewers for their Memorial to Black Lives project, which examines the future of memorialization and addresses the processes of loss still in-progress.

The Foundation was created in 2016, and its award program is administered by NYFA. The Foundation supports artistic, multi-disciplinary team collaborations and artist-driven projects that expand awareness of issues affecting society-at-large, and considers award-planning funds to develop new technology, research, and installation art. Its founding board members include Artist Nina Yankowitz; Architect Barry Holden; Film Editor Ian Holden; Artist and Professor Dr. Ellen K. Levy; Film Producer David Becker; and Artist Jon Nazareth.  

“The Foundation seeks cutting-edge projects that communicate strong, aesthetic, and socially-relevant concepts as well as projects that bring electronic media to new audiences,” said Yankowitz, who serves as Tomorrowland Projects Foundation’s President. “We’re excited to help support Aroussiak and Hirsch’s work, as Memorial to Black Lives is representative of both these aspirations,” she added.

Memorial to Black Lives will reflect on the lives lost and dehumanized and serve as a call to action to prevent future injustices. The national issue will be localized through a neighborhood-scale intervention where the memorial is discovered and experienced via a georeferenced mobile app that guides the visitor through the neighborhoods of the city to sites of state violence as well as historic black insurgency. These sites, which exist without any palpable trace of traumatic pasts, will trigger the smartphone to overlay the textual accounts of the events that occurred there. The intention of the project is to catalyze a broad national conversation on the validity of Black life, attempting to literalize the Black Lives Matter goal of “taking the hashtag off of social media and onto the streets.” It is anticipated to be realized by 2020.

“We are thrilled to be the inaugural recipients of this generous grant,” said Gabrielian and Hirsch in a joint statement. “We will use the funds to support our media study of the future of memorialization – most specifically the development of a media piece that functions as a memorial to Black lives lost and dehumanized and a vehicle for mobilization and collective reckoning,” they added.

Michael L. Royce, Executive Director of NYFA, remarked: “We are honored that Yankowitz has entrusted NYFA to administer the Tomorrowland Projects Foundation grant on behalf of her and her illustrious board. This is a bold new initiative, and one that we know will have an important impact on the artistic community for years to come.”

Aroussiak Gabrielian is a speculative designer with training in architecture, landscape architecture, and the cinematic practice of world-building. Her research utilizes expanded cinematic media to develop new ways of reading and visualizing the spatial, situational, temporal, and tactile phenomena of landscape to interpret and structure sites.

Alison B. Hirsch is a landscape designer and an urban historian-theorist. Her design interests focus on public histories and politics of urban settlement, as well as how corporeality and human movement can inform the design process. She explores the potential of preservation as a tool for social and community sustainability and development, and is an Assistant Professor at USC School of Architecture.

Nina Yankowitz is a visual artist who has played an active role in the art world since the late 1960’s. During the last two decades, she’s expanded her practice to include creating video projections addressing climate change. Other projects deal with culturally-prevalent topics such as religious intolerance, stolen oil or water, and women’s stature in the world. Collaborating with technology and data scientists, she has infused infrared wand technology and other social networking tools into her interactive art installations. This technology allows spectators to be active in framing their explorations and finding relative, unique, experiences.

Find out about additional awards and grants here. Sign up for our free bi-weekly newsletter NYFA News to receive announcements about future NYFA events and programs.

Image: Aroussiak Gabrielian and Alison B. Hirsch, Courtesy: Foreground Design Agency

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Painel de Outlander FYC 2022. (LR) Starz COO Jeff Hirsch, Starz EVP de programação original Karen Bailey, Outlander showrunner Matthew B. Roberts, Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin, produtora executiva Maril Davis, Starz EVP da International Digital Networks Superna Kalle e Starz Presidente de Redes Domésticas Alison Hoffman participam do "Outlander" FYC Screening + Panel no Wolf Theatre da Television Academy no Saban Media Center em 09 de março de 2022 em North Hollywood, Califórnia. (Foto de Michael Kovac/Getty Images para STARZ) ____ #outlander #outlandertemporada6 #outlanderfyc2022 #samheughan #caitrionabalfe #sophieskelton #richardrankin #marildavis #matthewbroberts https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca65GMOucU_/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Karate Kid/Cobra Kai survey

i'm gonna consider myself tagged

It’s the year 2021 and you’re obsessed with The Karate Kid. How are you feeling?: an unexpected turn of events but it's passing the quarantine, i guess!

Did you grow up with TKK or are you new to the series?:  to be completely honest, i don't really like the movies? i didn't vibe with them as a kid and when i went back and tried to watch them this year i couldn't make it all the way through.* i think they're well crafted movies, but i've never liked relatable young boy wish fulfillment (i couldn't even get thru harry potter as a kid), and i think the first one is guilty of burying the lede twice over with regards to mr. miyagi and later the relationship between kreese and johnny. and lucky me--these are exactly the areas that cobra kai delivers on.

*except for the third one, which imo is a camp masterpiece and also genuinely heartbreaking. it's the only one that allows daniel to be an genuine pain in the ass. i think i've finally figured out what the target audience for cobra kai is: people who's favorite karate kid movie was tkk3 (me).

We gotta do the basics. Favorite character: johnny! what is a man but a miserable pile of bruce springsteen lyrics? or aimee mann lyrics? or mountain goats lyrics? or otis redding lyrics? or--fuck, have americans ever written songs about anyone else? i have an unreal amount of good will towards this man and his late-life struggle for recuperation. he's the heart of the show both in terms of his relationships with other characters and in terms of zabka's chemistry with the other actors.

my deep dark double secret fave is kreese. he makes me feel real anger in a way that's usually reserved for characters in vince gilligan shows. i'm a bit obsessed with him and his preoccupation with johnny and later johnny's teenaged son (I Have Thoughts). the show does a great job of making what he did to johnny--and all the years and years and years of fallout from that--feel really real, which makes him one of the most viscerally despicable villains i've ever come across . it's unironically among the best portrayals of domestic abuse i've seen, may god have mercy on our souls. the decision to pop out from behind a fucking cardboard cutout of himself to scare daniel in tkk3 was also a hilarious galaxy brain move. aspirational stuff.

also--shout out to daniel-san. the writers really had to work their asses off to make him into a character that appeals to me, and i think they did a great job of it. he's a cringey tool who's capable of displaying a surprising amount of integrity under the right circumstances! he's tom wambsgans! he's pete campbell! he's wonderful i love him!

Favorite ship:  johnny & daniel (what if mysterious skin was a sports comedy??)

Underrated character: the True and Correct answer to this question can only be aisha, although i don't think she was actually underrated by anyone besides the writers. chozen is also lowkey my favorite katate child because c'mon, he had everything (spear fights! ziplines! teen death matches! formfitting disco-era polyester button down shirts worn with gold chains!)

Underrated ship (don’t say therapy, lol):  uhhhh... the only teen couple that could have been interesting is tory/aisha. they were cute together and their friendship rang true to me. it's that thing where you're the new girl and you're conventionally attractive, but on the inside you know you're a freak so you immediately gravitate towards the most obvious female outsider. i lived it, bay-bey!

i also think there are interesting things to explore with carmen and johnny's relationship. i don't know if the writers are even aware of it (i lean towards no b/c men amirite) but the entire premise of carmen's character is that she chose to live in poverty to protect herself and her son from a bad man with power. she's thereby the exact opposite of johnny's mother, who (at least by his understanding) married hollywood film producer shmarvey shmeinstein to provide her son with a better life. so, there's a lot to unpack in his attraction to her. also they're super hot hur hur i like sexy nurse thing hur hur.

Wax On, Wax Off or Sweep the Leg?: i can't look directly at it, but sweep the leg. zabka what the fuck man.

Which of Daniel’s dumb little outfits is your favorite?:  i don't think i've seen anyone mention this one yet, but the football jersey with the sweatpants. it makes him look so small and huggable, i wanna pick him up and set him on my shelf or something.

Character from the films you most want to return, who’s not Terry Silver: bring back ali's lesbian girl gang!!! or else--dutch. he was funny and iconic, i loved his exaggerated offended reaction to everything daniel said or did in tkk. also, i'm tacky so i'm a sucker for aggressively bleach blonde hair. the SCANDALIZED wasp couple standing behind ali and johnny in the spaghetti scene will also do. or terry's secretary (an mvp--i believe the original actress has passed away so in my heart of hearts she's portrayed by j. smith-cameron).

Scene that lives in your head rent-free: the whole character development speed run that johnny does from sweep the leg to crying while handing daniel the trophy to getting strangled in the parking lot by his beloved teacher. i'm especially transfixed by that last bit--what's the thought process of a man who decides to publicly execute his teenage student via strangulation? why did none of the many bystanders call the police? johnny is the real kitty genovese, prison for everyone.

from the cobra kai series proper: daniel's decision to greet johnny with a big hug after not seeing him for 35 years and never actually being friends with him (I Have Thoughts), the heinously creepy scene where johnny is repeating the cobra kai mantra for miguel and his entire disposition completely changes (demonic possession shit), and johnny's tiny go-ahead-and-kill-my-abuser nod (his face is so stoney after being so animated at dinner) coupled with daniel's shaky little sign of relief (macchio is really the cutest when he looks scared).

it goes without saying that every johnny & miguel scene lives rent free in my HEART.

Will Anthony LaRusso ever be relevant?: anthony becomes relevant for one (1) episode next season when amanda and daniel finally get around to putting him up for adoption.

You live in The Valley and are forced into the karate gang war.  Which dojo do you join?:  i enter the cobra kai dojo decked out in all of my snake-themed clothing and jewelry (it's a lot). i approach kreese and explain to him that the open mouth of a snake, viewed head-on, is a yonic symbol. i am permanently banned from the cobra kai dojo.

(seriously though, assuming i'm a teen in this scenario i think i would have vibed with tory/miguel/aisha. dimitri and sam would have driven high school me up the fucking wall though. the cobra kai style looks like more fun/better exercise. do i also genuinely believe most young girls could actually benefit from someone yelling no mercy down their neck? maybe so 💖)

What’s your training montage song?:  50ft queenie - pj harvey (it takes place in the alison bechdel feminist karate dojo ofc)

It’s the crossover event of the century! Which TV show are you combining with Cobra Kai for an hour-long Saturday night special?: it's a full episode flashback to the time johnny got arrested in albuquerque, new mexico. johnny's court-appointed attorney is a weirdly hot babe who seems like a super straight laced killjoy at first, but soon reveals herself to be an unhinged woman. one thing leads to another, and johnny winds up in bed with her and her loser husband. there are lots of great themes about punitive justice, people's ability to change for the better (and worse), and what makes someone "good" or "bad" to begin with, but mostly it's just really hot sex. the husband tries to sell johnny a prepaid cellphone and johnny tell's him that cellphones are never gonna catch on, cause who want's to be bothered by people all the time like that?

better call saul. it's a better call saul crossover ep.

(fwiw think that greg 'hbo succession' hirsch should also be terry's cousin greg on the non-roy side. think about it--the roys are small people, but cousin greg is really tall?? and who else is really tall, and a blue eyed brunette to boot? terry silver. it all adds up! this never becomes relevant to the plot, in any case, i'm just considering it canon until the writers come to my house and explicitly tell me i'm wrong.)

Tagging: anyone who's interested 😘

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Myers + Chang’s Karen Akunowicz Finally Gets Her Beard Award

Other local honorees include Jody Adams and North End mainstay Galleria Umberto

Tonight in Chicago, the James Beard Foundation revealed the 2018 winners of its restaurant and chef awards, aka “the Oscars of the food world” — the culmination of over 20,000 entries narrowed down by a committee and then narrowed down further and further still by an independent volunteer judging panel.

This year’s “long list” of semifinalists included a lot of local names, with a handful continuing onto the shorter nominee list. Tonight, one Boston chef came away with an award, not to mention two other honorees that had been announced earlier in the year: the North End’s classic pizzeria Galleria Umberto (one of five restaurants deemed “America’s Classics” by the foundation) and Jody Adams of Porto, Trade, and Saloniki, who was inducted into the foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America.

Plus, the foundation announced its media award winners last month in New York, including an award in the “dining and travel” category for “In Pursuit of Perfect Hummus” in theBoston-based Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine by the magazine’s editorial director J.M. Hirsch.

Coming home from Chicago with a shiny new medal: Karen Akunowicz of Myers + Chang for Best Chef: Northeast, a category she’s been in every year since 2015. This year, she shared the category with Benjamin Sukle of Oberlin in Providence, Cassie Piuma of Sarma in Somerville, Tiffani Faison of Tiger Mama and Sweet Cheeks, both in Boston, and Tony Messina of Uni in Boston.

“Twenty years ago I was a waitress at a diner in Jersey so even just being invited here is a big deal,” says @KAkunowicz, winner of the #jbfa for Best Chef: Northeast pic.twitter.com/7iru0NuTLu

— James Beard Foundation (@beardfoundation) May 8, 2018

Unfortunately, Boston’s Maura Kilpatrick (Sofra) and Portland’s Alison Pray (Standard Baking Co.) were passed over in the Outstanding Baker category, with Belinda Leong and Michel Suas of B. Patisserie in San Francisco winning the award. And Ken Oringer (Uni, Little Donkey, Toro, Coppa) missed out in the Outstanding Restaurateur category; the winner was Caroline Styne of the Lucques Group in Los Angeles.

Find all of the winners here.

• James Beard Foundation Coverage on Eater [EBOS] • James Beard Foundation [Official Site]

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10 reasons why we think Birmingham is great for sport!

1. Brand New Sport and Fitness Centre 

May 2017 saw the doors open in our incredible new Sport and Fitness centre. Complete with indoor climbing wall, 50m swimming pool and a fantastic sports hall, the scale of the building is quite something - prepared to be wowed if you haven’t yet visited. A host of activity rooms, specialist ergo and spinning studios, and a wide variety of classes offer something for everyone. Check out the amazing Chrissie Wellington Gym, named after four-time World Ironman Champion, the 200+ station gym is rather spectacular. 

2. Rugby World Cup Base 

Ahead of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Birmingham was selected to act as a squad base for the South African Team. In preparation for the tournament, the team made use of the outdoor pitches, gym and pool whilst on campus. The squad used the base during the tournament, which saw them finish in third place after defeating Argentina. 

3. World University Games 

Birmingham has consistently placed in the top 10 universities in the country in the British University and Colleges Sport (BUCS) competitions. A number of our students have been recognised for their outstanding talent and have been selected for European and World University teams. UoB rowers Peter Purcell-Gilpin and William White have recently won GOLD in the European University Rowing Championships. The upcoming World University Games in Taipei has seen five students selected: Ashe Morgan (Archery), Morgan Hirsch and Graham Harrington (Waterpolo) and Sarah McDonald and Jonathan Davis (Athletics, 1500m). 

Photo: Instagram @ubbc_bhamrowing

4. Women’s FA Centre 

We are very proud of our Women’s Football Club, who have been developing players, coaches and volunteers over the past few years. Birmingham has been announced as one of eight High Performance Centres to be opened at universities across the country. As part of the FA’s commitment to doubling participation in the women’s game, the centres will provide an educational and community-based setting to support and develop coaches and volunteers. The centres will also offer talented players the optimal environment to pursue both academic and football ambitions. 

Photo: Twitter @UoBWomensFC

5. Pavilion and Pitches 

An exciting development is currently underway to regenerate the outdoor sporting facilities. The existing Bournbrook rugby and hockey pitches have been taken up to make way for new pitches. The project will be complete with a brand new sports pavilion which will be situated within the Bournbrook accommodation complex on the Bristol Road. We are very excited to see it all finished and in action! 

6. London 2012 Camp

With the anticipation of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games gripping the nation, Birmingham had their own excitement leading up to the Opening Ceremony. The university welcomed the Jamaican Track and Field Team to campus for their pre-Olympic training camp. The team included five-time world, and three-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, and the women’s world 200m gold medalist Veronica Campbell-Brown. Students were also given a once in a lifetime volunteering opportunity to be part of the support crew for the team during their stay. The Jamaican Athletics Team went on to produce their most successful games ever gaining 12 medals, including 4 gold. 

Photo: UBSport

7. This Girl Can 

2016/17 Guild Sports Officer Georgie Freeman set out on a quest to bring the national Sport England campaign This Girl Can, to campus. Georgie’s efforts were hugely successful, seeing hundreds of people taking part in events across the year. Fun exercise and fitness classes were held outside of the sports centre to make them more accessible. The year ended on a high, with a brilliant event ‘This Brum Girl Can Night In’ - a fantastic evening held for female and non-binary members of staff, students and the local community, to come together and try a wide range of sports and activities hosted by our own sports teams. Feedback from the event was brilliant, and certainly encouraged everyone to have a go and try something new. 

Photo: Facebook - @bhamguild.vpsport 

8. Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games

Olympic fever stirring yet again, 2016 brought the Rio games - and with it several UoB alumni and one current student selection. Eight alumni secured their place to compete in Rio, with current student Lily Owsley taking the spot of the youngest player on the women’s hockey team. Alumni represented in six sports: Triathlon, Athletics, Cycling, Archery, Rugby Sevens and Hockey. James Rodwell 2005 graduate, helped GB to an impressive silver medal in the Rugby in a tough match against Fiji. In the Paralympic games 4 alumni were selected, returning with two gold and one silver medal. Pamela Relph MBE (rowing) retained her gold medal title, Lora Turham (cycling) gained gold in the Tandem B 3000m Pursuit and Alison Patrick (para-triathlon) claimed silver. 

Sport and Exercise Science student Lily Owsley made both Olympic and University history. Along with alumna Sophie Bray helped GB women to their first ever hockey gold medal. Lily became the first current student to ever win an Olympic gold medal. 

Photo: UBSport

9. World Athletics 

Birmingham University has a reputation when it comes to athletics, with student and alumni athletes consistently making national teams on both the track and cross-country. Fourth year Medical student Sarah McDonald will compete on the world stage at the upcoming World Championships in London in August. Following her first senior GB call-up just last summer for the European Championships, Sarah has shown she is capable of performing in the big competitions. Sarah will compete in the 1500m, an event which has seen UoB success in previous years when alumna Hannah England claimed the silver World medal in the 2011 championships in Daegu. 

10. Alumni Sports Day 

One of the things many of our students take away from their time at Birmingham is the friends and memories they have made through sport. One of the best sporting days of the year has got to be Alumni Sports Day - a chance for some friendly competition, those long awaited reunions and reminiscing about ‘the good old days’. We love welcoming alumni back to campus each year, and cannot wait for everyone to visit the new facilities in 2018. Now let’s keep our fingers crossed for the sun! 

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Recap of the 2017 Public Art Network Year in Review

Written by: Elysian Koglmeier on behalf of the Public Art Archive

What do 22 safety orange swimmers, 200 vacant homes, 12,000 pounds of melting ice, 10,000 memories and 1 mobile dining room have in common?

They compose a selection of public artworks awarded in the 2017 Americans for the Arts’ Public Art Network (PAN) Year in Review.

The PAN Year in Review has annually recognized outstanding public art projects since 2000. The goal of the juried awards is to bring greater visibility and appreciation to the work of artists and the communities served by public art across the country. Each year, up to 50 works are selected to highlight trends and accomplishments within the field, and those selected are presented at the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention - this year in San Francisco, CA.

Here are the stats from the 2017 PAN Year in Review:

“We want to be supportive of ambitious efforts.” Kevin B. Chen

This year’s jurors included Sherri Brueggemann, the Public Art Urban Enhancement Program Manager for the City of Albuquerque, Kevin B. Chen, artist, curator, and co-chair for the City of Oakland’s Public Art Advisory Committee and Alison Saar, a Los Angeles based artist. The selection process included an exploration of each submission’s process (who was involved), practice (traditional or multidisciplinary), outcomes of the project (implications once completed), and diversity (gender, demographics, location, permanent vs. temporary). The jurors narrowed the pool of 325 submissions to 70 works, then pinpointing 6 themes to help curate the final list to just 49 selections.

Six themes organically developed as the jurors’ criterion: dazzling, humor, technology, voice/story/language, active/activism and reflective. While all selected works can be contextualized through these common themes, the awardees reflect a range in funding - $10k temporary projects to multimillion dollar permanent installations and geographic location - selected projects live in places beyond major coastal cities; however, all selected projects demonstrate the rising innovation in the public art field through technology, construction, public contribution, interactivity, and aesthetics.

“I wish all of you could or had to do this [amazing experience]...Always put yourself in the position of being a judge whenever you can. It’s very rewarding and fulfilling.”  - Sherri Brueggemann, juror

Dazzling

According to Brueggemann, “the dazzling category was the public art wow factor.” The jurors looked at everything from aesthetics to production value. The projects innovatively used materials, technology and installation methods to create awe-inspiring effects.

Photo credit: Jeremy Green

Ethereal Bodies 8 by Cliff Garten is a group of eight stainless steel sculptures at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in San Francisco. The curvaceous forms create new shapes from different vantage points and the structures change color throughout the day and night. Administered by the San Francisco Arts Commission, Ethereal Bodies 8 reflects the growing connection of public art to health and well-being. Learn more about the work on the Public Art Archive.

Photo Credit: Stephen Galloway

Redbud Redux Suite, by lead artist Stephen Galloway, is another work located in the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. This project was also administered by the San Francisco Arts Commission and included the design and fabrication for windows within the Acute Care Unit. The glassworks, by six artists, feature the effects of light in nature. Their seamless integration with the architecture enhances the therapeutic design of the space - creating a sense of peace and wellbeing essential to healing. Learn more about the work on the Public Art Archive.

Humor

Public art has the power to bring laughter and play into our lives. It’s hard to find fault in a work that brings a grin from ear to ear, and oftentimes, humor is used to draw attention to more serious matters the artist seeks to bring to public attention.

Photo Credit: A+J Art + Design

Ann Hirsch and Jeremy Angier’s SOS (Safety Orange Swimmers) was installed in the Boston Harbor during the fall of 2016. The work showed that humor and spectacle can grab the attention of the public, and that attention can then be focused to highlight growing areas of concerns and crises. In an effort to bring more attention to the growing global refugee crisis, Hirsch and Angier submerged a herd of 22 bright orange figures in the Fort Point Channel in Boston’s harbor. Each foam figure represented nearly one million of the estimated 21.3 million refugees worldwide. This project generated national coverage and thousands of social media posts garnering it as Fort Point Arts Community’s “most successful project to date in terms of audience engagement.” Learn more about the work on the Public Art Archive and find out where the project will be exhibited next!

Technology

Technology provides new platforms for encouraging the public to engage with and understand public space in new ways. From robots to video projections to social media feeds, technology provides a platform for us to interpret the world. 

Photo Credit: Town of Chapel Hill

UNBOUND by Eric Carlson can be found in the Chapel Hill Public Library in North Carolina. The work examines notions of public and private through the lens of a library - a place that binds information through collection and unbinds it by releasing it to the community. UNBOUND features nearly 10,000 media clips submitted by community members’ personal archives including photos, letters, recipes, etc. The artwork uses custom software and algorithms to display ever-changing combinations of media. A Braille-based matrix of glowing lenses act as peepholes and the multi-layered glass surfaces are etched with code systems like morse code, binary code, and shorthand. Learn more about the work on the Public Art Archive.

Photo Credit: Fulton County Public Art

Immaterial by Tristan Al-Haddad is also located in a library - the Southeast Library in Atlanta, Georgia. Al-Haddad transformed the space from a “house of knowledge” into a “web of thought” through virtualization, also known as a software-based (virtual) representation. The wall installation depicts rays of light comprised of 144 literary quotes, and the lines map the locations of each library in the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System. Additionally, the outline of the acrylic panels represents the neighborhoods served by each library. Learn more about the work on the Public Art Archive.

Voice / Story / Language

Public art tells the narratives of place - of the people, the geography, the history. It gives a voice to communities and more importantly, to communities that are typically not heard or seen. Public art creates dialogue amongst diverse groups and spurs conversations in our own mind.

Photo Credit: Nelson Gutierrez

Memphis Upstanders Mural by Nelson Gutierrez and Cedar Nordbye is a remarkable example of creative partnerships with nonprofits. Commissioned by Facing History and Ourselves and administered by the UrbanArt Commission, the mural honors community-nominated Upstanders - those that helped create a more inclusive, just and compassionate Memphis. Located across from the National Civil Rights Museum, also the site of the of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, this powerful and uplifting work utilizes public art as a platform for dialogue about Memphis’ history and celebrates those lesser known heroes that stood up to adversity throughout challenging times. Facing History and Ourselves is an international, educational nonprofit guided by the mission to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry.  Learn more about the work on the Public Art Archive and visit the mural’s website to learn more about the stories behind each of the Upstanders.

Active/Activism

Juror Alison Saar described the projects in this theme as “those that engage the community actively to interact with the work.” Projects in this category were collectively constructed by the public or serve as catalysts for the public to engage with issues such as urban blight, climate change, clean water, and the global food crisis.

Photo Courtesy: Erin V. Sotak

My Your Our Water by Erin V. Sotak focuses on the scarcity of water in Arizona’s desert. A multi-platform project located in Scottsdale, the installation included six components: a tricked-out-tricycle, a daily blog, a project website, a community Facebook page, a video projection, and a 45-foot illuminated floating sign. After installation, the work quickly grew into a grassroots dialogue about local, regional and global water issues. Learn more about the work on the Public Art Archive.

Reflective

The panel wanted to close the review process with works that encouraged viewers to pause and take time out of their busy days to reflect on place. The awarded works in the reflective category focused on projects that purported more meditative experiences, creating quiet and calm environments that spoke to the past, present, and future of our society.

Photo Credit: Joe Freeman

Midden Mound Wickiups by Buster Simpson is a modern take on Wickiups - a primitive, temporary domed dwelling constructed by Native Americans of the Southwest. Located in San Antonio, Texas, Simpson used metal as opposed to the traditional natural elements (branches, hides and thatch) to create peaceful sites that provided shade in the hot sun and gave visitors a place to rest with pastoral views. The works “honor the historical presence of indigenous peoples and their light footprint on the land.” Learn more about the work on the Public Art Archive.

“The hardest part is not being able to choose everyone...so much great work out there. We want to reward those that are bringing art out for all of us.” Alison Saar

Curious to know more about the 2017 PAN Year in Review Jurors? Here are their brief bios:

Sherri Brueggemann is a founding member of Americans for the Arts and is currently the Public Art Urban Enhancement Program Manager for the City of Albuquerque, Cultural Services Department. She co-founded the InterGalactic Cultural Relations Institute - a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring the role of art and cultural in future interplanetary diplomatic relations.

Kevin B. Chen is a curator, writer, and visual artist based in the Bay Area. He currently serves as co-chair for the City of Oakland's Public Art Advisory Committee, member of Recology's Artist in Residence Program Advisory Board, member of the Curatorial Committees for Root Division and Pro Arts Gallery, manages the Artist Residency Program and Public Programs at the de Young Museum, and is a Lecturer at Stanford University. Check out his website here.

Alison Saar is an Los Angeles-based sculptor, painter and installation artist whose work explores themes of African cultural diaspora and spirituality. She has a BA from Scripps College and a MFA from the Otis Art Institute. She received the United States Artist Fellowship in 2012 and was awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and two National Endowment Fellowships.

You can watch the 2017 Public Art Network Year in Review presentation at the Americans for the Arts Convention here.

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Myers + Chang’s Karen Akunowicz Finally Gets Her Beard Award

Other local honorees include Jody Adams and North End mainstay Galleria Umberto

Tonight in Chicago, the James Beard Foundation revealed the 2018 winners of its restaurant and chef awards, aka “the Oscars of the food world” — the culmination of over 20,000 entries narrowed down by a committee and then narrowed down further and further still by an independent volunteer judging panel.

This year’s “long list” of semifinalists included a lot of local names, with a handful continuing onto the shorter nominee list. Tonight, one Boston chef came away with an award, not to mention two other honorees that had been announced earlier in the year: the North End’s classic pizzeria Galleria Umberto (one of five restaurants deemed “America’s Classics” by the foundation) and Jody Adams of Porto, Trade, and Saloniki, who was inducted into the foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America.

Plus, the foundation announced its media award winners last month in New York, including an award in the “dining and travel” category for “In Pursuit of Perfect Hummus” in theBoston-based Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine by the magazine’s editorial director J.M. Hirsch.

Coming home from Chicago with a shiny new medal: Karen Akunowicz of Myers + Chang for Best Chef: Northeast, a category she’s been in every year since 2015. This year, she shared the category with Benjamin Sukle of Oberlin in Providence, Cassie Piuma of Sarma in Somerville, Tiffani Faison of Tiger Mama and Sweet Cheeks, both in Boston, and Tony Messina of Uni in Boston.

“Twenty years ago I was a waitress at a diner in Jersey so even just being invited here is a big deal,” says @KAkunowicz, winner of the #jbfa for Best Chef: Northeast pic.twitter.com/7iru0NuTLu

— James Beard Foundation (@beardfoundation) May 8, 2018

Unfortunately, Boston’s Maura Kilpatrick (Sofra) and Portland’s Alison Pray (Standard Baking Co.) were passed over in the Outstanding Baker category, with Belinda Leong and Michel Suas of B. Patisserie in San Francisco winning the award. And Ken Oringer (Uni, Little Donkey, Toro, Coppa) missed out in the Outstanding Restaurateur category; the winner was Caroline Styne of the Lucques Group in Los Angeles.

Find all of the winners here.

• James Beard Foundation Coverage on Eater [EBOS] • James Beard Foundation [Official Site]

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Myers + Chang’s Karen Akunowicz Finally Gets Her Beard Award

Other local honorees include Jody Adams and North End mainstay Galleria Umberto

Tonight in Chicago, the James Beard Foundation revealed the 2018 winners of its restaurant and chef awards, aka “the Oscars of the food world” — the culmination of over 20,000 entries narrowed down by a committee and then narrowed down further and further still by an independent volunteer judging panel.

This year’s “long list” of semifinalists included a lot of local names, with a handful continuing onto the shorter nominee list. Tonight, one Boston chef came away with an award, not to mention two other honorees that had been announced earlier in the year: the North End’s classic pizzeria Galleria Umberto (one of five restaurants deemed “America’s Classics” by the foundation) and Jody Adams of Porto, Trade, and Saloniki, who was inducted into the foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America.

Plus, the foundation announced its media award winners last month in New York, including an award in the “dining and travel” category for “In Pursuit of Perfect Hummus” in theBoston-based Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine by the magazine’s editorial director J.M. Hirsch.

Coming home from Chicago with a shiny new medal: Karen Akunowicz of Myers + Chang for Best Chef: Northeast, a category she’s been in every year since 2015. This year, she shared the category with Benjamin Sukle of Oberlin in Providence, Cassie Piuma of Sarma in Somerville, Tiffani Faison of Tiger Mama and Sweet Cheeks, both in Boston, and Tony Messina of Uni in Boston.

“Twenty years ago I was a waitress at a diner in Jersey so even just being invited here is a big deal,” says @KAkunowicz, winner of the #jbfa for Best Chef: Northeast pic.twitter.com/7iru0NuTLu

— James Beard Foundation (@beardfoundation) May 8, 2018

Unfortunately, Boston’s Maura Kilpatrick (Sofra) and Portland’s Alison Pray (Standard Baking Co.) were passed over in the Outstanding Baker category, with Belinda Leong and Michel Suas of B. Patisserie in San Francisco winning the award. And Ken Oringer (Uni, Little Donkey, Toro, Coppa) missed out in the Outstanding Restaurateur category; the winner was Caroline Styne of the Lucques Group in Los Angeles.

Find all of the winners here.

• James Beard Foundation Coverage on Eater [EBOS] • James Beard Foundation [Official Site]

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Myers + Chang’s Karen Akunowicz Finally Gets Her Beard Award

Other local honorees include Jody Adams and North End mainstay Galleria Umberto

Tonight in Chicago, the James Beard Foundation revealed the 2018 winners of its restaurant and chef awards, aka “the Oscars of the food world” — the culmination of over 20,000 entries narrowed down by a committee and then narrowed down further and further still by an independent volunteer judging panel.

This year’s “long list” of semifinalists included a lot of local names, with a handful continuing onto the shorter nominee list. Tonight, one Boston chef came away with an award, not to mention two other honorees that had been announced earlier in the year: the North End’s classic pizzeria Galleria Umberto (one of five restaurants deemed “America’s Classics” by the foundation) and Jody Adams of Porto, Trade, and Saloniki, who was inducted into the foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America.

Plus, the foundation announced its media award winners last month in New York, including an award in the “dining and travel” category for “In Pursuit of Perfect Hummus” in theBoston-based Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine by the magazine’s editorial director J.M. Hirsch.

Coming home from Chicago with a shiny new medal: Karen Akunowicz of Myers + Chang for Best Chef: Northeast, a category she’s been in every year since 2015. This year, she shared the category with Benjamin Sukle of Oberlin in Providence, Cassie Piuma of Sarma in Somerville, Tiffani Faison of Tiger Mama and Sweet Cheeks, both in Boston, and Tony Messina of Uni in Boston.

“Twenty years ago I was a waitress at a diner in Jersey so even just being invited here is a big deal,” says @KAkunowicz, winner of the #jbfa for Best Chef: Northeast pic.twitter.com/7iru0NuTLu

— James Beard Foundation (@beardfoundation) May 8, 2018

Unfortunately, Boston’s Maura Kilpatrick (Sofra) and Portland’s Alison Pray (Standard Baking Co.) were passed over in the Outstanding Baker category, with Belinda Leong and Michel Suas of B. Patisserie in San Francisco winning the award. And Ken Oringer (Uni, Little Donkey, Toro, Coppa) missed out in the Outstanding Restaurateur category; the winner was Caroline Styne of the Lucques Group in Los Angeles.

Find all of the winners here.

• James Beard Foundation Coverage on Eater [EBOS] • James Beard Foundation [Official Site]

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Myers + Chang’s Karen Akunowicz Finally Gets Her Beard Award

Other local honorees include Jody Adams and North End mainstay Galleria Umberto

Tonight in Chicago, the James Beard Foundation revealed the 2018 winners of its restaurant and chef awards, aka “the Oscars of the food world” — the culmination of over 20,000 entries narrowed down by a committee and then narrowed down further and further still by an independent volunteer judging panel.

This year’s “long list” of semifinalists included a lot of local names, with a handful continuing onto the shorter nominee list. Tonight, one Boston chef came away with an award, not to mention two other honorees that had been announced earlier in the year: the North End’s classic pizzeria Galleria Umberto (one of five restaurants deemed “America’s Classics” by the foundation) and Jody Adams of Porto, Trade, and Saloniki, who was inducted into the foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America.

Plus, the foundation announced its media award winners last month in New York, including an award in the “dining and travel” category for “In Pursuit of Perfect Hummus” in theBoston-based Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine by the magazine’s editorial director J.M. Hirsch.

Coming home from Chicago with a shiny new medal: Karen Akunowicz of Myers + Chang for Best Chef: Northeast, a category she’s been in every year since 2015. This year, she shared the category with Benjamin Sukle of Oberlin in Providence, Cassie Piuma of Sarma in Somerville, Tiffani Faison of Tiger Mama and Sweet Cheeks, both in Boston, and Tony Messina of Uni in Boston.

“Twenty years ago I was a waitress at a diner in Jersey so even just being invited here is a big deal,” says @KAkunowicz, winner of the #jbfa for Best Chef: Northeast pic.twitter.com/7iru0NuTLu

— James Beard Foundation (@beardfoundation) May 8, 2018

Unfortunately, Boston’s Maura Kilpatrick (Sofra) and Portland’s Alison Pray (Standard Baking Co.) were passed over in the Outstanding Baker category, with Belinda Leong and Michel Suas of B. Patisserie in San Francisco winning the award. And Ken Oringer (Uni, Little Donkey, Toro, Coppa) missed out in the Outstanding Restaurateur category; the winner was Caroline Styne of the Lucques Group in Los Angeles.

Find all of the winners here.

• James Beard Foundation Coverage on Eater [EBOS] • James Beard Foundation [Official Site]

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Myers + Chang’s Karen Akunowicz Finally Gets Her Beard Award

Other local honorees include Jody Adams and North End mainstay Galleria Umberto

Tonight in Chicago, the James Beard Foundation revealed the 2018 winners of its restaurant and chef awards, aka “the Oscars of the food world” — the culmination of over 20,000 entries narrowed down by a committee and then narrowed down further and further still by an independent volunteer judging panel.

This year’s “long list” of semifinalists included a lot of local names, with a handful continuing onto the shorter nominee list. Tonight, one Boston chef came away with an award, not to mention two other honorees that had been announced earlier in the year: the North End’s classic pizzeria Galleria Umberto (one of five restaurants deemed “America’s Classics” by the foundation) and Jody Adams of Porto, Trade, and Saloniki, who was inducted into the foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America.

Plus, the foundation announced its media award winners last month in New York, including an award in the “dining and travel” category for “In Pursuit of Perfect Hummus” in theBoston-based Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine by the magazine’s editorial director J.M. Hirsch.

Coming home from Chicago with a shiny new medal: Karen Akunowicz of Myers + Chang for Best Chef: Northeast, a category she’s been in every year since 2015. This year, she shared the category with Benjamin Sukle of Oberlin in Providence, Cassie Piuma of Sarma in Somerville, Tiffani Faison of Tiger Mama and Sweet Cheeks, both in Boston, and Tony Messina of Uni in Boston.

“Twenty years ago I was a waitress at a diner in Jersey so even just being invited here is a big deal,” says @KAkunowicz, winner of the #jbfa for Best Chef: Northeast pic.twitter.com/7iru0NuTLu

— James Beard Foundation (@beardfoundation) May 8, 2018

Unfortunately, Boston’s Maura Kilpatrick (Sofra) and Portland’s Alison Pray (Standard Baking Co.) were passed over in the Outstanding Baker category, with Belinda Leong and Michel Suas of B. Patisserie in San Francisco winning the award. And Ken Oringer (Uni, Little Donkey, Toro, Coppa) missed out in the Outstanding Restaurateur category; the winner was Caroline Styne of the Lucques Group in Los Angeles.

Find all of the winners here.

• James Beard Foundation Coverage on Eater [EBOS] • James Beard Foundation [Official Site]

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Myers + Chang’s Karen Akunowicz Finally Gets Her Beard Award

Other local honorees include Jody Adams and North End mainstay Galleria Umberto

Tonight in Chicago, the James Beard Foundation revealed the 2018 winners of its restaurant and chef awards, aka “the Oscars of the food world” — the culmination of over 20,000 entries narrowed down by a committee and then narrowed down further and further still by an independent volunteer judging panel.

This year’s “long list” of semifinalists included a lot of local names, with a handful continuing onto the shorter nominee list. Tonight, one Boston chef came away with an award, not to mention two other honorees that had been announced earlier in the year: the North End’s classic pizzeria Galleria Umberto (one of five restaurants deemed “America’s Classics” by the foundation) and Jody Adams of Porto, Trade, and Saloniki, who was inducted into the foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America.

Plus, the foundation announced its media award winners last month in New York, including an award in the “dining and travel” category for “In Pursuit of Perfect Hummus” in theBoston-based Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine by the magazine’s editorial director J.M. Hirsch.

Coming home from Chicago with a shiny new medal: Karen Akunowicz of Myers + Chang for Best Chef: Northeast, a category she’s been in every year since 2015. This year, she shared the category with Benjamin Sukle of Oberlin in Providence, Cassie Piuma of Sarma in Somerville, Tiffani Faison of Tiger Mama and Sweet Cheeks, both in Boston, and Tony Messina of Uni in Boston.

“Twenty years ago I was a waitress at a diner in Jersey so even just being invited here is a big deal,” says @KAkunowicz, winner of the #jbfa for Best Chef: Northeast pic.twitter.com/7iru0NuTLu

— James Beard Foundation (@beardfoundation) May 8, 2018

Unfortunately, Boston’s Maura Kilpatrick (Sofra) and Portland’s Alison Pray (Standard Baking Co.) were passed over in the Outstanding Baker category, with Belinda Leong and Michel Suas of B. Patisserie in San Francisco winning the award. And Ken Oringer (Uni, Little Donkey, Toro, Coppa) missed out in the Outstanding Restaurateur category; the winner was Caroline Styne of the Lucques Group in Los Angeles.

Find all of the winners here.

• James Beard Foundation Coverage on Eater [EBOS] • James Beard Foundation [Official Site]

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Myers + Chang’s Karen Akunowicz Finally Gets Her Beard Award

Other local honorees include Jody Adams and North End mainstay Galleria Umberto

Tonight in Chicago, the James Beard Foundation revealed the 2018 winners of its restaurant and chef awards, aka “the Oscars of the food world” — the culmination of over 20,000 entries narrowed down by a committee and then narrowed down further and further still by an independent volunteer judging panel.

This year’s “long list” of semifinalists included a lot of local names, with a handful continuing onto the shorter nominee list. Tonight, one Boston chef came away with an award, not to mention two other honorees that had been announced earlier in the year: the North End’s classic pizzeria Galleria Umberto (one of five restaurants deemed “America’s Classics” by the foundation) and Jody Adams of Porto, Trade, and Saloniki, who was inducted into the foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America.

Plus, the foundation announced its media award winners last month in New York, including an award in the “dining and travel” category for “In Pursuit of Perfect Hummus” in theBoston-based Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine by the magazine’s editorial director J.M. Hirsch.

Coming home from Chicago with a shiny new medal: Karen Akunowicz of Myers + Chang for Best Chef: Northeast, a category she’s been in every year since 2015. This year, she shared the category with Benjamin Sukle of Oberlin in Providence, Cassie Piuma of Sarma in Somerville, Tiffani Faison of Tiger Mama and Sweet Cheeks, both in Boston, and Tony Messina of Uni in Boston.

“Twenty years ago I was a waitress at a diner in Jersey so even just being invited here is a big deal,” says @KAkunowicz, winner of the #jbfa for Best Chef: Northeast pic.twitter.com/7iru0NuTLu

— James Beard Foundation (@beardfoundation) May 8, 2018

Unfortunately, Boston’s Maura Kilpatrick (Sofra) and Portland’s Alison Pray (Standard Baking Co.) were passed over in the Outstanding Baker category, with Belinda Leong and Michel Suas of B. Patisserie in San Francisco winning the award. And Ken Oringer (Uni, Little Donkey, Toro, Coppa) missed out in the Outstanding Restaurateur category; the winner was Caroline Styne of the Lucques Group in Los Angeles.

Find all of the winners here.

• James Beard Foundation Coverage on Eater [EBOS] • James Beard Foundation [Official Site]

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Myers + Chang’s Karen Akunowicz Finally Gets Her Beard Award

Other local honorees include Jody Adams and North End mainstay Galleria Umberto

Tonight in Chicago, the James Beard Foundation revealed the 2018 winners of its restaurant and chef awards, aka “the Oscars of the food world” — the culmination of over 20,000 entries narrowed down by a committee and then narrowed down further and further still by an independent volunteer judging panel.

This year’s “long list” of semifinalists included a lot of local names, with a handful continuing onto the shorter nominee list. Tonight, one Boston chef came away with an award, not to mention two other honorees that had been announced earlier in the year: the North End’s classic pizzeria Galleria Umberto (one of five restaurants deemed “America’s Classics” by the foundation) and Jody Adams of Porto, Trade, and Saloniki, who was inducted into the foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America.

Plus, the foundation announced its media award winners last month in New York, including an award in the “dining and travel” category for “In Pursuit of Perfect Hummus” in theBoston-based Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine by the magazine’s editorial director J.M. Hirsch.

Coming home from Chicago with a shiny new medal: Karen Akunowicz of Myers + Chang for Best Chef: Northeast, a category she’s been in every year since 2015. This year, she shared the category with Benjamin Sukle of Oberlin in Providence, Cassie Piuma of Sarma in Somerville, Tiffani Faison of Tiger Mama and Sweet Cheeks, both in Boston, and Tony Messina of Uni in Boston.

“Twenty years ago I was a waitress at a diner in Jersey so even just being invited here is a big deal,” says @KAkunowicz, winner of the #jbfa for Best Chef: Northeast pic.twitter.com/7iru0NuTLu

— James Beard Foundation (@beardfoundation) May 8, 2018

Unfortunately, Boston’s Maura Kilpatrick (Sofra) and Portland’s Alison Pray (Standard Baking Co.) were passed over in the Outstanding Baker category, with Belinda Leong and Michel Suas of B. Patisserie in San Francisco winning the award. And Ken Oringer (Uni, Little Donkey, Toro, Coppa) missed out in the Outstanding Restaurateur category; the winner was Caroline Styne of the Lucques Group in Los Angeles.

Find all of the winners here.

• James Beard Foundation Coverage on Eater [EBOS] • James Beard Foundation [Official Site]