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Cyril Mychalejko @cmychalejko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This Bucks County Republican has cast many deplorable votes over his 7 terms. This might be one of the worst.

David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Have fun. Get the whole family involved when you can. Cub Scouts is more about family while Boy Scouts are about the individual. Happy to share things we did if you send me a msg.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just core values. I also made sure all the ceremonies were special. We held our Pack meetings in the school cafeteria and for the Bobcat ceremony we turned down light and found a kid who could play a simple Native American beat and I was surprised at the buy in from kids and parents. Most of all 2/

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I too became a Cub Scout leader and struggled in similar ways. As for religion we had den leaders interact with the parents and get them involved with Duty to God. As for nationalism we stressed human rights democracy and that we are all on the same team. Nothing to get any parents uptight. 1/

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Live Freemans work. Know this piece. It’s a nice slice of life at the Hirschfeld’s. I wrote a piece for the Times on Al, Gould and Sarayon when the Gould movie came out. Freeman figures in that story too.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I have about earlier version of this in ink.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“Le Royaume de Harmonie,” (The Kingdom of Harmony) from the theater production of La Poule aux Oeufs d’Or, (The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs) in the Galerie Dramatique, 1848.

19th century print of people costumed as musical instruments. “Le Royaume de Harmonie,” (The Kingdom of Harmony) from the theater production of La Poule aux Oeufs d’Or, (The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs) in the Galerie Dramatique, 1848.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Classic Stage Co is doing a one night performance on 9/28. This time Judy Kuhn is Rachel

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hirschfeld told me when he and Dolly were driving back to NY after seeing the show premiere at the Bucks County Playhouse he asked her who wrote the score. They realized that is what the show needed. It would have also helped if the show did not open during a newspaper strike.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Good choice although I’m usually a Jim’s guy on South Street. If you feel like a drive into the country give me a call. I’m around till Sunday afternoon

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I think you did a great job of capturing the team. I subscribed.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It was released as BABES IN TOYLAND in 1939

Cover of publicity campaign book for Laurel and Hardy”s 1939 film BABES IN TOYLAND shows the duo dressed as toy makers in color.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

An Eve Babitz doc is in the works. I think the filmmaker understands the subject and has access to everything so far.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

No just Friday night on our way back from Vermont. We are on the lawn alas.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Going on Friday. Have a great show.

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Al Hirschfeld Foundation @alhirschfeld.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

#OTD Ad for Lost Angel with Margaret O’Brien, 1944

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

When I did the 50th anniversary exhibit at the Field Museum I contacted CP about lending some designs and he was generous. Nick Meriwethertold me later I shouldn’t have bc people in the scene had mixed feelings bc of the accident.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

After VanDamm it was the norm. Tommy V did the images at the theater, and Florence V did stunning portraits at their studio at Carnegie Hall. They have a wild story. He took her name when they met and married in London after WWI.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It’s remarkable that photos of shows through the early 20s are literally “stage pictures” as these tableaux were staged for the photographer. Tommy VanDamm was I think to watch a show before shooting it to look for the interesting scenes to shoot. He starts in NYC around 1923.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Vermont Lake Monsters Home Game July 19, 2025

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Jesse’s podcast is a fascinating cultural dive into Grateful Dead history. I know the story pretty well but I always learn something each episode. This one actually details how I left the straight and narrow.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

If only my 19 yr old self could have known that my tour book page would be shared by the Grateful Dead.

My Grateful Dead tour book page for shows at the Greek theater in Berkeley CA in 1975. This was my idea of what a Sgt peppers collage of their influences would look like.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

She evidently was quite an actress.

Baclanova was born in Russia in the late 1800s and as a teenager was accepted into the Moscow Art Theatre (M.A.T), an invitation, according to some reports, that came Konstantin Stanislavski himself. She had significant roles in plays by Ibsen, Chekhov and Turgenev, and M.A.T productions of Shakespeare and Dickens. She also starred in Russian films, and by 1925 she was named a “Merited Artist of the Republic”, the highest Soviet artist honor.

After touring America in 1925 in a M.A.T. production of Lysistrata, she remained in America when the troupe returned home. She appeared on stage in southern California before soon finding work in Hollywood silent films. By 1928, Baclanova was at the height of her fame. She appeared in seven feature films (and two shorts) that year, including the now classic The Man Who Laughs. Judging by film stills, Ben may have used one from the 1928 film, The Docks of New York, as a visual reference for his portrait.

If Baclanova is known at all today, it is because in 1932 she starred as the scheming trapeze artist Cleopatra in Tod Browning’s unsettling film Freaks. Her film career began to slow after that, and while she did perform on Broadway, most notably in the hit Claudia in 1941 as Madame Daruschka (a role she would reprise in the film adaptation two years later), she would slowly disappear from the world of the performing arts. She died in Switzerland in 1974.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I just closed an exhibition that included this portrait of Olga Baclanova. People would ask who she was, and besides starring in THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, you know what her greatest film role was

Pastel portrait of Olga Baclanova by Ben Solowey. 1928

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

There’s also this portrait of the R n’ H from I’D RATHER BE RIGHT

Charcoal drawing from life of Rodgers and Hart by Ben Solowey. 1938

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The only show here not with Oscar is PAL JOEY.

Hirschfeld drawing in color of Rodger’s surrounded by characters from his greatest shows

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

We are having a colonial costume party for more than 20 people and my wife and I are making food of the period. We don’t have to think about this administration is doing. It’s great.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Agreed but a challenging one. These revivals reveal desperation. I would love some Sidney Kingsley

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A real step down from Coast of Utopia.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I would ask have you seen his final work?

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Al Hirschfeld Foundation @alhirschfeld.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

June 20 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Danny Aiello, Chet Atkins, Olympia Dukakis, Errol Flynn, John Goodman, Lillian Hellman, John Mahoney, and Ellis Rabb! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

One of only two stage productions that Hirschfeld drew that is still running. The other is Chicago.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

To answer your question Philadelphia, no they did not grease the poles.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Where’s Derek Hill when you need him?

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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 08/06/2026

Last three days of That One Matt Bors Book! We need your help to fund: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle... What: a book about a single panel of a comic that became a meme (indeed) Who: Matt Bors! Plus over a dozen contributors Why: To explore memes, internet discourse, and gotcha guys

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That One Matt Bors Comic

A book about how “we should improve society somewhat” conquered the discourse

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Al Hirschfeld Foundation @alhirschfeld.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

June 8 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Colin Baker, James Darren, Millicent Martin, Robert Preston, Joan Rivers, Alexis Smith, Jerry Stiller, June Thorburn, and Dana Wynter! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

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Al Hirschfeld Foundation @alhirschfeld.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

#OTD Pacific Overtures Designer Boris Aronson, 1976

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Studies have shown that on average people spend 18 seconds in front of an artwork in a museum and half that time is spent reading the label. I’ve told students for years that Bill Gates can’t get any more than they can if they simply spend time with a piece. Art rewards sustained engagement.

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Hirschfeld’s take for Seventeen magazine, 1945

Hirschfeld color drawing of Artie Shaw in yellow and brown

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David Leopold @davidnleopold.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

While researching I found this:

Kaparlik collage for MGM film of character from old west with kerchief around neck, checked shirt holding a candle in a bottle and gun in the other hand as he discovers treasure chest in basement with spider webs and mice. Dramatically lit. A hand with a sledge hammer is about to hit him on the head.

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