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RIP Ziegfeld Theater

Ziegfeld Exterior With Snow
Ziegfeld Theater Exterior the Morning after Winter Storm Jonas (All Photos By Gail)

The legendary Ziegfeld Theater closed its doors for good on Thursday, January 28th with a 10 PM sold-out showing of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. What a way to go!

Ziegfeld Marquee

We’d heard the rumor for just over a week that the place would be shutting down to be renovated into an event space, so Geoffrey wisely suggested we head over for a matinee of Star Wars on the day after Winter Storm Jonas dumped two feet of snow on the city. It proved to be a good call, because I had, for whatever reaosn, never been there before. Better late than never, you aren’t kidding.

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Yes, It Exists: Cheerios Bee as Darth Vader

Darth Bee
Photo By Gail

I don’t know why seeing Darth Bee this Honey Nut Cheerios Box surprised me. But it did.

Yes, it Exists: Hillary Clinton as an Imperial Stormtrooper

Hillary Stormtrooper
Photo By Gail

To find out more about this sculpture of Hillary Clinton in a Stormtrooper uniform, which was part of Michael Leavitt’s 2013 art exhibit, Empire Peaks, visit This Link. Hillary for the win in 2016!

Yes, it Exists: Donald Trump as Darth Vader

Trump Vader
Photo By Gail

No, this isn’t a mash-up tie-in for The Force Awakens and racist douche Donald Trump’s mortifying horrorshow of a campaign to win the Republican Presidential nomination; it’s an actual artwork by Seattle-based artist Michael Leavitt, that appeared in his 2103 exhibit, Empire Peaks. For this exhibit, which was shown at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in NYC, Leavitt created action figures of celebrities, politicians, humanitarians and other famous non-fictional personalities crossed with Star Wars characters, juxtaposing the classic archetypal roles found in Yoda, Luke Skywalker, and Darth Vader, etc. With Trump, I think he really nailed it.