The Gilded Dish: A Rienzi Blog
As a house museum, Rienzi offers visitors a uniquely personalized and intimate museum experience. We hope to capitalize upon, and enhance, that connection and feeling of immediacy through this blog, developing a dialogue between Rienzi and its guests. The articles highlight specific elements of Rienzi’s collection; discuss additions and changes to the house or gardens; and review events held at Rienzi, for those of you not able to be here in person. Our aim is to provide an inside look at the workings of our house museum, and to share in our enthusiasm for European decorative arts. Feel free to e-mail rienziblog@mfah.org with questions, comments, and suggestions.
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03 MayThu / 2012
This coming Saturday and Sunday, Houston Grand Opera Studio Artists will present the last of the 2011 – 2012 Rienzi Recital series. They will perform pieces by both Gerald Finzi and Richard Wagner in Rienzi’s intimate Gallery.
Rienzi has a special connection to Wagner...
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01 MayTue / 2012
Bedrooms at Rienzi are nothing to yawn at. We’ve been re-awakened this year by the addition of a new gallery at the house museum, in what was once a bedroom of the original Masterson home. . . .
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25 AprWed / 2012
Earlier this month the Rienzi and Bayou Bend Book Club read Founding Gardeners, a book that examines gardening, a common passion, of four of America’s founding fathers: Washington, Jefferson, Adams, and Madison. Written by Andrea Wulf, the book incorporates political history with that of nature, and how these four men with a common goal but differing means shared a great interest for all things botanical. In particular the book looks at the transfer of seeds from North to...
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09 AprMon / 2012
I don’t think of myself as a television person, except maybe a little Modern Family; I tend to prefer the world of words: books, magazines, and news websites. I’m generally lost when movies are discussed; I might only see one a year in the theatre, usually something odd (please don’t ask me if I will be seeing The Hunger Games). But, recently, I’ve adopted some television programming that I just can’t get enough of –...
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07 MarWed / 2012
We're just two short days away from the start of Azalea Trail, and the gardens at Rienzi are gorgeous! I popped out to the Ralph Ellis Gunn designed gardens for a bit this afternoon and photographed the beautiful white, pink, and red azaleas that are blossoming - check them out in the accompanying slideshow and join us this weekend to see them in person.
Last spring, we wrote about the origins of azaleas here. This year, we want you to share your azalea photos...
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