Mui Ito said she had a "full-circle moment" after adorning her piano with a garden of succulent plants, which to her represent color, vitality, and resilience in a difficult time. She named the piano "Lola," after the rosebud-shaped succulent variety that is her favorite.
This popular, free outdoor entertainment series takes place every Thursday from now through Sept. 9, with two 45-minute musical sets at 6 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.
"We have been so eager to perform for a live audience for two years now," he told the Courier. "Without an audience, there's no feedback, there's no energy."
"I was born in a town called Uzhorod, in Czechoslovakia. I had a wonderful childhood, as I said before. I had lovely parents and I never needed anything that I couldn't get, and we were sort of a little bit maybe freer than the Jewish
The Sing for Hope Piano program began in New York City over 10 years ago. The program describes itself as the "country's largest annual recurring public arts project" with the goal of democratizing music.
"You see stuff on the news and it's just not everything. Until you go and see it, until you live there [and] you see the beauty of the country, as well."
"She was also so proud of the multiple sponsorship deals she secured for Live Nation, which were massive, unique and extremely complex in structure," Rosslyn said.
It's been a long, hard road for The Wallis this past International Year of Unplanning. In March 2020, Al Pacino performed to a sold-out crowd at the indoor Goldsmith Stage.