THE SCOPE

CURATED BY MICHAEL WESTMAN THESCOPE

LISTEN KYLIE MINOGUE - DISCO

SHE IS A DISCO ICON AND POP PRINCESS WITH A CAREER SPANNING 30+ YEARS. Kylie Minogue has achieved seven UK #1 singles plus a further twenty-four Top 10 hits. Seven of her albums have also topped the charts, including her most recent studio album, 2018’s ‘Golden’, and last year’s ‘Step Back In Time: The Definitive Collection’. She has sold 80 million albums worldwide but has also been sufficiently embraced by the streaming generation to command over 6 million monthly listeners at Spotify. And that’s before you consider the impact of three BRIT Awards, a Grammy and two MTV Europe Awards. Kylie has continued to command the spotlight. In her 2019 appearance at Glastonbury, she pulled out all the stops: a set of some of pop’s most enduring classics, striking costume changes, a cannon of confetti, and special guest appearances by Chris Martin and Nick Cave. There were also tears, as Kylie finally returned to the stage that she was due to headline back in 2005 before she was diagnosed with breast cancer. And the reaction was something else. It became the BBC’s most watched set in the festival’s history, with the NME describing it as “a surreal pop spectacle” and an “all-out celebration”.

Now Kylie continues to deliver the feel-good hits with her fifteenth studio album ‘DISCO’, transports us away from the mundanity of daily life to somewhere altogether more thrilling. ‘DISCO’ features the recent singles ‘Say Something’ and ‘Magic’, and was largely recorded in lockdown with each team member recording and working from a separate location, leading to Kylie having a vocal engineering credit on all but two of the sixteen tracks on the record. Stream the album at https://kylie.lnk.to/DISCOPR.

TOUR MODERNISM WEEK 2021

PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA WILL BE AGAIN BE HOSTING MODERNISM WEEK, a celebration of midcentury modern architecture and design. While this year’s events will be different, Modernism Week is planning a variety of new and favorite events as both in-person and online programs for 2021, including architectural walking tours, home tours, garden and driving tours, and more. All ‘live’ events will follow established public health protocols and observe social distancing. Online events will include specially created video programs and provide free and low-cost streaming educational and entertainment experiences by noted architects, designers and historians who are experts in their fields. The educational and entertaining programs will cover topics ranging from historic building restoration and preservation to adaptive reuse and the development of affordable housing. These online programs will allow viewers to participate remotely from home and to safely share the online experiences with their families. Modernism Week celebrates and fosters appreciation of midcentury architecture and design and shares free and lowcost educational opportunities with the public. These programs help preserve and beautify neighborhoods and communities throughout the Coachella Valley and provide education worldwide. Tickets for in-person events will be available at https://modernismweek.com beginning January 1, 2021, with on-line programs going on sale February 1, 2021.

DRINK FIVE HUSBANDS VODKA

SHIRTS OFF, MASKS ON, OGDEN’S OWN FIVE

HUSBANDS VODKA IS THE IDEAL DATE FOR A STAYAT-HOME PRIDE celebration all year long. Or rather, the ideal dates – the more the merrier, right? Ogden’s Own released a new version of their label for PRIDE with team members adorning colorful face masks as they continue to support the LGBTQ+ community. We know you would rather be bar crawling than Zooming with your cocktails from home, but put on your favorite playlist, throw on that boa, and pour a Five Husbands DIY cocktail. Ogden’s Own Five Husbands Vodka is available at select retailers across Utah and conveniently online at https:// tinyurl.com/y5df9w59.

WATCH DASHING IN DECEMBER

PREMIERING SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13TH AT 7PM ET/PT ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK with simulcasts on Logo, Pop, and TV Land, Dashing in December is an LGBTQ holiday film starring Juan Pablo Di Pace, Peter Porte and Golden Globe® nominee Andie MacDowell. Featuring a diverse cast and crew, Dashing in December follows Wyatt (Porte, Baby Daddy), a sophisticated, New York City financier who returns home for the holidays in an effort to convince his mother, Deb (MacDowell, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Groundhog Day) to sell the family’s ranch and beloved magical Winter Wonderland attraction. During his mission, an unexpected romance ignites with the new ranch hand Heath (Di Pace, Fuller House) reawakening the spirit of Christmas. The film also stars Caroline Harris (Westworld) and Carlos Sanz (Stronger, Crank). “This feel good project captures the importance of inclusive storytelling, the power of love and the spirit of the holidays all rolled into one,” said Meghan Hooper, EVP, Head of Original Movies and Limited Series for Paramount Network. The film also includes new original songs from Cody Belew (Hang Your Hat On My Christmas Tree), Fancy Hagood (Christmas Kiss) and Styles Haury (Christmas All Alone).

READ PROMISED LAND BY BARACK OBAMA

A RIVETING, DEEPLY PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF HISTORY IN THE MAKINGA CARLOAD OF HIS ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST CANVASES at the city dump and started painting “pictures” — a radical decision that led to the development of Bay Area Figurative Art. Organized by SFMOMA, this exhibition comprises 127 paintings and works on paper. It is the first major museum exhibition of Park’s work in three decades and the first to examine the full arc of his career, from his tightly controlled paintings from the 1930s to his

-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency--a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil. Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office. Reflecting on the presidency, he offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of U.S. partisan politics and international diplomacy. This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama’s conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high, but something founded on empathy and common understanding ad built together, day by day. Available

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DAVID PARK - A RETROSPECTIVE SFMOMA THROUGH JANUARY 18, 2021

AT THE AGE OF THIRTY-EIGHT, DAVID PARK (1911–1960) ABANDONED for purchase at https://www.rizzolibookstore.com. final works on paper from 1960. The heart of the show is a rich selection of the 1950s Bay Area Figurative canvases for which he is best known — boldly executed compositions featuring musicians, domestic and vernacular scenes, portraits, boaters, and bathers. The works reveal an artist deeply connected to human experience and at the peak of his powers, reveling in the expressive and sensuous qualities of pure paint. https://www. sfmoma.org/exhibition/david-park-a-retrospective.