Itzhak Perlam plays Bazzini's "La Ronde Des Lutins" (The Dance of Goblins). Meanwhile, this lutin, granted a rare day of freedom, is off to the MET for rituals and prayers.

Update: My MET plans were brutally quashed when work caught up with me as soon as I emerged from the subway tunnel, across the river in downtown Manhattan, on ze crackberry with a set of urget to-dos. All I could do was eat a Noo-Yook lunch and return to the work desk. Perhaps I shall return this Saturday, with (the very distract-worthy) N with tow, if only to see "Venice and The Islamic World, 828-1797".

I hope you do get to return. I think N would enjoy the exhibit.