An Artscape debut for Zappa statue?

May 11, 2008

Kudos to Baltimore's Public Art Commission for voting to accept the statue so graciously offered by the group of Lithuanian Frank Zappa fans ("From Lithuania, with love of Zappa," May 8).

I hope the commission will look at placing the statue outside the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall as Mr. Zappa was an accomplished classical composer as well as rock musician and social satirist.

Perhaps an unveiling of the sculpture at Artscape with a performance of one of Mr. Zappa's pieces by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and a headline performance by Zappa Plays Zappa, Dweezil Zappa's tribute band to his late father.

That would be a fitting tribute to one of Baltimore's own.

Fred Furney

Baltimore

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