Tag Archives: Alma Maleckar

A privileged view of a passing comet: lucky and numbered

A week or two after my niece Alma Maleckar Bear died last November, New Orleans writer and poet Chris Sullivan sent me this beautiful poem he had written about his muse. I asked him if I could re-post it here, and he said yes. The title of the poem is “She was like, like itself” – which I love.

There are phrases, though, that really spoke to me of Alma, which I put together above: we were all privileged to have her in our lives, yes; little did we realize how lucky and numbered the days were. Also, I can easily hear her saying “thanks darlin’ come back again.”

So here it is for you. Thank you Chris!

Alma Maleckar Bear

She was like, like itself

You saw those eyes

and wanted to have them around

it is for all seasons,

our liking to sustain a crush,

isn’t it / don’t we?

so he became quite attracted to

daily transactions with his server at the café

she had had an Uncle like me.

now were avuncular a profession

I’m known as a Distinguished Practitioner

of the art, for she was an exhibit

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Alma Maleckar Bear, Milwaukee tribute

My brother Bill Arnold sent me two short videos he made yesterday (Sunday, December 18, 2011) of a Lake Michigan-side balloon release in honor of Alma Maleckar Bear, orchestrated by childhood friends of Alma from the East Side of Milwaukee.

Celebrate
earth air water fire
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Girl Bites Dog

a last look

When my mother died several years ago, at the end of the service the priest came down the steps to where her ashes were lying, and said to us all, “this is where we say our final goodbye.” This was the one thing at the funeral which physically shocked me, as in, I had no intention of doing that, I didn’t want to say goodbye, not then, not ever. But after I thought about what he said, in the ensuing weeks and months, I realized the priest was right. Mom had gone on, and it was time for us to live our lives while remembering her.

My niece Alma was at that funeral and read something there. My mother told me once that she felt a special connection to this particular granddaughter, that there was a wavelength on which they communicated that was different from the rest.

I did not know Alma well. For her entire life I lived in California, while she grew up in Milwaukee and New Orleans. There are two stories about her I remember vividly, one told to me and one I witnessed. Continue reading →

Alma Maleckar Bear

Alma Maleckar Bear, 1985-2011

My beautiful niece Alma died unexpectedly last week. She was 26.

There will be a Funeral Mass this Friday, December 9, 10:00 a.m., at Mater Dolorosa Church, 1228 S. Carrollton Avenue, NOLA 70118.

At sundown on Friday, a second line will begin at the 1300 block of St. Roch Avenue.

For Saturday, December 10: The Jackson Square artists have a 50-year tradition of hanging a wreath in respect and memory of departed artist fellows. Because Alma was so respected and loved, the artists are going one step further by lighting candles in unison at 5:00 p.m. next Saturday, Dec. 10th. The wreath will be hung at the gate on Decatur Street.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep,
I am a thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints on snow
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I am not there, I did not die

— Mary Elizabeth Frye

Alma/David wedding photos by Jim Arnold on Flickr

80 Years of Verite Films – NOLA filmmakers piece

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Check out this little tongue-in-cheek picture from my nephew-in-law, David Bear. I believe, that in addition to just being fun, it’s a promo for his New Orleans gallery Fair Folks and A Goat.

Some of the players are also relatives: the narrator is superbly played by my brother-in-law, Dave Maleckar; the Tommy Tales-Chaplinesque sad sack is my niece, Alma Maleckar (Bear), and the crazy lady with the knife is my sister, Kate Maleckar. David Bear plays numerous roles, including the great 60s director protege of Marty Scorsese – with great hair, I might add.
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I believe it was all shot in New Orleans. My sister and brother-in-law have a long history of comedy performing, most notably in the group Top Bananas which performed throughout the 80s and 90s in Milwaukee. I’m looking forward to seeing more of them on film from NOLA!

I’m headed over to Sacramento later today for a cousin’s one-man show on recollections of a Sacramento life (Joe Genshlea).

Fair Folks and a Goat (!)

My lovely niece Alma and her husband David Bear (my nephew-in-law?) have made (and appear in) this promo video for the unique French Quarter gallery he is now managing. This reminds me so much of something my sister and brother-in-law would do it’s spooky – guess that just goes to show the apples never fall too far from the damn tree.

When in NOLA, make sure to visit David at Fair Folks and a Goat and get some unlicensed therapy! Maybe you will even get a popover.

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Update August 8, 2011: My relatives are no longer associated with this business.