Nassau County Museum of Art: 29 December 2015

You know how sometimes you Google a name from your past just to see what comes up? Well, I Googled a childhood friend and found an email and got in touch with her. It took a while but we managed to hook up and we made a date to meet in Roslyn, Long Island and […]

Phil Ochs Tribute Concert: Odradeks Café 17 December 2015

Fifty years ago, Phil Ochs performed at the Interlude Café in Kew Gardens, Queens, NYC. Now the café is called Odradeks and an SRO crowd gathered together to celebrate Phil’s birthday. December 19 would have been Phil’s 75th birthday and in celebration there were concerts performed all over the US, Canada, and the UK. Phil […]

John Henry’s Friends: Town Hall 14 December 2015

John Henry’s Friends was the first annual charity concert for the Keswell School (formerly the McCarton School) in NYC. The school was founded on the belief that children diagnosed with ASD can live full and productive lives as integrated members of their communities. John Henry is Steve Earles’s son. John Henry is five years old […]

Bronx Museum of the Arts 13 December 2015

In an effort to get as many free memberships, through her IDNYC, as she can before December 31st, rtb has been running quickly through a lot of the cultural institutions of all five boroughs. On Sunday I joined her at the museum of the Bronx Historical Society. I got there late and just did a […]

Dale Watson: Continental Club, Austin, TX 26 November 2015

Visiting Austin is not complete without one stop at the Continental Club. On Thanksgiving night meli and I went to see Dale Watson and his Lone Stars. Watson was sporting his famous white pompadour and shiny white teeth. Every so often he did a “commercial” for Lone Star beer, where he would hold up the […]

McNay Art Museum: San Antonio, TX 29 November 2015

And then on Sunday, meli and I drove to San Antonio to see the exhibits at the McNay Art Museum. Part of the museum used to be a beautiful home with a gorgeous courtyard. The rest of museum was built in the last few years. First exhibit was Miró: The Experience of Seeing, an exhibit […]

Art in Austin, TX 28 November 2015

While I was visiting Austin, meli, her daughter Erin, and I visited some museums and a gallery in and near the University of Texas. First was Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West, which Erin help put together, at the Harry Ransom Center. A lot of cattle. One even looked like Ferdinand sitting […]