My third and final event of the day and of the New Yorker Festival was a screening of Jeff Nichols’ Loving at the MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre 1 on 23rd Street. After the screening, Nichols would be interviewed by Hilton Als. The movie is scheduled for release in November. This time I decided to […]
My trip to the second event I was seeing on Sunday at the New Yorker Festival was 20 blocks north and 5 (long) blocks east from where I was. Normally I have enough time between events to walk to each location. This panel was supposed to take place at the same venue as the John […]
My third and final day of the New Yorker Festival started with an interview of John Goodman by Lawrence Wright at the Acura at SIR Stage 37. This time I got off at the closest subway station but still had some distance to walk since the room is past 10th Avenue on 37th Street. As […]
Since I had plenty of time to get uptown and to eat after the New Yorker Festival event and before the fifth and final program of the Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center for 2016, I decided to walk. It was not a great evening for walking. It had been drizzling and […]
This was the second event of the day at Casa Neta for the New Yorker Festival. Anyone with tickets for the second event had to go outside and stand on a special line. We would be getting back into the restaurant before the others who had not attended the first event. Since I was very […]
On Saturday both New Yorker Festival events that I was attending were free. One led into the other – the first focusing on Mexican food and the second on mezcal. Both events touched on Day of the Dead celebrations. The events took place at Casa Neta, a mezcaleria and tequileria serving small plates in the […]
From the David Letterman interview I walked across 23rd Street to the east side and the Gramercy Theater to see Jason Isbell interviewed by John Seabrook for the New Yorker Festival. This time I had MasterCard preferred seating and got a seat in the fourth row. Since it’s a club, a lot of people were […]
I was more excited than humans should be allowed. I first became aware of David Letterman with his appearances and guest-hosting on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. During a period of unemployment, the first episode of Late Night with David Letterman aired and I watched and loved it. The host seemed a little nervous […]
What does a person do the day after gall bladder surgery? Go see a musical, of course. I have always wanted to see Audra McDonald on stage. And seeing Brian Stokes Mitchell and Billy Porter would be nice too. McDonald would be taking a leave of absence from the show from July until the fall […]
Yay! Found notes for this show. But of course they’re difficult to read and now I can’t remember what I meant when I wrote certain things down. Rhett Miller did a summer residency at City Winery this summer and I made sure I saw at least one of the shows. I think rtb and I […]
