Another Valentine’s Day and, once again, rtb is my date for the evening. This time at one of our favorite clubs, where Kenny the sound guy treats us like VIPs. We got a table at the Bowery Ballroom and even a few drinks in addition to a fun conversation with Kenny. Our reason for being […]
Fifty years ago this week two little girls in Woodhaven, Queens were very excited about a musical act that was going to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show that weekend. We were only 4yo and 6yo but my sister and I had grown up with music surrounding us daily – boleros from the 1930s, tangos […]
The last few times Steve Earle has been around I’ve missed him for one reason or another. I didn’t see anything about this show until two days before and I was able to score the last ticket in the sold-out center orchestra, right in front of the soundboard. Normally the floor at the Capitol Theatre […]
When Pete Seeger was blacklisted, he was always singing in our house. Pete was the soundtrack to my childhood. My sister and I would beg our father to play his records. We were especially fond of “Big Rock Candy Mountain” and “Little Houses.” At first the politics went over our head but soon we couldn’t […]
I got back into the music concert swing by attending a second show at Mercury Lounge in the same week. I missed the opener Grey Lands. It apparently was just their second gig (the first being the night before). When I got to Mercury it was very crowded but I found a seat on the […]
My reentry back to NYC was not easy since it came between a snowstorm and an ice storm. But my reentry back to concert viewing was eased by the first concert being in one of my favorite small clubs and being the early show so that I out of the club before 9pm. The Mercury […]
There was a lot of music and theater that I missed this past month and a half. I had tickets for Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart on Broadway and tickets to see Chris Cornell and Mavis Staples. Worst of all, I missed Lucero (even if it was at the dreaded Terminal 5). The reason I […]
Stage 48 is a new venue for us. A former horse stable all the way over on the west side, it’s a club, lounge, and a place for private events. There are raised VIP sections on the main floor and in the balcony. rtb and I got seats in the balcony – there were very […]
Final program for the Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center and the final of our three outings. This time Peter, rtb, and I were in the first row balcony. I think of the three places we sat my favorite was the grand tier. The pre-show was an interview with Tory Dobrin, Artistic […]
Our second night at Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center. This time the pre-show program was a tap dance lesson in the Grand Tier Lobby. Our teacher was Benjamin Ryan Nathan, who is also a filmmaker. His latest is I Can Dance!, a feature documentary about the power of dance to transform […]
