I was looking forward to this because (1) a new (for me) venue and (2) Cory would be playing with a band, which I have never seen before. Coney Island Baby is a small bar on Avenue A off 10th Street. There’s a small stage in the back left corner and small banquettes across from […]
On May 2, I saw Plena is Work, Plena is Song at the Library for the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work. Plena is original to Puerto Rico, unlike other types of Puerto Rican music like danza or salsa. Bomba (early 1800s) is one of the oldest styles […]
Last night, spurred on by peg because we had discussing it and wanted to see it before it left the theaters, peg, rtb, mollyT, and I saw Amazing Grace. The movie is transcendent. Aretha is 29yo and, of course, in great voice. The minute she opens her mouth and lets out the first note you […]
In 1980, Annie Leibovitz took what became a famous photo of Pete Townshend and it was printed in Rolling Stone. I immediately cut the photo out of the magazine, framed it, and hung it in my bedroom. Only three rock stars have ever graced my bedroom walls – another photo from Rolling Stone of Keith […]
My friends, The TarantinosNYC were playing at Freddy’s Bar in Park Slope and I had not seen them in a long time, plus it was a Friday night, so I decided to trek out to Brooklyn. I had been to Freddy’s Bar once before (for Rocky’s 60th birthday party) and I remembered it fondly. It […]
violaleeblue emailed the group about seeing White Noise at the Anspacher Theater in The Public Theater. Daveed Diggs was one of the stars, which was good enough for me but then I saw it was written by Suzan-Lori Parks, one of my favorite playwrights. And it was directed by The Public’s artistic director, Oskar Eustis. […]
One of the highlights of Fall for Dance at New York City Center is when Dorrance Dance appears. The troupe was appearing for three nights in March and rtb and I made sure to get tickets. We had decided on March 29th and by luck we got the longest and probably the best night of […]
My boss’ sister-in-law co-founded the ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York and she now chairs the North America board. The festival expanded nationally and now there are separate festivals in other cities across the US and around the world. “It is the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, […]
One of my bosses sent me a link to a choir concert that she thought I might be interested in. mollyT joined me to see the West Village Chorale joining up with the rock band Sky-Pony for the Chorale’s 2019 Winter Concert, Crossing Over. The show was a mix of original songs and popular songs […]
The New York Classical Theatre was putting on a free production of The Importance of Being Earnest: Two Ways and peg, rtb, Peter, and I decided to go during the beginning of the run so that we could get a seat in the Mezzanine Theatre of A.R.T./New York Theatres. This is the company that does […]
