It’s fall! And that means Fall for Dance, the New Yorker Festival, and Open House New York. All the same October weekend. It does not look like I will make it to any OHNY locations this year but I will be seeing all five FFD programs and will be attending several NYFest events. The first […]
Cory Branan tweeted about a show in New Haven, so I knew he either just played NYC or was about to. Turned out he was going to play Opry City Stage, a Times Square theme restaurant. As a New Yorker, I avoid Times Square themed restaurants. Only Cory could make me go inside. The first […]
Thanks to a heads-up by meli, I was able to attend an all-day symposium at the National Museum of the American Indian in NYC that is related to their current exhibit, Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean, which is running until October 2019 and I hope to visit the actual exhibit soon. The […]
Another film in the New York Latino Film Festival, The Wall, started as a in internet project – The Wall – an in-depth examination of Donald Trump’s border wall by USA Today Network. It was the brainchild of the former editor-in-chief at the Arizona Republic, who is now the editor-in-chief of USA Today, Nicole Carroll. […]
A music documentary directed and written by Abner Benaim looks at the Ruben Blades legacy and his difficulty accepting it in Ruben Blades is Not My Name (Yo no me llamo Rubén Blades) You’ll notice that Paul Simon and Sting (along with Residente and Gilberto Santa Rosa) have their names up top. There are many […]
This was my fourth day in Guadalajara. meli and I walked over to the Museo de las Artes de Universidad de Guadalajara, which is in one of the older university buildings. The first room is an auditorium with murals by José Clemente Orozco – El hombre creador y rebelde y El pueblo y sus falsos […]
The third event of my second day in Mexico with my friend meli, a cultural anthropologist doing her research in Mexico and based in Guadalajara. We visited Museum Cabañas in Hospicio Cabañas. The museum is best known for the murals by José Clemente Orozco. To read about the rest of my trip, go here. The […]
I spent a week in Mexico, staying with my friend meli, who is a cultural anthropologist currently doing her research in Mexico and based in Guadalajara. If you want to read about my entire trip to Guadalajara and Puerto Vallerta, go here. On my second day we went to the Teatro Degollado to see the […]
The first time I saw Frank Turner, he was a co-opener (Lucero was the other opener) for Social Distortion at Roseland. I really enjoyed Turner’s set – his energy and charisma are catching. It’s funny – I remember his set as solo acoustic but when I went back to read my review I wrote that […]
I wanted to treat my friend Rocky to an evening with Jackie Venson and her band on his birthday. Rocky had to cancel at the last minute, so I saw the show alone. But I was glad I saw her again so soon. The first time I saw her, she was playing with her band […]
