On Saturday night of my stay in Des Moines, Sue, Todd, Lori, and I saw the Des Moines Gay Men’s Chorus at Drake University’s Sheslow Auditorium. I was expecting a night of some frivolity and maybe camp but instead they tackled a serious subject. It was a wonderful night anyway. Before the show Sue, Todd, […]
Some months ago my penpal (yes, penpal – we’ve been writing to each other since the third grade and until recently had only met face-to-face twice with the first time when we were 17), who is from Iowa and currently living in Des Moines told me that Lucero (my boys!) would be performing there. I […]
After a run at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the La Jolla Playhouse, and then the Public Theater, Latin History for Morons starring John Leguizamo finally came to Broadway last fall and I thought I wasn’t going to get to see it because of finances but then that changed for me and I got a ticket […]
When they announced Ben Nichols‘ solo appearance at a NJ venue, I immediately bought a ticket and figured I’d find out how to get there afterwards. Ben rarely plays solo gigs around NYC – at least since I’ve been following Lucero in 2009 – the only time I’ve seen him solo was in 2015 – […]
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is one of the most beautiful houses of worship. I’ve visited to see the art exhibits in the main chapel and in rooms around the chapel but also to see the beauty of the cathedral itself. They hold events there all the time – two of the most […]
I have been very derelict in my duties writing up shows and I hope to start catching up on the old (some very old) in addition to writing up the new. This Monday, rtb and I went to an interview with Stephen Burdman of New York Classical Theatre for The Shakespeare Guild’s Speaking of Shakespeare […]
rtb, peg, and I made arrangements to go to the Met today and see the Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer exhibit. I expected it to be crowded but the lobby was so crowded I was thinking of bailing. Both rtb and peg have memberships so they could easily get a ticket for the day but […]
A couple of weeks ago, meli emailed me about an exhibit about the Taíno at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in NYC. I checked the site for current and upcoming exhibits and couldn’t find it. Then last week she sent me an NMAI tweet about the same exhibit and I checked again […]
Right on the southeastern corner of the park are changing exhibits. Currently Ai Wei Wei has exhibits all over NYC called Good Fences Make Good Neighbors. This is the first one I've come across but then I haven't been walking around the city. It's called “Gilded Cage” and like the exhibit I saw this past […]
Today I was running a work errand that took me to the Arsenal in Central Park. They have free art exhibits on the third floor (also the employees' break/lunch room) and right now it's their annual Wreath Interpretations. The lobby of the Arsenal is a piece of art itself. There were traditional wreaths, fun wreaths, […]
