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 […]
Back in 2015, Eloise mentioned her cousin’s band Chatham County Line, who had opened for the Avett Brothers and would be up in NYC. rtb and I saw them at Rockwood and were very impressed. So, when I saw that they would be playing The Loft at City Winery, I alerted the local music-going group […]
This was the second half of my Rhett Miller/Ben Nichols sandwich for the week. Ben does not tour solo as often as Rhett does and he only has one solo album, so most of what he plays is Lucero, which is fine by me. He also plays songs that the band does not usually play. […]
The week was going to be good because it was going to be a Rhett Miller/Ben Nichols sandwich – Rhett on Monday and Ben on Saturday. Rhett was playing at City Winery and Mrs Devereaux had gotten us (me, rtb, peg, violaleeblue, Peter) our favorite table next to soundboard. Unfortunately, Mrs Devereaux did not feel […]
On January 28th, the Queens Dinner Club had their event at Bajeko Sekuwa, a Nepali restaurant in Sunnyside, Queens. The name means grandpa’s bbq and the owner used to grill skewers at a stand on the road to the Kathmandu airport. He now owns 14 restaurants in Nepal and the one in Queens. Peter was […]
One of the things I was hoping to do during my Phoenix trip was to visit the Musical Instrument Museum, which I was not able to do. But in looking at the site, I saw that they have concerts and I bought tickets for An Intimate Evening with Betty LaVette Featuring Evan Mercer on Keyboards. […]
