Tricia Tarantino of The TarantinosNYC had comp tickets for The Quentin Tarantino Songbook, Vol. 1: Music from Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Jackie Brown at BB Kings and asked me to join her. While waiting for Tricia at the box office I could see that a lot of the audience were on the list. During […]

When doderama said that Gangstagrass would be playing in NYC and that I had to see them, I immediately bought a ticket for the show at Rockwood Music Hall’s Stage 2. rtb joined me and it was a late show on a Thursday night so I didn’t think there would be a big crowd. So […]

Back to church to worship art. The Secret City’s last show of the season in NYC dealt with risk (there will be shows in LA and Woodstock). This time rtb joined me. Mrs. Devereaux and her friend were also there but they got there late and left right after the show. Somehow I’d gotten it […]

rtb suggested we check out Vandaveer because a woman she follows on Instagram is a big fan and rtb’s and her musical tastes overlap. I’d never been to Union Hall and I’d always wanted to check out this Brooklyn club. Plus the price was only $10, so even if I didn’t like the band, it […]

Earlier this year I realized I still had money left on the gift card to City Winery, that had graciously been given to me back in 2014 when I was going through a rough year, and I decided it was time to use it up. So I checked out the calendar and saw that Graham […]

Bright Star is the new Broadway musical with music, book, and story by Steve Martin; music, lyrics, and story by Edie Brickell*; and directed by Walter Bobbie. rtb was able to get balcony seats for a reasonable price so violaleeblue, mollyT, Mrs. Devereaux, Mrs. D’s friend, and I joined her for the night after opening […]

The Suffers! are from Houston! Lead singer Kam Franklin kept asking us “Who are we?” and “Where are we from?” and we kept shouting out the answers. The evening at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 started with a count-off from the band while they faced each other and then a cheer while they waved their […]

The Secret City is what used to be called a happening in the 1960s. It’s art and music and song and poetry and readings and movies and audience participation. It’s church – the performances are held at 11:30am on Sunday mornings once a month (their tagline is “We worship art”). It’s fun and funny. It’s […]

Works & Process at the Guggenheim is a performing arts series that explores artistic creation through conversation and performance. Performances take place in the Guggenheim Museum’s Peter B. Lewis Theater, which was also designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The theater has a strange layout. The orchestra sits in a shallow bowl that you walk down […]

The Lucero family is a group of people who look out for one another. On a Thursday in February I got a notice that one of my Lucero friends was paging me to a particular Facebook post. I go to the post and one of the Lucero Diehards had two tickets for that night’s Jason […]