Great music and a silent movie classic. Just another evening of free entertainment at the bandshell in Prospect Park with Celebrate Brooklyn! Ghost Train Orchestra opened the evening with their reconstructed 1920s and 1930s jazz. Led by Brian Carpenter, who started the set playing a harmonica through a bullhorn, it’s a crazy ride. A couple […]
rtb and I headed back to the Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival held behind City Winery with the loading dock acting as the stage. It was raining on and off all day but luckily it held off during the performance. NYC singer/songwriter Brian Dunne opened the show. Dunne played acoustic guitar and was accompanied […]
Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Prospect Park Bandshell is one of many free summer concert venues in NYC. They always have a great line-up – rain or shine. Last night rtb and I got the rain but it was worth it. While on line to get in they were asking us to open our bags and […]
Another reason to love NYC in the summer – free modern dance performances on Friday evenings. rtb invited me join her to see Bryant Park Presents Modern Dance. As I was getting off the subway I could hear music playing and when I found the stage I could see the dancers rehearsing. I found rtb […]
Yesterday I trekked from Queens to the boogie-down Bronx to see the Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden. It’s running until November 1st. First I stopped to see the few painting and sketches they have on exhibit. It’s a small room in a big building and the line was […]
As some of you may recall I’ve been following Lisa Bianco’s career for quite a while, so I was very excited to see her new band Hunter Valentine at the Knitting Factory. Before the show I stopped off at the new Federal Bar & Restaurant right next door to the Knitting Factory. It’s a nice […]
The New York Philharmonic’s Concerts in the Parks are a NYC institution and always draws a huge crowd. This year I met my friend Jack and rtb in Central Park for the first of this summer’s concerts. Concerts in the Parks is also celebrating its 50th anniversary. The weather reports for the week had said […]
The Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival is in full swing. It’s free every summer Tuesday and takes place in the lot behind City Winery. I missed the first show last week but I was determined to see Bhi Bhiman as a headliner and with a full band. The rain started falling at 5:15pm just […]
Ben Nichols’ (Lucero) Bikeriders solo tour never brings him as far north as NYC, so I was thrilled that we were going to get Ben along with Rick Steff (Lucero) for a show. The performance was in a new venue (just had their grand opening Friday of last week), The Shop, which advertises itself as […]
My introduction to John Moreland came through Ben Nichols’ (Lucero) cover of “God’s Medicine.” This was a songwriter I had to get to know better. So when I found out that Moreland would be playing at Rockwood’s Stage 3, I immediately bought a ticket and convinced mollyT, rtb, and violaleeblue to join me. From Tulsa, […]
