Beacons of Light: New York Illuminated

Hundreds of New Yorkers celebrating New York

HONORING THOSE WHO BREATHE LIFE INTO THIS TOWN

Attended the 116th Annual Meeting of The Municipal Art Society of New York last night. 

There was a great deal of hope in the air and speeches were filled with exciting ideas and sustainable plans for the future of New York and it's citizens.  

Blue Stage Lights

PARKER AND CHOPIN

Sat among writers and candles tonight at a poetry reading in the village.

Blue stage lights dotted the tiny ceiling above every reader and healthy applause was reserved for all.

I read a short poem about Coltrane and Bach and their ability to alleviate the stress of crowded, airless New York City subway elevators in an instant.

Stepped outside into the last light of day and onto the train home where I imagined our subway rides scored to Parker and Chopin.

The Odd Couple On 57th Street

ANOTHER JEWEL

Walked past Carnegie Hall along 57th Street this evening.  Under a dripping scaffolding, in the near dark, was a tiny book sale. Paid two dollars for one of my favorite plays, The Odd Couple. Read it cover to cover, made the sound cue list and dreaming of staging it...