Franny Choi featuring at Urbana Poetry Slam in East Village, New York
Always fun seeing one of my favorite poets perform.
Also fun: picking up her new book, Floating, Brilliant, Gone.
Previously: Spoken Word 2013
Posts tagged with #new york
Anya Marina at Union Hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn
Previously: Exactly one year ago, Anya Marina at Union Hall
Kings County Distillery in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York
If you find yourself enjoying Kings County Distillery bourbon from barrel #93, chances are I had a hand in bottling, numbering & labeling it. Happy drinking!
View of Manhattan from Brooklyn Bridge Park
Finally took a day off from work to enjoy the nice weather in Dumbo and Brooklyn Heights.
Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye at The Public Theater in New York
Performing a duet poem at Sarah Kay’s No Matter the Wreckage book release.
Trinket, the blanket hog
The New York Philharmonic, Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson in Sweeney Todd
Stephen Sondheim joins the cast & orchestra on stage
I was a teen when I watched the 1982 production of Sweeney Todd starring George Hearn and Angela Lansbury on a scratchy VHS. It instantly became one of my favorite musicals.
Years later, I got the concert DVD starring George Hearn and Patti LuPone. Great performances captured with better sound & video quality than before.
The story is packed with visuals. A film version was inevitable. When the movie dropped — directed by Tim Burton, no less — I was beyond excited. I watched it in theater multiple times.
Finally, more than a decade after watching that VHS tape in Drama class, I saw Sweeney Todd live! Opening night. Played by the New York Philharmonic, starring Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson. An amazing amount of talent took the stage.
It’s fun seeing how different each version is while staying true to the original story and lyrics. They all shine in their own way. I’m looking forward to the next one.
St Johns Place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Waiting on a cab to the airport so we can escape the New York winter for a few weeks.
Eclectic mix of
paintings, artifacts, sculptures
and everything else.
—Found haiku in Yelp review of Brooklyn Museum (source)
Photos taken in New York City, mostly at Urbana & louderARTS
Lemon Andersen at El Museuo del Barrio
Sarah Kay
Olivia Gatwood
Thuli Zuma
Catalina Ferro
Karen Grace
Alex Ustach
Aaron Samuels
Franny Choi
Corrina Bain
Ingamar Ramirez
Working remotely is difficult due to distractions. Like when a water pipe in your downstairs ceiling bursts and rains on your belongings while you’re in the middle of coding. Downstairs flooded. Water shut off. -1,000,000 points, New York.
Lemon Andersen at his Straightrazor book launch in Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Previously: Somewhere in the world, Brooklyn’s in the house
At Nostrand Ave. subway station in Brooklyn, NY
I could not think of
a better scenic background
on my wedding day!
—Found haiku in Yelp review of Brooklyn Bridge (source)
