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AUTUMNAL SPLENDOR in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Ed and I took some pretty pictures last Sunday in the the Brooklyn Botanic Garden…
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Autumn, botanic garden, brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Cherry Esplanade, colors, Fall, Japanese Garden, leaves, nature, New York City, November, photography
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HEXEN in HOF
A New “Witches” Production Premieres Tonight in Bavaria The new production of “Hexen” (“Witches“), the two women musical I created with Peter Lund, that is premiering tonight in Theater Hof, in northern Bavaria, Germany, has at least two strong claims … Continue reading
Posted in Live! On Stage, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Bavaria, Carolin Waltsgott, Covid 19, English, Finale, foyer, German, Germany, Hexen, Hof, Julia Leinweber, musical, New York City, nine lives, pandemic, Peter Lund, reincarnation, theater, theatre, translation, two women, Witches
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48 FINAL DAYS OF OUTDOOR MEMORY ESCAPES
All Things Come to an End, if not this Pandemic (yet) I’ve continued posting the awkwardly named Daily Outdoor Memory Escapes far longer than I thought I would. Arguably the pandemic is worse in the whole of the USA than … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 9/11 memorial, Antelope Canyon, brooklyn, cactus garden, Cherry blossoms, Death Valley, dragon, Escape, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Iguacu, Lake Powell, Las Vegas, Little Colorado River Gorge, Memory, National Park, New York City, Outdoor, Paris, Pride, Sedona, Spreewald, Statue of Liberty, Vermont, Versailles, winter, Zion
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BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN REOPENED
After 5 months locked out, a return to the gardens Last March, on the weekend where Broadway was already shut down and schools were cancelling performances and assemblies, but the rest of the city was still open for a few … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged botanic garden, brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Covid 19, devotional, Edward Elder, Fragrance Garden, Garden, hill, Japanese, koi, Lockdown, Mask, Native Flora, nature, New York City, photography, pond, Rainbow, shade plants, Shakespeare, Snowflake, Sweet Pepper Bush, turtle, walled garden, Woodland Garden
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TELL-TALE over TIMES SQUARE
The Tell-Tale Poster Shines on a Big Billboard over Broadway Last night Ed and I travelled to Times Square to watch the poster for my gothic musical short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” be broadcast over Times Square. … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged billboard, Black Lives Matter, Broadway, Competition, coronavirus, Covid 19, Ed Elder, Facebook, Film Festival, Godzilla, horror, long hair, Marriot Marquis, Mask, musicabre, New York City, pandemic, poster, Rainbow, Shockfest, Silvercast Media, The Tell-Tale Heart, Times Square
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The 3/25 NYC TELL-TALE SCREENING will be LIVE-STREAMING
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” was scheduled to receive its New York City screening premiere next Wednesday, March 25, at the Anthology Theater , sponsored by New Filmmakers NY. Well, we lately hit a little snag in the form … Continue reading
No First Grade Operas – for now
Thanks for nothing, COVID19 On Friday I received the following email from one of the first grade teachers at the Brooklyn Children’s School: Dear Danny, The first grade operas have to be postponed. The DOE and our … Continue reading
Posted in Notes in the News, The Teaching Artist
Tagged Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Children's School, Chameleon, closure, COVID19, dragon, Earth, first grade, Moon, New York City, Opera, original, school, tiger
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Some Choice Quotes from “LESS”
I just finished Andrew Sean Greer’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Less”. It’s a really good read, with lots of writing you just want to quote for the pleasure of it. So I will. Here are some choice bits from … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Lyricism
Tagged Andrew Sean Greer, audition monolog, Berlin, Broadway, Camel, Less, Love, musical, New York City, Pulitzer, quotes, Turning 50
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50TH PRIDE NYC
11 Hours of Pride NYC – Watching and Marching – a Photo Diary 11:30am – Ed and I perched ourselves at 17th Street and 5th avenue to await the start of the 50th NYC Pride march … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged 50th, anniversary, Bears, Big Apple Corps, Bill de Blasio, bisexual, cartwheels, Chirlane McCray, drag queens, Dykes with Bikes, Empire State Building, Flatiron, Gay Liberation Front, Gay Rights, LGBTQ, March, New York City, Pence, photography, Pose, Pride, puppets, Quaker, Rainbow, Sage, Stilt walkers, Stonewall, Trevor Project, Trump, World Trade Center
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SUN GLARE, 46th Street, Early February
Specifically February 4, 8am, on 46th street between 7th and 6th avenues. Do you too see animal faces in the steam? A boar, a schnauzer, a fox? … or maybe Fuchur AKA Falkor the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged 46th street, animals, dolphins, Falkor, Fuchur, glare, Neverending Story, New York City, photography, photos, steam, sun, Times Square
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What Makes Us ANXIOUS – What Gives Us HOPE
I want to have a happier marriage Love wins My Trump voting relatives I am tougher than dirt Currently at the Rubin Museum in New York City, there is an exhibit curated by the public’s hopes and fears. One … Continue reading
Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Amazon, anxiety, Black Lives Matter, blue wave, death, deportation, election, fear, God, Hope, Kavanaugh, Love, museum, music, negativity, New York City, peace, Robert Mueller, Rubin, Science, Shout, Tears for Fears, The Song of Job 9:11, Time, Trump
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MARCHING FOR OUR LIVES IN NYC
March 24 – March For Our Lives – Millions are on the streets in the USA. Here are some impressions from New York City. With appropriate and inappropriate songs that went through my head as Ed and I participated. … Continue reading
Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged A Part Hate, AR-15, Central Park West, Cyndi Lauper, Deathly Hallows, Ed Elder, Foster the People, gun control, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Harry Potter, Imagine, John Lennon, March 24, March for our Lives, New York City, Nick Cave, NRA, O Children, Paul McCartney, Protest, Pumped Up Kicks, school shootings, The Beatles
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AIDS Memorial, Greenwich Village, NYC
Breaths – The Flirtations Jesus to a Child – George Michael Smalltown Boy – Bronski Beat Boy Blue – Cyndi Lauper
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Aids, Being Boring, Boy Bue, Breaths, Bronksi Beat, Bruce Springsteen, Chains of Love, Cyndi Lauper, Elton John, Erasure, George Michael, GMHC, Greenwich Village, Jenny Holzer, Jesus to a Child, John Grant, Joseph Sonnabend, LGBT, LGBTQ, memorial, Neil Young, New York City, Pet Shop Boys, Philadelphia, Return to Oz, Scissor Sisters, Smalltown Boy, Song of Myself, Streets of Philadelphia, TC and Honeybear, The Flirtations, The Last Song, Walt Whitman
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An Indecent Play of Light & Geometry on 56th and 8th
New York New York – Ol’ Blue Eyes I moved to New York City in 1986 yet sometimes I still enjoy it like a tourist. You know the old joke about telling the tourists from the New Yorkers by who … Continue reading
