Kristina Wong’s one-woman show Food Bank Influencer unfolds as a deliberately chaotic, funny, and ultimately incisive narrative about hunger, dignity, and the limits of charity in America. The show recently completed a four-day run at the New York Theater Workshop in Greenwich Village. Built from autobiographical storytelling, parody songs, and direct audience engagement, the piece reframes a deeply ..Read More
January 11, 2025
A lynchpin and crowd favorite of the Bitter End, the oldest rock ‘n roll club in NYC, is undoubtedly Salcedo Latin Soul. Founder and leader of the band Steven Salcedo is not only a formidable tenor saxophonist, he is a great entertainer. On November 22, this eight-piece band of incredible musicians absolutely were the alpha
December 14, 2024
Yamandu Costa did it again. He is an enigma. Simply extraordinary. The Brazilian virtuoso World Class seven-string guitarist’s November 17th incendiary one-man tour de force sold out at Joe’s Pub in the East Village. This incredible performance almost defies logic. Here is a man with nothing but one single classical guitar spellbinding audiences with his
December 14, 2024
“The Islanders” are a talented and diverse troupe of young Taiwanese American actors, dancers, musicians, photographers, cinematographers, and performing artists who perform at local events in the Village and around the city. This was a collaboration borne out of mutual friendship. The troupe’s latest incarnation “Islanders 4” celebrated and performed the event Compound Playground at Pretty Garden located
December 14, 2024
Julian Lage is a true genius of the guitar, and nothing could be more evident of this truth than his recent Oct. 13 performance with his eponymous trio at the legendary Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village. I attended the 8 p.m. show on the last night of Julian’s six consecutive night stint at the Vanguard,
October 13, 2024
Lead Belly: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n Roll is an authorized documentary film from 2021 by Curt Hahn that presents the extraordinary true story of Huddie William “Lead Belly” Ledbetter, the Godfather of Rock ’n Roll and convicted murderer, who sang his way out of prison not once, but twice! This same documentary film under
October 13, 2024
Rats! Swinigin’ with Gillespie! Double book?! Was this a plot? This appeared to be a sinister foil near the eleventh hour to my nearly perfectly orchestrated plan. Nah! We can let our imaginations run wild with conspiracy theories when something doesn’t go our way. However, there is often a silver lining hidden deep in that
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