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
March 6, 2024
There are two shows in one Village jazz club called Zinc Bar every Thursday night, and they are always magical. The one I recently attended was on February 8th. Every Thursday night for over a decade, the “Voice of Cuba” Xiomarra Laugart Sanchez has been performing for NYC Cuban jazz lovers at Zinc Bar on
February 20, 2024
On December 29, near the end of his stunning late-night set at the world-renowned Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village, Grammy Award winning trumpeter and band leader Chris Botti told a funny story about the time he performed with Sting in Tokyo 20 years ago. With 20,000+ eyes fixated on him, he was making his
February 20, 2024
On an early evening in late December, I noticed that the famous club Cafe Wha? on MacDougal Street in the Village was beginning their entertainment unusually early — 6:30 pm. So, I thought I’d swing by to see what talent they had scheduled for the early slot. I wasn’t familiar with R&B artist Peter Collins,
February 20, 2024
As I was leaving the Bitter End on Dec. 5, I ran into a familiar cat who I had been standing in line with outside the door two hours earlier. All he said to me was, “This was the best deal all year!” My verdict? I couldn’t agree more. By far, this was the BEST DEAL of
February 19, 2024
Let me start with a simple message for jazz and supremely enthusiastic rhythmic World Music lovers: go to the Cuban Jam at Zinc Bar on W 3rd St in Greenwich Village on Thursday nights! It’s something one must experience at least once if they are ever in NYC. And if you are like me and
December 20, 2023
At 11:00 pm on a Friday night, smack in the middle of Salcedo’s Latin Soul’s vicious set, tenor saxophonist and band leader Steve Salcedo told the crowd he had a special announcement. He was now calling “John Lennon” to the stage. Suddenly, a slender young man wearing a black mod-style jacket, with bleached blonde hair
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