For the past few years, the only theater I’ve been going to has been Shakespeare. The rest of Broadway just doesn’t appeal to me: plays based on TV shows, on movies, and revivals of earlier plays seem to dominate the main theaters. The off-Broadway scene is filled with stuff that I find unappealing, even offensive [...]
Archive for the ‘LES’ category
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot – Julius Caesar
August 8, 2010A Small Spalding Gray Memorial
June 19, 2008I’ve been to the area about five to seven times; Tompkins Square Park. One of my favorite spots is the Temperance Fountain. That fountain was established a hundred years ago to provide fresh water and (hopefully) wean people away from alcohol. I had never noticed that the pavers around the fountain had dedications. Not all [...]
Sixth Street and Avenue B Community Garden
June 2, 2008I went down to the Lower East Side to watch the Turkish Day Parade. It never happened. No parade. No sign of a parade. I have to figure out how to find a reliable source for parade information. While I was there, looking in vain, I noticed a little garden that I hadn’t seen before. [...]
I missed a celeb photo…I think
June 1, 2008I was wandering through the Lower East Side and spotted a film crew. As I went past, I saw a little girl perhaps nine years old lip syncing and shoulder-swaying to unheard music and surrounded by a film crew. The little girl look slightly familiar. Perhaps not. I walked on as I was on a [...]
The Creative Little Garden in the LES
May 31, 2008It’s so small that it’s easy to walk right by “The Creative Little Garden“. Yet, it is so nearly perfect that it may be my favorite garden in the City. It’s located at 503 6th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. It’s a block away from Tompkins Square Park which makes it a little [...]
