The annual Brooklyn Book Festival takes place tomorrow at Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza. The free day-long literary event encompasses themed readings and panel discussions with a diverse group of literary giants and emerging authors alike. Among the many choice offerings, I will definitely check out the brilliant Paul Beatty who reads from his novel, [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Second Sunday in September
September 14, 2008
Heath Brothers’ Quartet at Birdland
September 11, 2008
I enjoyed a live performance of one of my favorite jazz standards last night, Mal Waldron’s Soul Eyes from the tenor saxophone of the legendary Jimmy Heath. His tone was perfect, masterful. He turns 82 next month, but my how he can still blow. Backed by his former Queens College student, Jeb Patton on piano, [...]
Remembering Artist and Friend, Michael Rolando Richards
September 11, 2008
In early 2000, I spent some time in Miami’s South Beach, where coincidentally, my friend Michael Richards was living during an artist’s residency, a fellowship that would culminate in an exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Though I’d known Michael and his work for a few years, it was during this time that I [...]
“Remix” at The National Museum of the American Indian until 9/21
September 9, 2008
There are still a few days left to see, Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World, at the National Museum of the American Indian. The museum, part of the Smithson endowment, is housed at the former US Customs House at Bowling Green in Manhattan.
The exhibition, which traveled from the Heard Museum in Phoenix, features the [...]
