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April 26, 2005
Bowery Poetry Club & the Guy in the Blue Hat
I went to the city on Sunday to see a friend perform at the Bowery Poetry Club. Quite a neat place that is - they have daily readings usually in the evening, but on weekends they start as early as 10:00am and run all day.
The stage is in the background with seating for 60-75 people.
The bookstore sells a collection of indie chapbooks and CDs.
The show I went to see started at 6pm and about 30 people turned out. It was spoken word with jazz - organ, bass, flute, sax & vocals - with kind of a San Francisco beat poetry vibe, but fresh. The audience seemed to like it. If you’re looking to catch something different in the city, I recommend going here.
Earlier in the day I wandered through the Lower East Side and SoHo, taking pictures. Markets occupied the middle of Orchard Street, selling new and used clothes, luggage, sunglasses, etc.
Lots was happening in SoHo, too, with artists set up along sidewalks selling their work. There was a very funky (and possibly quite high) couple crocheting hats on a bench.
These pieces were painted on pages from the previous day’s New York Times.
Can’t say whether or not that’s her truck.
This quartet sounded incredible.
I played paparazzi taking some discreet shots of this Guy in the Blue Hat. The first person (other than Matt) who can name who this is gets three points:
Posted by Tiffany on April 26, 2005 09:35 AM
Comments
Hello from a fellow canajen: I am in Toronto, planning a week-long "summer in Cornell" course/vacation, and found your blog as I was doing some internet research. I've thouroughly enjoyed your 'year', with all the photos, and found many handy tips to use when I visit (from Wegman's, to Lost Dog Cafe, to avoiding the 12 whatever's cafe, to your Life in Ithaca page, to the Johnsons museum- I can't wait!) I've been through before, I stay there on my way to NY city, but it's nice to have a little inside scoop. All the best, Jam in Toronto
Posted by: Jam at May 7, 2005 06:28 PM
Thanks Jam, we heart our fellow Canadians!
I'm curious what kind of course you're doing!
Posted by: Tiffany at May 11, 2005 12:04 PM