"Sideshow Goshko" Thurs, May 23rd @ KGB ~ "Trampled Under Foot"

This coming Thursday, May 23rd @ 7pm @ KGB's on East 4th Street I'm telling at Leslie Goshko Sideshow Goshko Storytelling Series w/ CREWS, PRYOR, NOVICK, & SOLOMON! My story is about abuse and love and how difficult it is to understand the difference. 

How is it we still love people after they trample us?

Stoops to Nuts Says Goodbye to Steve Northeast

Steve Northeast

Thank you, Tricia Alexandro, Leslie Goshko, Michael Gural-Maiello and Steve Northeast for a wonderful show last night at "City Stories: Stoops to Nuts." A fun time but a sad one, too. We said goodbye to Steve Northeast our host and friend down the stairs in the cabaret. The audience was full of folks who have known Steve during his 11 years at Cornelia and everyone showed their love and affection. Easy to do when your feelings are true. The place will not be the same without Steve. Thank you, Robin Hirsch, Angelo Verga & Joshua Rebell for letting us play in your house. Thank you, Paul for keeping the customers satisfied. Thank you, to a fine crowd who came inside to support us on a lovely night.

I started my day in Bay Ridge, arrived at Cornelia early and walked around the area near the Cafe. The fading light on Leroy Street, put me in a trance.

Here is a link to photos from last night's show and more photos of the neighborhood.

Tricia Alexandro

Mike Maiello

Thomas Pryor

Leslie Goshko

Steve Northeast

Storytelling: "Stoops to Nuts" Tonight @ Cornelia Street

Tonight, come celebrate spring's overdue arrival at "City Stories: Stoops to Nuts,"@ Cornelia Street Cafe.  

Our artists: Tricia Alexandro, Leslie Goshko, Michael Maiello and Steve Northeast. I'll host and tell a tale. This is Steve's final appearance at "Stoops to Nuts," we plan a fine farewell. $8 admission and a free drink. This week's Time Out Magazine thinks "Stoops to Nuts" is a cool thing to do.

Tonight, May 14th @ 6pm @ 29 Cornelia Street (between West 4th St. and Bleecker St.)

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In the 1939 Works Project Administration Guide to New York City the Yorkville neighborhood boundaries were described as 59th to 96th Street and Lexington Avenue to the East River. Most people I grew up with do not agree with that footprint. Especially the southern boundary. But on our many excursions years ago down to 59th Street to make sure the bridge was still there or to ease Mom's Bloomingdale's window shopping itch, I at least felt like I was in the same country.

Today, if you're in the vicinity of the bridge, and you look around, there are still iconic reminders of what the area looked like back when and surprise beauty in unexpected places.

Shown here: photos of the Second Avenue El turning east at 59th Street towards Queens. You can see the storage sign that's still there today and the kiosk for the trolley that crossed the river. At the 61st Street exit ramp the wall of ivy stretching up to a water tower is a perfect distraction from the speeding cars tearing turns or idling impatiently. Any time you are near a bridge or tunnel entrance or exit look around carefully because there are always signs of what came before.

Celebrate Spring Sprung at Stoops to Nuts on Cornelia Street

Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 14, @ 6pm, "City Stories: Stoops to Nuts," at the Cornelia Street Cafe. 

Come celebrate spring sprung with our artists: Tricia Alexandro, Leslie Goshko, Michael Maiello and Steve Northeast. I'll host and tell a tale. 

This is Steve's final appearance at "Stoops to Nuts," we plan a fine farewell. $8 admission and a free drink. 

This week's Time Out Magazine thinks "Stoops to Nuts" is one cool thing to do.

Stoops to Nuts Show this Tuesday & Post Dental Surgery Tips

After dental surgery I was instructed to rinse with Listerine. The work was on the upper right corner of my mouth. I thought it easiest to concentrate the Listerine in the injured area by bending my head over towards the floor. When I did, the jigger of Listerine said "hi!" to my injury then ran up my nostrils where its 44 proof alcohol blew out every window in my sinuses. Another reason I’m not President.

http://corneliastreetcafe.com/Performances.asp?sdate=5%2F14%2F2013&from_cal=0

Making Movies on 84th Street ~ Book Launch Tonight

Near dinnertime, rushing the stroller up 84th St. towards York, the mother tries to remember if the can of wax beans is still behind the box of Ronzoni elbows or did they eat it last week? She’s not in the mood for a Parker’s Grocery stop to listen to Murray’s stupid jokes. It's ten to six. The kid in the buggy looks up at the side of the buildings and sees a movie playing in the windows. He's three and he loves this block.

Tonight, Fri, May 3 @ 6pm @ Cornelia Street Cafe, Three Rooms Press's HAVE A NYC 2: NEW YORK STORIES BOOK LAUNCH. Please come down, help us celebrate the book's release and hear NYC 2's contributing writers read their New York City tales. I’ll tell mine, “Over Her Dead Body.” $8 admission includes a free drink.

http://corneliastreetcafe.com/Performances.asp?sdate=5%2F3%2F2013&from_cal=0

84th Street and Carl Schurz Park photographs below