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I'll post a f'locked entry, about all the emotional baggage that goes with going-home-without-really-going-home, later. This is just the review of the Art Garden evening itself -- Now, with added commercial plugging of another long-time Art Gardener (three of the twelve songs on her new CD were originally written for the Art Garden)!
Umbrella Review: This was the lowest turnout of any Art Garden, in its 20+ year history, because the theater was booked for the weekend when we usually have it (last weekend in April). And the Editor/MC was forced to have it on a day that conflicted with all the highshcool graduation ceremonies in the area (and there was also a free poetry reading in town [Art Garden tickets are $10], at almost the exact same time). So, for the first time, Irene owed the theater money, instead of the other way around. Still, she insisted that the writers keep their pay, because she lives by the principle that if you value something, you pay for it -- especially the Arts.
OTOH, many of the people there said this was the most powerful Art Garden ever, in part because of its intimacy. Still, we decided that next spring, we should do a topic that would really draw an audience: Naked!
( More Detailed Review: )
There! Most of these people are "the regulars." So now that I've written this up, I won't keep drawing a blank on their names, the next time I see them...
Oh, and along with being a caberet singer, Cat Guthrie is also a sometime actress in indie horror films (playing the blonde screamer, I think). At the after party, she said she's now working on two films, both filmed around Cold Spring (where I used to live) -- one going direct to DVD and one to open in theaters. I forget which one this is, but one of them is titled (as of this moment) "Zombie Kung-Fu." I thought that might appeal to at least some on my friends list... ;-)
Umbrella Review: This was the lowest turnout of any Art Garden, in its 20+ year history, because the theater was booked for the weekend when we usually have it (last weekend in April). And the Editor/MC was forced to have it on a day that conflicted with all the highshcool graduation ceremonies in the area (and there was also a free poetry reading in town [Art Garden tickets are $10], at almost the exact same time). So, for the first time, Irene owed the theater money, instead of the other way around. Still, she insisted that the writers keep their pay, because she lives by the principle that if you value something, you pay for it -- especially the Arts.
OTOH, many of the people there said this was the most powerful Art Garden ever, in part because of its intimacy. Still, we decided that next spring, we should do a topic that would really draw an audience: Naked!
( More Detailed Review: )
There! Most of these people are "the regulars." So now that I've written this up, I won't keep drawing a blank on their names, the next time I see them...
Oh, and along with being a caberet singer, Cat Guthrie is also a sometime actress in indie horror films (playing the blonde screamer, I think). At the after party, she said she's now working on two films, both filmed around Cold Spring (where I used to live) -- one going direct to DVD and one to open in theaters. I forget which one this is, but one of them is titled (as of this moment) "Zombie Kung-Fu." I thought that might appeal to at least some on my friends list... ;-)
