so we're off...

to Brooklyn this afternoon to do some canvassing for Ede Fox, the woman who is running for City Council against the incumbent who is much to cozy with the developers who want to destroy the fabric of Flatbush.
813 Nostrand Avenue, should be interesting, then later today, will see Sweat, finally, the play by Lynn Nottage---should be very interesting.
Last night---at HERE, the piece that my friend Hannah was in, called Reception a performance piece (really more than a play0 conceived by one of the actors in it. Alternately frustrating and inventive, I would say the frustration won out. The piece is about 5 actors, two men and three women who are attending a high end party---much repartee, some of it repeated, then slowly they are overcome by what might be flood, then finally the create a boat and survive (or so it seems). The actors themselves, destroy the first set and turn a party place into a bunker and then, very carefully in great detail, rebuild the rubble into a boat. It is incredibly inventive and detailed, but to what end?  Like a lot of downtown theater work it is somewhat in love with its own vision, which cuts off the audience---and whatever message it wants to give seems muddled, or worse, for me, unimportant. Still, my friend was great and one had to marvel at the inventiveness of the changes. But the whole thing left me cold.
Afterwards, said hello to Hannah, also my Facebook friend Jen was there--with a friend--I thought there might be some chance of joining them afterwards for a drink, but it was not happening (at least that is the message I got) and so I left on my own. Figured it would be good to check out the Yankee game at the Broome Street Bar, which is close, and so I went there, had a beer, and watched the game for about an hour. No contact though--took from it what I could, then walked a bit and took the train back to the West Side at Canal.
A difficult night, very restless---did not sleep well. Still, feel better at this moment, and this afternoon should be interesting.
Will report on all, soon