was a success! Went to my friend's play at HERE. His writing was extremely well served by the production and the cast?....well what can you say...totally comitted. Here we were in a small theater---outside the Pride marchers are happily making their noise--and yet inside this space was a totally different creation that really came alive. What a time to see actors, working for what must be very little money in a small theater with small crowds, working a on highly creative level! I thought that maybe after the pandemic that a kind of apathy in the theater world might happen, but to my surprise, the comittment is stronger then ever. That is what I learned from my visit to HERE last Sunday to see Don't Look Back, by Adam Kraar.
Monday night at the Assembly party---got off late--considered turning back, but made it to a really nice space on Myrtle Avenue where Fort Greene meets Clinton Hill. A small group, but very welcoming---had some really good conversations and a great trip back to the city with Susan, a member of the Assembly's Board. Interesting, while the two of us waited for the Myrtle Avenue bus to take us back to downtown Brooklyn, watched the contrasts in this neighborhood--it used to be all black and working class, but in the last 16 years, has gentrified a lot. Still,many black people on the street, while the newer people were calmly walking their dogs or getting take out food. An uneasy alliance? Don't know, since I have never lived in a neighborhood with those contrasts.
Now the four day weekend of July 4th begins. Totally unstructured for me at this time. The computer allows me to stay inside and keep occupied--follow all the baseball games carefully---, but once I am out, I feel something completely diffrerent and freeing. Lots of choices, but must be carefull financially and also have to consider how the medication that I have to take will effect my energy. Somehow, whenever I need to "be"somewhere, I don't allow anything physical to stop me, but on unplanned days can let myself be governed my energy level. Nothing yet that I ache to read at this time---should get to library (or libraries) today, since they will be closed tomorrow. Maybe it's time to explore some Elizabethan plays--contemporaries of Shakespeare---I have been putting that off for a while. Well, we will see.
Post is finished for now---maybe will post again during this four day break and let you know the outcome.
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