Glow sticks are part of the fun at Bonfire Night (see previous post).
Light Swordsman
Category: event
Bonfire Night
Part of our introduction to English customs included attending the Farnham Bonfire festivities
“Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain, involving bonfires and fireworks displays…” (see more at Wikipedia).
Click any image to see them all full size (from the browser). Note the effigy of the Guy in blue, who took a long time to finally catch fire.
Farnham Freshers’ Fair
A freshman fair at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham. Many departments set up booths where you could try your hand at different artistic or artisanal pursuits, a few snapshots of which, above. Click any image to see them all enlarged (on the web site – click through if you’re seeing this in an email).
American Utopia
Back to the theater. For my birthday, we went to a crowded (masked and vaccinated) Broadway theater to see David Byrne’s American Utopia. I couldn’t resist grabbing one surreptitious shot from the balcony.
New Year’s Eve in Central Park
In addition to the fireworks, NY hosts a costumed 4-mile midnight run on New Year’s Eve.
New Year’s Eve in Central Park
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
We didn’t really set out to see the parade, just taking a walk in the park on Thanksgiving morning, but we couldn’t help seeing some of the floats through the trees as we went. Click any image to see them all bigger (mobile device results may vary).
A Game of Chess
Washington Protest
from the vaults: Anti-Vietnam War protest in Washington, April-1971 
1 more from the vault: Anti-Viet Nam War Protest in Washington, DC – April, 1971 
another 1 from the vault: Anti-Viet Nam War Demo, Washington DC April, 1971
Some more from the vaults. These are some film shots taken at the big anti-Viet Nam War demonstration in Washington DC in April, 1971.
Unholy Trinity
Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
These guys played a great set, combining sweet lyrical pieces with wide ranging dynamics as well as driving, beboppy pieces from Chris Potter on sax, spectacular drumming from Nahseet Waits (who regular viewers may remember was in the trio I posted from a few weeks back) and confident rhythm support from Joe Martin on bass.
Click any image to see them all enlarged.
Jazz Yoga
As the concert, featuring Chris Potter on sax, Joe Martin on bass, and Nasheet Waits on drums, began, a demonstration of some kind of yoga or acrobatics was given to the music. At the end of the concert we heard that lessons were available. The photographer is Jimmy Katz, founder, with Dena Katz, of Giant Step Arts and the Walk With the Wind concert series.
Honoring John Lewis
Before the final Walk With the Wind concert honoring John Lewis, a Columbia professor (I can’t find his name or school), read to us from Lewis’ late work, exhorting us to hope and to vote, invoking MLK’s recommendation to practice good, non-violent, bad behavior.
The Audience Gathers
Young jazz aficionados waiting for the final Walk with the Wind concert of the season.
Against Columbus
Went to another Walk with the Wind concert by the Shakespeare statue on the Mall the day before Columbus Day (now celebrated by my company as Indigenous Peoples’ Day). As it began, a protest march arrived next door at the Christopher Columbus statue (which I admit, I’d never really noticed before) .
Covid White Wedding with Observer
After the Concert
Watching Walk With the Wind
Walk With the Wind
Mark Turner, Rashaan Carter, Nasheet Waits
Bassist, Rashaan Carter
Rashaan Carter
Mark Turner, Rashaan Carter, Nasheet Waits
Mark Turner, Rashaan Carter, Nasheet Waits
Drummer, Nasheet Waits
Rashaan Carter, Nasheet Waits
Not sure about the new jazz
Nasheet Waits
Nasheet Waits
Nasheet Waits
Saxophonist, Mark Turner
Mark Turner
The last Saturday of September we went to see one of the free Walk with the Wind performances in a series in Central Park honoring the memory of John Lewis. Performances, which are acoustic and feature small groups, take place at 1 p.m. on The Mall in Central Park. Here are some shots of the band – click on any one of them to see them all enlarged.
Gale Brewer on Bar Crawl Podcast
The Bar Crawl podcast (which I had previously never heard of) on Upper West Side Radio moved out on to West End Avenue for a live broadcast, featuring an interview with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer (on the right).
Unfortunately, while the participants were wearing headsets, we couldn’t hear them. With some difficulty we managed to find the podcast live on our phones but in the (small) crowd on the street we still couldn’t hear so we went for a walk instead.