A guy comes sometimes comes to the open stage who has had a harder life, harder than almost anyone else in the room. When he talks from the stage about […]

My friend’s sisters, Lainie and Aviva, held a marathon reading of Paradise Lost today. It started at ten in the morning and rolled straight through until two the next morning. […]

There’s a young man who I used to see at the open stage every Monday night, a portly fellow with a Maurice Chevalier hat. It reminds me of Harpo Marx […]

Sometimes at the open stage I start streaming performers on Instagram Live. It feels like a small gesture of goodwill, a way of tossing something into the river, letting it […]

A woman at the open stage explained to the audience before singing her song that it was about when you meet someone you aren’t really interested in and they keep […]

Guy at the open stage played great piano, nothing flashy but inventive harmonies throughout. A real pro and later unexpectedly, there was a second round. When his turn came up […]