Film critic Erica Abeel recently got James Franco’s attention by revealing she actually knew Allen Ginsberg. I don’t think I can handle 127 Hours, but I really want to see Howl.
Judith Bernstein, a pioneering feminist artist for whom I used to cat sit, will have an installation at the Alex Zachary Gallery, from Nov. 12-January 15. You see watch an art critic John Perrault’s introduction to her talk and some of her commentary at the Drawing Center on youtube. (Probably not safe for work.)
On Sunday, I went to the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibit “Samurai in New York: The First Japanese Delegation, 1860.” It was the last day, or I would highly recommend going to see it. It was an interesting look at two cultures coming in contact with each other in a rapidly changing world. The 23rd mile marker for NYC Marathon was just outside the museum door. The winners had long gone by; the clock read 5 hours and 2 minutes when I got to the museum. So I cheered on some unsung strangers before going in and some more when I came out.
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