OK – here’s the story – my friend Susan called me up and told me that the Brian Friel play, Faith Healer that was sold out at the Gate Theater in Dublin, Ireland was coming to NYC!!! So I frantically phoned Stuart and, a few clicks later, WE HAD TICKETS!!! Of course, rather than spending the Thursday night before I left packing all my theater duds, I met Susan at County Clare (1234 N. Astor St.), where in-house musician Barry Dodd was playing a mélange of Irish and classic rock hits.
Regardless, I managed to get my proverbial act together the next morning and flew out to NYC to not only pick up some wedding bling for Stuart from our friends in the Diamond District, but to catch the Friday night show at the Booth Theatre. 
And, of course, it was freakin’ AMAZING!! We were treated to TWO monologues by Ralph Fiennes, although Ian McDiarmid really stole the show. In the immortal words of his character, Teddy, “FAABULOUS.”
In the meantime, all you hep cats in Mil-town were rocking out with Corky Siegel, who’s played harmonica alongside Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf at the Cedarburg Cultural Center (W62 N546 Washington Ave.). Or perhaps some others were taking in a FREE film or two at the 28th Annual Latin American Film series at the UWM Union Theatre (2200 E Kenwood Blvd.) . . . speaking of film, did any of you catch the Friday Night Freak Show at the Times Cinema ( 5906 W. Vliet St.) – A Clockwork Orange, which was the first midnight movie I ever saw at the now-defunct Paradise Theater a million years ago . . . oh yeah and it was also Gallery Night! Jim Brozek (who took some amazing photographs of the Calatrava during construction) has a breathtaking black & white show, “Flora in Grayscale” at the Pat Hidsen Gallery (133 W. Pittsburgh #301). The event I REALLY wanted to catch was the Luckystar Studio Face Off (207 E. Buffalo St.), which featured dueling DJ's such as Workhouse, Swizzle, Altamont Records, Firecracker Studios, Soar. Another interesting looking opening was held at MOCT (240 E. Pittsburgh Ave.) – “Stop Intellectual Masturbation” – 3 local artists opposed to the art scene status quo; I also heard about an opening at Byte Studios/The Brain Depository (338 N. Milwaukee St. – first floor), which featured a live two-hour art battle with two artists painting each other, including my friend Milan from Tastes Like Chicken magazine . . . so either way, I hope you managed to have some fun in Brewtown without me . . . more wacky blogger hijinx to follow . . .
L8tr.
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