The History and Future of the Bowery
The History and Future of the Bowery
Sponsored by the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors & Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, in conjunction with the New Museum’s “Festival of Ideas”, it will feature film, history, vintage Bowery songs and poetry, and a forum on current efforts to preserve and protect this remarkable street. The city’s oldest thoroughfare, the Bowery has helped foster everything from tap dance, minstrelsy, vaudeville, Yiddish theater, Beat literature, abstract expressionism, and punk rock. Poised for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, its historic sense of place is sadly threatened by out-of-scale development.
Speakers: Kent Barwick (former chair, Landmarks Preservation Commission);
Simeon Bankoff (Ex Director, Historic Districts Council);
Victor Papa (Two Bridges Neighborhood Council);
Kerri Culhane (architectural historian);
Eric Ferrara (author, The Bowery: A History of Grit, Graft, & Grandeur).
Performers: Poor Baby Bree (chanteuse) & Franklin Bruno (pianist)
Bob Holman (poet)John Campo & Tom Ryan (musicians, The VagabondVelonators)
Time: Sunday, May 8 at 1pm
Place: Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery
Tickets: http://www.bowerypoetry.com or
Ovation Tickets: 866-811- 4111
More info: 631-901-5435 [email protected]