Divamensch

Francesca and I went to Pub Choir at Webster Hall on May 11, 2026. It wasn't so much a performance as an experience. "Everybody can sing. Like, not well, but literally. Why should being average at something stop you from doing it!? It hasn’t yet… Singing is good for you, it’s EASY, and Pub Choir is here to show you how. Created and hosted by music witch, Astrid Jorgensen, Pub Choir is an ENTIRELY improvised, comedy music lesson. The show is a euphoric sensation that transfor

Jim, Michael, Dave, and I heard the New York Philharmonic and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra on May 10, 2026. The concert didn’t appear to be part of the NY Phil season, it seemed to be a pop-up concert at a Washington Heights venue, a project conceived of by the incoming artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel. We heard about it because Michael got an email from the venue, the United Palace. Jim, Michael, and I all live within five minutes of the United Palace - - I had walked past