Joseph Roach, Yale University: “ The Return of the Last of the Pequots: Disappearance as Performance” (cosponsored by Atlantic Studies, Center for the Humanities).
It was at the CUNY Graduate Center, sponsored by the English Dept. and the Atlantic Studies Dept. V. was the discussant, 4 PM. free, and open to the public.
Joseph Roach is a performance studies pioneer. Among his books is Cities of the Dead, the splendid study of the street theater of New Orleans: Mardi Gras Indians, second lines, jazz funerals, parades and carnival. Joe's a Postmamboist, also.
It was so interesting. Dinner and company afterwards was even more so. An excellent time was had by all.
You know, it's indescribably rich, to be on the faculty of any school here in NYC. You can walk a few blocks, jump on the subway, and be at any of these forums and conferences and discussions that are held at all these colleges and universities all semester, meeting your peers, talking, getting scholarship and instruction that might take an entire year distilled into a couple of hours or a weekend, and still sleep in your own bed. Sometimes I become so acutely aware of the cultural value of this city in which I live that I can hardly bear it.
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New York, New York/It's a hell of a town!
It's a wonderful town:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v7QfCxuvLo
And then there's my favorite song about New York or just about any other city:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f-nyRPwnng
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