“But descend the stairs at 103rd Street-Corona Plaza and you slip into the clamor of city life. This isn’t Times Square’s free-for-all, with elbow-to-elbow gawking at four-story video fantasies (GoPro!, Budweiser!, Samsung!). This is real: grocery shoppers, street vendors, bus stops.”

“…the folks on that 60-inch LCD are screaming, stomping, springing, singing and carrying on in ways that make me feel like I’ve just done 45 minutes on the Stairmaster.”

Applause…Applause, Beckham on Netflix, Nate Bargatze, Good Witch/Bad Witch, Louise Glück.

I think I’ll pass on Dylan Thomas’s urging to "…not go gentle into that good night.” If Diclofenac Sodium Topical Gel, 1% (NSAID) gently keeps my arthritis in check, I’m all in.

Going gentle, Clyfford Still in Buffalo, Carla Bley, Hyperlocal Dance, Candide @ Skylight Music Theatre.

“Now that I have your attention….”

The Donut King, Martin Scorsese at 81, Samuel Fuller’s Pickup on South Street, Roots.

“Irreverent and deliciously vulgar, Run Bambi Run roars through its nearly three-hours like a souped up Chevy Chevelle pealing down South 27th Street.”

The Milwaukee Rep’s hit show, The power of sentiment in Ann Napolitano’s Hello Beautiful, Michael Gambon’s storied stage career, Julia Bullock’s transcendent song, Art 21.