To Do List

June 9 - 18
Hal Holbrook channels Mark Twain in his one man show.  Twain stayed at the Chelsea when he was on a lecture tour in 1888. (Turn West on 23rd Street)
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
256 West 47th St

June 9 – June 26
Arnold Weinstein, librettist for the opera A View From the Bridge and lyricist for William Bolcom's Casino Paradise, will premiere a suite as part of The Medicine Show Theatre.   (Arnold has been doing this for a while, on June 12, 1961 his satire The Red Eye of Love premiered.)
The Medicine Show Theatre
549 West 54th St NY NY

May 28 - June 14
Star Art  features paintings and photographs by former residents William Burroughs, Dee Dee Ramone and Bob Dylan.  Dee Dee's painting is of a Chelsea guest who O'D.d.
Chelsea Art Musem
556 West 22nd St NY NY

Jan 22 - June 25
The Historic Costume & Textiles Collection at Ohio State University has an exhibit of rare works by former resident and designer Charles James.  If you can't make it to Ohio, at least check out the online exhibit.  (I previously blogged about my boyfriend coming across James' drafting table during a dumpster diving session.  Too bad he didn't find one of these lovely dresses.)
Columbus, Ohio