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I had cataract surgery on my left eye last Friday. I arrived at Eye & Ear on 14th Street at the ungodly hour of 6:30 am, waded through various bureaucratic procedures including a generous check made out to the hospital, had various post-op instructions from kind nurses, i.e. don\u2019t rub you eye, don\u2019t get water in your eye, remember to put in the eye drops. The pre-op scene was very NYC. What did the staff and I, in a dreamy drug induced slumber, talk about? NYC rents. The procedure itself was painless and speedy. While the doctor did whatever eye doctors do, I saw technicolor images \u00e0 la Star Wars. Afterwards, I feasted on coffee and a blueberry muffin. Don\u2019t you find post-op snacks are always delicious? When I told the volunteer that it was the best coffee I\u2019d ever tasted a bewildered spread across her face. Cataract surgery is the mani-pedi of the medical world. Hallelujah!
\nThe Rev. Micah Bucey is in charge of the thriving arts program at Judson Memorial Church, Three of the four monthly Wednesdays are dedicated to different theatrical voices. Judson\u2019s Dead Darlings<\/em> is on second Wednesdays. Amanda Duarte, the founder and moderator of Dead Darlings<\/em> has an engaging tough gal swagger reminiscent of Bette Midler. Dead Darlings<\/em> refers to rejected, abandoned and\/or unfinished work presented by the vibrant writing scene. It\u2019s presented in Judson\u2019s Meeting Room, the place where Sunday services are held. It\u2019s thrilling to see a Christian sanctuary put on its party hat. Drinks and snacks are available, the lighting is upbeat and the whole occasion has a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. This past Wednesday a writer described the adventures he had while writing his first to be published but greatly cut piece in the New York Times; a writer from The Beast read her tale of woe and a gay writer read his reaction to the recent election. Dead Darlings is on YouTube.<\/p>\n

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The almost last word: Back to Martin Scorsese\u2019s Silence<\/em>. I was describing this deeply Catholic film to a lapsed Protestant friend. I complained about the three 17th century Portuguese priests looking and sounding like – guess what – Hollywood actors. The friend described the movie as Boys Town or The Bells of St. Mary\u2019s goes to Japan.<\/p>\n

COMING SOON:<\/p>\n

Graphic Lessons: Recent widow Millie Fitzgerald applies for a private school teaching job, faints on a stabbed and dying man, deals with the only witness to the stabbing – a troubled nine year old, develops a crush on a NYPD detective and her dog dies.<\/p>\n

Graphic Lessons: NYPD Detective Steve Kulchek: something\u2019s eating at him: a failed marriage? surviving a car bomb? his girlfriend marrying his corrupt boss? screwing up an important case?<\/p>\n

Graphic Lessons: Nine year old Dana is the only witness who overhears three people fighting with George Lopez, the soon to be stabbed Windsor School kitchen worker. Who can she tell? Her mother who never listens or accuses her of lying? Her father who\u2019s started a new family in Singapore?<\/p>\n

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