Happy 95th Birthday Jon Hendricks

Legendary Jazz lyricist and singer Jon Hendricks recently celebrated his 95th birthday at the Iridium Jazz Club in midtown with his daughters Aria and Michelle on stage and a few hundred fans in the audience. Jon is considered one of the originators of vocalese, which adds lyrics to existing instrumental songs and replaces many instruments...
Jon Hendrick, the Poet Laureate of Jazz

The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street

The Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) will meet this evening (Wednesday, October 5) to consider a resolution opposing the recent initiative by the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) to formulate options for reconfiguring South End Avenue. All interested members of the public are invited to attend and offer their opinions at...
Ninfa Segarra, chair of CB1's Battery Park City Committee' invites public input on an initiative to revamp South End Avenue. At tonight's meeting; the public are also asked to weigh in, before the Committee votes on a resolution about this plan.

Today in History

23 – Rebels capture and sack the Chinese capital Chang’an during a peasant rebellion. They kill and decapitate the emperor, Wang Mang, two days later. 1302 – A peace treaty between the Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice ends the Byzantine-Venetian War (1296-1302). 1511 – Formation of the Holy League of Ferdinand II of...
Janis and her Porsche

Literary Salons Message: Never Give Up

Being a writer is tough and being a parent and a writer is twice as tough. Tenacity, as well as perfecting the balancing act that comes into play while raising kids and finding the time and place to write, is a challenge many writers face. Milda M. DeVoe, a mother of two children, started Lower...
Pen Parentis Founder M. M. De Voe presents the 2016-2017 Writing Fellowship for New Parents to Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan of Pittsburgh, PA (far right). Certificate and $1000 check presented by 2015-2016 Fellow Orli Van Mourik of Brooklyn who announced at the Salon she had just landed a literary agent!