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Greetings, folks! On Saturday, September 20th, 1997, The East Village came to the Forest Hills Gardens Community House for the third Romantic Enlightenment Variety Show, featuring an emphasis on original material from cutting edge folk/rockers of the East Village Music Scene. This installment, an unprecedented meeting of two NYC neighborhoods, featured Joanna McEvoy, Scarecrow, Liz Brody, The Novellas, Ellen Auwarter, Gene & Mimi, Pinataland, Debbie MacDougall, Little Oscar, Debra Wakefield (with Dan Scanlon and Richard Skeet), Jocelyn Ryder, Mike Rechner, Tom Warnick and Charles Herold, with artwork by Faith Palmer-Persen. Kenny Alvarez ran sound. Antimatters Report, October, 1997 Issue: An unprecedented meeting of two New York City neighborhoods took place on September 20th, 1997 when the East Village met Forest Hills at the third Romantic Enlightenment Variety Show. This installment took place on the stage at the Forest Hills Gardens Community House, equipped with Klieg lights and an amazing sound system. Included among the cabaret voices of Joanna McEvoy and Ellen Auwarter, was the emphasis on original material from cutting edge folk/rockers of the East Village Music Scene. Beautiful songs by Scarecrow (last there to attend a wedding of two men), the magical Liz Brody, The great Novellas, the harmonious Gene & Mimi, the emotionally volatile Pinataland (Doug's first performance since the accident of September 16th), Debbie MacDougall (in great voice), the multi-talented Little Oscar, Debra Wakefield (in jungle colors with dance debuts of Dan Scanlon and Richard Skeet), Jocelyn Ryder rousing the audience with "I'm not going to hell for you," the amazing Mike Rechner, the Brechtian Tom Warnick and ever entertaining sounds of Charles Herold, with watercolors by Faith Palmer-Persen. Kenny Alvarez ran sound. This Cinema VII presentation was organized by Peter Dizozza and Debra Wakefield. With the Fort at Sidewalk as the common ground for so many of the performers, the pervasive presence of AntiFolk was felt throughout! Look for this show's broadcast on http://onlinetv.com. (Peter Dizozza) The first Cinema VII Variety Show, introducing the Age of Romantic Enlightenment hosted by Peter Dizozza, Tyr Throne and Maki Fujita at the Throne Dance Theatre on January 25 was an entertaining success, featuring excellent performances by Fort luminaries Erika Belle, Jon Berger (Anti-Matters Editor), Paula Carino, Mimi Cohen, Dan Emery, Charles Herold, Jo Hook, Miriam Karmel and Dan Kilian ("Four Fingers of Fun") as well as Colette Bryce, Brad Bailey, Dagmar Spain, Haruka Tanimoto, Elizabeth West Versalie and surprise guest Matathias! Fort-photographer Bob Strain was on hand to document.Among the many worthwhile observations about what it is to be in a state of Romantic Enlightenment, from Rousseau to deSade -- and singing a great song is one of them, guitarist Dan Kilian summed it up when he said, "The enlightenment is what causes the blisters on the fingers and the romanticism is what's eating away at those blisters." The second one, rescheduled from March 25th to July 25th, thirteen Fridays hence, featured sets by Little Oscar, Liz Brody, Scarecrow, Charles Herold, Lee Chubowski, Jerome Rossen, Matatthias, Tom Warnick, Ellen Auwarter, Erika Belle, Peter Dizozza, Steve Espinola and Curtis Eller. Look for these shows' broadcast on Online TV!
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