Yesterday, Amy and I went to Cigars N Stripes, a bar in Berwyn that we love, love, love. The occasion was to help celebrate Poefest, an annual, weeklong event celebrating Edgar Allan, hosted by the Berwyn Arts Council and organized by artist Fran Gregory. Although we missed a few days of the celebration, we did manage to make it to Tuesday's shindig, which consisted of a reading of The Cask of Amontillado", some live music, fortune-telling, and the eerie, soulful sounds of master DJ Joe Black. We had to leave before the showing of The Bride of Frankenstein, but aside from that, it was great fun, and all of it went on inside a tent erected in Stripes' parking lot, a tent that the owner, Ronnie, swears once belonged to none other than P.T. Barnum!
Through the course of the night, I made a lot of connections and brainstormed for a bit with both Ronnie and Joe about doing something in Berwyn early next year. I hope it happens, as it's an event I've longed to do... okay, enough cryptically worded balderdash, it's back to the salt mines for me!
If you've not been to Cigars and Stripes, check out the link on the right there. And if you don't know who Joe Black is, shame on you! He and his Midnight Spookshow can also be found in the links section...
