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They said they had Wednesday nights open, he recounts. I later learned they thought it was a terrible idea, but they thought it was something they could pull off safely with social distancing and a 35-person capacity.
On opening night last September, Garcia wasn t sure how Uncle Scotchy s Storytelling Extravaganza would go either but the weekly event quickly built a following. Wednesdays have become a lot of people s favorite night. It s like therapy for a lot of people, he says. There s a core of people that just come to listen. But during the breaks, they end up telling each other stories. Stories beget stories.
In another sign of live music s resurgence, Bayfront Park Amphitheater is hosting the Bayfront Jazz Festival, its first concert in over a year, on April 30 and May 1. The festival will be one of the first U.S. concerts with more than 1,000 people in attendance since the pandemic descended last year. So with all eyes on Bayfront Jazz, organizers say they re taking all the precautions they can. The health and safety of our guests and staff is our highest priority, says Manuel Molina, cofounder of Melrose Media, the event s organizer. We will be enforcing social-distancing parameters, operating at 15 percent total capacity. In an amphitheater that holds 10,000 people, we will only be hosting 1,500. We will also be providing sanitizer gel pouches to everyone upon arrival, and guests will be required to wear masks during the concerts.
The movie, which will stream for free as part of the Miami Jewish Film Festival, explores the life of the man born as Gabi Abudraham. From a young age, Abudraham was obsessed with Elvis and later found inspiration where he could get it most remarkably, a Josh White album called
Chain Gang Songs. The vinyl in the sleeve was broken, and this being the pre-internet age, Megira never got to hear the actual song, Crying Who? Crying You. Still, he was struck by the album cover, which showed a from-the-knees-down image of a man wearing leg shackles and military boots, and by the lyrics.