Monday April 20th marked the 5 year memorial of the BP Drilling Disaster. A group of NYC based Gulf Coast activists joining in solidarity with the people of the Gulf set up an evening of musicians, environmental visual art, several environmental theatrical pieces & poetry. Highlighting the show was the performance of Matthew Silver!
I arrived early enough to see some of the art they exhibited on the third floor studios of the Producers Club on West 44th st. While the evidence against BP is only mounting the marketing fund to flush out mentions of BP’s blunders in the mass media has driven away many people from this cause, leaving only the desperate, the radical and the personally affected.
Oh, and a happy 4/20!
As much as I wanted to, I did not stay for Matthew Silver as I had to dash out and join the Om Shiva premier at the Classon in Brooklyn.
If anyone knows how to celebrate 420 it’s Myztico, with a premiere party at the Classon, and lots of baked goods! Cookies, lemon meringue pie and other devious treats. Here’s the video he made for legalization!