From Tempest Bradford comes the welcome news that the Interstitial Arts Foundation is restarting its monthly salons:
Literary and artistic salons started back in 17th century France, when inspiring hosts and hostesses gathered “stimulating people of quality” together to refine their taste and increase their knowledge through conversation. Today there may be fewer wealthy patrons willing to host an event in their townhouses, but there is always a need for artists to meet other artists, to explore other circles of creative influence, to cross borders.
Our salon aims to bring together writers, visual artists, musicians, performance artists, crafters, academics and other people of quality in New York City for a relaxed evening of conversation.
The salon will take place every month on the 4th Tuesday at Vagabond Café in Manhattan. Details at the link.
We used to have bi-weekly meetings of the Fannish, Informal, Scientifiction Association, FISTFA, at various people’s houses around NYC back in the 1960s and 70s. They alternated with the Fanoclasts, an invitational group which met at the houses of Richard Lupoff, Lin Carter, Ted White and others. Fanoclasts members formed the committee for the 1967 World SF Convention.
Afterwards, we’d all pile into the subway or cars and either go to Wo Hop in Chinatown or Nathan’s in Coney Island, getting home at 5am. Somehow I think we had more fun back then…