With live music on lock down (like everything else currently in New York City) live streams and old concerts have become essential for live music junkies like RtBE. While this current state of pandemic separation is in order we will highlight various shows/streams/virtual events for your viewing and listening pleasure and you can always check out or weekly Full Show Friday series for concerts from the past. Please support the artists any which way you can.
Today we highlight: Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Live Reading of 'The Odyssey'
Starting tonight there will be six nights of live reading of Emily Watson's recent translation of The Odyssey which (shockingly) is the first English translation by a woman:
The classics made contemporary: Six nights. 24 readers. 1 epic poem. 📖💻🎥 #OklahomaOdyssey #OdysseyLivehttps://t.co/2r1q1mvRIX
— Oklahoma Contemporary (@OKContemporary) August 10, 2020
Some RtBE favorites such as Lee Ranaldo will be joining the live read. To get in the mood for tonight's event here is some reading of the epic in Ancient Greek:
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