Between winter and spring

A scene reminiscent of a dark, nocturnal novel by Hesse or Sartre...This was last night, a cold night in Columbia but no snow, officially spring but no rain.  Even the light was blank and existential, betraying neither the romance of a winters night, nor the warm promise of a spring evening.

Departure on Broadway

The Pasta Factory leaves its home on Broadway...all that is left is half of a broken sign, spilling its fluorescence over the Broadway sidewalk.

Movie poster on GMC van

I found this van parked on Walnut Street, the night before the True/False Film Festival started.  The symmetry of the poster balanced over the single GMC branded hubcap is what made it for me.  Something about the van also reminded me of Least Heat Moon's Blue Highways.  Very appropriate for early March.

Columbia Art League Opening

Cafe Berlin on a cold Saturday night

The band Run on Sentence played at Cafe Berlin last Saturday night, as part of Columbia's True/False Film Festival.

True False Film Festival

The opening night of Buck, at the Missouri Theatre during this weekend's True False Film Festival.  This is the festival's eighth year in Columbia...for a list of movies, see the festival's website at www.truefalse.org.

Broadway from above

Columbia's Broadway from the new parking (behemoth) structure downtown.  The view is somewhat more prosaic than the visual poetry towards which I generally gravitate.  Billiards, a tattoo parlor, and Lucy's Corner Cafe are all visible in the foreground, while the mosque, University power plant, and the hospital parking garage are visible in the background.  The wind up on level nine was so punishing that I only stayed for about ten minutes.