The Chris DeLuca Newsletter

Over the weekend I saw the Black History Month Check In Show, an evening of all black improvisation and one sketch. Such a funny show.

Six black improvisors, half women half men, dancing on a black box theater stage.

2024-02-19

Things Unexpectedly Named After People wat 😦

2024-02-19

Apropos of nothing, I’d like a band called “Pesto Acropolis” to exist.

2024-02-20

My psychedelic improv team the Cat’s Cradle is playing the Player’s Theatre again March 1st at 9:30pm. Get tickets before time folds in on itself (discount automatically applied).

Image of a black box theater, with several improvisors arrayed on stage in a twisty stage picture. Titles are superimposed over the image in neon lettering. The title is “Cat’s Cradle”, followed by the date of the show, “Friday, 03/01 @ 9:30pm Players Theatre NYC” and a link to tickets at catscradleimprov.com. A quote appears at the top: “High energy, psychadelic, improv comedy”

2024-02-20

Made a delicious lentil curry off my chef friend Kayla’s recipe.

A green bowl with a yellow lentil curry inside. There’s chopped herbs on top, and an orange yolked soft boiled egg broken on top.

2024-02-20

I’m letting my beard grow out for the winter. Currently, it’s at the “curling up under my neck” phase. Something must be done.

2024-02-21

I wrote an Architecture Decision Record to Use SVGs for icons for Lullabot along with some of my wonderful co-owners. I’m so happy this is not at all controversial in 2024.

2024-02-21

You know when people say, “We can laugh about it now”? I had to learn not to laugh about it then.

2024-02-21

A clear day view from an elevated train platform looking down a bustling urban street lined with buildings. The street is filled with cars and a few pedestrians, with patches of snow on the sides and a clear blue sky above. The city skyline is faintly visible in the distance under the soft glow of the setting or rising sun.

Astoria Boulevard from the train station.

2024-02-22

The manhattan Alamo has a VHS collection. The ghost of Kim’s Video poking out.

A shelf of VHS tapes, mostly obscure,B, or Japanese genre films.

2024-02-23

Moved a crap load of boards and pipes for a shelf into the apartment with my roommate. It’s not doctor approved, but I’m checking of “exorcise” for the day.

2024-02-24