On Friday, March 1, we went to see The Crankies. It was an evening of absolutely wonderful folks telling terrific stories, some of which included singing and dancing, but all included the art form of crankies. Think of a Crankie as a sideways scroll, but moved along by one or two large cranks. That Wikipedia link explains it all nicely.
Between each performance, we heard songs from the duo Charming Disaster. I had never heard of them before, but they were a blast. They were funny. They played well. And, yep, they were charming.
The show was held at Flushing Town Hall and hosted by Emily Schubert. I hadn’t even been to the Flushing section of Queens, and I gotta tell you, it was like being on a quick holiday.
There were so many shops, restaurants, and bakeries all written in Chinese(?) I couldn’t tell you if it was Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese, but wow was it something. Now, some of the stores and signs also had English, but not all of them (maybe half, if I’m generous). We even stopped in a grocery store, and there were all kinds of products I had never seen before. All only 10 miles from my home (and in the same city). It was so great.
We ate at Nan Xiang Soup Dumplings and it was quite tasty. We got the soup dumplings, and they were very good, but we also got Beef Udon, and wow was the Udon good! Big thumbs up.
We will definitely go to The Crankies next year when the show returns.
