SUMMER SLAPS

Welp.

I don't know what to say. I've been thinking all day about how to begin and I don't know. So, I'm beginning by admitting that I don't know.

Ok, that's something.

I took a quick little trip to Turkey last month and there are "evil eyes" everywhere, these blue symbols on walls and above doorframes and on jewelry in alllll the tchotchke shops. There's something about the name "evil eye" that is kind of scary, unsettling, "don't look at that evil eye!" I guess that's what a name like that is supposed to do, sort of scare you away from engaging with the thing. But they're truly everywhere and they don't actually feel scary, they feel more like a marker of protection and of community.

I think what I'm trying to say is I'm grateful to be in community with you. Our evil eyes are eyeing each other, finding each other out, protecting each other, pointing our gaze towards each other and towards our bright horizon, moving towards it one step at a time. That's something too.

I'm playing around the east coast this summer. If you're in upstate NY, the Berkshires, or New York City I hope to see you some fine evening.


Penelope
Caffe Lena with The Orchard Project
July 8 @7pm, July 10th @3pm
At the beginning of the pandemic, forced to quarantine in separate cities from his romantic partner, Alex Bechtel began to write music from the point of view of Penelope, Odysseus’ wife in Homer’s “Odyssey." Thoughtful, stirring string-based instrumental pieces combine with powerful rock and pop-inspired musical theatre songs to tell the 10 year tale of the Odyssey from the perspective of one single day in Penelope’s life: the day she hopes will be her last one spent waiting for her husband to return.
47 Phila St. Saratoga Springs, NY
TICKETS

Solo Show
Tourists
August 18 @8pm
I'm playing a solo loop set in North Adams, MA at this lovely boutique hotel right outside of Williamstown. If you're in the area taking in the festival or seeing the art or hiking the mountains or drinking beer and eating bbq, come say hi!
915 State Rd. North Adams, MA
FREE

Grace McLean Lives in Concert
Barrington Stage Company
August 21 @8pm
If you missed the show at Tourists or you want to see it again come visit me at BSC!
36 Linden St. Pittsfield, MA
TICKETS

Penelope
Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
August 22 @7pm
This time it's gonna work! Postponed in January and May due to covid, we are GOING to perform this beautiful piece in August in good ol NYC.
196 Allen
TICKETS

Grace McLean Lives in Concert
Little Island on The Glade
August 27 @730 & 930
I'm very excited to play this gorgeous venue on the lawn overlooking the Hudson. Expect journal entries, harmonies, and an epic sunset.
Pier 55 @Hudson River Park
FREE



I'd like to buy the world a toke,
Grace