Leonard
Cohen Fan Weekend
Cohen
books*
April
in Paris – 1999*
Montreal
2000 Event*
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May 2, 1998 -- Manchester & East
Hartford Connecticut
May 3, 1998 -- New York City
(photo by Vlad Arghir, Berlin, 1993, Pont Publisher,
1998)
Dick and Linda Straub developed this site. It
commemorates a Cohen fan dinner gathering at Nulli's Restaurant in Manchester,
the Manchester Community-Technical College Play: Came So Far for Beauty, and
a cast & fan post-theater party at the East Hartford Holiday Inn. That
section also shows you images of a Sunday whirlwind tour of Manhattan that
highlights a few places with Leonard Cohen significance.
Cohen fans in
attendance May 2, 1998, included Geoff Gompers, Lizzie
Madder, Vicki Perlman, Karen Weitzner, and April Yergin as well as Dick. Many
supportive family members added to the fun. (Donna Gompers, Rubin Perlman,
Michael Weitzner, Linda Straub, and Perlman's and Weitzner's children.)
Special thanks
also to Clark Bowlen, Kathy Keena, Deborah Simmons, and Steve Starger, adapters
of Came so Far for Beauty ... and the entire cast and crew
Site Contents
Hot
List for photos
(photo by
Mariano Brustio, Milan, 1988)
Photo Hot List
Cohen
Fans at Nulli's
Restaurant (Geoff, Donna, April, Karen, Vickie, Rubin, Michael, Lizzie, Dick,
Linda
Lizzie's write-up of May 2nd
Review of the play, Came
So Far for Beauty
Poster for the Came So
Far for Beauty
Program for Came So Far for
Beauty - Cover,
page 2, page 3, back
The Mature Artist, H. A. (Herman) Shemonsky
His Younger Self, Paul
Pricer, with Karen
A Lovely Suzanne, Melinda Kalmar, with
Dick
Bar Fly/Singer Eddy
Kaytis and April
Young Woman, Lori Beaulieu, with Lizzie
Clark Bowen,
Kathy Keena and Geoff
Donna, Linda, Rubin
(significant others) with Bar Fly/Singer Jeri-Ann Burke-Nielson
Dick's Certificate
for the Order of the Unified Heart -
accompanied each pin
Geoff with his shirt (the
auction winner) & Donna
Lizzie and Dick outside the Chelsea Hotel
(Janis?) at the Chelsea front
desk
Chelsea 5th (Leonard's) Floor
Bottom Line with fans
Homage to Catherine Tekakwitha (Saint
Patrick's)
Liz and ?? at Leonard's apartment (179
Stanton Street)
STANTON, not Clinton Street
for LC and Marianne
Leonard's apartment building
Dick rstraub@att.net
Linda vette86@att.net
Dick and Linda have side-by-side personal
computers, and share interest in travel, dining, theater, parties, and
computers. Dick is the Cohen fan. Linda is the computer nerd.
Jarkko and Rauli Arjatsalo are partly
responsible for feeding Dick's Cohen obsession, through their comprehensive
website:
http://leonardcohenfiles.com/frame.html.
EVERYBODY KNOWS that this site
is the ultimate resource for following Leonard and his fans.
Another site that should be visited by any Cohen
fan is Marie’s “Speaking Cohen” page: http://members.aol.com/megan2c2b/index.html
Follow the Cohen WebRing for many other
fascinating sites.
There is also an entertaining weekly fan chat
that takes place on Sundays. See Jarkko’s site for information.
Dick
and Linda live with Bandit, who rules our home, in Convent Station, New Jersey.
Both of us entered the wonderful world of retirement July 1, 1998. Bandit says
he will keep his current daily assignment (make sure
the bed don't move !! ). See Personal Interests below for a glimpse
of the top dog.
We
have each put in 30 years of service in telecommunications. Dick's last
assignment was Director of Regulatory Matters for NECA, Inc., and Linda was the
Corporate Archivist for AT&T.
Some
highlights of our retirement have involved Cohen travels – to Paris in April of
1999, and the Montreal Event in May of 2000. We also invested heavily in Dick’s
Cohen collection – now have first editions of most all books.
We
have formed a home-based company for the purpose of trading collectibles (not
Cohen!) and various other endeavors that meet our interests. Richlind Ventures,
L.L.C. is our name. Will provide adequate notice to our Cohen contacts when we
are ready to take the business public – IPOs are so very exciting!
Bandit 
Julie Christensen and Perla Batalla with
Our man:
(photo by
Mariano Brustio, Milan, 1988)
... and Some of our other interests
include:
John Lennon, Willie Nelson, Dire Straits, Cowboy
Junkies, Bruce Springsteen
Lehigh University -- alumni events, Phi Sigma
Kappa, wrestling, football -- GO ENGINEERS!
Imus in the Morning, New York Giants
Ram Dass, Deepak Chopra, Ken Keyes, Jr.
Quentin Tarantino, Oliver Stone, Robert Altman,
Independent Films
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