J.R. Moehringer
The Tender Bar
Time:7:30 PM
Location:Arcadia Coffee Co.
Cost: Free
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J R Moehringer's The Tender Bar is the story of J. R.'s life growing up in Manhasset, Long Island and being essentially raised by the regulars at Publicans, the legendary and local, watering hole. J. R. never knew his DJ father but spends a lifetime waiting to hear his fleeting broadcasts; his mother is loving and caring but hopeless and dreamy and his uncles and grandparents are a family ... but just. That J. R. makes it through grade school, let alone high school and then Yale and Harvard is nothing short of a miracle. J. R. is a lyrical writer; a fantastic storyteller and his life -- though sad, pathetic and dysfunctional -- is an inspiration. How much of this is fabricated? Is seen through the gauze of collective and recalled memory? Hard to say -- but it rings more than true-enough and should satisfy the soul.
