Marty Abrams

Get Ready for Ultraman Day. The iconic and celebrated classic Japanese superhero ULTRAMAN will be celebrated this Friday, July 10 with a series of major virtual activations and talks with the leaders behind the Ultraman revival live on Shu.Watch. Ultraman Day will also feature the launch of the official online Ultraman Galaxy Store, which will display exclusive collectible Ultraman merchandise featuring the poster artwork of Marvel's Alex Ross cover created for The Rise Of Ultraman issue #1, on sale this September. 

The medicine show comes to town, and with it Inkblot Hurricane, a man who weaves a tale painted in carnival colors of a generation ago. From poet-author Hurricane, aka Martin Abramson, comes "Promenade", a wondrous collection of poems, song & blues penned between the early 1960s & the present day. Though distinctly American in its rhythms & language, his poetry traverses half a tumultuous century & much of the globe. In a unique blend of styles & voices, Hurricane writes of emotion, of burning bridges, love & romance, rhythm & blues, territories of social situation, cartesian localities & indestructible ideals in a signature style that rarely fails to draw readers to his poetry. Readers will find "Promenade" intimately approachable, thought provoking & chock full of the author's wry, remarkable insight and honesty.

Broadway celebrities, including Megan Hilty, the Drama Desk Award nominated actress who stars in the stage musical '9 To 5'; Carey Anderson, Jennifer Barnhart, Christian Anderson, 'Kate Monster' and 'Trekkie Monster', from Broadway's long-running 'Avenue Q'; young actor Henry Hodges, who was seen in three productions on Broadway last season - 'Mary Poppins,' 'Macbeth' and '13,' and radio deejay Johnny Rocks, as well as other notables, kicked off the Central Park Zoo Scavenger Hunt.