Van Dyke Parks cancels MHOW appearance; Philip Glass still playing, w/ Sondre Lerche, Bryce Dessner & more added to bill

Sondre Lerche @ MHOW, 2011 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin)

Bad news: due to a hand injury, Van Dyke Parks will not be performing at the Henry Miller Library / Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge concert this Sunday (5/19) at Music Hall of Williamsburg. The show is now being billed as “Philip Glass and Friends,” and in addition to Real Estate’s stripped-down set, there will also be performances from Bryce Dessner, Tim Fain, Sondre Lerche, Nico Mulhy, and Nadia Sirota. Refunds will be given (details forthcoming), but tickets are still available

That MHOW show ends a week of programming around the Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge Festival. Tonight’s event is at Williamsburg bookstore Spoonbill & Sugartown, which will “look at Miller’s relationship to a Community of the Free Spirit and the development of Williamsburg and Big Sur.” Speakers include Magnus Toren (Director, Henry Miller Library), Dr Scott Von (Psychoanalyst, Director, New Clinic) and James Decker (Professor, Miller Scholar).