Pattie Canova TAKE A WALK ON THE INSIDE Tuesday, Nov. 16th @ 8 PM ARS Nova Written and Photographed by Wendy R. Williams Pattie Canova

I got the press release and thought, “Wow, a psychic is going to conjure up enough people to fill ARS Nova?” ARS Nova, in case you don’t know, is a 99 seats theater way over on the west side of Manhattan at 511 West 54th Street. It is a cool (and new) space that features hot acts such as Sarah Silverman and Karen Black.

My curiosity was peaked (was I being psychically summoned?) so I called and made a reservation to attend the show. When I arrived, the place was packed and everyone was in a party mood. Many of the audience members seemed to know each other and probably knew Pattie.

I also noticed how incredibly well-dressed everyone was. When you attend a theatrical performance in New York City, it is not uncommon to be seated next to someone who looks like they have just washed their car. So consulting a psychic must pay off, I thought, or at least pay off enough so you can shop at Bloomingdales. Or perhaps these ladies and the few gentlemen in attendance simply received their psychic summons while shopping on the Miracle Mile in Manhasset.

And “someone” had selected really great music - music that evoked the 60’s – Aretha, Dylan, etc. I was definitely in the mood to have fun.

Then the show started. Ms Canova appeared dressed in a marvelous flowing velvet “hostess set,” low cut enough to display the blue flower tattooed on her left breast. Pattie is a consummate show woman – very funny with great bits about things like the relationship between psychic and psychotic and not becoming the M in S&M. She is also appeared to be very warm and to genuinely care about the people in her audience.

And then we played the game. Pattie told us that everyone had a Tarot card under their seat and for us to retrieve it and then ask our questions. Well, quite a commotion ensued. None of us could find our cards without a lot of carrying on. Needless to say, the only psychic seems to have been on the stage.

But cards were eventually found and people began asking their questions. And as Pattie says, they are always variations of the same two questions: Am I going to be all right and will I ever find my soul mate? Fortunately for most of the audience, the answer, supplied by Pattie with the help of the “found” cards, seems to be yes. You will be all right and you will eventually find your soul mate.

I did not ask my question during the show. I had a very strange card (The Hermit) so I was worried that I might be exception – the only one who would not be all right and not find a soul mate. So afterwards I emailed Pattie some questions.

Here they are: My questions and Pattie’s answers.

Wendy: First (we are www.newyorkcool.com after all), where did you get that marvelous velvet outfit?

Pattie: The coat was a loaner, everything else was mine.

Wendy: Do the painted velvet flowers on your outfit match your tattoo?

Pattie: No, only in that they are both color accessorized and seem to get along fabulously. The design on the coat was a peacock and a crescent moon with a ribbon of rainbow and shooting starts...all symbolic, you know.

Wendy: What do you think is the future for hair color now that both grandmothers and twenty-something rockers are spouting blue hair?

Pattie: I think you’ve answered your own question here. Most Grand mammas like myself are still youthful boomers so we’re still out there and as we’re once removed generationally from the up and comers, we ‘get them’… so blue hair, pink hair, as along as the elders have hair and the “young’uns” know how to play.

Wendy: Please look at the contact us list on www.newyorkcool.com. After you have looked, please note that none of us are married.

Pattie: And your question is? Actually it should follow a declarative statement of whether or not any of you are really looking for an in depth commitment at this time. It is inherent within the human journey to connect with another on some level.

It seems like there is a great deal of “loud” and necessary expression going on with your crew. Would have liked them to come and energize the show a bit more.

For all of you: The soul is clear – it’s the travel upon a different road at this time that rings out to me. But I suspect this is a partially a trick question. I’m thinking one of you is on the cusp of a full blown “in love” session.

Wendy: Is there hope for us?

Pattie: Of course.

Wendy: I did not ask a question at your show, but the card under my seat was The Hermit (yikes!).

Pattie: An alone time for right now - ask yourself for the truth behind your solo journey at this time. Seek only the truth - much like Diogenes - it is where seeds are planted that are not ready to bloom. It is just not the season. Who is the Virgo in your life?

P. S. Pattie Canova has written a book, Tarot Sutra. For more information log onto her website: www.pattiecanova.com