The One and Only, Matthew Silver

You might know Matthew Silver. Odds are you’ve seen him walking the streets of Bushwick in an assortment of different costumes, carrying on with one of his savant-like personages, interacting with passersby. Impossible not to notice, Silver has become a fixture of the neighborhood, spouting everything from sage adages to seemingly nonsensical phrases. This is why when I found out about Silver’s “Circus of Dreams,” a bimonthly night of “entertainment mixed with art and  awkwardness stretched to it’s breaking point,” every other Wednesday at Bizarre Bar I knew I had to go.  Not to disappoint, every inch of “Circus of Dreams” is packed with the odd, the off-putting and even the strangely glamorous.