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Monday, August 25 8:30pm 2001: A Space Odyssey playing at the East River State Park in Williamsburg-North 8th. FREE
Tuesday, August
26th, 2008 8:30 and 10:30
Mingus Dynasty
at Iridium. 51st and B'way.
Trumpet Lew Soloff
Alto Saxophone Mark Gross
Tenor Saxophone Seamus Blake
Trombone Conrad
Herwig
Drums Donald Edwards
Bass Dwayne Burno
Piano Helen Sung
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 07:00 PM Bango Benefit Feat. Nada Surf, Dean & Britta, and Richard Buckner Bowery Ballroom, NEW YORK, NY
Friday, August 29, 2008 7PM Marykate O'Neil at the The Living Room. "mkULTRA" EP RELEASE PARTY- FULL BAND
Fri., August 29nd,
2008 Tricks
at Rooftop Films. An award-winning,
pitch-perfect new comedy about a six-year-old boy and his sister playing games
with fate and searching for their destinies in a sleepy little polish town.
*Venue: On the lawn of Automotive High School
*Address: 50 Bedford Ave, between N. 12th and Lorimer (Williamsburg Brooklyn)
*Directions: L to Bedford Avenue OR G to Nassau Avenue
*8:00: Doors open
*8:30: Sound Fix presents live music by Trio Zeybek
*9:00: The Films
*11:00: Open Bar After Party at Sound Fix with complimentary Bison Grass Vodka
from Poland.
Sat., August 30th,
2008 Looking For Love at Rooftop
Films
Romantic short films about finding love in all the wrong places.
*Venue: On the lawn along the Gowanus Canal at The Yard
*Address: 400 Carroll Street (btw. Bond / Nevins - Carroll Gardens)
*Directions: F / G to Carroll at Smith, walk 3 blocks east (downhill) on Carroll
or M / R to Union, walk 2 blocks south to a left on Carroll
*8:00: Doors Open
*8:30PM: Sound Fix presents live music by Hologram
*9:00: The Films
*11:00: Open bar afterwards courtesy of Brooklyn Oenology
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 8:30 and 10:30 Mingus Big Band at Iridium. 51st and B'way. This is the band's final night at Iridium. In October we will be starting a Monday night residency at Jazz Standard.
Trumpets
Alto Saxophone |
Baritone
Sax Trombones Drums Donald
Edwards Piano Helen Sung |
Ongoing: Elliot Gould Galore at BAM
David Rees animated Get Your War On (also there's a new collection of hte strips coming out soon: GET YOUR WAR ON: THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THE WAR ON TERROR, 2001 - 2008. So happy to finally have some definition on all this!
Friday, August
22 7:30 BUBBLE Dave (Foster)
Birthday BLOWOUT!!! The original Bubble trio for a set of original tunes
at the legendary Kenny's Castaways. "The last full band show I played
there was in 1990 with my band Flatdog (who rumor has it will reunite in some
form on this night...ok...I'm spreading the rumor). We'll be joined that night
by the über-rock trio The Jupiter Deluxe (also featuring Tom DeVito as
well as Bubble-Beatle Mark Rinzel) and my good friend Em Duff from the band
Sweetfeed, who has told me she hasn't played Kenny's since 1988. Then the
whole thing will end with some sort of all-star jam...depending on what stars
manage to "align" that evening (and who's in town...lots of vacations
happen around this time) with many cover tunes and drinks being played and
consumed."
7:30: Kenn Morr Band
8:30: Em Duff
9:30: Bubble
10:30: Jupiter Deluxe
11:30: Birthday
KENNY'S CASTAWAYS • 157
Bleecker Street, NYC 10012 between Sullivan & Thompson Street. 212-979-9762
Saturday, August 23rd @ 4:30pm BOUND IN A NUTSHELL: A world-premiere play based on text from William Shakespeare's HAMLET Directed by Gregory Wolfe, adapted by Gregory Wolfe and Gregory Sherman THE CHERRY LANE THEATRE Venue #8 38 Commerce Street, just off 7th Avenue Presented by Moonwork at the NY Fringe Fest
Saturday, August 23rd 8:00 PM Amy Allison at Banjo Jim's 9th Street and Avenue C with Ana Egge and Alana Amram!
August 23rd, Satruday,
9:30pm My
friend Susan Hwang is in the 2nd
band at Freddy's Back Room, 485 Dean St. on the corner of 6th Ave. in Brooklyn
The line-up:
8pm - Grits & Harmony and Speed Rack
9:30pm - The Debutante Hour
10:30pm - The Oaks
11:30pm - Panonian Wave
Sunday, August 24 Yo La Tengo at McCarren Pool. It's free! Also they have a new CD.
Friday, August 15, 2008 7PM Marykate O'Neil at the The Living Room. - sans drums
Friday, August 15th @ 9:15pm Tuesday, August 19th @ 9:15pm Saturday, August 23rd @ 4:30pm BOUND IN A NUTSHELL: A world-premiere play based on text from William Shakespeare's HAMLET Directed by Gregory Wolfe, adapted by Gregory Wolfe and Gregory Sherman THE CHERRY LANE THEATRE Venue #8 38 Commerce Street, just off 7th Avenue Presented by Moonwork at the NY Fringe Fest
Monday (8/18) 8:30
PM The Night Kitchen: Gilad Foss
(Men's 200M & www.giladfoss.com) & Merritt Gurley (Women's Individual
Medley & Funny or Die) host: Sean
Patton-- fresh from a stand-out performance at the Montreal Comedy Festival
Mike Drukker--has written
for SNL, McSweeny's and appeared on Comedy Central
Blaine Perry--mastermind
behind Youtube sensation Don't Touch Me There and
Giulia Rozzi--Star of the hit series
Mortified and Stripped Stories at
Jimmy's No. 43 at
43 East 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Aves. Downstairs 212-982-3006
6 to Astor Place/ R/W to 8th Street F train to 2nd Avenue 1 drink minimum
Tuesday, August
19th, 2008 8:30 and 10:30
Mingus Dynasty
at Iridium. 51st and B'way.
Alto saxophone Mark Gross
Tenor Saxophone Wayne Escoffery
Trumpet Kenny Rampton
Trombone Conrad Herwig
Bass Ugonna Okegwo
Piano Orrin Evans
Drums Donald Edwards
Tuesday, August 19 10:00 PM Laura Cantrell at THE SPIEGELTENT Pier 17, South Street Seaport (South Street & Beekman Street) New York City 212.279.4200 "Let Us Now Praise Famous Women" with my special guests Jenny Scheinman, Megan Hickey, Fiona McBain, Theresa Andersson and more surprises!!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 The Ex at Lincoln Center Out of Doors. FREE
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 and August 27th Anti-Mike Summer Open Performance Series. "For those not too familiar with Antifolk, it is an indie acoustic/folk movement that exploded on New York's Lower East Side during the post-punk days. Some of its better known alumni include Cindy Lee Berryhill, Beck, Roger Manning, Michelle Shocked, John S. Hall, Brenda Kahn and more recently Regina Spektor and the Moldy Peaches. KIRK KELLY, a founder of the Antifolk movement whose debut CD on legendary punk label SST records helped make Antifolk a national underground phenomenon, hosts the new series. The Dias y Flores series welcomes back the neighborhood's Antifolk alumni while introducing a next generation of Antifolk icons. Songwriters, poets, performance/spoken word artists, storytellers, jokers and anyone else looking for almost 15 minutes of relative fame can sign-up at 6:45pm. Admission is free, all ages welcome. No booze or controlled substances." Dias y Flores Garden on East 13th St. between Avenues A & B
Friday-Sunday, August 8th-10th The Del Close Marathon $25 pass for all the improv you can eat at the UCB Theater, and special premium shows at other venues for only $10.
Friday,
August 8th 8pm Marykate O'Neil
Kenny's Castaways
157 Bleecker Street, NYC between Sullivan & Thompson Street.
Friday,
August 8th 10pm Enormous
Television. I'm singing a song with Terry's band at the new improved Kenny's
Castaways
157 Bleecker Street, NYC between Sullivan & Thompson Street. FREE!
Sunday, August 10th 2:30pm Beauty Love Truth with Chris Mills (new record!) Listen to Atom Smashers here! 10th annual Del Close Marathon at UCB Theater (at alternate, bigger venue: Hudson Guild Theatre 441 West 26th Street. Improvisers to include: Bob Acevedo, Tony Carnevale, Kirk Damato, Dan Dunford, Alan Fessenden, Brian Fountain, Terry Jinn, Louis Kornfeld, Maddy Mako, Shannon Manning, Tiffany Morningstar, John Murray, Marian Rosin, and more.
Sunday, August
10th 5pm THE
CHILI TAKEDOWN Union Pool
484 Union Ave Wmsburg Bklyn (L/G to Lormier) $10 to come and eat all you want!
Free to enter! Cash prizes!
Tuesday, August
12th, 2008 8:30
and 10:30 Mingus
Dynasty at Iridium. 51st and B'way.
Alto saxophone Jaleel Shaw
Tenor Saxophone Wayne Escoffery
Trumpet Alex Sipiagin
Trombone Andy Hunter
Bass Boris Kozlov
Piano Helen Sung
Drums Donald Edwards
$25/Students $12.50 each set!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. FREE Word for Word Series at Bryant Park. Tommy Chong, Cheech & Chong: The Unauthorized Autobiography. Hosted by: Josh Gilbert, Director of the Documentary, AKA Tommy Chong
Wednesday, August 13 Wilco at McCarren Pool. It's sold out but one can hear from blocks and blocks away.
Friday, July 25 @10PM (also Sat July 26 @10PM and Sun July 27@9PM TJ & Dave at Barrow Street Theater. The best theater in town. The fact that it is also improvised is a magical bonus. And funny, another bonus. $12 if you say improv at the Box Office (otherwise $20). Repeat audiece get to come for $5! They come all the way from Chicago to do this, and it's been too long!
July 26, 27 August 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17th 1-6 PM BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition) Art show held in a civil war era warehouse with a nice view of New York Harbor, including the Statue of Liberty. 499 Van Brunt St., Brooklyn, NY. G train to Smith/9th St., then B77 bus to the corner of Van Dyke and Van Brunt. A, C, or F train to Jay St./Borough Hall, then B61 bus to Van Brunt. Free Admission
Tuesday,
July 29 8pm Mingus
Orchestra in Washington Square Park. This is a really cool ensemble with
guitar, french horn, bassoon, bass clarinet. It still rocks, Mingus-style.
Line up:
Craig Handy, alto
saxophone/clarinet/flute/soprano sax
Donny McCaslin, tenor saxophone/soprano sax
Conrad Herwig, trombone
Kenny Rampton, trumpet
Donald Edwards, drums
Boris Kozlov, bass
Janet Grice, bassoon
John Clark, French horn
David Gilmore, guitar
Doug Yates, bass clarinet
FREE!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. FREE Word for Word Series at Bryant Park. Jonathan Miles, Dear American Airlines: A Novel Hosted by: Andy Battaglia, The Onion A.V. Club New York City Editor. New York Times cocktails columnist, Jonathan Miles, soars with the story of a stranded airline passenger – and his letter of complaint that goes awry. A margarita blend of outrage, wicked humor, vulnerability, intelligence, and regret, Dear American Airlines gives new meaning to the term "airport novel" and announces the emergence of a major new talent in American fiction.
Thursday,
August 1, 2008 7PM Marykate
O'Neil at the The
Living Room.
FULL BAND with special guest jill sobule for a song or two
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. FREE
Word for Word Series at Bryant Park. “Go Green” Panel Moderated
by: Andrew H. Darrell, Environmental Defense Fund Vice President of Living
Cities Program. Lori Bongiorno, Green, Greener, Greenest; A Practical Guide
to Making Eco-Smart Choices a Part of Your Life. Diane MacEachern, Big Green
Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World, Mark Spellun,
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Plenty Magazine. Christie Matheson, Green Chic:
Saving the Earth in Style. Think Green! Go Green! Stay Green! Join a host
of experts – and the 200 Plain Trees surrounding Bryant Park - for a
special conversation on how to love livin’ the green.
Tuesday,
July 22 8pm Mingus
Orchestra at
Iridium This is a really cool ensemble with guitar, french horn, bassoon,
bass clarinet. It still rocks, Mingus-style.
Line up:
Alto Saxophone/clarinet/flute/soprano: Craig Handy
Tenor Saxophone/soprano: Brandon Wright
Trombone: Andy Hunter
Trumpet: Kenny Rampton
Drums: Donald Edwards
Bass: Ugonna Okegwo
Bassoon: Janet Grice
French Horn: Dan Shaud
Guitar: David Gilmore
Bass Clarinet: Doug Yates
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. FREE Word for Word Series at Bryant Park. Joyce Carol Oates, My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike. Hosted by: Otto Penzler, publisher and editor of mystery fiction and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop. Bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates discusses her latest book, ‘My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike’. Likely to be Oates's most controversial novel to date, as well as her most boldly satirical, this unconventional work of fiction is a wry, captivating saga on a murder - inspired by an unsolved American true crime mystery.
Thursday, July 24 7-9:30 Lianne Smith at Jim Walsh's Hootenanny at Banjo Jim's. "I'll be playing round-robin style with Amanda Thorpe and Debby Schwartz. It's a casual, down-home affair. You can come as you are and then come and go as you please. No cover for the hoot this time around! Do you have a request? Let me know when you get there..............." FREE
Friday, July 25 7:45 p.m. Philip Glass Live Movie Score at Celebrate Brooklyn. Philip Glass and his ensemble perform Glass' masterful score to avant garde filmmaker Godfrey Reggio's visually stunning chronicle of cultures around the world, Powaqqatsi (1988). The Brooklyn Youth Chorus will also be participating in this rare event. FREE
Tuesday, July 15 7:30pm early show) Mike Birbiglia at Union Hall
Tuesday,
July 15 8:30 and 10:30 Mingus
Dynasty at Iridium. Lineup:
Trumpet: Alex Sipiagan
Alto Saxophone: Craig Handy
Tenor Saxophone: Brandon Wright
Trombones: Andy Hunter
Drums: Donald Edwards
Bass: Brad Jones
Piano: David Kikoski
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. FREE Word for Word Series at Bryant Park. Michael Ian Black, My Custom Van (And 46 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face). Hosted by: Amelie Gillette, Staff Writer at The Onion Rev up for comedian, actor, director, blogger, and co-creator of comedy favorites The State and Stella, Michael Ian Black, as he presents his debut collection of hilarious irreverent essays.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 7pm True Crimes: The Untold Story Behind the Devestation of Iraq. With Seymour Hersh, Jeremy Scahill, Laila Al-Arian, Chris Hedges. Presented by the Nation. At Town Hall.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 9pm Chris Mills (new record!) with Waco Bros. Highline Ballroom . Read a Voice interview with Waco's Jon Langford.
Tuesday,
June 3 Mingus Dynasty
at Iridium. Lineup: Alto saxophone - Craig Handy, Tenor Saxophone - Donny
McCaslin, Trumpet - Kenny Rampton, Trombone - Ku-umba Frank Lacy, Bass - Boris
Kozlov, Piano - Helen Sung, Drums - Donald Edwards
TWO SETS 8:30 AND 10:30. $25/half-priced for students both sets.
Friday, June 6 - Thursday, June 12 • One Week only for my favorite comedy ever: The President's Analyst. Film forum!
Friday,
June 6th, 8pm A fun variety at Cake
Shop Line up: Fly
Ashtray – 11:30, Escape
by Ostrich – 10:30, Batillus
– 9:30, Neg-Fi
– 9:00, Mannequin
Circus – 8:00
Willian Klein says: "From Fly Ashtray, a band which began performing
in 1983, to Batillus, which will play for this first time at this show, this
collection of vanguard rock outfits promises a full evening of unique and
varied sounds at Ludlow Street’s scrappiest music cellar. Also appearing:
Escape by Ostrich, featuring veterans of campaigns both foreign and domestic,
Fire in the Kitchen, Mofungo, The Scene is Now, to name a few; Neg-Fi, the
hottest noise duo around and cute as bugs; and Mannequin Circus, 'the Official
Hearts and Crafts Affair Band.'" 152 Ludlow Street $7, 21 and over
Wednesday, June 11 8:00 pm CBS/NYC PRESENTS: THE POST-IT NOTE READING SERIES! Join This American Life's STARLEE KINE and illustrator extraordinaire ARTHUR JONES for a very special evening of comedy, as they welcome writers to the stage to read original stories while corresponding illustrations, drawn entirely on Post-It Notes, are screened behind them. This summer installment will highlight work featured in past shows, with special guests to be announced!!! Post-it Note Ser $5
June 12, 13, 14 Loser's Lounge Tribute To The Kinks Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street
Friday, June 13 8:00 Teenage Jesus & The Jerks plus Information. A No-wave reunion! Knitting Factory 74 Leonard Street
Saturday, June 14th at 7:00 Lianne Smith at Rockwood Music Hall
Weekends through June 15 BWAC Group Art Show Open 1-6 PM Free Admission 499 Van Brunt Street Red Hook, Brooklyn (across from Fairway)
Tuesday, June 17th 8pm Sara Schaefer's One Sara Show, where she attempts the impossible: to stage a solo show all about herself while simultaneously proving she's not a self-absorbed bitch. With the help of a hipstery rock band (Meowskers), some friends (Tamra Malaga, Dan McCoy, and Dan Winckler), and a whole lot of glitzy multi-media pyrotechnics (i.e. VHS home movies and clipart), it's way more than a solo performance - it's a goddamn miracle. Directed by comedian/producer and the creator of "The Rejection Show", Jon Friedman. Ars Nova Theatre**Tickets ($15)
Rock Camp! For Ladies!
Watch Bill Moyers give a really great speech at the National Conference for Media Reform
Tonight, Wednesday, May 21 The Mingus Dynasty will perform at a swanky fundraiser for Barack Obama at the brand new HUDSON TERRACE 621 W. 46th at 11th Ave. Event is from 7-11pm, Dynasty plays at 9pm (Also on the bill before the Dynasty, the Ahn Trio, and Hilary McRae.) Tickets are available here. Lineup: Wayne Escoffery, Jaleel Shaw, Tatum Greenblatt, Ku-umba Frank Lacy, Boris Kozlov, Helen Sung, and E.J. Strickland.
Thursday, May 22. My friend has extra tickets for Indiana Jones. Wanna join us? 7:15 at Ziefeld. Social event of the season!
Tuesday, May 27 Mingus Dynasty at Iridium. Lineup: Mark Gross, Wayne Escoffery, Kenny Rampton, Ku-umba Frank Lacy, Boris Kozlov, David Kikoski, Donald Edwards. TWO SETS 8:30 AND 10:30.
Saturday,
May 24th 2PM The
Striking Viking Story Pirates. My friend Louie is in this "award
winning musical sketch comedy show features stories entirely written by a
kids and performed by adults who wish they still were. Think "Schoolhouse
Rock" meets "Monty Python."
Each show features 8-10 sketches, musical numbers, short videos and a whole
bunch of extremely entertaining puppets. We are always adding new stories,
so you'll never see the same show twice." And I'm going. Drama Book Shop,
250 West 40th Street (btw 7th & 8th Ave)
Monday, May 26 Noon-dark Company picnic in prospect park. Attendance mandatory.
Wednesday, May 14th 11pm Love Romp with Susan Hwang, artist and filmaker, Deborah Magocsi on bass accordion, Carl Porcaro (of Killing Time) on guitar, and Juan Pablo Carletti on percussion and special guests, Charles Lavoie on harmonica and spoons and Karen Leblanc wielding her magic saw. Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Ave. A (at 6th St.) Probably free.
May 15th at Southpaw:
Brooklyn Songwriters Against Atlantic Yards
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Thursday, May 15th
Doors open at 6:30pm; Film at 7pm; Concert at 8pm Develop
Don’t Destroy Brooklyn Concert Series: Brooklyn Songwriters Against
Atlantic Yards John Wesley Harding, Richard Julian, and Clare & The Reasons
Brooklyn-based songwriters join together to raise funds for Develop Don't
Destroy Brooklyn's fight against the Atlantic Yards project. Southpaw 125
Fifth Ave Brooklyn, NY (718) 230-0236 $12 in advance, $15 at the door. DDDB
Advisory Board member John Wesley Harding, Richard Julian, and Clare &
The Reasons are Brooklyn-based artists joining the ranks of concerned Brooklyn
residents speaking and singing out against the proposed Atlantic Yards development
project. The concert by these artists (and surprise guests) will be preceded
by a special screening of the short film "Brooklyn Matters," a riveting
and insightful documentary that reveals the fuller truth about the Atlantic
Yards proposal.
Thursday, May 15 7:30 PM BROOKLYN WAS MINE A Literary Tribute to America's Favorite Borough (eds Chris Knutsen and Valerie Steiker). Reading featuring contributors Rachel Cline, Philip Dray, and Joanna Hershon. This book is an anthology of new writing about Brooklyn (the book's title is from a Walt Whitman poem); proceeds from sales of the book support the valuable efforts of Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, a residents' group challenging the Atlantic Yards project. WORD Books is an upstart bookstore on the Greenpoint waterfront. It's just the kind of place Walt would ramble over to check out -- and I hope you will too. WORD Books 126 Franklin Street (corner of Milton) Greenpoint (G Train to Greenpoint Avenue). Free
Saturday, May 17th at 9pm Moonwork, a really nice night of comedy. Featuring God's Pottery, John Mulaney, Craig Baldo, Brazz Tree and Andres du Bouchet The Phil Coltoff Center at Greenwich Village Children's Aid Society 219 Sullivan Street between Bleecker & West 3rd $20
If
you didn't watch this, take the time. It's an amazing speech. Not rah
rah Obah mah inspirational, but a really thoughtful discussion of race. One
of my favorite points that no one seems to have gotten upset about was his
indictment of corporate greed as the common enemy of black and white prosperity
and happiness. I've not heard such anti-corporatism since, well, Edwards!
I hope this is just the beginning....
Through April 13th some wonderful spring mobiles, sculptures, and paintings in "Here Comes the Sun" with artists Lori Ellison and Shari Mendelson. Sideshow Gallery 319 Bedford Ave.
Tuesday,
April 1. 2008 8:30pm and 10:30pm Mingus
Big Band.The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus
at Iridium Jazz
Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students
both sets.)
This week:
Trumpets: |
Saxophone: |
Trombone:
|
Drums: Justin Faulkner |
Bass : Boris Kozlov |
Piano: George Colligan |
Thursday April 10th at 7 PM Comedy/variety show to benefit a fantastic cause. Gilda's Club NYC , an organization that helps cancer patients and their families. Sage Theater, 711 7th Avenue between 47th and 48th, The performers include - The Josh & Tamra Show, Emily Epstein, MILFZ! Becky Yamamoto & Adira Amram, Elon James White, DeCoster & Hines, Linda San Lucas, Margaret Cross, Mike Cotayo... and more!
Wednesday,
April 16th at 8PM Face
improv and music show. $8 both bands, no drink minimum. Galapagos
is at 70 N. 6th St, between Wythe and Kent. Take the L train to Bedford Station.
Walk West on Bedford, take a right on N. 6th St.
Sunday, March 23, 11am-noon THE NEXT HOUR radio show: Actor/author/raconteur Malachy McCourt hosts the Easter Bunny. WBAI/NY 99.5FM
Tuesday,
March 25. 2008 8:30pm and 10:30pm Mingus
Big Band.The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus
at Iridium Jazz
Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students
both sets.)
This week:
Trumpets: |
Saxophone: |
Trombone:
|
Drums: Justin Faulkner |
Bass : Boris Kozlov |
Piano: George Colligan |
Wednesday, March 26, 2-3pm CCCP: THE MONTHLY LAUGHING NIGHTMARE Cutting edge satirists now also stick the knife into the Democrats. With Janet Coleman, David Dozer, John McDonagh, Marc Kehoe, Moogy Klingman, Scooter, special guest Will Durst and other surprises.WBAI/NY 99.5FM
Friday, March 28 @10PM (also Sat March 29 @10PM and Sun March 30 @9PM TJ & Dave at Barrow Street Theater. The best theater in town. The fact that it is also improvised is a magical bonus. And funny, another bonus. $12 if you say improv at the Box Office (otherwise $20). Repeat audiece get to come for $5! They come all the way from Chicago to do this the first weekend of every month.
Sunday, March 30 9:30pm Terry Jinn's long-running The Project is coming to an end. This is the last show! The People's Improv Theater. $5
Sunday, March 23 9:30pm Terry Jinn's long-running The Project is coming to an end. This is the penultimate show! The People's Improv Theater. $5
Monday, March 24, 2-3pm CAT RADIO CAFE Author David King Dunaway on his updated biography "How Can I Keep from Singing? The Ballad of Pete Seeger"; and puppet artist/storyteller Theodora Skiptares on her new adaptation of "Medea." Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer. WBAI/NY 99.5FM
January 25, 2008 Previews begin THE SLUG BEARERS OF KAYROL ISLAND at Vineyard Theatre in NYC
Yes we can!
THE EVENTS:
Tuesday, February 4, 2008 VOTE. Please vote! Find your polling place.
Tuesday,
February 4, 2008 8:30pm and 10:30pm Mingus
Big Band.The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus
at Iridium Jazz
Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students
both sets.)
This
week:
Trumpets: |
Saxophone: |
Trombone:
|
Drums: Donald Edwards |
Bass : Joe Martin |
Piano: David Kikoski |
Friday,
Feb 8, 2008 Lianne
Smith with Greg Peterson
opening for Nada Surf's sold-out show at the Bowery Ballroom. Thursday
Nada Surf is also at Wmsburg Music Hall. I don't know why I'm listing it since
it's sold out. I'm just happy for them! Greg Peterson wrote a song that's
on the new Nada Surf album, which Matthew sings with Lianne Smith. Jon Pareles
said this about it in the NYT:
"As the album ends, “The Film Did Not Go Round” unites love
and death: “Everyone’s gotta leave their love sometime/If not
now, then at the end of your lifetime.” But the music, a pristine ballad
shared by Mr. Caws and Lianne Smith singing in close harmony, finds serenity."
Some of you may remember Greg performing this...at Beauty Love Truth! 3 BLT
performers in one NYT review!
Saturday, February 16, 2008 8 pm doors/8:30 pm show THE VANITY SET/ANTIETAM, DUMP, THE SCENE IS NOW Southpaw 125 Fifth Ave. Brooklyn. $10.00
Sunday, February 17 Drew Glackin tribute concert and benefit silent auction and raffle. Southpaw 125 Fifth Ave. Brooklyn. Confirmed acts are: Brad Roberts (of Crash Test Dummies); The Silos; Jack Grace Band; Chris Mills; Tandy; Chip Robinson; Quarry Hill; A Don Piper Situation; Feathermerchants; and many more to be confirmed soon. Check The Silos site for updates.
Sunday, Feb 17 2008 09:00 PM and 10:30 Trumpeter Ryan Kisor at Brooklyn Lyceum 227 4th Ave, Brooklyn $10
Ongoing: THE SLUG BEARERS OF KAYROL ISLAND at Vineyard Theatre in NYC
And I just can't let this one go yet:
Through January 26th The Society of Illustrators presents: Artists Against The War
Saturday,
January 26th, 8pm doors The
Scene is Now perform their new record. Cake
Shop 152 Ludlow Street btw Stanton & Rivington Streets
1st: HUMAN HEARTS [w/ FRANKLIN
BRUNO], 2nd: THE SCENE IS NOW , 3rd: CHOO CHOO LA ROUGE, 4th: ORANGES
BAND $6
Saturday, January 26th sets at 9 and 10:30pm The Donny McCaslin group will be performing music from "In Pursuit" at the Jazz Gallery in NYC 290 Hudson Street, Donny McCaslin - Tenor Saxophone and compositions, Steve Wilson - Alto Saxophone and Alto Flute, Kate McGarry - Voice, Ben Monder - Guitar, Adam Cruz - Drums, Boris Kozlov - Bass. $15 cover.$10 for members
Sunday, January 27, 2008 8:30pm Lianne Smith with Greg Peterson Baggot Inn @ 82 West 3rd St. (bet. Sullivan & Thompson near the W. 4th subway stop) Free!
Monday, January 28 doors 8pm, show 8:30pm. Shoot the Messenger Media satire, created by Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead and this week, special guest David Rees. Ace of Clubs, Under Acme Great Jones (3rd St.) Btwn Broadway and Lafayette. Tickets $10
Tuesday, January 29 8:30pm and 10:30pm Mingus Dynasty.The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
Through December 18 Max Ophuls retrospective at BAM Hey, neat.
Friday, Dec 14th 10pm (also Sat Dec 15 @ 10pm, Sun Dec 16 @ 9pm) TJ & Dave at Barrow Street Theater. The best theater in town. The fact that it is also improvised is a magical bonus. $12 if you say improv at the Box Office (otherwise $20). Repeat audiece get to come for $5! They come all the way from Chicago to do this the first weekend of every month.
Monday, December 17th doors 8pm, show 8:30pm. Shoot the Messenger WEBSITE FINALLY ALIVE! Media satire, created by Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead and this week, special guests Rachel Maddow from Air America. Ace of Clubs, Under Acme Great Jones (3rd St.) Btwn Broadway and Lafayette. Tickets $10 (SHOW RETURNS JANUARY 7TH)
Through December 13 African filmmaker Ousmane Sembène retrospective at Film Forum. Hey, great! Just cancelled netflix. I've got $5 member friend passes here.
Tuesday, November 27 8:30pm and 10:30pm Mingus Big Band.The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
Friday, November 30 7pm (program 2 is Saturday at 2pm) Magic Images: A Lantern Slide Holiday Entertainment lanternists David Francis and Joss Marsh will re-create live Victorian-era holiday entertainment in two programs for children and adults. Celebrating the influence of Charles Dickens, MoMA presents a lantern-slide telling of A Christmas Carol, along with the lantern-inspired films Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost (R. W. Paul, 1901), Buy Your Own Cherries (R. W. Paul, 1904), and Fire! (James Williamson, 1901). Performances will also include mechanical and "dissolving" views of Gibraltar, Paris, Aladdin's adventures, and the heroic Fireman's Wedding, along with audience sing-alongs to period temperance songs. $10
Saturday, December 1st 7pm Jim Walsh hosts a book release/Hootenanny for “The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History” followed by New York songwriters performing Replacements songs. Banjo Jim’s 9th & Avenue C, New York, New York. $10
Monday, December 3rd doors 8pm, show 8:30pm. Shoot the Messenger WEBSITE FINALLY ALIVE! Media satire, created by Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead and this week, special guests Jim Walsh, author of Replacements oral history. Ace of Clubs, Under Acme Great Jones (3rd St.) Btwn Broadway and Lafayette. Tickets $10
Tuesday, December 4th 8:30pm and 10:30pm Mingus Big Band.The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
December 6th, 7th and 8th. Losers Lounge tribute to Paul McCartney. Joe's Pub.
Sunday December 9th @ 10.00pm Danbert Nobacon from Chumbawamba (9.00 pm Franz Nicolay 8.00 pm Mischief Brew) THE MERCURY LOUNGE
Monday, December 10th doors 8pm, show 8:30pm. Shoot the Messenger WEBSITE FINALLY ALIVE! Media satire, created by Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead and this week, special guest Anne Meara of Stiller/Meara! Ace of Clubs, Under Acme Great Jones (3rd St.) Btwn Broadway and Lafayette. Tickets $10
Friday, November 3 6:00 PM - Midnight Brooklyn’s pirate printmakers and cheap-art champions CANNONBALL PRESS will host their second PRINTS GONE WILD art fair. Artists and printmakers from around the country will convene in a cavernous Williamsburg warehouse to display and sell their prints for LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS A POP. DAVID REES will emcee the opening night's festivities-- which will include rock bands; a raffle; a live interview and be serving as DJ for the event, playing some of my finest thrift-store records! Supreme Trading Gallery, Brooklyn 213 North 8th St (Williambsurg) FREE
Monday, November 5th doors 8pm, show 8:30pm. Shoot the Messenger WEBSITE FINALLY ALIVE! Media satire, created by Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead and this week, special guests Roseanne and Mo Rocca. Can you dig it! This is my favorite show ever, and I help! Ace of Clubs, Under Acme Great Jones (3rd St.) Btwn Broadway and Lafayette. Tickets $10
Tuesday, November 6th, Sets are at 9pm & 11:30pm (until 1am). Special appearance MINGUS BLUES & POLITICS ON ELECTION DAY! special appearance at Cachaca. For one night only a Mingus quartet will celebrate the "blues & politics" of Election Day at Cachaca, the new Brazilian hang at 35 West 8th Street. Cover is only $8 during the week; minimum is $10. Reservations: 212-388 9099 The musicians include: SEAMUS BLAKE, JEFF TAIN WATTS, BORIS KOZLOV & DAVID KIKOSKI. (Note; there will be no Mingus Band performing at Iridium on November 6th!)
Wednesday, November 14, 7pm Katie Halper, Ariana Hellerman, Kate Itzkowitz and Elana Shneyer cordially invite you to a fundraiser and screening of LA MEMORIA ES VAGA an award-winning documentary by Katie Halper about the history and legacy of The Valley of the Fallen, Spain's largest monument, built by Franco with political prisoner labor to celebrate his victory and their defeat in the Spanish Civil War. The Tank 279 Church street (between White and Franklin)Followed by a Q & A session with the filmmaker about the film and Spain's new Law of Historical Memory. The fundraiser is for our new film ANOTHER CAMP IS POSSIBLE a documentary about Camp Kinderland, the unique summer camp that for more than 80 years has lived up to its motto: "Summer Camp with a Conscience"Suggested Donation $15-$150 Drinks will be served
Friday, October 26 7:30 PM DAVID REES LECTURE ON ISLAMOFASCISM: "The More You Know" Word Bookstore, Brooklyn 126 Franklin St (Greenpoint) From Rees: "Soft-spoken conservative intellectual David Horowitz has designated October 22-26 as "Islamofascism Awareness Week." In case you didn't know, we are fighting World War IV with Islamofascists-- but "the academic left has mobilized to create sympathy for the enemy and to fight anyone who rallies Americans to defend themselves." Horowitz has enlisted voices of moderation like Ann Coulter, Daniel Pipes, and Rick Santorum(?!?) "to oppose these lies and to rally American students to defend their country." I want a piece of that! So I'm giving a FREE lecture on Islamofascism. If ever a lecture on the nihilistic evil of Islamofascism could be described as "TOTALLY OFF THE HOOK," this is it! (Afterwards I will be signing copies of Maureen Dowd's "Are Men Necessary?" and Nora Ephron's "I Feel Bad About My Neck") FREE
Monday, October 29th doors 8pm, show 8:30pm. Shoot the Messenger media satire, created by Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead with special guest author John Bowe plus a very luscious jazz trio playing during the intermission. It's a hang! ! And some great photos are here. Next week's guests are Roseanne and Mo Rocca. Can you believe it? Ace of Clubs, Under Acme Great Jones (3rd St.) Btwn Broadway and Lafayette. Tickets $10
Monday, October 29th 10pm Keyboard Karaoke with Joe McGinty at The Lucky Cat 245 Grand Street Williamsburg
Tuesday, October 30th, 8pm and 10pm Mingus Big Band.The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
Monday, October 15th doors 8pm, show 8:30pm. Shoot the Messenger media satire, created by Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead with special guest comedian Negin Farsad and Get Your War On writer David Rees. I am acting in a sketch again this week! And we have a very luscious jazz trio playing during the intermission. It's a hang! Here are some photos from recent show with Chuck D and prior weeks are there, too! Here are two videos from the show- Wake Up World with Hope and Davis:
The launch of website, with lots more videos, coming this week! Ace of Clubs, Under Acme Great Jones (3rd St.) Btwn Broadway and Lafayette. $10
Monday, October 15th10pm Keyboard Karaoke with Joe McGinty at The Lucky Cat 245 Grand Street Williamsburg
Tuesday, October 16th, 8pm and 10pm Mingus Big Band.The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
Friday, October 19th, 8:30pm CMJ showcase with Chris Mills (Chris Mills-guitar/vox, Drew Glackin-bass, Konrad Meissener-drums, and David Nagler-keyboards) Union Pool, 484 Union Avenue, Brooklyn NY. (its off the Metropolitan stop on the L train)
Sunday,
October 21 Tour
de Bronx bike ride. FREE!
Friday, September 28, 2007 10pm Lianne Smith with Greg Peterson at The Living Room. Shows by Lianne and Greg are rare lately, and they could really use your support for this primetime spot! Later there's a record release party for Phonograph. They sound nice, too. And Matt Kanelos is in the 8pm spot, so you could just live in the living room tonight.
Friday, September 28th 10:30pm Improv with Slideburgers, Johnny Lunchpail and Stamp and Coin Club The Red Room 85 E. 4th St(b/t 2nd and 3rd Aves) Third Floor $5
Friday,
Sept 28-30 10pm (9 on Sunday) Baby Wants Candy from Chicago, with
a improvised musical (more funny and smart and musical than a real musical!)
Barrow
Street Theatre
Sunday, September 30th 11pm Huckleberry Slim at The Sidewalk Cafe
94 Ave A(corner of 6th and Ave A) Free!!
Monday, Oct 1st at 4:30 pm (also Monday, Oct 1st at 8:00 pm and Friday, Oct 5th at 11:00 pm) World premiere of my friend Brian Fountain's new musical JC2K "The U.S. Army had a simple plan: Breed a battalion of Jesus Christ clones and turn them into elite super-soldiers. But something went wrong and one of the six million dollar messiahs escaped. Now, they must do the unthinkable: bring him home or take him down." Featuring: Matt Caplan (Rent, High Fidelity), Kate Wetherhead (Legally Blonde), Jared Gertner (25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) and James Monroe Iglehart (...Spelling Bee). 45th Street theater, part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival
Monday, October 1st doors 8pm, show 8:30pm. Shoot the Messenger media satire, with special guest comedian and guest interview. I am acting in a sketch this week! And we have a very luscious jazz trio playing during the intermission. It's a hang! Here are some photos from recent show with Chuck D and prior weeks are there, too! Here are two videos from the show- Wake Up World with Hope and Davis:
The launch of website, with lots more videos, coming soon! Ace of Clubs, Under Acme Great Jones (3rd St.) Btwn Broadway and Lafayette. No Show October 8th. $10
Monday, October 1st 10pm Keyboard Karaoke with Joe McGinty at The Lucky Cat 245 Grand Street Williamsburg
Tuesday, October 2nd, 8pm and 10pm Mingus Big Band.The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
Wednesday, October 3rd 8:00P The Mekons at Gramercy Theatre with Danbert Nobacon of Chumbawamba. Check out Mekons new record Natural.
Monday, September 17th, doors 8pm, show 8:30pm. Shoot
the Messenger with Public Enemy's Chuck D. Cabaret under Acme Restaurant.
Great Jones (3rd St.) Btwn Broadway and Lafayette. $10
Monday, September 17th 10pm Keyboard Karaoke with Joe McGinty at The Lucky Cat 245 Grand Street Williamsburg
Tuesday, September 18, 8pm and 10pm Mingus Big Band.The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
Monday, September 10th, doors 8pm, show 8:30pm. Shoot
the Messenger with author, activist and crafty troublemaker Mark Crispin
Miller and political comedian Dean Obeidallah. I'm contributing to this show
and doing various bit parts each week! Website is still in development, so
here's the press release:
Shoot the Messenger is a satirical wrap-up of the week's news from the brain of Daily Show Co-creator Lizz Winstead. A live sketch-comedy show incorporating multi-media elements, it gives us the world as seen through the filters of the fictional producers and on-air talent at "Wake-up World" - the worst morning news show in America. It is an indictment, both hilarious and scathing - not only of the newsmakers, but of the news media that molds them. Shoot The Messenger will give the audience a glimpse into the behind the scenes decision making at a news show, and the process that brings those decisions to the air. And of course the on-air results of the aforementioned horrific brainstorming. Of course not everyone in the media gets a flogging; Each week Lizz'll interview a media figure who digs deep and gets it right. They'll give us the lowdown on the big stories that were buried (or ignored) by our pals of the over at the corporate run media. Past
guests have included Rachel Maddow, Mark Crispin Miller, Marie Wilson,
Ted Rall, Paul Reikoff and Michael Signorile. |
And here's a great Time Out New York article about Shoot the Messenger. Ace of Clubs Cabaret under Acme Restaurant. Great Jones (3rd St.) Btwn Broadway and Lafayette. $10
Monday, September 10th 10pm Keyboard Karaoke with Joe McGinty at The Lucky Cat 245 Grand Street Williamsburg
Tuesday, September 11, 8pm and 10pm Mingus Dynasty What better way to spend today....The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
Thursday, September 13, 7-10pm Lofty Deeds art show by Jon Langford at Aidan Savoy Gallery at 175 Stanton Street.
Saturday, September 15, 7:30pm. Get Psyched and Seven Fights. UCB Theater. $8
Rest in Peace Max Roach. He started Debut records with Charles Mingus, the first DIY record company and together with Mingus and Ellington made one of my favorite jazz records of all time, Money Jungle. I love this drum battle with Buddy Rich (left) and Roach (right).
Emily Flake has a new book out! "These Things Ain't Gonna Smoke Themselves" She's the best.
NY Noir series keeps on at the Film Forum!
THE EVENTS:
Monday, August 20 doors 8pm, show 8:30pm. Last show before 2 week
hiatus of Shoot
the Messenger with guests Shelley Lewis, author of the hilarious book,
"Naked Republicans" and co-creator of Air America Radio, and comedian
Jonathan Lang. I'm contributing to this show and doing various bit parts each
week! Website is still in development, so here's the press release:
Shoot the Messenger is a satirical wrap-up of the week's news from the brain of Daily Show Co-creator Lizz Winstead. A live sketch-comedy show incorporating multi-media elements, it gives us the world as seen through the filters of the fictional producers and on-air talent at "Wake-up World" - the worst morning news show in America. It is an indictment, both hilarious and scathing - not only of the newsmakers, but of the news media that molds them. Shoot The Messenger will give the audience a glimpse into the behind the scenes decision making at a news show, and the process that brings those decisions to the air. And of course the on-air results of the aforementioned horrific brainstorming. Of course not everyone in the media gets a flogging; Each week Lizz'll interview a media figure who digs deep and gets it right. They'll give us the lowdown on the big stories that were buried (or ignored) by our pals of the over at the corporate run media. Past
guests have included Rachel Maddow, Mark Crispin Miller, Marie Wilson,
Ted Rall, Paul Reikoff and Michael Signorile. |
And here's a great Time Out New York article about Shoot the Messenger. Ace of Clubs Cabaret under Acme Restaurant. Great Jones (3rd St.) Btwn Broadway and Lafayette. $10
Monday, August 20, 8 pm Bro 'in Out with Leo, Tony & bartender Jawnee Conroy With special guests: Andrew W.K., Kurt Braunohler, musical guest Sam Bisbee and more! Somewhere between "The Dick Cavett Show" and "After Dark with Hugh Hefner" lies "Bro'In Out." In this live talk/variety show, hosts Leo Allen (Slovin & Allen) and Tony Camin (The Marijuana Logues) welcome real celebrity guests for a straight up talk show with booze, swearing, sketches and music. Reserve tickets here. UCB Theater $5
Tuesday, August 21 8pm and 10pm Mingus Orchestra -The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
Wednesday, August 22nd Sets are at 8pm and 9:45 The Brandon Wright Quartet Brandon Wright-Saxophone, Dave Kikoski-Piano, Boris Koslov-Bass, Kendrick Scott-Drums The Kitano Hotel 66 Park Ave (@38th Street). NO COVER
Wednesday, August 22nd 9pm till birthday boy Foster drops. BUBBLE does BEATLES with Tom DeVito (Jupiter Deluxe), Dave Foster, Bill Malchow, Erik Paparozzi (Cat Power) and Larry Russell (BeatleStock!!!) performing songs from Please Please Me to Abbey Road.THE RODEO BAR 375 3rd Avenue (cnr of 27th St) NO COVER.
Wednesday, August 22nd 10:00pm - 1am Donny McCaslin Group Ben Monder – Guitar, Hans Glawischnig - Bass, Adam Cruz – Drums, Donny McCaslin – Saxophones at 55 Bar 55 Christopher Street just off 7th Ave. south $10 cover
Sunday, August 26 8pm & 9pm Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors MINGUS BIG BAND and the MINGUS ORCHESTRA conducted by Gunther Schuller. Damrosch Park Southwest corner of the Lincoln Center Plaza (62nd Street near Amsterdam Avenue) FREE.
THURS, AUG 30th 6:30pm to 9:30 BUBBLE does BEATLES with Erik Deutsch (Charlie Hunter), Tom DeVito, Dave Foster, Erik Paparozzi and Larry Russell!!! free outdoor concert with breathtaking view of the Manhattan skyline! Sinatra Park, Sinatra Drive between 4th and 5th streets, Hoboken. FREE
Thursday, September
6,
Bill Callahan (of Smog)
Sir Richard Bishop
Blues Control
$15.00 adv./$15.00 d.o.s
8 pm doors/9 pm show
>> buy tickets
Sunday, September 9th NY Century bike ride sponsored by Transportation Alternatives. Don't know how long we'll do-you can do anything from 15-100 miles.
Getty/AFP
photo by Olaf Kraak ( August 7, 2007) A lot of Legos. An 8-foot-tall Lego
sculpture sits on a beach Tuesday in Zandvoort, Netherlands. Owners of a beachpub
discovered the toy this morning.
Monday, August 13 doors 8pm, show 8:30pm. Shoot the Messenger: A Satirical Weekly Wrap-Up of the News From the Mind of Daily Show Co-creator Lizz Winstead. A live sketch show covering all the news you did (and didn't) hear, as presented by the producers and on-air talent of “24/7” a fictional third-rate cable news network. I'm contributing to this show! Ace of Clubs Cabaret under Acme Restaurant. Great Jones (3rd St.) Btwn Broadway and Lafayette. $10
Tuesday, August 14 8pm and 10pm Mingus Big Band -The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
Wednesday, August 15 RIVERFLICKS for grown ups BEERFEST Hudson River Park's Pier 54 Dusk
Thursday, August 9th, 7-9 PM Emily Flake has a new book out! "These Things Ain't Gonna Smoke Themselves" Release Party Happy Ending (upstairs lounge) 302 Broome St. (bet. Forsythe & Eldridge) Look for the pink awning that says "Health Club"
Thursday, August 9th 8pm Drink at Work's BARELY FAMOUS 2, Hosted by Lizz Winstead! Use special code - DAW89 - to get $5 off. Click Here to Buy Tickets Now. It's going to be a great night with a bunch of fantastic NYC comics, an awesome house band and many, many drinks.
Thursday, August 9, 7pm The Hold Steady / The Big Sleep / The Teenage Prayers "Damn you, HOLD STEADY! How can any band be this good?" (Rolling Stone) These local heroes are rock & roll's 21st Century saviors—and perfect headliners for a fist-pumping all-Brooklyn triple bill. THE BIG SLEEP churn out "seducing-yet-disorienting bedroom-metal," (Spin.com) while the gritty and soulful TEENAGE PRAYERS boast a front man, Tim Adams, whose vocals are "a fascinating cross between a traditional R&B belter and Stephen Malkmus." (Trouser Press) Prospect Park Bandshell.
Saturday, August 11, 2007 | East River Amphitheater | (FDR Drive @ Cherry St.) VAMPIRE WEEKEND, JONATHAN KANE’S FEBRUARY, MEG BAIRD Free
Thursday-Saturday, JULY 26-27-28 HOOTENANNY with Jim Walsh from Minneapolis. Partial list of performers: Lianne Smith, Brenda Kahn, Stook!, John Swardson, Marcellus Hall from White Hassle, Ambrosia Parsley from Shivaree, Dan Israel, Jeaneen Gauthier, Ivy from the Tin Star Sisters, Steve Almaas from the Suicide Commandos/Beat Rodeo, Michael Morris and more at Banjo Jim's in the East Village.
Friday, July 27, 7.30pm Music & Movies Series Laurel & Hardy With The Millennial Territory Orchestra / Ethan Lipton Trumpeter/bandleader/musical archeologist Steven Bernstein, "the R. Crumb of jazz," (Village Voice) leads the incendiary MTO through new original scores to a selection of LAUREL & HARDY films—a Celebrate Brooklyn commission. The evening begins with Brooklynite ETHAN LIPTON, who "with the distinct high warble of his voice, homespun folksy tunes, and his gentle good manners, seems to have mistakenly wandered into the 21st Century directly from the Great Depression." (Popmatters) Prospect Park Bandshell. FREE.
Friday-Sunday, July 27-28-29 The Del Close Marathon $20 pass for all the improv you can eat at the UCB Theater, and special premium shows at other venues for only $10.
Monday, July 30 Doors 8pm, show 8:30pm. Shoot the Messenger: A Satirical Weekly Wrap-Up of the News From the Mind of Daily Show Co-creator Lizz Winstead. A live sketch show covering all the news you did (and didn't) hear, as presented by the producers and on-air talent of “24/7” a fictional third-rate cable news network. Ace of Clubs Cabaret under Acme Restaurant. 3rd St. Btwn Broadway and Lafayette. $10
Tuesday, July 31 8pm Mingus Orchestra plays a free concert in Washington Square Park New York, NY Mingus Orchestra
Tuesday, July 31 8pm and 10pm Mingus Big Band -The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club. 1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
Tuesday, July 31 8:30pm My old improv comedy chum Janice Kirkwood shows off her Detroit singing chops at Googie's Lounge above the Living Room 154 Ludlow.
FRIDAY,
July 20 8pm Rooftop
Films. The Way We Get By : Deeply philosophical, desperately inspiring,
and darkly hilarious short films about the illogical lives we lead. I've been
on their mailing list since they started many years ago, and this is the first
time I am going! Join me, and buy
your tickets in advance, as it will sell out.
8:30 - Live music by
Marcellus Hall
9:00 - Short Films
11:30-1:00 - After Party: Open Bar at Bar Matchless (557 Manhattan @ Driggs)
Courtesy of Dewar's Scotch Whisky and Martin Miller's Gin.
On the lawn at Automotive High School 50 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg. $8
Saturday, July 7 Cassis and the Sympathies is playing the 2nd Annual NYC Main Squeeze Accordion Festival 'Summer on the Hudson' Pier 1, at West 70th street - 4:00 pm. come out and dance : open air : free and easy :
Every Thursday until August) 7:30am to 8:30am FREE Eternal Spring Chi Kung classes in Bryant Park from Tai Chi Chuan Center and Chu Tai Chi. No class if it rains. Bryant Park Fountain at 41st Street & Sixth Ave. Open to the public and FREE.
Saturday, July 14 9pm Lianne Smith at Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery @ Bleecker (right across from where CBGBs used to be) My set starts at 9pm, but stay for the Scene is Now!
Monday, May 21 - doors open @ 7 PM, Collective:Unconscious & Matt Kohn presents SPEAKEASY CINEMA: Guest Robert Milazzo selects a film for screening. Event starts promptly at 7:30 (ends at 11) 279 Church Street, New York, NY 10013 - 3 blocks below Canal St- across from the Tribeca Grand, $5
Monday May 21 8 PM Bro'In Out w/Leo Allen and Tony Camin + bartender Jawnee Conroy SAMM LEVINE (Neil Schweiber from FREAKS & GEEKS), Peter Gwinn (COLBERT REPORT), Ann Carr (COMEDY CENTRAL), Teddy Goldstein (Bowery Ballroom, everyplace!) UCB Theater. $5
Monday May 21 8 PM Sara Schaefer hosts Name That Tune is tonight at Union Hall in Brooklyn! Name that tune, name the album cover, and name the lyric. PRIZES! Union Hall, Brooklyn 702 Union Street @ 5th Ave. FREE
Monday May 21 9 PM Joe McGinty's new band, Circuit Parade, followed by Keyboard Karaoke at the Lucky Cat 245 Grand Street Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, May 22 8:30pm Emilio Solla's NY Tango Jazz Project with Chris Cheek, Victor Prieto, Franco Pinna and Pablo Aslan at Barrow Street Jazz Theatre. Curated by renowned musician and band leader Pablo Aslan, who has focused his talents on the influential musical forms of Argentina – from traditional to modern tango, and from jazz standards to the new wave. $20
Tuesday, May 22 8:30pm and 10:30pm Mingus Big Band -The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club.1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
Every Thursday until August) 7:30am to 8:30am FREE Eternal Spring Chi Kung classes in Bryant Park from Tai Chi Chuan Center and Chu Tai Chi. No class if it rains. Bryant Park Fountain at 41st Street & Sixth Ave. Open to the public and FREE.
Monday, May 28 noon-dark Memorial Day picnic sponsored by The Company at Prospect Park bandshell. Attendance is mandatory. Don't be fired.
Tuesday, May 29th last day to sign up for Tour de Brooklyn bike ride on June 3rd.. Free!
Tuesday, May 29th 8pm Drink at Work at Riffifi with LIZZ WINSTEAD, Reggie Watts, Todd Levin, Jenny Rubin, Elephant Larry.
Tuesday, May 29 8:30pm Season finale - Pablo Aslan and guests at Barrow Street Jazz Theatre. Curated by renowned musician and band leader Pablo Aslan, who has focused his talents on the influential musical forms of Argentina – from traditional to modern tango, and from jazz standards to the new wave. $20
Friday-Sun June 1, 2, 3 (Fri & Sat 11pm, Sunday at 9pm) TJ & Dave at Barrow Street Theater. The best theater in town. The fact that it is also improvised is a magical bonus. $12 if you say improv at the Box Office (otherwise $20). Repeat audiece get to come for $5! They come all the way from Chicago to do this the first weekend of every month.
Sunday, June 3 8am Tour de Brooklyn bike ride. Free!
Sunday, June 3 Matt Timms' Chill Takedown at Mo Pitkin's.
Saturday, June 9 8:30m Nova Social record-release show at Magnetic Field 97 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn. With Balthrop, Alabama.
Thursday-Sat, June 7, 8, 9 Loser's Lounge Tribute to Fleetwood Mac at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street
May 11th, 2007 doors open at 7:00pm (come early so as not to miss any singers!). ETV! Every year for his birthday my friend (and amazing guitarist) Terry Jinn puts on a rock show for his friends. He asks his (mostly comedian) friends to sing, and makes us rehearse. It's big. It's a good time. Even if you don't know anyone in the band, it's a pretty awesome show! It is called: Enormous Television 6: a rock and roll music revue starring: Jessica Allen, Aaron Bergeron, Tony Carnevale, James Eason, Brian Fountain, Dan Goodman, Will Hines, Marc Liepis, Jen MacNeil, Maddy Mako, Shannon Manning, Doug Moe, Louie Pearlman, Ernie Privetera, Andrew Secunda, Jodi Skeris, Ptolemy Slocum, Shelly Stover with guest musicians: Lynn Bixenspan (vocals), Betsy Todd (vocals), James Eason (saxophone), Mark Lee (guitar and vocals), Damon Ketron (guitar and vocals) and featuring the Enormous Television Band: Dan Goodman (bass), Ernie Privetera (keyboards), Paul Marcley (drums and Terry Jinn (guitar). Galapagos Art Space. 70 North Sixth Street, bet Kent and Wythe. L Train to Bedford Ave. Williamsburg. 718-782-5188 FREE. Check out some photos from our rehearsal!
Sunday, May 13 at 3:00 PM COLLECTIVE STRING-WEBS, an interactive art installation in a public park lead by artists Karoline H. Larsen from Denmark and Jasmine Zimmerman from New York, as part of a cultural exchange sponsored by the Danish Arts Council. The event involves everyone collaboratively tracking 21,000 meters of colored string into grand string webs/string shapes. McCarren Park: Meet at Oval Area (behind Park House, between Bedford Av & Driggs Av & Lorimer St) Take L Train to Bedford Ave. Map
SUNDAY, MAY 13th 6:30-8:30pm DAVE FOSTER'S SONGWRITERS TRIANGLE featuring ALICE BIERHORST, SCOTT HARRIS, STEVEN MARK, MARY KATE O'NEIL, LIANNE SMITH. 5 talented folks perform our songs not in the round...but sort of like 5 mini-shows in one nice compact 2 hour package. THE BAGGOT INN 82 W 3rd ST. NY, NY 10012
Tuesday, May 15th 8:30pm and 10:30pm Mingus Big Band -The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club.1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
Thursday, May 17th, 2007 at 8:00pm An Evening Performance Nature's Weakness .with Ben Katchor, Mark Mulcahy, Ken Maiuri, Ernie Gehr, Xiannian Xiao and Bingo Gazingo at Congregation Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, NY Tickets for the show are $15
Wednesday, April 25th 7:30pm Charles Mingus's masterwork Epitaph will be presented for the first time in 18 years at Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center. I've been helping produce it, and it's going to be an amazing once-in-a-lifetime event. The NY concert will also be hosted by Bill Cosby (who will also host a preshow donor event to benefit the MIngus educational foundation Let My Children Hear Music. Email me if you are a donor-type and I will send you an invitation! More info here. Tickets here (they start at $30)
Friday, April 27th 2007 6pm Roland Satterwhite playing violin and singing with Kyle Sannah on guitar, jazz songs, some south american music, and originals. Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen Street
Monday, April 30th 8pm Lianne Smith at The Living Room with the always-amazing Greg Peterson. Sam Bisbee plays at 9pm
Monday, April 30th 10pm Seamus Blake with Kris Bauman, Al Street, and Chris Higginbottomat Niagara, corner ave A + 7th st.
Tuesday, May 1st 8:30pm and 10:30pm Mingus Big Band -The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club.1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (half price for students both sets.)
Friday, May 4-Sunday, May 6th (Fri & Sat 11pm, Sunday at 9pm) TJ & Dave at Barrow Street Theater. The best theater in town. The fact that it is also improvised is a magical bonus. $12 if you say improv at the Box Office (otherwise $20). Repeat audiece get to come for $5! They come all the way from Chicago to do this the first weekend of every month.
Thursday, March 29th 8pm Lianne Smith at The Living Room with the always-amazing Greg Peterson.
Sunday, April 1st 9:30pm The Project improv hosted by Terry Jinn at The People's Improv Theater. MY GROUP PERFORMS! Might be my last show again for awhile so come have fun with us! $5
Tuesday, April 3rd Pere Ubu Knitting Factory. (!)
Tuesday, April 3rd 8:30pm and 10:30pm Mingus Big Band -The best musicians take on the powerful music of Charles Mingus at Iridium Jazz Club.1650 Broadway (@51st Street) 212-582 2121 $25 (Let me know if you would like to be my guest!)
Wednesday,
April 4 @ 8 pm Union Hall’s “Secret Science Club”
Presents:
A Nocturnal Garden Party. Plant scientist Gerry Moore lectures on “The
Secret Botanical Life of NYC”. Ready to photosynthesize? Explore the
weird and wonderful world of plants—especially those that thrive in
our overbuilt, human-dominated landscape—with Gerry Moore, director
of science for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Go Out on a Limb with Singer/Songwriter
Lee Feldman at 9:30
p.m. “Imagine if Charlie Brown made pop records….” and that
he lived in the concrete jungle. Union
Hall 702 Union St. (at 5th Ave.) in Park Slope, Brooklyn
Friday, April 6-Sunday, April 8th (Fri & Sat 11pm, Sunday at 9pm) TJ & Dave at Barrow Street Theater. The best theater in town. The fact that it is also improvised is a magical bonus. $12 if you say improv at the Box Office (otherwise $20). Repeat audiece get to come for $5! They come all the way from Chicago to do this the first weekend of every month.