Tuesday
May 29
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6:00PM
PROSE
Casey Ebro
Tomas Dobozy
Tamas Dobozy reads from LAST NOTES, a collection of short stories, published by Arcade Press.
Tamas Dobozy is the author of two collections of short fiction. The
first, When X Equals Marylou, was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed
Award, and in 1995 he won the subTerrain short fiction contest. His
stories have appeared in journals across North America. He teaches in
the Department of English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University
in Ontario, where he lives with his family. At the moment, Dobozy is the
first Fulbright Visiting Chair in Creative Writing at New York University.
Cover $6
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
EMMA (ERIN MCKEOWN + ALLISON MILLER)
Allison Miller, drumssamplerbasselectronicsguitarvocal;
Erin McKeown, drumssamplerbasselectronicsguitarvocal;
special guest: Todd Sickafoose, bass
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ong ago in a tiny cabin two young aliens found that more than re-wiring motherboards, they liked writing music together. music
whose individual contributions are indistinguishable from the finished concept. music of beats and peaks, low end and delicacy.
sometimes they sang, sometimes the music was enough.
"For two people, EMMA makes an unbelievable sound and fury."
-dedicated emma fan
www.myspace.com/WeAreEmma
Cover $10
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Wednesday May 30
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6:00PM
FLAMENCO
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Dance music and song.
Toshiko Betsumiya, dancer and choreographer, has performed in many shows and fairs in NY, including solo appearances with the New York Grand Opera at the Bandshell in Central Park and the Amato Opera Company.
Lorena Sandra, dancer, has a background in classic dance and has performed with the flamenco group Los Triananas in New York and surrounding areas and is currently solo dancer with the Seasoned Citizens Theatre Company, a musical variety revue.
Inma Heredia, singer and actress, from Seville, Spain, has performed extensively in Europe and the US. She has performed at the Latin Grammys in Los Angeles, the HOLA Awards, among many others. She played at the Apollo Theatre in 2006 in Latinas Don't PMS.
Paul Jared Newman, composer and guitarist, has played with Spanish dance ensembles at Symphony Space, the Thalia Spanish Arts Theatre in New York, the Kleinert Arts Center in Woodstock, and many other venues in the US and Spain.
Cover $10
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
PLAYDATE
Steve Wilson, alto saxophone;
Amanda Monaco, guitar;
Noah Baerman, piano;
Henry Lugo, bass;
Vinnie Sperrazza, drums
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Though this may be a new group, it has deep roots. Friends since high
school, Monaco and Baerman studied music together at the Educational Center
for the Arts in New Haven, Conn. Joined with new friends Lugo and Sperrazza
(also members of Baerman's piano trio), as well as special guest, alto
saxophonist Steve Wilson, they swing and bop their way through tunes penned
by Monaco and Baerman, a delightful combination of the hard bop tradition
and modern harmonic sophistications.
www.noahjazz.com
Cover $15
www.amandamonaco.com
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Thursday
May 31
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6:00PM
WRITE AID FUNDRAISER
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8:30PM
GNU VOX: WENDY GILLES AND HEATHER MASSE
David Devoe, curator
Wendy Gilles, vocals;
Heather Masse, vocals;
Petr Kankura, saxohphone and mandolin;
Carmen Staaf, piano and accordian;
Jay Foote, bass
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Vocalist and composer Wendy Gilles was a featured soloist in ensembles led by Django Bates, Dave Holland, and Jay Thomas. Wendy started singing at an early age in church and school choirs. While earning her BMA in classical singing at Pacific Lutheran University, Wendy naturally gravitated towards jazz. She quickly became a featured soloist in PLU's vocal jazz ensemble, and performed regularly in regional clubs and venues in the Pacific Northwest. This past May, Wendy completed her Master's degree in Jazz Vocal Performance at New England Conservatory.
"Wendy Gilles is one of the most consistently spot-on singers I've heard. Her voice is lush and welcoming, and her interpretation and improvising convey a musicality and confidence that puts the music first, no matter what she is singing." - Dominique Eade
Heather Masse grew up in rural Maine and began singing at an early age. She completed her Bachelors degree in Jazz Vocal Performance with a Distinction in Performance at the New England Conservatory of Music. Although her singing is deeply influenced by jazz, she is equally comfortable singing folk,
country, blues, and pop. Heather is the latest addition to the critically acclaimed group The Wailin Jennys, and will be performing on their world tour through 2008. She also performs with the world-renown band The Wayfaring
Strangers at venues including NPR's World Cafe, Somerville Theater, and
Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops. Heather also sings with the up and coming Boston
based band Joy Kills Sorrow, a modern string band that finds its home in the
cracks between bluegrass, jazz, old-time, and pop styles. In 2006, she recorded with her own project,
Heather and the Barbarians, a 6 piece band including 2 clarinets/sax, bass,
drums, and guitar that plays orignal songs influenced by jazz, country-blues,
and folk styles. Their debut CD, "Tell Me Tonight" is now available!
Cover $10
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www.myspace.com/wendygilles
STREAMING LINK:
www.myspace.com/heatherandthebarbarians
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Friday
Jun 01
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6:00PM
PINK PONY POETRY
Jackie Sheeler
Jackie Sheeler's legendary open mic poetry series.
Arrive before 6 pm to sign up. Featured reader : Duwana Sharese
Cover $6
http://www.poetz.com
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9:00PM & 10:30PM
JASON RIGBY QUARTET
Jason Rigby , saxophones;
Mike Holober, Rhodes;
Cameron Brown, bass;
Jeff Davis, drums
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"Diverse program" is sometimes a euphemism for "hodge-podge," but the young reed player's Translucent Space accounts
for all its esthetic zig-zags. Allusions to electric jazz and classical motifs snuggle next to free-bop jaunts and hard- driving
swing. Rigby plays as it lays, and does so with élan."
- Jim Macnie, NYC VILLAGE VOICE (Dec. 06)
"I'd go so far as to say that Translucent Space is the freshest and most individual jazz album of the year so far; it lets light
through but in such a way that the antecedents and influences are sensed diffusely rather than clearly seen."
- Brian Morton, UK JAZZ REVIEW (Sept. 06)
"Translucent Space" (Fresh Sound-New Talent), the new album by the saxophonist and bass clarinetist Jason Rigby, doesn't
come by its name casually; it's an album of airy, often diaphanous music, with faint echoes of early fusion and Third Stream.
Mr. Rigby plays here with the album's rhythm section of Mike Holober on piano, Cameron Brown on bass and Mark Ferber on
drums. At 8:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Cafe."
- Nate Chinen, NEW YORK TIMES (June 06)
Cover $10
www.jasonrigby.net
STREAMING LINK:
jasonrigby.net/SoundFiles/TurquoiseTurkishMP3.mp3
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Saturday
Jun 02
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6:00PM
THE LIAR SHOW
Andy Christie, host
Part game show, part storytelling, all performance.
www.TheLiarShow.com
4 Storytellers. 3 true stories. 1 pack of lies.
Four NYC writers and performers tell stories that will make you
laugh, make you cringe, or just make you glad you don't live with
them. But listen carefully, because somebody is making it all up.
After the stories have been told, you'll have an opportunity to
question the storytellers and try to expose the Liar. Guess right and
win a fashionable "I Can Tell A Lie" t-shirt.
Hosted by Andy Christie (NY Times, Moth GrandSLAM Story Champion)
The June 2 show features:
DJ Hazard (American Misfits), Joanna Parson ("Joanna knocks us out!" - NYTheater.com),
Julie Booth (The Moth), and Peter Lubell (NPR, The Moth).
Cover $12
(includes one house drink)
http://www.TheLiarShow.com
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9:00PM & 10:30PM
GNU VOX SPECIAL: DOMINIQUE EADE
David Devoe, curator
Dominique Eade, voice;
Brad Shepik, guitar
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Dominique Eade has been a featured vocalist and composer in the Boston Globe Jazz
Festival, the Jazz in Toulon Festival in France, the Molde International Jazz Festival in
Norway, the "What Is Jazz?" festival in New York, and the Iowa City Jazz Festival, and an
artist-in-residence, clinician, and performer at the Wichita and Litchfield jazz festivals.
Eade performs regularly in the U.S. and Europe. A frequent nominee for outstanding
jazz vocalist in the Boston Music Awards since 1988, and the 1997 and 1999 winner in
this category, Eade was also designated "Best Jazz Singer" in Entertainment Weekly's
Regional Raves in 1997 and nominated for best new artist by the First Annual Jazz Awards
(New York) in 1998. She was recognized in the 1998 Down Beat critics poll as "Talent
Deserving Wider Recognition." Her debut CD on RCA Victor, "When the Wind Was Cool,"
appeared in 1998 Top Ten lists in the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Phoenix, and in
Jazz Times and Jazziz magazines; her second RCA Victor CD, "The Long Way Home," was
released in 1999, with contributions by Dave Holland, Victor Lewis, Mick Goodrick, and
Bruce Barth. Her earlier CD, "My Resistance Is Low," was voted one of the top ten jazz CDs of
1995 by Billboard.
Eade has recorded with Bruce Barth, Stanley Cowell, Alan Dawson, Benny Golson, Fred
Hersch, Dave Holland, George Mraz, Lewis Nash, and Steve Nelson, and has performed
with Anthony Braxton, Bill Frisell, Mark Helias, Gene Bertoncini, Peter Leitch, Donald
Brown, Butch Morris, Mick Goodrick, Ran Blake, and a number of contemporary ensembles.
Her latest recording, "Open" (Jazz Project) has been receiving much praise, and is featured in the June 2007 edition of Down Beat magainze in their "Hot Box" critics picks section.
Cover $10
www.dominiqueeade.com
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Sunday
Jun 03
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6:00PM
ENTERTAINING SCIENCE -- REFLECTIONS OF THE ANIMAL MIND
Roald Hoffmann, host
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The Face in the Mirror: Reflections of the Animal Mind
Do other animals share with us a sense of self? How big and complex a brain does it take to recognize that the one staring back at you in a mirror - is you! Diana Reiss, cognitive psychologist at Hunter College and senior research scientist at Wildlife Conservation Society presents her compelling work showing that dolphins and elephants, along with great apes and humans are members of an exclusive club whose members recognize themselves.
And can elephants make art and music? We'll explore this question with a brand-new video of musician Dave Soldier teaching and conducting the Thai Elephant Orchestra, and a presentation of elephant art by David Ferris, director of the Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project.
Cover $10
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8:30PM
VADIM NESELOVSKYI GROUP
Vadim Neselovskyi, piano;
Amanada Basinger, voice;
Eric Bloom, trumpet & flugelhorn;
Oleg Osenkov, bass;
Pedro Ito, drums
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Vadim Neselovskyi Group
"A combination of jazz,classical and world"
"More than just a strong pianist, Neselovskyi is a composer who blends form and freedom in new ways."
John Kelmann, All About Jazz
"Vadim Neselovskyi not only is a surprising pianist but a thoughtful composer whose works (including the intricate "Prelude for
Vibes" and the tense, rapid fire "Get Up and Go") belie his age. "
Barnes&Nobles.com
"Pianist Vadim Neselovskyi is a player and composer and equally adept at both sides of the talent."
Jazz Society of Oregon
Vadim Neselovskyi grew up in Odessa, Ukraine then moved with his family to Dortmund, Germany when he was 17
years old. He began studying classical music at early age, and became interested in jazz in his teenage years. Shortly after
arriving in Germany, he established himself in the local jazz scene,taking part in the Duesseldorf Jazz Rally and the Munich
Jazzfest. After a few years, he decided to move to USA to futher study at Berklee College of Music, graduating in 2004. In
meantime, he has performed at various times with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba (in duet), Tiger Okoshi and Teri Lynn Carrington
before joining a group of 5 time Grammy nominee Gary Burton. With Gary Burton “Generations” Quintett Vadim is currently
touring worldwide. Their Concord CD “Next Generation” has repeatedly became number 1 in air play charts in US.
Cover $10
www.vadimneselovskyi.com
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www.myspace.com/vadimneselovskyi
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Monday
Jun 04
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6:00PM
PRIVATE PARTY
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8:30PM
AMRAM & CO
David Amram, piano, french horn, flutes, composition & surprices;
Kevin Twigg, drums, glockenspiel;
John de Witt, bass;
Adam Amram, percussion;
John Ventimiglia, actor
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This series explores in his highly personable, generous and informal style the astonishing variety of David Amram's interests and accomplishments--renowned composer of symphonic classical music, jazz compositions, improvisation, spoken word, scat, he sits at the piano, schmoozes about music, about the greats, the beats, the obscure, the legendary; plays the French horn, pulls out all kinds of instruments (flutes, drums, horns) gathered from his many circumnavigations of the globe, pulls in guests drawn from just about every artistic walk of life.
Cover $10
www.davidamram.com
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Tuesday
Jun 05
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6:00PM
PROSE
Angelo Verga, host
Efrem Sigel;
Henry Grinberg
Cover $6
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
SPEAKEASY: STORIES FROM THE BACKROOM
Sherry Weaver, host
Martin Dockery;
Sara Barron;
Jason Wachtelhausen;
Adam Wade;
Daniel Reinisch, storytellers;
Krista Weaver, songwriter
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SpeakEasy is . . .
A new twist on the ancient tradition of oral history.
SpeakEasy is people telling stories-- true stories. Period. No scripts. No crib notes. No rehearsals.
SpeakEasy has a dynamic and constantly changing cast of storytellers that include such greats as Mike Daisey, Jonathan
Ames, and Reno, along with homemakers, lawyers, dog walkers, street magicians and writers.
You never know what you'll hear. So join us for what could be a life changing experience!
Cover $8
www.speakeasystories.com
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May 29-June 05, 2007 
