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Wednesday Jun 20
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6:00PM
FICTION: SHORT STORIES
Karen Heuler, host
Short Stories: Women on the verge
Girl fights! Love with an alien! Manufactured virgins!
Fiction about women pushing the envelope, riding the edges, following their offbeat visions or denying them.
Readings by Margot Landau, Helen Phillips and Karen Heuler.
Cover $7
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT
Valerie Ghent, host
Deni Bonet;
Roberto Poveda;
Thomas Channel;
Valerie Ghent
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Now in its 7th year, The Songwriter's Beat is New York's most popular acoustic songwriter series, where songwriters are encouraged to perform new material in a supportive and intimate atmosphere.
This month's Songwriter's Beat features:
Deni Bonet
denibonet.com
Roberto Poveda
www.myspace.com/robertopoveda
Thomas Channel
Valerie Ghent
valghent.com
Curated / hosted by multiple ASCAP Pop Award winner Valerie Ghent, The Songwriter's Beat features top up-and-
coming songwriters. Each month four songwriters of varying musical styles perform original songs and are encouraged to
try out their newest material and arrangements.
Founded in 2000 by Valerie Ghent, The Songwriter's Beat has presented over 225 songwriters (hailing from all over the
globe: from the US, UK, Australia, South Africa and Japan) and keeps growing!
The Songwriter's Beat welcomes songwriters from around the world, so when planning your trip to New York, allow time for
The Songwriter's Beat!
Cover $5
songwritersbeat.com
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valghent.com
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Thursday
Jun 21
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6:00PM
PO'JAZZ
Golda Solomon, host
Lynn Skinner, vocals ;
Robert Schlesinger, piano;
Tom Teasley, percussion;
Barbara Sfraga, poet;
Susan Duhan Felix, poet;
Mortimer Felix, poet;
Saco Yasuma , sax
Legendary word woman, Golda, plus musicians and spoken word artists.
This month Golda's away, so her friend and ours Barbara Sfraga will ably substitute as the mistress of ceremonies.
The Washington Post calls Teasley “a percussionist in the widest and most exuberant sense.”
D.C.’s Tom Teasley brings his kit -- from frame drums to hand-drum synthesizer -- and joins Golda Solomon in Jazz
Poetry and Percussion, a collaboration inspired by New York’s great Charles Mingus and Langston Hughes
Cover $15
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
CARLO DEROSA QUARTET
Mark Shim, saxophone;
Luis Perdomo, piano;
Justin Brown, drums;
Carlo DeRosa, bass & compositions
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After a successful return to leading his own group last November, Carlo DeRosa
will be performing at The Cornelia Street Café. This promises to be another great night of
music and the stellar ensemble will once again bring the bassist’s original compositions to
life. Their collective musical credentials reads like a “Who’s Who of Jazz.”
Performing at many music festivals, clubs and concert halls around the world, Carlo
DeRosa collaborates with many great artists and projects including: Dave Allen, Ravi
Coltrane, Chembo Corniel and Grupo Chaworo, Tyshawn Sorey, Sam Newsome, Vijay Iyer,
Agrazing Maze with Allison Miller and Ingrid Jensen, Justin Flynn, Lucian Ban, Victor Prieto
and Rudresh Mahanthappa. He has had the opportunity to work with jazz luminaries such
as Ed Thigpen, John Scofield, Nick Brignola, Mickey Roker, Bruce Barth, Warren Bernhardt,
Ray Barretto, Bertha Hope, and George Garzone. Proficient, creative, clearly an in demand
bassist, Carlo DeRosa is earning a reputation of very high standards.
Mark Shim was an integral part of bands led by jazz legends Betty Carter and
Elvin Jones. At the same time he is comfortable exploring the contemporary and modern
jazz concepts of Michele Rosewoman and the “New Directions” band with Greg Osby,
Stefon Harris and Jason Moran.
Luis Perdomo has displayed his talents as a regular member of groups led by
John Benítez, Miguel Zenón, Ray Barretto and Ravi Coltrane. His work with artists such as
John Patitucci, Claudia Acuna, Dave Samuels and Butch Morris adds to a list that is notable
through its quality and diversity.
Derrek Phillips currently plays with the Charlie Hunter Trio. Having worked
regularly with a diverse group of artists including: Ronny Jordan, Greg Osby, Michele
Rosewoman, Liberty Ellman, Jason Moran, Sam Newsome and Vijay Iyer among others, he
has carved out an exciting musical career.
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Friday
Jun 22
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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.
This week's feature: John Amen.
Cover $7
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9:00PM & 10:30PM
BEN WALTZER GROUP
Ben Waltzer, piano;
Chris Lightcap, bass;
Gerald Cleaver, drums;
JD Allen & Bill McHenry, saxophones
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“This no-nonsense jazz pianist in the Ellington and Monk vein (who has occasionally
written for Arts & Leisure) gets a big, ringing sound out of the extreme registers of the
instrument; he also takes a decisive stand against the ultra-sensitive, lush-harmony
tendency of so many young jazz composers.”
--Ben Ratliff, NYTimes
“Brilliantly performed…very impressive.”
- Ahmad Jamal, jazz piano legend, of ‘100 Dreams Ago.’
Cover $10
www.benwaltzer.com
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www.myspace.com/benwaltzer
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Saturday
Jun 23
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6:00PM
WILD MERCY : SAVING LIONS
Laura Simms, host
WILD MERCY : saving lions ..
with Laura Simms, Rafe Martin, Gioia Timpanelli, Ishmael Beah and
storytellers and musicians in support of an action to move exotic animals
from a desperate zoo in the north of Romania. How nature and human
beings are related and our treatment of captured wildlife reflects our treatment
of Other..
Cover $7
(includes one house drink)
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9:00PM & 10:30PM
THE TUBA PROJECT FEATURING BOB STEWART
Lucian Ban, piano;
Sam Newsome , soprano saxophone & flute;
Bruce Williams, alto saxophone & flute;
Eric McPherson, drums;
Bob Stewart, tuba
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Founded in 2004 by long time musical collaborators alex harding and
transylvanian born pianist lucian ban the group brings
together some of the most creative voices in jazz today to form a unique ensemble built
around the voices of saxophones and tuba.
benefiting immensely from the extraordinaire talent of mr. bob steawart who’s
widely considered the best tuba player in jazz and who
can play the instrument in any way possible the group also feature the soulful and bluesy
baritone sax of mr. alex harding, the beautiful
sound of j.d. allen’s ten sax, the strange eastern european influences of ban’s piano and
the creative rhythms of a master of modern
jazz drumming, mr. derrek phillips.
pulsating blues, new orleans riffs, post bop lines, funk grooves and free jazz outbursts can
be found in their music but the sound of
the group goes well beyond all those to become a voice of its own. playing original music
the four musicians have to be seen and heard to
get the full picture.
after dozens of concerts & acclaimed performances the group has recorded (direct to
track) an album of original music to be released february 2006
on cimp records. not to be missed !
www.stewartuba.com
Cover $12
www.lucianban.com
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www.alexharding.net
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Sunday
Jun 24
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6:00PM
GUITAR & PEN
Chris Belden, host
Two genres, no waiting.
Writer/musician Chris Belden reads the latest installment from his
novel-in-progress, /The Writer/, & then plays some brand new tunes!
Cover $7
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
ANDREW RATHBUN GROUP
Andrew Rathbun, reeds;
Scott Lee, bass;
Jeff Hirshfield, drums
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Scott, Jeff and Andrew meet often to work on the music that Andrew and
Scott
compose for this group, and as a result they play TOGETHER as a
cohesive
unit. This group does it all, weaving in and out of playing 'free' to
creating spontaneous forms to playing changes and even the occasional
standard.
Cover $8
www.andrewrathbun.com
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Monday
Jun 25
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6:00PM
TULIS MC CALL
Host: Tulis McCall
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Theatrical woman on our small stage, actors reading through new scripts.
MONOLOGUES AND MADNESS
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE:
You're an actor looking for a new monologue.
> You're a writer looking for an actor for that new monologue.
> You have a monologue that you have written and want to read.
> The only way to get noticed is to stand in the most brighlty lit corner of
the room and talk.
CONTACT Tulis for a slot - or just come listen.
tulis@tulismccall.com
Cover $7
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
21 CENTURY SCHIZOID MUSIC PRESENTS NATHAN DAVIS
Frank Oteri, curator
Odd Appetite: Ha-Yang Kim, cello;
Nathan Davis, percussion;
Claire Chase, alto flute
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Memory Spaces: Electroacoustic Music by Nathan Davis
Composer and percussionist Nathan Davis (NYC) makes music that is inspired by American experimentalism,
Balinese gamelan, and by a fascination with sound and the natural world. The program will include solos with live processing
for triangles, river stones, amplified computer, and alto flute (performed by Claire Chase), and a cello and hammered dulcimer
duo for Odd Appetite (with cellist Ha-Yang Kim). These pieces explore remembered spaces of wonder, panic, beauty,
claustrophobia, and transformation.
Additional information and soundfiles available at
Cover $10
www.oddappetite.org/
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www.nathandavis.com
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Tuesday
Jun 26
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6:00PM
GRADUATE POETS SERIES
Alissa Heyman & Sylvia Lee, hosts
June's readers are Traci Brimhall—Sarah Lawrence College, Amy Lawless—The New School,
Danny Rivera—City College, Angela Veronica Wong—The New School, and Zach Sussman—New York University.
Cover $7
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
EMMA (ERIN MCKEOWN + ALLISON MILLER)
Allison Miller, drumssamplerbasselectronicsguitarvocal;
Erin McKeown, drumssamplerbasselectronicsguitarvocal;
+ guests: Todd Sickafoose, bass;
Erik Deutsch, sounds
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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 Jun 27
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6:00PM
POETS WEAR PRADA PRESS PARTY
Roxanne Hoffman, host
New press, great authors, a publisher who is one miracle short of sainthood.
We're celebrating Spring & Summer Releases:
"The Little Book of Fairytales & Love Poems" by Iris
Berman ; "Payday Loans" by Jee Leong Koh ; "Paradise Highway" by Peter Chelnik ;
"Raptor Rhapsody" by Susan Maurer ; and yes, yes, Previewing
"Parenthesis" by Sheryl H. Simler.
Cover $7
(includes one house drink)
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8:30PM
SOUL OF THE BLUES
Jon Sobel
Nu Millenium ;
Ernie Southern ;
Anthony Robustelli Band
This special edition of Soul of the Blues features Nu Millenium (a capella soul!) + Ernie Southern + Anthony Robustelli Band
SOUL OF THE BLUES, NYC's premiere *inexpensive*
live blues and soul music series, happens the fourth
Wednesday of every month at Cornelia Street Cafe.
more information on the artists, please visit:
Nu Millenium
Ernie Southern
Anthony Robustelli Band
Cover $10
http://souloftheblues.com
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June 20-June 27, 2007 
