Performance Series Archive

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[FALL 2008 CALENDAR]
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The Lower Eastside Girls Club

Saturday Performance Series

@ Art+Community Gallery

56 East 1st Street (1st/2nd Aves)
New York, NY 10003

212-982-1633

Saturday afternoons at 3pm

FREE to the community (all genders!)

FALL 2008 / WINTER 2009 CALENDAR

October 11th - See Ya at 3: Family Day Series - Hosted by Pyeng

Parents and Tots

"Tabula Rasa" Cd Release Party by Nikolai

http://www.nikoskids.com

October 18th - Tea at 3: Emerging Artist Series - Hosted by Pyeng

What is Soul Music?

Swan

http://www.swanvocals.com

Debbie Deane

http://www.debbiedeane.com

October 25th - Hosted by Renee

NOLA Soul

Rice & Beans New Orleans Celebration welcoming our friends from Young Aspirations/Young Artists

http://www.yayainc.com/

November 1st - Hosted by Renee

Miz Metro

www.myspace.com/mizmetro

November 8th - See Ya at 3: Family Day Series - Hosted by Pyeng

Parents and Tots

Vered Music For Kids

http://myspace.com/veredmusicforkids

Nikos Kids

http://www.nikoskids.com

November 15th - Hosted by Renee

Amy Regan

http://www.myspace.com/amyregan

November 22nd - Tea at 3: Emerging Artist Series - Hosted by Pyeng

The Art of The Vocalist

Jamie Leonhart

http://www.jamieleonhart.com/home.html

Amanda Ahomi

http://www.myspace.com/amandahomi

November 29th

Closed for Holiday!

December 6th - Hosted by Renee

Lower Eastside Girls Club Holiday Fair-Trade Fair & Sing-a-long

December 12th - See Ya at 3: Family Day Series - Hosted by Pyeng

Parents and Tots

Nikos Kids

http://www.nikoskids.com

December 20th - Hosted by Renee

Get in the Holiday Mood

Gwynn Galitzer

http://myspace.com/gwynngalitzer

January 3rd - CLOSED

January 10th - See Ya at 3: Family Day Series - Hosted by Pyeng

Parents and Tots

Nikos Kids

http://www.nikoskids.com

Sparky's Adventures

http://www.sparkyswalk.com/home.php

January 17th

POP:Power of Peace Coalition Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.

Artists TBA

January 24th - Tea at 3: Emerging Artist Series - Hosted by Pyeng

Africa in 2009

Somi

http://www.somimusic.com/

Leni Stern

http://www.lenistern.com/

February 14th - See Ya at 3: Family Day Series - Hosted by Pyeng

Parents and Tots

Nikos Kids

http://www.nikoskids.com

February 28th - Tea at 3: Emerging Artist Series - Hosted by Pyeng

"Jazz Emerging"

Karlie Bruce

http://www.karliebruce.com/

Kendra Ross

http://www.kendraross.com/

March 14th - See Ya at 3: Family Day Series - Hosted by Pyeng

Parents and Tots

Nikos Kids

http://www.nikoskids.com

April 11th - See Ya at 3: Family Day Series - Hosted by Pyeng

Parents and Tots

Nikos Kids

http://www.nikoskids.com

April 25th - Tea at 3: Emerging Artist Series - Hosted by Pyeng

"Reinventing Pop"

Angela Ortiz

http://www.angelaortiz.com/

Brazz Tree

http://brazztree.com/

May 9th - See Ya at 3: Family Day Series - Hosted by Pyeng

Parents and Tots

Nikos Kids

http://www.nikoskids.com

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[SPRING 2008 CALENDAR]
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>> May 10, 2008 / 3:30pm & FREE!
Marty McConnell, Rebecca Hart & Shanelle Gabriel with DJ Kamala!

Marty McConnell received her MFA in creative writing/poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, and competed in five National Poetry Slams with the NYC/louderARTS team. She co-founded the Chicago-based Morrigan, an all-female performance poetry troupe and currently co-curates the flagship reading series of the louderARTS Project, and appeared on both the second and fifth seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam, and performs nationwide with the Piper Jane Project.

Rebecca Hart - small girl, big voice, fast guitar - is a musician and actor based in NYC. She made her first stage appearance at nine months old and hasn't looked back. She is a graduate of Brown University's Theatre department and a survivor of the Los Angeles independent music scene. Rebeca tours frequently with her current band between acting jobs, most frequently on the East Coast and in Ireland. RH Live features members of the NY-area 'jam band' Licorice, and it sounds pretty damn cool.

Shanelle Gabriel is a 23-year-old spoken word and singing virtuoso. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY she has displayed her skills at colleges and venues across the country. She performed the Promo Opening and featured on 2007's sixth season of HBO's Def Poetry Jam and recorded a nationally televised promo for the 2007 NFL Draft. She also was a member of the 2006 Nuyorican Poets Cafe National Slam Team and a competitor in the 2007 Individual World Poetry Slam Competition in Vancouver, Canada.

DJ Kamala: While DJ Kamala is best known for her deep soulful house music sets, her musical ear and music programming covers many genres from nu-soul, global lounge, broken beats, trip hop, hip hop, dub, afrobeat, dance and soul classics, jazz, latin jazz and beyond. Kamala has been a featured DJ in the PS1 Warm Up DJ Series, Raindance/ Speigelworld events at Pier 17, the Winter Music Conference in Southbeach and dance parties presented by The Melting Pot NYC and Giant Step.

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>> May 17, 2008 / 3:30pm & FREE!
Martha Redbone, Jen Chapin & DJ Laylo

Martha Redbone: Singer/songwriter Martha Redbone has been described by Billboard Magazine's Larry Flick as "a true original; the kind of artist who sets trends, as opposed to following them". She grew up in New York and Kentucky. An unlikely combination that you can hear in her flow: the staccato melodies of the city, mixed with the easy, wide-open praise song of a country choir. Her debut CD "Home of the Brave" is summed up by Billboard in one word... "stunning".

Jen Chapin: In the two years since releasing her critically-acclaimed debut with Hybrid Recordings, LINGER, Jen Chapin has toured the East coast, West, South and Midwest, given TV performances ranging from the WB Morning News to Late Nite with Conan O'Brien, and given birth to a baby boy. Continuing the Chapin fame, Jen’s beautiful music prompted JazzTimes’ to anoint her "a first-rate storyteller.”

DJ Laylo's regular gig is holding down the 1’s and 2’s alongside Brazilian rapper LF (EliEfi.) On her down time, Laylo heal’s the people with good music, everything from old school Salsa to Hip Hop to Merengue to House to Soul to Funk. And if you mess around she might throw some Brazilian joints up in there too… proving that people can and will dance to something other than what’s on MTV!

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>> May 24, 2008 / THE PERFORMANCE SERIES IS CANCELLED ON MAY 24TH. COME BACK MAY 31ST FOR OUR END-OF-YEAR CELEBRATION!

Christa Bell: RESCHEDULED FOR FALL 08!is an award-winning feminist folk poet, performance artist, and cultural activist from Seattle, Washington. A National Poetry Slam Champion, National Public Radio alumna and internationally touring artist, Bell’s work is crafted by combining the oral poetic and storytelling traditions of the Classical Black American Church with rhythmic elements of Hip-Hop and the body-centered awareness and transformative mission of women’s sacred ritual. Her work is an act of resistance towards the international corporately-sanctioned attack on women in mainstream hip-hop and mass media.

Madafi:RESCHEDULED FOR FALL 08!iThis singer/songwriter/poet and producer is bringing music and testimonials like the brothers and sisters of yesteryears with an eclectic mix of soul, ska, hip hop, and funk with songs. Her no holds barred storytelling about love and life will force the world to re-evaluate how they listen to music. Madafi has performed at Central Park's Summer Stage as well as the legendary Blue Note, and acted in the Walt Whitman play 'Crossing Brooklyn Ferry' at this year's Celebrate Brooklyn with Brave New World Repretory Theatre.

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>> May 31, 2008 / 3:30pm & FREE!
OUR FINAL SATURDAY OF THE SEASON!
ALL FEMALE DJ DANCE PARTY FEATURING...
DJ Moni, DJ Sabine + more
Plus live painting by Fly Lady Di + Crystal Clarity

DJ Moni has held residencies throughout the city and is a resident of the Highline Ballroom, opening up for acts as diverse as Paul McCartney and Amy Winehouse to Mos Def and Talib Kweli to Greyboy All-Stars and Secret Machines. In 2003, Moni joined the all-female dj crew, Ubiquita. Since then, Moni been named one of "New York City's 15 Hottest DJ's" and has been featured on the cover of the Village Voice, in the NY Post, Time Out NY, Suede, & Trace Magazines.

DJ Sabine: A resident DJ at Brooklyn Mecca, DJ Sabine spins house, afrobeat, haitian roots music and other diasporic tunes. Her main influences are her spirit guides, ancestors, and warrior womyn. DJ Sabine has spun for NYC venues and grassroots organizations such as Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe, Joe’s Pub, Aaron Davis Hall, Apollo, Central Park Summerstage, Sisterfire NYC, Sista II Sista, Black Out Arts Collective, Remote Lounge, Sputnik, Five Spot, Studio Museum of Harlem, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and more.

Plus live painting by the fabulous Fly Lady Di & Crystal Clarity!

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[ARCHIVES 2ND SEASON]
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