Dec
12 Fri@7pm>$15
Madwoman: A Contemporary Opera,
written & performed by M. Nahadr
@10pm $10
THE NUYORICAN FRIDAY NIGHT POETRY
SLAM...Hosted by Mahogany Browne; After the Slam>Open
Room with ATryan.
Dec 13>Sat@4pm>$20 ($15 in
advance, $10 student/unemployed)
Partisan Defense Committee's
Holiday Appeal Fundraiser Featuring the play "John
Brown: Trumpet Of Freedom" by Norman Thomas
Marshall and George Wolf Reily
For more, visit:
www.partisandefense.org
@10pm>$10
Yerbabuena: Bomba y Plena: Puerto
Rican Roots Music>
For more, visit:
www.yerbabuena.biz
Dec 14 Sun@8pm>$10
4th Quarter Pressure Part II,
featuring Microphone Bully
Dec 17 Wed@7pm>$10
Fresh Fruit: Open Mic>hosted by
Carol Polcovar
@9pm>$7
Slam Open...Sign Up & Slam!
Hosted by Jive Poetic
Dec 18,19,20 Thu,Fri,Sat@7pm>$20
Dec 21@4pm>$20
MONK starring Rome Neal
Dec 18 Thu@9pm>$7
Latin Jazz Jam W/ Hector
Martignon & Friends
Dec 19 Fri@10pm>$10
THE NUYORICAN FRIDAY NIGHT POETRY
SLAM...Hosted by Mahogany Browne;
After the Slam>Open Room with ATrayn>>ATrayn's
farewell bash tonight!
Dec 20 Sat@10pm>$12($10 w/
flyer)
Words--a poetry and hip hop
showcase plus open mike>Hosted by WiseGuy &
Gaston
Dec 21 Sun@7pm>$15
Yule Solstice Masquerade Soiree
Dec 23 Tue@7pm>$10
Acoustic Evening, curated by
Rachel
Rossos & Michael Gallant; featuring
Rachael Sage and Jon Regen.
Rachael Sage
radiates what MOJO Magazine calls "warm,
intelligent...NY indie charm". An innovative,
improvisational keyboardist, Sage has earned a
loyal following for her infectious melodies,
poetic lyrics, and often-outrageous, colorful
stage banter.
Singer, songwriter and pianist
Jon Regen performs songs from his
critically-acclaimed new album LET IT GO,
featuring Andy Summers of The Police and Martha
Wainwright.
Rachel Rossos
and
Michael Gallantperform
bi-coastal pop that runs from slow-burning to
anthemic, pulling influences from blues, rock,
and classical.
Dec
24 Wed@7pm>$7
Write From Wrong: Showcase of
words by young people who have survived the
prison industrial complex. Plus Open Mic>Hosted
by Frank Black
@9pm>$7
Slam Open...Sign Up & Slam!
Hosted by Jive Poetic
Dec 25,26,27> ThuFri,Sat@7pm>$20
Dec
28@4pm>$20
MONK starring Rome Neal
Dec 25 Thu@9pm>$7
Latin Jazz Jam w/ Willie Martinez
& La Familia Sextet
Dec 26 Fri@10pm>$10
THE NUYORICAN FRIDAY NIGHT POETRY SLAM...Hosted
by Mahogany Browne>
After the Slam: Open Room
Dec 27 Sat@10pm>$10
Urbintel
presents: "Verses" featuring A-Trayn!
Please come out to hear our very own A-Trayn
before he leaves to go back to Chicago!
Dec 28 Sun@8pm>$10
Bobby Sanabria/New School Afro-Cuban
Big Band
Dec
30 Tue@7pm>$10 ($5 Seniors/students/children)
Kwanzaa
Holiday Celebration
presented by InnerAttainment Productions. Afrika
in Motion Dance Theatre and Great Soulful Music
Entertainment.
Dec 31 Wed@7pm>$20
MONK starring Rome Neal
@9pm>$25
New Year's Eve at the legendary
Nuyorican. It's the best date in New York City.
Featuring Banana Puddin' Jazz Jam, Spoken Word,
Champagne Toast @ midnight AND Melodious Mayhem
ALL NIGHT LONG
JANUARY 2009
HIGHLIGHTS
Jan 1,2,3,8,9,10> Thu, Fri, Sat@7pm>$20
Jan
4,11>Sun@4pm>$20
MONK starring Rome Neal
Jan 2
Fri@10pm>$10
THE NUYORICAN FRIDAY NIGHT POETRY
SLAM...Hosted by Mahogany Browne>
After the Slam: Open Room
Jan 3 Sat@9pm>$15
BANANA
PUDDIN: jazz and spoken word
Followed by Jazz Jam &
Open Mic, $10 (jammin' musicians only)
Complimentary Banana Puddin for all
Jan 4>Sun@8PM>$5 advance, $10 door
THE TRIPLE S
Comedians Dan Ahdoot (Comedy Central, MTV, NBC)
and Jordan Carlos (Comedy Central, ESPN, VH1)
entertain crowds with their 2-man comedy variety
show - part standup, part story, part sketch.
Featuring a surprise musical guest.
Jan 6>Tue@7pm>$15
Madwoman: A Contemporary Opera,
written & performed by M. Nahadr
Jan 7>Wed@7:30pm>$8
TANGANA!!! Comedy Wednesdays; Hosted by Edgar
Rivera
@10pm>$12($10 w/
flyer)
ALL
THAT...Hip Hop, jazz, poetry & Open mic; hosted
by Homeboy Sandman
Jan 8>Thu@9pm>$7
Latin Jazz Jam with Chembo Corniel & his Chaworo
Band
Jan 9>Fri@10pm>$10
THE NUYORICAN FRIDAY NIGHT POETRY
SLAM...Hosted by Mahogany Browne>
After the Slam: Open Room
Jan 10>Sat@10PM>$10
Yerbabuena: Bomba y Plena: Puerto Rican Roots
Music
Visit www.yerbabuena.biz for details
Jan 11>Sun@8PM>$10
Nelson Riveros - Latin Jazz Guitar, f/Hector
Martignon
Jan 12>Mon@7:30PM>$10
suggested donation
HIBERNATING RATTLESNAKES: No Passport Theatre
Alliance
and the
Nuyorican
present an
evening of excerpts from and short works for
performance with:
MC Ephraim
Lopez
and authors/performers
Mando Alvarado, Alex Beech, Susana Cook,
Migdalia Cruz, Kristoffer Diaz, Randy Gener,
Jason Grote, Lanna Joffrey, Caridad Svich and
Andrea Thome.
Jan 13>Tue@7PM>$6
Moth
StorySLAM>Hosted by: Dan Kennedy.
For more info:
info@themoth.org
Jan 14>Wed@7pm>$10
Fresh Fruit: Open Mic>hosted by
Carol Polcovar
@9pm>$7
Slam Open...Sign Up & Slam!
Hosted by Jive Poetic
Jan 15>Thu@7pm>$10
La Bruja
headlines an evening of performance poetry,
curated by Raul Rios
@9pm>$7
Latin
Jazz Jam with The Curtis Brothers
Jan 16>Fri@7pm
Spoken
Word Almanac Project (SWAP)
f/Darian Duchan
@10pm>$10
THE NUYORICAN FRIDAY NIGHT
POETRY SLAM...Hosted by Mahogany Browne>After
the Slam: Open Room
Jan 17>Sat@7pm>$15
Madwoman: A Contemporary Opera,
written & performed by M. Nahadr
@10pm>$12($10
w/ flyer)
Words--a
poetry and hip hop showcase plus open mic>Hosted
by WiseGuy & Gaston
Jan
18>Sun@4PM>$10
An Afternoon
of Dance: cutting-edge choreography - tap,
modern, and everything in-between - featuring
Broadway performers and curated by Tamlyn
Shusterman
@8PM
4th Quarter Pressure f/Microphone Bully
Jan 21>Wed@9pm>$7
Slam Open...Sign Up & Slam!
Hosted by Jive Poetic
Jan 22>Thu@9pm>$7
Latin
Jazz Jam W/ Hector Martignon & Friends
Jan 23>Fri@10pm>$10
THE NUYORICAN FRIDAY NIGHT
POETRY SLAM...Hosted by Mahogany Browne>
After the Slam: Open Room
Jan 24>Sat@7PM>$15
Madwoman: A Contemporary Opera,
written & performed by M. Nahadr
@10PM>$10
Birthday
Concert for Latin Jazz artist Joe Barnes
Jan
25>Sun@8PM>$10
Bobby
Sanabria/New School Afro-Cuban Big Band
Jan 28>Wed@7PM>$7
Write From
Wrong: Showcase of words by young people who
have survived the prison industrial complex.
Plus Open Mic>Hosted by Frank Black
@9pm>$7
Slam Open...Sign Up & Slam!
Hosted by Jive Poetic
Jan 29>Thu@7PM>$10
Tato Laviera
and Laura Lomas:
Nuyorican Author Jesus "Tato" Laviera and
Rutgers University Professor Laura Lomas
celebrate Latino writing in New York since the
1880s with the release of their new books:
Abraham,
Mixturao and Other Poems (by Laviera,
published by Arte Público Press, 2008) and
Translating
Empire: José Martí, Migrant Latino Subjects
and American Modernities (by Lomas,
published by Duke University Press, 2008).
@9pm>$7
Latin
Jazz Jam w/ Willie Martinez & La Familia
Sextet
Jan 30>Fri@10PM>$10
THE NUYORICAN FRIDAY NIGHT
POETRY SLAM...Hosted by Mahogany Browne>After
the Slam: Open Room
Jan 31>Sat@7PM>$10
"The Slave,
Half-Breed, Whore and You": A musical/lyrical
re-telling of
Nina
Simone's four women; Performance by
Sinnerman
@10pm>$10
Urbintel presents: "Verses"
Visit
www.nuyorican.org for further details