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