Nigerian born, Spoken Word artist Koromone “Koro” Koroye” presenting her poem “My Name” at an Artists Without Walls’ Showcase.
For more information on Artists Without Walls contact info@artistswithoutwalls.com
SAMPLE an ARTIST WITHOUT WALLS' SHOWCASE: NOEL LAWLOR
Many reading this have attended an Artist Without Walls’ Showcase but a number, for a variety of reasons, haven’t. So what can you expect at a Showcase? Well, just about anything. We have professionals and amateurs, dancers and spoken word artists, jazz, cajun and Persian folk musicians, poets, novelists and playwrights and collaborations that cannot be categorized. And somehow, it all works.
Noel Lawlor had attended many Showcases but had never presented. Finally, to the delight of the most wonderful audience an artist could ask for, Noel stepped forward and presented the opening prologue of Shakespeare’s Henry 5th. Noel gave a beautifully paced and compelling performance from the play, which focuses on events during the Hundred Years’ War.
Join us at the next Showcase at The Cell Theatre, 338 West 38th St., Tuesday, August 27th, 7pm. Everyone is welcome. For more on presenting at an Artists Without Walls contact info@artistswithoutwalls.com
AWoW MEMBERS and FRIENDS' UPCOMING EVENTS: WEEK of 7/28/13
Artists Without Walls presents its “Showcase at The Cell Theater,” 338 W. 23rd St., NYC. Wed., 7pm, July 31.
Tara O’Grady is performing on Tuesday and Wednesday at Winnie’s Lounge in the Refinery Hotel, 63 W 38th between 6th & 5th. 6-9pm, no cover or minimum.
Honor Finnegan will be performing at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, August 1st – 3rd. Dodds Farm, 44 County Route 7D, Hillsdale, NY.
Annette Homann is performing on Saturday, August 3d at Joe’s Pub with rock-songwriter team Creighton Irons and Sean Mahoney.
Tickets are $15. Click here for tickets and information
The ARTISTS, THE SIGHTS and the SOUNDS of an "AWoW" SHOWCASE
What’s an Artists Without Walls’ Showcase like? Check out this three minute video for a glimpse of what you can expect.
Below are Tara O’Grady, Niamh Hyland, Tami Lynn, Sasha Papernik and Jack O’Donnell at “AWoW Rocks the Living Room,” a Lower East Side, NYC rock club.
"SPOTLIGHT ON" AUTHOR COLIN BRODERICK
Who is Colin Broderick?
That really depends on who you’re talking to. To some I’m a carpenter, to others, a writer, to a small handful I’m an ex husband, to others, I’m that crazy Northern Irish guy who drank a lot and now writes and makes movies, and to my four year old, Erica, I’m just daddy.
What are you working on at the moment?
At the moment I’m in that rare terrain where it’s all about publicity and selling my new memoir That’s That, which was published by Crown Publishing Group.
Do you have upcoming events you’d like people to attend?
Tuesday night, April 30th, 7pm I’ll be reading from That’s That at the Artists Without Walls’ Showcase at The Cell Theater, 338 W. 23rd Street.
Everyone should come to my book launch at Barnes & Noble, Warren street in Tribeca, May 14th at seven pm. The actor Josh Brolin will be there to introduce me, so that should be fun. I believe he is going to interview me about the process of writing this memoir which Random House are billing as “The first book to paint a detailed depiction of Northern Ireland’s Troubles.” There will be an afterparty at the Scratcher Bar all are welcome to come along with us after the reading.
Who are the writers, past and present, you admire?
Philip Roth, Hemmingway, Graham Greene, Fitzgerald, Jonathan Franzen, Bukowski, Adrienne Rich, and Woody Allen, to name just a few.
What are three of your favorite literary works?
A Moveable Feast; Hemmingway
The Great Gatsby; Fitzgerald
The End of The Affair; Graham Greene
Who is your greatest inspiration and why?
My daughter because she brings me into the moment and reminds me that innocence is still attainable.
Name five things you’d like to do or accomplish in the next five years.
- Buy a little house in the country.
- Write a novel.
- Direct this feature movie that I’ve written and complete another.
- Win both an Oscar and a Pulitzer.
- Stop worrying so much.
If you could dream of trying something in the arts you haven’t tried, but would like to, what would that be?
I’m going to start playing the Bodhran shortly.
What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
I don’t have much of that at the moment, but if I do get a few hours I love to watch movies. I’m addicted to the screen; aren’t we all.
“That’s That” by Colin Broderick-Excerpt
www.artistswithoutwalls.com
MEMBERS AND FRIENDS' UPCOMING EVENTS: THE WEEK OF 4/21
A reading of Two for a Girl starring Noni Stapleton (co-writer) and Aedin Moloney. The Cell Theatre, 338 W. 23rd St., NYC. Monday, April 22, 7PM Free event
———-
What’s In a Name starring Maria Deasy. The Chain Theatre, 21-28th Road, 45th Road, Long Island City. Tickets$18. Tickets for What’s In a Name. Matinee today, 2PM. April 24-27.
———-
Passing Through starring Guenevere Donohue. Theatre For The New City, 155 First Ave., NYC. Tickets $15. Tickets for Passing Through Matinee today 3PM. April 24-28.
———-
Artists Without Walls’at Lehman College directed by Charles R. Hale. Thursday, April 25, 7PM Lehman College, The Studio Theater, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NYC. Free event
———-
Artists Without Walls’ Showcase at The Cell Theater. Tuesday, April 30, 7PM. The Cell Theater, 338 W. 23rd St. NYC. Free event
"ON THE TOWN" WITH AWoW MEMBERS AND FRIENDS
What’s In a Name starring Maria Deasy. The Chain Theatre, 21-28th Road, 45th Road, Long Island City. Tickets$18. Tickets for What’s In a Name. Matinee today, 2PM. April 17-21 and April 24-27.
———-
Passing Through starring Guenevere Donohue. Theatre For The New City, 155 First Ave., NYC. Tickets $15. Tickets for Passing Through Matinee today 3PM. April 17-21 and April 24-28.
———-
Swinging Sakura Birthday Bash with Tara O’Grady. Mary O’s 32 Avenue A, NYC. Wednesday, April 17, 7pm www.taraogradymusic.com
———-
A reading of Two for a Girl starring Noni Stapleton (co-writer) and Aedin Moloney. The Cell Theatre, 338 W. 23rd St., NYC. Monday, April 22, 7PM Free event
———-
Artists Without Walls’ Showcase directed by Charles R. Hale. Thursday, April 25, 7PM Lehman College, The Studio Theater, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NYC. Free event
SPECIAL EDITION "SPOTLIGHT ON" ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE
Who is Antoinette Montague?
Antoinette is a New York jazz and blues entertainer. “I’m an artist who loves witnessing and trying to go ‘beyond category,’ a person still learning to enjoy the trip and I’m grateful to have the opportunity to sing.
What are you working on at the moment?
“World Peace in the Key of Jazz.” Its’ a movement I’m asking people to join. My goal is to bring together a collective consciousness about the matter of World Peace. The date and time is April 30., 12-2pm, (place to be announced) when I hope we can discuss the topic and the call to service. All ideas and participation welcome. (I am particularly thankful for projects like AWoW and jazz organizations such as the Jazz Vesper Church Hosts. )
Do you have any upcoming events?
Yes, and I’m thankful for all the support my friends can bring my way:
On Sat April 13, 2013 at 8pm Flushing Town Hall, Here’s to the Ladies who Bling and Swing. Tickets are $15 but there is a big discount if you use the code ‘am20.’ The number for the venue is 1 718 463-700 Please spread the word.
I’ll also be appearing in the Artists Without Walls’ Showcase at Lehman College on April 25, 7PM.
And April is Jazz Appreciation Month. Many of the world’s greatest jazz musicians are at rest in The Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, including Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins and Joseph “King” Oliver, On Sunday April 22nd I will be one of a group of musicians and composers honoring Ellington, entertainer Florence Mills and more. My heart’s aflutter. More info forthcoming.
Name 5 things on your bucket list:
How about six!
- Sing the blues at Carnegie Hall.
- Sing in a club in Paris.
- Do a recording with strings
- Hang out in a place called Eleuthera
- Act
- Do a huge festival
What is your favorite place in the world to visit and why?
Eleuthera. “Its like going to Paradise without having to die.” AM
Who is your greatest inspiration?
I have two greats: Etta Jones and Carrie Smith. I’m grateful to them still, thankful God sends guides.
What picture or image do you love to stare at?
The first image I see every morning and at night is my sister Elaine Montague’s high school graduation picture. She raised me along with my parents. She was wonderfully tough and she made all of us better as people and as a family. She was the first African-American Registered Nurse to become a head nurse in the state of New Jersey. I remember when I was a young girl how proud I was reading about her accomplishment in the newspaper, over and over.
The second image I stare at is a picture of Florence Mills. Flo Ziegfield wanted to hire her, but Florence stayed loyal to the cast of Blackbirds and the music of Eubie Blake, including “I’m Just Wild About Harry.” I inherited the picture from Carrie Smith of Broadway’s Black and Blue. So much more to say, but that’s for another time.
If you could dream about trying out something you haven’t tried out in the arts yet, what would that be?
Without a moment’s doubt…acting in a movie. Real Estate. Painting on canvas.
And I want to add a special thanks to my friend Karen Daly for introducing me to Artists Without Walls.
Antoinette Montague Facebook Page
Web page antoinettemontague.com
www.artistswithoutwalls.com
SINGER MARY McPARTLAN APPEARING AT "ARTISTS WITHOUT WALLS' SHOWCASE" TONIGHT AT THE CELL THEATRE
Tonight at The Cell Theatre, Artists Without Walls presents its second “Showcase.” The evening begins at 7PM and promises to be great fun, an evening filled with a diverse and very talented group of presenters.
We are pleased to announce that the celebrated Irish Traditional Singer Mary McPartlan who is also a member of staff at NUI Galway and has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to City University of New York will be joining us tonight. As part of her Fulbright Scholarship Mary will teach a module on “Irish Traditional Women Singers” and their songs since the 1950’s, as well as give a series of lectures on Irish contemporary playwrights and plays. Listen to Mary remember the great Chilean singer Victor Jara in song. Mary McPartlan sings “Victor Jara” You won’t want to miss Mary’s performance.
Among tonight’s presenters is author Kathleen Hill. Kathleen’s novel, Who Occupies This House, published in 2011, tells the story of an Irish-American family that has lived in the same house for a century. The story is inspired by silences that extend backward to the untold story of the Famine. But tonight Kathleen will be reading another great work, a story called, “My Apple, My Brightness.” I read this brilliant story not long ago. I was immediately reminded of my family leaving Ireland, and why they did, and how they lived on the Lower East Side, wondering what they saw, the odors they smelled and how they felt. This is a story in which all immigrants’ descendants will find his or her own experience and emotions folded within.
And that’s just the beginning. Wonderful jazz singer Antoinette Montague will be on hand and performing. Listen to Antoinette with jazz great, pianist Mulgrew Miller “The Song is You” Seamus Scanlon and Stehpanie Silber will be reading from their novels, spoken word artist Koro will be performing four short works (Patrick Kavanagh Award Winner, Connie Roberts, who Koro credits for helping her find her “voice” will also be joining us.)
Playwright Brendan Connellan, actor Jack O’Connell and attorney and writer Jim Rodgers, making his stage debut, will be performing a scene from Brendan’s play Pompa Pompal.
And maybe a surprise short film!
Hope to see you at The Cell Theatre, 338 W. 23rd St, 7PM.
MORE CAT DWYER PHOTOS FROM THE ARTISTS WITHOUT WALLS LAUNCH 1/29/2013
Jack O’Connell lamenting to Mr. Tumulty the neighborhood’s transformation from upscale to “Desolation Row.”
Marni Rice presenting “Have You Seen My Son.”
Dancer/choreographer Xio Evans is the director and founder of The Experimental Dance Theater of Puerto Limon.
Marni Rice and Xio Evans
Playwright/novelist Honor Molloy reading Samuel Beckett
“Highway Star” Billy Barrett kicked off the evening.
Tara O’Grady and Niamh Hyland closed the evening. Here Tara sings “Summertime,” Billy Holiday style.
