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Artists Without Walls is pleased to announce the premiere of its Youtube Channel. You can get to our Youtube site by clicking here. You’ll find three videos that we’ve posted; we’ll be adding a few more this weekend. After each Showcase and upcoming events we will be adding new videos of our artists.
Here’s a sample. Hope you enjoy it.
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Tara O’Grady and her jazz trio are performing at their weekly lounge gig in the Refinery Hotel Tuesday, August 12 at 7:30pm located at 63 W. 38th Street.
Tara is also performing at a party celebrating Belgian artist Rene Magritte at Brasserie Magritte, Friday, August 15. Reservations highly encouraged, as is vintage apparel from 1920s-60s during the artist’s lifetime. (Men will be given bowler hats). $10 admission – no cover for diners. Her band performs 10pm-1am. But the all day party begins at 11am with a surrealist painting lesson for children. Click here for more details.
Fiddler Deni Bonet will be performing with Matt Turk at The Mill, Tuesday, August 12, 7pm. 583 Warburton Ave., Hastings-on-Hudson, NY (United States) –
(914) 231-7772
Singer/songwriter/cellist Serena Jost will be performing at LIC Bar, Wednesday, 8pm, 45-58 Vernon, Blvd. Long Island City.
Artists Without Walls’ cofounder, singer/songwriter Niamh Hyland will be doing an acoustic set with her band Lily Sparks on Saturday, August 16th, 4:00pm at the Summer Music Series, located at St. Nicholas Miracle Garden on 330 st. Nicholas Avenue between 126th and 127th street. Fun guaranteed…..
Antoinette Montague will be performing with Jazzmobile on August 6, 2014, 7-9pm at Grant’s Tomb, W122nd St & Riverside Drive, NYC. 212 666-1640. Joining Antoinette will be Winard Harper and Jeli Posse. 212 666-1640
Honor Finnegan will be performing in NJ at the Montclair Center Stage Presents Outpost in the Burbs, Saturday, August 9th, 5:30pm, Church Street at the corner of South Fullerton, Montclair, NJ. It’s an evening of free live music in the heart of Montclair’s Downtown! The Outpost goes outdoors on Church Street for an evening of FREE music in collaboration with Montclair Center Stage! Bring a folding chair/ stop in to one of the local restaurants for dinner or dessert or just come out to enjoy the music!
Tara O’Grady’s band will be performing on Friday, August 15 at Brasserie Magritte. They’re throwing a party to celebrate the Belgian artist Rene Magritte. Reservations highly encouraged, as is vintage apparel from 1920s-60s during the artist’s lifetime. (Men will be given bowler hats). $10 admission – no cover for diners. Tara’s band performs 10pm-1am, but the all day party begins at 11am with a surrealist painting lesson for children. More details here http://brasseriemagritte.com/events/ 1463 Third Avenue , New York City 10028 Phone 646 449 0606
Author and native Bronxite Martin Kleinman will be making a special presentation of his book Home Front: The Collection, this Saturday, August 16th, 4-6pm at the Bronx Writers Center, 2700 E Tremont Avenue, Bronx 10461 (#6 train to Westchester Square). Home Front is a short story collection that takes the reader from New York City to Belgium to New England and beyond. Described by author Jennifer Cody Epstein (“The Gods of Heavenly Punishment”) as “diverse, irreverent and grittily lyrical” these tales represent urban street realism with honest lingo and tone, introducing us to a cast of characters both shocking and familiar. The presentation will close with a Q&A where participants can ask the author questions about writing and the publishing process. Books will be available for purchase/signing by the author… No admission. Tickets at Eventbrite
This months Artists Without Walls’ Showcase will be on Tuesday, Augusts 26, 7pm at The Cell Theatre, 338 W 23rd St.
Singer/songwriter Martina Fiserova will be be performing at Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 1) on Sunday August 31st at 6pm. 196 Allen Street, Lower East Side, no cover
Artists Without Walls presents its “Showcase at The Cell Theatre” on Tuesday, July 22nd, 7pm, 338 W23rd St. Join NYC’s most welcoming art group for a great lineup of entertainment and conviviality. There is no charge.
Tara O’Grady and her trio will be performing at the IBO Summer Party, Thursday, July 24, 2014, 7pm, at The Manhattan Club: 800 Seventh Ave., New York, NY. (212) 582-2975. Join Tara for a special evening featuring great music, a full buffet dinner and an open bar. There will also be two very special guests: Mr. Noel Kilkenny, Irish Consul General and Mr. Peter Ryan, Irish Deputy Consul General. Both men are leaving New York this year to move on to diplomatic appointments in Greece and Hong Kong, respectively. They have been great friends to the IBO, so this is a perfect opportunity for IBO members to personally wish them well on their new appointments.
Members & non-members alike are welcome. IBO Members will receive the discounted price of $40 per person. Non-member are welcome at $50 per person. Price includes 2 hour open bar (7-9pm), live music and a deluxe buffet. Tickets & information available on the IBO website.
Honor Finnegan will be performing in the Schoolhouse Songwriter Series at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse Saturday, July 26at 7:30pm – 10:00pm, 491 Middlesex Ave, Metuchen, New Jersey. Tickets $10
Featuring Honor, Rich Deans, Shayfer James. Hosted by Sharon Goldman Sponsored by the Metuchen Arts Council
And down the road…Antoinette Montague has a busy August and September schedule. Here it is:
August 6, 2014 Guest of Winard Harper Grants Tomb, Jazzmobile
August 10, 2014 10 am-12 noon Bethany Baptist Church
275 W Market St. Newark NJ
August 15, 2014 7 pm Hudson Valley Jazz Fest guest of Chris Persad August 16, 2014 Morristown Jazz Fest. Winard Harper, feat Antoinette
September 3, 2014 12 noon -1 pm WBGO Jazz Series
at the Hilton Gateway 2, Newark, NJ
September 26, 2014 Jazz at Kitano
66 Park Av. at 38th St., NYC
Booking: 203-820-8819 Booking Gwen Evans 973-763-2143
Tara O’Grady and her 5-piece jazz band are opening the season for the 2014 Brooklyn Plaza Swing Series at a FREE outdoor swing dance, Wednesday, June 11. Dance lesson 6:30pm and her swinging band 7:00-8:30pm. Brooklyn Library at 10 Grand Army Plaza. In case of rain, the event will be held on Thursday, June 12. Tara O’Grady – vocals, Steve Kortyka – sax, David Shaich – bass, Tony Romano – guitar, Willard Dyson – drums
Saturday, 6/14, from 2 to 4pm at The Cell Theater, 338 W. 23rd St., NYC, Ed McCann’s Writers Read presents Listen to Your Father a celebration of writing — and the many faces of fatherhood–featuring established and emerging writers reading short (5 minute) original pieces. An intermission with refreshments and live classical guitar will enable artists and guests to get acquainted. This event, being recorded for broadcast, will be a great addition to anyone’s plans for Father’s Day weekend. The cost is twenty dollars. Click here to purchase tickets.
Antoinette Montague will be a special guest as Minton’s Jazz Club presents The Danny Mixon Quartet at Harlem’s Legendary jazz club. Thursday, June 12, 7pm, 8:30pm and 10pm. 206 West 118th St., NYC Reservations 212 243-2222. $20 cover, no minimum.
So what’s new with Artists Without Walls’ member Tara O’Grady?
After a successful debut in the city of jazz, Tara is already working on her fourth album to be named after a New Orleans neighborhood – Irish Bayou. The Irish of New Orleans have embraced her as one of their own and asked her to write songs about their history in that unique city where she appeared on radio and television in March, and performed everywhere from the Irish Cultural Museum in the French Quarter to a float in the city’s St Patrick’s parade. Tulane university professor Dr. Laura Kelley has even included Tara in her soon to be published book about the Irish in New Orleans. The Irish Network has invited her back to perform November 8 for a gala commemorating the Irish who fled the famine and landed in the crescent city in the 1800s. If you’d like to attend the weekend and experience New Orleans from an Irish historical perspective, go to Irish Network New Orleans
Next stop? Tara plans to introduce herself to the Irish audiences in Boston. It won’t be too hard to find people there who like her swinging versions of “Danny Boy” and “Go Lassie Go.” We can catch Tara locally every Tuesday at Winnie’s in the Refinery Hotel from 7:30-10:30pm @ 63 W. 38th and every Thursday–except this week, which is Wednesday–at LOCL in the NYLO Hotel LOCL in the NYLO Hotel from 8:30-11:30pm @ 77th & Broadway.
Tara’s celebrating her one-year anniversary at Winnie’s this month. Here she is on their website..
The Antoinette Montague Quartet with Bobby Sanabria, drums and vocals, Danny Mixon, piano and Lisle Atkinson bass, are appearing today, Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 11am and 1pm at Dorthaan’s Place – Sunday Brunch. New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center Street, Newark, NJ 07102 973-642-8989Purchase Tickets at www.njpac.org UPDATE: As of Sunday, 8:20am, there are 1o seats remaining for the 11am show and the 1pm show is sold out.
Nadia P Mansoor stars in Burq Off!, an autobiographical one-woman show written and performed by Nadia beginning on March 27, 8pm for four nights, Wednesday through Saturday, at Walker Space, 46 Walker Space, NYC. Click here for tickets
Tara O’Grady, presented by Artists Without Walls, at Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen Street, NYC. March 28, 8pm. Doors open at 7:30. For tickets to Tara at Rockwood: event http://www.ticketfly.com/
Colin Broderick’s dark Irish comedy Father Who, opens on Wednesday, February 26 and runs through March 9 at Theatre 80 on St. Marks Place. Tickets can be purchased by calling OvationTix 866 811 4111.
Tara O’Grady and her Black Velvet Band will begin performing at LOCL Bar Thursday, February 27 in the new upper west side hotel NYLO at 2178 Broadway and 77th from 8:30-11:30pm.www.nylohotels.com
Artists Without Walls Showcase will be at The Cell Theater, 338 West 23rd St., on Monday, March 3rd 7pm
Mary Lou Quinlan will be performing her solo work, The God Box, A Daughter’s Story, adapted from her New York bestselling book, at the Cherry Lane Theater on March 3rd at 7PM. Mary Lou will donate all ticket proceeds to Gilda’s Club NYC, the free cancer support center in the West Village. Come out to this story of mothers and daughters. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll want to call your mother. For tickets www.gildasclubnyc.org
Singer Tara O’Grady will be at Why Not Jazz Room, 14 Christopher Street, in NYC’s West Village on Sunday, February 9, 9-11pm. $10 at the door. She will be joined by Pete Kennedy on guitar and David Shaich on bass. At the corner of Christopher St and Gay St in the West Village, a lovely coffee shop sits on the corner and plays records on a turn table. And below the turning and churning of Etta James and Colombian beans, nestled below the street, is a tiny jazz club where one can escape the cold and imagine the Village of Bob Dylan’s days.
Sana Musasama exhibits her sculptural ceramics, the Unspeakable Series at the Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NYC until March 2, 2014. Each work, inspired by a personal incident or symbolic tale, expresses a deep emotional identity, contrasting societal, political, and personal views on themes such as anxiety, bias, mortality and memory. Entry to the museum is $16.
Fiddler Deni Bonet will be performing with Ed Romanoff at Rockwood Music Hall on Saturday, February 15 at 7:30 PM. 196 Allen Street (Between Houston & Stanton). Tickets can be purchased here for $10
Join Artists Without Walls at their first “Showcase” at Hofstra University, Tuesday, February 18th, 2:15pm in Hempstead, NY . A talented array of artists will be performing: Members of Darrah Carr Dance, Hofstra students including spoken word artist Koro Koroye and dancer Priya Gupta, fiddler Deni Bonet, Irish singer/songwriter Brian Farrell, Brit-Asian stage performer Nadia Parvez Manzoor, jazz pianist Sharp Radway, Irish singer/songwriter Niamh Hyland and jazz singer Antoinette Montague.
Today, Sunday, Feb 2 from 3-5 PM, Angela Alaimo O’Donnell we’ll be one of two featured readers at Carmine Street Metrics. The event will take place at Otto’s Shrunken Head, 558 E. 14th St. Angela has published three collections of poems, Saint Sinatra (2011), Moving House (2009), and, most recently, Waking My Mother (2013), and two chapbooks MINE (2007) and Waiting for Ecstasy (2009). Her work has been published in many journals and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, the Best of the Web Award, and the Arlin G. Meyer Prize in Imaginative Writing.
The Persuasions will be performing at the Studio Theater at Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West, Bronx, NY on Thursday, February 6, 12:15pm. “They Still Ain’t Got No Band But They’re Still Making Music After All These Years” – A Celebration of Life, A Capella Music, and History. This event is sponsored by the Dept. of African & African-American Studies.
Honor Finnegan will be performing at the Irish Arts Center’s “Sunday’s at 7 on Feb 9th, 7pm . A great night of comedy with Honor providing the music. Curated by Fiona Walsh and Ann Design. Tickets for members is $10 and $12 for non-members. 553 W 51st St. NYC.
Singer Tara O’Grady will be at Why Not Jazz Room, 14 Christopher Street, in NYC’s West Village on Sunday, February 9, 9-11pm. $10 at the door. She will be joined by Pete Kennedy on guitar and David Shaich on bass. At the corner of Christopher St and Gay St in the West Village, a lovely coffee shop sits on the corner and plays records on a turn table. And below the turning and churning of Etta James and Colombian beans, nestled below the street, is a tiny jazz club where one can escape the cold and imagine the Village of Bob Dylan’s days.