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CHARLIE PARKER FESTIVAL, August 2008

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August 7, 2008- August 29, 2008

Venue: Tribes Gallery Address: 285 East Third Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10009

Thur. August 7th, 6-9 pm: “Bird in the Bush” – Group art exhibition

7 pm: Live music by Search

Artists include: Itziar Barrio, Dianne Bowen, Stephanie Colonna, Robyn Desposito, Nikki Johnson, Hilary Maslon, Kelley Meister, Grace Rim, Emily Steinfeld, Angela Valeria, Chin Chih Yang, Alessandra Zeka

Sun. August 10th: “Dead Bird Films” (Films from the year of Charlie Parker’s death)

In Tribes Garden

8 pm: Ryder Pales – Live Concert

9 pm: Film Screening – “The Man With the Golden Arm” (1955 Frank Sinatra)

Tues. August 12th: 7-9 pm: Piano and Cello Duo featuring Francesca Tedeschi and Noelle Casella

Sat. August 16th: “Bird in the Bushes”

In Tribes Garden

5 pm: Poetry Reading featuring Erich Christiansen, Steve Dalachinsky, John Farris, Merry Fortune, Yuko Otomo, Amy Ouzoonian, Eve Packer

7 pm: Live Music – Will McEvoy Ensemble

8 pm: Live Music – Bobby Sanabria’s Quintet

Sat. August 23rd: “Love Does Not Make My Cat Play Ragtimey”

8 pm: Multimedia Performance and music featuring Sabrina Chapadjiev, Joseph Keckler and Chavisa Woods

Sun. August 24th: In Tribes Garden

6 pm: Acoustic Jam – Flash-Back Puppy Band featuring Denmark’s Carsten “Nado” Kragelund Adrian Chan, Cello plus an Open Mic

Fri. August 29th: “Charlie Parker Birthday Block Party” – Free!

2-9 pm: Day-long Street Fest featuring:

An Artist Flea Market

An Open Mic in the East 3rd St. Community Garden.Sign up begins at 2 pm and the event lasts until 5 pm (all types) with featured poets Jennifer Blowdryer, Steve Dalachinsky, Hattie Gosset, Tom Savage, Danny Shot, Chavisa Woods, and Susan Yung

7 pm: Street Concert featuring the Stumblebum Brass Band

Contributions are accepted at the door $7

This event is sponsored in part by: Capital One Bank, Poets and Writers, Loisaida Drugs, the DCA, the L Magazine, Astor Wines & Spirits, Chez Betty Café, Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, Phil Hartman, Anyssa Kim, Robert Mnuchin, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and other private donors.

One Response to “CHARLIE PARKER FESTIVAL, August 2008”

  1. Self Storage Stockport Says:

    Excellent ideas here, have emailed my mum so expect a big reply!!

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