CHARLIE PARKER FESTIVAL, August 2008

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.
January 5th, 2010 at 3:29 am
Excellent ideas here, have emailed my mum so expect a big reply!!