Date: Monday, February 21, 2011
Time: 8pm
Venue: the University of the Streets (130 east 7th street. 2nd floor. NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Jazz
A night of challanging Jazz featuring Hilliard Greene – double bass, Francisco Roldan – guitar, Alexander Wu – piano, and Danny Mallon – percussion.
Roberto’s Winds and Michiko Studiosis (149 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036) are happy to present Tai Chi classes with Sifu Calum Douglas-Reid.
Tai Chi Chuan will relieve stress, calm your mind, improve posture and balance, increase muscle tone, enhance flexibility, and increase concentration.
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Venue: The Roulette (20 Greene Street,between Canal and Grand Streets)
Tickets: $15 (reservations: 212.219.8242)
Brandon Ross: Blazing Beauty
Wed Feb 16 – 8:30 PM
Guitarist, composer, singer, songwriter Brandon Ross has worked with everyone from Muhal Richard Abrams, Don Byron, Bill Frisell, Leroy Jenkins, Oliver Lake, Arto Lindsay, to Joan Osborne, Henry Threadgill, and many others. Self described as “Future-folk music”, Ross’ music is at once pastoral, dissonant, intimate and avant-garde. Tonight at Roulette, Ross presents Blazing Beauty, his acoustic-based ensemble with Stomu Takeishi (acoustic bass guitar), JT Lewis (drums), and Brandon Ross (guitar/banjo/vocal) – extending his expressive field into “folk”-oriented musics and compositional approaches while communicating his dedication to fresh musical experience.
INTERPRETATIONS: David Wessel / Roscoe Mitchell 70th Birthday
Thu Feb 17 – 8:00 PM
Two contrasting settings featuring innovative woodwind virtuoso and Art Ensemble of Chicago founder Roscoe Mitchell. Electronic music pioneer David Wessel and Roscoe Mitchell, long time collaborators, play a set of duo improvisations, followed by the Roscoe Mitchell Quartet featuring Dave Burrell (piano), Henry Grimes (bass), and Tani Tabbal (drums).
Date: Monday, February 14, 2011
Time: 8pm
Venue: the University of the Streets (130 east 7th street. 2nd floor. NY)
Ticket: $20
Genre: Jazz
A night of challanging Jazz: Andrew Lamb – saxophones, flutes, woodwinds, Tom Abbs – bass, tuba, Michael Wimberley – percussion.
Text by Asia Society
Schoolgirls wave Iranian flags as they mark the start of 10 days of celebrations for the anniversary of the Islamic revolution at the Behesht-e Zahra (Zahra’s Paradise) cemetery in southern Tehran on Feb. 1, 2010. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011
Time: 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Venue: Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, New York)
Ticket: $10
In the midst of international diplomacy over Iran’s controversial nuclear program, the US and its allies are intensifying sanctions against the country. The aftermath of Iran’s disputed 2009 election and growing violations of human rights are adding fuel to the fire, resulting in deeper hostilities with the outside world than at any time since the revolution’s early days. The stakes—and consequences—are greater than ever.
