1. Iva Bittova

Date: Monday, October 5, 2015
Time: 9pm
Venue: Quinn’s (330 Main Street, Beacon, New York 12508)
Tickets: donation
Genre: jazz/world/improv

Iva Bittová is a Czech avant-garde violinist, singer, and composer. She began her career as an actress in the mid-1970s, appearing in several Czech feature films, but switched to playing violin and singing in the early 1980s. She started recording in 1986 and by 1990 her unique vocal and instrumental technique gained her international recognition. Since then, she has performed regularly throughout Europe, the United States and Japan, and has released over eight solo albums.

Bittová recorded her first full length solo album Iva Bittová in 1991, followed by River of Milk, her first United States release. In 1997, she began exploring classical music with a series of concerts and recording an album of Béla Bartók’s violin duets with Dorothea Kellerová. She collaborated with Vladimír Václavek to record a double album Bílé Inferno (White Inferno) in 1997, and the success of this release lead to Bittová and Václavek establishing Čikori, an association of musicians involved in improvisational music.

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1. CASEY—30 YEARS LATER!

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: Broadway Comedy Club (318 West 53rd , & 8th, NYC)
Ticket: $25
Genre: comedy

CAST :
Amber North, Beverly Bonner, Cameron Shapiro, Constance Cooper, Evonne Walton, Janice Silver, Jonathon Horton, Jordan K. Dusenbury, Laura Costagliola, Matt Salomon, Michelle Fawn, Rick Reid, and Sheila Thomas.

Comedy, Horror, Sexy Twisted Characters? That’s Casey—30 Year Later! The play that will have you running for your Prozac! After shocking you with our naughty Ladies of the Evening and Casey’s no holds barred dialogue, we’ll scare the crap out of you with our very own wicked serial killer living in Casey’s lower East Side bar lurking in a mysterious Basket-Box, then when we have finished shocking you senseless, we’ll finish you off by killing you with laughter! WHAT A WAY TO GO!!!

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1. Afro Roots feat. Mambo Jaambo

Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: 647 Columbus Ave near W 92nd st (Goddard Riverside)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Latin Jazz / Salsa Music

Mambo Jaambo performing electrifying, pulsating Afro/Carribean sound. Featuring the lovely singer Mayaan Shaked accompanied by Baba Donn on congas, Ronnie Roc keys, Richie Robles bass, Daniel Moreno timbales and Mac Gollehon trumpet.

2. Jaimie ‘Breezy’ Branch Trio

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