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2009 wall calendars featuring the art work of the internationally known, Haitian-born, New York artist Yolene Legrand are now available for purchase at Tribes. This beautiful calendar, on high quality semi-gloss paper is 12" x 12" and has different images for each month.-
Charlie Parker Festival(link)
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.
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- Tribes is a member of Chamber Music of America, Poets & Writers, Poets Society of America, St. Marks Poetry Project. We are Funded by NYC DCA, NYSCA & The Andy Warhol Foundation among others. All contributions are tax deductible.
- A Gathering of the Tribes, 285 East 3rd St, 2nd Floor (between Avenues C and D)
212-674-3778; info@tribes.org - Thanks to our 2008 funders: The Sonia Alden Foundation, The Greenwich Collection, David Hammons, NYSCA, DCA
Saturday September 13th 2-4pm Memorial reading of I Dream About You Baby, poems by Lester Afflick at the St. Marks Poetry Project located at 131 East 10th Street @ 2nd ave.
Fly By Night Press is proud to announce the publication of I Dream About You Baby, poems by Lester Afflick.
Book release Party July 19th 2008 4-5:30 pm @ The Bowery Poetry Club- Readers TBA
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