Cornelia Street Cafe Feat. Comedy Festivals, CD Release, Live Performance

This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe:

Sunday, August 22

8:30PM Bennett Pastor Group 

Bennett Paster, piano, compositions; Tim Armacost, tenor saxophone; Gregory Ryan, bass; Willard Dyson, drums.
Brooklyn-based composer and keyboardist Bennett Paster presents a new quartet performing his most recent compositions balanced with interesting arrangements of tunes from the standard repertoire. 

Cover $10 http://www.bennettpaster.com.

Monday, August 23

6:00PM Summer Storytelling Festival

Cornelia Street Cafe Summer Storytelling Festival presents New York's best storytellers!

Monday, August 23

Jim O'Grady-Facebook Fiasco and Other Fun Times

Leslie Goshko-Vodka Shoes: humorously navigating family journeys through alcoholism, religious zealotry, and childhood.

John Grady-Fear Factor: Canine Edition...A man/dog love story

Sherry Weaver, curator.

Cover $10 (plus $ 7 Drink Minimum)

Mika Hary Group

Mika Hary, vocals; Nir Felder, guitar; Shai Maestro, piano; Sam Minaie, bass; Ziv Ravitz, drums.

The Mika Hary Group embraces the genres of folk, rock and jazz with a touch of the Middle Eastern unique colors, in which Mika has been immersed growing up in Israel. Together with the acclaimed musicians in her band, she explores song-form infused with musical freedom, through improvisation alongside lyrical melodies. 

Cover $8 http://www.myspace.com/mikahary