Cornelia Street Cafe Feat. Comedy Festivals, CD Release, Live Performance
By: BWW News Desk Aug. 22, 2010
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
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