Author/Storyteller Michele Carlo to Present THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD at City Lore Gallery

On Friday, October 28th, at 7pm, author/performer Michele Carlo will perform her ongoing solo show, "THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD" with a panel on gentrification following the performance, at City Lore Gallery, 56 East 1st Street in the East Village.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased here. Closest trains: F to Second Avenue and #6 to Astor Place.

Four stories. Two centuries. One neighborhood. In "THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD" Michele learns she must move from the Brooklyn street she's called home over 20 years. Her frantic attempt to stay in her beloved neighborhood intersects with the perspectives of three other neighborhood residents-past and present-and examines the roles played by all in the "gentefication" of South Slope, Brooklyn.

There will be a panel discussion on gentrification following the performance with Michele Carlo along with artists and activists, Neil Goldberg, Betty Yu, and Melissa Calderon.

"It's a show for all of us - leftovers and transplants - who've given their love, sweat and guts to make this city unique. For everyone who has worried about where they would "get" to live next. And for all the mom-and-pop small businesses that are our neighborhood's anchors," Carlo said about her show in a letter to the NY Daily News.

City Lore welcomes back "THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD" for a second performance after a successful show in March 2016. "Michele's imaginative and hilarious take on the gentrification of South Slope, Brooklyn is a great example of how storytelling and humor can spark dialogue and bring us closer to the emotional truths of issues," said City Lore's Director, Steve Zeitlin.

Michele Carlo (writer/performer) has performed across the U.S., including the MOTH's GrandSLAMS and MainStage in NYC, on NPR with Latino USA and appeared in the 2015 Emmy award-winning PBS documentary "Latino Americans of NY & NJ." She is also the author of Fish Out Of Agua: My life on neither side of the (subway) tracks, a memoir of growing up as a redheaded Latina in an Italian/Irish '70s Bronx neighborhood.

"THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD" first appeared as a 20-minute piece at the People's Improv Theater's (P.I.T.) "SoloCom Festival" in November 2014 and made its full-length debut at the Tank Theater's "SoloWeek" and "SoloWeek: Redux" Festivals in December 2015 & February 2016.

Tanya O'Debra (director) is a U.S. (NYC, Cincinnati, Orlando, San Francisco) and international (Edinburgh, Montreal) Fringe Festival performer and playwright who has received both accolades and awards for her solo shows "Shut Up Emily Dickinson" and "Radio Star." The script for "Radio Star" is available for performances through Original Works. www.tanyaodebra.com

City Lore Gallery is a cultural hub that celebrates New York City's vibrant cultural atmosphere and provides a platform for the myriad voices that comprise the City. The gallery presents exhibitions and events on all the things that make New York "New York." From the golden age of graffiti, to endangered languages and activist comics, City Lore finds the art in everyday life. City Lore works in four cultural domains-urban folklore and history, preservation, arts education and grassroots poetry traditions-and is committed to the principles of cultural equity and democracy. www.citylore.org