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Michele Carlo to Present New Solo Show THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 3/23
By: Tyler Peterson Mar. 18, 2016
"There Goes the Neighborhood" Author/storyteller Michele Carlo presents THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD: a solo show about gentrification and the "tipping point" of one Brooklyn neighborhood, at the East Village's City Lore Gallery, Wednesday, March 23rd @ 7:30pm.
On Wednesday, March 23rd, at 7:30pm, author/performer Michele Carlo will perform her new solo show, "THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD," at the City Lore Gallery, 56 East 1st Street in the East Village. Tickets are just $10 and can be purchased here: http://michelecarlo-citylore.eventbrite.com Closest trains: F to Second Avenue; #6 to Astor Place.
In "THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD," Michele learns she must move from the street where she's lived over 20 years. Her frantic apartment search parallels the possible tipping point for her Brooklyn neighborhood's gentrification...which also may have been her own doing, as well...
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
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