Cornelia Street Cafe Announces Their Upcoming Lineup

CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York 212-989-9319, between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St.
http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com

This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe

Mon Jan 18
8:30PM MORRISON MOTEL
John Morrison's monthly comedy quickie--some of the smartest, most politically savvy comedians in or passing through New York make and unmake their bed here before some soon to be deported illegal third world alien comes in to clean it all up . . .
"One of the city's best alt-comedy shows."
- The NY Post
John Morrison, host. Cover $10 http://www.myspace.com/morrisongod

Tue Jan 19
8:30PM SPEAKEASY: STORIES FROM THE BACKROOM
(Dave Dickerson; Steve Zimmer; Juliet Wayne; Michele Carlo)
SpeakEasy is . . .
A new twist on the ancient tradition of oral history.

SpeakEasy is people telling stories-- true stories. Period. No scripts. No crib notes. No rehearsals. SpeakEasy has a dynamic and constantly changing cast of storytellers that include such greats as Mike Daisey, Jonathan Ames, and Reno, along with homemakers, lawyers, dog walkers, street magicians and writers

You never know what you'll hear. So join us for what could be a life changing experience!

Sherry Weaver, host. Cover $10 http://www.speakeasystories.com

Wed Jan 20
8:30PM THE SONGWRITER'S BEAT
(Kathleen Pemble; Joe Cerisano; The Wiggins Sisters; Marianne Bennett)
Now in its 10th year, The Songwriter's Beat is New York's premiere performing songwriter series.

Hosted and founded by Valerie Ghent, four up-and-coming songwriters perform new material in a supportive and intimate atmosphere.

This month's Songwriter's Beat features Marianne Bennett, The Wiggins Sisters Joe Cerisano and Kathleen Pemble. Founded in 2000, The Songwriter's Beat has presented over 280 songwriters from the Tri-State area as well as visiting songwriters from other parts of the United States, Canada, France, the UK, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, Cuba and Japan. Every third Wednesday of the month, four songwriters of varying musical styles perform original songs and are encouraged to try out their newest material and arrangements. The series culminates in a week-long songwriters festival each July, featuring performers from throughout the years.

The Songwriter's Beat welcomes songwriters from around the world, so when planning your trip to New York, allow time for The Songwriter's Beat!

The Songwriter's Beat is honored to receive support from The ASCAP Foundation.

Valerie Ghent, host. Cover $10 http://songwritersbeat.com

Thu Jan 21
8:30PM GNU VOX: NATASCHA ROTH
(Natascha Roth, voice; James Scholfield, guitar)
Singer songwriter Natascha Roth currently divides her time between Berlin, New York and Cape Town, South Africa. Natascha's new project is called "Way Out South". It is a journey into a world of sounds, space and hypnotic rhythms. A world of extremes where light and dark meet and where music reconnects the spirit.
Since leaving home, as a teenager Natascha has studied Musical Theatre at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and attained a masters degree in jazz voice from the University in Graz, Austria. Her teachers and musical role models include Mark Murphy, Andy Bey, Jay Clayton and Sheila Jordan.

Besides following her own career as a performer Natascha has lectured in Jazz Voice at the University of Cape Town (SA), the Lemmens Instituut Leuven (BE) and the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (BE).

Recently Natascha played in the USA alongside jazz singer Jeanie Bryson daughter of the late Dizzy Gillespie. In South Africa Natascha was featured at the Melodi International Jazz Festival 2007 sharing the stage with legendary Zulu Vocal Trio "Mahotella Queens", 4 times 2007 SAMA award winner Simphiwe Dana, Lira and saxophone giant Pharaoh Sanders
David Devoe. Cover $10 http://www.natascharoth.com

Fri & Sat Jan 22-23
9:00PM & 10:30PM GEORGE GARZONE AND THE AUSTRALIAN CONNECTION
(George Garzone, tenor saxophone; Jamie Oehlers, tenor saxophone; Graham Wood, piano; Sam Anning, bass; Ari Hoenig, drums)
George Garzone and Jamie Oehlers have met several times both in Australia and in US. Now they are together sharing the stage with a young and dynamic rhythm section.
Saxophonist George Garzone is a member of The Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti, A veteran jazzman, Garzone has appeared on over 20 recordings. In addition Garzone has guested in many situations, touring Europe with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and performing with Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano, Jack DeJohnette, Rachel Z and John Patitucci among others.
www.georgegarzone.com

Based in Perth, Western Australia, Jamie Oehlers, was named Australian Jazz Musician of the Year at the 2007 Bell Awards, as well as winning the Best Jazz Release category and is now coordinator of Jazz Studies at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
www.jamieoehlers.com

At 27 years of age, Sam Anning is one of Australia's foremost up-and-coming Jazz musicians. After graduating from WAAPA completing a Bachelor of Jazz (Performance), Sam went on to study and perform in New York City, the U.K., and Europe, where he also developed and broadened his compositional and performance style. He received the Toyota Scholarship for Jazz (2001), and was a finalist in the James Morrison Scholarship twice. He was also a finalist in the Freedman Fellowship 2006, nominated for a Bell Award 2007, was a finalist in the Melbourne Prize for Music 2007, received 3rd place in the 2008 National Jazz Awards, and received the 2008 Bell Award for Young Jazz Musician of the Year.
http://www.samanning.com.au

More info: http://www.grahamwood.com.au
Cover $10

Sun Jan 24
8:30PM CONNIE CROTHERS-KEVIN NORTON
(Connie Crothers, piano; Kevin Norton, vibraphone, percussion)
Tradition and Revolution... Grounded and Expansive ... Decades of Experience and totally open to infinite spontaneity ...

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

Mon Jan 25
8:30PM 21ST SCHIZOID MUSIC PRESENTS: DAN BERG
(Dan Berg, composer)
Originally from Philadelphia, keyboardist and composer Dan Berg entered the New York music scene only one year ago. He has studied and performed a range of genres, most specifically jazz and improvisation, but he is also well-versed in aspects of reggae and Cuban styles, as well. The music that Dan composes and performs is a fusion of these styles along with other influences, such as rock, Brazilian, funk, R&B, and classical. A key objective for his band, The Gestalt, is to straddle the line between groove and art, the familiar and the esoteric. In line with his eclectic musical tastes, Dan strives to remain open-minded about the future and whatever projects or musical paths he may encounter. Dan currently resides in Brooklyn.
Set One: The Gestalt

The Gestalt is a name that describes a concept or object greater than the sum of its parts. Although the band's music draws from many places, it is never pastiche. The repertoire consists of both originals and covers or standards that have been re-arranged to suit a more contemporary context. Among the many excellent musicians that Dan has performed with, vocalist Kristin Young has been his most consistent collaborator. Her training in opera has provided a unique timbre and grace that complements the more driving energy of the rhythm section. The group performs consistently in Brooklyn as well as Philadelphia and this will be their Manhattan debut.

Set Two: Iceberg Productions

Dan's most recent endeavor has been a foray into the realms of electronics, synthesis and computers. Though a novice, these explorations harmonize perfectly with his background in free improvisation. Dan feels he has only breached the tip of the iceberg (no pun intended), but it is already clear that this will be an ongoing project for him. His hope is that these two music worlds, Gestalt and Iceberg, will eventually come together as one. For now, he will have to remain a schizoid...
Frank J. Oteri, host. Cover $10 http://www.myspace.com/dwbkeys

Spoken Word

Mon Jan 18
6:00PM NEW YORK QUARTERLY
(Shelley Stenhouse; Kevin Pilkington; Iris Lee/Norman Taffel)
New Year = New York Quarterly.
Ted Jonathan, host. Cover $7

Tue Jan 19
6:00PM WRITERS ROOM
(Henry Guzmán; Janie Heath; Michelle Tokarczyk)
New York's venerable urban writers' colony presents a monthly reading of new work.
Henry Guzmán is a graduate of NYU's Dramatic Writing program. Henry has written numerous plays including Pilgrim, Calibán, Inkarri's Return, Confessions of a P.K.* (*Preacher's Kid), and Dinner with Jobita and La Chacha. He has been produced at various theaters including The Public, INTAR, Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, and at Aaron Davis Hall. He is currently working on a screenplay and a novel when he's not space traveling. Henry will be reading monologues from both old and new work, as well as an excerpt from a new novel called, Pilgrim: A Fool's Manifesto.

Janie Heath has been a small-town Texas newspaper reporter, New York feature film PA, and London music publicist. She has been published in Big Bridge, Brink, and Mr. Beller's Neighborhood. She will be reading from her novel-in-progress, Working Title, Pollyanna Goes to Hell.

Michelle Tokarczyk's first poetry book, The House I'm Running From, was published by West End Press. Additionally, her poems have been published in numerous journals and anthologies including Home Planet News, The Minnesota Review, and Calling Home: An Anthology of Working-Class Women's Writing. In addition to poetry, Michelle has published literary and cultural criticism, mainly on working-class issues. She co-edited Working-Class Women in the Academy: Laborers in the Knowledge Factory. She will be reading from a collection of poems about the Bronx in the years 1960 to the present.

Sean McPhillips, host. Cover $7

Wed Jan 20
6:00PM George Wallace POETRY EXPLOSION
(Susan Tepper; Vicki Iorio)
Join George for a spirited open mic and inspired featured poets.
George Wallace, host. Cover $7

Thu Jan 21
6:00PM THE ONE O'CLOCK POETS
Guillermo Castro's work appears in Hinchas de Poesía, Ducts.org, Quarterly West, Court Green, The Bellevue Literary Review, The Brooklyn Rail, LaFovea.org, EOAGH, Barrow St, La Petite Zine, among others, and the anthologies My Diva, This Full Green Hour, Saints of Hysteria, and more. He's a native of Argentina.
Katie Johntz was a finalist for the DISCOVERY/The Nation Poetry Award and the Sow's Ear Poetry Contest. Publications include Mudfish, Sow's Ear, the Webster Review and the Berkeley Poetry Review. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and is a child and adult psychotherapist practicing in Brooklyn, NY.

Amy Lemmon is the author of the poetry collections Fine Motor (Sows' Ear Poetry Review Press, 2008) and Saint Nobody (Red Hen Press, 2009). ABBA: The Poems, a chapbook written in collaboration with Denise Duhamel, is forthcoming from Coconut Books. She teaches writing at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Katrinka Moore's Thief was published by BlazeVOX [books] in 2009.

Joan Lauri Poole's poetry and prose have appeared in various literary magazines and anthologies, including Shenandoah, Mudfish, Mississippi Review, New York Quarterly, Sculpture Review, and This Full Green Hour: An Anthology by the One O'Clock Poets. She works in publishing and has also taught poetry workshops to undergraduates and elders. My Bed of Crimson Joy-her first book of poems-is forthcoming in 2010.

Carly Sachs is the author of the steam sequence and the editor of the anthology, the why and later. She lives in New York where she teaches yoga and tends bar.

Sarah Stern is a three-time Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) poetry winner, most recently in 2009. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications. She received Honorable Mentions from the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards and Lilith Magazine's Poetry Prize. Her first manuscript, Sweet Water, was a finalist for the 2009 ABZ First Book contest.

Elizabeth Poreba has been a New York City high school English teacher for over 25 years. She has been published several times in Commonweal, a magazine of liberal Catholic thought. She has also appeared in Snowy Egret, Poetry East, and an upcoming Atlanta Review.

present This Full Green Hour. Cover $7

Fri Jan 22
6:00PM SON OF PONY
The Friday night legendary open mic poetry series.
Arrive before 6 pm to sign up.

Eve has a double feature tonight: Kate Irving & Ron Price.

Eve Packer, host. Cover $7

Sat Jan 23
6:00PM THE LIAR SHOW
Seek Truth. Get A T-shirt.

Four performers tell short personal stories that will make you laugh and think. Three are true, but one is a complete fabrication. Interrogate the cast, uncover the liar and win a prize worth its weight in fool's gold.

Featuring stories by

LESLIE GOSHKO - Manhattan Monolog Slam Champion

JIM O'GRADY - N. Y. Times; Moth GrandSlam Champion

John Flynn - Upright Citizens Brigade

CHRISTEN CLIFFORD - BabyLove; Salon

Host: ANDY CHRISTIE - N.Y. Times; NPR

Andy Christie, host. Cover $12

Sun Jan 24
6:00PM INTERCULTURAL POETRY
Presentation of Two Anthologies:
TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE FALL

Ed.by Andrei Gurianu

Reflections of American Eastern-European writers twenty years after the fall of the Communism.

STRANGER AT HOME

American Poetry with an Accent

Ed. by A.Gritsman, R.Weingarten, C.Firan, K.Brown

Writings by American Poets of Foreign Origin

Readers include: Irina Mashinski, Richard Milazzo, Carmen Firan, Adrian Sangeorzan, Valery Oisteanu, Radu D. Popa, Ileana Orlich, John Smelcer, Ksenia Rychtycka, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Claudia Serea, Andrei Guruianu, Andrey Gritsman.

Andrey Gritsman, host. Cover $7

Mon Jan 25
6:00PM POETRY & PROSE
(Jim Story; Hila Ratzabi; Eileen Hennessey)
One story writer, two poets, the sort of evening we love.
A onetime Okie blues singer and a former Russian history professor, Jim Story is the author of the novel, Wounded by History, the short story collection, Love and Other Terminal Diseases, and is currently at work on a picaresque novel called Problems of Translation. One story has been selected for an anthology edited by Paul McComas called Proving Grounds, scheduled for publication in 2010.

Angelo Verga, host. Cover $7

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