The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Presents The Poetic Heritage Festival

The Nuyorican Poets Cafe presents the Poetic Heritage Festival, a retrospective series of poetry, theater and music events during the fall and winter of 2010. The Poetic Heritage Festival celebrates the work of distinguished artists - including Miguel Algarin, Ishmael Reed, Sandra Maria Esteves and Ntozake Shange - who are closely associated with the creation and history of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. This festival is made possible in part by the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts' American Masterpieces Program. All events in the Poetic Heritage Festival will take place at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe's multi-arts performance space at 236 East 3rd Street, between Avenues B and C. For further details and to purchase tickets, visit www.nuyorican.org <http://www.nuyorican.org/> or call 212-780-9386.

READINGS OF NUYORICAN POETS CAFE CLASSIC JAZZ PLAYS

"The Nuyorican Poets Theater remains a vibrant contributor to the city's culture." -Lawrence Van Gelder, The New York Times.

Don't Explain
Staged readings of 7 Audelco Award winning play, by Samuel Harps based on the life of jazz trumpeter, Lee Morgan, directed by Rome Neal, starring Michael Lewis as Lee, Kim Weston- Moran, James ‘Ajax' Baynard, June Sewer, and Triple-5, Catalina Puente
on October 8th, 9th, 15, 16, 2010 at 7pm (Fridays & Saturdays) and 17th (Sunday)at 3pm. $10

MONK
10/10/10- One Performance Only!!! On THELONIOUS MONK'S birthday, Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 3pm $20 Of the Off-Broadway play Monk-The Play, by acclaimed playwright Laurence Holder and starring Rome Neal, with music by Bill Lee (Spike Lee's dad), Directed by Holder and Neal

MONK

Sunday, October 10, 2010 (Thelonious Monk's Birthday) at 3pm $20

One Performance Only!!! On MONK'S birthday, Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 3pm Of the Off-Broadway play Monk-The Play, by acclaimed playwright Laurence Holder and starring Rome Neal, directed by Holder and Neal both winners of the Audelco Award and National Black Theatre Festival Award for excellence in African-American Theatre.

Monk is a is one character play exploring the genius and mystery of jazz icon Thelonious Monk. The award-winning production of the play performed by Neal, Artistic Theatre Director of the Nuyorican Poets Café Theatre, has received many great notices in New York, including:

• "Brilliantly written ... Extraordinary ... Phenomenal" (Amsterdam News)
• "Intense sense of drama ... Hypnotic mood ...." (The Village Voice)
• "Brilliant... Exquisite..." (The New York Times)
• "Witty, soulful and terse ... A tender tribute to a legend." (Newsday )
• "...with its strong, accomplished writing ... captures the rhythm and feel of the 1940s and '50s jazz scene ... it ranks up there with the best, because it is passionate, powerful and real." (Shout)
• Here are some more testimonials from YouTube, including from jazz men who knew Monk, after seeing it at the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe Theatre.

Also This Weekend

The staged readings of the 11 Audelco Award winning play, Shango de Ima by Pepe Carril and adapted by Susan Sherman will be directed by award-winning director, Rome Neal with the music of the Orishas performed by Grammy Award-nominatEd Wilson "Chembo" Corniel. on, Saturday, Oct 2, Sunday, Oct 3, and Monday Oct 4 at 7pm. $10

And

Banana Puddin' Jazz

presents

(Rome Neal's Birthday Bash)
Born September 25th
Rome Neal
Jazz Vocalist
with: Mferghu (piano), Murray Wall (bass),
Clay Herndon (drummer)

followed by Jazz Jam and Open Mic
($10 for Jammin' Musicians Only)

Saturday, October 2, 2010, 9:00 p.m. $15

COMPLIMENTARY BANANA PUDDIN' FOR ALL

reservations : 212-780-9386 or romekyn@earthlink.net

BANANA PUDDIN' JAZZ SPONSORS:
GREGG ROBERTS, JOHN D. SMITH, COBI NARITA, KAZ OOKA
PURE JAZZ MAGAZINE, http://WWW.MALCHIJAHHATS.COM> ,
HAROLD A. THOMAS, http://WWW.RUSTIKTAVERN.COM> ,
SANKOFA ABAN BED & BREAKFAST, 301 STRATFORD STUDIOS.COM

All at the

NUYORICAN POETS CAFE
236 East 3rd Street (bet B&C Aves)
(take F-train to 2nd Avenue)
Call 212-780-9386 for reservation or order tickets online: www.nuyorican.org

This festival is made possible through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts' American Masterpieces program.