Joe's Pub Announces Joy Harjo 5/7 & May 18-23, Joe Sib 5/18

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists.

JOY HARJO: WINGS OF NIGHT SKY, WINGS OF MORNING LIGHT - PART OF NEW WORK NOW!

Friday, May 7 at 7:00 PM

Internationally known poet, performer, writer, and musician Joy Harjo writes and performs her first piece for the theater. This one-woman, allegorical play re-imagines the creation myth through a precociously sensitive heroine- the child of a Cherokee waitress and an alcoholic Creek father. The piece received its first reading in 2008 at The Public's Native Theater Festival before going on to a run at Native Voices in Los Angeles. Joining her is Grammy-award winning guitarist and producer Larry Mitchell.

Joy Harjo is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. Her poetry collections have garnered many awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. She is a founding member of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation and writes a column for her tribal newspaper, the Muscogee Nation News. As a musician, she has recorded four CDs and won a NAMMY award for Female Artist of the Year.

RANDY REINHOLZ (Choctaw) is Producing Artistic Director and Co-Creator of Native Voices at the Autry. He has directed over fifty plays internationally including the critically acclaimed premiere production of Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light, at Native Voices at the Autry with performances at the Alaska Native Heritage Center and The Public Theater. A member of The National Theatre Conference, Mr. Reinholz is on the Advisory Committee for the Native Theater Festival at The Public Theater.

Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light is a program of The Public Theater's Native Theater Initiative. NEW WORK NOW! will run May 7-23 with 10 readings of news plays in The Public's Martinson Theater. Tickets to NEW WORK NOW! are free and may be reserved by contacting the box office at (212) 967-7555.

MAY 18 - MAY 23

JOE SIB

Tuesday, May 18 at 9:30 PM

"Sib's boundless earnestness about the identity-shaping possibility of music charged his part-memoir, part-comedy, part-backyard-barbecue-yarn about what happens when the old days never quite go away. ‘California Calling' isn't so much a performance as it is a solid hour to get comfortable and let Sib--a coiled spring of joy when it comes to these topics--riff on stream-of-consciousness tales of teenage n'er-do-welling...The abiding take from "California Calling" is that the rush of youthful discovery doesn't have to dissipate with adult life." -LA Times

Joe Sib's "California Calling: A Story of Growing Up Punk Rock" is a 70-minute "broken word" roller coaster ride delivered by a man with enough energy and passion to power an entire city. Armed with only a microphone and 45 digital slides, Sib's story is personal, funny, relatable and brutally honest. He gives "California Calling" a compelling visual edge by performing his entire show in front of photographs from punk photographers Murray Bowles, Edward Culver and Lisa Johnson. $15

TAYLOR MAC

Friday & Saturday, May 21 & 22 at 7;00 PM

"One of the most exciting theater artists of our time." - Time Out New York

"Intellectually arduous and beautifully realized" - Hilton Als, The New Yorker

Could belief be overrated? Performing artist Taylor Mac flirts with the disengagement of belief in this theatrical concert (with band). Expect covers, brand new originals, songs from his epic "The Lily's Revenge", and the obligatory truckload of glitter. $20

Lady Rizo: unescorted

Fridays, May 21 & June 25 at 9:30 PM

"The brazen blonde belts out classics and pop tunes atop a piano" -- Women's Wear Daily

"Caburlesque artist Lady Rizo has, thankfully, upped the ante... throwing in enough hyperfemininity to blow your heart and go down on your mind." - Sharyn Jackson, Village Voice

"Lady Rizo and The Assettes brought down the house."- Men's Vogue

"Rizo's mischievous grin and banter hold the audience captive." - NY Press

"adorably louche"-- Time Out

"Lady Rizo bring(s) out the Broadway in this chart-topper" --Rolling Stone

The incomparable "cabaret star" (NY Magazine) Lady Rizo is back for an unchaperoned evening of song and decadence. You may have seen her here at Joe's Pub with her "glam bottom baring dance troupe the Assettes " (Village Voice), celebrating the billboard top ten in the monthly series Our Hit Parade, or midtown at the gothic Night Hotel co-hosting the weekly transnational lounge Foreign Affairs.

But here is your chance to have her all to yourself. Her seamless mix of bawdy humor and elegance has been likened to Mae West but it's her vocal chops that have garnered recent attention: collaborating with both Yo-Yo Ma & Moby on albums this year, singing selections of the American Songbook in front of the internationally acclaimed 36 -piece orchestra The Knights, and at MOMA for a sold out cabaret for the Kirchner Exhibit.

Let her lashes beguile you as she interprets an irresistible mix of popular songs from all eras backed by some of the finest musicians in New York City. Even though she is venturing out solo, if you know Lady Rizo you won't be surprised if a couple special guests pop up. $15

MAGIC IN THE PARK

Sundays, May 2, 16, & 23 at NOON
Magic in the Park is a magical journey and entertainment showcase that pays homage to the late Dr. Abraham B. Hurwitz, New York City's "Official Magician". Continuing in the tradition of his legendary "Peter Pan the Magic Man" shows, Magic in the Park features magic acts, mentalism, juggling, ventriloquism, puppetry, music, and much more.

The New York Times, in 1981, wrote that Hurwitz "entertained more than a million young people" at free performances in New York City's schools, parks, recreation centers and playgrounds.

Bring the family, your sense of history, and join this elite group of participants as Magic in the Park dazzles you for 70 minutes with the likes of Abe's grand-daughter, Emmy Award winner Mallory Lewis with Lamb Chop, The Magicomedian and "Dean of American Magicians" George Schindler, Funny Guy Robert Baxt, Ventriloquism extraordinaire Carla Rhodes, rising stars from the Society of Young Magicians and our amusing Emcee, "Cajun Cellist" Sean Grissom.

Featured Artists
Mallory Lewis (May 2 - Only NYC appearance)
George Schindler
Robert Baxt
Ryan Oakes
Carla Rhodes
Jen Slaw
Sean Grissom
Member of the Society of Young Magicians
Schedule and performers subject to change $20

TICKETS
Online at joespub.com, phone 212-967-7555, in Person At The Public Theater Box Office (1 PM to 6 PM), or at the Joe's Pub Box Office from (6 PM to 10 PM) both located at 425 Lafayette Street, NYC

For table reservations please call 212-539-8778. Purchase of tickets does NOT guarantee a table reservation; you must call to reserve seats. Seating, as well as standing-room, is available only on a first-come, first-served basis for all shows without a dinner reservation. Two drink or $12 food minimum per person is standard.

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