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Little Blue House: La Casita Azul - A Night of Music and Storytelling Event Tickets - New York - 45 Bleecker Street - New York, NY - Stubdog Events

Little Blue House: La Casita Azul - A Night of Music and Storytelling Event Tickets - New York - 45 Bleecker Street - New York, NY - Stubdog Events

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Little Blue House: La Casita Azul - A Night of Music and Storytelling Event Tickets - New York - 45 Bleecker Street - New York, NY - Stubdog Events

Little Blue House: La Casita Azul - A Night of Music and Storytelling Event Tickets - New York - 45 Bleecker Street - New York, NY - Stubdog Events

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Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz: Music and Fun for Our Children

http://www.jazzamatazz.com/
In 1997, Hayes Greenfield, saxophonist, recording artist, and composer founded Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz: an interactive music education program that inspires participants to take risks, gain confidence, and experience a sense of personal achievement through the use of jazz and the art of improvisation.
45 Bleecker
Presents
Hayes Greenfield's Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz
EVERY SATURDAY
from 11 AM to 1 PM
In a very special, one of a kind, hybrid, interactive,
educational and entertaining musical event.
Music Workshop/Concert/Performance
for young people, families & kids ages 3 to 104.
"Hayes Greenfield is a guy who cares about our youth and therefore our future. You can really hear it in his playing and he performs with such heart."
Herbie Hancock, Grammy Award-Winning Artist
"The True Pied Piper of Jazz."
Philip Glass, Acclaimed Composer
"The jazz equivalent of Leonard Bernstein... Greenfield helps jazz live on, one child at a time."
Cam Miller, North County Times
Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz performs internationally at festivals, schools, museums, theaters, concert halls, libraries and community events.
Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz offers assembly programs, master classes, residencies, and clinics for students of all ages and abilities (music and non-music students) from elementary through university.
"Music for a Green Planet brings green-minded parents and their children a compilation of jazzy tunes full of positive messages about living green." Cristina Acosta, Green Mom Finds
Hayes Greenfield, acclaimed jazz musician and creator of the multi-award-winning Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz CD and music education program, will release a brand new collection of jazz-infused Green tunes entitled "Music for a Green Planet" just in time for Earth Day, on April 22 2008.
http://www.musicforagreenplanet.com/

The Notes Brought My Body to a Climax

In case anybody hasn't heard, and if you haven't it is probably my fault, last week 45 Bleecker began it's adoption process of a Non-Profit called Search and Restore, an awesome organization dedicated to bringing new, hip, incredible Jazz and other music to the people. Last week we kicked it off with Jim Black's insane neo-jazz/fusion/rock/pop/metal group AlasNoAxis which completely melted my brain and then blew, what was left of me, away.

This week is no different. The group Kneebody is doing two sets every night, Wednesday thru Saturday, with different guests each night and really a completely different sound each set. This band takes an old-school bebop sensibility in it's horn sections and dissects it with eclectic, always-changing rhythm, a bassist who does more with one note than most Jazz bassists do in their most complex walking line, and a remarkably tasteful jazzy synth player. Though, I was unable to make it on Friday I have no doubt it was phenomenal, and last night took my breath away, especially with their second set featuring Bus Driver, a unique performer that would best be described as a rap singer, with a tone of voice that threw me back to Cypress Hill's B Real. 

Kneebody will be playing again tonight with Bus Driver and drummer Dan Weiss and on Saturday they will be playing their emmy nominated Charles Ives' Project with Theo Bleckman. If you like yourself or any of the people you know at all you will come to at least one of these shows and bring them all. You will thank me. And Kneebody

Blue Bossa Gypsy: Glenda Pezuela sings Bossa III - Tuesday February 16th @ 8pm at Theatres at 45 Bleecker - http://www.telecharge.com/BehindTheCurtain

After two sold out shows, the Cuban born singer makes a third appearance at 45 Bleecker interpreting her love for Bossa Nova and the lovely and melodic sounds of Brazilian Jazz. She is a soulful talent influenced by her Cuban grandmother, She sings with a sort of joyful nostalgia and speaks of her musical interpretations and experiences. This show will feature a guitar, flute and cello; very appropriate instrumentation for this Genre. The young singer is revisiting the 45 Bleecker stage hoping that we all fall in love.

Bleecker Sandwiches Steal The Show

After leaving their long time home, Crosby Connection -- now better known as Crosby at 45 Bleecker-- has found their niche in the multimedia lobby of The 45Bleecker Theater. I challenge you to walk into this historic building without being tempted into a snack by Joe Crosby and his team of Sandwich engineers; I don't think I've walked in here once without getting a one, and I don't plan to anytime soon. With combinations ranging from famous Crosby Special (hot meatballs witha schmear of ricotta, topped with a tomato/basil sauce,fresh mozzarella, and a touch of pesto), to the Avocado Brie Dill (avocado, brie, honey mustard, sweet roasted peppers, sundried tomatoes, and a touch of Julien-ed apples and fresh dill) the sandwiches served up fresh everyday at this NYC landmark are physically impossible to refuse. In an article for Time Out New York, the then Crosby Connection owner/worker noted that they "don't make customers. They make friends," and in their new Bleecker St. location this sentiment has been allowed to flourish. Lower Manhattan college students, couples from out of town, mother-daughter Pinkalicious dates, all gather at the tables or the bar, surrounded by visual and dramatic art and captivated by the unique, unpretentious air about this Sandwich shop. Right now, as I sit in the lobby enjoying my favorite sandwich, the Suzy Special (2 slices of Prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, fresh tomatoes, sweet roasted peppers, avocado, basil, virgin olive oil, and balsamic vinagrette), I look around and see a local NYU band that will be playing our new after hours show this week, each with a sandwich of their own, an older couple splitting a Smoked Gouda and Ham (slice of ham, smoked gouda, honey mustard, granny smith apple slices and fresh dill) two college students sucking down coffe with buds in their ears and eyes glued to computer screens, and a row of eager friends competing to get a word in to the man himself (in between bites, of course). For Joey and Bleecker Sandwiches, "huge portions, cheap prices (ALL SANDWICHES ARE $6) and top-shelf ingredients are secondary to the small-town vibe he engenders among his devoted clientele." As if all that isn't enough, I haven't even mentioned my favorite item sold at Crosby at 45 Bleecker: old-style Boylan Cream Soda (and Root Beer, Orange Soda, and Orange Cream.) In an article from last November's New York Times, Crosby at 45 Bleecker's sandwiches were said to "evoke the New York of Ed Koch," and "made with great affection, if not outright love." (Images from Time Out New York and NYC Food Guy)

The Barber of Seville- Extension

January 23rd & 30th @ 3pm January 24th & 31st @ 7pm

The Opera Extension Proves the Barber of Seville Can Cut Through a Modern Audience

There were moments of doubts and anxiety while The Bleecker Street Opera prepared to put up the timeless classic The Barber of Seville. As heads were coming together and filling the 45 Bleecker space with ideas of how to bring The Barber to life, the main focus was to simply make it happen. Therefore, those of us involved in this production can honestly proclaim a triumph, not only because The Barber of Seville opened and had a successful run, but because the Barber has been extended.
New York City is full of wonderful and new Theatre shows. 45 Bleecker is no stranger to the variety of of artist and productions in the city. However, an Opera of this caliber at an OffBroadway Theatre is indeed a rare gem and I must stress that this Opera has come together because of the hard work of all the creative people that are part of The Barber of Seville. It is a miracle that this production extended, mainly due to all call that we received asking us to do so. Now all we need is to get the word out and bring an audience to come and enjoy the show.
Please Help support the Arts!! Extension Dates: January 23rd & 30Th @ 3pm January 24Th & 31st @ 7pm
"The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution (Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione) is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto (based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville) by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville (1775), which was originally an opéra comique, or a mixture of spoken play with music. Rossini’s Barber has proven to be one of the greatest masterpieces of comedy within music. Rossini’s masterpiece has been described as the opera buffa of all opere buffe; even after two hundred years, its popularity on the modern opera stage attest to that greatness."

BLUE BOSSA GYPSY: Glenda Pezuela sings Bossa II Event Tickets - New York - Bleecker Street Theatre - New York, NY - Stubdog Events

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The Common Air

Connections, communication, cooperation and Common Air, indeed link us all. More so the six characters in this play, brilliantly portrayed by Alex Lyras. When each person in The Common Air relates their story we are able to see how small the world is when it comes to personal trials. Though life takes us in different paths more often than not our paths cross. The play takes place in a NY airport where traffic and action hit peak from day to day. Unfortunately on this specific day there is a major delay for reasons unknown leaving the protagonists idle in the Airport with plenty of time to tell their tales. The Common Air draws a lot of its content from current events in turn making it informative as much as it is emotional. The first character we meet it's a NYC Cabbie, the second a Gallery Owner, the third an Attorney, the Fourth a Hipster DJ, the fifth is a University Professor and the sixth is an Iraqi-American that ties the story as he talks to the NYC Cabbie we first got to know in the beginning of the show. Apart from being a show superbly acted and directed its philosophy and message are quite relevant. The Common Air brings us together in the most uncommon of circumstances highlighting all the more that our differences and lives are not as far from each other as we sometimes believe. For ticket purchase visit www.telecharge.com or www.45bleecker.com

Night of the Butterfly

Night of the Butterfly * A New Musical for Children and Their Adults This original musical appeases children from the anxieties that come from feeling different. The show accomplishes this with creative characters and a didactic plot that is extremely fun and appealing to the young mind. Written, directed and performed by experienced young actors this children's show will indeed give kids an afternoon to remember. "All the bugs beside the Really Big Puddle live happily, except for Beetle, whose curiosity is awakened when he sees a butterfly pass overhead. What happens when a courageous young beetle embarks on the biggest adventure of his life?" For Ticket Purchase and Information got to: www.telecharge.com or www.45bleecker.com

Montserrat: A Night of Bossa in NYC

Montserrat is a Spanish born singer who started her career interpreting the folk sounds of Spain and Boleros. Her journey in music has taken her all over the world but her biggest and latest success has been with the music and people of South America particularly Brazil. In her new album she does not let go of her roots entirely but embraces Bossa Nova and gives it a new swing with her silky voice. Montserrat is bridging the latin culture and doing something new with old gems and traditions. In many ways, her voice is a rainbow of the countries of South America and Spain. The singer its not just a singer on stage but a multi-dimensional performer whose rhythmic blood and Flamenco background come through in her movements. Montserrat will be in 45 Bleecker in three different occasions: November 7, 8 and 13Th. Please visit our website for specific times and ticket purchase www.45bleecker.com These NYC performances are in light of her new and highly anticipated album that now more than ever put Bossa Nova first. Montserrat will be serenading us for an hour and a half. Singer Glenda Pezuela and guitar player Yana Davydova will open the show with similar style music.

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