NCGV and The All Things Project
December 13th, 2008 | Classical Guitar - La Vita Williams Guitar Duo
Featuring the works of Scarlatti, de Falla, Piazzolla, Assad
“I was immediately taken with the energy of the compositions, the beautiful harmonies, the tasteful application of dynamic guitar techniques, and the energetic interplay of two expert guitarists playing fervently.” J. Andre Foisy, Guittara Magazine
"La Vita Williams Guitar Duo is an energetic young ensemble with a polished and warm sound.” Tony Morris of NPR’s Classical Guitar Alive!
FREE 7:30 PM
December 7th, 2008 | Meal Preparation for AIDS Residence
Join us for preparing and serving a meal for residents of the Bailey-Holt House, a residence in our neighborhood for people with AIDS. We do this the first Sunday of every month.
Contact us through this site for more information
December 5th, 2008 | ADVENT[URE] - The Craig Brann Group
For the Christmas Season
Improvisation | Exploration | Celebration
Hearing the melodic forms of traditional Psalms/Hymns/Carols situated in recent arrangements for Jazz combo—
Sets @ 7 & 8:30
November 21st, 2008 | Vocalist Gretchen Parlato
Sets @ 9 & 10:30
The first thing you notice about Gretchen Parlato is that she's a singer with a deep, almost magical connection to the music," says jazz legend Herbie Hancock. "She takes a lot of chances with her understated style, and it works. Every note is expressive, powerful, and pretty. And most important, her heart is in the right place." Gretchen's petite bearing and vocal enchantments evoked another famed spell-casting pixie for one reviewer, who called Gretchen's 2003 performance with Herbie in Paris "a fairy-tale like show. . . in the universe of Bjork."
FREE SHOW
November 20th, 2008 | NYC Results Workshop to End Global Poverty
Founder of RESULTS to Lead Workshop in Manhattan
Sam Daley-Harris founded RESULTS in 1980 to create the political will to end global poverty and to assist individuals in having breakthroughs in exercising their personal and political power. In 1995 he founded the Microcredit Summit Campaign with a commitment to get microloans to 100 million of the world's poorest families. After 12 years with the Campaign, Sam returned to RESULTS last year to focus on starting and empowering grassroots groups.
He has led 32 RESULTS Workshops in the last 18 months and will lead a workshop in Manhattan with an eye to building a RESULTS Group that will not just create supporters in Congress, but will create champions in Congress for the end of poverty. You are invited to attend the workshop:
7-9:45 PM
Contact: Dave Goodman: dave@nycresults.org (617) 331-2533
November 11th, 2008 | Through the Eyes of Hope
Photographs from the Through Eyes of Hope Project
Photojournalist Linda Smith first traveled to Rwanda in 2006 where she spent much of her time behind the camera. The Rwandans were captivated by the photographs that Linda took since many of the children and adults she photographed had never seen an image of themselves. Linda recognized the potential that the camera held for the children, by not only providing them with documentation of their lives but also allowing them to experience a sense of joy and fun.
When she returned to the United States, Linda began researching photograph-based projects for children. She wanted to develop an art program for children that utilized photography and had the potential to be successfully conducted in third world countries. As a result of her research and vision, the Through the Eyes of Hope Project was born in 2007. The project has two goals-to teach basic photographic principles to extremely disadvantaged children and to educate children who are interested in learning about the children of other cultures.
Show runs from November 11 - November 26
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Thursday - Saturday 12 - 6 and by appointment
November 7th, 2008 | Jazz - Dan Pratt Organ Quartet
Sets @ 9 & 10:30
"Pratt exemplifies the approach of DPOQ. He composed most of the tunes on Springloaded, using challenging and unorthodox formal devices. Yet the tunes are accessible and melodic, and some of them, such as the uptempo burner "Who Knew," have the potential to become jazz standards. On tenor sax, Pratt has a huge, warm sound, and he improvises creatively and aggressively. He might play against the rhythm, and more often, he digs in and swings, as on "Blues With A Limp."
-Marc Meyers, All About Jazz
As always the show is FREE
October 24th, 2008 | Jazz - Jon Gordon Nonet
Jon Gordon is a master. His compositions, improvisation, tone, and technical virtuosity set him apart as an elite musician of our time. -Brandon Bernstein, Jazz Improv
With: Dave Smith (tpt), John Ellis (ts), Steve Armour (trb), Doug Yates (bc), nate radley (gt), Sean Wayland (pn), Gary Wang (bs), Bill Campbell (dr)
Sets @ 9 & 10:30 NO cover/NO minimum
October 10th, 2008 | Jazz - Chris Crocco w/George Garzone
Sets @ 9 & 10:30 PM
NO cover/No minimum
October 3rd, 2008 | Jazz - ÁguaMarinha Trio
Arismar do Espírito Santo | 7-string guitar, bass
Vinicius Dorin | saxophones, flute, piano
Rogério Boccato | percussion
ÁguaMarinha Trio is a meeting of some of the finest Brazilian musicians today. Together, Arismar, Vinicius and Rogerio play music rooted in Brazilian traditional styles, reinventing Brazilian standards and adding their own original compositions. With lots of space for creativity and improvisation, the TRIO’s modern take on Brazilian Instrumental Music is loose, open and full of surprises, yet the music never loses its infectious groove. A unique and exciting direction in jazz and world music!
Sets @ 9 & 10:30 NO cover/NO minimum
September 26th, 2008 | Jazz - Jaleel Shaw Band
Sets @ 9 & 10:30 PM
NO cover/NO minimum
September 12th, 2008 | Jazz - Ben Monder Trio
Ben Monder - guitar
Gary Wang - Bass
Jochan Rueckert - drums
You know within about three seconds that something original is coming out of Ben Monder’s electric guitar — a whispering flow of harmonic challenges that fold backward, sideways and across dimensions like time-space origami...He’s like a magician who slows a trick down to ox-cart tempo, and you still can’t figure out how he did it. Greg Burk - LA Weekly
August 22nd, 2008 | Electronica/Rock - The Image Ends
The Image Ends is a newish rock band with some extra machines and wires: Jesse Peterson on drums, Jon Green on everything else. Jesse Peterson from the woods of MN, Jon Green from the suburbs of Boston. They met unintentionally, with mutual musical suspicions.
Show starts at 8PM
Free admission
August 15th, 2008 | Jazz - Sebastian Noelle Quartet
"Sebastian Noelle’s multihued electric guitar lines provide a forum for capaciously generated modern jazz iterations. The music is comprised of animated choruses, accelerated by brisk bop grooves, multidirectional unison phrasings and more. Noelle chooses his notes wisely, as he digs deep from within to articulate a string of sinuous thematic forays. “ -Glenn Astarita, ejazznews.com
9PM two sets
No cover/No minimum
July 15th, 2008 | Cityscapes and Stiil Lifes - Oil paintings by Walter Lynn Mosley
Gallery hours Tuesday - Saturday 1-7 | Show runs until August 16th
“Painting is my passion in life. I find the visual world around me to be a thing of amazement and wonder. I feel blessed to have this calling. I wish to be faithful to my model, whether it be a bouquet of flowers, a sunset, or a person, to capture something of the essence, beauty and truth while taking consideration of composition and abstract design to create a work of art.”
Mosley works in the tradition of the great artists of past and present whose goal is to show three dimensions on a two-dimensional plane by means of light on geometric form and showing space through aerial perspective. Chiaroscuro is of great importance in this effort, as well as the use of color as an additional tool to show three-dimensional form. He strives “to paint simply, to paint directly, to paint with as little as required to give the most effect, in other words, minimum work, maximum impact.”
June 27th, 2008 | Jazz - Ryan Blotnick
Ryan Blotnick - Guitar | Pete Robbins - Alto sax | Jacob Sacks - Piano |Thomas Morgan - Bass | Jeff Williams - Drums
9 PM
NO cover/NO minimum
"Ryan Blotnick's playing has the rare blend of a modern conception with the depth of having explored and absorbed vocabulary of many of the jazz greats. His ideas are clear and straightforward, as well as his compositions." -Steve Cardenas
June 4th, 2008 | Recital - Violoncello & Viola da Gamba
Works by Berio, Britten, Dutilleux, Geminiani, Henze, Lutoslawski, Marais
Performed by
Caleb van der Swaagh
with Matthias van der Swaagh & Rosamund Morley
8PM | Free admission
May 30th, 2008 | Bluegrass - The Varnish Cooks
The Varnish Cooks pursue the old-time stringband tradition with intensity and emotional clarity. They perform old-time songs according to the impetuous and poetic spirit of American music.
The band provides a fitting close to our current art show, "Gone to Carolina: Images from the Southeast" (see below for details about the exhibit). Show starts at 8PM
Free admission
May 23rd, 2008 | Jazz - Sam Sadigursky and The Word Project
Featuring Monika Heidemann
Created in 2006, The Words Project consists of poems set to musical composition. Rather that have poetry spoken over a musical background, the goal is to create actual sings from the poems, and to use these songs as forms fro improvisation
9 PM Free concert
May 16th, 2008 | Jazz - The Tyler Schwartz Group
Tyler Schwartz- alto sax
Dominic Fallacaro- keys
Aaron Steele- drums
w/ guest Kyle Gregory - trumpet
9PM Two sets
No cover/No minimum
May 9th, 2008 | Jazz - Steve Scheller
Guitarist Steve Scheller with guest Tyler Schwartz
9PM & 10PM
NO cover/NO minimum
May 2nd, 2008 | Art Show - Gone To Carolina : Images of the Southeast
The All Things project is delighted to present four of North Carolina 's most beloved artists. With impressionistic colors and energetic textures artists Eric McRay, Dan Nelson, Tim Postell and Gary Bradley depict the vibrant communities and magnificent landscapes of North Carolina. Whether it’s the famous Jazz paintings of Eric McRay or the serene landscapes of Dan Nelson, the paintings communicate a lifestyle of leisure that transcends location. As Tim Postell says of his work, “I intend to allow the viewer to exhale and to reminisce about a moment in their life that brings them tranquility.” ON VIEW THROUGH MAY 30th
Please join us for the Gallery Opening May 2nd from 6-9pm including authentic North Carolina barbecue!
April 25th, 2008 | Jazz - Johnathan Blake with special guests Mark Turner & Ben Street
Playing drums signified rebellion for Johnathan Blake—sort of. He started out on the instrument of his famed violinist father, John Blake, but was soon won over by the driving power of the skins. Lucky for entities like Roy Hargrove and the Mingus Big Band, Blake has learned how to temper kineticism with subtlety. Blake’s new ensemble proves that some of his dad’s melodic skills are also part of the young man’s gestalt. Time Out New York - December 2007
Show starts @ 9PM Two sets
NO cover/NO minimum
April 11th, 2008 | Jazz - Mike Moreno
Moreno shines as a shrewd composer who is blessed with enviable chops and a wide-ranging jazz vernacular that bears a mark of distinction. Glenn Astarita -Jazzreview.com
Guitarist Mike Moreno shines. His liquid timbre pooling into solos that are conversational but as disciplined as poetry. Michael J. West -Jazztimes Nov. 2007
Show starts at 9PM
Two sets
NO/cover NO/ minimum
March 28th, 2008 | Jazz - Jacob Varmus Quartet
Two sets: 9&10 NO cover/NO minimum
March 27th, 2008 | Lecture/Discussion - The Classroom as Propaganda Agent
7:00 PM
(doors open at 6:30 - light refreshments provided)
The dictionary definition of education is “the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university” (Oxford American Dictionary). The process of education is universally welcomed and understood to be a vital component of a stable and prosperous society. But the decision as to what is included in the instruction and how it will be presented is never value neutral. The particular institution, teacher, or governing board inevitably bases this decision on what is considered to be important. That being the case, doesn’t all education amount to propaganda? Join us for a thought provoking discussion on the role of values in the process of education.
Speaker and Moderator:
Brian D. Ray earned his Ph.D. in science education from Oregon State University and his M.S. in zoology from Ohio University. He has been a professor of science and education at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of science, education, research, testing measurement and evaluation, and statistics. Dr. Ray has been a classroom teacher in both public and private schools. He conducts research and publishes as an internationally known scholar on the topic of the connection between parents and their children’s education, and serves as an expert witness in courts and to legislatures across the United States.
March 14th, 2008 | Jazz - Gino Sitson's Vocal Deliria (a cappella!)
Featuring:
Gino Sitson: Voice, Body Percussion & Composition
Gretchen Parlato: Voice
Sunny Kim : Voice
Malika Zarra: Voice
Two sets: 9&10 NO cover/No minimum
March 11th, 2008 | Readings and Monologues from Underbelly
Mélissa Smith of Art and Compassion, Inc. & All Things Project host :
A night of story telling and monologues from the book
Underbelly - The Palm Beach No One Talks About
by David Geliebter
As featured on Oprah & Friends, CBS Radio and others
Underbelly takes us on a journey into a nightmarish - almost nihilistic - world where drugs, sex and violence reign over the land.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
7:00 pm -10:00pm
The stories are explosively raw, powerfully gripping, they gnaw at our consciousness - they force us to ask the question how, in a land of such wealth and privilege, this human condition can still exist?
Stay for a reception and a short Q&A
content taken from www.underbelly-thebook.com
also visit www.hopeandpromise.org
February 22nd, 2008 | Jazz - Alan Ferber Nonet
Two sets: 9 & 10 NO cover/NO minimum
February 18th, 2008 | Art Show - Love for Humanity
The All Things Project in collaboration with Jedidiah USA utilizes powerful media to bring awareness to the plight of child soldiers. The 'Invisible Children' of northern Uganda are the focus of a documentary and the subject of paintings by several artists. A potion of the proceeds from sales goes to Invisible Children
Show runs until March 20th
Gallery hours: 1:30 - 6 PM Tuesday through Saturday
February 16th, 2008 | Lecture - How the Other Half Lives: The Pioneering Photojournalism of Jacob Riis
Tony Carnes, senior writer for Christianity Today, offers a lively presentation about one of the heroes of the underprivileged. Jacob Riis' camera brought before the public eye the inhumane conditions under which many New Yorkers were working and living at the end of the 19th century. His work sparked a revolution in police practice, worker safety, and housing. This compassionate observer left an indelible mark and pointed the way for future generations of investigative journalists.
Free admission
February 8th, 2008 | Jazz - Gregory Tardy Group
Two sets: 9 & 10 NO cover/No minimum
January 25th, 2008 | Jazz - Jesse Palter
Featuring Sam Barsh, Mark Guiliana, Ben Wiliams
Sets @ 9 & 10 No Cover No Minimum
January 16th, 2008 | Art Show - The Beauty of the Sketch: Working Drawings by Artists at Work
Show runs until February 14
Gallery hours Tuesday through Saturday 1:30 - 6 PM
January 11th, 2008 | Jazz - Larry Grenadier
With Brian Blade and Rebecca Martin
Sets @ 9 & 10 No cover/ No minimum
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