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MCLA's 5th Annual Blues & Funk Festival: DAY ONE
Slavic Soul Party
Thursday, February 4th, 2010; 7:30 p.m.
MCLA Venable Gymnasium
2-NIGHT FESTIVAL TICKETS: $20 General Admission
Slavic Soul Party gets the festival started on Thursday night with fiery Balkan brass, hip-grinding American grooves, and ecstatic anthems both new and old. Brash and strong as slivovitz, these nine musicians have forged virtuosic new brass band music in the heart of New York City--melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican and Asian immigrant backgrounds with American jazz and soul.
MCLA's 5th Annual Blues & Funk Festival: DAY TWO
Big Sam's Funky Nation
Friday, February 5th, 2010; 7:30 p.m.
MCLA Venable Gymnasium
2-NIGHT FESTIVAL TICKETS: $20 General Admission
Big Sam's Funky Nation takes the stage New Orleans style on Friday night. Presiding over his Funky Nation is Big Sam, formerly the trombonist for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who blows the funk out of his trombone and refuses to let the audience sit still. Between solos and trombone riffs, Big Sam second-lines (a uniquely New Orleans style of street-dance) and gets the crowd going both in movement and in replies to his call-and-response MC-style.
The Amazing Acousta- photophono- grammitron
Music = Art
Thursday, February 25, 2010; 7:30 p.m.
MCLA Gallery 51
Throughout the months of February and March, MCLA Gallery 51, in partnership with MCLA Presents!, will be exhibiting artists who find the muse both in the visual and performative worlds--in other words, artists who are musicians, musicians who are artists and all that falls between. Thursday February 25 will be an evening of performances by a handful of these artists including Paul de Jong (of The Books), Tristan Perich, Lesley Flanigan and Ven Voisey.
Sekou Sundiata Evening of Poetry and Spoken Word
Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo
Wednesday, March 10, 2010; 7:30 p.m.
MCLA Gallery 51
Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo, of Nigerian decent, is one of the most sought after poetry slammers, a recipient of the 2008 National Performance Network/NCCC Artist of Color Residency Award and a two-time National Poetry Slam Individual Finalist. She has been asked to compose and perform for Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, and was commissioned by Discovery Channel for their 2008 brand campaign.
A Night at the Cabaret
with Katie Johnson '07
Friday, April 16, 2010; 9:00 p.m.
Taylor's Restaurant
SPECIAL PRICE SHOW
$5 General Admission, MCLA Alumni, Faculty and Staff, FREE Members and MCLA Students
A Night at the Cabaret returns to Taylor's Restaurant with Katie Johnson. Katie was a huge hit at last year's highly successful Cabaret Night. Katie's credits include but are not limited to Urinetown, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Fame: The Musical, Chicago, Annie, Sound of Music, and Cinderella. Bring sheet music for your favorite Broadway show tune and take your own turn at the mic.
PAM! Show
Wednesday, April 28, 2010; 7:30 p.m.
Location to be announced
The PAM! Show is fully programmed and produced by the students of MCLA's Spring 2010 Performing Arts Management class, under the guidance of Jonathan Secor, instructor and director of special programs for the College. Performers and location will be determined during the spring semester. Look for updates to see what MCLA's finest come up with!