ARTISTS WITHOUT WALLS' MEMBERS AROUND TOWN THIS MONTH

Martina Fiserova
Martina Fiserova

Martina Fiserova will perform a solo set of her originals at the Way Station, Brooklyn, on Monday Oct 20th at 11pm.  Located at 683 Washington Ave (Btw Prospect and St Marks, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 11238). No cover.

 

 

 

 

 

Tara O'Grady
Tara O’Grady

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Tara O’Grady and her band will be swinging at Winnie’s Prohibition Lounge, Refinery Hotel, 63 W. 38 Street at 6th Ave. Tuesday, October 21, 7:30-10:30pm. 

 

 

 

 

 

Artists Without Walls
Artists Without Walls

Artists Without Walls’ Showcase at The Cell Theatre on Wednesday, October 22nd, 7pm. Evening’s presenters include Ron Vazzano, Liz Queler and Laurie Lewis, Sana Musasama, Warren and Gibson Malone, Dan Yurkofsky, Richard Deane, Steve Silver and Idan Morim. 

 

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Out By Ten
Out By Ten

Susan Seliger’s Out by Ten, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014:  LOVE, LUST & LOSS,an evening of storytellers and musicians (AWOW members Deni Bonet and Honor Finnegan  in Nov. and Dec.) in an intimate, salon-loft venue – with free wine & cheese, at 121 Ludlow Street (betw, Delancey y & Rivington) 7:30-9:30 PM. 

 

The evening’s performers include Moth Slam-Champion Storytellers: Micaela Blei & Kate Greathead, Funny Singer/Songwriter  Cassandra Kubinsky, Classical/Jazz Pianist  Jeremy Jordan  Click here for tickets$20 at the door—$18 in advance, includes free wine and cheese 

 

Honor Finnegan
Honor Finnegan

 

Honor Finnegan will be performing at the Common Ground Community Concerts, opening for Dan Bern, Saturday, October 25th, 2014 7:30 pm | Tickets $20 advance, $25 at the door. First Unitarian Society of Westchester, 25 Old Jackson Ave, Hastings on Hudson NY. Click here for tickets. 

 

 

 

Writers Read
Writers Read

 

Ed McCann’s “Writers Read” celebrates the spoken word, showcasing short works of established and emerging writers, 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 26 at The Cell Theatre, 338 West 23rd Street St., NYC.  Writers and guests mingle during a thirty-minute intermission with light refreshments.

 

Check out the lineup of writers and learn more about each writer by visiting their Writers Read home page.   Seating is limited. Their first event in June quickly sold out; if you plan to join them for Dog Stories, you can order your tickets by clicking here .

 

 

 

Keepin' It Photorealistic
Keepin’ It Photorealistic

Brona Crehan invites all to a fundraiser, Keeping It Photorealistic, for her play – Pillow on the Stairs, October 28th, 6pm until whatever.  Ryan’s Daughter, 85th St. Between First and Second Ave. Barry Finnegan, a phenomenal artist  has offered to draw at Brona’s event. He doesn’t tell anyone who he is drawing but rather lets it unfold during the evening. It’ll be a lot of fun and Brona is hoping it will generate some funding for her spring production!  

 

Proceeds to benefit the spring 2015 production of the original play Pillow on the Stairs by Brona Crehan. Meet the writer, the cast, the artist and win fabulous raffle prizes too!  An evening of fun and cocktails. $25.00 per person

 

 

 

Martin Kleinman
Martin Kleinman

“How to Build a Fire” – Brooklyn Edition.  Guest curated and hosted by Martin Kleinman
, Thursday, October 30 at 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.  Open Source Gallery – 306 17th Street, Park Slope, NY 11215 This month’s storytellers include:

 

Author/actor Mellini Kantayya , writer/actor Marian Fontana,  Susan Kellman – mob lawyer and Daniel Kleinman – social media guru

 

 

WHAT A NIGHT! AWoW's SHOWCASE at THE CELL 8/26/2014

Mark Donnelly
Mark Donnelly

It was another splendid evening of performances at Artists Without Walls’ Showcase at The Cell Theatre this past Tuesday. Mark Donnelly got the evening started with the opening monologue from his new play No Dead End (still a work-in-progress). A terrific performance, plus cool props — black-and-white posters of Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Spencer Tracy and the Dead End Kids in the background.

 

 

Honor Finnegan and Aviv Roth
Honor Finnegan and Aviv Roth

Honor Finnegan roused the crowd with her humorous lyrics and powerful voice. She sang a new song, “Fortune Cookie”, on which she played the ukulele; Aviv Roth joined her on guitar for Christine Lavin’s hilarious “Air Conditioner Song”, followed by Honor’s rousing blues, “Internet Junkie”. At the break, Honor was seen enjoying salted peanuts at the bar. Channeling Dizzy Gillespie for a future tune, Honor? “Salt peanuts. Salt peanuts!”

 

 

Renata Hinrichs
Renata Hinrichs

Cannes Film Festival and Obie award winning actress Renata Hinrichs gave an engaging and riveting performance of a section from her solo show, Random Acts.  The play brings humor and pathos to a time in our history we shouldn’t soon forget.  Tickets are now on sale for her second show, October 18th at 6pm, in the United Solo Festival  Link to tickets: http://bit.ly/1nuGzZT

 

 

Warren and Gibson Malone
Warren and Gibson Malone

Warren Malone, a New York based singer/songwriter who is originally from Manchester England, was joined by his eleven-year old son Gibson for a rousing set. They began with a Jerry Lee Lewis tune, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” with Gibson on the piano, pumping out a driving boogie pattern with his left hand while his right added some flashy ornamentation. They followed with Warren’s poignant song about his father, “Whole Life Blues,” and concluded with another great flashback, Fats Domino’s “Blueberry Hill.” A sensational performance by this very talented father and son duo.  

 

 

Nicholas Garr
Nicholas Garr

Nicholas Garr opened the second half of the Showcase by giving a wonderfully moving and hysterically funny performance from his solo theatre piece Paper Tigers, which explores our shared issues of love, sex, ambition, and self image in a world where things are often not as they appear. And the lobster outfit was incredible!

 

 

Martin Kleinman
Martin Kleinman

Marty Kleinman, the popular New York storyteller, read an excerpt from his new short fiction collection, Home Front.  Careening between heartbreak and hilarity, Marty’s tale took us on a white-knuckle joyride through the convulsing Bronx landscape of the late 1970s.   Through his spot-on dialogue of ne’er-do-well characters, and keen observations of life during New York’s nadir, we were reminded that there were darn good reasons why “Fun City” apartments could be had so cheaply back then.

 

 

"Mrs" Simring
“Mrs” Simring

Last night, Steve Simring’s mother returned from the grave to tell a sympathetic audience about her less than successful marriage.  She rarely made mistakes, she said, but she screwed up royally when she married Simon. At last, according to her, she found vindication and understanding in a group of lovely, caring people at the Cell.  She’s happy to report that today she is resting peacefully. Perhaps she’s recovering from expending so much breath in the final moments of her act. You had to be there!

 

 

All in all, a great evening, bringing AWoW’s Summer Showcase Series to a close. The next Artists Without Walls’ Showcase will be at The Cell Theatre on Tuesday, September 23rd, 7pm, 338 W23rd St. 

 

 

Photos by Mitch Traphagen

 

 

For more information on Artists Without Walls contact info@artistswithoutwalls. com  

 

 

 

 

MITCH TRAPHAGEN'S PHOTOS from ARTISTS WITHOUT WALLS' SHOWCASE at THE CELL 8/26/14

Mitch Traphagen’s photographs from Tuesday’s Artists Without Walls’ Showcase at The Cell. The names of the photographed appear above the photo. 

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Mark Donnelly

AWOW Showcase August 26, 2014

 

Honor Finnegan

AWOW Showcase August 26, 2014

Renata Hinrichs

AWOW Showcase August 26, 2014

Warren and Gibson Malone

AWOW Showcase August 26, 2014

Nicholas Garr

AWOW Showcase August 26, 2014

Martin Kleinman

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“Mrs” Simring

AWOW Showcase August 26, 2014

Niamh Hyland

AWOW Showcase August 26, 2014

Charles R. Hale

AWOW Showcase August 26, 2014

The Evening’s “Cast of Characters”

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BRILLIANT LINEUP ON TAP for ARTISTS WITHOUT WALLS' "SHOWCASE AT THE CELL" 8/26

Why attend an Artists Without Walls’ Showcase?  Here’s what poet Connie Roberts said about a recent event. “It was a thrilling, life affirming night—life-affirming in the sense that an Artist Without Walls’ showcase highlights beautifully, often spectacularly, our shared humanity. In our fast-paced, rat-race lives, it is easy to feel disconnected from the world, from our fellow man/woman. But then you have a space like AWoW has created, where people bring their stories and share them—their hurts, betrayals and joys—in various mediums, with a bunch of other folks, who have their own stories.  It’s as if by magic, the whole room experiences a sense of connectedness, real-time affirmation that we’re all part of a rich and complex tapestry.”

 

Mark Donnelly
Mark Donnelly

We have a great line up planned including Mark Donnelly who will perform the opening monologue from his new play No Dead End. Set in Los Angeles in the late 1980s, No Dead End explores the blurring of movie fantasies and reality through the friendship of a film librarian and an aging actor. Mark writes plays, poetry, short stories and nonfiction. Mark holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College and is an adjunct English professor at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights.

 

 

Honor Finnegan
Honor Finnegan

Honor Finnegan is a Kerrville New Folk Song Contest Winner, and an accomplished vocalist. She will be sharing a couple of her songs, and covering one by Christine Lavin. Aviv Roth will accompany her on guitar. She will be peddling CDs so bring your spare change.

 

 

Renata Hinrichs
Renata Hinrichs

Renata Hinrichs, a Cannes Film Festival and Obie award winning actress, will present a section of Random Acts, a solo piece she wrote about growing up on the South Side of Chicago in the late 60s.  Her father, a young Lutheran minister, wants to change the world, and her mother just wants to be the perfect pastor’s wife. Renata is performing in the United Solo Festival on Theater Row, Sunday, Oct 12th at 2 pm.

 

 

Warren Malone
Warren Malone

Singer/songwriter Warren Malone loves to sing, write songs and play guitar.  “I love traditional folk music as much as I love a great pop song. The first record I ever put on was a Hank Williams’ record when I was four years old. As a kid I loved Elvis.” Joining Warren on the piano for some old time rock ‘n’roll will be his son Gibson Malone. If you haven’t heard these two play together you’re in for a treat. 

 

 

Nicholas Garr
Nicholas Garr

Nicholas Garr has appeared in film, TV and Broadway. “Lobsterman” is an excerpt from his solo play, Paper Tigers.  Nick appeared at a Showcase earlier in the year and meshed his great physicality and comedic skills with piped in sounds as diverse as spraying mouthwash, bullets flying through the air and screams to create an intense piece of theater. 

 

 

Martin Kleinman
Martin Kleinman

Martin Kleinman, a native New Yorker, who was born and raised in The Bronx, returned in 2010, after living in Manhattan, Jackson Heights and, for 25 years, in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Over the years, he has written a novel, screenplays and a recently published collection of New York-centric short fiction. Martin will read a short section from that collection, from the story called “Home Front.”

 

 

The Cell's Artistic Director, Kira Simring and Steven Simring
The Cell’s Artistic Director, Kira Simring and Steven Simring

Steve Simring is a forensic psychiatrist with more than a passing interest in theater. In his quest to understand his long deceased mother, he has attempted to channel her and explore her long and problematic marriage to his father. He’ll be doing just that on stage this Tuesday. 

 

 

And maybe a short film and an additional song or two. So join us Tuesday, August 26, 7pm for a great night of entertainment and conviviality at The Cell Theatre, 338 W23rd St., NYC. See you there.