Singer Tara O’Grady will be at Why Not Jazz Room, 14 Christopher Street, in NYC’s West Village on Sunday, February 9, 9-11pm. $10 at the door. She will be joined by Pete Kennedy on guitar and David Shaich on bass. At the corner of Christopher St and Gay St in the West Village, a lovely coffee shop sits on the corner and plays records on a turn table. And below the turning and churning of Etta James and Colombian beans, nestled below the street, is a tiny jazz club where one can escape the cold and imagine the Village of Bob Dylan’s days.
Sana Musasama exhibits her sculptural ceramics, the Unspeakable Series at the Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NYC until March 2, 2014. Each work, inspired by a personal incident or symbolic tale, expresses a deep emotional identity, contrasting societal, political, and personal views on themes such as anxiety, bias, mortality and memory. Entry to the museum is $16.
Fiddler Deni Bonet will be performing with Ed Romanoff at Rockwood Music Hall on Saturday, February 15 at 7:30 PM. 196 Allen Street (Between Houston & Stanton). Tickets can be purchased here for $10
Join Artists Without Walls at their first “Showcase” at Hofstra University, Tuesday, February 18th, 2:15pm in Hempstead, NY . A talented array of artists will be performing: Members of Darrah Carr Dance, Hofstra students including spoken word artist Koro Koroye and dancer Priya Gupta, fiddler Deni Bonet, Irish singer/songwriter Brian Farrell, Brit-Asian stage performer Nadia Parvez Manzoor, jazz pianist Sharp Radway, Irish singer/songwriter Niamh Hyland and jazz singer Antoinette Montague.