Please join us for what promises to be an amazing night of passionate words.

Oveous is a recording artist who tricked everyone into believing he was only a poet. He grew up in the Bronx and Washington Heights exposed to the richness of jazz, soul, hip hop, and latin music. An honorary member of the world-famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Oveous shares his own brand of "rap & spokenword". He became a National Poetry slam finalist three years in a row, is a multiple time winner at the Apollo Theater, has performed on the hit series HBO Def Poetry, and has recorded music with grammy award winner Louie Vega. Currently, you can download Oveous' albums ("Future Intentions" & "The Iambic Moment") online for free via his blog site: oveous.blogspot.com

BEHIND THE GROOVE "Playin' the classics that make you move." w/ DJ's: DP ONE, KS 360 (aka Kwikstep) & AFRO BEAT.

Spinning Funk, Soul, Disco, Hip-Hop, Salsa & House

This event will feature full playback of Blonde Redhead's new album, "Penny Sparkle"

Penny Sparkle was recorded in New York & Stockholm, with Van Rivers and the Subliminal Kid getting production credits.

Here is a quote from lead singer Kazu Mazino about the record:

“I can’t say what Penny Sparkle is about just yet. I remember talking to Ed (from 4AD) one day and telling him that I had a vision that I was traveling to far away places to complete it. Then I landed in snowy slippery Stockholm….. and here. I fell in love with the music like falling for someone you’ve known for a long time. It was dreamy and sometimes was very stormy. At times I felt like a shepherd who was trying to herd five stallions into a yard (unsuccessfully). I felt like I was a link to everyone. I remained still and the others were constantly moving around it. I am not sure what Penny Sparkle is but I hope I offered to them as much as they offered me. I know that we have never made a record this way and if I could go back in time, I would do it exactly the same way again.”

This is a first come, fully standing, gallery event.

The End of the Night is a new weekly exploration into sound and movement. The End of the Night will feature a far-reaching selection of long-form, challenging, left of dance, music for sure-footed dancers and adventurous listeners. Songs will be played in full, for the most part, with little mixing, in the tradition of David Mancuso/The Loft.

The name refers to the music being what you might usually only hear at the end of the night, when both the dj and the dancers have more room to stretch out.

House dance scene fixture/documentarienne Amanda Adams Louis, aka Lafotographeuse, will be on hand to capture the energy for posterity.

I am super excited to begin this journey. All that wish to come along are welcome. I want to nurture a community/family vibe, and a safe, exploring space for dancers and listeners who are open to a wide range of music. To say that there will be nothing commercial is an understatement. There will hardly be "classics". What there will be, or what I am endeavoring to bring to this, is a breath of fresh air, music you may know, music you may not, and my passion for good music of all kinds. To even mentions genres would be antithetical to the freeform nature of the party. Quality, creativity, beauty, love, respect, and the pulse, be it loud or soft, fast or slow, will rule the day.

I want to say explicitly, since it is one of the main things that has been lost in the commercialization of nightlife culture, that diversity and inclusiveness of all kinds (age, gender, heritage, orientation, nationality, etc.) are absolutely necessary for the success, in my mind, of this endeavor. That means that you, whoever and wherever you are, are warmly invited.

I know this is an unlikely and Utopian endeavor, and that's exactly the kind of party I hope to build with you.

-Ben Goldfarb aka DJ Scribe

This is a general admission gallery event.

"All the Guilt in Less Than 180 Seconds"


Featuring:

Emily Gould (Author, "And the Heart Says Whatever")
Rachel Shukert (Author, "Everything is Going to be Great")
Ben Greenman (New Yorker, Author, "What He's Poised to Do")
Jami Attenberg (Author, "The Melting Season")
Matthue Roth (Author, "Nevermind the Goldbergs")
Fiona Maazel (Author, "Last Last Chance")
Michael Hearst (One Ring Zero)
Scott Lindenbaum (Electric Literature)
Melissa Broder (Poet/Author "When You Say One Thing But mean Your Mother")
Adam Lustick (Snakes/Harvard Sailing Team)
Maris Kreizman (Slaughterhouse 90210)
Adam Wilson (The Faster Times)
Jared Bloom (The Full Ginsburg/McSweeneys)

$5 before midnight & $10 after

Every Wednesday Night at LPR