To celebrate the launch of the highly acclaimed new anthology series Best European Fiction, editor Aleksandar Hemon leads two back-to-back programs of reading and discussion.

Continuing their recent conversation in the pages of The Believer, Best European Fiction series editor Aleksandar Hemon will speak with Colum McCann, who will be writing the preface for next year’s anthology, about the current state of fiction in Europe and their own sense as Europeans about what European fiction now has to offer American and world readers. Three contributors to the inaugural volume, from Belgium, Portugal, and Denmark, will read from their work and discuss with Hemon exciting things happening right now in the literature of their countries.

PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature: A week-long celebration of books and writing from around the globe, featuring 130 writers from 40 different countries. Don't miss this exciting cross-cultural literary exchange including conversations, panel discussions, readings, a translation slam, and an all-star Cabaret! New York City, April 26-May 2, 2010. <www.pen.org/festival>

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Tickets are $10, or $8 for PEN members.

War writing is an act of witness. It seeks to bring from the battlefront a way of connecting readers to an experience said to defy the power of words. Join these extraordinary journalists, who put themselves on the front line so we can know the terrible truths behind the headlines, for a discussion about the difficulties reporting the devastating facts of war. Deborah Amos is an award-winning correspondent who reported on the Gullf War in 1991, and more recently, Iraq for NPR. Philip Gourevitch has reported on the genocide in Rwanda, and Arnon Grunberg has made numerous trips to Iraq from where he has recently returned. The Humvee Sebastian Junger was riding in was hit by a land mine when he was in Afghanistan working on his forthcoming book War and the award-winning documentary Restrepo, and Daniele Mastrogiacomo’s ordeal of being kidnapped and held hostage is every journalist’s worst nightmare.

PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature: A week-long celebration of books and writing from around the globe, featuring 130 writers from 40 different countries. Don't miss this exciting cross-cultural literary exchange including conversations, panel discussions, readings, a translation slam, and an all-star Cabaret! New York City, April 26-May 2, 2010. <www.pen.org/festival>

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Tickets are $10, or $8 for PEN Members

A perennial highlight of the Festival, the PEN Cabaret returns this year to the heart of the West Village. Come hear Natalie Merchant perform songs from her new album, Leave Your Sleep (Nonesuch), featuring musical interpretations of classic poetry from Ogden Nash, Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others. Also joining us direct from London is Booker Prize–winning novelist Ben Okri, and Georgian novelist, poet, and performance artist Irakli Kakabadze. Prepare to be white-knuckled as Ariel Dorfman reads from his very spooky cyber ghost story. Stay tuned for special-guest announcements — the global stars are aligning now. Emceed by Rakesh Satyal, editor, author, and jazz singer extraordinaire.

PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature: A week-long celebration of books and writing from around the globe, featuring 130 writers from 40 different countries. Don't miss this exciting cross-cultural literary exchange including conversations, panel discussions, readings, a translation slam, and an all-star Cabaret! New York City, April 26-May 2, 2010. <www.pen.org/festival>

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Tickets are $30, or $25 for PEN members.

GALAXIE presents... Galaxie TV and Danceparty

Drink specials & dancing ALL NACHT LONG

Hosted by Galaxie DJs

GALAXIE TV happy hour video party til 11pm followed by... ALL-NITE DANCEPARTY!

VISUALS & GALAXIE TV BY ALISON CHILDS.

http://www.galaxieworldwide.com/upcoming-events

Program:

Prelude No. 26 for Solo Piano by Eric Lemmon
Eric Lemmon, Piano

La Aldea by Angélica Negrón
Angélica Negrón, voice and live electronics
Leonardo Velázquez, charango
José Olivares, live video processing

Tango Variations for Double Bass Duo by Noam Faingold
Matthew Rosenthal, Double bass
Matthew Weber, Double bass

String Quartet No. 1 by Eric Lemmon
Curtis Stewart, Violin
Patti Kilroy, Violin
Rick Quantz, Viola
James Waldo, Cello

Bonaparte Born to Party by Noam Faingold
TRANSIT new music ensemble:Piano, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Percussion

**Intermission**

Count to Five by Angelica Negron
Iktus Percussion Quartet (Roy Campbell, Chris Graham, Danielle Weinberg, and Justin Wolf)

I Could Dissolve into Sunlight by Conrad Winslow
Carla Jablonski, soprano
Paulina Simkin, piano

Fantasy for 171st St. by Dylan Glatthorn
I-Shan Cheng, Oboe
Matthew Rosenberg, Basson
Manuel Laufer, Piano

It's Mutual by Conrad Winslow
Sean Statser, marimba
Frank Tyl, percussion
Jeff Eng, percussion
Jacqueline Russo, percussion

This is a first come seated show. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Following their appearances at the PEN World Voices Festival, four Russian authors read selections from their poetry and prose. New York-based poets John Coletti and Laura Sims read the English translations. A Q&A and informal reception will follow the reading.

Free. Seating is limited. Please RSVP Here

Muddled Mondays

Service Industry Night $5 Wines, Well Drinks, and Draft Beers!!

Every Monday Night

7-9 p.m. free liquor tasting and contests

9-2 a.m. dj dance party

Tonight you're the customer and the customer is always right! Join Muddled Mondays on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter for constant updates. Muddled Mondays is a Monday night party created for service industry professionals. Come enjoy cheap drinks and free contest giveaways!"

This show is celebrating the release of The Knights 2nd CD on SONY Classical entitled "New Worlds."

"arguably this work [Ives'The Unanswered Question] has never been played so beautifully and magically...Frank's Bartók-inspired sketches of Indian folklore in the Andes come to life with musical fervor due to the Knights' expertise." Germany's Rondo Magazine

Program:
Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyandas: An Andean Walkabout
Dvořák: Silent Woods
Schubert: Symphony No. 3, 1st movement
Satie: Gymnopedie (arr. Debussy)

This is first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall - Opera Trash Benefit
“Maestro Bischof is an exceptionally sensitive and multifaceted artist. He is a wonderful pianist and collaborative partner and his improvisations on themes submitted by the audience were engaging and staggering in their sense of having already been written but of course they were not. He is a nuanced and compelling conductor who is a rising star to watch." -Variety NYC

Experience an evening of transformations, revelations and jollifications with one of New York City’s hottest chamber orchestras and internationally acclaimed artist Justin Bischof. A rare pairing in concert of two 20th Century musical masterpieces and the chance to hear a master improsiver on the piano.

Program:
Shostakovitch: Chamber Symphony Op 110a
Bischof: Piano Improvisation on themes submitted by the audience
Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Beats and Breaks is the new monthly party of Greenways8, spinning spinning old school hip hop, trip-hop, funk, electronic, mashups, and of course beats and breaks. Expect to hear original mashups and unheard remixes of classics old and new, delivering a music experience perfectly suited for the intimate LPR gallery space.

Special Guests this month include acclaimed cellist Cosmo D who will be performing a live cello & electronic mix along with performer Sex in Space who will be providing his own blend of bass, freaky samba & funky breaks LIVE!

Program:

"Renaissance"
Hahn-Bin, violin
John Blacklow, piano

CHAPTER ONE : DE ARTE [ a birth, a creature ]

Subito | Witold Lutoslawski
Nocturne | John Cage
Nocturne in C# minor | Frederic Chopin

CHAPTER TWO : LA MUERTE [ at the graveyard ]

Danse Macabre | Camille Saint-Saens
Cadenza | Krzysztof Penderecki
Asturiana & Polo | Manuel de Falla

CHAPTER THREE : JE T'AIME [ will you love me ]

Blues & Perpetual Motion | Maurice Ravel
La Plus Que Lente | Claude Debussy

CHAPTER FOUR : LA BOHÈME [ desires undone ]

Carmen Fantasy | Pablo de Sarasate

This show is free for students (with ID) and LPR Members.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

This is a general admission standing event.

Behind The Groove is FREE with rsvp! Click here to get on the list.

Hosted by Le Poisson Rouge, Wordless Music and WFMU, this show is a benefit for New Zealand musician Chris Knox, who suffered a series of life-altering strokes last year. It comes on the heels of Merge Records’ release of Stroke, a double album compilation of artists covering Knox songs with the proceeds going to benefit him and his family. All money raised for this event, save for circa $2,500 base costs to cover direct club expenses, is going straight to the Knox family.

Chris Knox’s presence and influence on New Zealand music can only properly be compared to the relationship between Caetano Veloso and Brazil, and Ali Farka Touré in Mali. He started as one of the first and most highly regarded Kiwi punk rock musicians in the late seventies, and went on to be known for his work as a comic artist, television host, film reviewer and music producer for releases on the illustrious Flying Nun roster. His work as Tall Dwarfs (with Alec Bathgate) and as a solo artist has influenced musicians far beyond his country’s borders, as evidenced by the lineup for this show.

Tickets go on sale Tuesday, March 30th at 12:00pm through http://www.kickstarter.com/.

This is a general admission, standing event.

No flash photography.

The show is sold out, but LPR Members have a chance to win tickets! Members can send an e-mail to chrisknox@lprnyc.com with "Knox Giveaway" in the subject line. To find out more about the LPR Membership program click here.

A monthly gathering of MN expats, this Minnesota Monthly Happy Hour is one of the friendliest nights in NYC. Join us this month for an extra special edition of Minnesota Monthly Happy Hour - our second ever “Artist Showcase.”

The showcase will feature Minnesotan artists living in NYC, including:
-Hans Erik with bassist Erik Naslund
-Brother-sister comedy duo John and Molly Knefel
-Writer Dustin Luke Nelson
-Radio Happy Hour host Sam Osterhout
-DJ Cherry Spoon (aka Anne Szustek)

Plus, a chance to prove your pride and get great prizes with MN trivia, happy hour specials until 9pm, and delicious homemade bars!

This event is hosted by:

Minneapple in the Big Apple - the blog about Minnesota-related and Minnesotan-created arts and culture in NYC -http://minneappleinthebigapple.com

And

Minnesota Culture Club - a website devoted to Minnesota culture beyond its borders - http://mncultureclub.com

Reuniting to play live for the first time in more than two decades, The Golden Palominos 1985-87 lineup with Syd Straw will join local literary rockers in unveiling Electric Literature’s 4th fiction anthology. Featuring The Wingdale Community Singers, with author Rick Moody on guitar and vocals, and Brooklyn indie-rockers The Walking Hellos, featuring Myla Goldberg (best-selling author of Bee Season) on banjo and accordion, celebrating their CD release. Electric Literature’s mission is to use new media and innovative distribution to keep literature a vital part of popular culture.
electricliterature.com

This is a general admission, standing event.

Crooked Disco featuring DJ Morsy & DJ Kestar

About: Join DJs Morsy and Kestar, aka the Crooked Disco DJs, for Play Date, their weekly Play Date party at its new home, the gallery at Le Poisson Rouge. Play Date is a unique, free, party featuring the Crooked Disco DJs all night long on the decks sharing their favorite new music, premiering their latest custom tracks and remixes, and digging out rediscovered dancefloor classics. Expect their custom blend of mixed up party sounds from electro to house to to good hip hop and assorted breakbeats, all night long with an injection of personal favorites geared toward the intimate gallery space.

Ladies: free before midnight, $10 after
Men: $10 before 2:00am, $15 after

CAAL members receive reduced $10 admission all night; All students receive $5 admission with valid Student ID. Discount taken at the door.

This is a general admission, standing event.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

The return of the DJ. Two turntables and a microphone. Sound system connecting live and direct to the people. Back to the roots: The Golden Age of Hip Hop, Soul, Funk, Afrobeat, Dancehall, Roots Reggae, Dance Classics, House, Salsa . Into the future: new artists, gems you might have missed and original remixes. A DJ that communicates with the crowd to give you what you need. Fun & Games. Dance, drink, network & build. Each week new musical guests that move in and out to contribute to the set seemlessly without interrupting the groove. Improvisational love with those in attendance as part of the creation. Under the groove, one nation.

This is a first-come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Program:
David Lang: Forced March (written for Crash Ensemble in 2008)
Terry Riley: Loops for Ancient Giant Nude Hairy Warriors Racing Down the Slopes of Battle (written for Crash Ensemble in 2007)
Donnacha Dennehy: As an Nós (written for San Francisco Contemporary Music Players in 2009)
Donnacha Dennehy: Streetwalker (written for Bang on a Can All-Stars in 2003)

This is a first-come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Barcelona's most debauched night comes to New York City!

Drink Specials

Well open bar 10PM - 11PM
$5 Well Drinks 11PM - 12AM

The award-winning composer Martin Bresnick presents a concert called Every Thing Must Go - celebrating his new CD release (of the same title) on Albany Records. Many of the works on the disc will be performed. The performers include Lisa Moore, piano, Ashley Bathgate, cello, Abigail Nims, mezzo-soprano, Wei-yi Yang, piano and the Preludio Saxophone Quartet.

"Every Thing Must Go" CD Most of the music on this new recording honors artists whose works are going or have gone, and each work is a song or composition in the lyrical mode. The compositions celebrate the work of departed masters - Yehuda Amichai, Gyorgy Ligeti, Johannes Brahms and Willie Dixon. The title of the disc also honors "Everything Must Go", the last album recorded by Walter Becker and Donald Fagin of Steely Dan. Their incisive songs are models of imagination, musicianship and lyrical wit.

Program: All music by Martin Bresnick

Willie's Way
Lisa Moore, piano

Falling
Abigail Nims, mezzo soprano
Wei-Yi Yang, piano

Ballade
Ashley Bathgate, cello
Lisa Moore, piano

Everything Must Go
Preludio Saxophone Quartet
Nick Statzer, soprano saxophone
Scott Edwards, alto saxophone
Joe D'Aleo, tenor saxophone
Daniel Mumbauer, baritone saxophone

Notes:

Willie’s Way, dedicated to the remarkable pianist and my inspiring collaborator Lisa Moore, takes off from the old blues tune “Spoonful” by Willie Dixon and especially the unforgettable version by Jack Bruce and Cream. Willie's Way has been adapted as a solo work for Lisa Moore from my earlier Fantasia on a Theme by Willie Dixon.

The song cycle Falling, commissioned by the distinguished mezzo-soprano and conductor Nadine Whitney and the Macon Georgia Arts Council, is built on poems I joined together by Kathryn Stripling Byer and David Bottoms. Kathryn and David went on to became Poets Laureate of their home States – North Carolina and Georgia.

Ballade, for violoncello and piano was commissioned and premiered by the master ‘cellist Andre Emelianoff. An instrumental ballade, it is a “song without words”, intended to evoke the austere, autumnal world of Brahms.

Every Thing Must Go, commissioned, recorded and premiered by the superlative PRISM Saxophone Quartet, explicitly bids farewell to music and musicians I have loved. The second movement, G.L. in Memoriam, borrows a song that haunted my teacher throughout his life. Although his work is done and he is gone, the real patterns of his song still sing transformed in mine.

In a recent book, “Every Thing Must Go, Metaphysics Naturalized” by James Ladyman and Don Ross, published sometime after I completed my own composition, I was intrigued to read the authors assertion that, strictly speaking, there are no “things” in the universe, only “real patterns, all the way down”. I found this observation surprisingly analogous to aspects of my own music. Moreover, in a universe not of our own making, in which we are neither the center nor the goal (if there is a goal), every thing indeed must go, and going is surely on every agenda. We go on singing.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

This is a general admission, standing event.

This is a general admission, standing event.

One year after their incredible performance at Celebrate Brooklyn, Escort are assembling their 17 piece disco orchestra for a rare live appearance at Le Poisson Rouge. And the rumors are true: they've completed their highly anticipated full-length album, which they'll be playing live for the first time in its entirety. The night will also feature sets by some of the city's most beloved DJs: Darshan Jesrani of Metro Area, DJ Druzz of the Rapture, and Prince Language (No Comprendo, Negroclash). Dress to sweat.

This is a general admission, standing event.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

We continue our twice-a-month series with another amazing lineup: Jeanann Verlee, Jon Sands, Adam "ShadoKat" Bowser, and a 10-slot open mic

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

Oh no! Not again! Yes, again, its like being dropped on your head as a baby.. except you're an adult now and the music is doing the damage... either way you end up just a little bit dumber than before. Hosted by Rhys & Phee of We Stole The Show this months "Better Than Prince" promises to be our wildest yet. You know how this goes, Jay and Anubus bring the pain all night with steamy funk, dirty hip-hop, flashy 80s and sweaty electro. No cover. No attitude. Drink specials all night! See you there!

This is a general admission, standing event.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Crooked Disco featuring DJ Morsy & DJ Kestar

About: Join DJs Morsy and Kestar, aka the Crooked Disco DJs, for Play Date, their weekly Play Date party at its new home, the gallery at Le Poisson Rouge. Play Date is a unique, free, party featuring the Crooked Disco DJs all night long on the decks sharing their favorite new music, premiering their latest custom tracks and remixes, and digging out rediscovered dancefloor classics. Expect their custom blend of mixed up party sounds from electro to house to to good hip hop and assorted breakbeats, all night long with an injection of personal favorites geared toward the intimate gallery space.

Ladies: free before midnight, $10 after
Men: $10 before 2:00am, $15 after

CAAL members receive reduced $10 admission all night; All students receive $5 admission with valid Student ID. Discount taken at the door.

This is a general admission, standing event.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

JOJO MAYER/NERVE RETURNS TO NYC ALONGSIDE PIONEERING MUSICIANS AND VIDEO ARTIST
An evening of sonic loveliness featuring Sonnymoon’s NYC debut, Mike Slott, Sweatshoppe, and headliner, Jojo Mayer/NERVE, brought to you by LaMazing.

This is a general admission, standing event.

Nonesuch Releases Timothy Andres' label debut, Shy and Mighty, May 18

Purchase our special advance ticket bundle to the May 17 performance and receive the "Shy & Mighty" CD for just $10. Click on "buy now" to learn more.

Album's 10 pieces feature piano soloist David Kaplan

"In his music, you can hear a lot of composers and other music Andres likes...But Andres is not a collage artist; from these diverse sources emerges something personal and urgent, full of feeling, even conflicting feelings; the tender and the caustic are never far away from each other."-Boston Globe

Nonesuch releases composer/pianist Timothy (Timo) Andres' Shy and Mighty on May 18, 2010. Comprising 10 interrelated piano pieces, Shy and Mighty is performed by Andres and pianist David Kaplan. This is the first recording of the work, and also Andres' label debut.

Andres was an undergraduate at Yale University when critics and fellow composers began to take notice of his skills as both writer and pianist. In 2004, the New Yorker's Alex Ross said of him: "He is a formidable pianist who has the measure of Charles Ives's towering 'Concord Sonata.' He is also a composer... Most notably, his music is beginning to show an individual voice, which is the hardest thing for a composer to achieve."

Though steeped in the classical canon, Andres has expressed his admiration for a range of artists, like Radiohead, Brian Eno, Múm, Sigur Rós, Wolf Parade, Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, Olivia Tremor Control, and Boards of Canada. His classical influences include John Adams, Charles Ives, György Ligeti, and his former teachers, Ingram Marshall and Martin Bresnick.

While each track stands on its own, Andres conceived of Shy and Mighty as an album-length work. As Andres says in the album's liner notes: "When I sat down to write Shy and Mighty, this was very clearly my goal for it-that I would write an album for two pianos. I was very focused on the recorded medium-even though this is obviously something that works live, that was somehow secondary. The two albums that really did it for me were Olivia Tremor Control's Black Foliage and Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children, both of which are structured in a similar way...larger set pieces and little transitional things in between. And that's what I set out to do- I didn't end up writing too many miniatures, but that was the idea, anyway."

Last spring John Adams showcased Andres in a young performers concert he curated for the Los Angeles Philharmonic that received critical praise. Upcoming performances include a Wordless Music concert at New York City's (le) poisson rouge on Monday, May 17.

Tickets are $15, or $10 for Students.
There is also a ticket and CD bundle available for $25.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Yamaha Piano provided courtesy of Yamaha Artist Services, New York

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

This is a general admission, standing event.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

$5 before midnight & $10 after

Every Wednesday Night at LPR

John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders w/
Janeane Garofolo
Robbie Fulks
Paul Muldoon
Eugene Mirman
Buffalo Tom
Kristin Hersh
plus MANY more!

*LINE-Up SUBJECT TO MASSIVE CHANGE

This is a first come, seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

It all began in New York City, at a club called Havana San Juan. During the 1960’s and 1970’s, some of today’s most revered names in Latin music: Joe Cuba, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Machito, Tito Rodríguez, Celia Cruz, Cachao, among others, were merely gifted immigrant musicians from Cuba and Puerto Rico who sought a special venue; a place where they could come together and bring their own unique sound, their different rhythms, their collective son… That special place was Havana San Juan.

Havana and San Juan. Two islands. Two cities. Two rich and often turbulent histories came together through the harsh reality of exile and became inextricably intertwined through music. This was the birth of Salsa.

And for more than a decade, the Havana San Juan nightclub, located at 138th Street and Broadway 2nd, bore witness to some of Salsa and Latin music’s most brilliant collaborations, the most mind-blowing descargas, spectacular shows, nonstop dancing and unforgettable nights in which today’s most renowned artists performed their best music for an expatriated community.

Latin music ruled the dance hall. The echoes are still deeply etched in the memory of those who were there decades ago, and it still haunts the collective consciousness of those who share a passion for its sounds.

That same spirit drives every Havana San Juan events: a series of monthly classic revivals of the Golden Era of Salsa. As some of Miami’s most coveted events, the Havana San Juan series pay homage to the legacy of so many gifted artists through music and ambiance. For many, the events are an immersive “crash course” in Salsa and Mambo that take place every month at Miami hotspots like Grass, in the Design District, and Plunge, the Gansevoort’s rooftop pool. For others, the Havana San Juan events bring all the authenticity of the legendary New York club and brings back its most vivid vibrant memories.

Now, the event becomes an experience, a musical journey, as the original Havana San Juan musicians come together to play on the same stage after more than 30 years.

Although they have played in different ensembles throughout the years, percussionists Johnny Almendra and Alfredo “Freddy” Lugo will join Louis “El Maestro” Bauzo for the first time in three decades at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge (formerly the Village Gate), on Thursday, April 15th, 2010.

“This is truly a historic event,” says Havana San Juan creator and producer, Geno Chaviano. “It is my honor and privilege to be able to continue with a family tradition, to be a foot soldier of this movement, and to usher it into a new era so that it takes its rightful place on the global spotlight.”

After Chaviano contacted Louis Bauzo, “el maestro” himself worked his magic to reach out to Freddy and Johnny and assemble this musical Dream Team. And so, the these three rhythm masters will unite on stage a Le Poisson Rouge, a state-of-the art multimedia art cabaret, to relive the old glory days of the Havana San Juan nightclub where they jammed the nights away with the music of Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez and Machito. This historic reunion will be an epic musical event that, officially, marks the birth of the Havana San Juan Orchestra.

This is a general admission, standing event.

Lillian is a multimedia concert experience, complete with a fifteen-piece band, projected video-art (comprised of mostly self-shot underwater footage), sequenced lighting and costumes.

It is also a NON PROFIT event. All ticket sales go to Project Kaisei (http://www.projectkaisei.org), an organization based out of San Fransisco working directly on the Garbage Patch crisis.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Tickets are $15 or $8 for students (must have ID present). There are also $50 VIP tickets which include an EP and a T-shirt.

Crooked Disco featuring DJ Morsy & DJ Kestar

About: Join DJs Morsy and Kestar, aka the Crooked Disco DJs, for Play Date, their weekly Play Date party at its new home, the gallery at Le Poisson Rouge. Play Date is a unique, free, party featuring the Crooked Disco DJs all night long on the decks sharing their favorite new music, premiering their latest custom tracks and remixes, and digging out rediscovered dancefloor classics. Expect their custom blend of mixed up party sounds from electro to house to to good hip hop and assorted breakbeats, all night long with an injection of personal favorites geared toward the intimate gallery space.

Ladies: free before midnight, $10 after
Men: $10 before 2:00am, $15 after

CAAL members receive reduced $10 admission all night; All students receive $5 admission with valid Student ID. Discount taken at the door.

LPR has a preferred parking rate at Washington Square Village Parking on Bleecker Street between Laguardia Place and Mercer Street. The rate is:

$10 for up to 4 hours
$21 for up to 6 hours
There is a one-time $10 additional fee for oversized vehicles.
Compact SUVs are not considered oversized.
Patrons will have to get their parking ticket validated at the club.

This is a general admission, standing event.

This is a general admission, standing event.

I Love Vinyl Turns 1!

Founded in the Summer of 2009, and without a doubt one of the best underground parties in the heart of gotham, Wax Poetics magazine, Halcyon, Raw Fusion, Great Weekend, and Fusicology, present this monthly all-vinyl oasis, featuring a dream team of resident romantics. Sharing deck duties are (six!) resident djs Amir (bbe), one half of the internationally known rare-record collector and mixtape duo, Kon & Amir; prolific beatsmith Ge-Ology (Female Fun), boasting remix credits from Pete Rock to PPP; The Twilite Tone (Great Weekend), both a key player in the seminal 90's Chicago house scene, and long-time producer and dj for Common; New York veterans OP! and Scribe (Raw Fusion NYC), and Jon Oliver (EVR), the baby of the bunch. The sounds are mind-wide, foot-friendly, and snap crackle popping. Anything is fair game, but you can expect to hear some soul, disco, dilla, boogie, hustle, hip-hop, old-school house, no wave, new jack swing, dancefloor jazz, bossa nova, salsa, funk, electro, and afrobeat. No pretentious bullshit, no dress code (not that you shouldn't come sexy as hell), no commercial radio crap, and no laptops allowed.

Special guest Mistress of Ceremonies Kissey Asplund

$5 b4 midnight*
$10 after

*free b4 11pm w/ rsvp to ilovevinylparty@gmail.com

I Love Vinyl T-Shirts are Available Here!

Download the July Mix from I Love Vinyl Here!

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Join us after the Knights on Earth CD Release Show at 9pm for the Lost Series Finale Viewing Party in The Gallery!

The Unsilent Film Series is a new monthly series taking place at (le) Poisson Rouge. The Unsilent Film Series brings classic films back into the live music realm with new scores from prominent musicians. The combining of live music with films pre-dates actual sound technology for film. From the end of the 19th century on filmmakers and theatres have hired pianists, organists, and small ensembles to accompany silent films. The Unsilent Film Series takes this tradition and modernizes it combining silent films (and sometimes not-so-silent films) in a live music venue, with a variety of genres - ambient, indie-rock, jazz, classical - and a variety of cocktails.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

5th Annual Keys to the Future Festival

Pianists: Eric Huebner, Marina Lomazov, Lisa Moore, Molly Morkoski, Joseph Rubenstein

Hymne – 2001 (2001) Rubenstein
Valentin Silvestrov

*Romance No. 4 (celestial) (2009) Rubenstein
Joseph Rubenstein

Three Etudes (1985-94) Morkoski
György Ligeti
1. Vertige
2. Fém
3. Désordre

Inner Banners (2002) Huebner
Philippe Bodin
1. Plains
2. Chains

Two Concert Etudes (1984) Huebner
Nikolai Kapustin

7 Etudes for Solo Piano (2008) Moore
Don Byron

Variations (1996) Lomazov
Nikolai Kapustin

This is a first come, seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

5th Annual Keys to the Future Festival

Pianists: Amy Briggs, Marina Lomazov, Lisa Moore, Tatjana Rankovich

Variations on a French Noel (1986) Rankovich
Kevin Oldham

Gargoyles (1989) Rankovich
Lowell Liebermann

Bagatelle (2001) Moore
Valentin Slvestrov

Brooklyn, October 5, 1941 (2000) Moore
Annie Gosfield

Medieval Induction (2002) Moore
Marc Mellits

Four Jubilees (2002) Briggs
Magnus Lindberg

Five Children’s Songs (1971-82) Briggs
Chick Corea

Basso Ostinato (1993) Lomazov
Rodion Shchedrin

Variations (1994) Lomazov
Nikolai Kapustin

$5 before midnight & $10 after

Special Guest DJ SPINNA

5th Annual Keys to the Future Festival

Pianists: Stephen Gosling, Karén Hakobyan, Blair McMillen, Joseph Rubenstein

Yours (2002) Rubenstein
Bruce Stark

Romance No. 2 (aurora) (2007) Rubenstein
Joseph Rubenstein

Virginal (2000) Hakobyan
Vuk Kulenovic

Six Éphémeres (1998) McMillen
Philippe Hersant
1. Vent D’automne (Autumn Wind)
2. Bambous (Bamboo)
3. Enchantement (Enchantment)
4. Une Fourmi (An Ant)
5. Le Poulpe (The Octopus)
6. Ouragan (Hurricane)

First Ballade (2004) McMillen
Judd Greenstein

Mardi Gras (1989) McMillen
Richard Danielpour

Reliquary 3 (2002) Gosling
Barbara White

Five Études in Different Intervals (1992) Gosling
Nikolai Kapustin

FIRST 50 PEOPLE TO ENTER WILL RECEIVE A FREE DUCK DOWN LOGO WHITE T-SHIRT!

FREE RED STRIPE LIGHT from 11PM to 12AM

ONLY $10 If You're Dressed in All White

IT'S OK TO WEAR WHITE AGAIN! Duck Down Music, celebrating its 15 year Anniversary, is ushering in Summer with an exciting Pre-Memorial Day party featuring music & performances from Team Facelift, Sean Price, Kick Drums, Buckshot, Jasmine Solano, Sabzi of Blue Scholars, and DJ NIRE. MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN WHITE for reduced admission. Open bar specials from 11PM to 12AM

This is a general admission, standing event.

This is a general admission standing event.

Crooked Disco featuring DJ Morsy & DJ Kestar

About: Join DJs Morsy and Kestar, aka the Crooked Disco DJs, for Play Date, their weekly Play Date party at its new home, the gallery at Le Poisson Rouge. Play Date is a unique, free, party featuring the Crooked Disco DJs all night long on the decks sharing their favorite new music, premiering their latest custom tracks and remixes, and digging out rediscovered dancefloor classics. Expect their custom blend of mixed up party sounds from electro to house to to good hip hop and assorted breakbeats, all night long with an injection of personal favorites geared toward the intimate gallery space.

Ladies: free before midnight, $10 after
Men: $10 before 2:00am, $15 after

CAAL members receive reduced $10 admission all night; All students receive $5 admission with valid Student ID. Discount taken at the door.

LPR has a preferred parking rate at Washington Square Village Parking on Bleecker Street between Laguardia Place and Mercer Street. The rate is:

$10 for up to 4 hours
$21 for up to 6 hours
There is a one-time $10 additional fee for oversized vehicles.
Compact SUVs are not considered oversized.
Patrons will have to get their parking ticket validated at the club.

This is a general admission, standing event.

This is a general admission, standing event.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.