Globe-trotting percussion ensemble Talavya (formerly Tabla Ecstasy) bring the Indian hand-drums tabla to the center stage in new avatar, distilling its age-old spirit and practice into a high-energy, highly accessible evening that reveals the instrument’s true joys.
Composed by Indian music maestro Pandit Divyang Vakil, the quartet moves between rousing peaks and smooth meditative passages, expressing the various emotions of tabla. Played with the passion and power of a rock drum solo along with the sophistication and subtlety of a classical performance, Talavya is contemporary in feel, while full of the richness of classical tabla. It’s not uncommon to catch audience members—from teenage hipsters to cosmopolitan professionals—bopping along to the pulse, or in tears or in awe after a perfo ... Go to event
In her performance, artist Clarina Bezzola plays the character of a man-devouring beast – walking through the streets of New York in an exotic red costume as she sings Musetta´s Ariafrom Puccini´s La Bohème: Quando men vo. Her character feels so immensely sexual and powerful that men who come near her can’t help but drown in her giant toothed cleavage as they succumb to her charms. Protruding from her back is the giant hand of desperation, which she unknowingly drags behind herself – her futile attempt to slow down the unstoppable passage of time.
The performance will start at Duffy Square (46th to 47th streets, betw. Broadway and 7th Ave), and will proceed up 7th Ave., turn right on 50th St,, turn left on 5th Ave., and right on 52nd Street, where it will conclude at the Austri ... 
Inga Swearingen ventures into new territory while staking a claim in what she knows best: music and song rooted in family, nature, love and human spirit. Acoustic layers of guitar, percussion and stand up bass, frame Inga’s clear, translucent voice creating a compelling mix of homegrown folk, and soulful, bluesy jazz. Whether putting her personal stamp on a jazz standard or combining the understated grooves of bossa nova with Swedish folk melodies, Inga captivates her audience with her gift of joyful melodic invention.
A regular guest on “A Prairie Home Companion,” Inga has earned consistently high praise from audiences around the world for her effortlessly natural phrasing, infectious positive spirit and vocal gifts that allow her to juxtapose husky textures with silky lightness.
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Sandi Poindexter’s “Oaktown Blue” ranks with the works written by the best Blues writers, Bessie Smith, Langston Hughs & Sterling Brown included. Jon Jang has some fabulous “chops”! He can play in styles, Chinese as well as Blacks’, without ever being a tourist. His “You’ll Never Walk Alone” would please Roy Hamilton.
Sandi Poindexter: violin
Jon Jang: piano
Yancie Taylor: vibes
Avotcja: poetry/small multi-percussion
When: Friday, September 30, 2011
Time: Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.
Where: The Red Poppy Art House ,
2698 Folsom St , San Francisco, CA
Admission: $10-$15 admission
The Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & New Year’s Day Firecracker Ceremony was founded in 1999 to provide New york’s Chinese American community with a large scale celebration on par with those in San Francisco and Los Angeles. In recent years it has suppressed it, the event has grown into a New York City-wide affair and New York’s biggest winter tourist attraction, luring thousands of visitors from all over the United States and the world. With the dog parade 5 years ago and 4 years ago the Pig race, 2- colorful float, 20 antique cars, 200 cultural performers & 3000 marchers participating making the parade more exciting. Last year, a record 500,000 spectators flooded the streets of Chinatown to welcome the year of the Rabbit. A truly pan-Asian spectacle, the Para ... 
