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Downtown Cabaret
CSV Cultural Center and Purchase College, the State University of New York, presents a downtown arts festival in New York City.
Downtown Cabaret is a mega-concert floorshow with visual art installations. It is the combined work of young professional musicians, dancers and artists associated with Purchase College, the State University of New York.
The Cabaret will have multiple exhibitions, receptions, and two separate evenings of concerts on: Friday, March 16th and Saturday, March 17th
Concerts begin at 7:00 and 9:30 PM.
The Cabaret will extend throughout the gallery space, two theaters (Flamboyan and Milagro) and the cocktail lounge of the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center.
Admission is free to all Purchase College students, and by $5 donation for all others.
The CSV Cultural Center is located at 107 Suffolk Street (between Rivington and Delancey) in New York City. The building is the foremost architectural landmark in that part of the Lower East Side with its distinctive Dutch Neo-Gothic structure having been created in 1898 to house the former PS 160. Clemente Soto Vélez, for whom the center is named, was a celebrated Puerto Rican poet, journalist and activist, who mentored many generations of Latino artists in New York City until his death in 1993.
Support for this performance and exhibition was also provided by the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Councilmember Domenic M. Recchia.
Music Program:
Milagro Theater - Friday March 16, 7:00-11:00 PM
| Adam Scott |
Dynamic urban anti-pop |
| Ryan Homsey |
Contemporary ballads |
| Rachel Browne |
Personable songs and stories |
| Osei Essed and The Woes |
Indescribable blues, country and poetry |
| Dave Strumfeld |
High energy pop |
| Emma Mae |
Country and western + riot girl |
| Danny Golub |
Piano driven pop |
| Hee-Young Kang |
Introspective country-&-western and pop |
| Chelsea Porteus |
Intimate anti-folk |
| Kyle Gilbride |
Clever songs and stories |
| Peter McHugh |
Dark, brooding rocker ballads |
| Andrew Silagy |
Orchestral electronica |
| John Cronin |
Ambient sound designs |
Flamboyán Theater - Friday March 16, 9:00 PM-1:00 AM
| Maya Solovey |
World-beat love songs |
| Rickie Gal |
Experimental songs on-edge |
| Panagio (Panayotis Tsakalakos) |
Euro-cabaret |
| The Communication Corporation (Jason Randall) |
High-energy abstract dance-pop |
| Hak–Z (Seung-hak Shin) |
Urban hardcore and shred-metal |
| Anamnesis (John Mannion) |
Intense analog/digital sound sculptures |
| Choose (Jenn Kutler) |
Abstract, sensuous rock in weird drama |
| A-bomb Suite (Mario Rincon) |
Rhythm and blues in a newer vein |
| Dinosaur Lightning (Keith Burgun) |
High-powered pop, complex forms |
| Scott Mason ( a.k.a. Skat-a-pilla) |
Hardcore hip-hop |
Milagro Theater - Saturday March 17, 7:00-11:00 PM
| Vita Izabella |
Inventive intimate songs |
| Katty Mayorga |
Guitar accompanist, CSV café |
| Mario Rincon |
Guitar accompanist, CSV café |
| Jim Koeppel |
Jazz ballads and bossa novas |
| Bess Rogers |
Complex love songs, urban anti-folk |
| Greg Aslani |
Gracefully abstract chamber works |
| Ron Prokopez |
Alternative trombone |
| Nick Pace |
Outside no-dance electronica, live |
| María Cardona |
Highly emotive pop-song stylings |
| K. Michael Myers |
Chamber music for string ensembles |
| Bridget Ellsworth |
Solo works for woodwinds |
| Zach Paige |
Klezmer meets bluegrass |
Flamboyán Theater - Saturday March 17, 9:00 PM-1:00 AM
| Ryan Mallen |
String quartet |
| Jonathan Jetter |
Evocative sound sculptures |
| Mike Spivack |
Inventive sound designs |
| Louisa McBee |
Soulful trip-hop |
| Shawn Trail |
West African-driven world beat mallets |
| The Age of Rockets (Andrew Futral) |
Electro-pop |
| Jenny O. |
Mesmerizing songs and poems |
| Vinyl Life (Phil Moffa) |
Live deep house grooves + hip hop |
| Elite |
City beats, urban style |
| J-Zone |
Outrageously outside underground hip hop |
