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  1. Tango No. 9

    October 24, 2011 by Eric

    October 30th – Sunday, 4:30 to 6:30 pm
    All ages welcome – no cover – kids free
    Suggested donation for adults – $10

    Tango No. 9

    which way west?
    Sunday afternoon concert series

    Tango No. 9 has been making audiences swoon for 13 years with their exquisite sets of classic, nuevo and orginal tangos, and we’re overheated with excitement every time they hit the stage in our cozy little bookshop.

    Violinist Catharine Clune, pianist Joshua Raoul Brody and trombonist Greg Stephens have been joined in this group by the dashing Zoltan de Bartolo who vocalizes those Argentinian, Spanish and Italian tunes that stir the soul.

    From Astor Piazzola’s Buenos Aires and Paris to your own fog shrouded city of love, they deliver music that is haunting, inspiring and soulfully satisfying.

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  2. Glen Park Festival

    April 25, 2011 by Eric

    They’ll be dancin’ in the streets!

    Glen Park Festival

    All day Sunday May 1st 10 a.m to 4:30 p.m.

    there’ll be music… sweet, sweet music…

    Come out to the Glen Park Festival for the fun,  the sun and the beautiful neighborhood vibe, and a cavalcade of great bands mc’d by man-of-all-seasons Misisipi Mike.

    Dozens of Glen Park volunteers have put this festival together for your pleasure, and you’ll find Diamond and Wilder Streets lined with art, food and a panoply of other booths. Activities for the kids on Wilder, including our own Walker Brents telling stories at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

    Bands on the mainstage will include Orange Sherbet, Los Train Wreck, Misisipi Mike and the Midnight Gamblers, Jinx Jones and the High Tones and Valerie Quevedo and her Cincopaters.

    It’ll be a beautiful day in the neighborhood! Call friends and tell them to come see Glen Park at its best!

    Don’t forget to drift up the block during the festivities to Bird & Beckett, for a tribute to tango singer Carlos Gardel, Irish writers illuminating the language and, to top it all off, a few arias and a little light opera!


    When you need a little break from the party, Bird & Beckett offers a cool spot out of the sun plus Argentinian tenor Roberto Traina (1:30 pm), Irish writers Eddie Stack, John Norton and Whitman McGowan (2 pm) and mezzo soprano Cary Ann Rosko  (4:45 pm)!

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