MARCH

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Saturday, March 6, 8:00 p.m.
WORLD: Omega Okello
Omega Bugembe Okello, runner-up for “Best Female Artist” in the International Acoustic Music Awards, was also a 2009 NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding World Music Album. Accompanied by Fred Doumbe (Bass Guitar) Rohin Khemani (Drums), Christian Almiron (Keys), Greg Fine (Guitar), Veronica McWoodson and Stacey London (Backing Vocals), Omega fuses traditional and western instruments with a repertoire of originally-composed songs sprinkled with jazz and storytelling, that merge flawlessly with Ugandan melodies and dance. Focusing on themes of joy, love and environmental conservation, Omega shares the richness of the Ugandan culture, showing an Africa that is seldom represented in today's media.

$10 suggested donation.
Reservations strongly recommended.

Saturday-Sunday, March 13 & 14, 7:30p.m. & 4:00p.m.
FILM&CONCERT: Asbury Shorts New York 30th Anniversary
New York City’s longest running annual short film exhibition, entering the 30th season, will present its acclaimed program of international award winning short films. Primordial Jazz Funktet will open the Saturday night program with a live performance at 7:30 p.m. and the films begin at 8:00 p.m. Prior to the encore program on Sunday, Asbury Shorts Director/Co-Founder, Doug LeClaire, will lead a discussion.

Highlights of the program include two shorts directed by Jason Reitman, whose feature film “Up in the Air” is in theatres nationwide and won Best Screenplay at the 2010 Golden Globes. Mr. Reitman was nominated for an Oscar in 2008 for his mega hit film “JUNO.” The two Sundance Film Festival honorees are: “Consent,” a six minute comedy from 2005 about two young lovers seeking some very special protection before committing romantically and “In God We Trust,” the tale of a recently deceased young man who must return to earth and earn points for admittance to Heaven. Also featured in the approximately two hour showcase is “Super Powers” (pictured above) from NY filmmakers Jeremy Kipp Walker and John Walker, winner of “Best Narrative Short Film” at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and Oscar Winner “Father & Daughter” 2001-Best Animated Short from Belgium.

Seats for this multi-genre extravaganza are $15 suggested donation.
Reservations strongly recommended.

Saturday, March 20, 8:00 p.m.
MULTI-MEDIA/JAZZ: Scott Robinson’s Math Project
Scott Robinson celebrates three major milestones of the past year: 200 CDs as a performer, 25 years on the scene in NYC, and 50 years on earth, by launching his new recording label, ScienSonic Laboratories; the first two releases (Nucleus and Live at Space Farms) will be available at the Puffin. This very special evening features performances by Scott Robinson (saxophones, winds, theremin and other sonic devices), Julian Thayer (bass), and Klaus Suonsaari (drums and percussion), along with “Divergence Theorem: Music for Trio and Mathematics,” a unique multimedia work employing creative music and featuring mathematician Sharon Robinson. This dynamic presentation includes projection, graphics, and even handouts! (ScienSonic #2 pencils will be provided).

$10 suggested donation.
Reservations recommended.

Saturday, March 27, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 28, 4:00 p.m.
THEATER: That Dorothy Parker
Straight from the Soho Playhouse in NYC, a concert version of the one-woman show That Dorothy Parker, starring Carol Lempert and directed by Janice Goldberg, weaves together hilarious anecdotes of the ten years Mrs. Parker spent lunching at New York’s famed Algonquin Round Table, her relationships with Hemingway and scores of other men, involvement in the Spanish Civil war, and selections of her writing. Carol Lempert’s charming and engaging performance has won numerous awards including “Emerging Artist” from the Toronto Arts Council, and “Best Solo Drama”, “Best of the Fest” from the San Francisco Fringe Festival, and was selected for the FringeNYC Encore Series awarded to only 10 out of 200 performances.

Dorothy Parker (1893-1967), famous wit, author, theatre critic, book reviewer, poet, and motion picture writer, was born in New Jersey and was best known for her wisecracks and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles. She rose to acclaim, both for her literary output in such venues as The New Yorker, and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Following the breakup of that circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting, but her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed as her involvement in left-wing politics led to a place on the infamous Hollywood blacklist.

$10 suggested donation.
Reservations strongly recommended.

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