Thursday, January 2, 2014

January through April 2014 – A season to behold at Arts Garage!

Start off the
New Year with Style

 

Arts Garage
180 NE First Street, Delray Beach FL 33444
$25-$35 Adv/$5 more at door. Limited seating.
(561)450-6357  www.ArtsGarage.org 

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

 

1/3 | Jazz Project | Andrew Atkinson | 8pm  | Buy Tickets

It’s rare when you can find a musician who can play just about everything!  Andrew Atkinson draws on the seductive beats of his native Jamaica and he preys on the percolating rhythms of Miami and is beckoned by the beats of jazz!  Come and be captivated!!

1/4 | Jazz Project | Rose Max & Ramatis | 8pm  | Buy Tickets

Latin Grammy-nominated Rose Max and Ramatis infuse the heart of Bossa Nova with the influences of samba, jazz and world music.  Descendent of Brazilian music royalty, Rose Max has won the honor of ‘Best Female Brazilian Singer’ 6 times and   Ramatis is recognized as the ‘Best Musician Residing and Performing in the USA’, by the Brazilian Press!! 

The Hummingbird Wars by  Carter W. Lewis |The Theatre at Arts Garage
1/10 – 2/2, Wednesday – Friday 7:30; Saturday – Sunday 2pm
A Hummingbird is always just a few hours away from starving.  Warren wonders, who can live like that?  With the onslaught of middle-class extinction, threatening social media, deceptive cable companies, pharmaceutical invasions, crippled economies, flooding basement and the mysterious appearance of guns throughout his home…   the soldier in him emerges, and he decides to fight back!

1/11 | Jazz Project | Calvin Newborn & The Al Waters Sextet | 8pm  | Buy Tickets

Wish you could’ve played with B.B. King, Jimmy Forrest, Hank Crawford, Charles Mingus and Earl Hines?  Calvin Newborn did and now he’s playing with the Al Waters Sextet!  A member of Memphis’ famous Newborn Family Jazz Dynasty, Calvin redefines melodic interpretation and plays with great fluidity and a blues sensibility.


1/18 | Garage Blues | Bob Margolin | 7:30pm | Buy Tickets

The last living Muddy Waters band member, Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin gets back in the saddle for another sell-out session of Chicago Blues.  Bringing a classy elegance to his music and redefining old blues standards, Margolin says what he thinks and plays what he feels. 

1/19 | Jazz Project | Lauren Kinhan | 7pm | Buy Tickets
Award winning, legendary vocalist Lauren Kinhan of the ‘New York Voices’ has wowed international audiences with her inherent musicality and stage presence.
‘Hip, Intelligent, and Vibrant!’ – Jazz Times
Debuting music from her brand new release ‘Circle in a Square’, produced with Elliot Scheiner, her music and vocal magic really delivers!

1/25 | Jazz Project | Randy Brecker | 8pm  | Buy Tickets

Known as a Pennsylvania legend,  half of ‘The Brecker Brothers’, and a 2 time Grammy Award Winner / 7 time Grammy Award Nominee,  Randy Brecker brings the house down with one of the most versatile trumpet sounds in the industry.  But don’t take our word for it,   come and hear him toot his OWN horn!!

Arts Garage
180 NE First Street, Delray Beach FL 33444
$25-$35 Adv/$5 more at door. Limited seating.
(561) 450-6357  www.ArtsGarage.org 

BYOW ~ Bring Your Own Whatever!
Bottle of wine or other favorite beverage,
hor d’oeuvres or munchies,
making the cultural experience affordable to all!




FEBRUARY
Nancy Kelly | Jazz Project –   2/1, 8pm
‘…precisely the right combination of good-time energy… and take-no-prisoners swing’, Nancy Kelly is in a league of her own with her authentic expression, real emotion and stage presence! Twice named ‘Best Female Jazz Vocalist’, her vibrant, rhythm-driven vocals take us back to a time when jazz was jazz, and swing was swingin!

Casablanca | Radio Theatre –   2/6, 2pm and 7:30pm
Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, Casablanca walks into ours!  Don’t miss a word as Arts Garage Radio Theatre tells the timeless story of lovers torn apart by war and personal sacrifice.  With such a live performance of sensational sounds, you’ll be begging us to ‘play it again’!!

Peter and Will Anderson | Jazz Project –   2/7, 8pm
The New York Times hails them as ‘Virtuosos on Clarinet and Saxophone’…   the Wall Street Journal exclaims ‘Remarkable’!  Peter and Will Anderson are one of the most extraordinary duos in Jazz today!  Playing with pure passion, predictable unpredictability and divine discovery, these boundless brothers take Arts Garage to another level.

Joshua Bowlus and the John Ricci Quintet  | Jazz Project –   2/8, 8pm
How many artists can claim to be the first of their kind to perform on the Great Wall of China?  Only one by our count; and that proves that Joshua Bowlus’ piano sounds speak the universal language of pure jazz.  Add a John Ricci Quintet and you’ve got the perfect mix of musical mastery!

Valentines Special ~  Roseanna Vitro – 2/14, 8pm
Master Class – 2/15, 2pm
Grammy-nominated vocalist Roseanna Vitro shares her Heart and Soul with her smooth and seductive sounds.  Be our guest for a special Valentine’s evening performance at Arts Garage.  Her kinetic presence will make it an evening you’ll remember and a performance you’ll never forget!!

Johnny Rawls | Garage Blues –   2/15, 8pm
One of the hardest working blues icons out there today; Johnny Rawls is praised for his soul-flavored blues, solid pop hooks, smooth vocals and just the right touch of grit and stax-style horns.  From Mississippi to Delray Beach,  Arts Garage brings the bluest of blues!

Dick Hyman | Jazz Project –   2/21, 8pm
Master Class – 2/20, 7pm
‘A living, breathing, swinging encyclopedia of Jazz’, Dick Hyman has amazing chops and an inquisitive mind that has guided him through explorations of various styles of Jazz.  He also brings to  Arts Garage, tremendous experience in creating and performing music for countless major films and television.  Come join us for a night of prolific versatility!

Manuel Valera | Jazz Project –   2/22, 8pm
Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and composer Manuel Valera’s music pulses with the hot beats and deep soul of his native Havana!!  Performing a sizzling set of Latin jazz, he’s sure to spice up the night with his rad chops and solo flights.

Fighting over Beverly by Israel Horovitz | Theatre at Arts Garage
2/28 – 3 /23   (Wednesday – Friday, 7:30pm and Saturday-Sunday, 2pm)
What does it take to realize that you are the love of your life?  Fighting over Beverly centers on a hilarious love triangle between three 70+ year-olds in Gloucester, Massachusetts in the winter of 1998.  Clever, witty and lovely, Fighting over Beverly is sure to please!!

Micailah Lockhart | Urban Underground - 3/1, 9 - 11pm
Referred to as the next Jennifer Hudson, Micailah is the Salt & Soul of Delray Beach.  Her vocals ignite the stage and blow audiences away.  Winner of the Project Ship regional talent competition, her reviews are unanimous…   Micailah is the next big thing!

Leon Anderson Quintet – Jazz | 3/8, 8pm
Having performed with Ellis Marsalis at the Free Jazz Festival in Rio de Janeiro and Marcus Roberts at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Lincoln Center, Anderson is recognized as a ‘Jazz Hero’ by the Jazz Journalists Association.  Join us as this Jazz Professor gives us a lesson in electric improvisation we’re sure not to forget. 


Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans – Garage Blues | 3/15, 8pm
Playing, touring and recording with America’s Blues and Roots masters like Jimmy Rogers, Chuck Berry and Pinetop Perkins, Brad Vickers is mixing up originals with our favorite covers in Blues, Ragtime and Hill Country Breakdowns. Join Vickers and his Vestapolitans for a night of good-time American roots’n Roll! 

Peter Bernstein – Jazz Project | 3/22, 8pm
‘…the most impressive young guitarist I’ve heard’ – Jim Hall, ‘…Peter knows it all.’ – Lou Donaldson.  Peter Bernstein has been immersed in the Jazz scene for over 20 years, playing with greats like Jimmy Cobb, Diana Krall and Dr. Lonnie Smith.  Come be hypnotized by his distinctly unforgettable guitar voice!

Carmen Bradford – Jazz Project | 3/25, 8pm
‘Bradford’s voice reaches from broad, belting climaxes to softly purring, intimate sounds... …carving out lines with well-crafted melodic inventiveness.’ – Don Heckman  Performing on two Grammy Award winning albums and collaborating on a third, Carmen Bradford continues her families legacy performing with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet and Joe Williams.  Don’t miss her overwhelming passion as she continues to shine her light on the Great American art form called Jazz!

Bill Muter and the Sharp Shooters |– 3/28, 8pm
Whatever you THOUGHT you knew about the Tuba…   Kindly disregard.
Bill Muter and his ‘Sharp Shooters’ bring elements of funk, R&B, Hip Hop and more to life in a way you’ve never heard before!  The Tuba Soloist for the Tony and Emmy Award Winning ‘BLAST’, Bill bursts on the music scene, working the crowds like putty in his hands with his spontaneous symphonic sounds.

Vivian Sessoms – Shades of Soul |– 3/29, 8pm
An absolute powerhouse of a performer, Vivian Sessoms possesses an exquisite soulful voice!  She has worked with the likes of Christina Aguilera, Cher, Joe Cocker, P!nk, Patti Labelle, Natalie Cole, and has been a featured vocalist for Chris Botti, Harold Mabern and Eric Benet, to name a few.  The niece of Jazz legend Nancy Wilson, Vivian has garnered herself a loyal following and she’s coming for one night to teach us the secret to her success!

Rob Russell | Cabaret – 3/30, 7pm
An Icon in the Palm Beach Cabaret scene, Rob Russell has performed throughout the United States as a singer and actor touring Broadway shows.  Best known for his Direction of the fabulous Royal Room in the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, Rob has also been invited to perform with Grammy and Tony Award-winning Cabaret Stars like Marilyn Maye, Anne Hampton, Liz Callaway and countless others.  Come Cabaret the night away!

APRIL 2014

Sunset Boulevard | Radio Theatre
Tue 4/2 & Wed 4/3, 7:30pm

A timeless classic of romance and tragedy, like you’ve never heard it before.  Norma Desmond strives to make her silver screen comeback with the help of the unsuspecting and down-on-his-luck screenwriter Joe Gillis.  Listen in as the Arts Garage rejuvenates one of Andrew Lloyd Webbers most cherished plays.

Gala Gig III | 3 year anniversary
Sat 4/5, 7:30pm

3 years running and just getting warmed up!  The Arts Garage celebrates our third anniversary in true Gypsy style!  Come drink and dine with the lights, colors, sounds and entertainment that only gypsies can deliver.  We’ll make it a night you’ll never forget!

4th Annual Real Men Bake | Woman’s Club of Delray
Sun 4/6, 6pm
An all-you-can eat feast of baked goods, both sweet and savory, prepared by ‘bakers’ – local celebrities,  city leaders and businessmen who come from all walks of life and have volunteered to ‘bake for a cause’.  Proceeds benefit the Achievement Centers, The Delray Beach Public Library, The Caring Kitchen, Orchard View and Pine Grove Elementary Schools.

Orquesta Aragon |  Cuban
Tue 4/8 & Wed 4/9, 7:30pm
The legendary Orquesta Aragon graces our stage for two nights of Charanga magic!  For more than six decades, they have held the status of the most favorite Cuban band, immortalizing the Son, Danzon and the Cha Cha Cha.  Now under the direction of Rafael Lay, he follows in his father’s footsteps in preserving the true original sound that is Orquesta Aragon.

Rene Marie |  Jazz
Fri 4/11, 8pm
Rene Marie has been cemented among the vocal elite with her award winning jazz, soul and blues singing and songwriting.  Her voice has been compared by critics to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn!  Come be hypnotized as she weaves profound tales of despair and triumph in a style that packs an emotional wallop!

Oriente | Global Invasion
Sat 4/12, 8pm
With original sounds coming from deep Afro-Cuban roots & rhythms, Oriente comes on strong and finishes smooth!  Their sizzling, rhythmic and melodic Afro-Cuban sounds influenced by Jazz, Blues, Brazilian and Soul music are all the buzz among top musicians.  Come fuel the flames of their hot, cutting edge musical performances!

The Trouble with Doug by Will Aronson & Daniel Maté | Theatre
Executive Producers: Chuck Halberg, Stuart and Shelby
4/18 – 4/24 Previews;  – 4/25 - 5/2, Wed – Fri, 7:30pm; Sat 2 pm & Sun 2pm & 7pm
What’s funnier than a healthy young man who transforms inexplicably into a giant talking slug?! The Trouble with Doug is a hilarious new musical that chronicles the struggles that come when Doug, his family and his fiancée try awkwardly to understand and respond to the strangest of crises! 


Dan Treanor Band | Blues
Sat 4/19, 8pm
“…a rich stew of African music and rootsy Delta Blues power…” – BluesCritic.com
Thrilling audiences for over forty five years, Dan Treanor and his Afrosippi band deliver an incendiary mix of Blues, Roots and Soul!  Come experience this emotionally charged powerhouse as they blow the roof off the Arts Garage!

Jazz Professors | Jazz
Sat 4/26, 8pm
Grammy winning Jeff Rupert is a Yamaha performing artist, a record producer, recording artist, freelance tenor saxophonist, full professor, and Director of Jazz Studies at UCF. 

The Jazz Professors, a sextet had top JazzWeek charting hit albums in 2012 and 2013. "The Jazz Professors: Live at the UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival" (Flying Horse, 2011) which and peaked at #19 during its seventeen weeks on the JazzWeek charts. His third album, "From Memphis to Mobile", with Kenny Drew, Jr.


MAY 2014

Pfister Sisters | Jazz
Sat 5/10, 8pm
The Pfabulous Pfister Sisters have one rule…   the Music never stops! For years, the Pfister sisters have been bringing traditional jazz from New Orleans to the world…  and for one night, they’re bringing it to the Arts Garage! Come watch as these Betties of Jazz vocal Harmony light up the stage!

In The Heights | Pre-Professional Academy Production
Thu 5/15 & Fri 5/16, 7:30; Sat 5/17, 2pm; Sun 5/18, 2pm & 7pm
A Broadway's Tony Award-winning Best Musical is about chasing your dreams and finding your true home.  With a gripping story and incredible music and dance, this is a groundbreaking 21st century musical and the next chapter in the classic American story. 

21 Blue | Blues
Sat 5/17, 8pm
Blues for the 21st century, 21 Blue, featuring Longineu Parsons & Ted Shumate, will take you from Louis Armstrong to Howlin’ Wolf to Miles Davis to Jimi Hendrix and beyond.

Acting Irish International Theatre Festival
Tue 5/20 – Sun 5/24
Come kiss the Blarney Stone, as Arts Garage graciously hosts the 20th annual Acting Irish International Theatre Festival!  A festival of full-length Irish plays performed by Irish community theatres, this year’s lineup is monumental!
5/20 – 8pm, The Irish Dracula by James Doan
5/21 – 2pm, Da by Hugh Leonard
5/21 – 8pm, Shining city by Conor McPherson
5/22 – 2pm, The Butterfly of Killybegs by Brian Foster
5/22 – 8pm, Brighton by Jim Nolan
5/23 – 2pm, The Housekeeper by Morna Regan
5/23 – 8pm, Stones in his Pocket by Marie Jones
5/24 – 2pm, Tho’ it were Ten Thousand Miles by William H.A. Williams
5/24 – 8pm, The Hunt for Red Willie by Ken Bourke

Alma de Tango – Tango Milonga featuring Monica Llobet and Anibal Berraute Quartet | 5/30, Free Lesson 7pm, Concert at 8pm
The intimacy of a Buenos Aires Milonga comes to Arts Garage for a night of head turning Tango!  Need help twisting your torso?  The night begins with instruction by world champion Tango dancer Monica Llobet!  Immediately following, she will be joined by the exquisite Anibal Beraute quartet.  Come and let us redefine your notion of romance!

Naples Jazz Orchestra | Jazz
Sat 5/31, 8pm
Recipients of the 2013 ‘Champion Award’ for ‘Best Musical Entertainment’, the Naples Jazz Orchestra brings the thrill of the Big Band to Arts Garage!  Formed to provide the highest quality big band jazz experience available, they perform music of the greatest composers, arrangers and bands in Jazz History!



Arts Garage
180 NE First Street, Delray Beach FL 33444
$25-$35 Adv/$5 more at door. Limited seating.

BYOW ~ Bring Your Own Whatever!
Bottle of wine or other favorite beverage,
hor d’oeuvres or munchies,
making the cultural experience affordable to all!
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