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Renovated and under new management

Robert’s  Steak House at Scores

536 west 28th st. between 10th & 11th ave. – new york, new york – 10001      
phone    212-868-4900      
fax    212-868-4414.

Webaite:http://www.scoresny.com/index.html      
hours of operation -    night club      
monday – friday    5:00p.m. – 4a.m.      
saturday    7:00p.m. – 4a.m.      
sunday    8:00p.m. – 2a.m.      
hours of operation    restaurant      
monday    5:30p.m.-12:00a.m.      
tuesday – wednesday    5:30p.m. – 12:30a.m.      
thursday – friday    5:30p.m. – 3:00a.m.      
saturday    7:30p.m. – 3:00a.m.      
sunday    closed    
dress code:
scores new york requires both male and female guests to be appropriately attired at all times. collared shirts, slacks & shoes are required. t-shirts, ripped jeans, sweat pants & sneakers are not permitted. hats must be removed before entering the club.
reservation policy    highly recommended for restaurant & cabaret.      
bachelor/private parties    for rates, reservations & availability, please contact 212-868-4900 or info@scoresnewyork.com      
parking    valet parking is available      
accepted credit cards    american express, visa/mastercard, diners club    

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Fine Dining Delightful Distractions

By Nancy Walman

 

Renowned New York Institution SCORES announces its re-opening and restoration, after closing for a short time. The legendary gentlemen’s club, made famous by notorious radio host Howard Stern, is once again playing host to a star-studded clientele that frequented the establishment in the 90’s.

Located at 536 West 28^th Street, between 10^th & 11^th Avenues, the vast Chelsea space that once housed Scores West, has been extravagantly renovated to feature a restaurant modeled after the internationally acclaimed Roberts Steakhouse. Like its sister establishment, Roberts Restaurant will serve top-rated cuisine with a trendy twist to keep pace with New York’s gastronomic scene.

The new space offers 10,000 square feet of adult entertainment and accommodations for over five hundred guests. The visual focal-point of the club is a one of a kind proscenium stage framed by flat screen televisions. The refurbished SCORES also features Vegas-worthy light shows, multiple satellite stages and an LED paved runway, to create a high-tech, multi-media ambiance.

In addition to the nightly lineup of entertainers, each of whom are headliners in their own rights, expect to see edgier burlesque type acts and cutting edge performance art aimed at ushering the upscale gentlemen’s club into the next level of modern era of adult entertainment.

Executive Chef Will Savarese will be lending his classical culinary skills to the kitchen of Roberts. Will’s accomplished resume boasts celebrated names like Le Cirque and Aureole as well as a lengthy stint at Le Cote Basque and La Cremaillere, where he was the Executive Chef and helped garner a 3 star rating from the New York Times.

One sample of his steak to die for, the 29 day, dry-aged Rib-eye, charred, rare on the bone & sliced, could make you an addict. The best steak in town? In my book, without question. Also, you may have to hock the family jewels to pay the tab, but hey fine dining never comes cheap. The magical fries are also worth a visit on their own. Amazingly, appetizers like tuna tartar with quail egg and hamachi, Asian-style with preserved ginger, sliced peppers and wasabi are delicious as  as well. Service is way up there and the girls are young, fresh and food for the eyes.

Chef Will may look like a kid, but he’s a total pro. Even desserts are terrific, whether they be a sexy rice pudding or a stylishly deconstructed banana split.

“Our mission is to bring back all the elements that made SCORES famous: the glamour, the celebrity and that sense of the unexpected,” says Mark Yackow. Eventually, we plan to expand across the country, but for now, we’re focused on our hometown.

SCORES  features eighteen individually-themed private rooms, many with their own flat screens, sound systems and temperature controls, ranging from the whimsical Celebrity Rooms to the ultra spacious Presidential Suites, secluded on their own mezzanine for the end all in privacy and luxury.

The wine list is amazingly expensive, but this IS a club after all and you can stick to the excellent cocktails, or go for broke and order a bottle of the Mouton for . . . I remember it topped a thousand. There are special promos for groups that can keep the prices in line or for a treat, keep your eyes on the entertainment and enjoy. Remember: “Tomorrow may never come, For All We Know.”

Copyright 2009 By Punch In International. All Rights Reserved.

 

 

Dinner Menu

Appetizers, Salads and Pastas
Tomato, Red Onion and Mozzarella di Buffalo,
Aged Balsamic and EVOO
$16

Sautè Maryland Crab Cake
Red Pepper Aioli and Microgreens
$21

Colossal Shrimp Cocktail
House Made Cocktail Sauce
$21

Kobe Style Beef Carpaccio
Arugula Salad, Truffle Oil and Parmesan
$36

Robert’s Salad
Lobster, Shrimp, French Beans, Tomatoes
and Mango, Citrus Dressing
$21

‘‘Hail Caesar’’ Salad
Croutons and Creamy Garlic Dressing
$14

Mixed Baby Greens
Fresh Herbs and Shallot Vinaigrette
$14

Asian Style Tuna Tartare
Quail Egg and Sour Dough Toasts
$24

Crudo of Yellowtail (Hamachi)
Jalapenos, Ruby Red Grapefruit and Chili Oil
$38

Iceberg Lettuce with Crumbled Blue Cheese
Blue Cheese Dressing and Marinated Tomatoes
$14

Pasta and Grains
Rigatoni with Spicy Sausage,
Fried Eggplant, Fresh Ricotta
$22

Al Torchio Pasta with Dried Duck Sausage
Butternut Squash, Sage and Asiago
$24

Wild Mushroom Risotto
Truffle Oil and Chives
$25

An 18% gratuity will be applied to parties of 6 or more.

Meat, Game and Poultry
Our own Dry-Aged Prime Beef Selections

Porterhouse for Two
$53 per person

Rib Eye for Two
$52 per person

Bone in New York Strip
$53

T-Bone Steak
$51

Filet Mignon
$51

Sauces
Classic Bèarnaise, Robert’s Steak Sauce, Bordelaise
Poivre Au Ver & Garlic and Herb Butter

Moroccan Spiced Lamb Chops with Watercress and Lemon
$43

Brick Roasted Free Range Chicken with Lemon & Roasted Garlic
$32

Free Range Chicken Wrapped in Speck, Many Beans, Tomato & Herbs
$34

Grilled Lamb Chops with Garlic & Rosemary
$43

Robert’s Burger on a Ciabatta roll, Everything Fries & Smoked Paprika Aioli
$34

Fish and Shellfish
Tuna a la Plancha, Chick Pea Puree, Black Olives, Herb Oil
$38

Herb and Caper Crusted Wild Salmon, Sauce Ver Jus
$36

Seared Sea Scallops, Citrus and Roasted Baby Carrots
$38

Steamed or Roasted Maine Lobster
Market Price

Sides
Creamed Spinach
Sautèed Broccoli Rabe, Garlic & Chili Flakes
Potato Gratin with Bacon
Whipped Potatoes
Everything French Fries with Smoked Paprika Aioli
Beer Battered Onion Rings with Malt Vinegar & Bacon Blue Cheese
Sweet Potato Fries
Double Smoked Bacon
Sautèed Wild Mushrooms
Steamed Asparagus
$14

Contact Robert’s Restaurant
212-868-4900

Robert’s Late Night Menu
Coconut Shrimp with Mustard Cream Sauce    $19.00      
Colossal Shrimp Cocktail with house made cocktail sauce    $21.00      
Maryland Crab Cake, red pepper aioli     $21.00      
Popcorn Chicken with Sweet Chili Sauce    $14.00      
‘‘Robert’s Burger’’, custom blend of prime dry-aged beef on a Ciabatta roll with everything fries    $34.00      
Hudson Valley duck ‘‘Ruben’’ – Panni, rye bread, 1000’s island dressing, Gruyere’s cheese, braised cabbage    $22.00      
Chive Omelette with mixed seasonal vegetables and fingerling potatoes    $16.00      
Moroccan spiced lamb chops with watercress and citrus    $22.00      
Everything Fries with Smoked Paprika mayo    $14.00      
Beer Batter Onion Rings – malt vinegar and bacon blue cheese    $14.00      
Selection of Cheese with Truffle Honey    $21.00      
Crème Brulee    $12.00      
Ricotta Cheese Cake with strawberry compote    $12.00      
Chocolate Brownie Mascarpone Gelato    $12.00      

Robert’s Late Night Menu
Hours: Thurs, Fri, Sat 1am-3am
212-868-4900

 

Renowned New York Institution SCORES has not only been re-opened, but has been restored to its full former glory. The legendary gentlemen’s club, made famous by the notorious Howard Stern, will once again, play host to the sort of star-studded clientele that frequented the establishment in the 90’s. The vast Chelsea space that once housed Scores West, has been extravagantly renovated. SCORES features an amazing five-star restaurant modeled after the internationally acclaimed Roberts Steakhouse. Like its sister establishment, Roberts Restaurant will serve top-rated cuisine with a trendy twist to keep pace with the hipsters on the gastronomic scene.
The new and improved SCORES offers 10,000 square feet of adult entertainment and accommodations for over five hundred guests. The visual focal point of the club (aside from the ladies) is a one of a kind proscenium stage, framed by flat screen televisions. SCORES will also feature a Vegas-worthy intelligent light show, multiple satellite stages and an LED paved runway creating a dazzling, high tech, multi-media ambiance. In addition to the nightly lineup of entertainers, each of whom are headliners in their own rights, expect to see edgier burlesque style acts and cutting edge performance art aimed at ushering the upscale gentlemen’s club into the next level of modern era adult entertainment.
Executive Chef Will Savarese, lends his classical culinary skills to the kitchen of Roberts Restaurant. Will’s accomplished resume boasts celebrated names like Le Cirque & Aureole as well as a lengthy stint at Le Cote Basque where he attained the role of Chef de Cuisine, and La Cremaillere, where he was the Executive Chef and helped garner a 3 star rating from the New York Times (May 26, 2002). Will feels his traditional background provides the perfect preparation for this unique & challenging project.
‘‘Our mission is to bring back all the elements that made SCORES famous,’’ says Scores CEO, ‘‘the glamour, the celebrity, that sense of the unexpected. Eventually, we plan to expand across the country, but for now, we’re focused on our hometown where, in the midst of the financial crisis, guests can still celebrate, relax and enjoy VIP treatment."
SCORES will feature eighteen individually-themed private rooms, many with their own flat screens, sound systems and temperature controls, ranging from the whimsical Celebrity Rooms to the ultra spacious Presidential Suites, secluded on their own mezzanine for the end all in privacy and luxury.

 

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FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY

PRESENTS

AWARD WINNING SINGER/SONGWRITER

JOHNNY RODGERS

AND

THE JOHNNY RODGERS BAND

“POP… with pizAZZ”

JULY 17 & 18

FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York” by New York Magazine, and “an invaluable New York institution” by The New York Post, continues its 10th Anniversary season with the debut of award winning singer/songwriter/pianist Johnny Rodgers and the Johnny Rodgers Band in their new show “Pop… with pizAZZ” on July 17 and 18.  For “Pop… with pizAZZ” Johnny and his band will present tunes from the “new” American Song Book as well as timeless favorites.  The show – directed by Mark Waldrop and featuring Brian Glassman on bass, Danny Mallon on drums, Joe Ravo on guitar and special guest Tedd Firth on piano – runs at Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61^st Street).

For his show at Feinstein’s JOHNNY RODGERS – described as “a combination of Elton John, Billy Joel and James Taylor all rolled into one,” by Show Business Weekly and "a first-rate singer songwriter with robust vocals and exuberant pianism" by the Chicago Tribune – will celebrate his concurrent CD EP releases Bound Together and Let’s Make A Date which featured special guest Liza Minnelli.  Songs will include Rodgers indie/pop flavored originals such as the touching “Father’s Day” ballad, the rally cry title track, “Bound Together” and the Beatlesque “Cry for Freedom.”  The show will also feature his new radio single “The Best of You In Me” and the Randy Newman classic “You Can Leave Your Hat On”, which Rodgers performed at many of Minnelli’s concerts.

JOHNNY RODGERS is a favorite in the New York performance scene.  Johnny’s original songs stimulate the sophisticated palette. He creates bubbly and romantic pop ballads, Taylor-laced melodies, and sultry jazz all stirred with piano driven rock.  In 2002, Rodgers marked his arrival to New York earning both a Back Stage Bistro Award for Outstanding New York Debut and a MAC Award for Best Male New York Debut.  Johnny Rodgers pleases not only with his original songs but also his boy-next-door charm and creamy, dreamy crooner’s voice. Liza Minnelli discovered Rodgers and brought him on as her pianist and guest performer for her world tours, and he recently debuted on Broadway in the Tony Award winning Liza’s At The Palace.

He and his band have performed at the Los Angeles Ford Amphitheatre, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the premiere New York City clubs; Arturo Sandoval’s and other Miami Beach jazz clubs; and many festivals like Festival Miami.  The 2008 winner of Billboard’s World Song Contest and the Jamie deRoy & friends ASCAP Foundation song writer award, Rodgers also co-wrote the song I Would Never Leave You which is featured on Liza’s new recording Liza’s At The Palace. Produced by the legendary Phil Ramone, the CD entered in at #6 on Billboard’s Top 10 Cast Shows sales chart in February.

FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY will present JOHNNY RODGERS on Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18 at 8:30 PM. The shows have a $25.00 cover with $40.00 premium seats, both with a $25.00 food and beverage minimum. Jackets are suggested but not required. FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY is located at 540 Park Avenue at 61st Street in New York City. For ticket reservations and club information, please call (212) 339-4095 or visit us online at feinsteinsatloewsregency.com and TicketWeb.com.    

 

LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS ANNOUNCES

ADDITIONS/UPDATES TO AUGUST SCHEDULE

MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO ADDED TO AUGUST 7^TH CONCERT ON BILL WITH RAUL MIDON;

TWO NEW ARTISTS JOIN LINE-UP FOR “MAZEL TOV, MIS AMIGOS” ON AUGUST 23

“ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC” CONCERT

200 Guitarists (and 16 Bassists) Selected to Perform Rhys Chatham’s

A Crimson Grail (Outdoor Version) in its World Premiere on August 8

Acclaimed si

nger, songwriter and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello will co-headline Lincoln Center Out of Doors’ concert in Damrosch Park on August 7, sharing a bill with Raul Midón. She replaces Rokia Traoré (previously announced) whose scheduled U.S. tour has been postponed. Ndegeocello blends jazz, funk, rock, rap and soul as she continues to develop the “neo-soul” genre she is credited with sparking. In the early 90’s, Ndegeocello was signed to Madonna’s Maverick recording label, one of the label’s first female artists. She has collaborated with Lenny Kravitz, the Indigo Girls, Madonna, The Rolling Stones and Vanessa Williams, among others. Some of her most memorable performances were ones where she joined forces with Chaka Khan and John Mellencamp. Ndegeocello’s albums, which fearlessly tackle racial, sexual and social subjects, have not only gained her 10 Grammy nominations but also international acclaim.

Out of Doors also welcomes two new artists to the “Roots of American Music” closing performance, Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos on August 23. Sandra Velasquez (Pistolera) and Michael Alpert (Brave Old World) join The Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Sextet, Arturo O’Farrill, Music Director, arranger with special guests Larry Harlow, Andy Gonzalez, Irving Fields, Jeremiah Lockwood and The Antibalas Horns for this fusion of Latin and Jewish sound presented in collaboration with the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation (www.idelsounds.com) and Reboot. Velasquez is the lead singer of Pistolera, a group that combines Mexican cumbias and rancheras with pop, rock, and punk styles. The NYC-based band fuses various styles of Mexican music with a modern American twist. Alpert, best known for his work with the group Brave Old World, has been a champion of klezmer and New Jewish Music for decades. Alpert has collaborated with artists such as Khevrisa, Kapelye and Itzhak Perlman since arriving on the contemporary Yiddish scene in the 80s.

After calls for artists near and far, the guitarists and bassists have been chosen for Rhys Chatham’s A Crimson Grail for 200 Electric Guitars (Outdoor Version), which will be performed in Damrosch Park on August 8. Professional and amateur musicians from all over the country applied to perform this monumental 60-minute work by the pioneering new music/rock composer/guitarist originally scheduled to premiere at last summer’s Lincoln Center Out of Doors, but which was cancelled because of severe weather conditions. Among the guitarists joining Chatham and his section leaders David Daniell, John King, Seth Olinsky (Akron/Family) and Ned Sublette on August 8 are approximately 120 returning musicians from last year, and also current and former members of, and collaborators with: The Modern Lovers, The Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid, Pussy Galore, Boss Hog, Lamonte Young’s Theatre of Eternal Music, Lester Bowie, John Zorn, Gamelan Son of Lion, They Might Be Giants, Opal, Cyndi Lauper, Prince, Reagan Youth, Akron/Family, Oneida, Parts & Labor, San Agustin, fFlashlights, Come, Stars Like Fleas, Bear in Heaven, Mates of State, Rogue Wave, The Natural History, Glenn Branca’s Hallucination City and Symphony #13 for 100 Guitars, Band of Susans, Damo Suzuki, Thurston Moore, Taj Mahal, Merzbow, Panthers, The Hidden Cameras, Vietnam, The Natural History, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Thunders, Guided By Voices, Town and Country, Joan of Arc, Bird Show, Silver Jews, Lambchop, XBXRX, Mike Watt, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, Phill Niblock, Tony Conrad, Larval, Ya Está, Black Elf Speaks, usaisamonster, and Mono. Also represented are guitarists from the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Berklee College of Music, Northwestern University Classical Guitar Ensemble, NY Symphonic Arts Ensemble, and the P.S. 180 Guitar Group.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE and take place on the Lincoln Center campus—Damrosch Park, Hearst Plaza/North Plaza, South Plaza, Josie Robertson Plaza and Broadway Plaza–located between West 62^nd Street and West 65^th Streets, and Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues. 

The Out of Doors website has been enhanced and re-launched with new features and more content—artist bios, audio and video clips, photos, links, directions to Lincoln Center, a Lincoln Center campus map, and more, along with a complete calendar of events. Visit www.LCOutof Doors.org to learn more or follow Out of Doors’ Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/LCOutofDoors for news about the artists, program details, schedule changes and other updates

Call 212-875-5766 to request a Lincoln Center Out of Doors brochure.

a complete calendar of events followS.

Programs and artists subject to change.

LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS 09

AUGUST 5 – 23, 2009

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

(Artists generally listed in order of appearance. Programs and artists subject to change)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.

BROADWAY PLAZA

Asphalt Orchestra (Worldwide Debut)

Performing world-premiere commissions by: Goran Bregovic, Tyondai Braxton, Stew and Heidi Rodewald

With world-premiere arrangements of works by: 

Björk, Meshuggah, Charles Mingus, Colon Nancarrow, Frank Zappa

Band movement choreographed by Susan Marshall

Costumes designed by Elizabeth Hope Clancy

Program will vary nightly.

Commissioned by Bang on a Can with generous support from The Rockefeller Foundation’s New York Cultural Innovation Fund and by Lincoln Center for Lincoln Center Out of Doors in celebration of Lincoln Center’s 50^th Anniversary.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

Amir ElSaffar’s Two Rivers Large Ensemble (NY Debut)

the Dave Brubeck QUARTET

with special guest soloist Simon Shaheen, oud

This event is part of Lincoln Center’s 50^th Anniversary celebration.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA          

Hip Hop Generation Next

Community Cipher led by: 

Brandon “PEACE” Albright/Illstyle & PEACE (Philadelphia/USA)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.

BARCLAYS CAPITAL GROVE / HEARST PLAZA            

ASPHALT ORCHESTRA

See August 5

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

Hip Hop Generation Next

Dance performances by:

Full Circle (New York City/USA)

FootworKINGz (Chicago/USA)

Chinese American Arts Council Martial arts society (New York City/USA)

Last For One (Seoul/SOUTH KOREA)

Lee In Soo Dance Project (Seoul/SOUTH KOREA) (U.S. debut)

Concert by:

Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew (Bajah, A-Klazz, & Dovy) (Freetown/SIERRA LEONE)

Presented in collaboration with Dancing in the Streets.  Hip Hop Generation Next is a citywide series that is produced by Dancing in the Streets (www.dancinginthestreets.org) and sponsored by Bloomberg.

Presented in collaboration with the Chinese American Arts Council.

Last for One and Lee In Soo Dance Project wish to thank the Korean Arts Management Service, supported by Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea Arts Management Service, and Korean Cultural Service New York.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.

JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA

ASPHALT ORCHESTRA

See August 5

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

Raul MidÓn

MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO

saturday, AUGUST 8, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.

SOUTH PLAZA

ASPHALT ORCHESTRA

See August 5

saturday, AUGUST 8, 7:30 – 10: 00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

Wordless Music

LIQUID LIQUID

Rhys Chatham’S Crimson Grail for 200 Electric Guitars (Outdoor version) (World premiere)

Section leaders: David Daniell, John King, Seth Olinsky (Akron/Family) and Ned Sublette

Outdoor version commissioned by Lincoln Center for Lincoln Center Out of Doors.

Guitar strings generously donated by Ernie Ball.

Presented in collaboration with Wordless Music.

SUNDAY, August 9, 12 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Hearst plaza / north plaza

seating available in barclays capital grove

La Casita: A Home for the Heart / Un Hogar para eL Corazón

with spoken word and musical artists (order to be announced):

Elizabeth Alexander, Estudiantina Boliviana, Hernán Bravo, José Conde, Don Fallo Figueroa and Grupo Son Candela, Bonnibel Fonbuena, Griot 3, Zora Howard, Moon Oak Joo, Sarah Kay, Cynthia “Ceez” Keteku, La 21 División, Matou featuring Soni Moreno & Ata Papa, Oveous Maximus, Pharaoh’s Daughter, Bonafide Rojas.

MC:  Rich Villar

Additional Locations for La Casita

Monday , August, 5:30 p.m.       

Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, One Bowling Green, Manhattan

Estudiantina Boliviana, Griot 3, Bonafide Rojas, Sarah Kay, Matou feat. Soni Moreno & Ata Papa

Tuesday, August 11, 5:30 p.m.

The Point CDC, 940 Garrison Ave., The Bronx

Pharaoh’s Daughter, Bonafide Rojas, Sarah Kay, Griot 3, Estudiantina Boliviana

Thursday, August 13, 5:30 p.m.

Teatro Pregones, 571-575 Walton Ave., The Bronx

Pharaoh’s Daughter, Bonafide Rojas, Sarah Kay, Griot 3, Estudiantina Boliviana

La Casita is sponsored by PepsiCo, Inc.

Special support for La Casita presentations in the Bronx are made possible by Deutsche Bank and The Honorable Jose M. Serrano, New York State Senate.

Produced in cooperation with Claudia Norman, Claudia Norman Management.

Co-curated by: Bill Bragin, Lincoln Center Out of Doors; Melody Capote, Caribbean Cultural Center; Lillian Cho, Asian American Arts Alliance; C. Daniel Dawson; Eliana Godoy, Carlito’s Café; Claudia Norman; Shawn Termin, Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian; Richie Villar, Louder Arts.

Presented with support from the Mexican Cultural Institute and in collaboration with the Americas Society and Queens Theater in the Park.

SUNDAY, August 9, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.

BROADWAY PLAZA

ASPHALT ORCHESTRA

See August 5

SUNDAY, August 9, 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

CONTRA-TIEMPO

Against the Times and Plastico

ABAKUÁ AFRO-LATIN DANCE COMPANY

Island Fever, After Hour Funk

Wednesday, August 12, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.

JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA

RED BARAAT FESTIVAL!

Wednesday, August 12, 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL                                            

Brooklyn QawWali Party

OuterIndia presents Susheela Raman

THURSDAY, August 13, 6:00 – 10:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

Snehasish Mozumder & SOM

Jake Shimabukuro

The Derek Trucks Band

Friday, August 14, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.

HEARST PLAZA / NORTH PLAZA

SLAVIC SOUL PARTY!

Friday, August 14, 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

Auktyon and JOHN MEDESKI

Plastic People of the UniversE

Saturday, August 15, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

HEARST PLAZA / NORTH PLAZA

SEATING AVAILABLE IN BARCLAYS CAPITAL GROVE

FAMILY DAY

Puppet Pageant

Beautiful Princess Rat of the MTA

Puppeteers’ Cooperative with Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center and Red Hook Community Center

Commissioned by Lincoln Center for Lincoln Center Out of Doors and created by members of the Puppeteers’ Cooperative in collaboration with neighborhood groups, including Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center.

Family Day is sponsored by Disney

Saturday, August 15, 3:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

FAMILY DAY

BUBBLE do BEATLES: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Saturday, August 15, 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

Ben Munisteri Dance ProjectS

Turbine Mines, Catalog (World premiere), Tuesday, 4 a.m.

Dendy Dancetheater

Preliminary Study for Depth, the upper half of high and low (NY premiere)

Sunday, August 16, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

HERITAGE SUNDAY

La Mora’s OYU ORO AFRO-CUBAN DANCE

SIDIKI CONDE AND TOKOUNOU

CARACUMBE

Presented in collaboration with the Center for Traditional Music and Dance.

Sunday, August 16, 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

Ba M’buta: Ancestral Connections From the Kongo to the Americas

AFRICA AYE

IBBORU

RICARDO LEMVO & MAKINA LOCA

Presented in collaboration with the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute.

Wednesday, August 19, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

Tanya Tagaq

Stew and heidi present the broadway problem

Tanya Tagaq is presented in collaboration with Americas Society and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.

Thursday, August 20, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.

JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA

HARLEM SAMBA

Thursday, August 20, 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

BUIKA

Urban Bush Women

25th Anniversary Kick-off

Give Your Hands to Struggle (1998) and Shelter (1988)

Friday, August 21, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.

SOUTH PLAZA

FREVO BOMBASTICO

Friday, August 21, 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

Blind Date with DJ Dolores & SIBA (Worldwide Debut)

OTTO

Otto’s tour made possible in association with Raízes da Tradição and BM&A.

Saturday, August 22, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.

HEARST PLAZA / NORTH PLAZA

SEATING AVAILABLE IN BARCLAYS CAPITAL GROVE

26^th Annual Roots of American Music Festival

In the Spirit of Odetta

TOMMY SANDS and FIONAN and MOYA

CALYPSO ROSE

THE HOLMES BROTHERS

RAMBLIN’ JACK ELLIOT

Saturday, August 22, 7:00 p.m.  – 10:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

LIZZ WRIGHT

Allen TouSsaint

SUNDAY, August 23, 2:00 p.m.

HEARST PLAZA / NORTH PLAZA

SEATING AVAILABLE IN BARCLAYS CAPITAL GROVE

26^th Annual Roots of American Music Festival

WILLIE MAE ROCK CAMP FOR GIRLS SUMMER REVUE

SUNDAY, August 23, 4:00 p.m.

DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL

26^th Annual Roots of American Music Festival

BRC ORCHESTRA: Four Women: A Tribute to Odetta,

Miriam Makeba, Abbey Lincoln and Eartha Kitt

Featuring Jayne Cortez, Tamar-Kali, Abena Koomson, Alkebulan, and more.

Curated by La Tasha N. Nevada Diggs, Musical Direction by Onel Mulet

Presented in collaboration with the Black Rock Coalition

THE LOUISIANA RENEGADES

Featuring Christine Balfa, Dirk Powell, Kevin Wimmer of Balfa Toujours, Preston Frank

TEXAS TORNADOS: Tribute to Doug Sahm featuring Augie Myers, Flaco Jimenez and Shawn Sahm

Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos: The Lost World of Latin-Jewish Sound

Featuring The Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Sextet

Arturo O’Farrill, Music Director, arranger

with special guests LARRY HARLOW, ANDY GONZALEZ, Irving Fields, JEREMIAH LOCKWOOD, SANDRA VELASQUEZ, MICHAEL ALPERT and THE ANTIBALAS HORNS

Presented in collaboration with the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation (www.idelsounds.com) and Reboot.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND TAKE PLACE ON LINCOLN CENTER’S PLAZAS: BROADWAY PLAZA, DAMROSCH PARK, HEARST PLAZA/NORTH PLAZA, JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA, and SOUTH PLAZA, between West 62^nd Street to West 65th Streets, from Broadway to Amsterdam Avenues. Take No. 1 IRT to 66^th Street/Lincoln Center Station) OR the A, B, C, D and No. 1 trains to 59^th St/Columbus Circle.

Visit www.LCOutofDoors.org for complete schedule or call 212-875-5766 to request a brochure.

Performance Locations:

BROADWAY PLAZA

Corner of Broadway and West 65^th Street (new lower plaza in front of Alice Tully Hall)

DAMROSCH PARK

West 62^nd Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenue.

HEARST PLAZA /NORTH PLAZA (BARCLAYS GROVE)

North of the Metropolitan Opera House, in front of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Lincoln Center Theater.

JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA

Main plaza of Lincoln Center, fronting Columbus Avenue, between 63^rd and 64^th Street.

SOUTH PLAZA

South of The Metropolitan Opera House, (the rear section of Damrosch Park), West 62^nd Street

ABOUT LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS

One of New York’s most anticipated summer traditions, Lincoln Center Out of Doors is enjoyed annually by thousands of people who come to its FREE music, dance, spoken-word, special events, and family programs representing traditional and contemporary arts and culture from around the world. Conceived in 1970 and launched in 1971 as a small festival of street theater “to bring the community to Lincoln Center and bring Lincoln Center to the community,” Out of Doors has grown into one of the largest free summer festivals in the U.S., with audiences averaging 200,000 each summer. Over the past 38 summers, Out of Doors has commissioned nearly 80 works from composers and choreographers; presented hundreds of major dance companies, renowned jazz musicians, traditional music and dance representing the rich cultural diversity of New York City, and the perennial favorite “Roots of American Music” celebration, now in its 26^th year.

All programs and artists are subject to change.

Lincoln Center Out of Doors is sponsored by Bloomberg and PepsiCo, Inc.

Additional support is provided by Hess Foundation, Inc., Jack and Susan Rudin, Disney, The Reed Foundation, Inc., Abraham Perlman Foundation, The Weininger Foundation, Inc., Amtrak, Nanoosh, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, John R. and Dorothy D. Caples Fund, Great Performers Circle, Chairman’s Council, the Friends of Lincoln Center, and Young Patrons of Lincoln Center.

Public support for Out of Doors 2009 provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation and Commissioner Carol Ash, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Honorable Jose M. Serrano, New York State Senate.

Operation of Lincoln Center’s public plazas is supported in part with public funds provided by the City of New York.

Endowment support is provided by PepsiCo.

Amtrak is the official travel partner for Lincoln Center Out of Doors.

Nanoosh is the artist hospitality partner for Lincoln Center Out of Doors.

Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center, Inc.

WNBC/WNJU are Official Broadcast Partners of Lincoln Center, Inc.

Continental Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center, Inc.

Nokia is the Official Mobile Equipment Provider of Lincoln Center, Inc.

MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center, Inc.

“Summer at Lincoln Center” is sponsored by Diet Pepsi and The Wall Street Journal.

Lincoln Center Out of Doors is a presentation of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA), which serves three primary roles: presenter of superb artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and community relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. As a presenter of over 400 events annually, LCPA’s programs include Great Performers, American Songbook, Lincoln Center Festival, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and Live From Lincoln Center. In addition, LCPA is leading a series of major capital projects on behalf of the resident organizations.

Lincoln Center is committed to providing and improving accessibility for people with disabilities. For information, call the Department of Programs and Services for People with Disabilities at (212) 875-5375.

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DENISE COOPER AND NEIL KAHANOVITZ

PRESENT

KLEA BLACKHURST’s

“EVERYTHING THE TRAFFIC WILL ALLOW:

The Songs and Sass of Ethel Merman”

THE AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS AND SINGER RETURNS WITH HER

CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED ONE WOMAN CONCERT

“We were watching a real talent, a performer we knew could delight us without ever singing a note that had once been

commandeered by Ethel Merman. We were not in thrall to the past: we were watching an interpretation

of it that had turned into something new.” – The New York Times

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT – 7 SATURDAYS ONLY

KLEA BLACKHURST – hailed as “an improbably terrific young performer” by the New York Times – will return to New York with her critically-acclaimed concert, Everything the Traffic Will Allow: The Songs and Sass of Ethel Merman for seven performances at the Snapple Theater Center (210 West 50th Street). The knock-out show took New York by storm in 2001 and has since been performed around country and in Europe. Accompanied by the Pocket Change Trio, Klea brings bright new interpretations of Merman’s signature songs such as “I Got Rhythm,” “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” as well as rarely performed obscurities including “Just A Moment Ago,” “I’ve Still Got My Health,” and “World Take Me Back.” Everything The Traffic Will Allow will be performed on Saturdays, July 18 and 25; August 1, 8, 22 and 29 and September 5. All shows start at 5:00 PM. Tickets are $35.00 and $45.00. For tickets please call (212) 921-7862 or go to www.ticketmaster.com.

Everything The Traffic Will Allow is Ms. Blackhurst’s loving tribute to the songs made famous by the quintessential stage personality Ethel Merman. Rather than a Merman imitation, Ms Blackhurst offers a paean to the great Broadway legend that serves as a potent and happy reminder of Merman’s sheer, undeniable importance to both the history of twentieth century entertainment and the iconic composers like Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Jerry Herman, who wrote songs just for her. The engagement is a rare chance to experience Blackhurst’s crackling wit and powerful vocals as she performs her brilliant, savvy valentine to one of American theatre’s greatest stars.

KLEA BLACKHURST has performed with symphonies and orchestras and in theatrical productions across the county and abroad. Among many accolades, Ms. Blackhurst won the inaugural Special Achievement Award from Time Out New York magazine for Everything the Traffic Will Allow and its recording was named one of the Top Ten show albums of 2002 by TalkinBroadway.com. She has performed the work of composer Vernon Duke in Autumn in New York at Joe’s Pub and the Café Carlyle and teamed with Billy Stritch on Dreaming of a Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael, winning the MAC and Back Stage Bistro Award for their performance at the Metropolitan Room.

Her live CD recording of Everything the Traffic Will Allow – in addition to Autumn in New York and Dreaming Of A Song – are available through Ghostlight Records. Other recordings include Jule Styne in Hollywood, Lost in Boston IV and Unsung Irving Berlin.

Klea’s many concert appearances include the recent London Palladium presentation of Jerry Herman’s Broadway. She made her Carnegie Hall debut starring with Michael Feinstein in an evening devoted to the work of composer Jule Styne. In 2002, Klea made her London debut at Royal Albert Hall. She returned to London the following spring to debut Everything The Traffic Will Allow at the Greenwich Theatre. Klea’s theatre credits include Mama Morton in Chicago; the dual roles of Bernice/Marilyn in the Off Broadway production of Bingo; Nails O’Reilly Duquesne in Red, Hot and Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes; Debbie in the original Off Broadway production of Oil City Symphony; Rennabelle in Radio Gals Off Broadway; and the role of Hippolyta in By Jupiter in the York Theatre’s “Musicals in Mufti” series. On radio and television, Klea has appeared on “The Caroline Rhea Show,” “The Rosie O’Donnell Show,” “Sesame Street,” “Law and Order: SVU” and “A Prairie Home Companion.”

JAZZ STANDARD Schedule

Changes for June & July

*Robert Glasper Trio has been cancelled. In its place will be the Joey DeFrancesco Trio.*
Thursday – Sunday, June 25 – 28
JOEY DEFRANCESCO TRIO

Joey DeFrancesco – Hammond B-3 Organ
Jerry Weldon – tenor sax (6/25-6/27)
Carmen Intorre – drums (6/25-6/27)
Paul Bollenback – guitar (6/28)
Byron Landham – drums (6/28)

When the powerhouse jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco takes the stage, he’s standing on some big shoulders: Father “Papa John” DeFrancesco was himself a legendary Philly-area organ player, and grandpa Joe DeFrancesco was a multi-instrumentalist who worked with the Dorsey Brothers. On Joey D!, his latest High Note album, Joey DeFrancesco (along with tenor man Jerry Weldon and drummer Byron Landham) applies his technical mastery and unerring sense of swing to tunes ranging from “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” to Gene Ammons’ “Blues Up and Down.” In a review of a recent show at the Jazz Showcase, Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune notes “the sheer profusion of his ideas and the whirlwind nature of his finger work reminded listeners why he is the despair of uncounted jazz organists.” $25/$30 Friday & Saturday

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*Line-up Change*
Sunday, July 5
Mark Rapp Group
Mark Rapp – trumpet, didgeridoo
Nick Rolfe – keys
Rene Hart – bass
Daniel Freedman – drums

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*Line-up Change*
Thursday – Sunday, July 16 – 19
Stefon Harris & Blackout
Stefon Harris – vibraphone, marimba
Mark Cary – piano, keyboards
Casey Benjamin – alto saxophone, vocoder
Ben Williams – bass (6/16, 6/17 & 6/19)
Luquest Curtis – bass (6/18)
Terreon Gully – drums (6/16-6/18)
TBA – drums (6/19)
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AUGUST 2009 – DECEMBER 2009
*Concert Highlights*

AUGUST 11-12: SEAN JONES GROUP
Sean Jones – trumpet
Brian Hogans – saxophone
Orrin Evans – piano
Luques Curtis – bass
John Davis – drums

AUGUST 13-16: STEVE KUHN TRIO featuring STEVE SWALLOW & AL FOSTER

AUGUST 18-19: ALI JACKSON QUINTET

AUGUST 20-23: JOANNE BRACKEEN plus special guest RAVI COLTRANE
Ravi Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Joanne Brackeen – piano
Eddie Gomez – bass
E.J. Strickland – drums

AUGUST 25: SACHAL VASANDANI
* Mack Avenue Records CD Release

AUGUST 26: JULIA DOLLISON & KERRY MARSH: The Maria Schneider Project
Julia Dollison – vocals
Kerry Marsh – vocals
Ben Monder – guitar
Frank Kimbrough – piano
Jay Anderson – bass
Clarence Penn – drums

AUGUST 27-30: LARRY WILLIS QUINTET
Joe Ford – alto saxophone
Steve Davis – trombone
Larry Willis – piano
Buster Williams – bass
Billy Drummond – drums

SEPT 10-13: ELDAR
* Sony CD Release

SEPT 15: AYELET ROSE GOTTLIEB SEXTET
* ObliqSound CD Release

SEPT 16: BENNY REID GROUP
* Concord CD Release

SEPT 17-20: RICHARD BONA GROUP

SEPT 22-23: MATT WILSON QUARTET
* Palmetto CD Release
Andrew D’Angelo – saxophone
Jeff Lederer – saxophone
Chris Lightcap – bass
Matt Wilson – drums

SEPT 24-27: BARRY HARRIS TRIO
Barry Harris – piano
Ray Drummond – bass
Leroy Williams – drums

OCT 1-4: FESTIVAL OF NEW TRUMPET MUSIC (FONT)
* Curated by Dave Douglas

OCT 16-18: BEN ALLISON BAND
Jenny Scheinman – violin
Shane Endsley – trumpet
Steve Cardenas – guitar
Ben Allison – bass
Rudy Royston – drums

OCT 29-NOV 1: GO HOME
Charlie Hunter – guitar
Curtis Fowlkes – trombone
Ben Goldberg – clarinet
Scott Amendola – drums

NOV 5-8: VIJAY IYER TRIO

NOV 24-29: MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA

DEC 10-13: TANGO MEETS JAZZ FESTIVAL with THE PABLO ZIEGLER QUARTET