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Contact: GOLDA SOLOMON: 877-529-9528 or gs@goldajazz.com
GOLDA SOLOMON
“The Medicine
Woman of Jazz” with PO’JAZZ presents
MAMAPALOOZA JAZZES UP CORNELIA STREET
Downstairs at The
THURSDAY, MAY 18th,
with:
featured poet CHERYL
BOYCE TAYLOR
special guest vocalist ZORA RASMUSSEN
SIMPLY NOT DONE: A Writing Collaborative
Jan Grieco,
Anne Britting Oleson, Brenda
THE BLUES MOTHERS
Monique Avakian (drums & poetry), Chris
Bernd (lead guitar), Hope Berkeley (blues
harp & vocals),
Margie Boyd (bass),
Irene Maher (guitar & vocals), Jenny
Murphy (lead vocals & guitar), and Pam Sklar (flute)
Programmed & hosted
by GOLDA SOLOMON, “The Medicine Woman of Jazz”
$15
($10 students/seniors) includes one drink
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This
May, the women of MAMAPALOOZA are taking
to stages, poetry jams and concert halls, forging new ways of thinking, being,
celebrating and defining what it is to be an artist and
mother in the 21st Century.
Cheryl Boyce Taylor is the author
of three collections of poetry, Night When Moon Follows, Raw Air, and Convincing the Body. She is best known for her dialectic poems
and strong political voice.
Simply Not Done: Laure-Anne Bosselaar, renowned poet,
says of
The Blues Mothers: Four moms who stay ahead of the chaos by joining
together in a jazzy and blues mix meant to sustain and inspire.
Golda Solomon: "Poet Solomon...Think of it as Jack Kerouac revisiting the
“PO’JAZZ at CORNELIA STREET is one big friendly party of good words,
good sounds, and good food.”
-- Gladys Serrano, Mutable
Music
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The
"a culinary as well as a cultural
landmark" -- Mayoral Proclamation, City of
Tel: 212-989-9319 / Fax: 212-243-4207 / Web:
www.corneliastreetcafe.com
between West 4th and Bleecker
Streets,
by subway: 1 or 9 to