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FEATURED ARTISTS:   
VINCE VOK portraits of Performing Artists as Works of Art  
And also oil paintings by REYNALDO BUDHI
  


Performance events are contribution-based

Suggestion $5


Most performance events are live-streamed! Click to the Neighborhood Stage.

FRIDAY
JAN 1



CLOSED TODAY TO CELEBRATE NEW BEGINNINGS

SATURNDAY
JAN 2

7:30
MUSIC: OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE
SUNDAY
JAN 3
 

BREATHE

  OBSERVE
THURSDAY
JAN 7
7pm MICHAEL VOK - public speach by this newcomer to the stage
8pm


VINCENT T. VOK- Artist of the month performs vokular poetic guitar songs from his new album out of Studio Bones.
FRIDAY
JAN 8
 
8pm

STVJNS DAUGHS - Compositions and musical automatic writing, with bass, drum, voice, loopers and his accompanying video artworks.

SATURDAY
JAN 9

               SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK 

Vincent T. VokVINCENT T. VOK Portraits:
Some (but not all) of the amazing people I have met in the past year that bring energy and inspiration to this community.

Reynaldo Budhi

REYNALDO BUDHI - Oil Paintings 

 
7:30 JAN CHRISTENSEN folk legend! Original, traditional, and contemporary songs of the Hudson, the Harbor, and Oceans far and near!

 
9pm BOB CONROY & NORM PEDERSON great old timey folk with banjo, fiddle, guitars and voices (and possibly more!)
SUNDAY
JAN 10
 
2:30 MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP
TAROT CLUB MEET-UP
TUESDAY
JAN 12
7-9
  MEET-UP: ST GEORGE DAY 2016 PLANNING -
   a new vision takes shape!
WEDNESDAY
JAN 13
7PM MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality

THURSDAY
JAN 14

 
7-9 ANIMAL SONGS AND SPOKEN WORD OPEN MIC!
Songs, Poems, Stories relating to the Animal theme. Little Piggies; White Rabbit; Octopus's Garden; etc for example.
FRIDAY
JAN 15
 
8pm KIRTAN with AURORA

SATURDAY
JAN 16

 
7pm

MUSIC: CAROLINE CUTRONEO and friends
Come out to celebrate Caroline Cutroneo's birthday! There will be music, of course, vine, cheese and other tasties provided. Please come with your instruments, your voice and your positive spirit! Help Caroline make this one birthday celebration she will always remember!

SUNDAY
JAN 17
12:30 Gera ClarkMEET-UP: SILVERLAKE FLUTE CIRCLE: Flute music players and afficianados meet-up to play music and share thoughts and lessons. You are welcome.
Facilitated by Gera Clark
  Music Circle
2pm MEET-UP:
STATEN ISLAND SONGWRITERS' CIRCLE
Anyone interested in creating original music is welcome to join us. Come and meet others who are interested in the creative process. Exchange ideas and pick up a few tips. The SISC is an informal group that meets the 3rd Sunday of the month, usually here at ETG but sometimes elsewhere. Check their facebook page for more info

A WEEK OF SHORT FILMS AND OTHER SURPRISES
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE TO CATAPULT THE FILM INTO
OUR SUPER SATURDAY SATURATION EVENT
CREATIVE INVENTION

TUESDAY
JAN 19


suggested
donation

$5

7pm


SHORTS FEST DAY ONE
curator: ALTAIR

The return of Christopher Columbus, dir. Dylan Mars Greenberg
Dreams of Stapleton,
dir. Stephanie Kosinski
Watskea, dir. Hunter Zimny
No Love Lost,
dir. Tim Francis
Homeland Buffoonery; How to spot a terrorist,
dir. Lizzy Beth Elkins
In the Night Kitchen,
dir. Alanna Morten
Daynight,
dir. Emily Esperanza
The land before Nuggets / The end, dir.
Allie and Melanie Barnes
The Grind, dir. Daddy Tom
White Noise
, dir. David DiLillo
The Tampon Trilogies,
dir.
Sheena Glass and Piera Yerkes Untitled, dir. Altair

Altair
A showcase of 12 NYC experimental filmmakers; seven directed by Staten Islanders. Curated by special effects artist and filmmaker Altair, this group of films and videos will surprise, delight, and amaze. Our promise is that nothing conventional will be presented on this night. 
    Highlights include a Troma filmmaker's story of vengeance, paper stop motion animation, a man screaming at a real dismembered deer carcass, a chainsaw killing shot in Stapleton, a psychedelic mold infused 8mm reel, dino nugget stop motion, an anti-terrorist training comedy, and rats chewing on spam.

Altair is an NYC filmmaker, sculptor and special fx artist, and the curator for DAY ONE of this festival. His two story mechanical sculpture called 'Psychokinetic Child' was an icon of the 2013 Burning Man Art Festival. Official Sites : www.kineticchild.com and www.crashingart.com

 

PRIZE FOR FAVORITE
WEDNESDAY
JAN 20

suggested
donation

$5
7pm


SHORTS FEST DAY TWO
curator: ERIC NORCROSS

The Pancake Killer,
directed by Josh STEINBAUER
Lipstick Lies,
directed by Eric NORCROSS
Steinway Street,
directed by Eric NORCROSS
... and more to be announced

PRIZE FOR FAVORITE

THURSDAY
JAN 21


suggested
donation

$5

7pm


SHORTS FEST DAY THREE :
curator: ANNMARIE SELZER

"Animations of
STEVEN LAPCEVIC"

Please join co-hosts Ann Marie Selzer and Ed Varuolo as they screen the short animated films of Steven Lapcevic.
Mature themes.
Followed by Q and A.


TRAILER
PRIZE FOR FAVORITE

FRIDAY
JAN 22

suggested
donation
$5

8pm

SHORTS FEST DAY FOUR
curator: JAY WEICHUN

"RACE AND IDENTITY"
Please join us for a night of powerful short films all dealing with issues of race and identity.

Seeds of Change, Dir. Theresa Reed
*Words From Jafar
, Dir. Jay Weichun and Sarah Friedland
*Semiotics Of Islam: A Primer For *Kuffar, Dir. Fouzia Najar
*Breaking In, Dir. Adepero Oduye


*Staten Island Premiere
Followed by Q and A.





PRIZE FOR FAVORITE
SATURNDAY
JAN 23


suggested
donation
$5
8pm

SHORTS FEST DAY FIVE -   FINALE RE-PLAYS
See the favorite winning movies of the festival week on one night, interspersed by LIVE MUSIC by experimental artists,
WILD POWER OF PEACE & THE ELECTRIC BROTHERS

FAVORITE CREATIVE INVENTIONS OF THE WEEK CELEBRATED!



SUNDAY
JAN 24
 
2:30 MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP
TAROT CLUB MEET-UP
TUESDAY
JAN 26
 
7:30 KIRTAN is a“call and response” format of chanting, a type of yoga in itself and has many of the mind-calming benefits of a yoga class or sitting meditation. Led by AURORA on Harmonium

WEDNESDAY
JAN 27

and

THURSDAY
JAN 28

 
WED. JAN 27 7pm
PETE SEEGER TRIBUTE part one WEDNESDAY
Aurora DeMarco; Bob Wright; Dan Masters; David Romero; Sharon Ostrov
THUR. JAN 28 7pm PETE SEEGER TRIBUTE part two THURSDAY
Bob & Ruth; John Bostrom; Jonathan Bricklin; Rob and Elle
FRIDAY
JAN 29
8pm  
 
  cancelled: RUDI MWONGOZI - SOUNDS OF NEW WORLD AFRIKA
SATURNDAY
JAN 30
 
7pm ETG OPEN MIC- Bring your words, chants, music, short movie, etc. TIME LIMIT 8 MINS . Sign up as you arrive.


FEATURED ARTISTS:   
Group show by the LESBIAN UNDERGROUND
  


Performance events are contribution-based

Suggestion $5


Most performance events are live-streamed! Click to the Neighborhood Stage.

WEDNESDAY
FEB 3
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
THURSDAY
FEB 4
7pm CHESS NIGHT with your hosts Katie Ballou and Altair. Bring your favorite chess board, but we do also have a couple. En Garde!

FRIDAY
FEB 5

7pm
DAVID BOWIE TRIBUTE
Many local Musicians performing David Bowie songs in honor of this great contributor to our culture and consciousness.

SATURNDAY
FEB 6

   
3pm BLACK HISTORY MONTH

8pm
PEACE TRAIN!
SUNDAY
FEB 7
 

BREATHE

  OBSERVE
TUESDAY
FEB 9
6:30


  MEET-UP: ST GEORGE DAY FESTIVAL
    2016 PLANNING
   a new vision taking shape!

WEDNESDAY
FEB 10
 
7-9

OPEN CO-OP JAZZ JAM SESSION
Good listeners make good improvisers, so bring your ears
!

JAZZ= characterized by improvisation

THURSDAY
FEB 11
 
7-9

LINKED: "You Gotta See This!" - VIDEO OPEN MIC
Introduce a short YouTube video that you love, in this informal open mic-style format. Any topic! Any style! 10-Minutes Max. . Just show up with your link information. Host: JONATHAN BRICKLIN

FRIDAY
FEB 12
  Mysterious Switcheroo (no planned event)
  BREATHE OBSERVE
SATURDAY
FEB 13

               SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK 

  BLACK HISTORY MONTH!
 

7pm

LESBIAN UNDERGROUND ART & MUSIC
WHACKING GHOSTS:
an evening of music and art curated by BONES + Lesbian Underground

Celebrate the art opening of Lesbian Underground (Lys, Nani, Julia, and Jenna) with an evening of music curated by the inimitable BONES ♥
BANDS:
Little Cobweb (Brooklyn)
The Fools (Brooklyn)
Yeti

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LITTLE COBWEB
https:// littlecobweb.bandcamp.com/ releases
Little Cobweb is the musical project of Brooklyn-based artist Angela Carlucci. Angela began performing in NYC in 2001 in the band The Baby Skins along with Crystal Madrilejos. The Baby Skins were known for their poignant lyrics, intricate interwoven guitar parts and vocal harmonies- Little Cobweb pays homage by revealing songs of heartbreak, loss and new love accompanied by delicate guitar work.

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THE FOOLS
https://www.facebook.com/ onlythefools
The Fools is a musical experience that cannot be summed up in a sentence.

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YETI
https:// shaolinyeti.bandcamp.com/
Yeti will be performing as the strangest version of themselves ... there may or may not be an upright bass, and some ghosts being bludgeoned.

SUNDAY
FEB 14

  VALENTINE'S DAY
2:30 MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP
TAROT CLUB MEET-UP

 

 

5-7

THEATER: V-day/One Billion Rising/ Vagina Monologues - Eve Ensler's Tony-award-winning revolutionary episodic play comprised of monologues by numerous characters relating to their life experiences. This will be an evening of performances including segments from Eve Ensler’s Tony-Award-Winning Vagina Monologues as well as individual pieces inspired by her work.
CALL FOR PERFORMERS- Let us know if you would like to do a monologue. Contact Aurora at ademarco63@gmail.com

FEATURING: NADETTE STASA; PHOEBE SAKKE; LESLIE GREENWOOD; ELLE LAFORGE; ANJOLI CHADHA; TOOK EDALOW; RONA SOLOMON; PIERA YERKES; JOSEPH CASSAN; AURORA DEMARCO;

TUESDAY
FEB 16
 
7-9

POETRY BOOK SIGNING:
NEVER LICK THE SPOON- An Evening with Jack M. Freedman
     Jack M. Freedman
will be reading from his new chapbook, Never Lick the Spoon.  This will be a special reading, as the book is dedicated to his father.  This date would have been his father's 68th birthday. There will be a book signing at the end of the reading.  Cost of the book: $10

WEDNESDAY
FEB 17
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality

THURSDAY
FEB 18

 
7pm "SUBURBAN NIRVANA": A performance of poetry and sounds with MICHAEL O'CONNELL and BRIAN WILLIAMS.
  plus OPEN MIC POETRY on SubUrban and Urban Spirituality
FRIDAY
FEB 19
8pm

JO Y.

Original Improvised Solo Music

 
9pm MUSIC: WE INTER SPECIES - experimental and composed, music, words and sounds with bass, drum, voice, loops w/ Stvjns

SATURDAY
FEB 20

 
3pm AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH- LITERARY:
"The Ferguson Interview Project"
- Meet AMA BIRCH, the innovative researcher author and hear excerpts from her new book.
   The Ferguson Interview Project is a collection of twenty interviews about the events before and after the death of Michael Brown Jr. on August 9, 2014. The interviewees are community leaders, activists, organizers, politicians, faith-based leaders, and law enforcement professionals. These interviews were collected over a two-week period in May of 2015.
   Please buy this limited edition book at http://bit.ly/1N3H3RD and the author will autograph it at the reading. ETG Book Cafe will not be taking any part of the book sales, all goes to the author.
 

7pm

BOULEVARD BOOKS presents Five Staten Island Writers
Avi Gvili, Dennis Green, Peter Kearney, Palma Mingozzi, Chris Spollen.   WITH LIVE MUSIC BY JUNE PALO
SUNDAY
FEB
21
12:30 Gera ClarkMEET-UP: SILVERLAKE FLUTE CIRCLE: Flute music players and afficianados meet-up to play music and share thoughts and lessons. You are welcome.
Facilitated by Gera Clark
  Music Circle
2pm MEET-UP:
STATEN ISLAND SONGWRITERS' CIRCLE
Anyone interested in creating original music is welcome to join us. Come and meet others who are interested in the creative process. Exchange ideas and pick up a few tips. The SISC is an informal group that meets the 3rd Sunday of the month, usually here at ETG but sometimes elsewhere. Check their facebook page for more info

TUESDAY
FEB 23

6:30


  MEET-UP: ST GEORGE DAY FESTIVAL
    2016 PLANNING
   a new vision taking shape!

WEDNESDAY
FEB 24
 
7-9 JAZZ JAM SESSION

THURSDAY
FEB 25

  TRIPLE 7 TOUR - HIP HOP with IHSAN
FRIDAY
FEB 26
 
7pm

ANTI-FOLK NIGHT curated by Bernard King

8:00-8:30 BERNARD KING PRESENTS
poetry of antifolk

8:30-9:00 PHOEBE BLUE
doyenne of "South New York" antifolk
http:// phoebeblue.bandcamp.com/

9:00-9:30 THOMAS PATRICK MAGUIRE
"Jonathan Richman of antifolk"
http:// thomaspatrickmaguire.bandca mp.com/

9:30 to 10:00 KIRK KELLY
founding father of antifolk
https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Kirk_Kelly

SATURNDAY
FEB 27
3pm BLACK HISTORY MONTH
 
7pm ETG OPEN MIC- Bring your words, chants, music, short movie, etc. TIME LIMIT 10 MINS . Sign up as you arrive.
SUNDAY
FEB 28
2:30 MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP
TAROT CLUB MEET-UP


WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
FEATURED ARTIST:   
ROSARIO LOPEZ
 


Performance events are contribution-based

Suggestion $5


Most performance events are live-streamed! Click to the Neighborhood Stage.

TUESDAY
MAR 1
7pm MOVIE: SHE'S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE'S ANGRY
SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women’s movement from 1966 to 1971.
   SHE’S BEAUTIFUL does not try to romanticize the early movement, but dramatizes it in its exhilarating, quarrelsome, sometimes heart-wrenching glory. The film does not shy away from the controversies over race, sexual preference and leadership that arose in the women’s movement. SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY captures the spirit of the time --- thrilling, scandalous, and often hilarious.
   That story still resonates today for women who are facing new challenges around reproductive rights and sexual violence, as the film shows present-day activists creating their generation's own version of feminism. SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY is a film about activists, made to inspire women and men to work for feminism and human rights.
WEDNESDAY
MAR 2
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
THURSDAY
MAR 3
7pm

SPEED CHESS NIGHT TOURNAMENT
The ETG Cafe is proud to announce a very special speed chess tournament! Come hang out with fellow Staten Island chess players, and be a part of the north shore chess community! There will be a gift certificate prize to the winner.
5 minute speed chess tournament (5/2). Double Elimination. 
A small library of chess opening books will be on hand. 
Bring along your favorite opening book!

hosted by Katie Ballou and Altiar

 

7:30
FRIDAY
MAR4

Beatles Cabaret
BEATLES CABARET
first night
TWO NIGHTS OF BEATLES MUSIC PERFORMED
BY LOCAL MUSICIANS!!

Each night, tonight and tomorrow, twelve different local musicians, singly or in groups, will demonstrate their visions of their 2 favorite Beatles songs. That makes 24 performers over two nights, and 48 Beatle songs, all together now! All you need is love of the Beatles to dig it. See you there!!!
Thank you to Rob Landsman and Ellen LaForge for organizing this CABARET

SATURNDAY
MAR5

7:30 Beatles Cabaret
BEATLES CABARET
second night
This is the second night in a row that twelve different local musicians, singly or in groups, will demonstrate their visions of their 2 favorite Beatles songs. That makes 24 performances over two nights, 48 Beatle songs, all together now! All you need is love of the Beatles to dig it.

Thank you to Rob Landsman and Ellen LaForge for organizing this CABARET
SUNDAY
MAR 6
 

BREATHE

  OBSERVE
TUESDAY
MAR 8
6:30


  MEET-UP: ST GEORGE DAY FESTIVAL
    2016 PLANNING
   a new vision taking shape!

WEDNESDAY
MAR 9
 
7-9

JAZZ JAM SESSION
Good listeners make good improvisers
!

JAZZ= characterized by improvisation

THURSDAY
MAR 10
 
7pm

LINKED: "You Gotta See This!" - VIDEO OPEN MIC
Introduce a short YouTube video that you think is great and everybody shouold see, in this informal open mic-style format. Any topic! Any style! Approx. 10-Minutes Max. . Just show up with your link information. Host: JONATHAN BRICKLIN

FRIDAY
MAR 11
 
8pm HAVE YOU HEARD OF THESE WOMEN?
Learn about a few of the little-known women who have made significant contributions  throughout history, in the realms of politics, science, medicine, philosophy, human rights, etc.  Who is your favorite female hero, and why do you admire her?  Tell us about her, in 100 words or less, during the open discussion part of the evening, starting at 9pm. (To honor Women's History Month!)
 
SATURDAY
MAR 12
SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK
ARTIST: ROSARIO LOPEZ

COMMEMORATE THE  IRISH EASTER UPRISING
The events of 1916 are seen as the turning point in the struggle for Irish freedom from English rule.
 
8pm Reading of the Irish Proclamation
What was the Easter Rebellion of 1916? We will read the Proclamation of the Republic, learn who wrote it, who signed it, and who was arrested and executed within 2 months of the rebellion. Learn about the women who took leadership roles during the "rising". Also, rousing rebel songs performed by spirited and talented folksinger Kirk Kelly.

SUNDAY
MAR 13

 

 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
TUESDAY
MAR 15
    JUST CHILLIN'
 
WEDNESDAY
MAR 16
 
7pm "SUBURBAN NIRVANA": A performance of poetry and sounds with MICHAEL O'CONNELL and BRIAN WILLIAMS.
  plus OPEN MIC POETRY on SubUrban and Urban Spirituality

THURSDAY
MAR 17

  ST PATRICK'S DAY
7-9
Join us for an early evening as we celebrate Irish music and some of our favorite Irish writers!
   
FRIDAY
MAR 18
6pm HIP HOP SHOWCASE and DANCE CONTEST - Original jams by IHSAN and SPECIAL GUESTS

SATURDAY
MAR 19

 
3pm TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES: HORRORS OF RICHMOND TERRACE OPEN MIC - Pedestrians and cyclists have a chance to be heard while expressing their own "horror stories" about navigating Richmond Terrace without safe walk and ride ways.
  Have a story to tell about the Richmond Terrace corridor- about buses that wouldn't show up, cars that wouldn't slow down, biking in debris strewn bike lanes or running on sidewalks that don't exist? Just want to vent? Come on down!
5pm ART RECEPTION : ROSARIO LOPEZ
 
 

8pm

Staten Island SONGWRITERS Circle CELEBRATION
SUNDAY
MAR
20
12:30 Gera ClarkMEET-UP: SILVERLAKE FLUTE CIRCLE: Flute music players and afficianados meet-up to play music and share thoughts and lessons. You are welcome.
Facilitated by Gera Clark
  Music Circle
2pm MEET-UP:
STATEN ISLAND SONGWRITERS' CIRCLE
Anyone interested in creating original music is welcome to join us. Come and meet others who are interested in the creative process. Exchange ideas and pick up a few tips. The SISC is an informal group that meets the 3rd Sunday of the month, usually here at ETG but sometimes elsewhere. Check their facebook page for more info

TUESDAY
MAR 22

6:30


  MEET-UP: ST GEORGE DAY FESTIVAL
    2016 PLANNING
   a new vision taking shape!

WEDNESDAY
MAR 23
  Open Music Improvisation.  Directions: 1) Listen ; 2) Respond Listeningly
7-9

Music that invents itself.
Good listeners make good improvisers
!

THURSDAY
MAR 24

7pm ESSENTIAL OILS EXPERIENCE
FRIDAY
MAR 25
7:30 NEW YORK STORY-TELLING FESTIVAL - day 1
Two nights of STORY TELLING presented by WESTERLEIGH FOLK FESTIVAL. Tale-spinners compete for cash prizes.
First prize= $75; Second Prize= $50; Third Prize= $25
Email to participate
SATURNDAY
MAR 26
7:30 NEW YORK STORY-TELLING FESTIVAL - day 2
Two nights of STORY TELLING presented by WESTERLEIGH FOLK FESTIVAL. Tale-spinners compete for cash prizes.
First prize= $75; Second Prize= $50; Third Prize= $25
Email to participate
SUNDAY
MAR 27
 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
TUESDAY
MAR 29
 
7pm MUSIC: KIRTAN with Aurora
Call-and-response style participatory singing with the ETG KIRTAN BAND and led by Aurora on the harmonium.
WEDNESDAY
MAR 30
 
7pm MUSIC: QUEEN BLIZZY (TY BLACK) with Opening Acts:
Remarkable Don and Snaz Castro
Donations; Purchase Items; & Ty Black CD's will be available.
All proceeds will benefit LEGACY GARNER's 2nd Birthday Bash.


NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
FEATURED ARTISTS:   
PIERA YERKES and TOOK EDALOW
 


Performance events are contribution-based

Suggestion $5


Most performance events are live-streamed! Click to the Neighborhood Stage.

 


FRIDAY
APRIL 1
6-8 MUSIC: SKYLIGHT BAND with Tommy Bones
 

 

8-10 DIAMOND HIP HOP SHOWCASE - with Diamond and Ihsan
 
   
SATURDAY
APRIL 2
8-10 STEALTH OPEN MIC
Hosted by Vincent Vok!
Bring your muse.
SUNDAY
APRIL 3
 

BREATHE

  OBSERVE
TUESDAY
APRIL 5
6:30


  MEET-UP: ST GEORGE DAY FESTIVAL
    2016 PLANNING
   a new vision taking shape!

WEDNESDAY
APRIL 6
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
 
  7pm

PLAY CHESS!!
Speed Chess and otherwise chess!! Come hang out with fellow Staten Island chess players, and be a part of the north shore chess community!  A small library of chess opening books will be on hand. 
Bring along your favorite opening book!
Hosted by mavens of the matrix, Katie Ballou and Altiar

THURSDAY
APRIL 7
 
7pm

LINKED: "You Gotta See This!" - YouTube Open
Share your favorite links from the world of YouTube with a community of interested WATCHERS and let there be a conversation about it. Is there a YouTube video that you think is great and everybody should see? Come to this informal open mic-style format and let's watch it together. Any topic! Any style! Approx. 10-Minutes Max. Just show up with your link information, or we can Google it. Host: JONATHAN BRICKLIN

UPDATE:
Really fun night. The movies we watched included these amazing short videos from fellow humans on the internet:
You Gotta See This!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao8L-0nSYzg
https://www.facebook.com/KyleCeasePage/videos/10153244273433062/
https://www.facebook.com/Taino.XX/videos/951479971586394/
https://www.facebook.com/1605230256403361/videos/1668963303363389/
https://www.facebook.com/reffetvince/videos/449292328611195/
https://www.facebook.com/100009176441093/videos/1559677507681449/
https://www.facebook.com/jobyseb/videos/644712928950965/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FFqddRyf5c&feature=youtu.be
https://www.facebook.com/224724410925374/videos/1053123854752088/
https://www.facebook.com/stanley.steele.372/videos/793993664043730/
https://www.facebook.com/ed.stephens.75/videos/10153504176673348/

FRIDAY
APRIL 8
 
8pm MUSIC: HARRY OPPENHEIMER and ARTIE KOENIG
These two skilled musicians have joined forces in the past to great effect. Tonight they will share the bill to play together and seperately.
 
SATURDAY
APRIL 9

SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK
RECEPTION WITH ARTISTS: PIERA YERKES and TOOK EDALOW

7:30 MUSIC:Kevin & THE TWILIGHTS, tribute To THE PLATTERS
   Kevin Johnson with  Carmen Campo, Robert J. Ciccone, Joanne Gleich, Elle La Forge,  Rob Landsman,  Lou Russo, Terry Russo,  Al Sklar, and  Tom Swaffort.

SUNDAY
APRIL 10

 

 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
TUESDAY
APRIL 12
6:30


  MEET-UP: ST GEORGE DAY FESTIVAL
    2016 PLANNING
   a new vision taking shape!

WEDNESDAY
APRIL 13
  BERNIE SANDERS RALLY IN WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK 6pm
  Open Music Improvisation.  Directions: 1) Listen ; 2) Respond Listeningly
7-9

Music that invents itself.
Good listeners make good improvisers
!

THURSDAY
APRIL 14

   
   
   
FRIDAY
APRIL 15
8pm DUMPSTER COOKIES Performance Art
from Columbia, South Carolina
  Rebecca Jane and Blake Godsey are a multiple disciplinary performance art duo that will baffle and amaze with their mixture of music, sculpture and dance.   "We use societies unwanted 'trash' and up cycle it into Interactive Art."   They draw influence from the 'happenings' of the 1970 DIY culture and Carl Jung's levels of consciousness. Their show is fun and they encourage audience participation. Each audience member will receive a prop that is a relic of their performance.

SATURDAY
APRIL 16

 
8pm SPOKEN WORD OPEN MIC Stories, poems, other. 10 min max
SUNDAY
APRIL 17
 
2pm MEET-UP:
STATEN ISLAND SONGWRITERS' CIRCLE
Anyone interested in creating original music is welcome to join us. Come and meet others who are interested in the creative process. Exchange ideas and pick up a few tips. The SISC is an informal group that meets the 3rd Sunday of the month, usually here at ETG but sometimes elsewhere. Check their facebook page for more info

TUESDAY
APRIL 19

6:30


  MEET-UP: ST GEORGE DAY FESTIVAL
    2016 PLANNING
   a new vision taking shape!

WEDNESDAY
APRIL 20
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
FRIDAY
APRIL 22
7:30 EARTH DAY
SATURNDAY
APRIL 23
12-7

ST GEORGE DAY FESTIVAL of EARTH DAY and the ARTS
   A NEW LEGEND: It Is Time to replace the old legends of St. George slaying the Dragon with new models of cooperation, non-violent problem-solving and human ingenuity.
A NEW WORLD... if you want it...    LINK TO FESTIVAL WEBSITE

St George Day Festival 2016

A gathering on Staten Island for COOPERATION, FORGIVENESS, CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, EARTH DAY, ART and DRAGONS!
This all-volunteer event demonstrates the power of community and connection.

Live Art, Performers, Dancers, Comedy, DIY Galleries, DIY Crafting, Artisan Stores, Rock Climbing Wall, Music, Free Bike Repairs, Solar Car, Maker-Space STEAM Wagon, Hoola Hoops, Tarot, Yoga Moment, Marching Band, Dragon Parade, Free Store, DT Photo Booth, Facepainting, Chalk Drawing, Kid Performers, MORE!

EMAIL          LINK TO THE FESTIVAL WEBSITE!

SUNDAY
APRIL 24
 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
TUESDAY
APRIL 26
 
7pm MUSIC: KIRTAN
Call-and-response style participatory singing with the ETG KIRTAN BAND and led by Aurora on the harmonium.
WEDNESDAY
APRIL 27
  Open Music Improvisation.  Directions: 1) Listen ; 2) Respond Listeningly
7-9


IMPROV MUSIC TELEPATHY EXERCISE
Music that invents itself.
Good listeners make good improvisers
!
Hosted by STVJNS

THURSDAY
APRIL 28
 
7pm  POETRY OPEN MIC 10 Min Max
FRIDAY
APRIL 29
 
7:30 JAZZ: RUDI MWONGOZI- SOUNDS OF NEW WORLD AFRIKA
SATURNDAY
APRIL 30
 
7pm OPEN MIC: ETG OPEN MIC

MAY
NATIONAL EXTRATERRESTRIAL MONTH

FEATURED ARTIST:   
EVERET : WOMEN CARRYING THINGS ON THEIR HEAD

 

Performance events ask a suggested contribution of $5

Most performance events are live-streamed! Click to the Neighborhood Stage.

SUNDAY
MAY 1
 
2-5 MUSIC:

Staten Island Seisiún

IRISH TRAD MUSIC SESSION -Seisiún
The Irish word Seisiún, refers to those informal gatherings, often is public houses or pubs, dedicated to the practice and performance of Irish Traditional Music. The Staten Island Seisiún is led by Linda Hickman, Douglass Barr, and Bob Wright and is open to musicians and listeners of all levels and ages. Specializing is the musical traditions of East Galway and Claire!
WEDNESDAY
MAY 4
 

Re-Collect the Events and Meanings of OCCUPY


We are celebrating the power of the people with a 2-day Re-collection of the OCCUPY events and meanings. Both nights will include photography, artwork, short video clips, featured sharers, and OPEN MIC for you to come and share your memories and what it means to you. The second night features a great movie about the change that is happening.

6:30

DAY 1: OCCUPY WALL STREET RE-COLLECTION:
Speakers, Poets, Music, Photos, Artwork

6:30 - Drumming; Slideshow; OCCUPY OPEN MIC; songs by STVJNS; songs by ROBERT ROSS, two-time NY MUSIC AWARD winner
and a NY BLUES HALL OF FAME inductee; Featured speaker, poet/author MITCHEL COHEN, who created the book "What Is Direct Action? Lessons from (and to) Occupy Wall Street"; Short video; More OPEN MIC! Ends 9pm.

Stealing the NY Dem Primary for Clinton, by Mitchel Cohen.

Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack, a crack in everything, That's how the light gets in. 
~ Leonard Cohen

THURSDAY
MAY 5
6:30 DAY 2: OCCUPY WALL STREET REMEMBRANCE: OPEN MIC and
GREAT MOVIE:
Don't Miss This! Bring your message to the OPEN MIC from 6:30 to 7:30, with featured poet Ashly Santangelo; musician Stvjns Daughs; followed at 7:30 by the excellent movie about the Occupy Movement manifestation. Discussion follows, and fun will be had by all!
 



   
FRIDAY
MAY 6
7:30

MUSIC: SIAMS tribute to BOB DYLAN  1
2-days of BOB as interpreted by musicians of the SIAMS network

SATURDAY
MAY 7
   
3pm

LITERARY: AUTHOR JOY ROBBINS and her new book "CONFESSIONS OF A SIXTIES MOM". Just in time for Mothers' Day! Staten Island author, Joy Robins, will read excerpts from her memoir, sign copies and answer questions about her life and about how you can publish your own book.

 
7:30

MUSIC: SIAMS tribute to BOB DYLAN  2

Staten Island Acoustic Music Society includes electric music, in case you wondered. This is a tribute to BOB DYLAN wherein numerous local musicians who choose to participate in the SIAMS network each interpret 2 Dylan songs, between which Elle tells tales and factoids related to Dylan, and slideshow plays. Fun!

SUNDAY
MAY 8
 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
TUESDAY
MAY 10
 


7:30 MOVIE: "DISOBEDIENCE: The Rise Of The Global Fossil Fuel Resistance"    link
WEDNESDAY
MAY 11
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
 
  Open Music Improvisation.  Directions: 1) Listen ; 2) Respond Listeningly
  7-9


IMPROV MUSIC TELEPATHY JAM
Music that invents itself.
Good listeners make good improvisers
!
Hosted by STVJNS

THURSDAY
MAY 12
 
7pm

LINKED: "You Gotta See This!" - YouTube Open
Wow! Videos from the the planet earth via youTube and Facebook. Come and get your mind expanded by these mini spectacles of our modern world. Do you know about an extraordinary shareable video on the internet that you think this audience should see? TELL and SHOW: We will all watch it together and talk about it. Any topic! Any style! Approx. 10-Minutes Max. Host: JONATHAN BRICKLIN

FRIDAY
MAY 13
 
8pm MUSIC: PEACE TRAIN
 
SATURDAY
MAY 14

SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK
RECEPTION WITH ARTISTS: EVERET!


Women Carrying Things On Their Head

8pm MUSIC:BOB CONROY & NORM PEDERSON Bluegrass, Folk and Sea Shanties

SUNDAY
MAY 15

 

12:30

MEET-UP:
SILVERLAKE FLUTE CIRCLE

 
2pm MEET-UP:
STATEN ISLAND SONGWRITERS' CIRCLE
Anyone interested in creating original music is welcome to join us. Come and meet others who are interested in the creative process. Exchange ideas and pick up a few tips. The SISC is an informal group that meets the 3rd Sunday of the month, usually here at ETG but sometimes elsewhere. Check their facebook page for more info
   
TUESDAY
MAY 17
 

EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL INTER-DIMENSIONAL
TIME-TRAVELER OPEN MIC

GRAPHICS BY
PIERA YERKES

  7pm


TUESDAY

SURPRISE VISITORS FROM THE LARGER WORLD
ET/UFO OPEN MIC (on theme only):
Share your experiences and stories, plus Music, Performances, Short Videos, and Artwork related to the ET/UFO topic.

 

   
WEDNESDAY
MAY 18
  EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL INTER-DIMENSIONAL
TIME-TRAVELER OPEN MIC
  7pm


WEDNESDAY

WHISTLEBLOWERS and PRESIDENTIAL UFOs
ET/UFO OPEN MIC (on theme only):
Share your experiences and stories, plus Music, Performances, Short Videos, and Artwork related to the ET/UFO topic.


 

 
THURSDAY
MAY 19
  EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL INTER-DIMENSIONAL
TIME-TRAVELER OPEN MIC
  7pm


THURSDAY

MESSAGES TO EARTH - MULTI DIMENSIONAL SYMBOLICS
ET/UFO OPEN MIC (on theme only):
Share your experiences and stories, plus Music, Performances, Short Videos, and Artwork related to the ET/UFO topic.


   
FRIDAY
MAY 20
  EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL INTER-DIMENSIONAL
TIME-TRAVELER OPEN MIC
  7pm


FRIDAY

MASS SIGHTINGS
ET/UFO OPEN MIC (on theme only):
Share your experiences and stories, plus Music, Performances, Short Videos, and Artwork related to the ET/UFO topic.


   

GRAPHICS BY PIERA YERKES

SATURDAY
MAY 21

   
7:30 MUSIC: STVJNS and OLGA PANCHENKO
 
8:30 GERA CLARK & T.M DUBAS and friends "SPRING SAFARI"
SUNDAY
MAY 22
 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB

TUESDAY
MAY 24

7pm FILM: "MINDFULNESS": A film By Thomas & Patrik Siudmak
This is a wonderful film portraying an ordinary world that becomes extraodinary due to the magic of mindfulness. Patrik and his Borther Thomas have traveled from Germany and have been staying in Brooklyn for the past 3 months to make this film. Join us for the inaugural screening
WEDNESDAY
MAY 25
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality

THURSDAY
MAY 26

 
7pm

  HIP HOP: E.D.O.C. with Antonio Galica

   
FRIDAY
MAY 27
7:30

MUSIC: CRAIG DONOVAN and NICK LANTIQUA LINK

SATURNDAY
MAY 28
 
7pm OPEN MIC: ETG OPEN MIC
SUNDAY
MAY 29
   
   
TUESDAY
MAY 31
 
7pm MUSIC: KIRTAN
Call-and-response style participatory singing with the ETG KIRTAN BAND and led by Aurora on the harmonium.

MAY
NATIONAL GAY PRIDE MONTH

FEATURED ARTIST:   
MARY CAMPBELL & Day De Dada: MAIL ART MANDALAS


 

Performance events ask a suggested contribution of $5

Most performance events are live-streamed! Click to the Neighborhood Stage.

FRIDAY
JUNE 3
  INTERSPECIES HANDSHAKE presents
 
7:30 THE HEARTLESS ARTICHOKES

 
8:30

FILM SHORTS       9pm  MYSTIC MONTAGE w/ STVJNS
  When we interact with another species than ourselves, it is a reach across a chasm of culture and of worlds. What we may perceive and believe about the world we share is very likely not precisely the same as what another species would perceive and believe about the very same place, in fact you could say we live in different, closely parallel worlds.
We imagine the other is living in the world we perceive.

   Tonight through music, film and lyric we explore some connections to the others with whom we share.

SATURDAY
JUNE 4
  Happy Birthday Ezair Beausoleil
 
7:30

MUSIC: CAROLINE CUTRONEO and friends

This Bird of the Dawn sings her original songs and exquisite interpretations of familiar melodies.

SUNDAY
JUNE 5
 
2-4 MUSIC: IRISH HARP MUSIC by Rochelle Lisa
WEDNESDAY
JUNE 8
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
THURSDAY
JUNE 9
 
7pm MARVELOUS MINI-MOVIE BAZAAR
Mini spectacles, touching truths, and some lively commentary you can join in; our modern world is wide-wide-wider than we thought!
Host: JONATHAN BRICKLIN
FRIDAY
JUNE 10

INTERSPECIES HANDSHAKE presents
7:30 KIRTAN
- interspecies communicating beyond words -
led by AURORA DeMarco with Geoff Coe and friends
8:30

FILM SHORTS       9pm  MYSTIC MONTAGE w/ STVJNS
Tonight, music, film and lyric.  Parallel worlds. Always there is a bridge present.

SATURDAY
JUNE 11

SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK
RECEPTION WITH ARTISTS: MARY CAMPBELL OF DAY DE DADA


         MARY CAMPBELL
: MAIL ART MANDALAS

6-10

Mandala Mail Art Exhibit - work from international artist on the theme-

Mandala - a circular graphic pattern
divided into four separate sections, symbolizing Unity and Harmony, representing the Cosmos


GOAL - to serve as a tool on our spiritual journey,  employed for focusing attention to aid in meditation.

   ALL proceeds from sales of artwork ($10/ea) go to local food pantries to increase their food stock. This exhibit is part of the "Food Can Mandala Project" which includes a 24' mandala to be created from cans of food, and on view June 18, noon – 5 pm at the Unitarian Church of Staten Island and then the food cans will be distributed to food pantries.
   Project funded in part by a DCA Premier grant from SI Arts with public funding from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs.


6-7

Make a personal mandala with Meg Graham

8pm ART EVENT:100 YEARS OF DADA
DAY de DADA performance Art Collective
presents a celebration of 100 years of the Dada Art Movement.

SUNDAY
JUNE 12

 

 
2:30 MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality - Discussion Group

 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
TUESDAY
JUNE 14
 
7pm

PHILOSOPHICAL SPEAKEASY with Michael O'Connell
"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates.
    Join us for a group study and open discussion around philosophical topics such as: existentialism, mysticism, spirituality, ethics, modern culture, and more.
   The philosophical speakeasy is a night dedicated to study and discuss philosophy. I will come prepared with some select readings and a basic overview of a topic for us to sink our teeth into for discussion and debate.

This month's topic is: "Existentialism and the search for meaning."


WEDNESDAY
JUNE 15
 
7pm Endless Love . Endless Heartache. Endless Love.
ANJOLI CHADHA'S SENTIENT DANCE EXPERIENCE
"I will be sharing a personal dance or two about endless love affairs, this real thing called Attachment, Illusions and Reality in Love Lessons.
Kenneth Iacoviello Christina Ferrara. Michael O' Connell. Elaichi Cigana, Stvjns, AND MORE
Please Come with YOUR words and poetry around the theme to add to the growth and learning.♥ Shukriyah   Gracias   Thanky   Elaichi Cigana

THURSDAY
JUNE 16

 
7pm SIOUTLOUD!: JAMES JOYCE- BLOOMSDAY
Staten Island OutLOUD’s annual celebration of James Joyce’s comic epic, Ulysses, considered by many as the first modern novel.  From Boston to Beijing, from Paris to Perth, every year on June 16, people around the world gather to celebrate "Bloomsday", reading from Joyce's classic book ULYSSES, a chronicle of Dublin life during the course of one day, June 16, 1904.  Join Staten Island OutLOUD as we read from Joyce’s work, accompanied by Irish music, good cheer and good company.
FRIDAY
JUNE 17

INTERSPECIES HANDSHAKE presents
7:30  KIRTAN with Aurora DeMarco and the ETG Band
8:30

FILM SHORTS       9pm  MYSTIC MONTAGE w/ STVJNS
  When we interact with another species than ourselves, it is a reach across a chasm of culture and of worlds. What we may perceive and believe about the world we share is very likely not precisely the same as what another species would perceive and believe about the very same environment, in fact you could say we live in different, closely parallel worlds.
And yet always there is a bridge present.

   Tonight through music, film and lyric we explore some connections to the others with whom we share.

SATURDAY
JUNE 18

 
8pm MUSIC:ALLERGIC TO B's

 
9pm MUSIC: HALF MOON is a rock-a-billy combo featuring Morty Jacobi (Vocals, guitars) with Scott Caddell (bass/vocals), Sal Azzarelli (guitar), and Joan Caddell (vocals/percussion).
SUNDAY
JUNE 19
12:30

MEET-UP:
SILVERLAKE FLUTE CIRCLE

 
2pm MEET-UP:
STATEN ISLAND SONGWRITERS' CIRCLE
Anyone interested in creating original music is welcome to join us. Come and meet others who are interested in the creative process. Exchange ideas and pick up a few tips. The SISC is an informal group that meets the 3rd Sunday of the month, usually here at ETG but sometimes elsewhere. Check their facebook page for more info

TUESDAY
JUNE 21

7:30 MUSIC: MAKE MUSIC NY: Staten Island SNUGS IN TOMPKINSVILLE PARK
WEDNESDAY
JUNE 22
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
 

 
  7-9

MOVIE: “GIULIANI TIME-A Wild Ride of Political Amibition and Cataclysmic Events”   Q & A with the director after the screening!

THURSDAY
JUNE 23

 
7:30

  ART PERFORMANCE: "USERS"
by  MANDY MORRISSON
and LORI GREEN,
Drumming by DAVID LONDONO
   Users is a performance that illuminates the perspectives of two women on opposite sides of the cultural divide; one a woman who works in data analysis, and the other, a law enforcement officer who works in the prison system.

FRIDAY
JUNE 24

INTERSPECIES HANDSHAKE presents
7:30

MUSIC: COMFORT CAT: Comfort Cat's ukulele & violin heavy music has been described as 'luminous,' 'wonderful,' 'magical,' 'awe-inspiring' and 'bananas.'

8:30

FILM SHORTS       9pm  MYSTIC MONTAGE w/ STVJNS
  We live in the world of our perceptions, through our beliefs. When we interact with another species than ourselves, with different perception skills, and mental processes, you could say we live in parallel worlds of the unknown. And yet always there is a bridge present.

   Tonight through music, film and lyric we explore some connections to the others with whom we share.

SATURNDAY
JUNE 25
 
7pm - 8:45

OPEN MIC: ETG OPEN MIC
CLOSING 9pm DUE TO LUMEN FEST

SUNDAY
JUNE 26
 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
TUESDAY
JUNE 28
 
7pm MUSIC: KIRTAN
Call-and-response style participatory singing with the ETG KIRTAN BAND and led by Aurora on the harmonium.
WEDNESDAY
JUNE 29
  Pride Fest SPECTRUM TRANS OPEN MIC at Flagship Brewery
 
7:30 FILM: "TWO-WHEELED ACTIVISM"– a film about bicycle activists in New York City (pre-premiere screening)
    In this one-woman production, we crash directly into the heart of the bicycle activist community of NYC. We follow the Public Space Party in their fight to get illegally parked cars out of the bike lanes of downtown Brooklyn. We join Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets in remembering the victims of traffic crashes. We take our bikes aboard the Staten Island ferry for a Peace Bike Ride. We get an exclusive insight into the strategies of Bill Di Paola, director of the environmental organization Time’s UP!, and we learn what it means to “ride like a hippo” from the fierce members of the women empowerment bicycle group WE Bike.
    
During the fall of 2015, visual anthropology student Emma Louise Pedersen, biked the streets of New York City’s five boroughs. Bringing along a camera as her primary research tool, Emma documented her meeting with the passionate bicycle activists, joining the community for both the fun and the frustrations of biking in NYC.
     Duration: 45 minutes
     The film screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the filmmaker.
 

Check out the gathering of AMMA at JAVITZ CENTER July 1-3


MAY

FEATURED ARTIST:   
CHANDINI PINILLA : NEW WORKS july9
PEACE MUSEUM NY: CYCLE OF PEACE july27
photo exhibit curated by Catherine Talese.
 

Performance events ask a suggested contribution of $5

Most performance events are live-streamed! Click to the Neighborhood Stage.

SAT, SUN, MON
JULY 2-4
 


ETG CLOSED FOR
INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND

 

WEDNESDAY
JULY 6
7pm MUSIC: AHMED DREAM BAND 7-piece band plays pop, jazz, oldies and rock and roll with piano, trumpet, drumset, guitar, bass, and vocalists.
All youth band with talent!
THURSDAY
JULY 7
 
7pm JAZZ: TEHRIN COLE Master bassist leads this ensemble of pro players
FRIDAY
JULY 8
 
7pm LITERARY: Two travelling novelists from Portland Oregon: SALLY K. LEHMAN and JESSICA ANN STANDIFIRD.
  Sally K. Lehman
is a micro-publisher whose novel "IN THE FAT" is an edgy YA novel that explores rough issues of family dysfunction and cutting.




Praise for "In the Fat"..."FINALLY a book for young adults that does not sentimentalize the life or body. This book tells it gut-straight and heart-sure: youth leads with the body and she won't do what you told her any more. It won't surprise me if readers carry this book around with them, in purses and hands and under pillows, frayed and torn, read so hard it's part of them."   - Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Small Backs of Children

 Jessica Ann Standifird is a poet, writer, musician and performer from Portland, Oregon. She has been writing both poetry and fiction since she was a child, and is currently working on a memoir. She has two poetry chapbooks – Getting Dressed In The Dark and Getting Dressed In The Dark Two – and one chapbook of short fiction and memoir – Like Feathers. She is also a musician and plays the banjolele, ukelele, and sings backup vocals for the Portland based dark cabaret band Bright And Shiny. Jessica is a co-founder of the publishing company Blue Skirt Productions and the artists' collective Cats In A Dumpster. She currently organizes and runs local literary and arts events, as well as writing workshops for a local mental health organization.

 
8:30 MUSIC: NICK DeFAZIO: Political songwriter promotes love and peace with his original songs.
SATURDAY
JULY 9
SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK
4pm RECEPTION WITH ARTIST: "EMBELLISH"
Paintings by CHANDINI PINILLA

8pm MUSIC: MORTY JACOBI - alone, solo & all by himself
With special guest, CAROL RUIZ

9pm MUSIC: ALL HANDS ON DECK with RACHEL ISAACS and NOEL CATTI and friends


SUNDAY
JULY 10

 

 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
WEDNESDAY
JULY 13
  Hi! SIARPB changed their schedule, will be here next wednesday. sorry for the confusion.
  a/c, chocolate espresso, and my favorite: iced green apple with soy milk. yum!

THURSDAY
JULY 14

 
7pm MARVELOUS MINI-MOVIE BAZAAR
Mini spectacles, touching truths, and some lively commentary you can join in; our modern world is wide-wide-wider than we thought! Bring your short movie to share.
Host: JONATHAN BRICKLIN
FRIDAY
JULY 15
 
6-8 MUSIC: SKYLIGHT Rock music showcase hosted by Tommy Bones

   

SATURDAY
JULY 16

     [SNUG HARBOR PRIDE DAY FEST]

 
7-10    MARILYN OGBU BIRTHDAY BASH!
SUNDAY
JULY 17
   
12:00   GATHERING FOR ERIC GARNER EVENT 2nd ANNIVERSARY outside

12:30

MEET-UP:
SILVERLAKE FLUTE CIRCLE

with Gera Clarke

 
2pm MEET-UP:
STATEN ISLAND SONGWRITERS' CIRCLE
Anyone interested in creating original music is welcome to join us. Come and meet others who are interested in the creative process. Exchange ideas and pick up a few tips. The SISC is an informal group that meets the 3rd Sunday of the month, usually here at ETG but sometimes elsewhere. Check their facebook page for more info

TUESDAY
JULY 19

  full moon night
WEDNESDAY
JULY 20
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality

 
7pm MUSIC: IRISH HARP MUSIC by Rochelle Lisa
"Very good stuff!"-S. Jones

THURSDAY
JULY 21

 
7:30

 MOVIE: "SOUL POWER" with Mohammed Ali, James Brown, Miriam Makeba, Bill Withers, B.B.King, Hugh Masekela, and other greats performing at the peak of their powers. This film takes you into the fray of this historic music festival in Zaire 1974, offstage and on, incorporating equipment wrangles and dressing-room encounters — like Sister Sledge teaching African girls how to dance the Bump, direct from Philadelphia — along with Brown showing off his quick footwork and splits. It is vérité with minimal explanation and a whirl of sun-drenched color and rhythm.
Q & A follows with Soul Power cinematographer Kevin Keating

FRIDAY
JULY 22
  Aurora-Kirtan
8pm MUSIC: AURORA-KIRTAN Participatory sing-along with AURORA DeMARCO leading the ETG Kirtan Band, using words derived from A Course In Miracles and other english language texts.

  Stvjns Mystic Montage
8:45

MUSIC: MYSTIC MONTAGE - STVJNS ambient art film, sounds, songs and music on themes of world peace

SATURDAY
JULY 23
 
5pm VACANCIES IN PARADISE- PAXUS CALTA presents a seminar on the question: "Can you really live in a commune?"
Are you ready for a radical departure from what you are used to? TWIN OAKS, the world-famous Intentional Community in Virginia, has openings for new members. Come and find out more about this life option.

 
8pm :HIP HOP: STYLING ON 'EM SATURDAY with TY BLACK
SUNDAY
JULY 24
 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
TUESDAY
JULY 26
 
7pm MUSIC: KIRTAN
Call-and-response style participatory singing with the ETG KIRTAN BAND and led by Aurora on the harmonium.
WEDNESDAY
JULY 27
 
  ART RECEPTION: CYCLE OF PEACE Photo Exhibit, hosted by NADETTE STASA. Photo sales will raise funds for the PEACE MUSEUM NY. Live music by Stvjns Daughs performing songs of world peace.
THURSDAY
JULY 28
 
7pm MUSIC: LISA SCHERMA w/ GUY MICHETTI
FRIDAY
JULY 29
 
7:30 MUSIC: SIAMS presents LEONEARD COHEN Tribute SIAMS Presents: Songs of Leonard Cohen
Various Performers + Projections & Factoids
Elle will be your MC
SATURDAY
JULY 30
 
7pm OPEN MIC: ETG OPEN MIC

MAY

FEATURED ARTIST:   
DOUG SCHWAB : PORTRAITS IN PALLADIUM
 

         Performance events: suggested donation of $5

     Most performance events are live-streamed! Click to the Neighborhood Stage.

WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 3
 
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
THURSDAY
AUGUST 4
  Singer ALAN SHORT
7pm

MUSIC: SINGER ALAN SHORT
Alan Short performs traditional and mostly nautical folk music in a powerful and rousing acappella style. ‘Infected’ by folk music from early childhood and never cured, with a few side tracks into rock, choral, and new age, his heart and soul is now firmly entrenched in the music of those who sailed the oceans, after all, what’s not to like about songs of sex, death and alcohol, with an occasional spate of cannibalism?

FRIDAY
AUGUST 5
7pm
7pm

MOVIE: "BAREFOOT GEN" Peace Action Staten Island presents this film about an experience of Hiroshima destruction by US Atomic Bomb in 1945.
Discussion follows the screening.

Barefoot Gen is a Japanese manga series by Keiji Nakazawa. Loosely based on Nakazawa's own experiences as a Hiroshima survivor, the series begins in 1945 in and around Hiroshima, Japan, where the six-year-old boy Gen Nakaoka lives with his family.

85 minutes

"Wheat pushes its shoots up through the winter frost, only to be stepped on again and again. The trampled wheat sends strong roots into the earth, endures frost, wind and snow, and grows tall... and one day bears fruit."
Daikichi Nakaoka

 

SATURDAY
AUGUST 6
 
7:30

MUSIC: SIAMS presents BEATLES' REVOLVER TRIBUTE
One of the most powerful and influencial albums by the great music group The Beatles is now FIFTY YEARS OLD, and will be presented by the Staten Island Music Society, local bands Allergic to B's and the Staten Island Snugs and special guests will be playing all the songs in album order. Elle LaFarge will tell Beatles and Revolver factoids between songs amidst a slideshow of related imagery gathered by Rob Landsman.

THURSDAY
AUGUST 11
 
7pm MEET-UP: DYSLEXIA Meet-Up
FRIDAY
AUGUST 12
 
 

S.I. OutLOUD! presents Paul Zindel's RATS
Zindel, a Pulitzer Prize winner, lived on SI and taught at Tottenville High School.
FIRST SENTENCE:
"His first day back from the Fourth of July vacation, Leroy Sabiesiak knew he'd get some good target practice with the rats in Area 17."

Rats: A good example of a horror novel for older students!
Paul Zindel's novel "Rats" is a gruesome, horrific, grisly story about killer rats. They are larger than normal sized rats, because of a chemical reaction at a landfill containing a buildup of methane gas underground. It is up to 15- year ol sarah Macafee and her 10- year old brother Michael to stop them. Zindel who is more widely known for his book "The Pigman", takes this novel to new heights and dimensions. The story is a nightmarish thriller that depicts gigantic rodents graphically devouring people. This book leaves nothing to the imagination! There is endless carnage page after page of gruesome details, numerous descriptions of bodily dismemberment, and jolts of horror. Zindel's style is fast paced and takes the reader on a roller coaster ride of horror. There is never a dull moment in this book. The plot is full of spine tingling, stomach-churning action. This book is a great motivator to get older students to read, adolescent readers will not be able to put this book down. This book is appropriate for children who are 11-14 years of age. This book IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AT ALL!! Teachers or parents may dislike this book, but students/teenagers (especially boys) will love it.

SATURDAY
AUGUST 13
SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK
RECEPTION WITH ARTIST: Photographer DOUG SCHWAB
 
5pm PORTRAITS IN PALLADIUM by Doug Schwab
 
8pm MUSIC: SI SONGWRITERS CIRCLE hosted by JIM INDELL
A community of Staten Island Singer/songwriters who mutually support each others creative process and promote the art of songwriting. This night is a showcase of original material by participants. Great talent in this network.


SUNDAY
AUGUST 14

 

 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 17
 
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality

THURSDAY
AUGUST 18

 
5-7 YOUTH SOLIDARITY HOUR
A fun teen happy hour for high school students to meet and greet and re-introduce for the coming fall season. First 20 teens get free beverage or book. Featuring a musical performance!  Hosted by Tammy Greer-Brown

SATURDAY
AUGUST 20

 
8pm FULL MOON DRUM CIRCLE
hosted by ASHLEY SANTANGELO
SUNDAY
AUGUST 21
12:30

MEET-UP:
SILVERLAKE FLUTE CIRCLE
  Join Gera Clark for this meet-up around the joy of air-based music making. Bring your favorite instrument and join the play and discussion among friends.

 
2pm MEET-UP:
STATEN ISLAND SONGWRITERS' CIRCLE
Anyone interested in creating original music is welcome to join us. Come and meet others who are interested in the creative process. Exchange ideas and pick up a few tips. The SISC is an informal group that meets the 3rd Sunday of the month, usually here at ETG but sometimes elsewhere. Check their facebook page for more info
FRIDAY
AUGUST 26
 
7:30

JAZZ MUSIC: TiPPLE featuring Frode Gjerstad (sax & clarinet), David Watson (electric guitar) and Kevin Norton (drums, vibes, percussion) - "With great dynamic and discourse the trio show their masterful skill in a variety of approaches to free improvisation, engaging the listener at every twist and turn." LINK TO "DAPPLE" by Tipple

SATURNDAY
AUGUST 27
 
3pm BOOK: ¡NO WAY, JOSÉ!: FIGHTING FIRES" is a dual-language Spanish/English children’s book, the first in a planned series featuring José Alvarez, a fresh and cunning child who is always armed with his skateboard and an insatiable thirst for adventure. This event will feature a reading of the book in both English and Spanish by author Scott Wagner and illustrator Mike Young, an opportunity to play the ¡NoWayJosé! card game, and a chance to purchase a copy of ¡NoWayJosé!: Fighting Fires.

 
7pm OPEN MIC: ETG OPEN MIC
SUNDAY
AUGUST 28
 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
TUESDAY
AUGUST 30
 
7:30 MUSIC: KIRTAN
Call-and-response mash-up style participatory singing with the ETG KIRTAN BAND and led by Aurora on the harmonium working with English language lyrics derived from A Course In Miracles and other metaphysical texts.
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 31
 
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality

MAY

FEATURED ARTIST:   
BEYOND THE BODIES : GROUP SHOW THURS Sept 8th

 

Performance events ask a suggested contribution of $5

Most performance events are live-streamed! Click to the Neighborhood Stage.

THURSDAY
SEPT 1
 
7pm

PEACE MEDITATION: SOLAR ECLIPSE BEHAVIORS
    Peace is the condition which enables and empowers creative cooperation and cultivates love. Where there is no peace, the world is crippled. During tonights New Moon leading the way for a Solar Eclipse we will focus our energies towards the World Peace.


FRIDAY
SEPT 2
 
7pm

MUSIC: STORY SONGS with ARTIE KOENIG & ANDREW CADDELL  
Golden singer with the twelve-string guitar Koenig shares the bill with Andrew Caddell and they will each play songs with stories to tell.

SATURDAY
SEPT 3
 
8pm

MUSIC: PEACE TRAIN
Great trio plays progressive and peace-related cover songs as unique creative arrangements.

TUESDAY
SEPT 6
7pm MEDITATION AND SPIRITUALITY GROUP with LISA FIORE
  This group offers the opportunity to learn about the benefit of practicing meditation, it being the tool to connect with Spirit. Sit among others who are exploring their spirituality and what their life path is.
   The class will be offered on September 6 and 13 at 7:00 pm and will end by 8:30 pm. The fee is $15.00.


THURSDAY
SEPT 8

 
7pm MEET-UP: DYSLEXIA
The Society of Dyslexia shines light on creative brilliance
 
7pm ART: JOURNEY BEYOND THE BODIES
    Special fun to celebrate this group show of paintings and drawings generated during the spiritual painting workshop series JOURNEY BEYOND THE BODIES led by Rosario Lopez and David Kunin
   
FRIDAY
SEPT 9
 
7pm

MUSIC: WORDS AND MUSIC 999 - VINCE VOK, PHOEBE BLUE AND TEH MAKE BALEAVES, POEZ, THOMAS PATRICK MAGUIRE

SATURDAY
SEPT 10

8pm
8pm WORD: NY STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 
Everyone has a story. Come out for an entertaining evening of folk tales. legends, ghost stories and personal tales told by some of NEW YORK 's best storytellers. Lots of fun. laughs and heartfelt moments. Come early and maybe even tell your story. Master of ceremonies: Jim Indellicato
Can't make it? TUNE IN TO OUR AUDIO LIVE STREAM!
 

SUNDAY
SEPT 11
 
 

SECRET HISTORY: 9-11  Empowered to self-educate

TUESDAY
SEPT 13
  ROALD DAHL 100th BIRTHDAY
Free cup of Dahl House tea with any purchase!
 
7pm MEDITATION AND SPIRITUALITY GROUP with LISA FIORE
  This group offers the opportunity to learn about the benefit of practicing meditation, it being the tool to connect with Spirit. Sit among others who are exploring their spirituality and what their life path is.
   The class will be offered on September 6 and 13 at 7:00 pm and will end by 8:30 pm. The fee is $15.00.


WEDNESDAY
SEPT 14
 
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
 
7:30

BOOK: "The Governors Island Explorer’s Guide" by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick
   Mr. Fitzpatrick will share his new book with us!
"For many, going to Governors Island is a bit of a mystery. By writing this book, which includes just about every building on the island, as well as the complete history of it dating to the pre-colonial era, I hope to provide a guide that can be used by everyone."

THURSDAY
SEPT 15

 
7pm PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY
hosted by RICH FLORENTINO
We'll discuss the most controversial issues of the day -- peaceably.
FRIDAY
SEPT 16
 
5-7 YOUTH SOLIDARITY HOUR
A fun teen happy hour for high school students to meet and greet and re-introduce for the coming fall season. First 20 teens get free beverage or book.  Hosted by Tammy Greer-Brown
 
8pm

MUSIC: THE HEARTLESS ARTICHOKES AntiFolk Poet Songwriter
MUSIC: MYSTIC MONTAGE Cinematic Mind Manifestation Music and Film

SATURDAY
SEPT 17
 
7:30 MUSIC: SIAMS presents LIONS TIGERS AND BEARS

TUESDAY
SEPT 20

 
6pm

THE ARTIST'S WAY WORKSHOP
hosted by JACLYN SHAW

The Artist’s Way is one of the bestselling gift books of all time. It has many useful tools in it that help to lift the shame we experience as we live on the artistic path. The processes in the book help to rekindle our relationship with ourselves and promote individuality as we seek our own unique path.

We will be doing bi weekly workshops for it's 12 step program for unblocking artists. Purchase the book and engage in our titlating discussions.

Purchase book here:
http:// juliacameronlive.com/ books-by-julia/

WEDNESDAY
SEPT 21
 
7pm

MUSIC: MATT BAROUCH
   Matthew Paul Barouch is a 22 year old singer-songwriter from Staten Island, New York. He graduated college in May of 2016 and is now pursuing a full-time career in music. His favorite musical influences include The Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel, among many others in a wide range of styles and eras. His own style is catchy and in the tradition of the great rock and pop artists that came before, inflected with a personal touch and awareness of the current state of the world.

FRIDAY
SEPT 23
 
7pm

MUSIC: HARRY OPPENHEIMER APPALACIAN MOUNTAIN DULCIMER

SATURNDAY
SEPT 24
     >>WEST FEST FOLK FESTIVAL IN WESTERLEIGH PARK<<
 
7pm OPEN MIC: ETG OPEN MIC
SUNDAY
SEPT 25
 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
TUESDAY
SEPT 27
 
7:30 MUSIC: KIRTAN
Call-and-response mash-up style participatory singing with the ETG KIRTAN BAND and led by Aurora on the harmonium working with English language lyrics derived from A Course In Miracles and other metaphysical texts.
FRIDAY
SEPT 30
   
  CANCELLED: SABOR and the AFRO-LATINEERS!!

MAY

Featured Artist: Art exhibition by FLORENCE BARRY
SATURDAY
OCT 1
 
7pm

MUSIC: CRAIG DONOVAN and NICK LANTIGUA
These two Brooklyn folk-rockers have creative good songs, lively and well played! From Brooklyn over the water they come, to share the bill!

TUESDAY
OCT 4

 
6pm

THE ARTIST'S WAY WORKSHOP
hosted by JACLYN SHAW

The Artist’s Way is one of the bestselling gift books of all time. It has many useful tools in it that help to lift the shame we experience as we live on the artistic path. The processes in the book help to rekindle our relationship with ourselves and promote individuality as we seek our own unique path.

We will be doing bi weekly workshops for it's 12 step program for unblocking artists. Purchase the book and engage in our titlating discussions.

Purchase book here:
http:// juliacameronlive.com/ books-by-julia/

WEDNESDAY
OCT 5
 
  7am GILMORE GIRLS'
LUKE'S COFFEE DAY
--!! FREE COFFEE from 7am to Noon!!--
   
  7pm PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY
hosted by RICH FLORENTINO
We'll discuss the most controversial issues of the day -- peaceably.
TUNE-IN to the LIVE AUDIO STREAM
11   ETG BOOK CAFE ANNIVERSARY
EL'VEN YEARS
    THREE DAYS OF COMMUNITY CELEBRATING 11 YEARS OF THE ETG BOOK CAFE AND NEIGHBORHOOD STAGE
    Marguerite Rivas & ELEKTROMOTIF with Doug Principato and Andre Martinez; Phoebe Blue and the Make Baleaves; Jimmy Wright presents James Baldwin in Film; Thomas Fucaloro and The Poets; Jeanine Otis and Larry Marshall; Drum Circle Peace Meditation; Melissa West; Anjoli Chadha; Eva Damrosch; Aurora Kirtan; North Shore Four; Julie Bentsen, Justin Dubitably and their Puppets; Vincent Vok; Gera Clark; Kleyko and Patches Band; Mystic Montage; Patches & Kristin; Christine Dixon;
and MAJOR ART EXHIBIT BY FLORENCE BARRY
Thursday
Oct 6
   
7-10pm
THURSDAY
OCT 6
7pm AURORA KIRTAN
7:30 CHRISTINE DIXON
8pm ELEKTROMOTIF
with Marguerite Rivas, Doug Principato and Andre Martinez
 
9pm (to be announced)
    FREE REFRESHMENTS
Friday
Oct 7
7-10pm
FRIDAY
OCT 7
7pm DRUMMING CIRCLE for World Peace
7:30 POETRY DANCE
with Melissa West and Eva Damrosch
8pm JEANNINE OTIS and LARRY MARSHALL Voices In Song
8:30 NORTH SHORE FOUR
9pm (to be announced)
    FREE REFRESHMENTS
Saturday
Oct 8
   
2-10pm

SATURDAY
OCT 8

(The 8th of OCT)

3pm GERA CLARK Flute Meditation
3:30 AHMED SHAREEF DREAM BAND
4pm REBEL WITH A CAUSE
FILM: "PRICE OF THE TICKET" - about JAMES BALDWIN's life
Film and Readings and Q&A hosted by JIMMY WRIGHT, local African American scholar with a focus on political activism.
6pm

BIRTHDAY PARTY


 
7pm JULIE BENTSEN AND JUSTIN DUBITABLY Story Puppets
7:30 VINCENT VOK Songs of a Poet
8pm ANJOLI CHADHA Dance improvisation
... MYSTIC MONTAGE Music and Movies
8:30 THOMAS FUCALORO AND THE POETRY PEOPLE
9pm KLEYKO AND PATCHES BAND
9:30 PHOEBE BLUE AND THE MAKE BALEAVES
    FREE REFRESHMENTS
 
 


THANK YOU EL'VEN YEARS
SUNDAY
OCT 9
 
JOHN LENNON'S BIRTHDAY! OCT 9th
LINK
 
 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
WEDNESDAY
OCT 12

 
  7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality

 

7pm
6:30

HONK NYC - The Marching Band Festival makes the scene on Staten Island with these three great international marching bands:
-From FRANCE: LE POMPIER PONEY CLUB
-From CHICAGO: ENVIRONMENTAL ENCROACHMENT
Parade starting at St George Theater at 6:30

7pm

makes its way down to the ETG Book Cafe for a concert at 7pm.
And a wild time was had by all!

ENVIRONMENTAL ENCROACHMENT

LE POMPIER PONEY CLUB of FRANCE


 
THURSDAY
OCT 13
 
  7pm MEET-UP: DYSLEXIA
The Society of Dyslexia shines light on creative brilliance
 
FRIDAY
OCT 14
 
  8pm

MUSIC: MYSTIC MONTAGE
Cinematic Music, Songs and Film by Steve ETG

 

SATURDAY
OCT 15

 
   
 
 
 

New Staten Island Compilation from Studio Bones:
FORGOTTEN BOROUGH 2
!! Tonight will be performances of the tracks by the original artists. Tommy Bones is the host. This project by Tommy Bones, to record songs by as many staten island originals bands as he could fit onto a CD, is the second such compilation project. The first was a wonderfully diverse smorgasborg of creativity, and I suspect we can expect the same from this second batch!!

SUNDAY
OCTOBER 16
 
12:30

MEET-UP:
SILVERLAKE CIRCLE MEDITATION

 
2pm MEET-UP:
SISC
Come and meet others who are interested in the creative process. Exchange ideas and pick up a few tips. The SISC is an informal group that meets the 3rd Sunday of the month, usually here at ETG but sometimes elsewhere.

TUESDAY
OCT 18

 
6pm

THE ARTIST'S WAY WORKSHOP
hosted by JACLYN SHAW

The Artist’s Way is one of the bestselling gift books of all time. It has many useful tools in it that help to lift the shame we experience as we live on the artistic path. The processes in the book help to rekindle our relationship with ourselves and promote individuality as we seek our own unique path.

We will be doing bi weekly workshops for it's 12 step program for unblocking artists. Purchase the book and engage in our titlating discussions.

Purchase book here:
http:// juliacameronlive.com/ books-by-julia/

THURSDAY
OCT 20
 
8pm MUSIC: NICK DeFAZIO: Political songwriter promotes love and peace with his original songs.
FRIDAY
OCT 21

 

8pm

  MUSIC: JIM INDELL -
  Folk rock originals by
  the creator of West Fest!

 
9pm MUSIC: HALF MOON- Awesome rockabilly with Morty, Scott, Joan & Sal
SATURDAY
OCT 22
 
8pm MUSIC: CAROLINE CUTRONEO - Folk, rock, blues, this wonderful singer songwriter also does heart-full covers. Performing with guitarist JAMES BRENNAN who is a masterful accompanist.
SUNDAY
OCT 23
 
 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
TUESDAY
OCT 25
 
7pm MUSIC: KIRTAN
Call-and-response mash-up style participatory singing with the ETG KIRTAN BAND and led by Aurora on the harmonium working with English language lyrics derived from A Course In Miracles and other metaphysical texts.
WEDNESDAY
OCT 26
 
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
FRIDAY
OCT 28
 
  8pm

MUSIC: MYSTIC MONTAGE
Films with live soundtracks, music and songs by Steve ETG

 
SATURNDAY
OCT 29
 
7pm OPEN MIC: ETG OPEN MIC

MAY

Featured Artist: Mixed media continued by FLORENCE BARRY

TUESDAY
NOV 1

 
6pm

THE ARTIST'S WAY WORKSHOP
hosted by JACLYN SHAW

The Artist’s Way is one of the bestselling gift books of all time. It has many useful tools in it that help to lift the shame we experience as we live on the artistic path. The processes in the book help to rekindle our relationship with ourselves and promote individuality as we seek our own unique path.

We will be doing bi weekly workshops for it's 12 step program for unblocking artists. Purchase the book and engage in our titlating discussions.

Purchase book here:
http:// juliacameronlive.com/ books-by-julia/

FRIDAY
NOV 4
 
  6pm MUSIC: SKYLIGHT BAND
   
   
  8pm MUSIC: FRANK HENDRICKS
  9pm

MUSIC: BOB CONROY and NORM PEDERSON

SATURDAY
NOV 5

 
3pm MUSIC: DOUBLE ENTENDRE Oboes and Bassoons perform classical works.
 
 
3pm MEET-UP: ECKANKAR
 
 
7:30

SIAMS presents POLITICS IN SONG
The Staten Island Acoustic Music Society presents an evening of diverse performers sharing political songs from all eras.

TUESDAY
NOV 8
   
  VOTING DAY for USA General Election
WEDNESDAY
NOV 9

 
  7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
THURSDAY
NOV 10
 
  7pm MEET-UP: DYSLEXIA
The Society of Dyslexia shines light on creative brilliance
FRIDAY
NOV 11
 
  8pm

MUSIC: PEACE TRAIN
Powerful trio performing creative arrangements of great classic tunes.

SUNDAY
NOV 13
 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB

TUESDAY
NOV 15

 
6pm

THE ARTIST'S WAY WORKSHOP
hosted by JACLYN SHAW

The Artist’s Way is one of the bestselling gift books of all time. It has many useful tools in it that help to lift the shame we experience as we live on the artistic path. The processes in the book help to rekindle our relationship with ourselves and promote individuality as we seek our own unique path.

We will be doing bi weekly workshops for it's 12 step program for unblocking artists. Purchase the book and engage in our titlating discussions.

Purchase book here:
http:// juliacameronlive.com/ books-by-julia/

WEDNESDAY
NOV 16
 
7pm PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY
hosted by RICH FLORENTINO
We'll discuss the most controversial issues of the day -- peaceably.
THURSDAY
NOV 17
 

7:30

 MUSIC: MILLENIAL MAKE-BELIEVE: Anti-Folk Night

FRIDAY
NOV 18
 

5pm

  MEET-UP: TEEN SOLIDARITY High school students social

SATURDAY
NOV 19
 
8pm MUSIC:ANTONIO MANCILLA- Singer songwriter
 
9pm MUSIC: CADRE - Creative philosophical music
SUNDAY
NOV 20
 
12:30

MEET-UP:
SILVERLAKE CIRCLE MEDITATION

 
2pm MEET-UP:
SISC
Come and meet others who are interested in the creative process. Exchange ideas and pick up a few tips. The SISC is an informal group that meets the 3rd Sunday of the month, usually here at ETG but sometimes elsewhere.
WEDNESDAY
NOV 23
 
7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
 
CLOSED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Mni Wiconi - Water is Life
SATURNDAY
NOV 26
 
7pm OPEN MIC: ETG OPEN MIC
SUNDAY
NOV 27
 
2:30 MEET-UP: MYSTIC ORDER OF THE SPINNING TOP - TAROT CLUB
TUESDAY
NOV 29
 
6pm

THE ARTIST'S WAY WORKSHOP
hosted by JACLYN SHAW

The Artist’s Way is one of the bestselling gift books of all time. It has many useful tools in it that help to lift the shame we experience as we live on the artistic path. The processes in the book help to rekindle our relationship with ourselves and promote individuality as we seek our own unique path.

We will be doing bi weekly workshops for it's 12 step program for unblocking artists. Purchase the book and engage in our titlating discussions.

Purchase book here:
http:// juliacameronlive.com/ books-by-julia/

   
  TONIGHTS KIRTAN is CANCELLED - 'til next month. Sorry for any inconvenience!

Call-and-response mash-up style participatory singing with the ETG KIRTAN BAND and led by Aurora on the harmonium working with English language lyrics derived from A Course In Miracles and other metaphysical texts.
WEDNESDAY
NOV 30
   
5-7

Jewel and Family Going Away Party

 
7pm MUSIC: EXPERIMENTAL MESSINA and INDESCRIBABLY DELICIOUS
Steve Messina explores sound, and then his band plays on.

MAY

Featured Artists:
Gail Middleton; Scott Van Campen; Henry Van Campen
PHOTOGRAPHY: "SUNSET, SUNRISE"

FRIDAY
DEC 2

7:30 Vatican-Cameos- by Richard RyanWORD: S.I. OUTLOUD! presents Island writer Richard Ryan’s new book (and his first novel), “The Vatican Cameos: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure”. The noted mystery writer Lee Child (author of the Jack Reacher series) said that The Vatican Cameos is, “an extravagantly imagined and beautifully written Holmes story”. Here’s a chance to meet a local author, explore his new novel and hear his ideas on the art and craft of the mystery writer.

FREE.

This event continues our series on The Maltese Falcon for The Big Read/NEA.


SATURDAY

at the CLOTHING STORE
140 Bay Street

 

Every Thing Goes Thrift and Vintage CLOTHING is having it's

SECOND ANNUAL

HOLIDAY SWEATER SHOPPING PARTY

at 140 Bay Street from 7pm til 9pm

Get your holiday on with ETG Thrift and Vintage's Second Annual Holiday Sweater Shopping Party! Stock up on fabulous Holiday sweaters and vests, so you can be the coolest cat at the Office Party, Holiday Soiree or Ugly Christmas Sweater Party.
During the party: all holiday sweaters and vests are
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE

Join us from 7pm til 9pm for
holiday shopping, refreshments and musical entertainment.

ALSO PLEASE share your holiday sweater photos with the ETG Elves by texting to this number 929-314-3842

SATURDAY
DEC 3

6pm


ART RECEPTION: "SUNRISE, SUNSET"
Photographs by
GAIL MIDDLETON
SCOTT VAN CAMPEN
HENRY VAN CAMPEN



WEDNESDAY
DEC 7

 
  7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
THURSDAY
DEC 8
 
  7pm MEET-UP: DYSLEXIA
The Society of Dyslexia shines light on creative brilliance
FRIDAY
DEC 9
 
  8pm

MUSIC:
THE BROTHERS WURZBACH
"AND THEN I WROTE..."
Come to this evening with
George and CarL singing songs they wrote, songs they say they wrote, and songs they simply stole.

watch SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION

SATURDAY
DEC 10

 
7:30

MUSIC: GERA CLARK and T.M DUBAS
"A GLIMMER OF LIGHT" For remembering the oneness of us all- all things living- a guiding light as we go into the winter solstice...
STVJNS
aka STEVE ETG- will do a short opening set of sounds and songs towards the new Earth
At 8pm Thupten Puntshok will start us off in meditation!.


TUESDAY
DEC 13

TUESDAY
DEC 13

 
6pm

THE ARTIST'S WAY WORKSHOP
hosted by JACLYN SHAW

The Artist’s Way is one of the bestselling gift books of all time. It has many useful tools in it that help to lift the shame we experience as we live on the artistic path. The processes in the book help to rekindle our relationship with ourselves and promote individuality as we seek our own unique path.

We will be doing bi weekly workshops for it's 12 step program for unblocking artists. Purchase the book and engage in our titlating discussions.

Purchase book here:
http:// juliacameronlive.com/ books-by-julia/

 
7pm PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY
hosted by RICH FLORENTINO
We'll discuss the most controversial issues of the day -- peaceably.
WEDNESDAY
DEC 14
 
CANCEL PHILOSOPHICAL SPEAKEASY
hosted by MICHAEL O'CONNELL
WILL RE-SCHEDULE
THURSDAY
DEC 15
 
7pm MUSIC: HARRY OPPENHEIMER- APPALACIAN MOUNTAIN DULCIMER
The Dulcimer master returns!
FRIDAY
DEC 16
 
7:30


MUSIC:SIAMS presents a show of popular and new
HOLIDAY SONGS
 performed by three bands:
The North Shore Four (NS4), the SI SNUGS, and Half Moon.  
Elle will be your mistress of  Ceremonies. Entertaining winter, Christmas, and New Year's images will be projected onto
the screen.  A show to treat your ears and eyes!

SATURDAY
DEC 17
 
8pm MUSIC: Staten Island SONGWRITERS XMAS SHOW
SUNDAY
DEC 18
 
12:30

MEET-UP:
SILVERLAKE CIRCLE MEDITATION

 
2pm MEET-UP:
SISC
Come and meet others who are interested in the creative process. Exchange ideas and pick up a few tips. The SISC is an informal group that meets the 3rd Sunday of the month, usually here at ETG but sometimes elsewhere.
 
2:30 STANDING ROCK WITNESS REPORT - HEATHER SIOUX brings stories, images and video from her ongoing connection to the historical events at Standing Rock, ND, where the WATER PROTECTORS are refusing to allow the poisoning of the great missouri river by a new oil pipeline. She is also collecting donations to bring to the camp if you want to help support.

What are the facts? A private oil-pipeline-company with hundreds of oil spills and broken pipelines to its credit, wants to put a new private oil pipeline through the Missouri River and many other waterways. Many thousands of citizens and veterans have put their lives on the line to stop it, and continue to do so today. Militarized police have been brutally enforcing the private oil company's wishes. Occasionally false reports that the pipeline has been stopped are shared through the media, reducing the water protector population and making it easier for the pipeline to further towards completion.

Come experience a first-hand report and discussion.

WEDNESDAY
DEC 21

  WINTER SOLSTICE
5pm WINTER SOLSTICE: THE STAR OF WONDER over T'ville Park
 
  7pm MEET-UP: Staten Islanders Against Racism and Police Brutality
   
8pm MUSIC: PSYCHEDELIC SOLSTICE VERNTRONIX
with guitarist Vernon Reid
FRIDAY
DEC 23
 
7:30 MUSIC: NANI MATTHEWS - ethereal edgy non-sonnets
 
  8pm

MUSIC: MY GIRL MY WHISKEY AND ME from South Carolina! LINK Progressive bluegrass, folk, Americana, Radiohead meets Flatt and Scruggs. My Girl, My Whiskey and Me is a twosome featuring George William Beardsworth and Kelly Colyer.

SATURDAY DEC 24th - CLOSING EARLY 6PM
SUNDAY DECEMBER 25th - CLOSED FOR HAPPY HOLIDAYS
TUESDAY
DEC 27
 
6pm

THE ARTIST'S WAY WORKSHOP
hosted by JACLYN SHAW

The Artist’s Way is one of the bestselling gift books of all time. It has many useful tools in it that help to lift the shame we experience as we live on the artistic path. The processes in the book help to rekindle our relationship with ourselves and promote individuality as we seek our own unique path.

We will be doing bi weekly workshops for it's 12 step program for unblocking artists. Purchase the book and engage in our titlating discussions.

Purchase book here:
http:// juliacameronlive.com/ books-by-julia/

   
  CANCELLED: KIRTAN See you next month!
Call-and-response style participatory singing with the ETG KIRTAN BAND and led by Aurora on the harmonium.
   
FRIDAY
DEC 30
 
  7:30 MUSIC: PETE WAGULA
Acoustic bottleneck guitarist and loop creator from NJ.
   
  8:45 MUSIC: MYSTIC MONTAGE - OCUPLEPTIC
Art videos, sounds and songs by STVJNS DAUGHS
SATURDAY
DEC 31
  CLOSING EARLY TODAY at 6pm

3

pm

3pm OPEN MIC: ETG AFTERNOON OPEN MIC
SUNDAY JANUARY 1st - CLOSED FOR HAPPY HOLIDAYS
 

 

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