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The Nuyorican Poets Cafe would like to thank Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts for their invaluable legal assistance.
Welcome to the The Nuyorican Poets Cafe,
a cultural icon on New York's Lower East Side since 1973.
The Cafe is the most integrated place on the planet
- Allen Ginsberg
The Nuyorican presents groundbreaking works of literature, music, theater, performance art, poetry slam, hip hop, visual art and champions established as well as rising artists from every background imaginable. To find out more about the Cafe, see our individual Program pages, check out our calendar and come on down to the biggest little stage on earth.
Upcoming@theNuyorican
- 12th Annual Teen Poetry Slam - Semifinals
Mar 20>Sat@3:00pm>$7/$5 for teens/FREE for perfomers (must sign up in advance) - Yes We Can: Women's History Month Poetry
Hosted by Chance
Featuring Prisionera, Gloria Fontanez, Seary, Maria Aponte, Passion, Mia, and Jamica
Mar 20>Sat@7:00pm>$10 - WORDS Hip Hop & Poetry Showcase & Open Mic
Hosted by Wiseguy & Gaston with DJ Boo
Mar 20>Sat@10:00pm>$12 ($10 w/ invite) - The Dirty Dozen: Erotic/Fetish Open Mic (18+)
Hosted by Master James and SImply Rob
Featuring The Dirty Dozen
Mar 21>Sun@9:00pm>$10 - Sciryl's Poetry & Music Aries Celebration
Hosted by Brian "Sciryl" Henry
Featuring Turnstylz
Mar 24>Wed@7:00pm>$10 - Wednesday Night Slam Open
Hosted by Jive Poetic
Mar 24>Wed@9:00pm>$7 - August Wilson's Women
Featuring Scenes & monologues from August Wilson's plays emphasizing the women characters
Mar 25>Thu@7:00pm>$10 (Thursdays only) - Thursday Night Latin Jazz
Featuring Willie Martinez & La Familia Sextet
Mar 25>Thu@9:00pm>$7/$5 for students - August Wilson's Women
Featuring Scenes & monologues from August Wilson's plays emphasizing the women characters
Mar 26>Fri@7:00pm>$20/$18 w/ flyer or postcard/$15 for students or seniors w/ID - The Nuyorican Friday Night Poetry Slam
Hosted by Mahogany L. Browne
Featuring Jeanann Verlee
Mar 26>Fri@10:00pm>$10 - Astoria Park: A staged reading of the groundbreaking feature film script
Mar 27>Sat@1:30pm>$7 - August Wilson's Women
Featuring Scenes & monologues from August Wilson's plays emphasizing the women characters
Mar 27>Sat@7:00pm>$20/$18 w/ flyer or postcard/$15 for students or seniors w/ID - VERSES
Hosted by Helena D. Lewis
Mar 27>Sat@10:00pm>$10 - Bobby Sanabria/New School Afro-Cuban Big Band
Mar 28>Sun@8:00pm>$10 - Los Angeles Review Contributors Reading
Hosted by Laurie Junkins
Featuring Los Angeles Review writers and contributors
Mar 29>Mon@7:00pm>$10 - Celebrate Cesar Chavez 2010
Hosted by Emcee Ernesto Mireles
Featuring spoken word, film, dance, music, and art
Mar 30>Tue@7:00pm>$7 - Variety Tonight
Hosted by Frank Calo
Mar 30>Tue@9:00pm>$10 - AIO Night
Hosted by Shailly Agnihotri, host of Didi Says…Let’s Talk!
Featuring featuring works by Jessica D. Bhargava and Rajiv Varma with scenes from D'Arranged Marriage and more
Mar 31>Wed@7:00pm>$8/$5 students - Write from Wrong
Hosted by Frank Black
Mar 31>Wed@7:00pm>$7 - Wednesday Night Slam Open
Hosted by Jive Poetic
Mar 31>Wed@9:00pm>$7 - August Wilson's Women
Featuring Scenes & monologues from August Wilson's plays emphasizing the women characters
Apr 1>Thu@7:00pm>$10 (Thursdays only) - Thursday Night Latin Jazz
Featuring Chembo Corniel & his Chaworo Band
Apr 1>Thu@9:00pm>$7/$5 for students - August Wilson's Women
Featuring Scenes & monologues from August Wilson's plays emphasizing the women characters
Apr 2>Fri@7:00pm>$20/$18 w/ flyer or postcard/$15 for students or seniors w/ID - The Nuyorican Friday Night Poetry Slam
Hosted by Mahogany L. Browne
Featuring Edmond Chavez
Apr 2>Fri@10:00pm>$10 - Rome Neal's Banana Puddin' Jazz Jam & Open Mic
Hosted by Rome Neal
Featuring 7th Anniversary Special!
Apr 3>Sat@9:00pm>$15