PLG Arts News and Updates
Leala Cyr Performs Album Release Show at Erv’s, Wednesday, March 20, 8-10 pm
A singer with a unique and deft ability for vocal improvisation as well as a trumpet player with a warm, golden tone, Leala Cyr is a rare “double threat.” Cyr was a touring member of Grammy-winning Esperanza Spalding's "Radio/Chamber Music Societies," with whom she...
Rachel Therrien, February 20, 8pm – 10pm at Erv’s
For the February 20, 2019 event in the PLG Arts Music Series, Rachel Therrien, locally based French-Canadian trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and member of the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, will present her Latin Jazz Quartet, performing her original compositions as well as...
Megumi & Friends, December 19, 8pm – 10pm at Erv’s
From Carnegie Hall to refugee camps in the Middle East, Brooklyn-based violinist and composer Megumi Saruhashi has delivered her music to people of all circumstances around the globe. Megumi’s wide range of influences includes Arabic music, jazz, classical,...
“Rebirth B.K.” Reception. Brian Fernandes-Halloran & Karl McIntosh at The Chameleon BK
"Rebirth B.K." Reception. Brian Fernandes-Halloran & Karl McIntosh. Friday, December 7, 2018 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Chameleon BK www.thechameleonbk.com 546 Flatbush Avenue (between Lincoln Road and Maple Street). Karl McIntosh, more info here and here Brian...
The Nightingale with Mary Spencer Knapp, December 1st, 11am at Crown Heights Public Library
Children of all ages will delight in The Nightingale, a dynamic tale of a little bird with a unique musical gift and her relationship to a powerful emperor. Accordionist and Broadway performer Mary Spencer Knapp will perform her one-woman musical adaptation of Hans...
The Jazz Thieves on November 14, 8-10pm at Erv’s on Beekman
The Jazz Thieves steal Duke Ellington's melodicism, Tom Waits's grit, Bill Withers's soulful lyricism, and Kamasi Washington's modern edge, uniting all it with a jazz imagination. They released their first full-length album, "Brooklyn Elegy," in late 2016. They are...