Fri., Aug. 2. STEVE (N.) BROCK. (The “N” is silent!) in “Around the Sun.” A return engagement for this multi-hyphenate singer/songwriter/film-writer/producer/director/voiceover artist. Although his voice has been compared to Kurt Reichenbach, Kurt Elling, and Michael Franks, Mr. Brock counts James Taylor, Carole King, Billy Joel, Elton John, Mel Tormé, and Harry Connick, Jr. among his...
Sun., Aug. 4 at 8 p.m. (Door opens and dinner service begins at 6 p.m.) ANDREA MARCOVICCI presents “A Jerry Herman Evening,” with guest, JASON GRAAE. This month Jerry Herman gets the Marcovicci treatment in this fifth in this series of monthly performances which echo the heady ‘80’s days of the weekly “Marcovicci at Midnight.”...
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, & 27. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now beginning its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Fri., Aug. 9. TA3. This trombonist, songwriter, producer, poet, and rapper from Lumberton, New Jersey has been performing and crafting lyrics for over a decade. Having been chosen to participate in several “honors” bands in South Jersey led to his study at the Berklee School of Music, and he became a featured Carnegie Hall artist...
Sat., Aug. 10. MYRIAM (BLANKAERT.) Classically trained at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in France, and initially a voiceover artist, Myriam was cast in numerous U.S. and European film and TV productions after arriving in New York City in the late 1990’s, and worked alongside Sarah Jessica Parker in the finale of Sex & the...
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, & 27. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now beginning its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 28. MIHO. Born and raised in Yokohama, Japan, Mihoko Kido, of Japanese and Korean ancestry, dreamt as a child to become a Broadway singer/dancer, but fealty to the desires of her parents led her to a career on Wall Street for 20 years…then to a drastic career change as an oncology RN. In...
Sat., Aug. 17. DOLORES SCOZZESI. Making her start “years ago, when Budd Friedman’s Improv sprinkled singers between its comedy acts,” Ms. Scozzesi studied with The Groundlings and with J.D. Lewis and Aaron Speiser. As “an actress who sings,” she was cast in Paul Horner’s award-winning musical revue, Suddenly This Summer, for which critics described her...
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, & 27. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now beginning its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, & 27. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now beginning its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Fri., Aug. 30. PHYLLIS CAUSEY. Having studied with Barbara Morrison and Howlett Smith, Ms. Causey now conducts her own vocal workshops in her hometown of Detroit and at West L.A. College. In addition to appearances in Los Angeles and Detroit, she has also taken her shows to Houston, Atlanta, and Paris, France. She is the...
Tuesdays, Sept. 3, 10, 17, & 24. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.