Events

Tuesdays, Nov. 7, 14, & 28.  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...

Fri., Nov. 10. SETSUKO HATA JAZZ QUINTET, featuring guitarist David Snow.  Born in Osaka, Japan, Setsuko Hata emigrated to the United States in 2011 and received an undergraduate degree at...

Sat., Nov. 11.  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....

Sun., Nov. 12 at 8 p.m.  TOM CULVER, in “I Love Hoagy Carmichael.”  For those for whom lyrics, melody, tonality, interesting harmonic progressions, and interesting rhythm are the most important...

Tuesdays, Nov. 7, 14, & 28.  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-fourth year.  Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.

Fri., Nov. 17.  JACKIE GIBSON.  “Songs at the Brill Building.”  1619 Broadway on 49th Street in New York was to the popular music of the late ‘50’s and ‘60’s as Tin Pan Alley was to the popular music earlier in the 20th Century, with the Brill Building’s girl groups and teen idols supplying popular music’s grist...

Sat., Nov. 18.  LAURAL MEADE, in “Ms. Tucker Will See You Now.”  A longtime member of the theater faculty at Occidental College, playwright and musical performer Ms. Meade has sung in Southern California venues “both sacred and profane,” and directs a choir for The Secret City.  Her vocal musicianship has turned heads at The Gardenia...

Tuesdays, Nov. 7, 14, & 28.  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-fourth year.  Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.

Fri., Dec. 1.  SANDRA PILLER.  Although born and raised in Southern California, Ms. Piller has “always been a country girl at heart,” and a number of years ago was named...

Sat., Dec. 2.  JEUDI presents “Jeudi’s Vintage Holiday Special,” a “fun and festive nod to the heartfelt and kitschy TV holiday specials of the 1960’s and 70’s, featuring lesser-known holiday...

Tuesday, Dec. 5.  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-fourth year.  Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.

Thu., Dec. 7.  SAMANTHA SIDLEY.  We can’t sufficiently convey how excited we are that Samantha Sidley has at last emerged from the “pandemic dormancy,” now with a new and more intimate show, harkening back to her beginnings with accompanist and collaborator, Dan Reckard---with their unique arrangements and insightful treatments of well-known and forgotten standards.  Drawn...