SPECIAL LAST MINUTE NOTICE! This Night Only -- TONIGHT--an amazing night-- January 22 a one-night-only "Milonga Milagrosa" Benefit in support of El Taller Latino Americano Multicultural Foundation
Place: El Taller Latino Americano 2710 Broadway, 3rd Flr (between 103rd St & 104th St). 212-665-9460 IRT # 1 train to 103rd Street Station. Time: 9:00 pm to 2:00 am (Beginner Class 8 pm to 9 pm) Dance all Night to Live Music by: The Taller Cuatro Tango Club, featuring international superstars Guillermo Vaisman on keyboard; Ruben Isola on guitar; Ken Rizzo on bass; and Guillermo Cardenas on percussion. Most New Yorkers have never heard these great musicians before, El Taller's unique art gallery & performance space (located in a landmarked Upper West Side building where Thomas Edison showed his first movies). Also--the World Premier performance of "Caminito," the most beloved of all Argentine tangos in a moving new English translation of Gabino Coria Peñaloza¹s immortal 1920's lyrics. Special Surprise Tango Performance at 11:00 pm. Enjoy rich Argentine wines: Malbec, Syrahs and Tempranillos from Mendoza and Tucuman. Plus Aromatic Argentine coffee along with Yerba Mate tea. Savor a banquet of splendid quesos and chorizos from Argentina, France and Italy, on crusty sourdough baguettes from fabled Silver Moon Bakery (which The New Yorker Magazine calls ³more Left Bank than upper Broadway²). IMPORTANT: You must sign a Film Talent Release to enter. Everyone (everyone!) will be photographed individually by acclaimed portrait artist Jennifer Pliego (we will gladly forward digital copies to all who provide an email address). And the entire evening will be filmed by noted director Tom Campbell, as part of a new full-length documentary (scheduled for end-of-2009 release) on El Taller. Admission $25 ($15 for El Taller students). Admission fees go to benefit Non-Profit 501c3-- El Taller, Artistic Director Bernardo Palombo has been able to entice some of the greatest names in international music through our portals, including Mercedes Sosa, Philip Glass, David Byrne, León Gieco, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Grupo Aymara, Conjunto Libre, The Soldier String Quartet, Pete Seeger, Luis Días, Larry Harlow, and many more.
