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OFF THE MENU
by Florence Fabricant
Moscow 57 Presents Kapowski's In September, the restaurant and cabaret Moscow 57 will turn into this new boîte for Russian and Central Asian small plates. Tony Powe, who was the owner of the bar 2nd Floor on Clinton, which is closing, has teamed up with Ellen Kaye and her partners who own Moscow 57. The chef will be Nikita Ponomarev, who is from Yekaterinburg, Russia, and who has been cooking in New York for the last five years. Like Moscow 57, which will close at the end of the evening on Aug. 1, the new place will also offer cabaret. The name Kapowski's is a mash-up of Kaye and Powe: 168½ Delancey Street (Clinton Street), 212-260-5775.
Read article on the NYTimes.com here.
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Join us this week, Wednesday - Saturday,
before we close for the month of August,
and raise a toast of icy cold vodka on us to what comes next...
The password is "gone fishing".
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Here is New York
"The commuter is the queerest bird of all. The suburb he inhabits has no essential vitality of its own and is a mere roost where he comes at day's end to go to sleep. Except in rare cases, the man who live in Mamaroneck or Little Neck or Teaneck, and works in New York, discovers nothing much about the city except the time of arrival and departure of trains and buses, and the path to a quick lunch. He is desk-bound, and has never, idly roaming in the gloaming, stumbled suddenly on Belvedere Tower in the Park, seen the ramparts rise sheer from the water of the pond, and the boys along the short fishing for minnows, girls stretched out negligently on the shelves of the rocks; he has never come suddenly on anything at all in New York as a loiterer, because he has had no time between trains. He has fished in Manhattan's wallet and dug out coins, but has never listened to Manhattan's breathing, never awakened to its morning, never dropped off to sleep in its night."
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Monday, September 7 - Labor Day
Thursday, September 11 - 9/11 Remembrance Day
Monday, September 21 - International Peace Day
Wednesday, September 23 - Autumnal Equinox
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Ever since our first 2014 Women's History Month celebration we can't stop honoring Brave Women!
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Amelia Earhart
(1897-1937?)
When 10-year-old Amelia Mary Earhart saw her first plane at a state fair, she was not impressed. "It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and looked not at all interesting," she dismissively said. It wasn't until she attended a stunt-flying exhibition, almost a decade later, that she became seriously interested in aviation. A pilot spotted Earhart and her friend, who were watching from an isolated clearing, and dove at them. "I am sure he said to himself, 'Watch me make them scamper,'" she exclaimed. Earhart, who felt a mixture of fear and pleasure, stood her ground. As the plane swooped by, something inside her awakened. "I did not understand it at the time," she admitted, "but I believe that little red airplane said something to me as it swished by." On December 28, 1920, pilot Frank Hawks gave her a ride that would forever change her life. "By the time I had got two or three hundred feet off the ground, I knew I had to fly."
Find out more fascinating parts of her life here!
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Ellen Kaye hosting & performing every night with The M57 Band -
Ethan Fein & Benjamin Franklin Brown with guest artists.
M57 MUSIC POLICY
We pay and care for our musicians.
We have a
suggested cover charge of $10,
or as much as you can afford.
If you're broke, then don't worry about it.
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THIS WEEK
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JULY 29th - AUGUST 2nd 2015
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Wednesday 7/29
9pm - Grace Garland
Cleve Douglass
presented by KEYED UP!
10pm - Richard Stein Ellen Kaye with Ethan Fein & The M57 Band Thursday 7/30
8pm - Dmitry & Maria
9pm - Emerging Talent Night
22 Lemons, Isabelle Arianna, Katie Dinerman,
Luci McIlwaine, Mallaidh, Sumner Welles
Friday 7/31
9:30pm - Kiss Me Like a Stranger Once Again:
A Set of Tom Waits Tunes
Ellen Kaye with Ethan Fein, Cleve Douglass,
Yuri Lemeshev, Benjamin Franklin Brown, Art Lillard
Saturday 8/1
We are
CLOSED for Brunch
on Saturday
Saturday AT NIGHT
Yuri Lemeshev
Claire Rodman
Ellen Kaye with Ethan Fein
& The M57 Band
Sunday 8/2 GONE FISHING! With the fondest of farewells, we bid you goodbye until we meet again (We'll bring you back some sturgeon... or maybe a trout)
CLOSED
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CLOSED - SUNDAY, AUGUST 2ND
OPENING - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST
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See you in September!
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GRACE GARLAND
Wed, July 29
9pm
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KEYED UP!
presents
CLEVE DOUGLASS
Wed, July 29
9pm
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MOSCOW 57 EMERGING TALENT NIGHT
Thurs, July 30
10pm - 12pm
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KISS ME LIKE A STRANGER:
A SET OF TOM WAITS TUNES
Fri, July 31
9:30 pm
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YURI LEMESHEV
Every Friday & Saturday night!
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Ms. Grace Garland is a triple-threat: Singer-Actress-Songwriter! (and author of the "
funny/raunchy
" self-help book "Loneliness Makes You Stupid!")
Grace uses her
sexy, sultry voice
to fuse jazz with a
soupçon
of R&B flavor.
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Improvisational jazz vocalist Cleve Douglass began his vocal training in classical (operatic) vocal technique, then studied and worked in musical theater, which eventually led him to his passion: jazz and scat improvisations.
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Come check out our M57 baby mules as they take the stage! Isabelle Arianna, Katie Dinerman, Luci McIlwaine, Mallaidh, Sumner Welles, & 22 Lemons
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Ellen Kaye
with Ethan Fein
Cleve Douglass
Benjamin Franklin Brown
Yuri Lemeshev
Art Lillard
Check out more below!
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Yuri Lemeshev was born on the island of Sakhalin, RSFSR, Soviet Union. He emigrated to the United States in 1989, and became well known in New York City's East Village for his performances in bistros, wearing various hats and wigs.
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KISS ME LIKE A STRANGER
A SET OF TOM WAITS TUNES
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Ellen Kaye &
Ethan Fein
with Yuri Lemeshev Benjamin Franklin Brown Cleve Douglass Art Lillard
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Moscow 57
Fri, July 31st
9:30pm
With Jed Distler:
Friday, August 28
Friday, September 25
Friday, October 23
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M57 ON THE ROAD
Ellen Kaye with Ethan Fein & The M57 Band performing at:
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Sunday, August 16th
@
the Children's Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, NJ
with the Eve Fenton Love-All Foundation
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Thursday, August 20th
@
The Cornelia Street Café
9:30pm
Ellen Kaye & Jed Distler in the When I Was a Boy series, flying under the HeForShe banner. Tom Waits tunes and more!
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Sunday, October 19th
@
Orchard St. between Houston & Delancey
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Mary Foster Conklin
Jazz at the Kitano
66 Park Avenue
(E 38th St.)
Wed, August 19, 2015
8pm & 10pm
Reservations: 212-885-7119
$15 cover + $20 food/drink minimum
with
John diMartino - piano
Ed Howard - bass
& Shinnosuke Takahashi - drums
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City Parks Foundation's
Tennis Benefit
Tuesday, September 1
5pm - 10pm
City Parks Foundation will welcome guests to the CityParks Tennis Benefit, an annual fundraising benefit that helps CPF offer free, high-quality tennis instruction and use of equipment to over 8,000 kids at 40 parks citywide.
More information here!
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A GREAT NEW MOVEMENT FROM UN WOMEN
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Cheryl Benton, founder of The Three Tomatoes and President of the NY Chapter of the US National Committee for UN Women, first saw Ellen performing
When I Was A Boy at The Metropolitan Room in Chelsea. Inspired by Ellen's performance, Cheryl invited her to perform at the 11th Annual UN Women Luncheon in March 2012.
Today, Ellen and Cheryl join forces once again in hopes of eliminating gender inequality once and for all. They've decided to use the great Dar Williams tune When I Was A Boy to further awareness for the cause
and spread the word!
Click below to see
Ellen Kaye performing
When I Was A Boy at The Metropolitan Room with Ethan Fein & The M57 Band
Click below to listen to
Dar Williams, the song writer,
from her album
The Honesty Room
Cleve Douglass, Ellen Kaye & Jordan Pettay
at the Hungarian Consulate
Ellen Kaye and Cleve Douglass
at The Hungarian Consulate
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T
he UN Women Solidarity Movement
for Gender Equality
&
Moscow 57
Have Partnered in Support of the
HeForShe Movement!
Click the image above to watch Emma Watson's He for She speech at the United Nations.
ABOUT HEFORSHE
Moscow 57 is a fervent supporter of HeForShe, a solidarity movement for gender equality developed by UN Women to engage men and boys as advocates and agents of change for the achievement of gender equality and women's rights. The campaign encourages men and boys to speak out and take action against
inequalities faced by women and girls.
MEN! Click on the link below to join the campaign.
WOMEN! Click on the link below and grab your men,
so they can join the campaign.
Like HeForShe on
Facebook
MEN AND WOMEN! Click on the link below to donate in any amount.
M57 will be donating ALL THE PROFITS from the sale of the single "When I Was A Boy" to the
HeForShe campaign through 2015.
When I Was A Boy
a single
Music & Lyrics by Dar Williams
Ellen Kaye on vocals
Ethan Fein on guitar
You can find and buy the single below at:
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ALPHOSPHORE VARIATIONS
Alfonso Vilallonga
Moscow 57 is releasing Vilallonga's latest album, Alphoshore Variations, in the US this evening. Alfonso and Moscow 57 have a long history. M57 owner Ellen Kaye first met Alfonso at The Algonquin Hotel, when they were both performing on Steve Ross's radio show about 20 years ago. "I remember she sang 'One Meat Ball' sort of hiding behind an arm chair.
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AMONG THE STARS
Kelley Suttenfield & Tony Romano
Among the Stars
is the second release for acoustic jazz vocalist Kelley Suttenfield. Known for her "passionate delivery that can penetrate hearts" (JazzReview), once again she embarks on a musical exploration - this time traversing through jazz and singersongwriter territories, and landing squarely in the space between.
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TOSH SHERIDAN TRIO EP
Tosh Sheridan
Tosh has composed music for dance productions and short movies. His latest score is featured in Coleman Hough's (writer of Stephen Soderbergh's feature film Full Frontal and Bubble) short movie The Tale of Two. Tosh has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with many great artists including, Gene Bertoncini, John Stowell, Paul Meyers, Robin McKelle, and Norah Jones.
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MIMI SHERATON
1,000 FOODS TO EAT BEFORE YOU DIE
A Food Lover's Life List
Featuring
Moscow 57's
Blini with Caviar
on page 405
The ultimate gift for the food lover. In the same way that 1,000 Places to See Before You Diereinvented the travel book, 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die is a joyous, informative, dazzling, mouthwatering life list of the world's best food. The long-awaited new book in the phenomenal 1,000 . . . Before You Die series, it's the marriage of an irresistible subject with the perfect writer, Mimi Sheraton-award-winning cookbook author, grande dame of food journalism, and former restaurant critic for The New York Times.
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BORIS FISHMAN
A REPLACEMENT LIFE:
A Novel
A singularly talented writer makes his literary debut with this provocative, soulful, and sometimes hilarious story of a failed journalist asked to do the unthinkable: Forge Holocaust-restitution claims for old Russian Jews in Brooklyn, New York.
Yevgeny Gelman, grandfather of Slava Gelman, "didn't suffer in the exact way" he needs to have suffered to qualify for the restitution the German government has been paying out to Holocaust survivors. But suffer he has-as a Jew in the war; as a second-class citizen in the USSR; as an immigrant to America. So? Isn't his grandson a "writer"?
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VLADIMIR ALEXANDROV
THE BLACK RUSSIAN
The Black Russian is the incredible true story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, born in 1872 to former slaves who became prosperous farmers in Mississippi. After his father was brutally murdered, Frederick left the South and worked as a waiter in Chicago and Brooklyn. Seeking greater freedom, he traveled to London, then crisscrossed Europe, and-in a highly unusual choice for a black American at the time-went to Russia.
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BEN STROUSE
HEY BOY
When his parents tell him he isn't big enough to care for a shelter dog, a small boy begins his struggle to "grow up faster
than anybody!"
Over the years, as the boy learns to tie his shoes, to write homework, and to remember other people's birthdays. He
visits the shelter to spend time with his friend and dream about the future.
And in the end, his love blossoms into the strength and
courage he needs to redeem their years apart.
Bedtime stories come in all shapes and sizes, and in this one a child facing the challenge of growing up learns that love can be stronger than sadness, more enduring than time, and a key to happiness in an imperfect world.
Hey Boy by Ben Strouse & Jen Phelan.
Buy it here!
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featuring Jerry Stiller, Milton Glaser and Alfonso Villalonga
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Episode 1
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Episode 2
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Episode 3
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Episode 4
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Episode 5
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Episode 6
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Episode 7
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Episode 8
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Episode 9
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Episode 10
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Episode 11
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Episode 14
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BOOK YOUR 2015 PARTIES WITH MOSCOW 57!
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Getting to Moscow 57 is easy!
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DELANCEY-ESSEX STREET STATION
the trains are F/J/M/Z
GRAND STREET STATION
the trains
are B/D
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Moscow 57 is a fervent supporter of:
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