“Soriano is an essential piece of bachata’s story” – NPR Bachata is essential to Dominican culture and draws upon a variety of influences from Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Joan Soriano blends the Afro-Dominican sacred traditions of palo and gaga with bachata, imparting his music with a down-to-earth spirit and dance-ability. Joan preserves (more…)

  Amateur Night at the Apollo is one of New York’s most popular live entertainment experiences, attracting performers and audiences the world over. A brand new line-up of contestants competes for the chance to perform during the April 11th Show Off and move on to Top Dog on May 16th. It all leads to the (more…)

“Peer-reviewed rapper” Baba Brinkman (“Astonishing and brilliant” NYTimes) explores the scientific study of consciousness in his latest hip-hop comedy, fresh from a critically-acclaimed run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe. Baba’s brain consists of roughly 80 billion neurons with trillions of connections, and none of them has any clue that he exists. And yet, those cells (more…)

“Peer-reviewed rapper” Baba Brinkman (“Astonishing and brilliant” NYTimes) explores the scientific study of consciousness in his latest hip-hop comedy, fresh from a critically-acclaimed run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe. Baba’s brain consists of roughly 80 billion neurons with trillions of connections, and none of them has any clue that he exists. And yet, those cells (more…)

“Peer-reviewed rapper” Baba Brinkman (“Astonishing and brilliant” NYTimes) explores the scientific study of consciousness in his latest hip-hop comedy, fresh from a critically-acclaimed run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe. Baba’s brain consists of roughly 80 billion neurons with trillions of connections, and none of them has any clue that he exists. And yet, those cells (more…)