The Peoples' Voice Cafe 239 Thompson St, New York, NY 10012 / 212-787-3903
PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City,
presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979.
We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.
Alcohol-free ~ Fully Wheelchair Accessible
Refreshments are back!
Masks are no longer required as of March 23
We will continue to offer KN95 or other high quality masks to anyone who wants one.
We use three HEPA air purifiers within the Assembly Hall.
Violizzy & Friends
Violizzy is a prolific violinist/fiddler/singer-songwriter focused on the environment, labor, and other social struggles. She has spent her career
combining politics with the healing power of music, simultaneously lifting the spirits of her audiences and helping to educate others. Violizzy is a
member of Bluestone 739, The Val Kinzler Band, the UNSCR Symphony Orchestra, the Queer Urban Orchestra, ARTivistUS, the People's Music Network, the NYC
Labor Chorus, and is the President on the Board of Directors of Performance Wellness Inc, a non-profit organization that trains and works with people
who want to learn the Dr. Louise Montello Method of Performance Wellness. This evening Violizzy will be joined by Stephen Hodorowski, Carol Daly,
Alice Dow, Trevor Hochman, Judy Gorman and Cara Schwarz. violizzy.com Facebook Instagram
Photo by Susan Wilson
Kim Wallach
Kim Wallach writes original songs that cover the gamut from book banning, refugees, and racial injustice, to the health benefits of pets, all graced with
some hard earned wisdom, and an out-of-left-field sense of humor. With considerable skills on guitar, banjo and piano, Kim is sure to surprise and delight
new listeners and old friends.
"Wallach's delightful contradictions - a deadpan demeanor interwoven with her coyly comical delivery... clear, pure soprano... an air of innocence
saturated in satirical glee." -- The Boston Globe
kimwallach.com
LOCATION:
Judson Memorial Church
Assembly Hall (not the main sanctuary on West 4th St.)
239 Thompson Street, between West 3rd and West 4th Streets
New York NY 10012
TRANSPORTATION:
to West 4th St./Washington Square - south exit
Walk three blocks east to Thompson Street; turn left. (3 minutes) MAP
SHOWTIMES:
All shows start at 8 PM, Saturdays. Doors open at 7:15.
No reservations, so come early to be assured a seat.
ADMISSION:
Suggested contribution: $20. Friends of PVC*: $12. Students & Youth: $12
Folk Music Society of NY Members: $12. Judson Memorial Church Members: $12
More if you choose, less if you can't. No one turned away for lack of money. *Friends of PVC include monthly sustainers, regular volunteers, Collective members,
performers and people who donate at least $30.
ACCESSIBILITY:
Wheelchair accessible (including bathrooms). For info call 212-787-3903.
On a warm Sunday afternoon in 1964, two teenage folkies, each with a guitar in hand, found one another by the fountain in Washington Square Park.
They hung out together that summer, frequenting the movie houses of Greenwich Village, picnicking in Central Park, watching the July 4th fireworks from a
rooftop in Queens, and making lots of music. Then Genny Haley returned to sunny California (well, really to foggy San Francisco), leaving Steve Suffet
behind to fend for himself on the fetid streets of the Big Apple. Now they are about to meet again for the first time in 60 years. We don't know what is
going to happen, but we assure you it will be something wonderful.
Genny Haley
Genny Haley is a folk/roots music singer and songwriter. She is a founding member of the all-female Any Old Time String Band that recorded two albums,
and that played regularly in the SF Bay Area and at major US and Canadian folk and bluegrass festivals and venues in the 1970s. Genny then sang for 21
years with the Zenith Jazz Band, a traditional New Orleans style band that also played festivals and recorded an album. She once drove a '66 Chevy Carryall
across the country, camping in it, going to old-time and folk music festivals, and meeting her musical icons like Doc Watson and Alice Gerrard. Genny's
songs, like that old truck, will take you lots of miles and keep running strong. On her recent CD, Blue Highways of My Heart, she invites you to ride
shotgun, turn up the radio, open the window, and sing along while the wind blows your hair around. If you hear the ghosts of old Highway 99, don't be
surprised - you're hearing real, authentic folk music from a real, authentic California original. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
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Steve Suffet
Better known in the United Kingdom than back home in the USA, Steve Suffet is best described as an old fashioned folksinger in the People's Music tradition,
as well as a long-time Peoples' Voice Cafe performer. His repertoire is a mixture of railroad songs, trucker songs, coal miner songs, cowboy songs,
union songs, old time ballads, blues, ragtime, Gospel, bluegrass, topical-political songs, Woody Guthrie songs, Irish songs, and whatever else tickles his
fancy, including several songs he has written himself in traditional style. What all his songs have in common is that they are about working people, their
lives, their loves, their hopes, and their struggles.
stevesuffet.com
This year's Season Finale brings together artists who combine the imagery and dynamism of spoken word with the rhythms and melodies of music.
When these artists join forces, they create SPARKS! Expect joyous collaboration and improvisation, including a renaming ceremony to celebrate Fred's
birthday and honor his mixed anti-racist heritage. The first time they played Peoples' Voice Cafe in 2016, they blew the roof off!
Fred Arcoleo
Pat Lamanna calls Fred "Don McLean meets Phil Ochs." His RALLY FOLK! MUSIC addresses the difficult truths of our times with courage, tenderness, optimism,
and determination. His three albums to date have charted on Folk Radio, reaching as high as #7. His newest song, the multi-genre "History Speaks,"
addresses the present global crisis.
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Shanika Anderson
Shanika possesses a rare and magnificent voice. Growing up singing in the church, she started writing songs when she was 12. In her mid-20s, she began
devoting her attention to music that spoke out against police brutality, systemic racism, and imperialist war, and promoted unity among working-class
people of the world. Her song "Too Many Names," which pays tribute to victims of racist police murders, was featured in Kathleen Foster's award-winning
documentary Profiled. She will leave you spellbound.
Demetrius Daniel
Demetrius is renowned on the New York City poetry circuit and an instant hit anywhere he performs, pioneering a poetry-music hybrid called TROMBOETRY,
infusing his spoken word creations with a New Orleans-style trombone gumbo. Stark Reality's Viviana Grell says Demetrius keeps audiences "engaged,
entertained, and awake!"
tromboetry.com
Robert Gibbons
Robert Gibbons channels Langston Hughes into a riveting amalgam of spoken word and music steeped in blues and gospel traditions. Three Rooms Press
published his first collection of poetry, Close to the Tree, which Miriam Hipsh calls deeply emotional truth-telling. Marc Primus notes, "The poetry
of Robert Gibbons flows from him like a mighty river."
threeroomspress.com/authors/robert-gibbons
Amber Atiya
Born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Amber's fiercely original multidisciplinary poetry mesmerizes audiences with her emotional honesty and profound
insights into city life. A Poets House fellow, her chapbook The Fierce Bums of Doo-Wop is currently in its second printing.
poetryfoundation.org/poets/amber-atiya poetshouse.org/profile/amber-atiya
Help The Peoples' Voice Cafe!
We are making great progress towards our fundraising goal!
A heart-felt thanks to all who have contributed so far.
If you can help, please click here.
The Peoples' Voice Cafe is supported in part by the generosity of
Peoples' Voice Cafe, started in 1979 by members of Songs of Freedom and Struggle, carries forward the vision of
using songs and performing arts to support the struggle for peace and justice.
All are impacted by the history and ongoing practice of systemic racism in this country and the continuing
brutal murders of Black Americans by police.
We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, outraged by the many faces of racism found in education,
healthcare, housing, jobs, poverty, criminal justice, and voting. All must be free to move about in the
"land of the free" without suspicion, harassment, or arrest.
Peoples' Voice Cafe stands committed to speak out, sing out, and work against racism, white supremacy, and
indifference.
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