Mon 2/4 Michelle Currie @ Machine 617-266-2986 (**) Open Mic w Steve Heck @ Encore Lounge 9:00, no cover (**) Tue 2/5 Open Mic w Steven SanSoucie(#) & Rob Wendel (#) @ Club Cafe 9pm, no cover, 617-265-4490 (**) Open Mic w Bob Femino @ Encore Lounge 9pm, no cover (**) Wed 2/6 Open Mic w Lynda D'Amour(#) @ Encore Lounge 8:30, no cover (**) Open Mic w Rich DiMare & Emily Shackleton @ Terrace Bar in the Marriott Copley (**) Open Mic w Richard DeMone @ Continental Restaurant, Saugus 8pm, 781-233-2587 (**) Thu 2/7 Daniel Gewertz @ CCAE "The Golden Age of American Pop Music: When Did It Leave The Building?: 10:30am, $2 ($1 Sr), www.ccae.org Open Mic w "Just Brian" Patton(#) @ Encore Lounge 9:30, no cover (**) Fri 2/8 David Thorne Scott(#), Mark Shilansky(#), et al @ Acton Jazz Café (452 Great Rd, Acton) 7pm, $10, 978-263-6161, www.actonjazzcafe.com Open Mic w Colleen Powers(#) @ Encore Lounge 9:30, no cover (**) Joe Della Penna(#) @ UpStairs on the Square Restaurant 6:30-10:30pm, www.joedellapenna.com (**) Michael Larson(#) @ The Wharf Restaurant 6-9, NOT open mic (**) Sat 2/9 Alexia Motley(#) et al w Jill Borenstein @ CCAE "Stormy Weather Ahead" 8pm, $15 ($13 BACA), 617-547-6789 x1, www.ccae.org, Code CF09 Dane Vannatter(#) w Quartet @ Peabody Essex Museum "Annual Valentine Concert" 8pm, $?, www.pem.org, 978-745-9500 x3011 Open Mic w Carol O'Shaughnessy(#) @ Encore Lounge 9:30, no cover (**) Open Mic w John O'Neil(#) @ Frank¹s Steakhouse 9pm (John), 10pm (open) (**) Michael Larson(#) @ The Wharf Restaurant 6-9, NOT open mic (**) "Standing Room Only" on WERS (88.9) 10am - 2pm (**) Sun 2/10 Diana Cole(#) & Carolyn Kingston w Thomas Stumpf @ Waltham Public Library (735 Main St., Waltham) "If Music Be The Food Of Love, Sing On" 3pm, free, 781-314-3425 Open Mic w someone @ Encore Lounge 8:30, no cover (**) "Standing Room Only" on WERS (88.9) Noon - 2pm (**) Cabaret on WATD 95.9 (or www.tomorrowsdreamsshow.com) 3-4pm (**) ================================================ Beyond this week. Wed 2/13 Open Mic w Phil Kassel(#) & Joe Reid @ Amazing Things Arts Center featuring Leo Ryan 7:30, $8 ($7 BACA), 508-907-6402 Thu 2/14 Joe Della Penna(#) w Estelle Lindover @ CCAE "Valentine's Day Cabaret" 10:30am, $2 ($1 Sr), www.ccae.org, www.joedellapenna.com Fri 2/15 Open Mic w Alexia Motley(#) & Tom LaMark(#) @ CCAE 7pm, $10 ($8 BACA) Jane Monheit @ Scullers 8 & 10pm, $35 Sat 2/16 Jim Keating(#) & other members of Boston Gay Men's w Bill Casey @ Club Cafe "BGMC Annual Chorus Cabaret" 7pm, $30, 617-542-7464, www.bgmc.org/concerts_special.php Jane Monheit @ Scullers 8 & 10pm, $35 Sun 2/17 Jim Keating(#) & other members of Boston Gay Men's w Bill Casey @ Club Cafe "BGMC Annual Chorus Cabaret" 5pm, $30, 617-542-7464, www.bgmc.org/concerts_special.php Wed 2/20 Bobbi Carey(#) & Will McMillan(#) w Doug Hammer(#) @ Scullers "The Envelope Please" - Oscar-nominated songs 8pm, $20 show, $60 dinner/show, www.bobbicarey.com, www.willsings.com Wed 2/13 Diana Cole(#) & Carolyn Kingston @ CCAE "How Does The Voice Work?" w Focus on Breathing 5:45, $?, www.ccae.org Fri 2/15 BACA Open Mic @ CCAE 6-10pm, $10 ($8 BACA), www.ccae.org Sat 2/16 Jim Keating(#) & others from BGMC @ Club Cafe 7pm, $?, 617-542-SING, www.bgmc.org/tickets_special.php Sun 2/17 Jim Keating(#) & others from BGMC @ Club Cafe 5pm, $?, 617-542-SING, www.bgmc.org/tickets_special.php Wed 2/20 Bobbi Carrey(#) & Will McMillan(#) w Doug Hammer(#) @ Scullers "The Envelope Please" 8pm, $20 ($65 w dinner), will@ccae.org, bcarrey@bobbicarrey.com Wed 2/27 Open Mic w Leslie Holmes(#) & Joe Reid @ Amazing Things Arts Center featuring Michelle Mascetta 7:30, $8 ($7 BACA), 508-907-6402 Fri 2/29 B. Iris Tanner(#) & Ashley Lieberman(#) w Doug Hammer(#) @ First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Mass Ave. "Animal Instincts" 8pm, $16 ($13 BACA), 781-424-1563, purrform@tiac.net, www.b-iris.com Singers from the Studio of Diana Cole(#) w John O'Neil @ First Unitarian Church of Bedford, Great Rd. Bedford "Leap Year Cabaret" 7:30, Free, 781-643-1289, di-cole@comcast.net Sat 3/1 B. Iris Tanner(#) & Ashley Lieberman(#) w Doug Hammer(#) @ First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Mass Ave. "Animal Instincts" benefit purrformance 8pm, $32, 781-483-3007, purrform@tiac.net, www.b-iris.com Sun 3/2 Grace O'Connor(#) w Doug Hammer(#) & Bruce Abbott @ Cape Cod Museum of Art (Cape Playhouse Complex, Rte. 6A, Dennis) "I've Got Rhythm"; CD Release Celebration. 2:30, $15, 508-385-4477 Ext. 15, Martimcath@aol.com Fri 3/7 Brian De Lorenzo(#), June Baboian, Liane Grasso, and Mark Morgan w Branden Grimmett @ Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St "Night & Day: A Cole Porter Celebration" 7:30, $?, 617-536-3355, www.emmanuel-boston.org bdl@briandelorenzo.com, www.BrianDeLorenzo.com Mary Ann Lanier(#) et al @ Follen Community Church "American Stories - Sandburg and His Songbag" $20 ($15 BACA), 617-254-1125, www.malanier.com Sat 3/8 Sophia Bilides(#) w Doug Hammer(#) @ Blacksmith House "Broadly Speaking: Women Of The American Songbook" 8pm, $20, 508-652-9834, Info@SophiaBilides.com Brian De Lorenzo(#), June Baboian, Liane Grasso, and Mark Morgan w Branden Grimmett @ West End Theater, 1 Washington St, Gloucester "Night & Day: A Cole Porter Celebration" 2pm, $?, 978-887-2045, www.NewEnglandLightOpera.org bdl@briandelorenzo.com, www.BrianDeLorenzo.com Brian De Lorenzo(#), June Baboian, Liane Grasso, and Mark Morgan w Branden Grimmett @ Firehouse Center for the Arts, 1 Market Sq, Newburyport "Night & Day: A Cole Porter Celebration" 8pm, $?, 978-887-2045, www.NewEnglandLightOpera.org bdl@briandelorenzo.com, www.BrianDeLorenzo.com Sun 3/9 Brian De Lorenzo(#), June Baboian, Liane Grasso, and Mark Morgan w Branden Grimmett @ West End Theater, 1 Washington St, Gloucester "Night & Day: A Cole Porter Celebration" 3pm, $?, 978-887-2045, www.NewEnglandLightOpera.org bdl@briandelorenzo.com, www.BrianDeLorenzo.com Mary Ann Lanier(#) et al @ Longy School of Music "American Stories - Sandburg and His Songbag" $20 ($15 BACA), 617-254-1125, www.malanier.com Wed 3/12 Open Mic w Leslie Holmes(#) & William Merrill @ Amazing Things Arts Center featuring Elaine Daiber 7:30, $8 ($7 BACA), 508-907-6402 Thu 3/13 BACA March is Cabaret Month event @ CCAE to be announced 6-10pm, www.ccae.org Thu-Sat March 13-15 BACA March is Cabaret Month Festival @ CCAE Artists, schedules, and costs TBA Fri 3/14 Brian De Lorenzo(#), June Baboian, Liane Grasso, and Mark Morgan w Branden Grimmett @ First Church in Swampscott, 40 Monument Ave "Night & Day: A Cole Porter Celebration" 7:30, $?, 978-887-2045, www.NewEnglandLightOpera.org bdl@briandelorenzo.com, www.BrianDeLorenzo.com BACA March is Cabaret Month event @ CCAE to be announced 6-10pm, www.ccae.org Sat 3/15 Brian De Lorenzo(#), June Baboian, Liane Grasso, and Mark Morgan w Branden Grimmett @ Wollaston Congregational Church, 48 Winthrop Ave, Quincy "Night & Day: A Cole Porter Celebration" 8pm, $?, 978-887-2045, www.NewEnglandLightOpera.org bdl@briandelorenzo.com, www.BrianDeLorenzo.com BACA March is Cabaret Month event @ CCAE to be announced 6-10pm, www.ccae.org Sun 3/16 BACA Masterclass @ CCAE 12-5pm, www.ccae.org BACA Masterclass Showcase @ CCAE 6-10pm, www.ccae.org Tue 3/25 Jan Peters(#) w Jim Rice @ Club Cafe - http://www.clubcafe.com "Portraits: Jan Peters Sings The Amanda McBroom Songbook" 8pm, $20 ($18 BACA), www.janpeters.com janpeters@janpeters.com or 724 774 1099 ( Jan in PA) Wed 3/26 Open Mic w Leslie Holmes(#) & Joe Reid @ Amazing Things Arts Center featuring Sharon DeFronzo 7:30, $8 ($7 BACA), 508-907-6402 Sun 4/6 Cantata Singers Chamber Ensemble @ Jewish Theatre of New England (333 Nahanton St., Newton Centre) "In Berlin, on Broadway: A Kurt Weill Cabaret" 3pm, $26 ($24 Sr/Student), 617-965-5226, www.cantatasingers.org Wed 4/9 Open Mic w Leslie Holmes(#) & Joe Reid @ Amazing Things Arts Center featuring Sara Brodsky 7:30, $8 ($7 BACA), 508-907-6402 Thu 4/10 Ida Zecco(#) w Jim Rice @ Wethersfield Historical Society (150 Main St., Wethersfield, CT) "Estro-Gin & Tonic" 8pm, $?, www.wethhist.org, www.idazecco.com Wed 4/16 Open Mic w Leslie Holmes(#) & Steven Sussman @ Amazing Things Arts Center featuring Rich White 7:30, $8 ($7 BACA), 508-907-6402 Fri 4/25 American Classics Ensemble(#) et al @ Follen Community Church "Up Close and Presidential"; Songs inspired by elections 7:30, $20 ($15 BACA), 617-254-1125, amclass.org, www.follen.org Sun 4/27 American Classics Ensemble(#) et al @ Longy School of Music "Up Close and Presidential"; Songs inspired by elections 3pm, $20 ($15 BACA), 617-254-1125, amclass.org, www.follen.org Fri 5/16 BACA Open Mic @ CCAE 6-10pm, $10 ($8 BACA), www.ccae.org Audra McDonald @ Sanders Theatre Part of Celebrity Series 8pm, $?, audra.spaceyplum.com, 617-472-6661 www.fas.harvard.edu/~memhall/sanders.html Sat 5/24 BACA Songwriter's Cabaret Showcase @ CCAE 6-10pm, www.ccae.org Wed 6/18 Sophia Bilides(#) w Doug Hammer(#) et al @ Scullers "CD Release: Heart's Desire" 8pm, $20 ($65 w dinner), 617-562-4111, Sophia@SophiaBilides.com ================================================ Seminars & Workshops Tue 2/26 Debbie Gruber(#) workshop in Burlington "Piano for Singers" 6:30, $75 (incl materials), 781-238-4454, www.EasyPianoStyles.com Jul 7-18 Gail Zarren et al workshop in Tuscany, Italy The Tuscany Project: Voice & Song 16th Annual International Intensive Voice Workshop in Italy 781-599-4718, Gail@TuscanyProject.com, www.tuscanyproject.com ================================================ Theatrical Events Thu-Sun 2/1-3/2 Greg Bonin(#) is Molokov in "Chess" @ Turtlelane Playhouse www.gregbonin.com, www.turtleland.org ================================================ (#) BACA Member. (*) Please remember that all schedules are subject to change. Always call before making a long trip. (**) Regular event ================================================ Venues 57 Theatre Studio 200 Stuart Street (in Radisson 57 Hotel) Boston 711 Bistro & Sushi Bar 711 Boylston St Boston Amazing Things Arts Center 55 Nicholas Road Framingham 508-405-2787 www.amazingthings.org BCA (Boston Center for the Arts) 539 Tremont Street Boston Berklee Performance Center 136 Massachusetts Avenue Boston 617-747-2261 Blacksmith House Cambridge Center for Adult Education (CCAE) Brattle Street Cambridge 617-547-6789 x1 Blackthorne Tavern Route 138, Easton 508-238-9017 Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) 539 Tremont Street Boston 617-426-ARTS (2787) The Boston Conservatory 8 The Fenway Boston CCAE (Cambridge Center for Adult Education) Brattle Street Cambridge 617-547-6789 x1 www.ccae.org Chan's 267 Main St. Woonsocket RI 401-965-1900 www.chanseggrollsandjazz.com Club Cafe 209 Columbus Ave (@ Berkeley St) Boston 617-536-0966 dbar 1236 Dorchester Ave 617-265-4490 Encore Lounge / Cabaret 275 Tremont Street (in Tremont Hotel) Boston 617-338-7699 Follen Community Church 755 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington Frank's Steak House 2310 Mass Ave North Cambridge 617-661-0666 Hi-Hat Club 3 Davol Square Providence, RI 401-453-6500 Inn at Newfound Lake 1030 Mayhew Turnpike Bridgewater, NH Jimmy Tingle's Off-Broadway 255 Elm Street, (Davis Square) Somerville, MA Longy School of Music One Follen Street Cambridge 617-254-1125 Lyric Stage 140 Clarendon St. Boston 617-437-7172. Natick Center for Arts, The 31 Main Street Natick 508-647-0097 www.natickarts.org National Heritage Museum 33 Marrett Road / Route 2A Lexington 781-861-6559 www.monh.org The Paris Cabaret Starline Room Monk Street (off Route 138) Stoughton www.starlineroom.com Piccolo's Ristorante 110 Elm St Westfield MA 413-572-1433 Raffael's at Nantasket Beach 45 Hull Shore Drive Hull MA 781-925-4515 Regattabar One Bennett Street (in Charles Hotel) Cambridge 617-876-7777 or www.regattabar.com Regent Theatre 7 Medford Street Arlington 781-646-4849 www.regenttheatre.com Riverside Theatre Works 45 Fairmount Ave Hyde Park (outside Cleary Square off Hyde Park Ave) 617-361-7024 Rock Pond Restaurant, Rte 97, Georgetown MA 978-352-7600 Ryles Jazz Club Inman Square Cambridge Scullers Jazz Club 400 Soldiers Field Road (in Doubletree Hotel) Boston 617-562-4111 or www.scullersjazz.com The Stoneham Theatre 395 Main Street Stoneham, Massachusetts 781-279-2200 The Stuart Street Playhouse 200 Stuart St (in Radisson Hotel) Boston 800-447-7400 Tavern from Tower Square Route 1 Plainville 508-699-7600 Upstairs at the Eagle House 89 Haverhill Road (Route 33) Rowley 978-948-6666. UpStairs on the Square Restaurant 91 Winthrop Street Harvard Square, Cambridge 617-864-1933 www.upstairsonthesquare.com The Wharf Restaurant 543 North Shore Road (Route 1A), Revere 617-532-4404 The Winnipesaukee Playhouse Weirs Beach Laconia NH 03246 603-366-7377 info@winniplayhouse.com