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06/03 Saturday

1:00 PM The Underground Jazz String Quartet

A Classical Appetizer:
The UNDERGROUND JAZZ STRING QUARTET is traditional string quartet that
plays jazz arrangements and original compositions which include
improvisation. The group was founded in 1991 by four string students at
the Berklee College of Music in Boston Massachusetts,and performed
throughout New England and on the West Coast.
Two of the original members,violinists Paula Zeitlin and Tomoko Iwamoto,
are joined by violist Lisa Kempski and cellist Stephanie Wingfield, in
performing pieces which meld the string quartet sound with contemporary
jazz string techniques and improvisation. The UGSQ members see
themselves as part of a long and rich history of jazz string playing,
from early blues through Joe Venuti to the Turtle Island String Quartet
to Regina Carter.

8:00 PM The So and So Series

The second installment of this new emerging writers series will
feature the staff of Ploughshares: David Daniel, Rob Arnold, Simeon
Berry, and Elisa Gabbert.

$5

email Chris Tonelli (christonelli@gmail.com)
for details or go to thesoandsoseries.blogspot.com

David Daniel is the Poetry Editor of Ploughshares and author of
SEVEN-STAR BIRD. Rob Arnold is the Managing Editor of Ploughshares and
Editor of the on-line literary journal Memorious. Simeon Berry is a
Reader for Ploughshares and his NaPoWriMo poems can be found at
http://simeonberry.blogspot.com/. Elisa Gabbert is also a Reader for
Ploughshares and her NaPoWriMo poems can be found at
thesteinachoperation.blogspot.com.

10:00 PM Big Big Bucks/80 Proof/The Frantic/Fenwick

Fenwick - wicked catchy punk repping the dirtier areas of Lowell, MA
www.myspace.com/fenwick

The Frantic - energetic New York rock n'roll
www.myspace.com/franticmusic

80 Proof - super tight, fast, awesome ska-punk
www.myspace.com/80prooftheband

Big Big Bucks - gorgeous

All Ages - $4