March Events @ Tillie's

Open Mic Thursday 3/1 3/15 3/29

Sign-up 8:30 p.m Performances 9:00 p.m. Host: Conquest Cover: $2

Salon Series

Wednesday, March 21st 7:30 p.m. Writing Aloud Reading Series Sponsored by the Fort Greene-based New York Writer’s Coalition In honor of Women’s History Month

Albyn Hall, author of THE RHYTHM OF THE ROAD, a novel Erica Simone Turnsipseed, author of A LOVE NOIRE, a novel Clarissa Cummings, host/curator

No cover

Music

Friday, March 16th Randal 8 p.m. Roland Fidezius, bass Peter Van Huffel, saxophone Jostein Gulbrandsen, guit Fred Kennedy, drums Composer and double bassist Fidezius, from Berlin, Germany, plays highly expressive, rhymically complex avant-jazz that “sound fresh despite its indebtedness to the downtown New York scene.” Time Out New York Cover: $5 Friday, March 23rd 8 p.m. Alex Heitlinger Group Jazz composer and trombonist whose debut DC “Green Light” featured pianist Art Lande and trumpeter Greg Gisbert with music described as both “melodic and sonorous, full of appealing hooks and rich harmonies.” In addition to working with his own band, Heitlinger also performs with many Cuban musicians. Cover: $5

Friday, March 30th ElastiCity festival Chamber Jazz Night

7 p.m. French horn player Dan Shaud and ensemble 8:15 p.m. Lily Maase Quartet Lily Maase, guitar Adam Kinner, saxophone Miles Perkins, bass Liam O’Neil, drums 9:30 p.m. Todd Sickafoose’s Blood Orange Cover: $5