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Postcrypt Coffee House

 

We’re so happy to be appearing at the Postcrypt Coffee House which has been “Folking Around Since 1964.”  See you there!  Saturday Feb 24, 10:30 pm. Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University 2920 Broadway 10027

Jazz – America’s Classic Music

This month I’m celebrating America’s classic music – Jazz – with a newly refurbished jazz page!  I am blessed an honored to be  joined by Michael Howell and Bruce Edwards on guitar in bringing you some of the standard jazz tunes by Duke Ellington, Cole Porter and others.  I hope you enjoy them and thanks for listening.

 

 

Vienna Carroll, vocals–with Michael Howell on guitar

New Leaf Restaurant
Fri. November 4, 2016 at 6:30pm

michael and me 798x500ishThis most fabulous spot in beautiful Fort Tryon Park, Washington Heights, is perfect for an end of the week cocktail and jazz. A restored carriage house – by Bette Midler! – with a friendly
wait staff and great food and drinks selection. Join us! Check out the Heather Garden on your way in. No cover. Free parking. Take the [express] A train.

New Leaf Restaurant
1 Margaret Corbin Drive, New York, NY 10040
(212) 568-5323

Directions:
• Take the A to 190th Street (and Ft. Washington Ave.)– it is at the park entrance
and a short walk to the New Leaf.
• M4 bus goes into park. M98 Express bus goes to park entrance at 190 St. & Ft. Washington Ave.
• Easy walk from Broadway from 190 Street (take subway tunnel connecting Bennett & Ft. Washington Aves.)
• There is also an car exit for the park off the Henry Hudson Parkway & parking across street

Map to New Leaf Restaurant

Map to New Leaf Restaurant

Click to enlarge

 

New Leaf Restaurant & Bar
New Leaf Restaurant & Bar

 

Lady Spies and the Slave Grapevine

Sun. November 13: 1pm & 3 pm (two 25-minute shows)
Sunday Stories: A Civil War Series (Play 4 of 7)
“Lady Spies and the Slave Grapevine”
Hudson River Museum
511 Warburton Avenue
Yonkers, NY directions/map
Weds. hours: Noon – 5pm; 914-963-4550, hrm.org.
Adults  $6; Seniors (62+): $4; Members Free

Mary Elizabeth Bowser

Mary Elizabeth Bowser

Lady Spies and the Slave Grapevine
With Storyteller Vienna Carroll and Performer Keith Johnston

A formerly enslaved fugitive from Maryland describes her life as the lady’s maid of a secret Union sympathizer to her new friends in The Hills.
Q&A follows.

This  presentation, told through story and song, is part of a series about “The Westchester Hills Community & The Civil War” inspired by the Red Grooms Civil War exhibit at the Hudson River Museum. Learn more about the grand history of the African American experience in the Civil War through the human story of the resilient and heroic African American community–The Hills Community–in Westchester County, NY. Perfect for all children and adults living in Westchester County and the greater New York City area.

Mary Elizabeth Bowser, Union Spy, headstoneThis Sunday afternoon come explore:
· the larger-than-life, walk-through scenes created by Red Grooms;
· experience the Multimedia Play; and,
· Docent Tours of exhibit Red Grooms: The Blue and The Gray 

Thank you to Dr Edythe Ann Quinn for bringing The Hills community ancestors out of the shadows through her book Freedom Journey: Black Civil War Soldiers and The Hills Community, Westchester County, New York by historian/author Dr. Edythe Ann Quinn. Read first chapter.

Download flyer of all seven shows in this series The Union & the Confederacy in Westchester: African Americans and the Civil War

7 Program Series: African Americans and the Civil War in Westchester

Weds. October 19: 1:30pm, Arts in the Afternoon.  Performance 2 of 7
Hudson River Museum
511 Warburton Avenue
Yonkers, NY directions/map
Weds. hours: Noon – 5pm; 914-963-4550, hrm.org.

The Union & the Confederacy in Westchester: African Americans and the Civil War
Simeon Tierce and his wife, Sarah Jane, leading residents of the African American Westchester community called “The Hills” reflect on Lincoln’s defeat in Westchester. Performed by Vienna Carroll and Keith Johnston. A play using storytelling and song to present the African American perspective on the Civil War and featuring The Hills community. 

Red Grooms - Lincoln on the Hudson - walk-through scene

Red Grooms: “Lincoln on the Hudson” walk-through scene. Click pic to enlarge.

This presentation  is part of a series about “The Westchester Hills Community & The Civil War” inspired by the Red Grooms Civil War exhibit at the Hudson River Museum. Learn more about the grand history of the African American experience in the Civil War through the human story of the resilient and heroic African American community–The Hills Community–in Westchester County, NY. Perfect for all children and adults living in Westchester County and the greater New York City area.

Thank you to Dr Edythe Ann Quinn for bringing The Hills community ancestors out of the shadows through her book Freedom Journey: Black Civil War Soldiers and The Hills Community, Westchester County, New York by historian/author Dr. Edythe Ann Quinn. Read first chapter.

This Wednesday come explore:
· the larger-than-life, walk-through scenes created by Red Grooms;
· experience the story with theater and music (30 minutes at 1pm and 3pm);
· see additional exhibits of paintings by Red Grooms, the Civl War and more.

Get a combined rail and admission discount ticket (Buy at Grand Central Terminal/Harlem-125th Street: adults, $17.25; seniors, $12.50; children 12-16, $14.25; children 5-11, $3; children under 5, free. See Metro North schedule from Grand Central, NYC to Glenwood Station & return. Price from other stations  & Schedule.)

 


*African Americans and the Civil War:  A Series will be presented at the Hudson River Museum from October 2016 – February 2017.  There are seven performances, See below for full schedule and download in PDF format.

Sun. October 16: 1 and 3pm, Gallery (Two 30-minute performances)
Mr. Lincoln in Peekskill
Members from The Hills’ Methodist-Episcopal Zion Church of Colored People attend President Lincoln’s Peeksill speech.

Wed. October 19: 1:30 pm, Arts in the Afternoon
The Union & the Confederacy in Westchester
Simeon Tierce and his wife, residents of the African American Westchester community called “The Hills” reflect on Lincoln’s defeat in Westchester.

Sun. October 23: 1 and 3pm, Family Day (Two 30-minute performances)
Generals, Gentlemen and the Draft
Despite draft riots and heated opposition, Simeon Tierce of The Hills community decides to enlist.  Performance followed by talk/Q&A about the general terms of conscription and the Westchester Draft Riots.

Sun. November 13: 1 and 3pm, Gallery   (Two 30-minute performances)
Title:  Lady Spies and the Slave Grapevine
A formerly enslaved fugitive from Maryland describes her life as the lady’s maid of a secret Union sympathizer to her new friends in The Hills.

Sun. December 11: 1 and 3pm, Gallery
Fredrick Douglass, Freedman and Abolitionist
Frederick Douglass attends an Abolition meeting at the Methodist-Episcopal Zion Church of Colored People in The Hills. 

Sun. January 29: 1 and 3pm, Gallery (Two 30-minute performances)
A Road to Freedom:  Black Sailors and Soldiers
Letters from Sergeant Simeon Tierce of The Hills Community to his wife

Sun. February 12:  1 and 3pm, Gallery (Two 30-minute performances)
Harriet Tubman, Freedom Fighter and Civil War Hero
The Hills’ Methodist-Episcopal Zion Church of Colored People honor “Moses” Harriet Tubman after the Combahee River Raid

Download a schedule of all seven performances of African Americans and the Civil War:  A Series

Tsion Cafe, Saturday October 15, 2016. 8pm

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Vienna Carroll and Michael Howell
Saturday, October 15, 2016.  8pm
Tsion Cafe, 763 Saint Nicholas Avenue, Harlem  212-234-2070
A, B, C, D to 145th St    M3, bus

Great Music, Honey Wine, Ethiopian Food
tsioncafe.com

Tsion Cafe: Sat., June 4, 2016. 8pm

Jazz with Bruce Edwards on the guitar and Vienna Carroll, vocals.

Delightful backyard seating, good Ethiopian food, and honey wine

763 St Nicholas Avenue, Harlem (between 148/149)

A B C D to 145th St     M3 bus

Sunny Outdoor Seating at Tsion Cafe

Sunny Outdoor Seating

Directions to Tsion Cafe

Map to Tsion

Vienna at the New Leaf Restaurant on Friday, February 19th!

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With Dan Furman on piano and Jennifer Vincent on bass.  This most fabulous spot in beautiful Ft. Tryon Park is perfect for an end of the week cocktail and jazz. A restored carriage house – by Bette Midler! – with a friendly wait staff and great food and drinks selection.  Join us!  Check out the Heather Garden on your way in.  No cover.  Free parking.

New Leaf Restaurant
1 Margaret Corbin Drive, New York, NY 10040
(212) 568-5323

Directions:
• Take the A to 190th Street (and Ft. Washington Ave.)– it is at the park entrance
and a short walk to the New Leaf.
• M4 bus goes into park.  M98 Express bus goes to park entrance at 190 St. & Ft. Washington Ave.
• Easy walk from Broadway from 190 Street (take subway tunnel connecting Bennett & Ft. Washington Aves.)
• There is also an car exit for the park off the Henry Hudson Parkway & parking across street

Map to New Leaf Restaurant

Click to enlarge map

 

New Leaf Restaurant & Bar

Folk First at the Newark Museum

Friday, February 12, 2016 at 1pm
Vienna Carroll with Newman Taylor Baker, Charles Burnham,  Keith Johnston and Michael O’Brien
special guest  Chiquita Camille – dance 


Black History, Folk First at the Newark MuseumI’m so happy to be coming “back home” to Newark.  I hope you’ll join us for a most fabulous show.

Newark Museum
49 Washington Street
Newark NJ

For more info, please call  (973) 596-6550

 

RiverCulture Celebrates Folk First in Turners Falls

Weds.,  February 10, 2016 at 7 pm

Vienna Carroll with Keith Johnston

We’ll be celebrating Music and Diversity for Black History Month at
Great Falls Harvest Restaurant, 50 3rd Street, Turners Falls, MA 01376

For more information, please call: (413) 863-0023

If you’re in the area, come on out!

Vienna Carroll with Keith Johnston at Great Falls Harvest Restaurant

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