{"id":2110,"date":"2011-12-10T22:44:57","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T03:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/h\/?p=2110"},"modified":"2011-12-25T14:31:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-25T19:31:14","slug":"mc-open-mic-series-christmas-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/mc-open-mic-series-christmas-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"MC Open Mic Series- Christmas Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\">Dear MC Friends,<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve been rolling for three month now and MCMonday is better every time.<br \/>\nThe\u00a0performances\u00a0are awesome, and the mood i don&#8217;t even want to talk about.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #222222;\"><br \/>\nI&#8217;m thrilled to welcome Roger Bonair-Agard &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueflowerarts.com\/roger-bonair-agard\">http:\/\/www.blueflowerarts.com\/roger-bonair-agard<\/a>&gt; \u00a0as our feature artist this month.<br \/>\nIf you don&#8217;t know his work, you have no idea what you have been missing.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s also the person who directly inspired me to start this series.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s visiting from Chicago for just a few days, please make sure to get a taste of his amazing work.<br \/>\nAnd of course, of many others that choose to perform.<br \/>\n<\/span>It&#8217;s your Other Kind of Christmas Celebration, so come out and Celebrate Arts and the Art of connecting with your MC Family.<br \/>\nI am sending you this invite early so that you have enough time to cancel whatever else you might have planned for that evening, cause \u00a0nothing can be more fabulous then this.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #222222;\">Below are the series details.<br \/>\nYours<br \/>\n<\/span>MC_Mill <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\">Contact: BRUKAProduction<br \/>\n281 West 119th\u00a0Street, #5A, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\">NYC 10026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\"> <a href=\"info@milicaparanosic.com\">info@milicaparanosic.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\">212-203-6163 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\"><strong> Gallery MC\u00a0 and Milica Paranosic present the MC Mondays Open Mic series <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\"><strong>Gallery MC, <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\"><strong>549 West 52nd Street, <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\"><strong>8th Floor (Between 10th\u00a0and 11th\u00a0Avenue) <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\"><strong>$5 at the door, general seating <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><em><strong>note: during Christmas weekend the phone lines in the area of our building were accidentally cut due to major road repair and if you are trying to reach the gallery please call Milica instead at 212.203.6163<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\"><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\">The series \u00a0encourages interdisciplinary and collaborative work and is designed to offer artists an opportunity to showcase their work, garner feedback, and network with other artists and presenters in a supportive, informal setting. Featured will be works requiring minimal technical and production demand. Presentations of various duration in all stages of progress are encouraged as this series will not only highlight finished works but will also serve as a development laboratory.<br \/>\nEveryone is welcome to participate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Everyone means &#8211; all arts (keeping in mind that &#8216;art&#8217; is a flexible category)\u00a0disciplines: you may want to read an excerpt form your book, try out a\u00a0monologue you&#8217;re auditioning with, perform your mime or magic trick, dance your solo, play your flute, or seat your fire&#8230;<br \/>\nEvenings will be structured in 3 parts:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 7 &#8211; 8:30p &#8211; the\u00a0open\u00a0mic\u00a0part<br \/>\n&#8211; 8:45 \u2013 9:30p &#8211; the + part &#8211; featured artist<br \/>\n&#8211; 9:30 &#8211; 10p &#8211; the meet and mingle part<\/p>\n<p>Here is how it works:<\/p>\n<p>For the\u00a0open\u00a0mic\u00a0part: you show up at 7, sign up with your host (most likely\u00a0myself), you get your spot between 7:30 \u2013 8:30, you go when your host (most likely myself) calls your name.<br \/>\nYou need to be tech-light (we will provide one\u00a0mic\u00a0and a sound system) and your act cannot be longer then 15 minutes.<br \/>\nYou bring your own audience &#8211; we will post the main info on the events and\u00a0our featured artists on our calendar, but we cannot provide adequate PR for each of you.<\/p>\n<p>For the + \u00a0part &#8211; featured artist: you email me in advance. if your work is\u00a0selected, we will program you in one of the upcoming months.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re just being an audience, there is a $5 charge. No discounts, no\u00a0comps, no exceptions. $5 is not more then a small contribution towards the\u00a0production that is making it happen for you every month.<\/p>\n<p>Beer and wine will be available for purchase, no outside drink will be\u00a0allowed in the Gallery.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\">Questions, comments, suggestions?<br \/>\nEmail me:\u00a0<a href=\"info@milicaparanosic.com\">info@milicaparanosic.com<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <\/span><\/span> <!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The series  encourages interdisciplinary and collaborative work and is designed to offer artists an opportunity to showcase their work, garner feedback, and network with other artists and presenters in a supportive, informal setting. Featured will be works requiring minimal technical and production demand. 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