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TUESDAYS DJ/producer RONZILLA spins "a wickweb of contusions, blow-by-blow...transporting ya mind with your culo in tow." WEDNSDAYS Ladies Night means $15 pitchers of sangrias, plus other drink specials, being poured all the way 'till 10PM to the sounds of LIVE MUSIC + reggae/ton, old school hip-hop, wicked world jams + more. THURSDAYS YERBABUENA reclaims an idiom of Puerto Rican music often branded as "folkloric"; Their sound gracefully incorporates the past & present. FRIDAYS I, Storm/DAVE MASUCCI (musician, DJ) spins an eclectic, worldly mash-up 4-U-2 lounge & dance. A weekly rotation of LIVE bands (usually R&B/Soul/Funk) perform on the bill, too. SATURDAYS CAMARADAS features Live Music tonight as well. Call the bar (212) 348-2703 to find out more info. These are just some of the gifted musicians in our extended family who've graced our stage:
Our Website Q: Why is Ralph taking such a long time with the new website? A: Supposedly, he's building the Taj Mahal of bar/restaurant websites, integrating social networking components and other interactive stuff he knows little to nothing about. He's also working on another labor of love, the new "NY Latino Journal" site, where he's incorporating much of same technology. He'll be using that site, as well as others, to spread the gospel of Camaradas EL Barrio -- his way of paying his hefty Guinness tab. MAY 1: Remembering International Workers' Day International Workers' Day (a name used interchangably with May Day) is the commemoration of the Haymarket Riot of 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, and a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labor movement in the United States and throughout the world. The May 1 date is used because in 1884 the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, inspired by the 1872 success in Canada, demanded an eight-hour workday in the United States to come in effect as of May 1, 1886. This resulted in a general strike and the riot in Chicago of 1886, but eventually also in the official sanction of the eight-hour workday. The May Day Riots of 1894 and May Day Riots of 1919 occurred subsequently. Read more in the NYLatinoJournal.com |
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