First Floor Walk Up Presents Bi-Weekly Readings of Poetry and Prose

Both Mark and Andrea are very excited to be reading at First Floor Walk Up Presents Bi-Weekly Readings of Poetry and Prose at One and One, 76 E. 1st St. at 1st Ave on Monday, February 26th.

The event starts at 7:00 pm and goes to 8pm – See the line-up below – more info on our fellow writers and poets closer to the event as well as the Facebook event link

First Floor Walk Up Presents Bi-Weekly Readings of

Poetry and Prose at

One and One

76 E. 1st St. @ 1st Ave

F Train to 2nd Ave Station

FREE

Monday, February 26th, 7 PM

 

WAH MOHN

 

ANDREA DeANGELIS

Andrea DeAngelis is at times a poet, writer, shutterbug and musician living in New York City. Her writing has recently appeared in Carmina Magazine, Corvus Review, HauntedMTL and Bowery Gothic. Andrea also sings and plays guitar in the indie rock band MAKAR (www.makarmusic.com) who recently released their third album, Fancy Hercules. She tries not to disturb her neighbors by putting her guitar amp in the closet.

 

MARK PURNELL

Mark Purnell is a writer, investor and musician living in New York City. His writing has recently appeared in The Molotov Cocktail and he is currently working on his debut novel. Mark sings, writes and plays piano in the indie rock band MAKAR (www.makarmusic.com).

 

ALLAN  GRAUBARD

Allan Graubard -- poet, writer and critic -- (just published!): SUN STEP BLACK LAKE (Broken Sleep Books, Wales, UK). In 2022, he appeared as editor and contributor to the international anthology Nigredo. 2020/2019 saw the publication of three books: Western Terrace (Exstasis Editions, Victoria, BC), Language of Birds (Anon Editions, NY/LA), and Into the Mylar Chamber: Ira Cohen (Fulgur, UK).

 

Andrea still has to make a decision on what to read…muahahaha. She will make it weird because she’s a weirdo lol (Andrea wrote this btw)

A little live show straight from Queens - NYE 4pm

Hope you're doing amazing!

Makar is excited to start playing monthly online acoustic sets of our original indie rock songs on YouTube. We'll be picking songs from all three albums -  99 Cent Dreams, Funeral Genius and Fancy Hercules. Will slip in a few songs from our new album, Exit Earth, from time to time.

Remember to leave comments and requests for anything you liked and want to hear in our set lists. And please subscribe to our Youtube channel to keep up with the latest Makar videos, live shows and content. Even more Andrea readings!

Tune in Saturday, December 31st at 4 pm and we'll ring in the New Year together!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/makar-live-online-saturday-december-31st-at-4-pm

Happy Holidays and Much Love!


Halloween Reading at Von Bar - Sunday, October 30th (for Bowery Gothic)

Calling all Creepy Literati!
A Hallow’s Eve reading!

Andrea will be reading her short story Mara along with the other Bowery Gothic contributors on Sunday, October 30th at Von Bar located at 3 Bleecker in NYC. The event starts at 6pm.

Check out the video from our Matted LIC show

Happy Belated New Year!

In case you missed MAKAR’s gig at Matted LIC art gallery in December, you can check out the periscope link below

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1BdGYMgPoLyGX

Thank you Matted! We had a blast!

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MAKAR plays Matted LIC on Friday, December 1st at 7pm

MAKAR will be playing on Friday, Dec 1 at 7pm at Matted LIC for their annual Holiday event.

Matted LIC is an eclectic gallery located at 46-36 Vernon Blvd in Long Island City Queens. The Vernon Blvd stop on 7 train is the nearest subway. They have curated an outstanding collection for all your holiday needs.

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Did we mention that this event is free?

Replay our concert from the NYC Marathon 2017

We had an amazing time playing the New York City Marathon! It was wonderful and so inspiring to see all the runners.

We played for about 2 hours before getting rained out.

You replay our concert on Periscope here.
https://www.pscp.tv/MAKARMUSIC/1BdxYMLojPlxX?autoplay&t=3

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MAKAR is playing the New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 5th

MAKAR is honored to be performing in the New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 5, 2017, starting at 10:35 am.

We will be singing and playing our hearts out, cheering on the runners on the corner of 11th St and 48th Ave, in Long Island City, Queens!!!!!

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MAKAR Live at The Local Wednesday, April 19th at 7:45 p.m.

MAKAR has another live in person in the real world, real life gig!

We are playing at The Local in Long Island City – Queens!

Wednesday, April 19th at 7:45 p.m.

13-02 44th Ave
Long Island City, NY 11101

Transit information:

E/M/G Subways - Court Sq-23rd St. stop
7 Subway - Court Sq stop
N/Q/7 - Queensboro Plaza

More directions: http://thelocalny.com/contact/

Phone number:  (347) 738-5251
Venue website:  http://thelocalny.com

We hope to see you there.

Woohoo!

Cheers, MAKAR