LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES &READINGS
RETURN TO LALA LAND AT THE HISTORICAL 13TH STREET REPORTORY THEATRE, OFF BROADWAY, WEST VILLAGE, NYC
Return to LALA Land is the creative nonfiction literary musical performance piece, inspired by true events, of a highly successful musician-singer- songwriter-performer struggling to tear down borders & construct boundaries between her present day artistry and a golden past that threatens to crush her under its glittery weight.
- Mark Blickley, Author/Playwright
RETURN TO LALA LAND AT THE HISTORICAL 13TH STREET REPERTORY THEATRE, OFF BROADWAY, WEST VILLAGE, NYC
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Queens College Masters Poetry Reading, Flushing, NY - Dec 2006
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The Jackson Heights Poetry Festival (JHPF), 7 at Terraza Café - May 2008
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CUNY Graduate Center Turnstyle Readings, "No Show" - New York, NY - Feb 15, 2009
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Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Manhasset, NY - November 10, 2009
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We Write the Songs: Celebrating the ASCAP Collection at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC - May 11, 2010
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Smalls Lit Reading Series, Smalls Jazz Club New York, Jamaica, NY - October 30, 2010
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York College Africana Colloquium Series, Jamaica, NY - September 21, 2011
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York College Music Club/AARC Symposium, “Life in the Key of Love: The Impact of Stevie Wonder."- March 19, 2012
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York College Wow's Night of Jazz and Soul, "The Shadow of Your Smile" - Jamaica, NY - September 21, 2012
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Oh, Bernice! Reading Series: Sunnyside, NY - October 20, 2012
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Queens Library, Freddy Dugard's Jazz Salute to Dr. Martin Luther King (feat.LALA), East Elmhurst, NY - January 14, 2013
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York College/AARC Retrospective Panel, “Man in the Mirror: A Look at Michael Jackson." - March 18, 2013
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Jackson Room:Tom "Jamaica Funk" Browne (feat.LALA), St. Albans, NY - November 15 & 16, 2013
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Showmans: L.A. Blacksmith (feat.LALA), Harlem, NY - January 24, 2014
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Billie's Black: Ron Monroe (feat.LALA), Harlem, NY - April 28, 2014
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First Reformed Church of Jamaica: Dugard's Hit Squad (feat.LALA), Jamaica, NY - May 22, 2014
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Sangria Tapas Restaurant: Dugard's Hit Squad (feat.LALA), Jamaica, NY-October 24, 2015
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York College Fall Faculty Reading, Soul Shaker by Prof. Cope (feat. Jazz drummer, Freddy Dugard), Jamaica, NY-November 11, 2015
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The Shop for a Cause "Objects of Desire" fundraiser at Hempstead House: Dugard's Hit Squad (feat.LALA), Sands Point Preserve, NY - November 22, 2015
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BAM Café: Onaje Allen Gumbs Presents New Vintage (feat.LALA), Brooklyn, NY - January 16, 2016
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Astoria Bookstore: Oh!Bernice Reading Series: Soul Shaker featuring Freddy Dugard, , NY - February 20, 2016
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Newtown Press Reading, Jackson Heights, NY - September 01, 2016
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13th Street Repertory Theater, NYC: Return to LALA Land: a one-woman literary musical based on the book, Soul Shaker, starring LaForrest "Lala" Cope featuring Dugard's Hit Squad, - August 20 & September 24, 2016
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Newtown Literary Issue #9 Launch Reading, Soul Shaker by Prof. Cope (feat. Jazz drummer, Freddy Dugard), Jackson Heights, NY - December 7, 2016
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The AirTrain Jazz Festival (LALA & Dugard's Hit Squad), Jamaica, NY - December 14, 2016
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Hempstead House Mansion Private Fundraiser, Hempstead NY - July 04, 2017
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Queens Public Library, East Elmhurst, NY - September 04, 2018
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First Reform Church Funk and Soul Concert. Queens, NY - August 29, 2019
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Air Train Jazz Festival, Jamaica, NY - April 29, 2020
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Weill Cornell Medicine NY - Presbyterian Board of Directors Party Live Stream DHS Studios: Live Jazz Performance - June 10, 2021
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Black & Blue Supper Club, Huntington, NY - December 23, 2021
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Summer in the Hamptons Country Club, North Hampton, NY - May 30, 2022
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The Light of Bernard Wright Concert, City Winery, New York, NY - August 29, 2022
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Women Songwriters Hall of Fame, Women In Music Museum, Washington D.C.-June 15, 2024