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Eve Ensler’s renowned compilation of monologues will greet the Latino Community of the Hamptons this Saturday in a Spanish rendition of the famed collection. The show is being performed with the hopes that the monologues’ V-Day message, a global movement to stop violence against women, will reach Latin communities in Long Island.

Robbi K is a renowned children’s musician who has performed with the likes of Mary J. Blige, Chaka Kahn and Aretha Franklin.   With her husband, South African bassist Bakithi Kumalo, they will present a show of storytelling in multiple languages and singing that will move children and adults alike. For an added bonus, their performance is interactive getting the young-ins to sing, clap and giggle with joy. Your kids will beam.

They Might Be Giants is an adult band with a child’s soul. Their lyrics display thematic depth while their pop sounds make it all seem surreal. They are whimsical and wonderful, and remind me very much of The Little Prince. Thus, it is completely understandable how they are tailor-made for a children’s concert.

On Saturday, March 28^th the magnificence of 1770 Paris will collide with the multifarious tastes of New York nightlife at the Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo at The Return of Rococo Party: A Baroque Bash.

Yet another big building is in the early stages to take root in SoHo, and the SoHo alliance is doing everything it can to stop it.

Volunteer community organization, the SoHo Alliance, has sent out an advisory about

a 9-story office building that’s under consideration for 47 Grand St., on the southwest corner of Grand St. and West Broadway. The proposed development would be the tallest in central SoHo and would need special variance permits to not violate current zoning laws.

Dancer and choreographer Naomi Goldberg Haas opened the company Dances for a Variable Populationin 2005 to prove that movement and dance wasn’t solely for the young and fit.

The proposed Billboard Scaffolding Bill (Intro 623) would allow billboards to go up on work scaffoldings, which proliferate the city. The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation opposes, suggesting the billboard scaffolding would have a devastating impact on small businesses.

The Association of Community Programs for the Homeless (A.C.E.) will hold an auction this Thursday, March 19th to benefit their homeless rehabilitation programs.

On Monday, March 16, 2009 at 10 a.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, the Council will hold a hearing on a package of legislation designed to preserve and protect our City's affordable housing supply. By participating in this hearing and speaking out on the need to strengthen rent protections, you can help us send a clear message to Albany that control over rental housing must be returned to our City's leaders.

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