THE TANK SPACE FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS

[Lianne Bassin]
http://www.myspace.com/liannebassin

[Kunal Gupta AMC's]
Kunal Gupta of noise experiment The Loud
Objects does experimental art/music performances

[CasioRossi]

[Ava Luna]
"Focusing in on the tension between a charged post-punk drum-and-synth-bass rhythm section (Alex Smith and Nathan Tompkins respectively) and the combined vocal talents of manic frontman Carlos Hernandez and a trio of startlingly gospel-voiced backup singers, the combination is fresh and invigorating and, live, posesses a magnetic appeal."
http://www.myspace.com/avalunaband

[Cloud]
Top-shelf hip-hop beats. Hear them at
http://www.myspace.com/cloudproductions

And, to close out the night, Carlos of Ava Luna will grace us with his very own deejay experience.

Come one come all to see this crazy lineup at the tank

The BloodThirsty Unicorns
Rock and roll has never been so fucking evil as this; we are talking live unicorns, folks, with a thirst for human blood. It don't get much badder than that. In all seriousness, I've never heard this band so I'm having some trouble writing a blurb, but with a name like that it's awful hard to go wrong so COME SEE EM!

Telecosmic
Out of this world sounds from a band surprisingly comprised of earthlings. Space guitar, space drums, space vocals and of course space bass. Post Punk Shoegaze that will rock you out of the stratosphere. This is an intergalactic band, they are so stellar that 100% of their adjectives are cosmic.

Datura
Come explore the most inner recesses of the human mind with us as we take you on a musical journey into the unknown. It's not about how fucking great we are, it's about the death of ego and the power of self discovery; the full experience! You won't regret it.

Graffiti Monsters
I thought a Game Boy was a toy until I saw the Graffiti Monsters. Now I know that it's true use is to rock our minds. If they made Game Boys with sparkle finishes and Bigsby wammy bars, well then you could leave it to the Graffiti Monsters to let it usurp the electric guitar as THE iconic rock instrument. Did I mention how great this band is?

The Corrao Q
THE CORRAO Q have won renown across Staten Island and frequently been featured in AWE Magazine. Stripping down to rediscover the roots in order to understand the present, the band has revamped, reformatted, and has been re-inspired. Its a new energy and experience that we're looking foward to share with people for one more year. One thing to expect of the rock-driven, funk-spirited, and blues-hearted quartet is that it's all about the moment...and we hope it'll be a good one. http://myspace.com/thecorraoq

See it all at the fabulous TANK on JANUARY 10

SLAM Theater invites artists and audiences to get involved in the process of making theater. Playwrights bring fresh scripts, and actors are called out of a hat to perform timed segments, completely unrehearsed. After each round, the judges score the plays, moving the top-scoring plays to the next round. Winning writers get to unveil more of their work, acting as director or bringing one in to give timed notes. SLAM is an evening of theater with impromptu performance,
spontaneous collaboration, and friendly competition.

Now in it's third year, SLAM Theater continues to encourage new voices, opening up a stage for diverse writers to develop work. SLAM is open to everyone. Anyone can come in, throw down a script, put their name in the actor pool, and get involved. A community has grown around SLAM -- a group of artists who come regularly to support each other, and give each other honest feedback in a raw, immediate setting. Each month, our SLAM Champion is given The Tank's space to put on a staged reading of their work. Many artists come and end up making strong connections and creative relationships that continue to develop outside of SLAM. SLAM is always growing and expanding. Actors, bring your talent. Playwrights, bring your scripts. Audience, bring your voice. Come SLAM!

$10 suggested donation

Perkins 28: Testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920 documents the testimony from 1920,
when Harvard University convened a secret court to interview, charge and discipline students who were suspected of homosexuality.

In 1920, Harvard University convened a secret court to interview, charge and discipline students suspected of being homosexual. Thirty-seven men testified before the court, including a tutor, an assistant professor, numerous Harvard students and several Boston men. After two weeks of testimony, eight Harvard undergraduates were forced to withdraw, one of whom committed suicide. Based on actual testimony and court documents, Perkins 28: Testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920 dramatizes the closed-room trials, nine intense episodes of testimony before the court. Filmed in April 2008 at the Guesthouse of the Monastery of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist in Cambridge, MA.

BUY TICKETS ONLINE:

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/52736

Celebrate Barack Obama’s historic inauguration with Creative Destruction as they remount their hit show OBAMA DRAMA: A POLITICAL THEATRICAL SPECATACULAR! with a special Inauguration Celebration, featuring a new world-premiere play from Marcus Gardley. Originally commissioned and performed in October 2008, OBAMA DRAMA is a weekend of world-premiere short plays inspired by the man, the myth(s) and the Michelle of the 44th President of the United States. As the 2008 election heated up, Creative Destruction asked playwrights to dramatize what most intrigued them about Barack Obama. The result was an immediate, powerful look at the man who embodied the hopes and dreams of a nation ready for change. For three nights, a cast of 18 actors played to sold-out houses and standing ovations as a community came together in the hopes of change. Twelve days later, on November 4, 2008, Obama was elected and history was made.

Grab front row seats to history January 15-17 as we celebrate Obama’s historic victory, Inauguration, and Presidency. Stay and play with the artists of Creative Destruction at their “Barack the Inauguration” Party following the show on Friday, January 16th. Join us in celebrating Change coming to Washington.

www.CreativeD.org

CREATIVE DESTRUCTION is a theatrical collective dedicated to the creation of political, diverse, electrifying drama. We aim to exemplify the values of creativity, diversity, generosity and innovation. Creative Destruction seeks to create large-scale change through the creation of dramatic mayhem. We create this mayhem through the commissioning of new work, cross-disciplinary collaboration, re-imagining classics, and infusing our work with the joy of creation.