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Nuyorican Poets Cafe – East Village

$25 for Performance and Drinks for Two (Up to $54 Value)

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In a Nutshell

Local cultural landmark upholds its status by putting on poetry slams, small theater productions, and live music in a converted tenement

The Fine Print

The best poets are masters of language, rhyme, and the ability to walk onstage in front of thousands of people and talk about some very sexy topics. Watch the best with this GrouponLive deal to see any show at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. For $25, you get tickets and drinks for two (up to a $54 total value). This package includes:

  • Two tickets (up to a $20 value each)
  • Two beverages, including soda, coffee, bottled water, wine, and beer (up to a $7 value each)

Culture vultures can feast on slam poetry, hip-hop, theater, or virtually any other kind of expressive exercise at this East Village mainstay. Every Thursday is Latin Jazz night—a longstanding tradition at the café—and upcoming concerts include the bright keysmanship of piano man Hector Martignon (December 20) and the breezy congas and brass of Willie Martinez and La Familia Sextet (December 27). Those with more dramatic tastes might check out Tony Drazan’s The Nod (select dates through Sunday, January 13), a one-man show about the writer and star’s unhealthy coping mechanism of nodding, a noncommittal gesture of affirmation that both bought and cost him the world. Most Fridays at 10:15 p.m., the stage hosts its Friday Night Slam, starring such poets as Rico Frederick (December 21) and Megan Falley (December 28).

Nuyorican Poets Cafe

The Nuyorican Poets Cafe began in 1973 as a literary get-together in the living room of college professor and celebrated scribe Miguel Algarin. By 1975, sick of cleaning up spare clauses left all over his house, Algarin began renting the Sunshine Café to give local writers and performers a venue to develop their craft. In 1980, the non-profit organization moved to its current home in a century-old tenement on East Third.

Today, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe plays a crucial, street-level role in New York’s art scene. Randomly selected audience members judge weekly poetry slams, and the venue plays host to small theatrical productions on many Thursdays through Sundays. Other evenings may feature hip-hop concerts, snappy Latin jazz, and freewheeling open mic nights.

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Nuyorican Poets Cafe

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    East Village

    236 E 3rd St.
    New York, New York 10009
    (212) 505-8183
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  • Contact Nuyorican Poets Cafe at (212) 505-8183 for questions or hours.

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