CASA MEZCAL

Argentina native Emilio Solla dazzels audiences throughout the world with his exemplary piano and composition skills. His sound has a distinctive energetic Latin and Tango flair that transports you straight to the streets of Buenos Aires.

We are honored to have the masters of Tango Jazz Emilio Solla, Victor Prieto and Pablo Aslan at home for the very first time.
You do not want to miss this special night!
*Two sets: 9.30 & 11pm
*No cover

At the hottest spot in the LES: Obra Negra

86 Orchard Street

New York, NY

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CASA MEZCAL

2011-05-19T17:15:00.001-07:00

CASA MEZCAL PRESENTA:

19 05 11.

22:h.

Burlesque show tonight at Casa Mezcal's Obra Negra (downstairs)! A show you don't want to miss! The best $10 you will ever spend on a Thursday night! Show starts at 10 pm.

Fotos by Anna Lesniak

Mezcal, Gastronomía, Música, Arte .... Próximamente Cine y Exhibiciones.
86 Orchard St between Grand and Broome Sts.
Monday - Closed
Tues- Thur 12-2am
Fri-Sat 12–4am
Sunday 12-1am
Open for Lunch & Dinner
“Casa Mezcal: Arte, Musica, Comida, Cine” is the joint vision of Guillermo Olguin, a well-known Mexican painter, and the young entrepreneur and restaurateur, Ignacio Carballido.
The bar integrates art, traditional Mexican food and of course, mezcal. Casa Mezcal integrates three key factors which separates it from other New York spots – the combination of art, food, music, cinema and drink. Artists from all corners of the world will be showcased including writers and poets, the independent cinema, and international music. A gallery will display art with an agenda that includes both launches and private parties. Casa Mezcal creates a special backdrop of an all-encompassing experience and coupled with a warm, familiar atmosphere.
Although Casa Mezcal serves traditional Oaxacan – a southwest region of Mexico – food with exotic dishes such as grasshoppers with melted cheese and tacos de cazuela with handmade tortillas; it also caters a more extended menu with a combination of American dishes and ingredients. It is basically an extension of the already successful Café El Portal.
The spirit is mezcal, a five hundred year old spirit, not previously recognized, rooted in historic spirit and tradition. It’s the first distilled drink made by the indigenous people in the south of Mexico. This sipping drink comes from the agave plant which takes nine to seventeen years to mature. The result is a smooth drink full of minerals.
The house of Mezcal embraces the tradition of this ancestral beverage, delivering its unique flavors, images and scents to those who fall under its spell....
Now serving Lunch & Dinner.

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CASA MEZCAL / 5 DE MAYO

2011-05-03T23:44:00.001-07:00

CASA MEZCAL PRESENTS:

5 DE MAYO

De la serie Mole Drawings.

Guillermo Olguín

Come Join us to celebrate 5 de Mayo with our specials:

Ceviche Acapulco (delicious) with, fish, octopus and shrimp.
Mole Negro Oaxaqueño.........home made family recipe
Huachinango Huatulco (Red Snapper) seared with sauteed vegetables.
LIVE MUSIC FROM 7 TILL YOU DROP DEAD.

86 Orchard St between Grand and Broome Sts. New York, NY 10002
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CASA MEZCAL- OBRA NEGRA ( BASEMENT) PRESENTS: The Redhook Ramblers // MAY 4, 20 Hrs. FREE ENTRANCE

2011-05-03T13:08:00.001-07:00

CASA MEZCAL- OBRA NEGRA ( BASEMENT) PRESENTS: The Redhook Ramblers

MAY 4, 20 H. FREE ENTRANCE

Dont forget to check out the Redhook Ramblers on Wednesday, May 4 at Obra Negra (Casa Mezcal basement) 86 Orchard Street New York, NY.
Doors open at 8, show starts at 9pm, no cover

About The Red Hook Ramblers:

Brooklyn's premier dixieland band, the Red Hook Ramblers first appeared on New York's revitalized traditional jazz scene in 2005 and rapidly found themselves among its leading torchbearers. They have been repeatedly honored to perform at the Louis Armstrong House Museum to celebrate Satchmo's birthday and have been interviewed and featured on New York radio and television stations, as well as on Time Out New York's website. The Ramblers opened for Squirrel Nut Zippers during their Fall 2009 tour, and performed at the Meilemer Jazz Festival outside of Zurich as part of their own tour of Switzerland in the Spring of 2010. The band has appeared at notorious Jazz Age parties Shanghai Mermaid, Wit's End, and Dances of Vice, and have made a name for themselves as New York's premier live burlesque accompaniment through their residencies at the Slipper Room and Galapagos Art Space's Floating Kabarette, as well as appearances with Sugar Shack Burlesque and Harvest Moon's vaudeville productions. Members of the band have played with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, Les Paul, and the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, and have performed at the annual Bix Beiderbecke festival near where the trumpet virtuoso died in Queens, NY. The Red Hook Ramblers are intent on preserving the music that permanently changed the American cultural landscape in the early part of the 20th Century and bringing live traditional jazz to new audiences around the world.

"Brooklyn's excellent Red Hook Ramblers make vintage jazz that conjures a delicious speakeasy vibe: You're just a step away from flappers, fancy shoes and illicit booze." – Time Out New York Magazine

"Said to be Brooklyn’s premier Dixieland band, the Red Hook Ramblers are animated and larger than life, and are as delightful to watch as they are to listen to. United by their collective passion for the time-honored musical genres of classic jazz, blues, spirituals and ragtime, the Ramblers take pride in performing this compelling music of a by-gone era."
- Brooklyn Independent Television, Neighborhood Beat

The Red Hook Ramblers are:
Jason Benjamin – Cornet, Vocals
Chris Cortier – Trombone, Vocals
Janelle Reichman – Clarinet, Vocals
Chris Johnson – Banjo, Piano, Vocals
Joe Exley – Tuba
Curt Garey – Drums
Click here to read more about the Red Hook Ramblers' history.

86 Orchard St between Grand and Broome Sts. New York, NY 10002
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Casa Mezcal Art Gallery presenta:First Contemporary Graphic Exhibition of Six Mexican Artists that live and work in Oaxaca: Fernando Aceves Humana, Mauricio Cervantes, Demián Flores, Guillermo Olguín, Nicolas Guzman, Uriel Marín. Marzo 31, 9:00pm.

2011-03-28T21:24:00.001-07:00

Casa Mezcal presenta: 31 de marzo, 21:00 h.

Casa Mezcal Art Gallery: First Contemporary Graphic Exhibition of Six Mexican Artists that live and work in Oaxaca: Fernando Aceves Humana, Mauricio Cervantes, Demián Flores, Guillermo Olguín, Nicolas Guzman, Uriel Marín.
Jueves 31 de marzo 2011 / 21:00 - 23:00 hrs / 86 Orchard Street (Between Broome & Grand St.) New York, NY.

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Los Danzantes visits Casa Mezcal- Gallery (2nd Floor)

2011-03-23T13:59:00.001-07:00

Los Danzantes visits Casa Mezcal

Casa Mezcal Gallery (2nd Floor)

Jueves, 24 de marzo · 20:00h

Jaime Muños, owner of Los Danzantes, will be visiting Casa Mezcal and presenting an exclusive, first time, food & mezcal pairing. Mr. Muños will be teaching how to prepare some of his popular dishes from his restauant Los Danzantes, from Oaxaca - Mexico - mexican contemporary cuisine.
There is a limited space of 20 people for this event, so make your reservations as soon as possible, by emailing casamezcalny@gmail.com
For more information about Los Danzantes restaurant and Los Nahuales mezcal, please visit their web site: www.losdanzantes.com

Prix-Fixe Price: $80.00 per person

86 Orchard St. (Between Broome & Grand St.)

New York, NY

CASA MEZCAL & Slipper Room presents a night of BURLESQUE

2011-03-23T13:37:00.001-07:00

The Slipper Room presents a night of BURLESQUE / Casa Mezcal

Jueves, 24 de marzo · 20:00h.

THE SLIPPER ROOM IN EXILE is proud to present
the premiere of a weekly Burlesque and Variety event.
MR. CHOADE'S UPSTAIRS/DOWNSTAIRS
Since 1999 Mr. Choade has been pushing the envelope, taking it to new extremes, and having a damn good time doing it!
Now, as we await the re-opening of the Slipper Room this summer, we are taking up residency at Casa Mezcal, every Thursday night.
Doors are at 8pm
pre-show at 9 featuring TRIXIE LITTLE & EVIL HATE MONKEY
sets on the hour alll night long, go-go dancing in between, rocking tunes from DJ CAMILLICIOUS, and all the joyous and wacky antics you've come to expect from the leaders of the downtown performance art scene. Its an intimate room so seating is limited, come early and stay all night long!
This first show will include performances by
the incomparable JULIE ATLAS MUZ
the fascinating BUNNY LOVE
the magnificent FLYING FOX
the amazing TRIXIE LITTLE & EVIL HATE MONKEY
our outrageous stage kitten ROSABELLLE SELAVY
and your host, the meanest man in show business, MR. CHOADE
All for only $10 (artists admitted for half price!)
Spread the word, this is a not to be missed event.

The Slipper Room Presents
Mr. Choades @ Obra Negra (downstairs)
an evening of Burlesque and Variety
Doors open at 8PM
Shows all night long
Door Cover: $10

Obra Negra (Casa Mezcal basement)

86 Orchard Street

New York, NY

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Casa Mezcal presenta: Salsa Speed Dating /April 13, 2011- 7:00pm.

2011-03-19T23:17:00.001-07:00

"Escape With Dance will be hosting a fun evening of Salsa Speed Dating at Casa Mezcal. So if you're single, ready to mingle and love to dance please join us on April 13, 2011 at 7PM. You will enter through the Private Entrance to the downstairs basement and step into a night of dance and enjoyment. The basement is reserved for the event – we have a private bar, dance floor, lounge and facilities. The price includes: 2 drinks (either Margarita or Wine), chips & salsa, a Salsa Lesson and your guided session of Speed Dating. Allow yourself to retreat into an exciting dance experience for Salsa Speed Dating."

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CASA MEZCAL

CINE, ARTE, COMIDA, MUSICA

86 ORCHARD ST., NY, NY 10002

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Casa Mezcal Art Gallery presenta:First Contemporary Graphic Exhibition of Six Mexican Artists that live and work in Oaxaca: Fernando Aceves Humana, Mauricio Cervantes, Demián Flores, Guillermo Olguín, Nicolas Guzman, Uriel Marín. Marzo 31, 9:00pm.

2011-03-19T23:08:00.001-07:00

Casa Mezcal presenta:

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CASA MEZCAL PRESENTA: YUKA SEKA

2011-02-08T18:02:00.001-08:00

Casa Mezcal presenta: Yuka Seka (Cuba)
Friday - 21:30hrs. Entrada libre.
"Yuka Seka (yuca seca o sin condimentos) es un proyecto musical de Guantánamo, Cuba, alimentada por los sonidos del río Jaibo, el río más grande de la zona del valle de Guantánamo. Esta música muy bailable que líder de la banda Pablo Moya ha traído a Nueva York tiene sus orígenes en el estilo tradicional de Changüí de Lajas (una especie de danza). Se trata del municipio de Tiguabo, donde el río Jaibo se inicia y la ex Soledad Central, una zona central azucarero, donde nació.

Pablo Moya - tres, coros
Tony de Vivo - percusión, voz
Gabriel Machado - congas y coros
Jennifer Vicente - bajo "-

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The time has come... finally! LIVE MUSIC & DANCING
At our downstairs basement...
SALSA and CUBAN MUSIC with the group YUKA SEKA!
Starting at 9:30pm - 2am, and then more music to follow..
Entrance - Free of charge

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CASA MEZCAL

2011-02-03T23:43:00.001-08:00

CASA MEZCAL PRESENTA:

VIE 4 Friday night - DJ Camaron Polar! Get ready for dancing, and fun times!

Camarón Polar es un proyecto de búsqueda musical que ha venido desarrollando por los últimos 5 años Abelardo Ahumada (Abe). Consiste en conocer diferentes géneros musicales así como culturales, soul, funk, hip-hop, house y salsa básicamente, ya que una de las ventajas que te da el vivir en una ciudad como es New York con un bombardeo musical que puedes ir percibiendo día con día, estos diferentes géneros musicales los mezcla en formato acetato (lp) a través de tornamesas en museos, galerías,bares, cantinas y lugares para bailar tanto en New York City como en la Ciudad de México, también organiza encuentros musicales donde se ha incluido grupos en vivo de diferentes géneros. “Los cambios de atmósferas siempre son buenos y esa es una buena forma para lograrlo, incluyendo también a diferentes dj's con su buena música para compartir”, comenta Abelardo Ahumada (Abe).

CASA MEZCAL PRESENTA:

Want to learn how to dance salsa?
Come to Casa Mezcal, every Saturday at 4pm with the talented Amanda C. Alavarez!
Salsa draws from the musical roots of the Cuban and the African-Caribbean experience, salsa is highly danceable, its rhythms are hot, fun, rhythmically sophisticated, and compelling.
Beginners welcome!
$10 per person

CASA MEZCAL / GALERIA ZANATE

PRESENTA: DAMIAN SIQUEIROS:
LIFE AS A PERFORMANCE
Curated by Las Bellas Artes- NEW YORK, NY

A photographic series that belongs to the Life as an everyday performance project, gets its name from the trademark date for society to dictate what a couple should be. Damián Siqueiros uses digital photography as a medium to erase the boundaries between reality and fiction. His work thus produces images that are reminiscent of the aesthetics of Romantic paintings through processed light or the mise en scene of his characters. With Life as a performance, Damián explores the influence of society and religious institutions on a couple’s identity, construction, and perception. It seeks to create a dialogue between viewer and image, and bring into question one’s own identity; he continues his research on the use of the archetypical structures of classical painting in photography, to approach topics of relevance to contemporary society.

His formal language becomes both literal and metaphorical, as he works with the super-imposition of images and proposes identity (specially gender) as a “montage”. In the same line of thought, the change of perspective on the use of space is also a poetic way to express his will to make people reflect on how they see their own identity.

Of Mexican origin, Damián Siqueiros has already won numerous awards including the Coup de cœur award by Art Souterrain 2010, and he is one of the winners of the 2010 Xpose Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communication (CAPIC) and Las Bellas Artes Art Contest 2009. Prestigious magazines including Vogue and Elle are using the aesthetic and artistic signature in their own photos.

Some of the work has been part of previous shows and some has been exclusively created for this exhibition. The exhibit design will be an installation in situ in the new gallery at Casa Mezcal and Michael Barakiva, theater director and producer, will present and introduce the artist and his work.

ABOUT CASA MEZCAL:

Located in the Lower East Side, 86 Orchard St. New York, Casa Mezcal brings Oaxaca to New York City. Combining with art, music and cinema, the house of Mezcal embraces the tradtition of this ancestral beverage, delivering its unique flavors, images and scents to those who fall under its spell.

Hoy en día Colectivo Central con presencia en Oaxaca con "Café Central" y en New York con "Casa Mezcal NY" colaborará directamente con Vixi México en difundir todo lo relacionado con el mundo de la cultura desarrollado en sus espacios, logrando así enriquecer a cada uno de los lectores de su BLOG, si tienes algún tema que quisiera que abordara el "Colectivo Central"para el BLOG de Vixi México escríbenos en contacto@viximexico.com.

Por: Casa Mezcal NY

86 Orchard St Between Grand ANd Broome Sts.

New York, NY

Edición: Gabriel Reyes

Curador de Arte Diseño y Artesanía en viximexico.com

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2011-02-01T12:21:00.000-08:00

Mezcal, Gastronomía, Música, Arte .... Próximamente Cine y Exhibiciones.

86 Orchard St between Grand and Broome Sts.

Monday - Closed
Tues- Thur 12-2am
Fri-Sat 12–4am
Sunday 12-1am

Open for Lunch & Dinner

“Casa Mezcal: Arte, Musica, Comida, Cine” is the joint vision of Guillermo Olguin, a well-known Mexican painter, and the young entrepreneur and restaurateur, Ignacio Carballido.

The bar integrates art, traditional Mexican food and of course, mezcal. Casa Mezcal integrates three key factors which separates it from other New York spots – the combination of art, food, music, cinema and drink. Artists from all corners of the world will be showcased including writers and poets, the independent cinema, and international music. A gallery will display art with an agenda that includes both launches and private parties. Casa Mezcal creates a special backdrop of an all-encompassing experience and coupled with a warm, familiar atmosphere.
Although Casa Mezcal serves traditional Oaxacan – a southwest region of Mexico – food with exotic dishes such as grasshoppers with melted cheese and tacos de cazuela with handmade tortillas; it also caters a more extended menu with a combination of American dishes and ingredients. It is basically an extension of the already successful Café El Portal.

The spirit is mezcal, a five hundred year old spirit, not previously recognized, rooted in historic spirit and tradition. It’s the first distilled drink made by the indigenous people in the south of Mexico. This sipping drink comes from the agave plant which takes nine to seventeen years to mature. The result is a smooth drink full of minerals.

The house of Mezcal embraces the tradition of this ancestral beverage, delivering its unique flavors, images and scents to those who fall under its spell....

Now serving Lunch & Dinner.

OBRA NEGRA

2011-02-01T12:05:00.001-08:00

Están por llegarle a una obra que empezó como negra, tal cual debe ser para el caso, el Salón Central de Oaxaca que ahora se instala como Casa Mezcal en Nueva York.

Obra negra evoca ese “bellísimo mito” sólo posible en ese otro mito hermosísimo que es el arte.

Por eso, obra negra es origen y marca de identidad del Salón Central y Casa Mezcal. Porque obra negra era el taller del pintor Guillermo Olguín cuando se convirtió en el Salón Central. Obra negra son los trazos al carbón del bosquejo de Casa Mezcal que nos presenta. Y obra negra es la vida de esa especie de autoexiliados repatriados, fotógrafos, cineastas, pintores, antropólogos, poetas, colgados, alucinados, noctámbulos, cronopios, vagabundos que conforman su fauna urbana. Aunque colectivo, el proyecto nació de la inconformidad existencial e individual del pintor Guillermo Olguín, nacido en el Distrito Federal, de padre oaxaqueño y madre estadounidense, y radicado en Oaxaca. Estuvo fuera de México mucho tiempo, estudió en Seattle, Estados Unidos, trabajó en restaurantes, expuso en cafés, galerías pequeñas y en su taller. Una vez al año regresaba al Distrito Federal, “me emocionaba llegar al centro histórico, me entregaba a los lugares populares nocturnos y de baile, en las madrugadas a los cafés de chinos y a los hotelitos con letreros de neón intermitentes que recordaban a los faros: el Salón los Ángeles, el Barba Azul, el Tropicana, Covachita Taurina, El Nivel, Ambos Mundos, la barrita del hotel Isabel. Seguido me acompañaba mi compadre Rigo Perezcano. El cine nos movía y soñábamos con crear algún lugar que nos transportará a esos ambientes de luces suaves y buena música de salón.

“En el centro de Oaxaca buscaba justo eso, un espacio que me recordara esa sensación de alberge, cerca del olor y movimiento del mercado y las cantinas, sin pretensiones y lejos de Los Arcos y la trova cubana que invadía los lugares rústicos y coloniales prefabricados donde había algo ficticio y vendido --igual que ahora--, porque el turismo empezaba llegar en camiones repletos y la ciudad comenzaba a transformarse para siempre”.

Encontró el lugar. Un viejo inmueble ubicado en el 302 en la calle Hidalgo con techos altos, ventanas rectangulares y pilares fuertes en medio. Estuvo dos años pintando en él, conociendo gente de por ahí. “Había un cuarto oscuro para foto y mucha pintura. Nos motivaba a todos la sensación de estar en un lugar compartido y con la misma ilusión de que faltaba un espacio independiente, no institucional y propositivo. Abrimos el 2 de noviembre de 2001.

“Las paredes estaban repelladas, había un altar de muertos hecho por los que andábamos en el proyecto; yo y Perezcano pusimos la música; las chelas se enfriaban con hielo en tinajas de aluminio, sólo teníamos mezcal y un vitrolero de mojitos espantosos; la barra eran dos mesas de madera que se quedaron del taller; el baño, compartido; el cover, de diez pesos; no existían ni

comandas, ni meseros, ni nada, estábamos todos en chinga loca por que se puso hasta la madre; todo mundo que vino esa noche la pasó de lo lindo, tampoco sabíamos que teníamos que cerrar. Al otro día, con el dinero juntado pintamos, pagamos a un albañil para que hiciera la barra y mandamos a hacerlas puertas de cantina, como homenaje al El Nivel del D.F.”

Ahora, nos cuenta desde la red Guillermo Olguín, “así está quedando el altar al mezcal en Nueva York, compadre, sólo que el proyecto es muy grande y la lana muy poca, pero estamos avanzando”.

Texto de Renato Galicia Miguel / Revista Tangente

Dic, 2009.