THE SONGS WE WRITE to Offer Free Live Original Music in Washington Heights

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The event at Recirculation will feature songwriters Carl M Banks, Yuri Shin, and Drew Harvey

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The next edition of “The Songs We Write” – the free, original, live music event produced by Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights will be presented on Friday, May 8 @ 7:00pm(EST).

Hosted and co-produced by Tamora Wilson , the show will feature a mix of local songwriters, composers and Song A Week members including: Carl M Banks, Miles Alexander Blue Spruce, Glenn Dornfeld, Yuri Shin, Eric Vetter , Drew Harvey and more! Performers subject to change. Admission free, ($5 suggested donations), masks recommended and to register go to wordupbooks.com

Recirculation, a project of Word Up Community Bookshop, is located at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 157th St., A/C train to 163rd St., and the M4 and M5 to Broadway . Word Up (a 501 c3 organization) is a multilingual, general-interest, nonprofit community bookshop and arts space located at 2113 Amsterdam Avenue (corner of 165th Street) in Manhattan. For additional information, call (347) 688-4456 .

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