The Vault | Queens Village, NY
Performance & Art Space

Latest News
The Vault Is Back
Dear Vault Friends,
We are re-opening the Vault for shows.
Masks, distancing, vaccinated patrons and performers,
performers masks off if kept distance from audience.
Vault restroom emergency only.
Hope you are all healthy and doing well.
It will be great to see and reconnect with you again.
With love, Tone
The Vault Zoom Gathering – Aug 2020
The first Vault Zoom performance gathering was a huge success., an intimate gathering, and a passionate mix of music and poetry. Overall most enjoyable and enlightening.
Sad News
Dear Vault family,
It is with great sadness that I just found out and have to inform you that Jay Chollick passed away on August 27.
The Vault will host a proper tribute event for jay when social circumstances change and we can gather safely. It will be a chance for us all to share our memories of all these years with Jay.
Just a reminder that the monthly Vault zoom performance gathering is next Saturday Sept. 12 @ 8pm.
If you have not already, make sure you let me know you’re interested so I can send you the zoom sign in info.
with love,
Tone
Next Zoom Meeting – Sept 12th, 8PM
The first Vault Zoom performance gathering was a huge success., an intimate gathering, and a passionate mix of music and poetry. Overall most enjoyable and enlightening.
I know that some of you planned on attending, but had power and internet issues- no worries, we’ll see you next time.
The night was recorded and I will let everyone know when it goes up on Youtube.
Until we can gather live again, lets make it monthly, every second Saturday.
The next one is September 12 @ 8pm.
If you have already let me know you were interested )whether you attended Saturday or not)
I have you on the list to send the Zoom login info. for future zooms.
If you didn’t get back to me and are interested, just email me back and I’ll put you on the list.
Hope you Stay healthy & happy, Tone
Zoom Gathering
Dear Vault family, It’s been a third of a year of pandemic & Quarantine, and I hope that you and your loved ones are healthy in every way.
There is interest in a Zoom performance gathering, so We’ll have our first one Saturday August 8 @ 8pm. Everyone who is interested email me at davault@aol.com and I will send you the zoom meeting ID & Password earlier that Saturday.
Plan is 8-830- catching up with each other- How have you been, what’s new etc.
Performances start 830
Keep shining, love, Tone
Upcoming Live Events
Vault – Upcoming Events- May 2022
Vault Good News Update
We are happy to announce that Joan Tyler will be sponsoring and hosting two upcoming open mic events @ the Vault
May 21
June 18
both @ 8pm
Note: These open mics are open to everyone, and all art forms (unlike Joan’s past Vault events open only to her singing students)
Vault – Upcoming Events- March 2022
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The Vault March 2022 Calendar
Sat. Mar. 12 Performance Poets Association Open Mic 8 pm
Sat. Mar. 19 “Fast Speaking Women & Other Outspoken Femmes Poetry Festival…” 630-1030pm
Sat. Mar. 26 Rosie Rinsler Show 7pm
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Performance Poets Association @ the Vault Open Mic series on March 12th 2022, 8pm to 1030pm Hosted by JamesThomas Romano Is Proud to Present
on Jack Kerouacs Birthday as Well Womens History Month an Evening of With Two Poets of Beat Generation Style & Rock & Roll !!!
Viviana Duncan was shot out of her mothers uterus landing in Argentina. At age 10 landed in NyC.
She learned English with words becoming a weapon of expression.At age17 thanked her parents for being the transportation to get to this planet & left.
Her mission as a writer is pushing boundaries of sex, religion, & politics .
She has a law career , hosts the Spanish radio show” Accidents Your Power & Justice” on WPAT a.m.
Hosts Stark Reality open mic@ Studio 353 2nd floor west 48th st Ny. Ny 10036
A Safe Venue for A Free Speech Zone For All for those Who like to Walk Write Dance Sing Entertain in All Art Forms on the Wild Side of NYC’s off Broadway theater district & organizes Singles for over 40 events in NYC
And Peter V Dugan, Nassau Poet Laureate ( 2017-19) He was born & raised on Long Island & graduate of the New School in
NyC. He has authored Five Collections of Poetry & over the years his poetry has been
published in numerous anthologies & magazines both online & print
Some Notably Grub Street Literary & Arts magazine, Soul Fountain , Reckless Writing; the modernization of poetry by Emerging Writers of the 21st Century( 2012 & 2013)
He co edited & formatted The Writing Outside the Lines , Wyld Syde Press 2012, & co edited Long Island Sounds 2015, Wyld Syde Press.
In 2017 two of his poems were Nominated for Pushcart Poetry Prize 2014,
Awarded the Long Island Bards Poet Mentor Award Initiative 1993,
Honorable Mention American Academy of Poetry … Peter V Dugan also a Performance Poets Association
Staff & Hosts an Open Mic Reading series @ the Oceanside Library , long island , NY
Open Mic open to All Donation suggested $ 3 for these 2 non profits
PpA & the Vault Hope For The Children Foundation
See You @ This Literary Event Cheers Your Host & Friend, James Thomas Romano
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“Fast Speaking Women & Other Outspoken Femmes Poetry Festival…”
In Honor of Womens History Month
On March 19th 2022 6pm to 1030pm Host James Thomas Romano
Features Viviana Duncan Linda Kleinbub Marilyn T Keen Linda Melodia Madeline Artenberg
Paula Curci Lala Hocheiser Sara Abedelinaby JacquelineLCarr Babette Albin
Plus Open Mic All Welcome Books & Other Items @ event
$10 donation towards Women Empowerment Charities jimmyjamespoetone@gmail.com
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Rosie Rinsler Show back on Mar. 26
Rosie’s shows art always very popular and most enjoyable and welcoming. Don’t miss it
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Spring DATES AVAILABLE FOR SHOWS: April 30, May 7,14
First come first served. Text or call to reserve: 718-479-2594
Vault – Upcoming Events- January 2022
Performance Poets Association @ the Vault
open Mic upcoming event list for 2022
Time : 8pm to 10:30pm
1/8/2022 Features : Kenjazzo & Sara Abdelnaly
2/12/2022 Features : Jacqueline Carr & Desmond Rivers
3/12/2022 Features: Peter V Dugan & Viviana Duncan
4/9/2022 Feature event National Poetry Month: Feature from Journey To group (JTR’S) – The Archives : Poet of the Day (April 21)
5/14/2022 Features: Yuyutsu RD Sharma & Eric Freeman
6/11/2022 Feature event: Read from Your Work open Mic & Book fair
7/9/2022 Features: Jack Zaffos & Margareth Debrosse
8/13/2022 Feature event Woodstock Bands Lyrics open Mic
9/10/2022 Feature: Marilyn T Keen & friends
10/8/2022 Feature event: Edgar Allan Poe & other Writers of Tales of Horror & the Supernatural Open Mic
11/12/2022 Feature : Robert Gibbon & friends
12/10/2022 Feature event:PPA @ the VaultOpen Mic & Year Celebration And So the Earth has also made another Orbit around the Sun Which also Rises to A New Dawn In 2023
All Are Welcome To These Events
Your Host & Friend, James Thomas Romano
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Rosie Rinsler Show back on Mar. 26