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SHOWS


JANUARY 2010
Jan. 5 - BUSHWICK BOOK CLUB @ Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway, Brooklyn NY
Songs about Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle"
FEBRUARY 2010
Feb. 2 - BUSHWICK BOOK CLUB @ Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway, Brooklyn NY
Songs about Nicole Krauss' "History of Love"

Feb. 6 - GUIGNOL @ Freddy's
485 Dean St., Brooklyn NY. 10pm.

Feb. 11 - FRANZ NICOLAY reading @ Bar Matchless
The Greatest Three-Minute Rock 'n' Roll Story Ever:
Writers, rockers and raconteurs telling three-minute stories about rock.
557 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn NY. No cover, 7PM
     Stories from:
     Franz Nicolay
     Jami Attenberg (Author, The Melting Season)
     Justin Taylor (Author, Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever)
     Zachary German (Author, Eat When You Feel Sad)
     Adam Wilson (Managing Editor, The Faster Times)
     Nick Gazin (Artist, Vice Magazine)
     Jens Carstensen (The Giraffes)
     James Yeh (Gigantic)
     Mike Conklin (L Magazine)
     Derek Evers (Impose Magazine)
     Chelsea Hodson (poet)
     Samuel Carter (Overflow Magazine)
     Maura Johnston
     Michelangelo Matos (A.V. Club/The Stranger)
     Plus a very special set by The Wailing Wall; and classic rock songs for three accordions performed by Franz Nicolay, Susan Hwang, & Maria Sonevytsky.

FRANZ NICOLAY:
Feb. 19 -Alfred University, Knight Club; Alfred, NY
Feb. 20 - DC9, Washington DC (w/ Roman Kuebler of Oranges Band)
Feb. 21 - Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, Charlottesville VA
Feb. 22 - Guest DJ, WNRN In The Morning
Feb. 22 - The Camel, Richmond VA
Feb. 23 - Guest DJ, WTJU afternoon
Feb. 24 - Otto Bar, Baltimore MD (w/ Roman Kuebler of Oranges Band)
Feb. 25 - Khyber, Philadelphia PA (w/ Ha Ha Tonka, Peasant)
Feb. 26 - Knitting Factory, Brooklyn NY (w/ Tim Fite)
MARCH 2010
GUIGNOL:
March 4 - Boston TBA
March 5 - Bennington College, Bennington, VT
March 6 - Bat Barn
     275 State Rd., Great Barrington, MA
March 8 - Live on WUML
     One University Ave., Lowell, MA
     Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM, 8-11pm
     Live set from Guignol at 9:30
     Listen online at www.wuml.org or come hang out.

FRANZ NICOLAY:
March 12 - Patronaat, Haarlem, Netherlands
March 14 - Mezz, Breda, Netherlands
March 16 - Windmill Brixton, UK
March 17 - Maze, Nottingham UK
March 18 - Cafe Tarifa, Oxford UK
March 19 - Gassienda, Keighley UK
March 20 - Adelphi, Hull, UK
March 23 - 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff, UK

APRIL 2010
FRANZ NICOLAY - US Tour, dates TBA