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UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
I'll be among the performers appearing in:

The Chicago Cabaret Professionals 13th Gala
Date: Sunday, October 16, 2011
Time: 6:15pm
Location: Park West, 322 West Armitage, Chicago

The 22nd Annual Chicago Humanities Festival
Academy Award Winning Best Song Concert
Date: Monday, November 7, 2011
Time: 6:00pm - 10:30pm (I'll be on near the end!)
Location: Heller Auditorium at the Francis W. Parker School
2233 N. Clark Street, Chicago
 

One night only
Starring Duncan Moore, Alma Mendoza,
Tony Bittner & Shannon Strodel
with Beckie Menzie musical director

8 PM on Thursday, September 29
at Davenport's Piano Bar
1383 N Milwaukee Ave
773 278 1830
Reservations are a must!  Phone or click on:
davenportspianobar.com
$15 cover, 2 drink minimum

This show ran last March, but we're bringing it back for one more night.  We've tweeked the songs and the arrangements, added new voices, and this time we are delighted to have Susan Werner attending in person!

"Everything is MORE than Alright"...
SHOW EXTENDED FOR 2 MORE DATES IN JUNE!
AND ONE LAST DATE IN AUGUST!!!
If you haven't caught this show, please do!!
If you have seen it, please tell your friends to come!!

1 MORE NIGHT TO GO: FRIDAY AUGUST 6th
8:00 PM @ DAVENPORT'S
What started as my birthday show last month is having such a good run, I really can't call it "my birthday show" anymore.  Well there's never a bad time to celebrate and pay tribute to the genius of Mr. Stevie Wonder!  So many great songs to pick from, we've had to add a couple more since the show opened.  Lots of great songs picked for you, and amazing friends joining in.  And let's keep dancing!!!

THURSDAYS in SEPTEMBER
Long ago and far away, in the town of boys, there was a bar called Gentry, and we sang there.  Hours and hours on Sundays, for years and years, and it was good.  Now it's a brand new show but it's still us, Dan and I performing for your pleasure!
EVERY THURSDAY in SEPTEMBER at Davenport's Piano Bar.

Please join us! Of course if you are a singer we'd love to have you sit in too!
I can't wait! Alma Mendoza and Dan Stetzel at Dav's on Thursdays!
Together again! Every Thursday Night in SEPTEMBER!
Alma Mendoza & Dan Stetzel
performing at Davenport's Piano Bar
1383 N. Milwaukee Ave.
SEPTEMBER THURSDAYS ~ 8 to 11pm
No cover!! Just an adult beverage or two!
No reservations necessary!

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"Girls Like Us"
Our show from last November will be back, this time for a 4-week run, re-titled, expanded, enhanced, and enthralling!
Marianne Murphy Orland, Alma Mendoza & Natalie Myre in Girls Like Us; the Stories and Songs of Carole King, Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell. "Three women whose courageous, defiant talent defined a generation"**

Carole, Carly and Joni; three Natural Women whose Tapestry of confessional, Earth-Moving songs blazed a trail for all female singer/songwriters to come. Nobody Did it Better, so take a Big Yellow Taxi to Davenport's every Sunday in April.

Make your reservation before It's Too Late! (You'll probably think these songs are about you!)

**Carole Radizwill, NY Times review of Sheila Weller's best-seller Girls Like Us; Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon-and the Journey of a Generation

7:00 pm sharp @ Davenport's Piano Bar
1383 N. Milwaukee Ave / Chicago / 773-278-1830
$15 cover / 2 drink min. / PLEASE call & make a reservation!

Monday December 15th 7:30 p.m.

Celebrate the holiday season with Chicago Cabaret Professionals
as the group performs fun, festive and classic tunes.
Featuring: Elizabeth Doyle, Alma Mendoza, John Eskola, Rob Dorn,
Tim Hairston, Carol Weston, KT McCammond, Carolyn Wehner, Sami Scot
Joshua Stephen Kartes, musical director
Rob Dorn, director

At the Drury Lane Theatre At Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut Street - Chicago
Tickets are $25.00, available at the Drury Lane Box Office: 312-642-2000 or Ticketmaster.com
Discounted parking from $10 in the Water Tower Place garage with validation

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Monday - November 10, 2008
Please join me & my friends Marianne & Amy for..
"A Triple Celebration!"

Alma Mendoza, Amy Cole,
& Marianne Murphy Orland
do the songs of:
Carly Simon  & Carole King
with Brian Felder on piano
8:00 pm sharp @ Davenport's Piano Bar
1383 N. Milwaukee Ave / Chicago / 773-278-1830
$15 cover/2 drink minimum
Reservations strongly recommended

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September 2008:

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Saturday - June 7

Photo by Scott Montgomery
Come see me at
Thirty-One Sixty
There will be special guests,
including Paige Roberts
~3160 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60657~
Phone: 773.327.5969
9:30~12:30 on Saturday night, June 7th
with Dan Stetzel on piano.

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Photo by Scott Montgomery

Performing Saturday, 4/12,
9:00~12:00
at Thirty-One Sixty
3160 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60657
Phone: 773.327.5969

Enjoy an evening of memorable songs
with Alma Mendoza,
& Dan Stetzel on piano

"Counting Down the Decades: 50 Years of Song”
2oth Century Songwriter's Series 2008
Sundays in March  7pm
Sunday March 9th:"The 70's"
Beckie Menzie, musical director
with Amy Cole, Joan Curto, Alma Mendoza, Tom Michael, Marianne
Murphy Orland, Robert Whorton
At Davenport’s, 1383 N. Milwaukee Ave. 773.278.1830 Tickets: $15

Wednesday March 19th:  9:00pm-1:00am
Gentry on State: 440 N. State St. / 312-836-0933

I hope lots of my old friends from the years we played Gentry on Halsted can join us for this show!

Alma Mendoza
w/Dan Stetzel on piano
appearing @ 3160
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Thursday, JANUARY 17th
9:30 - 12:30
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3160 N. Clark Street, Chicago

Check out 3160

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Please remember I'm in the Pre-Show, which starts at 6:15 and will be over by 7:00.  But your tickets are good for the complete benefit show that night, and the proceeds go to the wonderful things the CCP does for our community.

I hope I see all my friends there!
Love,
Alma

Chicago Cabaret Professionals
Gala Benefit 2007
"Jazzin' The Cabaret"
A Cabaret Celebration

A remarkable lineup of premier Chicago cabaret talent
will perform for this fabulous evening of song and music.

**** Sunday, October 14th 7 pm ****

Park West Theater, 322 W. Armitage, Chicago , IL
Doors open at 6 pm. Pre-show entertainment from 6:15 til 7:00pm.

Tickets: $45 Reserved seating at booths and tables
$25 Open bar/balcony seating
After October 12th tickets are only available at the door $50 reserved and $30 open seating
Available at www.chicagocabaret.org or call the CCP Hotline 312.409.3106.

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Alma Mendoza ~ Singing in Wheeling!

Tuscany Restaurant
550 S Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, IL 60090 / (847) 465-9988
Saturday, October 20, 7:30~11:30pm
With Brian Felder on piano & Megan Thomas on percussion!

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Alma returns to 3160
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Thursday, OCTOBER 25th
9:30 - 12:30
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3160 N. Clark Street, Chicago
with Dan Stetzel on piano

Check out 3160

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Alma Mendoza
appearing at
3160
~ No cover - 2 drink minimum  ~
3160 N. Clark Street

Thursday August 23rd
9:30 - 12:30
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Second show just added!  Also on:
Thursday August 30th
9:30 - 12:30

Have you missed me in Lakeview?  I've certainly missed you!  I'm so happy to let you know that I will be at 3160 in August.  Thursday the 23rd at 9:30 to be exact.  Have you been there?  It's a great space. White tablecloths and wonderful staff.  You'll love it!!

I hope you will help me to pack the place that night. I'm hoping to let everyone know that I am still around and still love to sing!

Thanks for your wonderful support! 
Lots of love,
Alma

Check out 3160

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Alma Mendoza
performing at Davenport's Piano Bar
~ in the Chaise Lounge - NO COVER - no reservations needed ~
1383 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Wednesday June 20th
7:30 - 11:30
with Maestro DAN STETZEL on piano

Wednesday night June 20th come see Alma Mendoza & Dan Stetzel perform for 4 hours in the Chaise Lounge at Davenport's Piano Bar!  It's our first-ever show in the front room piano bar, and we'd love to see all our friends there!  There's no cover charge in the Chaise Lounge, no reservations needed, just 4 solid hours of me and Dan doing our favorites, your favorites, new favorites, and of course your requests as well.  What a way to start the SUMMER!

PS!
Remember, it's your chance to turn the tables and sing to me every Friday night, 10:30pm to 1:30am, when I host karaoke in the rear Cabaret Room at Davenport's!  "Showcase style" karaoke in a beautiful listening room -- it's your stage for two songs at a time!  And there's no cover charge for karaoke in the Cabaret Room!

I'm calling my latest show "THOU SHALT ROCK"
A musical cocktail, part gospel, part rock, shaken together in a cabaret setting. It's a good thing DAVENPORT'S has such a BIG cabaret room!  The show opens Friday, February 2nd, and runs every Friday for four weeks.

All performances of Thou Shalt Rock are at
Davenport's Piano Bar, 1383 N. Milwaukee, @  10:30pm sharp!
Please phone 773-278-1830 for RESERVATIONS

Friday 2/02/07 - The Alma Mendoza Band & a special guest
Friday 2/09/07 - The Alma Mendoza Band & a special guest
Friday 2/16/07 - Alma Mendoza & THE HOOTENANNERS
Friday 2/23/07 - The Alma Mendoza Band  & a special guest

Sunday 12/17/06 - CHRISTMAS SHOW! Davenport's Piano Bar 7:00~8:00pm

Sunday 11/12/06 - Gentry On Halsted 8:30pm~12:30am

Sunday 11/05/06 - Gentry On Halsted 8:30pm~12:30am

Sunday 10/29/06 - Gentry On Halsted 8:30pm~12:30am

Sunday 10/08/06 - Gentry On Halsted 8:30pm~12:30am

Saturday 10/07/06 - Davenport's Piano Bar 8:00pm~9:00pm

Friday 10/06/06 - Davenport's Piano Bar 8:00pm~9:00pm

Sunday 10/01/06 - Gentry On Halsted 8:30pm~12:30am

Sunday 9/24/06 - Gentry On Halsted 8:30pm~12:30am

Sunday 9/10/06 - Gentry On Halsted 8:30pm~12:30am

Wednesday 9/26/06 - Bobby Love's 9:00pm~12:00am

Sunday 9/03/06 - Gentry On Halsted 8:30pm~12:30am

Wednesday 8/30/06 - Bobby Love's 9:00pm~12:00am

Wednesday 8/23/06 - Bobby Love's 9:00pm~12:00am

Wednesday 8/16/06 - Bobby Love's 9:00pm~12:00am

Every Sunday, March 2005>July 2006 - Gentry On Halsted 9:00pm~1:00am
(with one to two additional shows per week on varied nights)

Every Sunday, Oct. 2004>Feb. 2005 - Gentry On Halsted 6:00pm~9:00pm
(with one to two additional shows per week on varied nights)