upcoming events
Mondays w/ Mav: Weekly Open Jam!
Every Monday, Every Week! Join us for this open collaborative jam! Bring whatever you want to play and we’ve also got house backline!
Free before 11p | $5 after 11p
Mondays w/ Mav: Weekly Open Jam!
Every Monday, Every Week! Join us for this open collaborative jam! Bring whatever you want to play and we’ve also got house backline!
Free before 11p | $5 after 11p
THIRD THURSDAY: Monthly Open CAll
Our monthly open call night, with acts and sets submitted from our local community.
$5 / NOTAFLOF @ Door + Pass the Hat
Door Code: 0917
JOY ON FIRE with CLOUD FACTORY, AMANMADEMADMAN
Joy on Fire is a sax/bass/drum rock-jazz trio that formed in Baltimore and is now based in Trenton and New York City. Their most recent release, 2022’s States of America, peaked at #48 on the Roots Music Reports Top 50 Rock Album Chart and their video for “Uh Huh”—the opening track on States of America—is an official selection at fourteen film festivals worldwide. Their rotoscoped video for “Unknown City,” from Unknown Cities, was a winner at The Brighton Rocks Film Festival.
“They just blew me away—they are just so fantastic.”
— Bob Boilen, NPR, All Songs Considered
We’re excited for their upcoming new album!
Door Code: 1017
Mondays w/ Mav: Weekly Open Jam!
Every Monday, Every Week! Join us for this open collaborative jam! Bring whatever you want to play and we’ve also got house backline!
Free before 11p | $5 after 11p
Fairlawn rocks presents: prison, a parallax view, flux in a constant state
A night of liberating experimental psych rock, noise, drone, and freeform heavy shredding
Door Code: 1017
Red carpet speakeasy milonga: 50th milonga anniversary!
WELCOME TO OUR 50TH (!!) SPEAKEASY MILONGA! Follow the red carpet to an all-elevator access night, with DJ Vladimir Shifrin spinning all vinyl tango classics. we'll have a masseuse and photographer - dress your dancing best.
Door Code: 1024
Mondays w/ Mav: Weekly Open Jam!
Every Monday, Every Week! Join us for this open collaborative jam! Bring whatever you want to play and we’ve also got house backline!
Free before 11p | $5 after 11p
Speakeasy Milonga
JOIN US to experience Tango in a non-judgmental, beautifully curated art space, with hardwood floors, professional lighting and sound, and a welcoming, risk-taking environment. If you've come before, you know you can enjoy yourself without pressure or expectation. FREE PROSECCO!
THIS MONTH’S DJ: DIMON!
Door Code: 0926
$25 / 2 FOR $40
6 Cups for 6 Years: Prototype 6 Year Anniversary!
Poster Design by Zeynep Güngör
proto turns six
September 19th | Reflect on the past & Nourish The Future
This year, we're celebrating with THE SIX OF CUPS { Upright 😉 }
We're looking back on everything that brings us joy and channeling that playfulness into the future. Come and reconnect with yourself, with us.
2p - 8p: FREE AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES- FULL SCHEDULE COMING SOON!
Third Floor @ The Fold
3p: Women’s Self Defense class w/ Matt Rosario
4p: Open Level Dance Class w/ Miranda Dahl
Fourth Floor @ Phenotype Stages
2:15p: The Problem You Solve Might Be Your Own: Personal Mission Statement Workshop w/ Katelyn Halpern
3:30p: Poetry to Rap Workshop w/ Ambi Alles
5p: Big Acid (Live Music Set)
6p: Comedy Variety Show w/ Jordan Fried
Fifth Floor @ Prototype 237- Live Music All Day!
4:30p: Khangband
5:30p: Shawn Red
6:30p: Upstream Blue
Sixth Floor @ Blueprint Gallery - Acoustic Sets!
4p: Tony Skalicky
7:30p: Sydney Leigh
8P - Late: OFFICIAL BDAY PARTY - EARLY BIRD TIX ON SALE NOW!
HOSTED BY: ALISHA DAY!
HEADLINER: WE USED TO CUT THE GRASS!
DJs: SANTA FE (OPENER), PLUNGERHANDS (DANCE PARTY FEATURE), DANIEL SCALA + FRIENDS (LATE HANG)
+ Vendors, Food, & More!
THIRD THURSDAY
Our monthly open call night, with acts and sets submitted from our local community.
$5 / NOTAFLOF @ Door + Pass the Hat
Door Code: 0917
NJ BURNERS: DECOMP MICROBURN
A two-day decompression gathering for Burning Man and adjacent friends, focused on community, art, healing, music, play, and reintegration. A partnership with New Jersey Burners.
Door Code: 0912
Max knouse, brian erickson, claire ozmun, sydney leigh
Max Knouse
Enjoy an evening of singer-songwriters.
Max Knouse, Headliner: Fresh off tour with Modest Mouse and known for his sessions and live shows with artists like Califone, Jolie Holland, Adan Jodorowsky, Psychic Temple, Simon Joyner, Alex Dupree, and others, Knouse has established himself as an essential factor in the West Coast indie pop underground, brandishing guitar chops that mirror the rawness of his voice; he treats his instrument like a divining rod of spiritual tension and joyful racket, pushing and pulling on it with affection and sometimes something darker . . .
SPEAKEASY MILONGA!
JOIN US to experience Tango in a non-judgmental, beautifully curated artspace, with hardwood floors, professional lighting and sound, and a welcoming, risk-taking environment. If you've come before, you know you can enjoy yourself without pressure or expectation.
THIS MONTH’S DJ: DRAGAN!
Door Code: #0822#
$25 / or $15 if you bring a friend!
+ $10 / Class
Third Thursday!
Don’t miss out on this month’s Third Thursday event! Prototype 237 presents artists Simo Sesame, Choke Me Out, and T-3000 on an open-call night of music to remember.
Trust fund ozu, bubblegum octopus, devi mCCALLION
Get ready for some ELECTRONIC DEVIL POP!
Door Code: #0809#
MANTRA PERCUSSION FT. PAUL PINTO, BASS/COMPUTER
ESTEBANICO:ETUDES
Music by Paul Pinto
Performed by Mantra Percussion
Adapted from an in-progress multilingual musical theater epic exploring the colonization of American land and colorization of American mythology from the standpoint of the enigmatic 16th century “explorer”. These series of 'etudes' are durational compositions for marimba, crotales, chimes and an arsenal of drums accompanied by electronic score. They make up the wordless images of what will eventually become a five-hour operatic spectacle spanning 500 years and featuring a chorus of percussion-playing singers, a chamber orchestra, dancers, pipe organ, live electronics and multichannel audio video.
On Aug 7, Mantra Percussion will premiere the first half-hour of these etudes and Paul will join them for a performance of two songs from the upcoming opera.
Estebanico:Etudes is supported in part by New Music USA's Creator Fund in 2026-2027
More info on the project at:
pfpinto.com/estebanico
Door Code: 0807
SPEAKEASY MILONGA!
JOIN US to experience Tango in a non-judgmental, beautifully curated artspace, with hardwood floors, professional lighting and sound, and a welcoming, risk-taking environment. If you've come before, you know you can enjoy yourself without pressure or expectation.
MILONGA W/ CHIKO!
AAAAAND BRING YOUR DANCING FEET!
Prototype presents: mothguts, joy on fire, thieves in paris
FRIDAY NIGHT IS GONNA BE JAZZY! Come check out the span of this music genre!
Mothguts : wild & explorative jazz-rock
Joy on Fire : energetic punk-jazz
Thieves In Paris : semi-improvised modal jazz
NOTAFLOF- no one turned away for lack of funds
THIRD Thursday
Don’t miss out on this month’s Third Thursday event! Prototype 237 presents artists Simo Sesame, Choke Me Out, and T-3000 on an open-call night of music to remember.