upcoming events
Mondays w/ Mav Weekly Jam Session!
A free community open jam, hosted by Maverick, EVERY MONDAY OF EVERY WEEK! Our Monday night jams are close to our heart, forming the core of what community at Prototype is all about. Maverick kicks off the night with a set and then opens up the stage for a night of improvisational collaboration. If you’ve never been to Prototype, this is a great night to meet us. We have a house drum kit and amps.
FREE. Door Code: #Date#
ON MARCH 17TH, COME CELEBRATE OUR GIANT STUFFED DOVE, PATRICK. IT’S HIS BIRTHDAY AND WE’RE GONNA RING IT IN PADDY’S DAY STYLE.
THIRD THURSDAY
Join Prototype 237 every third Thursday of every month for a lineup of new bands, who sign up for set slots organically via Instagram at the top of each month- FIRST SAY, FIRST PLAY! We love this curated open call night.
Are you experimenting with a new project and wanna try it out? Do you love our stage and just haven’t been on it yet? WE GOT YOU! Third Thursday is a chance to dive into the magic of our slice of heaven. It’s a night of “First Say, First Play” sets, picked right from Prototype's home-grown community. Here’s how it works:
1. At the top of each month, we’ll post the Third Thursday graphic to Instagram. Bands DM us to snag a slot!
2. Yes, this show will be hosted EVERY third Thursday, of EVERY month.
3. Performers MUST arrive at 7p for soundcheck.
4. We always pass the hat for bands, so bring all of your friends and come ready to support!
Check Instagram for our December Features, TBA!
$5 | Pay What You Will at the door
Door code: #1215#
Nitro blues band | cc Roots | amanmademadman
BEX BURCH: “as yet untitled” winter usa tour, with poems from john-francis quiñonez
"as yet untitled" a beginning in progress by Bex Burch (& Friends)
a semi-improvised, flexibly configured once-rehearsed modular long-form piece for any size ensemble
played tonight by
percussions, horns, violin, water, the audience
by
British percussionist, composer, and sound explorer Bex Burch.
Joined tonight by
Laurel Pardue (Violin and Percussion)
Gabe Birnbaum (Sax) (Wildermaker)
Nick Afflitto (Trumpet) (Thieves in Paris; Just Now Orchestra)
Anna Meadors (Sax) (Joy on Fire)
Joe Bergen (Percussion) (Mantra Percussion, MSU)
Whether combining the rhythmic timbres of wood, metal and audience claps or duetting with the atmospheric and elegiac echoed sounds of water dripping into a metal basin, Bex Burch is a composer, percussionist, producer and improviser who emphasizes space, repetition and aspects of chaos. These themes characterize an ongoing approach she describes as “messy minimalism”.
Burch’s critically acclaimed 2023 solo album, 'There is only love and fear' was released via Chicago’s International Anthem and named The Guardian's Contemporary Album of the Month. She has previously released music as part of Boing! with Leafcutter John, and Flock with Tamar Osborn and The Comet Is Coming’s Danalogue. She runs the label and post-punk band, Vula Viel, and has collaborated with influential artists like Peter Zummo, Dame Evelyn Glennie and Ben LaMar Gay.
Bex completed an 18-month instrument-making apprenticeship in Ghana from 2008 with master gyil player Thomas Sekgura, a formative experience that gave her a deep-seated respect for Dagaare music and the confidence to pursue a path that reflected her own voice. A restless, questing spirit has informed her career since, from the open-hearted collaborations of her musical releases to the creation of a new xylophone she handmade under Jamie Linwood’s mentorship, tuning its harmonics to maximize the resonances she wanted to hear. – Bex’s music continues to evolve. More is to come as Bex’s wide-eyed approach continues to break new musical ground.
John-Francis Quiñonez is a Queer Writer
& Multimedia Artist
living & working in Providence, RI/
currently a Resident of the Dirt Palace/
Board Member for Binch Press & Queer.Archive.Work./
co-guardian of Lost Bag Space/
chef at Big Feeling Ice Cream/
& is thinking a lot about Emerging.
In October 2022 -
they released their first full collection
of Poetry entitled
”Keep Your Little Lights Alive
(Poems After Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love and Others)”
with Write Bloody Publishing.
Their greatest Joy & Fascination is Reading Poems in rooms full of People,
and hopes to do so with you soon.
Doors @ 7:30p | Show @ 8p | Door Code: #0123#
Public Transportation
Prototype is located at 237 River Street, in Paterson, NJ.
FROM PENN STATION- 1 TRANSFER
Take any train line to Secaucus
Transfer at Secaucus to the yellow main line toward Suffern or Waldwick
Get off at Paterson Station, which immediately follows Clifton Station
Twelve min walk to Prototype 237 or 5 min Lyft/Uber ride
FROM HOBOKEN TERMINAL- DIRECT
Take the yellow main line toward Suffern or Waldwick
Get off at Paterson Station, which immediately follows Clifton Station
Twelve min walk to Prototype 237 or 5 min Lyft/Uber ride
We recommend downloading the NJ Transit App to stay updated on all train times and route information.
Parking
For those who are driving, we strongly recommend carpooling, as we are limited to street parking.
DO NOT park on River Street
DO NOT park in the loading dock to the left of the building
DO NOT park in the lot to the right of the building — you’ll be towed!
You can park on Lawrence, Montgomery, and Lafayette Streets, highlighted in yellow below:
Speakeasy Milonga: Monthly Tango Night!
Welcome to Speakeasy Milonga!
Focused and relaxed Milonga in an adventurous artist-built warehouse theater.
Every 4th Saturday at Prototype 237 in Paterson, NJ. Experience the freedom of Tango in a non-judgmental, beautifully curated art space, with hardwood floors, professional lighting and sound, and a welcoming, risk-taking environment. There’s a featured live DJ and instructor every time! Hosted by Olga Pergament.
January’s DJ: Anthony Blackwell- The Diviner
$25 at the door
Door Code: #0124#
