It turns out these simple rules of engagement leave room for sneakily complicated gameplay.
Last year the group released "La Peur du Vide" (Sunnyside), an engrossing album recorded during a previous engagement in this room.
The contest is open to performers who have not previously played a major engagement at the room.
The grand prize winner, to be announced at the finale on Aug. 18, will win a package of prizes, including a weeklong engagement at the room and a professionally produced recording of the show.
At the end of the performance, Daly told Adams that if he ever entertained any idea of entering the billiards field he would give Adams an engagement at his room.
Indulge in a common activity that promotes healthy competition to bring each other closer as it provides room for engagement and involvement.
A decade ago that combination of traits led to his first big New York engagement, at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel.
The group is celebrating the release of "La Peur du Vide" (Sunnyside), an engrossing album recorded during its most recent engagement, in the same room earlier this year.
Mr. Frishberg, who has opened a rare New York engagement at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel, has lived in Portland, Ore., since the mid-1980's.
"Pariah," which begins a weeklong engagement at the Screening Room tonight, opens with the voice of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. warning that "racism is a sickness unto death".
