The Planeta Jazz Series continues at 8th Street and Avenue B

Planeta, the community arts and performance venue that debuted back in January in the basement space at 295 E. Eighth St., continues to host a variety of events.

Tomorrow (Thursday!) night, the Planeta Jazz Series continues with the Ruben Fox Quartet:

Ruben Fox, originally from London, is a student at The Juilliard School and already a very popular musician in New York. He's played with Wynton Marsalis at the Barbican Hall in London and as part of the Young Stars of Jazz Series in Marciac, France in 2016. Playing with Ruben is Ben Wolfe on bass, Evan Sherman on drums, and Gabe Schnider on guitar.

Head over to Facebook for more details on the series.

The suggested donation at the door is $15. The organizers say all the money goes directly to the musicians. The show starts at 8 p.m. No. 295 is on the corner of Avenue B.

Image of a previous show at Planeta via Facebook

A new community arts and performance venue on 8th Street and Avenue B

Starting in early December, the former yoga studio in the basement of 295 E. Eighth St. (this building) at Avenue B was transformed into Planeta Space.

Per their website, Planeta Space "is a community arts and performance venue focused on multidisciplinary collaboration within the fields of digital media, virtual reality, architecture, and music."

The space is part of Planeta, a research-and-development studio that works on applications for mobile devices and virtual reality.

This weekend, Planeta is hosting an exhibition of young Nicaraguan artists (Saturday at 6 p.m.) and a "KID'S Disco (Sunday at 4).

Check out Planeta's Facebook page for more upcoming events.