Rainer Maria Rilke News

Heresy, a new play from Tilo Ulbricht, produced by Questioning Productions receives its World premiere at The Tabard Theatre on 6 March 2014.

On Thursday, November 21 at 7:30pm, violinist and artistic director Gil Morgenstern will present the second concert of his acclaimed Reflections Series International 2013-2014 Season at Avenues: The World School (259 Tenth Ave.). The program is titled "Beauty Born of Terror" and will explore the endurance of hope and spirituality amid the cataclysmic horrors of the twentieth century through music, literature and projected imagery. Of the subject Morgenstern explains, "No one chooses the place, the time, or the circumstances of his or her birth; notes and words have even less choice. Yet one of the ironic facts of creative life is that inspiration often emerges from terror, fear and pain."

Balthus: Cats and Girls—Paintings and Provocations explores the origins and permutations of the French artist's focus on felines and the dark side of childhood. Balthus's lifelong fascination with adolescence resulted in his most iconic works: girls on the threshold of puberty, hovering between innocence and knowledge. In these pictures, Balthus mingles intuition into his young sitters' psyches with an erotic undercurrent and forbidding austerity, making them some of the most powerful depictions of childhood and adolescence committed to canvas. Often included in these scenes are enigmatic cats, possible stand-ins for the artist himself. The exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be organized chronologically and will focus on the early decades of the artist's career, from the mid-1930s to the 1950s, and will feature approximately 35 paintings, as well as 40 ink drawings for the book Mitsou that were created in 1919, when Balthus was 11 years old—thought to be lost, these drawings have never before been on public display.

Balthus: Cats and Girls—Paintings and Provocations explores the origins and permutations of the French artist's focus on felines and the dark side of childhood. Balthus's lifelong fascination with adolescence resulted in his most iconic works: girls on the threshold of puberty, hovering between innocence and knowledge. In these pictures, Balthus mingles intuition into his young sitters' psyches with an erotic undercurrent and forbidding austerity, making them some of the most powerful depictions of childhood and adolescence committed to canvas. Often included in these scenes are enigmatic cats, possible stand-ins for the artist himself. The exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be organized chronologically and will focus on the early decades of the artist's career, from the mid-1930s to the 1950s, and will feature approximately 35 paintings, as well as 40 ink drawings for the book Mitsou that were created in 1919, when Balthus was 11 years old—thought to be lost, these drawings have never before been on public display.

Dominique Levy has announced her gallery's new home in New York City and the inaugural exhibition Audible Presence: Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, Cy Twombly, which will open to the public today, September 18, 2013. Installed in the gallery's historic landmark building at 909 Madison Avenue at 73rd Street, Audible Presence explores the relationship between the time-based procedures employed by three of the most influential artists of the 20th century and the auditory experiences of music, sound, and silence.

Fulcrum Point New Music Project, the city's leader in new art music and inventive collaborations, in partnership with Build the Peace Chicago, The Peace School, the International Day of Peace and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, commemorates September 11th and celebrates its 15th anniversary season with a free concert of classical and contemporary music from India and America in Shanti: 15th Annual Concert for Peace, at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph Street, tonight, September 11 at 6:30 pm.

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Nalini Malani's immersive video/shadow play, In Search of Vanished Blood, will premiere in New York today, September 6, 2013. This large-scale multi-media work was a highlight of dOCUMENTA 13 held in Kassel, Germany during the summer of 2012. Malani, widely considered the pioneer of video art in India, continues themes explored throughout her illustrious career: violence, the feminine, and the politics of national identity. The artist will be present for the opening which will be held tonight, September 6 from 6-8pm.

Nalini Malani's immersive video/shadow play, In Search of Vanished Blood, will premier in New York on September 6, 2013 at Galerie Lelong. This large-scale multi-media work was a highlight of dOCUMENTA 13 held in Kassel, Germany during the summer of 2012. Malani, widely considered the pioneer of video art in India, continues themes explored throughout her illustrious career: violence, the feminine, and the politics of national identity. The artist will be present for the opening which will be held on Friday, September 6th from 6-8PM.

Today 24 (1-7pm) and Sunday 25 (1-5pm) August families, friends and couples are invited to turn up in and around Southside for free workshops, performances and demonstrations. All activities are within 2 minutes walk from one another and whatever the arrival time audiences are guaranteed to see or be part of something out of the ordinary.

On Saturday 24 (1-7pm) and Sunday 25 (1-5pm) August families, friends and couples are invited to turn up in and around Southside for free workshops, performances and demonstrations. All activities are within 2 minutes walk from one another and whatever the arrival time audiences are guaranteed to see or be part of something out of the ordinary.

Violinist and artistic director Gil Morgenstern's acclaimed Reflections Series International is pleased to announce its 2013-2014 season at a new home adjacent to New York's Highline Park, Avenues: The World School (259 Tenth Ave.). Reflections'relationship with Avenues is particularly appropriate, as the school seeks to integrate learning across subject areas in a globally aware setting. Avenue's state of the art black box theater, designed by architecture firm Perkins Eastman and interior design firm Bonetti/Kozerski Studio, is the perfect setting for Reflections' sophisticated but relaxed performances. Throughout the year, Gil Morgenstern will work with the students at Avenues on interdisciplinary projects both in and out of the classroom.

Fulcrum Point New Music Project, the city's leader in new art music and inventive collaborations, in partnership with Build the Peace Chicago, The Peace School, the International Day of Peace and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, commemorates September 11th and celebrates its 15th anniversary season with a free concert of classical and contemporary music from India and America in Shanti: 15th Annual Concert for Peace, at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph Street, Wednesday, September 11 at 6:30 pm.

Nalini Malani's immersive video/shadow play, In Search of Vanished Blood, will premier in New York on September 6, 2013. This large-scale multi-media work was a highlight of dOCUMENTA 13 held in Kassel, Germany during the summer of 2012. Malani, widely considered the pioneer of video art in India, continues themes explored throughout her illustrious career: violence, the feminine, and the politics of national identity. The artist will be present for the opening which will be held on Friday, September 6 from 6-8pm.

In 'The Past Is Still Ahead' by Sophia Romma, one of Russia's most ill-fated and controversial cult poets of the twentieth century, Marina Tsvetaeva, revisits the tumultuously tragic and sexy events of her life--just before she succumbs to 'suicide' at the hands of the Soviet Secret Police in 1941 while exiled in Siberia. The play will be presented by Midtown InterNational Theatre Festival tonight, July 23, 27 and 28 at The Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, 4th floor, NYC, directed by Francois Rochaix.

Following the theatre's successful Six Summer Saturdays outdoor programme Birmingham Hippodrome is back this summer presenting two jam packed weekends of spectacular outdoor performance in the heart of the Southside area of Birmingham.

In 'The Past Is Still Ahead' by Sophia Romma, one of Russia's most ill-fated and controversial cult poets of the twentieth century, Marina Tsvetaeva, revisits the tumultuously tragic and sexy events of her life--just before she succumbs to 'suicide' at the hands of the Soviet Secret Police in 1941 while exiled in Siberia. The play will be presented by Midtown International Theatre Festival on July 23, 27 and 28 at The Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, 4th floor, NYC, directed by Francois Rochaix. Check out a first look below!

In 'The Past Is Still Ahead' by Sophia Romma, one of Russia's most ill-fated and controversial cult poets of the twentieth century, Marina Tsvetaeva, revisits the tumultuously tragic and sexy events of her life--just before she succumbs to 'suicide' at the hands of the Soviet Secret Police in 1941 while exiled in Siberia. The play will be presented by Midtown International Theatre Festival on July 23, 27 and 28 at The Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, 4th floor, NYC, directed by Francois Rochaix.