Multidisciplinary Arts Festival Set for the 14th Street Y, 5/17-19

The LABA: House of Study at the 14^th Street Y, (344 E. 14^th St., NYC) will host its annual festiVal May 17-19, 2012. The Festival is centered around the theme of "Blueprint" and features contemporary art with a Jewish spin by the 2011-2012 LABA artist fellows. 

The Festival will feature the music of Alicia Jo Rabins, live action puppet cinema by Zvi Sahar, a poetry reading byEugene Ostashevsky, theatre by Michael Bradley Cohen and American Centaur, and site-specific art installations byAnita Glesta, Ghiora Aharoni, Tirtzah Bassel, and Sam Holleran. 

The LABA Festival is an annual event put on by LABA: House of Study, an inclusive beit midrash and fellowship program for culture-makers at the 14th Street Y. This year the House of Study selected 10 fellows from a variety of disciplines and engaged them in the theme of  "Blueprint", an investigation into the function of spaces and places in the Bible and the Talmud. The works presented in the Festival were created by the fellows in response to the texts they studied together.

LABA: House of Study is the core program of LABA: The National Laboratory for New Jewish Culture, a building-wide initiative of the 14^th Street Y in which classical Jewish texts are used to inspire art and thought for all. 

Information on the two show dates:

5-17-12 GALA NIGHT: The opening evening of the Festival will feature art, performances, and teachings with food provided by Riverpark, a Tom Colicchio project, and wine provided by Quality Wines. This is a fundraiser event, and all profits will go to supporting innovative arts and culture programming at the 14th Street Y. Begins at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $120. 
Click here to buy tickets.  

5.19.12 THE FESTIVAL: Come check out contemporary art with a Jewish spin. Art, music and performances. Puppets, poetry, and more. Cocktails. Dessert. DJ. Begins at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $24. Click here to buy tickets.  

Visit www.labajournal.com/festival for more information.