NYC ARTS Announces Weekly Listings 7/18 - 8/29

NYC-ARTS provides arts lovers in the tri-state area with an all-access pass to the New York City area's myriad cultural offerings: from music and dance concerts, to the theater, museums and galleries-from the classic to the contemporary.

New York Emmy winners Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn co-host.
NYC-ARTS airs Thursday nights at 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN. Encore presentations will generally follow on Sundays at 12 noon on THIRTEEN; Fridays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. on WLIW21; and Sundays at 8:30 p.m. on NJTV. New episodes will also be available on NYC-ARTS.org every Friday morning.

Thursday, July 18
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #173
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. "Music Under the Moon: A Tanglewood Featurette" is the feature/profile. The William Merritt Chase collection at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill on the East End of Long Island is the choice segment. News correspondent Christina Ha, based at the Neue Galerie, reports on various events around town, including the exhibition "Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna 1897-1907," there; as well as "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812" at Kazino; "Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and "Ken Price: Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Works on Paper 1962-2010" at The Drawing Center; "The Trip to Bountiful" at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre; "Old Masters, Newly Acquired" at the Morgan Library & Museum; and "MoTown The Musical" at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

Thursday, July 25
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #174
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill on the East End of Long Island is the feature/profile. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" is the choice segment. News correspondent Christina Ha, based at the Whitney Museum of American Art, reports on various events around town, including the exhibition "Hopper Drawing" there; as well as the 35th Anniversary of Celebrate Brooklyn!; "Choir Boy" at the Manhattan Theatre Club; "Ballet v6.0" at The Joyce Theater; "The Loves of Aaron Burr: Portraits in Corsetry & Binding" at the Morris-Jumel Mansion; and "Penguins in the IMAX" at the American Museum of Natural History.

Thursday, August 1
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #175
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Morrison Hotel Gallery and the Morris-Jumel Mansion are the feature/profiles. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's "George Washington Crossing the Delaware" and Art Underground: Tom Otterness are the choice segments.

Thursday, August 8
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #165 (encore)
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. The Art Students League is the feature/profile. The Museum of the American Indian's "Infinity of Nations" exhibition and Art Underground: Faith Ringgold are the choice segments.

Thursday, August 15
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #176
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. The School of American Ballet and Clarinetist David Krakauer are the feature/profiles. Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" on view at The Museum of Modern Artis the choice segment.

Thursday, August 22
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #177
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Pianist Jeremy Denk is the feature/profiles. Philippe de Montebello's visit to the Annenberg Impressionist Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Artis the choice segment, followed by a profile of the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.

Thursday, August 29
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #178
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Philippe de Montebello's interview with Louise Mirrer, President and CEO of the New-York Historical Society and a Chelsea Walking Tours segment are the feature/profiles. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Wisteria Room is the choice segment.

NYC-ARTS is a production of THIRTEEN in association with WNET, one of America's most prolific and respected public media providers. For 50 years, THIRTEEN has been making the most of the rich resources and passionate people of New York and the world, reaching millions of people with on-air and online programming that celebrates arts and culture, offers insightful commentary on the news of the day, explores the worlds of science and nature, and invites students of all ages to have fun while learning.
Executive Producer: David Horn. Editorial Director: Joan Hershey. Supervising Producer: Mitch Owgang. Senior Producer: Bob Morris. For the digital platforms, General Manager: Dan Greenberg. Director of Digital Strategy: Joe Harrell.
NYC-ARTS is made possible in part by First Republic Bank. Funding for NYC-ARTS is also made possible by Rosalind P. Walter, Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown, Jody and John Arnhold, Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional funding provided by members of THIRTEEN.
Visit the NYC-ARTS Web site at NYC-ARTS.org for additional information.

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About WNET
In 2013, WNET is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of THIRTEEN, New York's flagship public media provider. As the parent company of THIRTEEN and WLIW21 and operator of NJTV, WNET brings quality arts, education and public affairs programming to over 5 million viewers each week. WNET produces and presents such acclaimed PBS series as Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, Need to Know, Charlie Rose and a range of documentaries, children's programs, and local news and cultural offerings available on air and online. Pioneers in educational programming, WNET has created such groundbreaking series as Get the Math, Oh Noah! and Cyberchase and provides tools for educators that bring compelling content to life in the classroom and at home. WNET highlights the tri-state's unique culture and diverse communities through NYC-ARTS, Reel 13, NJ Today and MetroFocus, the multi-platform news magazine focusing on the New York region. WNET is also a leader in connecting with viewers on emerging platforms, including the THIRTEEN Explore iPad App where users can stream PBS content for free.

About NYC-ARTS
NYC-ARTS aims to increase awareness of New York City's nonprofit cultural organizations, whose offerings greatly benefit residents and visitors-from children to adults, and teenagers to senior citizens. NYC-ARTS promotes cultural groups' activities and events to tri-state, national and international audiences through nonprint media, using new technologies as they develop. Through television, Web sites, mobile applications and social media, NYC-ARTS nurtures New York City's position as a thriving cultural capital of the world, one that has both world-renowned institutions and those that are focused on local communities.

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