THIRTEEN Announces Weekly Listings for NYC-ARTS

Thirteen announces "NYC-ARTS" Weekly Listings for October 31, 2013 - January 9, 2014

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, October 31
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #187
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello (from the Bard Graduate Center) and Paula Zahn. De Montebello's interview with Susan Weber, founder and director of Bard Graduate Center, and co-curator of "William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain" is the feature/profile. Christie's "Object Lessons: Collecting Can Wait. A Connoisseur's 3 Steps to Selecting an Exceptional Drinking Wine" is the choice segment. News correspondent Christina Ha, based at the Sands Point Preserve/Hempstead House, reports on Design Showhouse there; "We Are!" featuring Gospel for Teens at the MAMA Foundation for the Arts; the Broadway musical "Wicked" celebrates its 10th anniversary; Compagnie Marie Chouinard at The Joyce; Hurricane Sandy Anniversary and the arts, MCNY, "Rising Waters: Photographs of Hurricane Sandy," Dedalus Foundation @ Industry City, "Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1" and "Lost and Found: Scenes from after the flood" and "Touched by Sandy: an exhibition of works damaged by Hurricane Sandy, and "Sleeping Beauty" (marionettes) at the New Victory Theater.

Thursday, November 7
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #188
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. Theater for a New Audience is the feature/profile. Christie's "Object Lessons: The Storied Tale of a Silver Candelabra"is the choice segment. News Correspondent Christina Ha, based at the International Center of Photography, reports on "JFK November 22, 1963: A Bystander's View of History;" the "Ilya & Emilia Kabakov" exhibition at Pace Gallery; the "Ilya and Emilia Kabokov: ENTER HERE" documentary film premiere at Film Forum; "A Night With Janis Joplin" (starring Mary Bridget Davies) at the Lyceum Theater; "Ballerina Swan" at Theater 3; and Gibney Dance Company's "Dividing Line" at Florence Gould Hall.

Thursday, November 14
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #189
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. The Avery Fisher Career Grant Awards 2013 winner violinist Bella Hristova is the feature/profile. MoMA's "Magritte, The Mystery of the Ordinary 1926-1938" exhibit
is the choice segment. News Correspondent Christina Ha, based at the International Center of Photography, reports on "Lewis Hine" and "The Future of America: Lewis Hine's New Deal Photographs," and "Zoe Strauss: 10 Years," So Percussion performs at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall auditorium; Roundabout Theatre Company's "The Winslow Boy" at the American Airlines Theatre, Mark Morris Dance Group celebrates the 25th anniversary of "Il L'Allegro il Penserosa ed il Moderato" at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater; Queens Museum reopening; "Radical Presence: Black Performance Art," a two-part exhibition, co-organized by NYU's Grey Art Gallery and the Studio Museum in Harlem and Performa 13.

Thursday, November 21
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #190
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. The Frick Collection's "Vermeer, Rembrandt and Hals" exhibition, the Morgan Library & Museum's "Edgar Allen Poe: Terror of the Soul" exhibition and The Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Legends of the Dead Ball Era (1900-1919) in the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick"are the choice segments. News Correspondent Christina Ha, based at Neue Galerie, reports on ""Vasily Kandinsky: From Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910-1925;" "Industrial Sublime" at Hudson River Museum; the Alvin Ailey season at City Center; "Interwoven Globe" exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; "T.J. Wilcox: In the Air" at Whitney Museum of American Art; Roundabout Theater Company's comedy "Bad Jews" and New York Ballet Theatre: Keith Michael's adaptation of "The Nutcracker" at Florence Gould Hall.

Thursday, November 28
8-8:30 p.m.
Pre-empted

Thursday, December 5
8-8:30 p.m.
Pre-empted

Thursday, December 12
8-8:30 p.m.
Pre-empted

Thursday, December 19
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #191
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. "Chagall: Love, War and Exile" exhibition at The Jewish Museum is the choice segment. News Correspondent Christina Ha, based at the Brooklyn Museum, reports on "Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492-1898;" "Danish Paintings from the Golden Age to the Modern Breakthrough" at Scandinavia House; and "Medieval Treasures from Hildesheim" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Thursday, December 26
8-8:30 p.m.
Pre-empted

Thursday, January 2
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #192
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. Avery Fisher Career Grant Awards 2013 featuring pianist Kuok-Wai Linis the feature/profile. The "Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul" exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museumis the choice segment. Christina Ha reports on "The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk" exhibition at Brooklyn Museum.

Thursday, January 9
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #193
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. Composer and musician Tyondai Braxtonis the subject of the feature/profile. News Correspondent Christina Ha, based at the Brooklyn Museum, reports on "The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From Sidewalk to Catwalk" and "Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey."

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.
Funding for NYC-ARTS is made possible by Rosalind P. Walter, The Agnes Varis Trust, Jody and John Arnhold, Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown, 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. NYC-ARTS is also made possible in part by First Republic Bank.
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, PBS NewsHour Weekend, 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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