Andrew Cuomo News

The Jewish Museum will present Bubbe Meises, a reading performance with artist Eleanor Antin, on Monday, January 28 at 11:30am. Antin will read excerpts of Conversations with Stalin, her unpublished coming-of-age memoir about growing up in a family of first generation Jewish immigrants in New York City. This program is the first of a series in which Antin will read the complete Conversations with Stalin over the course of a week at four different venues in New York City. Additional readings will take place at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts on January 29 at 6pm; the Brooklyn Museum on January 31 at 7pm; and the Whitney Museum of American Art on February 1 at 6:30pm. Eleanor Antin's Conversations with Stalin is a smart, no holds barred, black comedy in the picaresque tradition of Holden Caulfield and Huck Finn.

Brian d'Arcy James sang "Bring Him Home" from Les Miserables at the Passionists' 160th Anniversary Celebration.

As part of the eighth edition of the COIL festival, Performance Space 122 (PS122) and The Kitchen present the world premiere of Inflatable Frankenstein from Radiohole. One of New York's most tenacious and beloved ensembles explores the cultural legend of Frankenstein - everyone's metaphor for nearly everything. Source material includes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, James Whale's classic Frankenstein films, details from Mary Shelley's tragic life, the work of Antonin Artaud and parts of over 100 'Frankenstein' films. Inflatable Frankenstein is blood chilling and completely strange; filled with whimsical creature fantasy, technological absurdity, electric air and bodily fluids.

A conversation program with acclaimed artist Kiki Smith and Dr. Alexander Nagel of the Institute of Fine Arts responding to the medieval manuscripts in the current exhibition, Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries, will take place on Thursday, January 17 at 6:30 pm at The Jewish Museum. In Writers & Artists Respond: Kiki Smith and Dr. Alexander Nagel, Smith and Nagel will use their individual artistic and research practices to frame the discussion. =Nagel's most recently published work, Medieval Modern: Art out of Time (2012, Thames and Hudson), will be available for purchase in the Museum's Cooper Shop after the event. This program continues Writers and Artists Respond, a series of thought provoking discussions and performances by artists, musicians and writers in The Jewish Museum's galleries.

Music Director George Rothman will lead Riverside Symphony in the second concert of the orchestra's 32nd season on Saturday evening, February 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. This fascinating program for string orchestra, harp and keyboards, will feature violinist Arnaud Sussmann performing Poul Ruder's first violin concerto-recorded by Riverside Symphony to international acclaim in 1995-as well as "Winter" from the The Four Seasons, the iconic work that inspired Ruders' hauntingly beautiful composition. Early Danish master Carl Nielsen is represented his first mature opus, a disarming, seldom-played gem, and Tchaikovsky's widely beloved Romantic showpiece (with a nod to Mozart) brings the program to a rousing finish.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) is accepting submissions for its 25th Annual Festival of New Musicals taking place in New York City at New World Stages on October 17 and 18, 2013. Submission information and the online application are available at www.namt.org/festival. NAMT is looking for great new musicals that represent the exciting diversity and breadth of the future of musical theatre.

As part of the eighth edition of the COIL festival, Performance Space 122 (PS122) and The Kitchen present the world premiere of Inflatable Frankenstein from Radiohole. One of New York's most tenacious and beloved ensembles explores the cultural legend of Frankenstein - everyone's metaphor for nearly everything. Source material includes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, James Whale's classic Frankenstein films, details from Mary Shelley's tragic life, the work of Antonin Artaud and parts of over 100 'Frankenstein' films. Inflatable Frankenstein is blood chilling and completely strange; filled with whimsical creature fantasy, technological absurdity, electric air and bodily fluids.

The Theater for the New City presents The New Stage Theatre Company's Garden of Delights, written by Fernando Arrabal and directed by Ildiko Nemeth (NY Innovative Theatre Award nominee), with original music by Jon Gilbert Leavitt (Outmusic Award winner). Garden of Delights runs now through December 2, 2012 in a limited engagement at Theater for the New City's Johnson Theater, located at 155 First Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets in New York City. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!

Pianist Inna Faliks (www.innafaliks.com) will appear in the Brooklyn Public Library's free Classical Interludes Series, on Sunday, December 2, 2012, 4 pm at the Central Library, Dweck Center, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn. The mixed program will include works by Beethoven, Schumann, Shchedrin, and Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin. Subway: B, D, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Atlantic Ave. For more information, visit www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/events/culture-arts/ or call 718-638-1531.

Education at Roundabout Theatre Company will host its second annual College and Career Readiness Day today, November 17th from 10:00AM - 1:00PM at the American Airlines Theatre (227 W. 42nd Street).

The Theater for the New City presents The New Stage Theatre Company's Garden of Delights, written by Fernando Arrabal and directed by Ildiko Nemeth (NY Innovative Theatre Award nominee), with original music by Jon Gilbert Leavitt (Outmusic Award winner). Garden of Delights runs through December 2, 2012 in a limited engagement at Theater for the New City's Johnson Theater, located at 155 First Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets in New York City. The show opens tonight, November 17th.

The Theater for the New City presents The New Stage Theatre Company's Garden of Delights, written by Fernando Arrabal and directed by Ildiko Nemeth (NY Innovative Theatre Award nominee), with original music by Jon Gilbert Leavitt (Outmusic Award winner). Garden of Delights runs from tonight, November 15 to December 2, 2012 in a limited engagement at Theater for the New City's Johnson Theater, located at 155 First Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets in New York City. Previews begin tonight, November 15 for a November 17 opening.

Education at Roundabout Theatre Company will host its second annual College and Career Readiness Day on Saturday, November 17th from 10:00AM - 1:00PM at the American Airlines Theatre (227 W. 42nd Street).

The Jewish Museum will present an author talk featuring Rabbi Joshua Eli Plaut, on Monday, November 5 at 11:30 am. Rabbi Plaut will read from his new book, A Kosher Christmas (Rutgers University Press, 2012), the first on the subject of Jews and Christmas in the United States, which portrays how Jews are shaping the public and private character of Christmas by transforming December into a joyous holiday season belonging to all Americans. This will be the first of only two appearances Rabbi Plaut will be making in New York as part of his book tour.

The Theater for the New City presents The New Stage Theatre Company's Garden of Delights, written by Fernando Arrabal and directed by Ildiko Nemeth (NY Innovative Theatre Award nominee), with original music by Jon Gilbert Leavitt (Outmusic Award winner). Garden of Delights runs from November 15 to December 2, 2012 in a limited engagement at Theater for the New City's Johnson Theater, located at 155 First Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets in New York City. Previews begin November 15 for a November 17 opening.

The Theater for the New City presents The New Stage Theatre Company's Garden of Delights, written by Fernando Arrabal and directed by Ildiko Nemeth (NY Innovative Theatre Award nominee), with original music by Jon Gilbert Leavitt (Outmusic Award winner). Garden of Delights runs from November 15 to December 2, 2012 in a limited engagement at Theater for the New City's Johnson Theater, located at 155 First Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets in New York City. Previews begin November 15 for a November 17 opening.

Cellist Erik Friedlander will respond to the medieval manuscripts in the current exhibition Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries with a solo performance premiering new, original compositions in The Jewish Museum's galleries tonight, October 18 at 6:30pm. This event continues Writers and Artists Respond, a series of thought provoking discussions and performances by artists, musicians and writers in the Museum's galleries.