David Rubenstein News

Tickets go on sale today for Lincoln Center's 24th season of Midsummer Night Swing taking place Tuesdays through Saturdays, June 26-July 14. Swing's 15 dazzling nights of dancing, and one free daytime lesson for children, take place at the bandshell and elevated dance floor in Damrosch Park, on West 62nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues. Midsummer Night Swing offers an array of dance music styles including salsa, swing, tango, rock 'n' roll, and bhangra. Because of the national holiday there will be no Swing on July 4th, so a special Monday night will be added on July 2nd.

TITANIC TALES: STORIES OF COURAGE AND COWARDICE, a theater work commissioned by Lincoln Center, will have its world premiere on Thursday, April 12 at 8:30 p.m. the date on which, 100 years ago, the RMS Titanic was mid-voyage on the way to its fateful encounter with the iceberg that led to the ship's tragic loss on the night of April 15, 1912.

TITANIC TALES: STORIES OF COURAGE AND COWARDICE, a theater work commissioned by Lincoln Center, will have its world premiere on Thursday, April 12 at 8:30 p.m. the date on which, 100 years ago, the RMS Titanic was mid-voyage on the way to its fateful encounter with the iceberg that led to the ship's tragic loss on the night of April 15, 1912.

Just added to the April schedule of FREE events at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center is the return of the acclaimed Unsound Festival New York on April 19 with "Interzone." The Target® Free Thursdays concert, at a special time, 7:30 p.m., features two exciting duo projects that explore the edges of sound, melding psychedelic, rock, dub, and other influences in engaging new ways: Polish duo LXMP, (pictured, right) making their U.S. debut, and American duo Peaking Lights. And in honor of Tartan Day, Meet the Artist Saturdays' April 7 program, Heartbeat of the Highlands will feature the dazzling Scottish dancers of Shot of Scotch (pictured, left) in a one-hour family program.

Two exciting theater pieces come to Lincoln Center as part of Target Free Thursdays at the David Rubenstein Atrium this March and April: first on March 29, Asking For It, a moving and funny one-woman show by Joanna Rush to mark Women's History Month; then on April 12, Titanic Tales, a music-theater work recalling the tragic voyage in survivors own words, set to music of the period. Both performances take place at 8:30 p.m.

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein will perform Samuel Barber's challenging Cello Concerto in four concerts with the New York Philharmonic and conductor David Zinman in March, including three concerts at Avery Fisher Hall (March 8, 10 & 13) and one at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (March 9).

The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center is located at Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets. For more information, including an updated calendar of performances and programs at the Atrium, visit LincolnCenter.org/Atrium.

ASKING FOR IT, a one-woman show by Joanna Rush, will play on Thursday, March 29 at 8:30 pm at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center as part of the Target® Free Thursdays program to mark Women's History Month. Admission is free.

In the first event of the New York Philharmonic Offstage season, Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato will join WQXR host Jeff Spurgeon at The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center for a discussion of her upcoming concerts with the New York Philharmonic.

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein will perform Samuel Barber's challenging Cello Concerto in four concerts with the New York Philharmonic and conductor David Zinman in March, including three concerts at Avery Fisher Hall (March 8, 10 & 13) and one at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (March 9).

Fashion Week is in full swing! The runways are lit and the area's restaurants are packed with people taking advantage of Lincoln Square BID's successful Fashion Week dining promotions: Fashion Plate Prix Fixe and Lincoln Square Crew Cuts.

Step in out of the cold this winter and enjoy sizzling FREE concerts at the David Rubenstein Atrium. Target® Free Thursdays present a range of exciting artists this January and February, banjo virtuoso Jayme Stone, Colombian singer Lucia Pulido, and country/bluegrass artist Ruth Moody. Admission is free, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The New-York Historical Society is dedicated to fostering research, presenting history and art exhibitions, and public programs that reveal the dynamism of history and its influence on the world of today.

Step in out of the cold this winter and enjoy sizzling FREE concerts at the David Rubenstein Atrium. Target® Free Thursdays present a range of exciting artists this January and February, banjo virtuoso Jayme Stone, Colombian singer Lucia Pulido, and country/bluegrass artist Ruth Moody. Admission is free, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

As Black History Month begins and Abraham Lincoln's birthday approaches, the New-York Historical Society is pleased to add to its displays a rare handwritten copy of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution-the measure that abolished slavery-signed by Lincoln himself. The document, which was recently acquired by David Rubenstein, managing director of The Carlyle Group, will be on view at New-York Historical in the new Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American History.

Step in out of the cold this winter and enjoy sizzling FREE concerts at the David Rubenstein Atrium. Target® Free Thursdays present a range of exciting artists this January and February, banjo virtuoso Jayme Stone, Colombian singer Lucia Pulido, and country/bluegrass artist Ruth Moody. Admission is free, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.