The L.A Gay & Lesbian Center, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles, will present the next event in the Center's ongoing series of free public discussions, Big Queer Convo.
The artists present "Die Jahrhundertwende," a program featuring songs by two of the last great romantic Lieder composers (Wolf and Brahms) and two pioneers of modernity (Schoenberg and Berg). Along with two less famous but exceptionally interesting transitional figures (Zemlinsky and Pfitzner), the program explores the astonishing variety in German Song during this pivotal 15 years.
This season the Amsterdam Marionette Theatre will program the following performances, in September - November 2012, The Impresario (Der Schauspieldirektor) - W.A. Mozart (Sept. 30 in a special setting: with operalunch) and in November - December 2012: The amazing journey of Doctor Faust.
Charlotte Jones' Airswimming will get its area premiere as part of the seventh annual Capital Fringe Festival. Inspired by true events, Airswimming tells the story of two women who are incarcerated in an asylum for sexual deviancy and having a child out of wedlock in 1920s England. Forgotten by their families, the two women form a bond over their 50 year imprisonment in an alternate reality inspired by the one and only Doris Day.
The artists present "Die Jahrhundertwende," a program featuring songs by two of the last great romantic Lieder composers (Wolf and Brahms) and two pioneers of modernity (Schoenberg and Berg). Along with two less famous but exceptionally interesting transitional figures (Zemlinsky and Pfitzner), the program explores the astonishing variety in German Song during this pivotal 15 years.
Now celebrating its 34th year, the annual Museum Mile Festival (www.museummilefestival.org ) takes place rain or shine today, June 12, 2012, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Today, June 11 through June 28, 2012 the international new play festival Zeitgeist: New Playwrights from Austria, Germany and Switzerland brings some of the most sought-after European playwrights and their works to Washington and New York for staged readings with the directors of leading theaters in each city: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, the Studio Theatre, and the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, and New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, and Soho Rep in New York City.
Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts has announced its 2012-13, 24th Season. Including LE POÈME HARMONIQUE IN "VENEZIA," on opening night, eight intriguing composer portraits, featuring John Cage, Jonathan Harvey, Olga Neuwirth, Sofia Gubaidulina, Enno Poppe, Rebeecca Saunders, Oliver Knussen and Julio Estrada. Bach, Revisted, highlights innovators, baroque and modern alike, featuring Jennifer Koh teaming up with mentor Jaime Laredo, harpsichordist Kristian Bezuidenhout and Ensemble Signal playing Bach, Rebel and Michael Gordon, and pianist Christopher Taylor juxtaposing Bach and Rzewski. The theatre also highlights early music ensembles, its jazz series, community programming, and pop-up concerts. See below for full details.
June 11-28, 2012 the international new play festival Zeitgeist: New Playwrights from Austria, Germany and Switzerland brings some of the most sought-after European playwrights and their works to Washington and New York for staged readings with the directors of leading theaters in each city: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, the Studio Theatre, and the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, and New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, and Soho Rep in New York City.
Now celebrating its 34th year, the annual Museum Mile Festival (www.museummilefestival.org) takes place rain or shine on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Fine tapestry artist Donna Loraine Contractor debuts a collection of new works at Madrid's Tapestry Gallery, today, May 5 through June 16, 2012. An opening reception and meet the artist opportunity for the show, "New Math Plus: More From The Universal Language Series" is today, May 5 from 1-4 p.m. at the Tapestry Gallery, Firehouse Lane Ste. D, Madrid, NM.
Fine tapestry artist Donna Loraine Contractor debuts a collection of new works at Madrid's Tapestry Gallery, May 5-June 16, 2012. An opening reception and meet the artist opportunity for the show, "New Math Plus: More From The Universal Language Series" is Saturday, May 5 from 1-4 p.m. at the Tapestry Gallery, Firehouse Lane Ste. D, Madrid, NM.
The Museum of Modern Art, in association with the Munich Film Museum and the Goethe-Institut New York, presents the first comprehensive North American retrospective of German film, theater, and opera director Werner Schroeter (1945-2010).
Presented in collaboration with the represented country's consulates general and cultural institutions, the International Voices Project will celebrate the voices of international playwrights with eight premiere concert-style readings of selected plays that will be performed by a professional cast with stage directions read to allow audiences imaginations to create the world of the play. After each reading, there will be a post-performance discussion with the cast and audience, followed by a reception hosted by the consulates.
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.
Now celebrating its 34th year, the annual Museum Mile Festival (www.museummilefestival.org ) takes place rain or shine on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Israeli Stage and Producing Artistic Director, Guy Ben-Aharon announce a six New England College Tour of award-winning Israeli writer Savyon Liebrecht's Apples From The Desert - scheduled for March 17 - 28 2012.
Handel and Haydn Society will present Beethoven Eroica, conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni. Students are set to perform at Symphony Hall in celebration of 25th Anniversary of Collaborative Youth Concerts.
BATS' Fringe Festival is getting into full swing. There are three shows a night.
Israeli Stage will host award-winning playwright Motti Lerner for a workshop of his latest play, At Night's End, today at the Goethe Institut, 170 Beacon Street, Boston.
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