The Actors Fund announces today a special screening of the 2007 film The Band's Visit, in partnership with the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) as part of their ongoing film series, "Life on the Stage: Conversation and Film." The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the creative team of the 10-time Tony Award-winning musical adaptation.
Sit back, relax, and cool down this summer at the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban film houses in the country. The JBFC announced today a variety of unique and compelling film series launching or re-launching this summer. Select film screenings also feature thought-provoking and engaging Q&A's with renowned American and international filmmakers, environmentalists, musicians, and more.
Mount Kisco's Northern Westchester Hospital and Sleepy Hollow's Phelps Hospital, proud members of Northwell Health, have become sponsors of the Jacob Burns Film Center's (JBFC) Creative Culture program and a new ongoing series, STEM on Screen.
Casa Mañana Theatre wraps up its 2017-18 Broadway Season presented by Frank Kent Cadillac with Mamma Mia!, June 2-10, sponsored by Bank of Texas. Tickets are on sale now.
Casa Mañana Theatre wraps up its 2017-18 Broadway Season presented by Frank Kent Cadillac with Mamma Mia!, June 2-10, sponsored by Bank of Texas. Tickets are on sale now.
For those who are having a “staycation” this Memorial Day, the Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville, NY) invites all to join them on Monday, May 28th for the screening of the new HBO documentary John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls. The documentary was produced and directed by six-time Emmy winner Peter Kunhardt and Emmy winners George and Teddy Kunhardt. Following the screening will be a Q&A with Peter and Teddy Kunhardt, who will be onsite for select interviews.
On Thursday, May 17 the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban art house theaters in the country, received the Bill Webber Community Service Award at Hudson Link's Annual Spring Benefit Dinner hosted at the Grand Hyatt New York. This year's benefit dinner marked Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison's 20th Anniversary. For the past two decades, Hudson Link has provided college education, life skills, and re-entry support to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated men and women to help them make a positive impact on their own lives, families, and communities.
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the NEA's second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $20,000 to the Jacob Burns Film Center for Creative Culture, a fellowship and residency program that provides space, equipment, resources, mentorship, and a supportive community to film and media artists from our region, across the country, and around the world.
On Thursday, May 3rd Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville, NY) will be pre-screening Paul Schrader's new film First Reformed , which is set for release in the US on May 18th, 2018.
The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban film houses in the country, is celebrating a decade of their popular Jazz Sessions. The 10th annual series will kick off on May 2nd with an opening night event featuring World-renowned guitarist and singer, John Pizzarelliperforming a musical tribute to Antônio Carlos Jobim, followed by four more live performances that will introduce guests to some of the exciting young innovators who carry on the jazz legacy and continue to reinvent the form today. The performances will take place after a screening of The House of Tom—Mundo, Monde, Mondo - a captivating documentary on Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, best known in the US for creating the 1960s bossa nova craze with tunes like “The Girl from Ipanema.”
RAGTIME is a 1996 musical about the American experience at the turn of the 20th century with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty. The score is inspired by the musical styles of the period and includes marches, cakewalks, gospel and, of course, ragtime. Based on E. L. Doctorow's 1975 novel of the same name about early 20th century America, the story weaves together the disparite lives of three groups: African Americans, represented by Harlem musician Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Ben Toomer); the White upper-class of suburbia, represented by Mother (Emma Hearn), a New Rochelle matriarch; and immigrants, represented by Tateh (Trevor Berger), a Jewish immigrant from Latvia. The musical's message of acceptance and hope in the face of challenges is even more relevant today than it was two decades ago.
A feast for the eyes and the palate is coming to Westchester! The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban film houses in the country, is continuing their successful Film to Table series later this month. The series, which brings new meaning to the phrase “dinner and a movie,” features events throughout the year that include a food-focused film screening followed by a Q&A or panel discussion with distinctive local restaurateurs, filmmakers, and more.
The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban film houses in the country, announced today a variety of unique and compelling film series launching or re-launching this spring. Many of the film screenings also feature thought-provoking and engaging Q&As with renowned local and international filmmakers, cast members, and more.
The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban film houses in the country, announced today a variety of unique and compelling film series launching or re-launching this spring. Many of the film screenings also feature thought-provoking and engaging Q&As with renowned local and international filmmakers, cast members, and more.
The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban film houses in the country, announced today a variety of unique and compelling film series launching or re-launching this spring. Many of the film screenings also feature thought-provoking and engaging Q&As with renowned local and international filmmakers, cast members, and more.
The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) is pleased to announce a compelling lineup—featuring a robust mix of 41 documentaries and narratives—for the 17th annual Westchester Jewish Film Festival (WJFF), including all 10 episodes of The Writer, one of the latest in Israel's brilliant streak of TV dramas. The festival spans two and half weeks from March 13–29, with all screenings and events taking place at JBFC, a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban film houses in the country located in Pleasantville, NY. Presale tickets are available for members starting on February 13th, while tickets will be available for the general public on February 16th.
Bid to win the chance to get a rare inside look into the early stages of this production at an exclusive industry insider presentation of The Prom, a musical directed by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw, scheduled to open on Broadway November 15, 2018!
In January, New Conservatory Theatre Center is proud to offer audiences the world premiere of Tim Pinckney's Still at Risk directed by Dennis Lickteig. This takes a new look at the personal and political effects of HIV/AIDS on the LGBT community decades after the crisis through the play's main character Kevin, a surviving activist from the front lines of the AIDS crisis who is struggling to find purpose in a modern age of greater gay rights. When an unexpected event threatens to erase the history he was part of creating, his anger and passion are renewed. Deeply moving and possessing sharp humor, Still at Risk is a powerful look at the hazards of rewriting the past, and one man's attempt to move forward.
Jacob Burns Film Center's (JBFC) fellows are making headlines! Sundance Institute just announced the newest round of 2018 Sundance Ignite Fellows, chosen from a global crop of more than 800 applicants. JBFC fellows Crystal Kayiza and Rahessa Vit rio were both selected as finalists, with Crystal ultimately receiving one of the 15 fellowships. The fifteen 18-to-24-year-old filmmakers were selected from a short film competition and will receive a year of creative and professional mentorship, and an all-expenses-paid trip to 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Crystal's submission Why We Stay and Rahessa's submission Saudade were produced in the JBFC's Creative Culture Program.
Sundance Institute and Adobe Project 1324 announced the newest round of 2018 Sundance Ignite Fellows today, chosen from a global crop of more than 800 applicants. The fifteen 18-to-24-year-old filmmakers selected to participate in this one-year fellowship hail from five continents, with creative groundings spanning from television writing to documentary photography to narrative short films.
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