Today, September 8th, the World Financial Center Winter Garden will welcome families and visitors to the third annual Brooke Jackman Foundation Read-A-Thon, with readings of children's books by Rosie Perez, cast members of "Spider-Man Turn off the Dark", Reading Rainbow creator Dr. Twila Liggett, Care Bears on Fire, John Schaefer, 9/11 uniformed heroes and many other special guests.
Jherek Bischoff releases instrumental version of his album Composed called Scores: Composed Instrumentals on September 18th via Brassland.
On Saturday, September 8th, the World Financial Center Winter Garden will welcome families and visitors to the third annual Brooke Jackman Foundation Read-A-Thon, with readings of children's books by Rosie Perez, cast members of "Spider-Man Turn off the Dark", Reading Rainbow creator Dr. Twila Liggett, Care Bears on Fire, John Schaefer, 9/11 uniformed heroes and many other special guests.
ACME, the American Contemporary Music Ensemble, will give the first performance of the complete string quartets of Steve Reich together on the same concert on Tuesday, September 11 at 7:30pm (doors 6:30pm) at Le Poisson Rouge(158 Bleecker Street).
In less than three weeks, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller will fill Park Avenue Armory's vast drill hall with their most ambitious sound installation to date. An otherworldly soundscape created using nearly 100 speakers, THE MURDER OF CROWS will immerse visitors in a vivid narrative realized through the artists' evocative and poetic use of sound-from crashing waves to a marching band to the hubbub of a factory floor. Woven together, these sounds create a haunting melodrama, exploring concepts of love, loss, and vulnerability.
Artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller are set to animate Park Avenue Armory's cavernous drill hall this August with a dream-like soundscape that envelops audiences in a poetic and visceral sonic experience. The soundscape opens August 3 and will run through September 9.
Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director, previously announced the programming for the 46th season of the Mostly Mozart Festival, which runs from tonight, July 28 - August 25, 2012. Spanning seven venues, the Festival will offer more than 37 events including concerts, dance, visual art, film, pre-concert recitals, late-night performances, lectures, and bird-watching tours through Central Park, a special accompaniment to this summer's birdsong theme.
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, which runs from July 25 to August 12, will feature 100 free performances across the plazas of Lincoln Center.
In less than three weeks, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller will fill Park Avenue Armory's vast drill hall with their most ambitious sound installation to date. An otherworldly soundscape created using nearly 100 speakers, THE MURDER OF CROWS will immerse visitors in a vivid narrative realized through the artists' evocative and poetic use of sound-from crashing waves to a marching band to the hubbub of a factory floor. Woven together, these sounds create a haunting melodrama, exploring concepts of love, loss, and vulnerability.
On Judy Garland's 90th Birthday (June 10, 2012), Oscar Award winning actress and Garland's co-star of 'Meet Me in St. Louis' Margaret O'Brien attended Peter Mac's show, GET HAPPY! A 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. See photos of O'Brien with Mac and more below!
Artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller are set to animate Park Avenue Armory's cavernous drill hall this August with a dream-like soundscape that envelops audiences in a poetic and visceral sonic experience. The soundscape opens August 3 and will run through September 9.
Sunday, June 3rd, tribute artists Peter Mac as Judy Garland and John Schaefer as Bea Arthur attended the Mayor's Gay Pride GArden Party to kick off Los Angeles Gay Pride week. Check out photos of the pair with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and more at the event below!
Stars of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, gifted young dancers from The Ailey School and, for the first time ever, talented students from AileyCamp come together for a spectacular one-night performance on tonight, May 8th at 7pm on the world famous Apollo stage. Led by new Artistic Director Robert Battle, the Spring Gala Benefit performance is at the Apollo Theater (253 W 125th Street, between 7th & 8th Avenues). A gala party with festive dress, décor and dancing to music by the famed DJ Ruckus will conclude the 10th annual celebration.
Stars of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, gifted young dancers from The Ailey School and, for the first time ever, talented students from AileyCamp will come together for a spectacular one-night performance on Tuesday, May 8th at 7pm on the world famous Apollo stage. Led by new Artistic Director Robert Battle, the Spring Gala Benefit performance will be at the Apollo Theater (253 W 125th Street, between 7th & 8th Avenues). A gala party with festive dress, décor and dancing to music by the famed DJ Ruckus will conclude the 10th annual celebration.
Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director, today announced the programming for the 46th season of the Mostly Mozart Festival, which runs from July 28 - August 25, 2012. Spanning seven venues, the Festival will offer more than 37 events including concerts, dance, visual art, film, pre-concert recitals, late-night performances, lectures, and bird-watching tours through Central Park, a special accompaniment to this summer's birdsong theme.
New York Classical Theatre returns to the World Financial Center Winter Garden with Playing Molière, a flight of one-act plays by the French satirist exploring the dark side of love, announced presenter Arts Brookfield.
Eight conducting fellows from across the U.S. and Canada have been selected by the Carnegie Hall Choral Institute and the Young People's Chorus of New York City to take part in the Transient Glory Symposium, led by 2011 MacArthur Fellow and symposium artistic director Francisico J. Núñez, which from February 15 to 18, will provide three days of intensive training workshops and performances of new music commissioned for young voices for the Transient Glory series.
Eight conducting fellows from across the U.S. and Canada have been selected by the Carnegie Hall Choral Institute and the Young People's Chorus of New York City to take part in the Transient Glory Symposium, led by 2011 MacArthur Fellow and symposium artistic director Francisico J. Núñez, which from February 15 to 18, will provide three days of intensive training workshops and performances of new music commissioned for young voices for the Transient Glory series.
Tony Award-nominated performer and composer Bob Stillman (Grey Gardens, Dirty Blonde) will explore love's trials and tribulations through songs by an eclectic mix of artists ranging from the Magnetic Fields to Rodgers & Hart at a free Valentine's concert at the World Financial Center Winter Garden on Monday, February 13th.
New York Classical Theatre returns to the World Financial Center Winter Garden with Playing Molière, a flight of one-act plays by the French satirist exploring the dark side of love, announced presenter Arts Brookfield.
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