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Tully Scope Festival Presents Tyondai Braxton's Lincoln Center Debut 3/7

The inaugural Tully Scope Festival presents the Lincoln Center debut of Tyondai Braxton with the Wordless Music Orchestra performing selections from his recent album, Central Market, which was described by The New York Times as "kaleidoscopic…rating on the scales of human achievement and imagination [by] subverting rock's usual ingredients."

Arts World Financial Center Announces Winter 2011 Season, 12/22

This winter, Arts World Financial Center is taking a trip back in time to 17th Century Italy, the Silent Film Era, mid-20th Century New York City and beyond with an eclectic line-up of music, theater, film, and dance, organizers announced today.

Alan Gilbert To Conduct CONTACT! Concerts 12/17-18

New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct the season's second program of CONTACT!, the Orchestra's new-music series, leading Philharmonic musicians in concerts on Friday, December 17, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Saturday, December 18, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. at Symphony Space.

Alan Gilbert To Conduct CONTACT! Concerts 12/17-18

New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct the season's second program of CONTACT!, the Orchestra's new-music series, leading Philharmonic musicians in concerts on Friday, December 17, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Saturday, December 18, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. at Symphony Space.

David Hyde Pierce Stars as Scrooge in WQXR's Reading of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, 12/9

This year, a six-year-long WQXR tradition will continue with a little help from WNYC - and a Tony Award winner, too. On Thursday, December 9 at 5pm, the annual WQXR reading of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL will take place in the station's live performance venue, The Greene Space. WQXR personalities, including Jeff Spurgeon and Midge Woolsey, will be joined by WNYC hosts, including Kurt Andersen and Jad Abumrad, in a version re-imagined for stage and directed by WQXR's Elliott Forrest. Stage and screen actor DAVID HYDE PIERCE will star in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge.

David Hyde Pierce Stars as Scrooge in WQXR's Reading of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, 12/9

This year, a six-year-long WQXR tradition will continue with a little help from WNYC - and a Tony Award winner, too. On Thursday, December 9 at 5pm, the annual WQXR reading of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL will take place in the station's live performance venue, The Greene Space. WQXR personalities, including Jeff Spurgeon and Midge Woolsey, will be joined by WNYC hosts, including Kurt Andersen and Jad Abumrad, in a version re-imagined for stage and directed by WQXR's Elliott Forrest. Stage and screen actor DAVID HYDE PIERCE will star in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge.

Alan Gilbert to Conduct Second Season of CONTACT!, 11/19

New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert will launch the second season of CONTACT!, the Orchestra's new-music series, leading Philharmonic musicians in concerts on Friday, November 19, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. at Peter Norton Symphony Space, and Saturday, November 20, at 7:00 p.m., at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The centerpiece of the program will be the World Premiere of Souvenir (in memoriam Gérard Grisey), a New York Philharmonic Commission by Magnus Lindberg, The Marie Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence, written as a tribute to his late teacher, followed by Grisey's own Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil, performed by soprano Barbara Hannigan, who made her critically acclaimed New York Philharmonic debut last season as Gepopo in Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre. The CONTACT! concerts, which are curated by Mr. Lindberg, began in the 2009-10 season as a showcase for emerging and established contemporary composers.

Alan Gilbert To Conduct CONTACT! Concerts 12/17-18

New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct the season's second program of CONTACT!, the Orchestra's new-music series, leading Philharmonic musicians in concerts on Friday, December 17, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Saturday, December 18, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. at Symphony Space.

Lincoln Center Announces Additions to White Light Festival

A number of artists and events have been added to Lincoln Center's White Light Festival, the new fall festival recently announced by Jane Moss, Festival Director and Lincoln Center's Vice President for Programming.

Lincoln Square Announces Lineup of October Events

Lincoln Square announces its October lineup of events starting with New York City's largest holiday festival, Winter's Eve at Lincoln Square. The event will take place on Monday, November 29, 2010. Now in its 11th year, Winter's Eve features free entertainment, food tastings, family fun and live music along Broadway from Time Warner Center to 68th Street. Tens of thousands of people flock to Lincoln Square on the first Monday after Thanksgiving to enjoy great food, more than 20 free musical and dance performances, children's activities, ice-sculpting, and special shopping promotions at area retailers. To kick off the evening's festivities, we will once again host a neighborhood tree lighting ceremony at Dante Park at Broadway and 63rd Street at 5:30pm.

Lincoln Square Announces Lineup of October Events

Lincoln Square announces its October lineup of events starting with New York City's largest holiday festival, Winter's Eve at Lincoln Square. The event will take place on Monday, November 29, 2010. Now in its 11th year, Winter's Eve features free entertainment, food tastings, family fun and live music along Broadway from Time Warner Center to 68th Street. Tens of thousands of people flock to Lincoln Square on the first Monday after Thanksgiving to enjoy great food, more than 20 free musical and dance performances, children's activities, ice-sculpting, and special shopping promotions at area retailers. To kick off the evening's festivities, we will once again host a neighborhood tree lighting ceremony at Dante Park at Broadway and 63rd Street at 5:30pm.

Alan Gilbert to Conduct Second Season of CONTACT!, 11/19

New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert will launch the second season of CONTACT!, the Orchestra's new-music series, leading Philharmonic musicians in concerts on Friday, November 19, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. at Peter Norton Symphony Space, and Saturday, November 20, at 7:00 p.m., at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The centerpiece of the program will be the World Premiere of Souvenir (in memoriam Gérard Grisey), a New York Philharmonic Commission by Magnus Lindberg, The Marie Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence, written as a tribute to his late teacher, followed by Grisey's own Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil, performed by soprano Barbara Hannigan, who made her critically acclaimed New York Philharmonic debut last season as Gepopo in Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre. The CONTACT! concerts, which are curated by Mr. Lindberg, began in the 2009-10 season as a showcase for emerging and established contemporary composers.

Lincoln Square Announces Lineup of October Events

Lincoln Square announces its October lineup of events starting with New York City's largest holiday festival, Winter's Eve at Lincoln Square. The event will take place on Monday, November 29, 2010. Now in its 11th year, Winter's Eve features free entertainment, food tastings, family fun and live music along Broadway from Time Warner Center to 68th Street. Tens of thousands of people flock to Lincoln Square on the first Monday after Thanksgiving to enjoy great food, more than 20 free musical and dance performances, children's activities, ice-sculpting, and special shopping promotions at area retailers. To kick off the evening's festivities, we will once again host a neighborhood tree lighting ceremony at Dante Park at Broadway and 63rd Street at 5:30pm.

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