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| Kayode Ojo’s Show Has a Male Chastity System and Balenciaga Jeans - Vulture Posted: 02 Nov 2018 12:00 AM PDT  Kayode Ojo, Scorched Bedroom, Paris (Cartier), 2018: C-print mounted on museum board. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Martos Gallery, New York One of the sculptures in Kayode Ojo's solo show "Equilibrium" at Martos Gallery features a male chastity system. I wouldn't have had any idea what the menacing shiny metal contraption was if I hadn't read the exhibition checklist. Same goes for the vaguely medical-looking syringe guns that lay next to it on a mirrored end table you'd expect to find in a high-rise condo at the turn of the millenium. The perverse potential of the instruments, the fragility of the glass they're perched on, the composition's meticulous — not to say OCD — precision, and the impermanence of the entire display, feels pregnant with anxiety. It's not clear after all if this is a ready-made or still life mise-en-scène.  Kayode Ojo, I'm Fine, 2018: Zikimed 50 Ml Revolver Syringes, Glass Barrel, Luer Lock (Animal Only), Master Series Ultimate Male Lockdown Chastity System, Howard Elliott 11184 Mirrored Pedestal Table. Photo: Whitney Mallett Ojo's art often plays with a certain narrative ambiguity leaving you wondering, just what did I walk in on, exactly? Riding the line between sculpture and photo is not the only point of uncertainty. Friend or foe? Black or white? These questions are central to "Equilibrium," which Ojo explains takes its title from a 2002 sci-fi film starring Christian Bale and Taye Diggs, set in a dystopian future where emotionality is criminalized. Spoiler alert: "Taye Diggs is the sidekick who ends up becoming the villain," says Ojo. "I'm interested in that character because I'm interested in betrayal." The Tuskegee syphilis experiment, Rachel Dolezal, Samson and Delilah, luxury brands going downmarket — these are all examples of deception and misrepresentation that come up when he talks about the show's themes. "Equilibrium" is the artist's first solo exhibition in New York and third in a few short months, following closely on the heels of a show in Paris at Balice Hertling and one in Berlin at Sweetwater. All three combine video, photo or painting, and precariously assembled ready-made sculptures with a unique vocabulary of animated thingness Ojo has been developing over the past few years. "Formally it is something I don't see anywhere else," says Alex Hertling of Balice Hertling about Ojo's way of working, where the artist brings together clothes, furniture, wigs, jewelry, and household objects in very deliberate configurations but without any kind of permanent adherence. A blazer hangs from a lamp. A dress drapes over a chair poised atop a mirror. A body chain spills out of the crotch of pleather jeans upside down and hooked onto a music stand.  Kayode Ojo, Undressed (The Four Seasons, Seagram), 2018: K'ryssma Long Natural Straight Brown Lace Front Wig Half Hand Tied Realistic Looking Glueless Synthetic Wigs for Women 24 inches, Topwholesalejewel Bridal Long 5 Strands Silver Crystal Earrings, DAY.LIN Jewelry Ladies Body Chain Women Nightclub Party Body Chain Jewelry Bikini Waist Gold Belly Beach Harness (Silver), H&M Size 12 14 20s Flapper Gatsby Deco Fringe Tassel Gold Dress, Hamilton Stands KB400 Classic American Folding Sheet Music Stand (Chrome). Photo: Whitney Mallett "Everything is made to be photographed," says Ojo. And in this show, a couple objects find their way into both a sculpture and a photo. But the artist also explains, "I'm always shooting photos of the sculptures as I'm making them." Photos help him determine when a work is finished and they function as a reference for how to reassemble a work in a collector's home. Two-dimensional depictions are also the first way Ojo interacts with many of a sculpture's component parts, consumer products he orders from the web and unboxes in his bedroom studio. "These things exist online and in images and then you have to figure out how it can be a sculpture," says Tennessee-born Ojo, who majored in photography at SVA, graduating with a BFA in 2012. When he moved to New York after high school, Ojo wanted to be a fashion photographer. Growing up in Cookeville, Tennessee, fashion and advertising were a lot more visible than contemporary art, but even access to what you'd see in a magazine ad or on a tv commercial was pretty limited. "There was a mall," he says, "but if you wanted brands you'd have to drive to Nashville." His family didn't do that. "My parents were immigrants. They weren't huge consumers." Ojo's parents moved from Nigeria for his dad to teach engineering at the university in Cookeville. There, he grew up around kids who wore hunting camo and brought homemade jerky to school. Since he was a kid, Ojo's always been interested in the misuse of objects, in prizing things like a suitcase lock for something other than its prosaic function. The entire luxury industry in a way is a perversion of an object's utilitarian function, turning clothes and furniture into tools of self-transformation rather just a dress to wear or a chair to sit on. But these tools can be slippery, their value unreliable. "I was talking to someone the other day who thought everything I made looked super-expensive, but actually I'm looking for an object where the exact value is sort of unclear," says Ojo. "Something trying to be high end but it's not or something harkening back to a certain era of high end."  Kayode Ojo, Closed Audition: Boohoo Plus Verity Slinky Plunge Split Maxi Dress, 2018: C-print mounted on museum board. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Martos Gallery, New York In one of the self-portraits included in "Equilibrium," made as a commission for the Studio Museum in Harlem's inaugural issue of Practice in Print, Ojo wears a Naomi Campbell-esque wig, a glitzy costume jewelry collar, and a glam gown he ordered from boohoo.com. The drag extends beyond just cross-dressing. "At 2 a.m., I'll be looking through every beige polyester dress online and the website will be like, 'buy now, only one in stock' or '50 percent off only for the next two hours.' Even though I'm not buying this dress to wear to a party in the Hills, I become that consumer. I abide by all the same rules as someone who is." Ojo's work suggests the performance of class and anxieties of taste inherent to decisions like what to wear and how to decorate. "How do I express a level of intelligence and wealth? Is it okay to have money? Where should it be displayed? These are things people are worried about," he notes. But his interrogation of objects and their value has another connotation. "This idea of objecthood is related to the fact that for a long time you could buy a black person," he says. And this not-so-distant history is related to how racism functions today. "It's this thing that can always be in your head. Every interaction you wonder, 'Is this fetishization?'" In "Equilibrium," Ojo includes a video featuring a white Belgian dealer of African objects. He's handling a 19th-century Nigerian divination object, a figure carved into a bowl, as he gives his pseudo-academic sales pitch turning the object over and over again in his hands. "It's kind of this uncomfortable touch," says Ojo, who notes both the macro and micro context, Belgian's fucked up colonial history and his parents being Nigerian. Ojo often appropriates video from movies, commercials, or social media — this one with the Belgian dealer he found on Instagram. They're visual ephemera that he stumbles across and can't get out of his head — "cursed images," he calls them. In the show in Berlin he included a Jockey underwear advertisement that featured a shirtless, muscled white man cradling his adopted black infant baby. "I was returning something to Macys and this was on these giant screens. You really can't help but not be triggered by this." Offsetting these videos featuring racialized power imbalances, Ojo's New York and Berlin exhibitions include photos capturing intimate moments of interracial banality that foreground both his presence as a black person and his agency constructing the images. In several from the Berlin show, Ojo's hand reaches out from behind the camera to caress the white subject in the photo. A thumb against teeth. A hand underneath a cross pendant. One from the New York show is a you-and-me selfie, Ojo's face pressed against an older white man's, their glasses colliding. "I like how this picture looks like a glasses ad," he says.  Kayode Ojo, Closed Audition: Balenciaga Bootcut, 2018: C-print mounted on museum board. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Martos Gallery, New York Another picture in the show is actually an ad of sorts, an image from a series Ojo shot for Balenciaga's Instagram. In it, he's sitting on a clear plastic Ikea cantilever chair, shirtless and wearing the jeans Balenciaga sent him in the mail. "Everything they sent me was very '90s and very thrift store," he says. The irony of course is these bootcut jeans are one of the only designer items in the show and look they least like it. The fantasy of looking regular is different than the luxury-industry mythology Ojo (and I) came of age with. Fairy-tale Chanel perfume ads shot by Baz Luhrmann or the Chloé Spring 2000 campaign frosted with Y2K glitz. The latter is full of lithe shiny bodies underneath ridiculously impractical, barely there shirts made from spiderwebs of body jewelry. Ojo points out the utopian world-making of this sort of imagery while also puncturing its fantasy with his skepticism: "I just think, where is the safe space where she is wearing this shirt?" |
| Iconic Fashion Designer Karl Lagerfeld Has Died - KTLA Los Angeles Posted: 19 Feb 2019 12:00 AM PST  Karl Lagerfeld, the iconic couturier whose designs at Chanel and Fendi had an unprecedented impact on the entire fashion industry, died Tuesday in Paris, prompting an outpouring of love and admiration for the man whose career spanned six decades. Although he spent virtually his entire career at luxury labels catering to the very wealthy — including 20 years at Chloe — Lagerfeld's designs quickly trickled down to low-end retailers, giving him global influence. Former supermodel Claudia Schiffer, who credits Lagerfeld as her mentor, called him her "magic dust." "What (Andy) Warhol was to art, he was to fashion; he is irreplaceable," she said. The German-born designer may have spent much of his life in the public eye — his trademark white ponytail, high starched collar and dark glasses are instantly recognizable — but he remained a largely elusive figure. Such was the enigma surrounding the octogenarian Lagerfeld that even his age was a point of mystery for decades, with reports he had two birth certificates, one dated 1933 and the other 1938. In 2013, Lagerfeld told the French magazine "Paris Match" he was born in September of 1935 — which would make him 83 today — but in 2019 his assistant still didn't know the truth — telling The Associated Press he liked "to scramble the tracks on his year of birth — that's part of the character." Chanel confirmed that Lagerfeld, who had looked increasingly frail in recent seasons, died early Tuesday in Paris. Last month, he did not come out to take a bow at the house's couture show in Paris — a rare absence that the company attributed to him being "tired." "An extraordinary creative individual, Lagerfeld reinvented the brand's codes created by Gabrielle Chanel: the Chanel jacket and suit, the little black dress, the precious tweeds, the two-tone shoes, the quilted handbags, the pearls and costume jewelry," Chanel said. The brand's CEO Alain Wertheimer praised Lagerfeld for an "exceptional intuition" that was ahead of his time and contributed to Chanel's global success. "Today, not only have I lost a friend, but we have all lost an extraordinary creative mind to whom I gave carte blanche in the early 1980s to reinvent the brand," he said. Chanel said Virginie Viard, his longtime head of studio, will create the house's upcoming collections, but did not say whether her appointment was permanent. Tributes from fellow designers, Hollywood celebrities, models and politicians quickly poured in. Donatella Versace thanked Lagerfeld for the way he inspired her and her late brother Gianni Versace. Lagerfeld was one of the most hardworking figures in the fashion world, joining luxury Italian fashion house Fendi in 1965 and later becoming its longtime womenswear design chief in 1977, as well as leading designs at Paris' family-owned power-house Chanel since 1983. While at Fendi, Lagerfeld helped create the notion of fun fur, lending an ease to a formal wardrobe topper by adding stylized touches. At Chanel, he served up youthful designs that were always of the moment and sent out almost infinite variations on the house's classic skirt suit, ratcheting up the hemlines or smothering it in golden chains, stings of pearls or pricey accessories. Wit was never far behind any collection. "Each season, they tell me (the Chanel designs) look younger. One day we'll all turn up like babies," he once told The Associated Press. His outspoken and often stinging remarks on topics as diverse as French politics and celebrity waistlines won him the nickname "Kaiser Karl" in the fashion media. Among the most acid comments included calling former French President Francois Hollande an "imbecile" who would be "disastrous" for France in Marie-Claire, and telling The Sun British tabloid that he didn't like the face of Pippa Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge's sister. "She should only show her back," he advised. Lagerfeld was also heavily criticized for sending out a negative message to women when he told France's Metro newspaper that British singer Adele was "a little too fat." Despite this, he was very kind to his staff at Chanel, generous with his time with journalists and shared his Parisian mansion with a Siamese cat called Choupette. "She is spoilt, much more than a child could be," he told the AP in 2013. Lagerfeld had little use for nostalgia and kept his gaze firmly on the future. Well into his 70s, he was quick to embrace new technology: He famously had a collection of hundreds of iPods. A photographer who shot ad campaigns for Chanel and his own eponymous label, Lagerfeld also collected art books and had a massive library and a bookstore as well as his own publishing house. He was also an impressive linguist, switching between perfect French, English, Italian and his native German during interviews at fashion shows. Even as he courted the spotlight, he made a deliberate effort to hide what was going on behind his trademark dark shades. "I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that," British Vogue quoted Lagerfeld as saying. "It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long." After cutting his teeth at Paris-based label Chloe, Lagerfeld helped revive the flagging fortunes of the storied Paris haute couture label Chanel in the '80s. There, he helped launch the careers of supermodels including Schiffer, Ines de la Fressange and Stella Tennant. In a move that helped make him a household name, Lagerfeld designed a capsule collection for Swedish fast-fashion company H&M in 2004 and released a CD of his favorite music shortly after. A weight-loss book he published in 2005 — "The Karl Lagerfeld Diet" — consolidated his status as a pop culture icon. In the book, Lagerfeld said it was his desire to fit into slim-cut Dior suits that had motivated his dramatic transformation. The son of an industrialist who made a fortune in condensed milk and his violinist wife, Lagerfeld was born into an affluent family in Hamburg, Germany. He had artistic ambitions early on. In interviews, he variously said he wanted to become a cartoonist, a portraitist, an illustrator or a musician. "My mother tried to instruct me on the piano. One day, she slammed the piano cover closed on my fingers and said, 'draw, it makes less noise," he was quoted as saying in the book "The World According to Karl." At 14, Lagerfeld came to Paris with his parents and went to school in the City of Light. His fashion career got off to a precocious start when, in 1954, a coat he designed won a contest by the International Wool Secretariat. His rival, Yves Saint Laurent, won that year's contest in the dress category. Lagerfeld apprenticed at Balmain and in 1959 was hired at another Paris-based house, Patou, where he spent four years as artistic director. After a series of jobs with labels including Rome-based Fendi, Lagerfeld took over the reins at Chloe, known for its romantic Parisian style. Lagerfeld also started his own label, Karl Lagerfeld, which though less commercially successful than his other ventures, was widely seen as a sketchpad where the designer worked through his ideas. In 1983, he took over at Chanel, which had been dormant since the death of its founder, Coco Chanel, more than a decade earlier. "When I took on Chanel, it was a sleeping beauty — not even a beautiful one," he said in the 2007 documentary "Lagerfeld Confidential." ''She snored." For his debut collection for the house, Lagerfeld injected a dose of raciness, sending out a translucent navy chiffon number that prompted scandalized headlines. He never ceased to shake up the storied house, sending out a logo-emblazoned bikini so small the top looked like pasties on a string and another collection that dispensed entirely with bottoms, with the models wearing little jackets over opaque tights instead. Lagerfeld was open about his homosexuality — he once said he announced it to his parents at 13 — but kept his private life under wraps. Following his relationship with a French aristocrat who died of AIDS in 1989, Lagerfeld insisted he prized his solitude above all. "I hate when people say I'm 'solitaire' (or solitary.) Yes, I'm solitaire in the sense of a stone from Cartier, a big solitaire," Lagerfeld told The New York Times. "I have to be alone to do what I do. I like to be alone. I'm happy to be with people, but I'm sorry to say I like to be alone, because there's so much to do, to read, to think." As much as he loved the spotlight, Lagerfeld was careful to obscure his real self. "It's not that I lie, it's that I don't owe the truth to anyone," he told French Vogue. |
| Free Things to Do in Manhattan This Week - April 28-May 5 - City Guide NY Posted: 28 Apr 2019 12:00 AM PDT
City Guide's calendar of free things to do in Manhattan shows off all the incredible things New York offers at no expense. Museums, parks, concerts, and popups are only the beginning of the rich offerings you can find here. From Downtown to Midtown to Uptown, check out City Guide's suggestions for great free events in Manhattan. Vegan Singles Match & Hunt - Grand Bazaar NYC Find love by doing good. This event is jointly offered by Grand Bazaar NYC and thelovemaze.com. Portion of ticket sales goes to benefiting children. How many meals are we going to share with our partner in a lifetime? It is paramount that we share and cherish each other's lifestyle instead of compromising for a fulfilling relationship. Vegan singles, what's a better way to meet your like-minded special someone than exploring together the Vegan Pop-Up within Grand Bazaar NYC—New York City's biggest weekly market? Sign-up with thelovemaze.com (LoveMaze) (https://thelovemaze.com, click "Event") and be paired-up with your perfect Vegan partner by using their scientific match-making algorithm. At the Vegan Pop-up Bazaar, you'll be paired-up with your Vegan matches and have fun getting to know each of them while exploring the different Vegan Pop-up vendors. RSVP: https://thelovemaze.com/events Chamber Music Recital - The Juilliard School Chamber Music Recital Senior Dance Production - The Juilliard School Senior Dance Production is the culmination of a year-long creative and educational process focused on self-producing a showcase of original work, featuring the Class of 2019. Honors Chamber Music Recital - The Juilliard School Honors Chamber Music Recital Jordan Hendy, Violin, and Sanae Kodaira, Cello - The Juilliard School Jordan Hendy, Violin, and Sanae Kodaira, Cello High Lifelong Day's Journey into Night (In 3-D) - Film Society of Lincoln Center Following his knockout debut, Kaili Blues (ND/NF 2016), writer-director Bi Gan returns with this immersive art-house sensation that broke box office records in China. Long Day's Journey Into Night is a noir-tinged film about a solitary man (Huang Jue) haunted by loss and regret, told in two parts: the first an achronological detective story, the second a nocturnal dream. Again centering around his native province of Guizhou in southwest China, the director has created a film like nothing you've seen before, especially in the second half's hour-long, gravity-defying 3-D sequence shot, which plunges its protagonist—and us—through a labyrinthine cityscape. An NYFF56 selection. A Kino Lorber release. Brat Pack - Greenwich Village Comedy Club 16 & over or 13+ with parents Two drink minimum Individual comedian appearances subject to change without notice The Brat Pack presents a lineup full of our Top Headliners. These are the best comedians from New York City with special guests from all across the country. You've seen them on MTV, HBO, The Tonight Show, Comedy Central, The Daily Show, Last Comic Standing and more! Kgb: Sunday Night Fiction - KGB Bar KGB: Sunday Night Fiction Dogman - Film Society of Lincoln Center The latest dark fable from Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Tale of Tales) trains its unflinching gaze on mild-mannered Marcello (Marcello Fonte), a doting single father who owns and lovingly operates a one-man dog grooming business in a sparse Neapolitan suburb. When Marcello's pliable friendliness leads him into an entanglement with the local bully, he finds himself increasingly alienated from the goodwill of his community, and his hardwon livelihood is placed in jeopardy. With its stark, chilly atmospherics and quietly propulsive narrative, Dogman left an indelible impression on audiences at last year's Cannes Film Festival, where Fonte was awarded Best Actor for a performance of slow-burning intensity and raw sensitivity. A Magnolia Pictures release. Erika Balsom: To Narrate or Describe? Experimental Documentary beyond Docufiction - Film Society of Lincoln Center Each edition of Art of the Real features a selection of Spotlights that take a closer look at a range of practices in experimental documentary. This year, we collaborate with e-flux Bar Laika to present two spotlight events with the artist and filmmaker Eric Baudelaire and the scholar and critic Erika Balsom. This talk will consider how and why hybridity, fiction, and "blurring boundaries" have figured as recurring preoccupations in critical and curatorial efforts to conceptualize the vitality of experimental documentary practices. Looking to the limits of this discourse, it will explore how some artists and filmmakers have turned to the very different strategies of description and observation, finding in them the possibility of asserting belief in reality at a time of its supposed collapse. Erika Balsom is a senior lecturer in Film Studies and Liberal Arts at King's College London and the author of After Uniqueness: A History of Film and Video Art in Circulation (2017) and Exhibiting Cinema in Contemporary Art (2013); the co-editor of Documentary Across Disciplines (2016); and a frequent contributor to magazines such as Artforum, frieze, and Sight & Sound. Last Night I Saw You Smiling - Film Society of Lincoln Center Once a thriving artist community and cultural hub, Phnom Penh's historic White Building has been sold to Japanese condo developers, displacing nearly 500 families. Born and raised in the building, filmmaker Kavich Neang returns to interview friends, neighbors, and family as they prepare to uproot, stirring up the dust and memories that have accumulated in the building's walls. As longtime residents somberly reflect on their old home and its imminent destruction, summoning memories of Cambodia's post-independence golden age and of similar evictions during the Khmer Rouge, Neang captures the serene light and music its storied hallways one last time. Tribute to Jocelyne Saab: The Beirut Trilogy - Film Society of Lincoln Center Lyrical and uncompromising, the films of Jocelyne Saab (1948-2019) are at once landmark works of Lebanese cinema and masterpieces of the essay film form. The poetic voiceovers of her movies recall Chris Marker, and her fragmented, diaristic images are reminiscent of Jonas Mekas. But Saab's poetic vision, and her intimate interactions with the displaced, the exiled, and the voiceless, mark her films as uniquely her own. Trained as a radio and television journalist, Saab turned her attention to nonfiction films in the wake of the Lebanese Civil War. Her epic, impressionistic trilogy of documentaries about Beirut that followed captures a city at once wounded, mournful, and bristling with life and energy, chronicling a moment at which "a kind of bitter poetry has replaced the carelessness of the past." World Dance Passport: Travel the World Through Dance - George Washington Educational Campus Lotus Music & Dance is pleased to present World Dance Passport, as part of the Cultural Immigrant Initiative with support from NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez featuring traditional Senegalese Dance and Drumming, Flamenco and Bollywood Dance. These artists will share their cultural heritages through dances as well as share their immigrant stories. Many of these groups have settled in NYC for more than ten years, and are passing on their respective traditional art forms to the next generation. Featured artists include Lamine Thiam, a master dancers who comes from a long lineage of griots, who will share the deep connections of dance and music to everyday Senegalese life; Ajna Dance with its signature dance style blending the grace and technique of classical dance with the energy and passion of Bollywood, and Flamenco with Sol La Argentinita who has been described as a master of her craft bringing the energy in a room to a fever pitch with her rhythm, speed and skill along with her ensemble of dancers and live musical accompaniment. Lotus Music & Dance, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 1989 by master Bharatanatyam dancer Kamala Cesar. It is a center for th... (read more) Dancing the Gods - Night Two: Sujata Mohapatra - Symphony Space A leading exponent of Odissi, Sujata Mohapatra completed more than eighteen years of training under the guidance of her guru, the late Padma Vibhushan Kelucharan Mohapatra, legendary exponent of Odissi, and simultaneously with her husband guru Ratikant Mohapatra. She also underwent a valuable stint at the Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Research Centre. Gifted with a resilient body, amazing stamina, and large luminous eyes, Sujata has a compelling stage presence. A rare combination of intensity and spontaneity, her dance is noted in particular for its strict adherence to her guru's style, known for its grace, depth of expression, and technical exactitude. Sujata has performed extensively, both in solo recitals and as a member of her guru's institution Srijan (Odissi Nrityabhasa), in all the major cities of India - and internationally. She has received accolades and awards from leading cultural institutions in India, including the latest Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar award. Sujata is currently Principal of Srjan and actively involved in teaching Odissi both there and in her very popular workshops around the world. Sujata will perform a traditional solo Odissi recital o... (read more) Dancing the Gods - Night Two: Sujata Mohapatra - Symphony Space A leading exponent of Odissi, Sujata Mohapatra completed more than eighteen years of training under the guidance of her guru, the late Padma Vibhushan Kelucharan Mohapatra, legendary exponent of Odissi, and simultaneously with her husband guru Ratikant Mohapatra. She also underwent a valuable stint at the Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Research Centre. Gifted with a resilient body, amazing stamina, and large luminous eyes, Sujata has a compelling stage presence. A rare combination of intensity and spontaneity, her dance is noted in particular for its strict adherence to her guru's style, known for its grace, depth of expression, and technical exactitude. Sujata has performed extensively, both in solo recitals and as a member of her guru's institution Srijan (Odissi Nrityabhasa), in all the major cities of India - and internationally. She has received accolades and awards from leading cultural institutions in India, including the latest Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar award. Sujata is currently Principal of Srjan and actively involved in teaching Odissi both there and in her very popular workshops around the world. Sujata will perform a traditional solo Odissi recital o... (read more) World Dance Passport: Travel the World Through Dance - George Washington Educational Campus Lotus Music & Dance is pleased to present World Dance Passport, as part of the Cultural Immigrant Initiative with support from NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez featuring traditional Senegalese Dance and Drumming, Flamenco and Bollywood Dance. These artists will share their cultural heritages through dances as well as share their immigrant stories. Many of these groups have settled in NYC for more than ten years, and are passing on their respective traditional art forms to the next generation. Featured artists include Lamine Thiam, a master dancers who comes from a long lineage of griots, who will share the deep connections of dance and music to everyday Senegalese life; Ajna Dance with its signature dance style blending the grace and technique of classical dance with the energy and passion of Bollywood, and Flamenco with Sol La Argentinita who has been described as a master of her craft bringing the energy in a room to a fever pitch with her rhythm, speed and skill along with her ensemble of dancers and live musical accompaniment. Lotus Music & Dance, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 1989 by master Bharatanatyam dancer Kamala Cesar. It is a center for th... (read more) National YoungArts Foundation New York Classical Music Concert & Writers' Readings Directed by Dave Eggar and Joan Morgan - Baryshnikov Arts Center On Sunday, April 28, the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) will present a classical music concert and writers' readings directed by Dave Eggar and Joan Morgan and featuring some of the most promising artists in the region as part of a special one-time interdisciplinary performance presented as part of YoungArts New York. Taking place April 23–28, YoungArts New York will offer 75 YoungArts winners the opportunity to connect and collaborate with peers and learn from artistic luminaries through interdisciplinary workshops, master classes with renowned leaders in their fields, and a series of exhibitions and performances. Emmeline, presented by the Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater - Manhattan School of Music A stirring and thought-provoking contemporary tale of a mid-century woman from Maine who is ostracized in her hometown after a shocking, long-held secret becomes public. Adam Larson Band - 55 Bar Adam Larson...Saxophone Matt Stevens...Guitar Henry Hey...Rhodes Matt Clohesy...Bass Jimmy Macbride...Drums Stefan Bauer's Voyage West - 55 Bar Tammy Scheffer...Voice Chris Bacas...Soprano and Tenor Saxophne Stefan Bauer...Vibes and Marimba Mary Ann McSweeny...Bass Dayeon Seok...Drums Eight Is Never Enough - Broadway Comedy Club The cast of EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH delivers hilarious comedy improvised on the spot based on audience suggestions and participation. Every show is topical and customized to you. Think WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY meets Broadway. Artist in Residence: Ciara Ruddock: Feelin' Good - Children's Museum of the Arts Join CMA Artist in Resident Ciara Ruddock for a special workshop "Why do human beings make art? Why do we paint? Why do we write poetry? Why do we sing? Well, after some careful thought — and a few conversations — I believe that the root of all art making is linked to one simple feeling … JOY. When we use our hands and minds to create something, we feel good, or at least we should. As professional artists we are sometimes so distracted by deadlines, commissions, funding (the list goes on and on) that we lose the sense of joy we once received from art making whilst in the process. Kids on the other hand, rarely have this problem — they dive in head first and enjoy the ride. Aside from working as a professional artist, I am also a Teaching Artist, and it is through years of watching my students so joyfully and imaginatively create that I was inspired to begin the project, feelin' good. In this project, students and professional artists are provided with matching prompts to facilitate their art making. These prompts are aimed to provide a space for students and professional artists to find one another in. Students and artists can compare their work, discuss challenges within the con... (read more) Forest Animations - Children's Museum of the Arts In today's Media Lab workshop we will be diving into the forest! Animate on 2D backdrops or bring your Clay Bar creatures in to wander around in our 3D claymation sets. Watering Can Sculpture - Children's Museum of the Arts Back in October, CMA invited everyone to create upcycled planters to hold seeds and soil. Now, the next step will be to create watering cans from everyday containers. A ton of different cups and jars can make for creative tools for keeping plants hydrated and healthy! Artist in Residence: Ciara Ruddock: Feelin' Good - Children's Museum of the Arts Join CMA Artist in Resident Ciara Ruddock for a special workshop "Why do human beings make art? Why do we paint? Why do we write poetry? Why do we sing? Well, after some careful thought — and a few conversations — I believe that the root of all art making is linked to one simple feeling … JOY. When we use our hands and minds to create something, we feel good, or at least we should. As professional artists we are sometimes so distracted by deadlines, commissions, funding (the list goes on and on) that we lose the sense of joy we once received from art making whilst in the process. Kids on the other hand, rarely have this problem — they dive in head first and enjoy the ride. Aside from working as a professional artist, I am also a Teaching Artist, and it is through years of watching my students so joyfully and imaginatively create that I was inspired to begin the project, feelin' good. In this project, students and professional artists are provided with matching prompts to facilitate their art making. These prompts are aimed to provide a space for students and professional artists to find one another in. Students and artists can compare their work, discuss challenges within the con... (read more) Armored Animals - Children's Museum of the Arts Create an animal with thick skin including rhino, armadillo, turtles, scorpions, and more. Cma Sound Booth Theatre - Children's Museum of the Arts Join us today in the sound booth as we bring our stories to life by creating our own characters, sound effects, and movie scores Terry Waldo's Gotham City Band - Fat cat Terry Waldo's Gotham City Band Alexi David's Three or Four Shades of Mingus - Fat cat Alexi David's Three or Four Shades of Mingus After Hours hosted by The Program of Deprogramming - Fat cat After Hours hosted by The Program of Deprogramming The Black Soul Experience - Groove Welcome to The Black Soul Experience, a high-powered, intense live show. R&B, funk, soul, soca, hip-hop, reggae, and house will keep you dancing in the aisles all night long! Featuring your host, bandleader, and veteran musician at the Groove, Antwon Robinso, alongside Tracey Nicole. Backed by the finest musicians in NYC The Nxt Cast (2019) - Improv Asylum The freshest faces in Boston comedy, the NXT Cast brings you two different shows this fall! On Sunday nights, The NXT Show will be an all-improv, 90-minute show testing out new short-form structures. On Tuesday nights, NXT: Fresh AF tests out the cast's writing skills with brand new sketches each week blended with classic improv structures. Asssscat 3000 - New York Comedy Club East Village Performers from The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre perform longform improv with frequent special guests from your favorite TV shows and movies. The 7:30pm shows cost $12 and tickets go on sale 2 weeks before the show date at 12pm. The 9:30pm show is FREE but you must make a reservation in advance. Reservations become available at 12pm (noon) the day of the show. PLEASE NOTE: The listed cast lineup is subject to change. Our talented performers are very in-demand and although they would like to do so, other obligations prevent them from being able to do ASSSSCAT every week. Realize Your Beauty Day - BALANCE Realize Your Beauty Day Sunday, April 28th! "A day to celebrate what makes you uniquely you!" We're celebrating inner-beauty, kindness and self-love! Join us for a unique day of fun that will feature: Live Music & Performances Crafts & Art Fun Activities Empowering Speakers Special Give-Aways Refreshments Jugglers, Face-Painters, and so much more! All activities celebrate personal empowerment for children, teens & all ages! Location: BALANCE 112 W 27th Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10001 (*btwn 6th & 7th Aves) For more info. & to purchase tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realize-your-beauty-day-tickets-59178866583 Justin Silver, Geno Bisconte, Justy Dodge, Kevin Dombrowski - New York Comedy Club Wondering what to do in the East Village? Our New York stand up comedy showcase is one of the most fun things to do on a weeknight! From a casual date night to a spontaneous friends night out, you can't miss with an incredible stand up show that will become a great conversation piece over drinks or dinner later tonight and a favorite memory for years to come! Featuring: Kevin Dombrowski Justin Silver Geno Bisconte Justy Dodge Jazz for Kids - Jazz Standard The Jazz Standard Youth Orchestra is a performance driven program that gives talented and dedicated young jazz musicians the opportunity to perform regularly in one of New York City's leading jazz clubs often with guest artists from the New York scene. The visiting guests give a workshop to the band members in addition to providing the experience of playing with the top musicians on the scene. On Sundays during the school year, the students rehearse and workshop in the room before opening the doors at 1:00pm and giving a concert that is free and open to the public at 2:00pm. Krystyna Hutchinson, Robby Slowik, Kat Radley, Alexis Guerreros - New York Comedy Club Get the authentic NYC stand up comedy experience at New York Comedy Club! Enjoy a nightly showcase of the best comedians in the city, hot up-and-comers, plus hotshot celebrity drop ins, national and international touring comics and more surprises! Featuring: H Foley Alexis Guerreros Krystyna Hutchinson Kat Radley Robby Slowik Ayanna Dookie Season & Tickets - David H Koch Theater The spring's ample variety of contemporary works continues with this quartet of ballets. For his taut, high-energy Hallelujah Junction Peter Martins returned to a favorite composer, John Adams, and his score for two pianos that gives the ballet its title. William Forsythe's Herman Schmerman, staged for the first time in its entirety after more than 20 years, joins Alexei Ratmansky's acclaimed Concerto DSCH and Matthew Neenan's first dance for the Company, from Fall 2018. Sunday Night Comedy on 4th St. - New York Comedy Club Nothing says downtown NYC like a microphone, a stool, a brick wall and a comedian. Stand up comedy has been a staple of Village nightlife for decades! The newly expanded New York Comedy Club is proud to join the thriving arts and entertainment scene in the East Village, building on our strong presence at our flagship location in Gramercy. Every show is packed with comics you know… or should! Your favorite podcast stars (Guys We Fucked, Legion of Skanks, Tuesdays With Stories), SiriusXM personalities (Jay Oakerson, Dan Soder, Andy Fiori, Shuli Egar), TV stars (Judah Friedlander, Rell Battle, Andrew Schulz, Carly Aquilino), Late Night personalities (Rory Albanese, Mike Yard, Ricky Velez, Jena Friedman, Josh Gondelman), plus hot young talent about to burst onto the scene. Tonight's show features: Lineup TBA Featuring... Rosebud Baker Caitlin Peluffo Sam Morril, Alexis Guerreros, Ryan Beck, Liz Barrett - New York Comedy Club Whether you're a local or just visiting the greatest city in the world, New York City stand up comedy is a must-do activity. New York Comedy Club offers the most authentic NYC comedy experience in the city. Every show is packed with comics you know… or should! Featuring: Alexis Guerreros Ryan Beck Liz Barrett Sam Morril Matt Koff Sunday Evening Comedy - New York Comedy Club It's never too early for Comedy! Join us for the quintessential New York City Comedy experience. Our happy hour show presents a mix of citywide stars, club favorites, and fresh faces so you can kick off your evening with a lot of laughs! Margarita Rovenskaya, piano; Kevin Mills, cello: Dvorak, Brahms & Schumann - St Johns in the Village Church SUN, APRIL 28: Margarita Rovenskaya, piano; Kevin Mills, cello PROGRAM: Schumann | Fantasiestucke op. 73; Dvorak | Waldesruhe (Silent Woods); Dvorak | Rondo in G Minor, Brahms | Sonata for Cello and Piano no. 1 in E minor, op. 38 A fantastic program of Dvorak, Brahms & Schumann Nyc Vegan Pop-up - Grand Bazaar NYC As part of Earth Month, we're hosting a special Vegan Pop-up within Grand Bazaar NYC's curated weekly market. Come discover and explore the vegan and plant-based lifestyle. There'll be something for everyone, so bring your vegan and non-vegan friends with you! Timbuk2 Sample/Warehouse Sale - TImbuk2 Store Timbuk2 Sample & Warehouse Sale!!! Up to 70% Off and a selection of discounted Sample Bags! All bags (excluding Samples) include a lifetime warranty! We sell bags for all lifestyles and uses including travel, cycling, active, work/commute, and fashion. Bachelorette Party Packages - Harbor Lights Yacht Looking for the ultimate way to spend your last night out as a single woman? Look no further than #NYPartyCruise where you can dance the night away with your friends on a Midnight Cruise aboard a multi-level yacht, while we sail alongside the legendary New York City skyline and the Statue of Liberty. We have Bachelorette Party Packages to help make your last single night out an epic memory. There are three levels, including two indoor levels and a massive outdoor lounge, bars to purchase drinks and a buffet to purchase food. All of this along with the most amazing skyline & the leading single lady herself, Lady Liberty, as the background for you to capture in those 'Last Night As A Single Woman Selfies' is just the way you should celebrate this amazing time in your life! Packages include free admission, free drinks, reserved tables, party favors, shout outs, & more. For Info: Email events@nypartycruise.com Visit www.nypartycruise.com/bachelorette.html __________________________ Aboard the Multi-Level | Climate-Controlled HARBOR LIGHTS YACHT Docking from the SkyPort Marina 23rd Street & FDR Drive; East Side of Manhattan Boarding approx. 11:45pm || Returning ap... (read more) Birthday Packages - Harbor Lights Yacht Looking to Celebrate your Birthday with your family & friends in a big way? There's literally no bigger or better way to celebrate your birthday than on a yacht in New York City!! Join #NYPartyCruise on a Midnight Cruise on a multi-level yacht as we sail alongside the legendary New York City skyline and the Statue of Liberty. We have Birthday Packages to help make your birthday one you and your friends will never forget. There are three levels, including two indoor levels and a massive outdoor lounge, bars to purchase drinks and a buffet to purchase food. All of this, along with the most amazing skyline & Lady Liberty in the background to capture in those epic Birthday Selfies, is just the way you should celebrate your birthday with your family and friends! Packages include cake, free admission, free drinks, reserved tables, shout outs, & more. For Info: Email events@nypartycruise.com Visit www.nypartycruise.com/birthday.html __________________________ Aboard the Multi-Level | Climate-Controlled HARBOR LIGHTS YACHT Docking from the SkyPort Marina 23rd Street & FDR Drive; East Side of Manhattan Boarding approx. 11:45pm || Returning approx 3:45am 3 Levels t... (read more) 69th Street Band - Paris Blues 69th Street Band SNAP - The New Victory Theater Poof! Presto! Snap! Playing with space, time and the otherworldly, this eclectic ensemble of South Korean illusionists will boggle your mind with their impressive powers of prestidigitation. Mixing dexterous sleight of hand, Chaplin-esque vaudevillian comedy and ingenious visual effects, SNAP conjures a marvelous, magical cabaret perfect for the whole family. SNAP has a running time of 70 minutes with no intermission, and is recommended for everyone 6 and up. Junior Opera Theater in Greenfield Hall - Manhattan School of Music Catherine Malfitano (BM '71), Coordinator and Director Julie Shelton Snyder Opening - The Gallery at W83 Meditation and stillness are the themes of Julie Shelton Snyder's show, "now we will count to twelve", inspired by her residency at the foot of Mount Fuji. Celebrate the opening at the Gallery at W83 (150 West 83rd) on March 5 from 6:30-8:30 pm. Spring Break at Pip's Island - Pip's Island Looking for something fun to do on Spring Break? Come adventure with Pip, Pebble and Finn on Expedition 12 to save Pip's Island and defeat the villain Joules Volter. Performers will guide you through the Island where you will face fun interactive challenges and help the story unfold. The hour-long inspirational "hero's journey" will dazzle you with its live performers, puppets, interactive set pieces and animated characters. SNAP - The New Victory Theater Poof! Presto! Snap! Playing with space, time and the otherworldly, this eclectic ensemble of South Korean illusionists will boggle your mind with their impressive powers of prestidigitation. Mixing dexterous sleight of hand, Chaplin-esque vaudevillian comedy and ingenious visual effects, SNAP conjures a marvelous, magical cabaret perfect for the whole family. SNAP has a running time of 70 minutes with no intermission, and is recommended for everyone 6 and up. For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here? - International Center of Photography (Museum) In the wake of the 2018 midterm elections, ICP's new exhibition "For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here?" explores the role of art and visual representation in American civic life through the work of the For Freedoms collective. The exhibition features work from their 50 State Initiative—composed of a network of over 300 artists and 200 institutional partners—which featured concurrent exhibitions, art installations, and public programs as well as a nationwide artist-designed billboard campaign in all 50 states including DC and Puerto Rico, in the lead up to the midterm elections. Also central to the 50 State Initiative is the collective's series of photographs that re-envision American artist Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms paintings—depicting freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear, as articulated by Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address—which will be on the view for the first time. For Freedoms' stylized scenes of the everyday reference Rockwell's iconic style while bringing new, more inclusive representations of the country to the discussion of our core values. Members of For Freedoms will be in residence at the ICP Museu... (read more) MONKEY 47 WILD MONKEY POP-UP - 43-45 Grand Street The Wild Monkey pop-up space will bring to life elements of the Monkey 47 lifestyle with New York based brand partners including, Coffee 'n Clothes®, Fever-Tree, Sigmund's Pretzels and BillyKirk©, where attendees can enjoy coveted designer lattes, refreshing mocktails and hand-made pretzels, while perusing the leather and canvas goods on-site shop. The Theater at the 14th Street Y Announces the 2018-2019 Season LGBTQ+ Series - 14th Street Y The Theater at the 14th Street Y Announces the 2018-2019 Season LGBTQ+ Series NEW YORK - The Theater at the 14th Street Y continues to honor the edgy, diverse, and rich history of innovative culture making in the East Village for people of all ages with the 2018-2019 LGBTQ+ Series. The series kicked off on November 12, 2018 with #NastyWomen, A Night of Female Resistance Comedy and runs through April 2019. "For our season of War & Peace, we knew that artists from the LGBTQ community would have a strong reaction to the theme. Coming out can often feel like war and creating a family can bring much needed peace. Our LGBTQ offerings this season have addressed the gamut, from Vietnam Veterans coming to terms with their sexuality to a TYA show with a non-gender binary protagonist to a piece about a modern family facing discrimination from within. Our theater is a safe place for provocative work that will inspire conversation, debate and hopefully action," said Ronit Muszkatblit, Artistic Director. 2018-2019 LGBTQ+ Series: The Baby Monitor Different Translation November 29 - December 16, 2018 Written by David Stallings, directed by Antonio Miniño When Claire's concerns ... (read more) Desi Saturdays - Stage 48 Age 21+ Each & Every Saturday Night, come experience the Glamour & Glitz of Bollywood as you Mix, Mingle and Dance at New York City's Hottest Saturday Night DesiParty @ Stage48. Desi Saturdays is one high society DesiParty. Wow factor everywhere. Beautiful people, beautiful venue, beautiful ambiance, and did we mention beautiful people? High energy, amazing music and a packed house are just some of the traits of what you would expect at this weekly Bollywood party. NYC Rooftop Quiet Clubbing - Bar 13 Join us in Greenwich Village for our NYC Rooftop Silent Disco party. Just steps away from Union Square Park is Bar 13, fully equipped with two bars to quench your thirst and a menu oozing with delectable comfort foods. Quiet Events will be on the rooftop keeping the whole house rocking. Our 3 live DJs and two dance floors at Bar 13, all add up to a great time! Your 3 Live DJs are spinning all night: DJ 1 (Green): Top 40 Dance Hits DJ 2 (Red): 80's, 90's & 2K Throwbacks DJ 3 (Blue): Hip Hop/R&B Your Experience Includes: • A Pair of Quiet Events headphones • Glow in the Dark gear • 3 live DJ's battling for your attention Special notes: • 21+ • Rain or shine • Dress code: Dress to Impress What to bring: • Valid ID • You MUST have a credit or debit card for the check-in process. If the headphones are NOT returned, there will be a $100 charge to your credit or debit card after the event. • No need to print your ticket, just show the code on your phone or they will have your name at the door. How it works: When you arrive you'll receive a pair of special wireless headphones. You can adjust the volume and choose between up to three DJ's with a flip of a switch.... (read more) Cameron Richardson-eames, Collaborative Piano - The Juilliard School Cameron Richardson-eames, Collaborative Piano Yi-hsuan Ethan Lin, Baroque Violin - The Juilliard School Yi-hsuan Ethan Lin, Baroque Violin Hikaru Yonezaki, Violin - The Juilliard School Hikaru Yonezaki, Violin Charles Peter Galante, Viola - The Juilliard School Charles Peter Galante, Viola Shakèd Bar, Mezzo-soprano - The Juilliard School Shakèd Bar, Mezzo-soprano Hannah Geisinger, Viola - The Juilliard School Hannah Geisinger, Viola PODCAST MIXTAPE - The Greene Space This is a demo, a rough draft, a sample. Monday nights in The Greene Space we swap studio postproduction for real-time ruckus with tapings of your favorite podcasts, sneaky peeks of unreleased pilots and works-in-progress, conversations with the people who make great tape, and audio experiments of all kinds. Take the earbuds out, grab a drink, and get live with your fellow listeners. High Lifelong Day's Journey into Night (In 3-D) - Film Society of Lincoln Center Following his knockout debut, Kaili Blues (ND/NF 2016), writer-director Bi Gan returns with this immersive art-house sensation that broke box office records in China. Long Day's Journey Into Night is a noir-tinged film about a solitary man (Huang Jue) haunted by loss and regret, told in two parts: the first an achronological detective story, the second a nocturnal dream. Again centering around his native province of Guizhou in southwest China, the director has created a film like nothing you've seen before, especially in the second half's hour-long, gravity-defying 3-D sequence shot, which plunges its protagonist—and us—through a labyrinthine cityscape. An NYFF56 selection. A Kino Lorber release. Gift of Music Gala - The Plaza Hotel OSL's annual Gift of Music Gala recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the world of music. This year we recognize two remarkable individuals: Joseph W. Polisi, President Emeritus of Juilliard and Sir Roger Norrington, former Music Director of Orchestra of St. Luke's. This sparkling evening, our largest fundraiser of the season, includes cocktails, dinner, special performances, and waltzing—an OSL tradition! Kgb: Monday Night Poetry - KGB Bar KGB: Monday Night Poetry Dogman - Film Society of Lincoln Center The latest dark fable from Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Tale of Tales) trains its unflinching gaze on mild-mannered Marcello (Marcello Fonte), a doting single father who owns and lovingly operates a one-man dog grooming business in a sparse Neapolitan suburb. When Marcello's pliable friendliness leads him into an entanglement with the local bully, he finds himself increasingly alienated from the goodwill of his community, and his hardwon livelihood is placed in jeopardy. With its stark, chilly atmospherics and quietly propulsive narrative, Dogman left an indelible impression on audiences at last year's Cannes Film Festival, where Fonte was awarded Best Actor for a performance of slow-burning intensity and raw sensitivity. A Magnolia Pictures release. Late Night Packet Jam - UCBT Hell's Kitchen Late Night Packet Jam is the showcase for new & weird bits from New York's top late night writers, hosted by UCB's Night Late team. These submitted monologue jokes, desk bits, games, walk-on characters, and weirdo experimental ideas all get their moment in front of late night's best audience. If it's going in a late night packet tomorrow (or eventually), it'll be at Late Night Packet Jam. Guidelines If interested in submitting, send a script of your bit (or monologue jokes) to ucbpacketjam@gmail.com by midnight one week before showtime. Your bit must be written (no improv), under five minutes, and have zero (or ultra-simple!) tech queues. Except for monologue jokes, you're responsible for performing your bit. (If you'd like to read your monologue jokes yourself, let us know in the email) If you miss the deadline, at the show you can drop your idea in the Last Chance Bucket, where one randomly-chosen bit is selected and performed with very little preparation! LNPJ submissions are open to all and you may submit more than one bit. Nick Thorkelson in conversation with Margaret Cerullo (professor of sociology and feminist studies at Hampshire College) at Bluestockings Bookstore - Bluestockings Bookstore Dear Friends, Greetings from City Lights! Our very first graphic book is a biography of philosopher Herbert Marcuse! The author/illustrator, Nick Thorkelson, is doing two events in New York City, April 29th and 30th. I am wondering if you might be interested in interviewing him. The book, Herbert Marcuse, Philosopher of Utopia: A Graphic Biography was just published this month, and features a foreword by scholar and activist Angela Y. Davis, who was one of Marcuse's students. (read the foreword here along with an excerpt of the book on Lit Hub) Monday, April 29th - Nick Thorkelson in conversation with Margaret Cerullo (professor of sociology and feminist studies at Hampshire College) at Bluestockings Bookstore About Herbert Marcuse: Often referred to as the unofficial faculty advisor to the New Left, Marcuse's controversial critiques of post-WWII capitalism entered popular consciousness with the 1964 publication of his One-Dimensional Man, which sold over 100,000 copies in its first years in print. His advocacy for a more humane, sustainable world was grounded in his own experience of living through and escaping Hitler's Germany. Perennially relevant, radical, and ins... (read more) Game of Thrones Trivia at Taco Electrico - Taco Electrico "What is dead may never die!" Raise your poisoned glasses as we celebrate SEVEN seasons of wedding mishaps, family squabbles, and good guys always winning at Game of Thrones Trivia at Taco Electrico on Monday, April 29 at 8pm! We'll be hosting FIVE challenging and unique rounds on all SEVEN seasons. Information is the key. You need to learn your enemies' strengths and strategies. You need to learn which of your friends are not your friends. RSVP or send a raven at; https://Thrones042919.Eventbrite.com The best way to reserve tickets is by selecting a team captain and having them be in charge of tickets for ALL team members. For example, if Ned, Tyrion, Cersei and Stannis are a team and Ned gets put in charge, he will then reserve tickets for himself, Stannis, Tyrion and Cersei = (4) in total. PLEASE ONLY RESERVE SINGLE TICKETS IF YOU ARE PLAYING BY YOURSELF. We will send a confirmation email to everyone closer to the event. "That's what I do. I drink and I know things." Kathleen Stuart as Bette Midler in 'Mud Will BE Flung Tonight!' - Dixon Place Mud Will Be Flung Tonight! was originally performed by Bette Midler in 1985 at The Improv in LA. The show delivers 'mud flinging' at mega-celebrities, Midler's famous Soph jokes, and songs including Otto Titsling which later became widely known in the movie Beaches. With only an audio recording of the show (currently out of print) and a love for Midler's characters, craftsmanship, and Midler's own larger than life personality, Stuart allows us to experience this hidden gem: intimate, in your face, yet refined (as refined as one gets when talking about cutting the cheese), and quintessentially Bette! Paul Jost - 55 Bar Paul Jost...Voice Jim Ridl...Piano Dean Johnson...Bass Tim Horner...Drums A Way with Words: The Power and Art of the Book - Children's Museum of the Arts Cara Barer, Doug Beube, Long-Bin Chen, Casey Curran, Brian Dettmer, Ann Hamilton, Andrew Hayes, Lisa Kokin, Guy Laramée, Mike Stilkey, Robert The, CMA Permanent Collection The New York Pops 36th Birthday Gala: Hat Full of Stars - Carnegie Hall Steven Reineke leads The New York Pops in a celebration of its 36th Anniversary, honoring Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning music icon Cyndi Lauper and media executive Ken Lowe, former CEO of Scripps Networks and the genius behind HGTV, the Food Network, and more! Proceeds support the orchestra and its PopsEd music education programs throughout all five boroughs of NYC. Featuring: Annaleigh Ashford, Boy George, Estelle, Bridget Everett, Nona Hendryx, Carly Rae Jepsen, Alex Newell, and Stark Sands Culture Pass Programs: Civickids at Brooklyn Library, Brownsville - Children's Museum of the Arts Children's Museum of the Arts in New York City is making art making outposts available all throughout New York City through Culture Pass as part of the CIVICKIDS campaign. Register for free and join us for hands-on art making with our talented Teaching Artists Consider the items you use every day that are often thrown out—a water bottle, a tin can, and old toys. How can you breathe new life into these items, allowing something to grow inside? After choosing your vessel, design your own planter and find out. As your plants grow, find out how easy it is to commit to the environment at home! CIVICKIDS: Make Art. Make A Difference is a year-long series of exhibitions, community events, and digital art calls hosted by CMA. Rooted in the belief that art builds empathy, understanding, and respect for others, CIVICKIDS aims to foster civic engagement and shared community pride through art making. Each month, CMA will issue a digital art making challenge based on themes of civic engagement including environmentalism Mariel Werner, Collaborative Piano - The Juilliard School Mariel Werner, Collaborative Piano Qi Xu, Piano - The Juilliard School Qi Xu, Piano Osso String Quartet - Fat cat Osso String Quartet Bill Ware Sextet - Fat cat Bill Ware Sextet After Hours hosted by Billy Kaye - Fat cat After Hours hosted by Billy Kaye House Teams (2019) - Improv Asylum Improv Asylum's House Teams are where students and alums of our Training Center get together to present some of the freshest faces in Boston comedy. Every Monday, teams of students join NXT, Mainstage Actors and alums to put up the House Teams, followed by The Lottery, an improvised set featuring different House Team Members each week joining Main Stage actors. Come down on Tuesdays at 8pm to see IA's Training Center's own House Teams perform! Monday Night Primetime - New York Comedy Club Whether you're a local or just visiting the greatest city in the world, New York City stand up comedy is a must-do activity. New York Comedy Club offers the most authentic NYC comedy experience in the city. Every show is packed with comics you know… or should! Your favorite podcast stars (Guys We Fucked, Legion of Skanks, Tuesdays With Stories), SiriusXM personalities (Jay Oakerson, Dan Soder, Andy Fiori, Shuli Egar), TV stars (Judah Friedlander, Rell Battle, Andrew Schulz, Carly Aquilino), Late Night personalities (Rory Albanese, Mike Yard, Ricky Velez, Jena Friedman, Josh Gondelman), plus hot young talent about to burst onto the scene. Tonight's show features: Lineup TBA Comedy Central Showcase - New York Comedy Club Wondering what to do in the East Village? Our New York stand up comedy showcase is one of the most fun things to do on a weeknight! From a casual date night to a spontaneous friends night out, you can't miss with an incredible stand up show that will become a great conversation piece over drinks or dinner later tonight and a favorite memory for years to come! Featuring: Brandon V Jackson Maddy Smith Alexis Guerreros Fareeha Khan Tommy McNamara Alex Song Irene Morales Aida Goitom Jason Salmon Lizzie Martinez Comedy for a Cause - New York Comedy Club Founder of C.R.E.A.T.E Academy, Jennifer Kirabo and Comedian, Amy Liszka have brought together an amazing line up of top New York stand-ups to help build a school in Uganda for children in need. Have a good time while giving back, this fundraiser of fun will be full of raffles and laughs! Featuring: Angelo Lozada Amy Liszka Harris Stanton Neko White Jake Vevera Jenny Saldana Menuhin Hart John Fugelsang Silver Arrow Band - DROM The Silver Arrows are a premium 3-14 man band that are specialists in high-energy music for festivals, events and private functions - at a sensible price. We pride ourselves on having a "cooler-than-average" song list that is never cheesey, and focuses squarely on filling your dance-floor. With the Silver Arrow Band you'll get the best musicians in the country, playing your favourite music. The Silver Arrows play a wide variety of tunes, but our trademark specialty is up-tempo festival-style music - capable of everything from chart classics, funk grooves, soul, swing/jazz to current top 40 and dance hits. On one night we might be playing completely 1950s rock n' roll, and on the next night, only 80s hits. Or a mixture of eveything- you really have to see it live to understand! Reading Series: Future Classics - Samuels Teaching Studio CTH is invested in the development of work that shifts the conversation around representation in the theater and dedicated to providing a platform for those voices traditionally underrepresented on the American Stage. CTH asserts that a "Future Classic" promotes courageous and open-minded examination of controversial and critical topics that are at the heart of society. Designed for the emerging professional playwright, Future Classics offers participating writers the opportunity to showcase their new completed works and receive dramaturgical feedback. Participants work with CTH's resident dramaturge, a professional director and a dedicated group of actors to showcase a new full-length play. CTH's Literary Series is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the Jarvis & Constance Doctorow Family Foundation and the Axe-Houghton Foundation. Pete Brook on Teaching, Talking & Seeing Photos in Prison - Aperture Foundation Since September 2018, Pete Brook has taught at San Quentin State Prison. As a guest instructor with the Prison University Project, he taught History of Photography in late 2018 and, more recently, led a curriculum-writing workshop in which incarcerated students designed lesson-plans for high school students about images and mass incarceration. The curriculum created will be distributed freely to high schools, colleges, advocacy groups, politicians as well as the general public. Incarcerated students are providing new points of departure for debate about mass incarceration. Drawing on students' essays, syllabi, teacher evals, memory and anecdote, Brook will reflect upon his teaching experience: how incarcerated students engage with photographs, how they see prison photographs, and how they want us to see prisons. The presentation, informal discussion and audience Q&A, will be moderated by W.M. (Bill) Hunt, photography collector and curator and a board member of the W. Eugene Smith Fund. 2019 Judith Barlow Prize Reading - T Schreiber Studio History Matters/Back to the Future presents a reading of the 2019 Judith Barlow Prize-winning play: earth's most customer-centric company by Hannah Manikowski directed by Kyle Brown featuring Caroline Hewitt, Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, and Emma Orme A national coalition of theater professionals with an entirely unique mission, History Matters/Back to the Future promotes the study and production of celebrated women playwrights of the past and their plays in colleges, universities, and theaters throughout the country and seeks responses to those plays by contemporary playwrights. The Annual Judith Barlow Prize is awarded to a student playwright for an exceptional one-act play inspired by the work of an historic female playwright. Hannah Manikowski of Carnegie Mellon University has received the 2019 award for her play, earths most customer-centric company, inspired by Fefu and Her Friends by María Irene Fornés, sponsored by Professor Robert Cane. Upasna Barath of North Central College recieved runner-up for her play, The Choice is Yours, inspired by A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, sponsored by Professor Laura Lodewyck. The Judith Barlow Prize is named for Judith E. Barlo... (read more) 2019 50th Anniversary Gala - The Film Society of Lincoln Center 2019 50th Anniversary Gala Popgun Presents: Bruno Major – In The Round with Lindsey Lomis - (Le) Poisson Rouge General Admission: $20 VIP Package: $75 Each 'Bruno Major AAA Fan Experience Package' Includes: -One (1) General Admission Ticket -Early Entry Into the Venue -Personal Photo with Bruno Major -Exclusive Bruno Major Merch Gift -Crowd-free merchandise shopping ***All package elements will be rendered invalid if resold. Name changes will be issued at the sole discretion of 23/7 Global. VIP instructions will be sent via email no later than three days (3) prior to the concert. If you do not receive this email three days (3) prior please email info@237global.com. Your VIP merchandise will either be handed out on-site or shipped – specifics will be emailed no later than 3 days before your concert. All packages and contents are non-transferable; no refunds or exchanges; all sales are final. All VIP package items and experiences are subject to change. Please note that the information provided at the time of purchase (e-mail and mailing address) is the same information that will be utilized for shipping and individual contact requirements where applicable. 23/7 Global, the artist, tour, promoter, ticketing company, venue or any other affiliated parties are not responsible for outd... (read more) Kazu Pf Yokoshima Quartet Featuring Frank Sr - Rue-B Jazz Kazu Pf Yokoshima Quartet Featuring Frank Sr Melvin Vines & The Harlem Jazz Machine - Paris Blues Melvin Vines & The Harlem Jazz Machine Guest Band - Paris Blues Guest Band Reformation Bridal Trunk Show - Reformation Lower East Side Reformation is going on a nine-week U.S. tour with their new bridal collection and a bunch of cool partners who can help make your wedding experience a little cleaner - think clean makeup touch-ups by Beautycounter, toxic-free manicures by Côte, professional alterations by Hemster and sustainable wine from Helen's Wine. What: Reformation Lower East Side Bridal Trunk Show Where: 156 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002 When: April 25 - April 29 (12pm-8pm Mon. - Fri.; 11am-8pm Sat; 12pm-7pm Sun.) Works & Process, the Performing Arts Series at the Guggenheim, Announces Spring 2019 Season - The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Peter B Lewis Theater Works & Process, the Performing Arts Series at the Guggenheim, Announces Spring 2019 Season Highlights: New commissions by Caleb Teicher and Conrad Tao, and by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung Behind-the-scenes views of new commissions by Houston Ballet and Washington Ballet First looks at theatrical productions Be More Chill, Downstate, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Octet,and The Secret Life of Bees Previews of Glimmerglass Festival's Blue and Santa Fe Opera's The Thirteenth Child New productions in conjunction with exhibitions Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future and Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now Artist receptions in the rotunda following evening performances "An exceptional opportunity to understand something of the creative process." -The New York Times Works & Process at the Guggenheim is pleased to announce its spring 2019 season. Since 1984 the performing arts series has championed new works and offered audiences unprecedented access to leading creators. Programs explore the artistic process through stimulating discussions and riveting performance highlights. Each 70-minute program takes place in the intimate Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Peter B. ... (read more) Works & Process at the Guggenheim Presents a Costume and Dance Commission - Guggenheim Museum, Peter B Lewis Theater Works & Process at the Guggenheim Presents a Costume and Dance Commission Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung Design Dialogues New Choreography by Christopher Williams and Netta Yerulshamy in collaboration with NYU's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World's Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes Sunday and Monday, April 28 and 29, 2019 at 7:30pm Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, presents a Works & Process dance and costume commission by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung with new choreography by Christopher Williams and Netta Yerulshamy in collaboration with NYU's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World's exhibition, Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes, on Sunday and Monday, April 28 and 29, 2019 at 7:30pm Inspired by Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes, the first exhibition to focus specifically on the role of ancient world and the Ballet Russes, costume designers Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung will use original Ballets Russes costumes and designs as their point of departure for this Works & Process costume and dance commission featuring music excerpts from Maurice Ravel's Daphn... (read more) Matthew Pearce, Tenor - The Juilliard School Matthew Pearce, Tenor Yue Qian, Violin - The Juilliard School Yue Qian, Violin Inori Sakai, Violin - The Juilliard School Inori Sakai, Violin Exhibition Opening for Harbin, China|Past/Present - Museum at Eldridge Street Like the Eldridge Street Synagogue, a grand synagogue stands in Harbin, China that serves as a museum and a relic of a time when it was the center of a flourishing Jewish community. And much like the Lower East Side, many of Harbin's Jews eventually left the home they had created there. In this exhibition, Harbin's Jewish past is presented in historic photographs and personal stories. In the 1890s, the Trans-Siberian Railway turned the small fishing village in northeastern China into a thriving city, shaped by the interaction of Jews, Russians, Chinese and others. But by the early 1960s, the last Jewish families had left Harbin, leaving behind synagogues, schools, a hospital and more as they immigrated to the United States, Israel and elsewhere. Today, a new appreciation for this history has spurred restoration and commemoration of the Jewish history of Harbin. Steven Lane, a New York artist has been making art in Harbin for various periods of time since 1985, often uses the former Harbin synagogues as temporary studio spaces.Lane's art in this exhibition focuses on painting over and re-using Chinese newspapers, posters, and books from the era of the Cultural Revolution, which he ... (read more) Comic Book Club - The PIT Comic Book Club is a live talk show and podcast held every Tuesday at 8:00 pm in NYC! It's hosted by Pete LePage, Justin Tyler, and Alex Zalben. We talk nerdy stuff. High Lifelong Day's Journey into Night (In 3-D) - Film Society of Lincoln Center Following his knockout debut, Kaili Blues (ND/NF 2016), writer-director Bi Gan returns with this immersive art-house sensation that broke box office records in China. Long Day's Journey Into Night is a noir-tinged film about a solitary man (Huang Jue) haunted by loss and regret, told in two parts: the first an achronological detective story, the second a nocturnal dream. Again centering around his native province of Guizhou in southwest China, the director has created a film like nothing you've seen before, especially in the second half's hour-long, gravity-defying 3-D sequence shot, which plunges its protagonist—and us—through a labyrinthine cityscape. An NYFF56 selection. A Kino Lorber release. Dogman - Film Society of Lincoln Center The latest dark fable from Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Tale of Tales) trains its unflinching gaze on mild-mannered Marcello (Marcello Fonte), a doting single father who owns and lovingly operates a one-man dog grooming business in a sparse Neapolitan suburb. When Marcello's pliable friendliness leads him into an entanglement with the local bully, he finds himself increasingly alienated from the goodwill of his community, and his hardwon livelihood is placed in jeopardy. With its stark, chilly atmospherics and quietly propulsive narrative, Dogman left an indelible impression on audiences at last year's Cannes Film Festival, where Fonte was awarded Best Actor for a performance of slow-burning intensity and raw sensitivity. A Magnolia Pictures release. A DINNER WITH CHÂTEAU LA NERTHE AT DB BISTRO MODERNE - db Bistro Moderne 7:30pm Reception | 8pm Seated Dinner Cheers to a southern Rhône wine dinner! At db bistro moderne, we will have the honor of hosting Ralph Garcin, the Managing Director & Winemaker from Château La Nerthe. The Château La Nerthe is recognized for being one of the oldest estates in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, starting in 1560. Experience the rich flavors of these unique wines on Tuesday, April 30th, beginning with a reception followed by a four-course meal and Château La Nerthe wine pairings. Juilliard Chamber Music at ST. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University - The Juilliard Schoo Juilliard chamber music ensembles present engaging programs of masterpieces from the chamber music repertoire. Khady Gueye, Mezzo-Soprano - The Juilliard Schoo ROBERT OWENS 3 Lieder für Mezzosopran mit Klavierbegleitung, Op. 19 ROBERT OWENS Two Songs for Mezzo-soprano and Cello, Op. 120 CAMILLE NICKERSON Five Creole Songs MARGARET BONDS Three Dream Portraits DAVID NATHANIEL BAKER The Black Experience ROBERT OWENS Mortal Storm, Op. 29 ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Songs of Love and Justice DAVID NATHANIEL BAKER The Black Experience WILLIAM GRANT STILL Grief Yannick Nézet-Séguin Master Class Live Stream - The Juilliard Schoo Canadian conductor and musician Yannick Nézet-Séguin instructs Juilliard vocal arts students in a master class. BMI Acoustic Lounge - Rockwood Music Hall – Stage 1 BMI will be hosting an acoustic lounge where emerging songwriters, @uD!o and Herinmind, will be showcasing their new music at Rockwood Music Hall on Stage 1. Come and join the fun on April 30! Maria Raquel - The Django Maria Raquel La Pachamambo - The Django La Pachamambo Leni Stern - 55 Bar Birthday Show! Leni Stern...Guitar & Voice Mamadou Ba...Bass Alioune Faye...Percussion MSM Vocal Series - 55 Bar Up-and-coming jazz vocalists and musicians from the esteemed Manhattan School of Music showcase their talents in a monthly series of Tuesday evening performances. Two sets of jazz vocal combos will perform songs from the '30s through the '80s in a musical nod to the past that is firmly rooted in the present. The series performs on the last Tuesday of the month and each show will be hosted by the MSM students themselves. Come hear the new voices that you'll be listening to for years to come! Super Sketch Tuesday Season 3 - The PIT Every Tuesday, join two of the best Sketch House Teams in the city as they drop a knockdown hoedown of comedic insanity all over The PIT Underground. As always 100% free, IT'S SUPER SKETCH TUESDAY Y'ALL! A DINNER WITH CHÂTEAU LA NERTHE AT DB BISTRO MODERNE - db Bistro Moderne 7:30pm Reception | 8pm Seated Dinner Cheers to a southern Rhône wine dinner! At db bistro moderne, we will have the honor of hosting Ralph Garcin, the Managing Director & Winemaker from Château La Nerthe. The Château La Nerthe is recognized for being one of the oldest estates in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, starting in 1560. Experience the rich flavors of these unique wines on Tuesday, April 30th, beginning with a reception followed by a four-course meal and Château La Nerthe wine pairings. A DINNER WITH CHÂTEAU LA NERTHE AT DB BISTRO MODERNE - db Bistro Moderne 7:30pm Reception | 8pm Seated Dinner Cheers to a southern Rhône wine dinner! At db bistro moderne, we will have the honor of hosting Ralph Garcin, the Managing Director & Winemaker from Château La Nerthe. The Château La Nerthe is recognized for being one of the oldest estates in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, starting in 1560. Experience the rich flavors of these unique wines on Tuesday, April 30th, beginning with a reception followed by a four-course meal and Château La Nerthe wine pairings. Backstage Magazine Casting Workshop - CUNY https://www.eventbrite.com/e/backstage-magazine-and-film-lab-72-hour-shootout-casting-workshop-tickets-59350094731 [eventbrite.com] Nick Thorkelson in conversation with Ben Katchor at The New School (part of "New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium") - The New School Dear Friends, Greetings from City Lights! Our very first graphic book is a biography of philosopher Herbert Marcuse! The author/illustrator, Nick Thorkelson, is doing two events in New York City, April 29th and 30th. I am wondering if you might be interested in interviewing him. The book, Herbert Marcuse, Philosopher of Utopia: A Graphic Biography was just published this month, and features a foreword by scholar and activist Angela Y. Davis, who was one of Marcuse's students. (read the foreword here along with an excerpt of the book on Lit Hub) Tuesday, April 30th @ 7:30 PM - Nick Thorkelson in conversation with Ben Katchor at The New School (part of "New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium") About Herbert Marcuse: Often referred to as the unofficial faculty advisor to the New Left, Marcuse's controversial critiques of post-WWII capitalism entered popular consciousness with the 1964 publication of his One-Dimensional Man, which sold over 100,000 copies in its first years in print. His advocacy for a more humane, sustainable world was grounded in his own experience of living through and escaping Hitler's Germany. Perennially relevant, radical, and inspiring, Marcuse'... (read more) Culture Pass Programs: Civickids at Brooklyn Library, Bedford - Children's Museum of the Arts Children's Museum of the Arts in New York City is making art making outposts available all throughout New York City through Culture Pass as part of the CIVICKIDS campaign. Register for free and join us for hands-on art making with our talented Teaching Artists! CIVICKIDS: Make Art. Make A Difference is a year-long series of exhibitions, community events, and digital art calls hosted by CMA. Last year, the average American used 167 disposable water bottles, but only recycled 38. What else can we do with this pesky yet ubiquitous piece of trash? Show us your creativity as you transform your bottle. Rooted in the belief that art builds empathy, understanding, and respect for others, CIVICKIDS aims to foster civic engagement and shared community pride through art making. Each month, CMA will issue a digital art making challenge based on themes of civic engagement including environmentalism, identity, equity, leadership, sustainability and kindness. A Connoisseur's Guide to Dance in the American Cinema - BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center Over the years, this series has featured memorable scenes from American musicals in which dancers display incredible agility and grace. For this program, we have distilled it down to the absolute best. We'll watch the Nicholas Brothers, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelley, and Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, all of them defying gravity and making it seem very simple. "Scenes Through the Cinema Lens" is curated and hosted by Krin Gabbard, who teaches in the Jazz Studies program at Columbia University. In 2014 he retired from Stony Brook University where he had, since 1981, taught classical literature, film studies, and literary theory. His books include Psychiatry and the Cinema (1987), Jammin' at the Margins: Jazz and the American Cinema (1996), Black Magic: White Hollywood and African American Culture (2004), Hotter Than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture (2008), and Better Git It in Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus (2016). At Columbia he teaches courses on jazz and American culture. Jeremy Lap Hei Hao, Violin - The Juilliard School Jeremy Lap Hei Hao, Violin Juilliard Chamber Music at ST. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University - The Juilliard School Juilliard chamber music ensembles present engaging programs of masterpieces from the chamber music repertoire. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 FELIX MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 Daniel Bennett Group - Residence Inn Times Square New York saxophonist Daniel Bennett has been hailed as one of the most original and unpredictable musical voices of his generation. Daniel Bennett Group performs the weekly "Experimental Tuesday" concert series at the Residence Inn Times Square. Bennett is joined every week by renowned guitarist Mark Cocheo. The music is a provocative mix of jazz, avant-pop, and American folk music. The Boston Globe describes Bennett's music as "a mix of jazz, folk, and minimalism." The trio was recently voted "Best New Jazz Group" in New York City Hot House Magazine. The Daniel Bennett Group has been featured in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, NPR, Indianapolis Public Radio, San Francisco Examiner, St. Louis Public Radio and the Village Voice. Time Out New York describes the music as, "hypnotic." In addition to leading his own band, Daniel Bennett performs in Broadway and Off-Broadway theater productions in New York City. Daniel Bennett recently composed the musical score for stage adaptations of 'Frankenstein' and 'Brave Smiles' at the Hudson Guild Theatre in Manhattan. Daniel Bennett currently plays woodwinds in 'Blank! The Musical,' the first fully improvised Off-Broadway musical to launch o... (read more) International Jazz Day Celebrations in Bossi-Comelli Studio - Manhattan School of Music Bossi-Comelli Studio Jordan Pettay Band - Fat cat Jordan Pettay Band Itai Kriss and Gato Gordo - Fat cat Itai Kriss and Gato Gordo After Hours hosted by Latin Bop - Fat cat After Hours hosted by Latin Bop Picture This - Irving Plaza This event is All Ages General Admission Only Accessible accommodations should purchase a General Admission ticket and will be taken care of at the venue day of event. For over 150 years, Irving Plaza has been one of New York City's premier entertainment sites. Located just minutes from Union Square, the famed red marquee has displayed the names of thousands of artists, bringing them together with fans all throughout the city. Enjoy a cold beverage from our wide selection of drinks, and kick back in our lounge area before the show. No matter what genre, Irving Plaza shows are like no other. The Nxt Cast (2019) - Improv Asylum The freshest faces in Boston comedy, the NXT Cast brings you two different shows this fall! On Sunday nights, The NXT Show will be an all-improv, 90-minute show testing out new short-form structures. On Tuesday nights, NXT: Fresh AF tests out the cast's writing skills with brand new sketches each week blended with classic improv structures. New Jokes & Newbies - New York Comedy Club If a band practices in a garage, where does a comedian practice?... Right here! Take a peek into the "garage" as veterans work on new material and fresh faced comics polish up their acts. The lineup is a surprise and changes nightly - you never know who you're gonna see! Tuesday Night Primetime - New York Comedy Club Get the authentic NYC stand up comedy experience at New York Comedy Club! Enjoy a nightly showcase of the best comedians in the city, hot up-and-comers, plus hotshot celebrity drop ins, national and international touring comics and more surprises! Our regulars include Judah Friedlander, Todd Barry, Andrew Schulz, Christian Finnegan, Bonnie McFarlane, Sherrod Small, Ari Shaffir, Ricky Velez, Yamaneika Saunders, Jay Oakerson, Matt Richards, Carly Aquilino, Carmen Lynch, Lenny Marcus, Mike Britt, Sarah Tollemache, Adrienne Iapalucci, Emma Willmann, James Mattern, Anthony Devito, Greg Stone, Aaron Berg, Mike Cannon, Jon Laster, Josh Gondelman, Matt Pavich, Nore Davis, Neko White, Corinne Fisher, Krystyna Hutchinson, Wendi Starling, Nathan Macintosh, Gary Vider, Sam Morril, Joe List, Mark Normand, Subhah Agarwal, Dante Nero, Chuck Nice and more! Good Bits ft. Carmen Lynch, Adrienne Iapalucci, Joe Gerics, Shaun Murphy - New York Comedy Club You only break out the fine china for the most important dinner parties, and this show is no different. Come join us at the New York Comedy Club and watch the best comics in NYC break out nothing but their "Good Bits." Featuring: Adrienne Iapalucci Carmen Lynch Caleb Synan Ian Lara Turner Sparks Shaun Murphy Joe Gerics. New York Comedy Club Presents Eric Neumann - New York Comedy Club Wondering what to do tonight? Our New York stand up comedy showcase is one of the most fun things to do on a weeknight! Whether you're with your friends from work looking for a great Happy Hour, want to have a fun, casual date night or just love to laugh every day, our comedy nights have you covered! Featuring: Eric Neumann Adam Freeman Marc Gerber Dan Pulzello Rebecca Cianci A Connoisseur's Guide to Dance in the American Cinema - BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center Scenes through the Cinema Lens event Over the years, this series has featured memorable scenes from American musicals in which dancers display incredible agility and grace. For this program, we have distilled it down to the absolute best. We'll watch the Nicholas Brothers, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelley, and Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, all of them defying gravity and making it seem very simple. "Scenes Through the Cinema Lens" is curated and hosted by Krin Gabbard, who teaches in the Jazz Studies program at Columbia University. In 2014 he retired from Stony Brook University where he had, since 1981, taught classical literature, film studies, and literary theory. His books include Psychiatry and the Cinema (1987), Jammin' at the Margins: Jazz and the American Cinema (1996), Black Magic: White Hollywood and African American Culture (2004), Hotter Than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture (2008), and Better Git It in Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus (2016). At Columbia he teaches courses on jazz and American culture. Feedback Collective by Sonicbids Showcase The 'Write Stuff' Songwriting Workshop - DROM Our first music workshop for the year will be focused on songwriting. This is a FREE event for our artist community. Come down, play a song and get constructive feedback from our expert panelists. You'll learn a ton and polish that song that you always needed a "little something Guest Event: Pig – Hosted by Sandy Honig and Peter Smith - The Slipper Room This event is 21 and over Sandy Honig and Peter Smith host this FREE weekly line up of stand-up comedy talent. You will see up-n-comers, late night talk show veterans and... who knows! maybe a surprise drop in will test out some new material! Come one, come all Unltd! - Groove Some of Cafe Wha?'s finest musicians come to the Groove for a special performance to do their thing on a Monday night - expect everything from rock, reggae, R&B to pop and hip hop! Dr. Bradley's Fabulous Functional Narcissism - Laurie Beechman Theater Dr. Bradley's Fabulous Functional Narcissism…A Benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS April 30th at 7pm, at the Laurie Beechman Theatre Manhattan-based psychoanalyst and former Broadway singer-dancer, Dr. Bradley Jones, returns to the Laurie Beechman stage on April 30th 2019 at 7pm with a performance of the hit solo show, "Dr. Bradley's Fabulous Functional Narcissism…The Psychoanalytic Odyssey of a Once Glorified Chorus Boy" to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. "Dr. Bradley wielded his psychological prowess like a surgeon's scalpel, with the exquisite timing of a Borscht-Belt comic." - David Sabella, Cabaret Hotspot! "Dr. Bradley's Fabulous Functional Narcissism…The Psychoanalytic Odyssey of a Once Glorified Chorus Boy" regales the audience through 70 minutes, with Jones applying his rapier wit and his psychoanalytic expertise (yes, that shingle is REAL) to true tales of his early childhood as a budding theater queen, nearly ten years on Broadway in A Chorus Line, backstage life and excessive drug use, living through the AIDS pandemic, a murder and making his decision to pursue a new career. In the penultimate scene, he recounts his own 15 years of psychoa... (read more) Alessi Opens Pop-Up Shop at Canal Street Market - Canal Street Market Alessi, the Italian housewares brand, is pleased to announce that throughout the month of April, they will open a pop-up location at the Canal Street Market while the Alessi Madison Store is closed for renovations. The pop up's selection of new and iconic pieces from top and emerging designers all over the world offers consumers and members of the design community a range of high-end items, such as Anna G & Alessandro corkscrews, Pulcina espresso maker, Food à Porter lunch box, Water Tower, and a selection from the Objets-Bijoux collection including the Shot flask. Customers who visit the pop up will also receive a voucher valid for 20% off* when Alessi's Madison Store re-opens in May. Winter Is Coming to AT&T Times Square - AT&T Store Times Square Can't wait until April 14 for the return of the 8th and final season of Game of Thrones? Beginning April 1, AT&T's flagship store in Times Square will be completely transformed to give excited fans a chance to dive in to all things GoT. Designed to capture the excitement and anticipation of the show's final season, visitors will be immediately immersed in a world they had only ever seen through their screens. This in-store experience has been strategically developed to welcome new viewers into the Game of Thrones "kingdom" and give die-hard fans the in-depth experiences they crave. The store will feature an exclusive look at series memorabilia and authentic costumes from House Lannister, – including Tyrion, Cirsei and Jaime's costumes, and Jaime's Golden Hand – as well as reality-altering VR and AR experiences, limited-reveal video content and custom digital games. John Cooksey And Spontaneous Combustion - Paris Blues John Cooksey And Spontaneous Combustion Carolee Grand Central Pop Up - Grand Central Terminal CAROLEE Is Popping Up In Grand Central! Join us to shop a curated edit of our favorite styles and gifts. Spend $100 and receive an Exclusive gift with purchase. Plus, enter to win a $100 gift card! We will be located near Graybar passage at the Lexington Avenue entrance. 20% of proceeds will be donated to RAINN, the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. Learn more about RAINN: https://www.rainn.org/ Dates and times: February 1st - April 30th Monday- Friday: 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM For inquiries please contact us at: 917.428.5947 or caroleepopup@carolee.com China Chic Pop-up Presented by Play Lounge - Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal This five-day shopping event celebrates China's fashion legacy with 20 Chinese brands and designer labels, most of which have never been seen in the U.S. until today. Inspired by a Chinese landscape painting, the innovative 6,000-square-foot space features four themed areas – Foodie, Fashionista, Craftsman and Lifestyle – plus a photobooth so guests can capture the excitement of discovering brands such as Eunarz, Jade Chiu, Jasmine, Lanyu, Ma Liberte, Memorigin, Tuplus and Yali. Fifteen percent of sales will be donated to the Yue-Sai Kan China Beauty Charity Fund to support education in sustainable fashion. China Chic Pop-up Presented by Play Lounge - Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal This five-day shopping event celebrates China's fashion legacy with 20 Chinese brands and designer labels, most of which have never been seen in the U.S. until today. Inspired by a Chinese landscape painting, the innovative 6,000-square-foot space features four themed areas – Foodie, Fashionista, Craftsman and Lifestyle – plus a photobooth so guests can capture the excitement of discovering brands such as Eunarz, Jade Chiu, Jasmine, Lanyu, Ma Liberte, Memorigin, Tuplus and Yali. Fifteen percent of sales will be donated to the Yue-Sai Kan China Beauty Charity Fund to support education in sustainable fashion. Toshiko Mori: Transforming Communities Through Architecture - Japan Society Good design can have a profound impact on local art and communities, as exemplified by the Setouchi region of Japan. In the post-World War II period, there was significant patronage of modern art and architecture in this region. In 1958, Kenzo Tange, whose work combines modern architecture with traditional Japanese techniques and symbolism, designed Kagawa Prefecture's governmental office building. This sparked an artistic renaissance, and the area has become an internationally acclaimed creative hub centered around the Setouchi Art Triennale. At this talk, Prof. Toshiko Mori, founder of Toshiko Mori Architect PLLC and Professor of Architecture at Harvard University, examines this unique artistic and architectural phenomenon. She will also touch on her two projects in villages in Senegal that share a similar ambition to create peace and stability by integrating contemporary architecture with vernacular buildings and local culture. Followed by a reception. High Lifelong Day's Journey into Night (In 3-D) - Film Society of Lincoln Center Following his knockout debut, Kaili Blues (ND/NF 2016), writer-director Bi Gan returns with this immersive art-house sensation that broke box office records in China. Long Day's Journey Into Night is a noir-tinged film about a solitary man (Huang Jue) haunted by loss and regret, told in two parts: the first an achronological detective story, the second a nocturnal dream. Again centering around his native province of Guizhou in southwest China, the director has created a film like nothing you've seen before, especially in the second half's hour-long, gravity-defying 3-D sequence shot, which plunges its protagonist—and us—through a labyrinthine cityscape. An NYFF56 selection. A Kino Lorber release. New World Symphony - Carnegie Hall Virtuosity reigns and the stars shine brightly when two Perspectives artists—Michael Tilson Thomas and Yuja Wang—share the stage. Prokofiev strove for simplicity in his final piano concerto, a work he originally named "Music for Piano and Orchestra." The concerto, however, is anything but facile with its nimble opening movement, quicksilver toccata, and emotionally powerful Larghetto. Emotions certainly are at the fore in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, a phantasmagoric tale of obsessive passion painted in kaleidoscopic orchestral colors. New Jokes & Newbies - New York Comedy Club If a band practices in a garage, where does a comedian practice?... Right here! Take a peek into the "garage" as veterans work on new material and fresh faced comics polish up their acts. The lineup is a surprise and changes nightly - you never know who you're gonna see! Andrew Schulz, Caitlin Peluffo, Jess Salomon, Nick Youssef - New York Comedy Club Get the authentic NYC stand up comedy experience at New York Comedy Club! Enjoy a nightly showcase of the best comedians in the city, hot up-and-comers, plus hotshot celebrity drop ins, national and international touring comics and more surprises! Featuring: Caitlin Peluffo Jess Salomon Andrew Schulz Nick Youssef Dogman - Film Society of Lincoln Center The latest dark fable from Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Tale of Tales) trains its unflinching gaze on mild-mannered Marcello (Marcello Fonte), a doting single father who owns and lovingly operates a one-man dog grooming business in a sparse Neapolitan suburb. When Marcello's pliable friendliness leads him into an entanglement with the local bully, he finds himself increasingly alienated from the goodwill of his community, and his hardwon livelihood is placed in jeopardy. With its stark, chilly atmospherics and quietly propulsive narrative, Dogman left an indelible impression on audiences at last year's Cannes Film Festival, where Fonte was awarded Best Actor for a performance of slow-burning intensity and raw sensitivity. A Magnolia Pictures release. Hot Soup at NYCC - New York Comedy Club It's time for HOT SOUP! Time Out NY called it "one of the best weekly shows in the city" and Thrillist said it's "one of the best underground comedy shows in NYC." Produced by some of the top comics in town (Gary Vider, Mark Normand, and Matt Ruby) and an ace booker (Jeremy Levenbach), it's one of the longest running independently produced comedy shows in NYC. And you never know who might drop in – previous surprise guests include Jim Gaffigan, Hannibal Buress, Sarah Silverman, Aziz Ansari, and Anthony Jeselnik. Featuring... Mark Normand Gary Vider Matt Ruby Witch Hunt ft. Emma Willmann, Sarah Tollemache, Nore Davis - New York Comedy Club Witch Hunt comedy show was inspired by the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 in Colonial Massachusetts where many women were accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake. This show is in memory of those women and all the female comedians who when they see an all male lineup want to set themselves on fire. Did you know that all female comedians are actually witches? We have powers beyond making people laugh. Like for example, we live forever. This is an all female comedy show plus one or two male mortals whose lives we decided to spare. We hope to see you so we can make you laugh for eternity! Featuring: Sarah Tollemache Emma Willmann Karolena Theresa Sofiya Alexandra Teresa Lee Christine Medrano Nore Davis Aminah Imani The American Museum of Natural History Presents: SciCafe: Why Dinosaurs Matter - American Museum of Natural History Doors open at 6:30 pm; program begins at 7 pm Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Hall of the Universe Free with RSVP 21+ with ID Enter at 81st Street entrance Is a penguin a dinosaur? Are the tiny arms of T. rex the key to its power and ferocity? What can long-dead dinosaurs teach us about our future? Plenty, according to paleontologist Diego Pol, who has discovered some of the largest dinosaurs to ever walk the Earth, including The Titanosaur. Pol weaves together stories of our planet's geological history, exploring the meaning of fossils and our own place on the vast and bountiful tree of life. Generous support for The Titanosaur exhibit has been provided by the Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation. Kgb: Dead Ladies Show - KGB Bar KGB: Dead Ladies Show Knock Down the House - Film Society of Lincoln Center Rachel Lears's remarkable documentary follows four female politicians as they challenged local Democratic incumbents in the 2018 midterm elections. They include the new face of the party, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, then a struggling candidate from the Bronx no less passionate or charismatic than she is now; Cori Bush, a former nurse inspired to run for office shortly after the murder of Michael Brown; and Paula Jean Swearengin and Amy Vilela, both motivated to improve communities blighted by health problems and poverty. Observing a flash point in American history with confidence and unfettered access, Knock Down the House is an emotional portrait of the changing profile of America's political hopefuls, which effectively details all facets of the grassroots campaign trail. A Netflix release. Joan Baez in New York - Beacon Theater Joan Chandos Baez (/ba?z/;[1][2] born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist[3] whose contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest or social justice.[4] Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing over 30 albums. Fluent in Spanish and English, she has also recorded songs in at least six other languages. Although regarded as a folk singer, her music has diversified since the counterculture era of the 1960s, and encompasses genres such as folk rock, pop, country and gospel music. Although a songwriter herself, Baez generally interprets other composers' work,[5] having recorded songs by Bob Dylan, the Allman Brothers Band, the Beatles, Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen, Woody Guthrie, Violeta Parra, The Rolling Stones, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and many others. On her past several albums, she has found success interpreting songs of more recent songwriters, including Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Steve Earle, Natalie Merchant and Joe Henry. She began her recording career in 1960 and achieved immediate success. Her first three albums, Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2, and Joan Baez in Concert all achieved gold record stat... (read more) Scicafe: Why Dinosaurs Matter - American Museum of Natural History Is a penguin a dinosaur? Are the tiny arms of T. rex the key to its power and ferocity? What can long-dead dinosaurs teach us about our future? Plenty, according to paleontologist Diego Pol, who has discovered some of the largest dinosaurs to ever walk the Earth, including The Titanosaur. Pol weaves together stories of our planet's geological history, exploring the meaning of fossils and our own place on the vast and bountiful Tree of Life. Mariza Live! - The Town Hall World renowned fado singer Mariza returns to New York City in support of her new Latin Grammy nominated eponymous album. Mariza has risen from a well hidden local phenomenon, known only to a small circle of admirers in Lisbon, to one of the most widely acclaimed stars of the World Music circuit. No Portuguese artist since Amália Rodrigues has experienced such a triumphant international career, accumulating success after success on the most prestigious world stages, rave reviews from the most demanding music critics worldwide and countless international awards and distinctions. Rigoletto - Lincoln Center Verdi's tragic jester returns in Michael Mayer's neon-bedecked, Las Vegas–themed production. Baritones Roberto Frontali and George Gagnidze share the title role, and soprano Nadine Sierra reprises her portrayal of Gilda, the role that helped launch her now-blossoming Met career. Tenors Vittorio Grigolo and Bryan Hymel share the role of the lascivious Duke, and Nicola Luisotti conducts Lucy Yeghiazaryan - The Django Lucy Yeghiazaryan Robert Edwards Big Band - The Django Robert Edwards Big Band Iac Book Club: The Scar by Mary Cregan - Irish Arts Center IAC Book Club is a casual gathering of literature enthusiasts that meets in our gallery for craic, snacks, and discussions about paperbacks. (Hardcovers, too.) Sometimes the authors even join—look out for our announcements when they do! Led by Rachael Gilkey, director of programming and education, the club is open to everyone, whether or not you've finished the book. Under 5s Drop in Class - Children's Museum of the Arts Music time! Story time! Art time! Join CMA's stART teaching artists for an art-filled drop-in session when the museum is closed for general hours. Parent and/or caregivers are required to join and we encourage family collaboration throughout the class. No sign up required. Start Studio - Children's Museum of the Arts stART Studio is an exploratory, stimulating, and inviting studio for ages 5 and under. The space allows young children to become familiar with basic art materials, while nurturing creativity, curiosity and developmental growth. Play with our homemade play-dough and flubber, sing along and bang on the drums during music time, create a collage, explore mark making with craypas, pencils and markers, and meet our welcoming staff of early childhood Teaching Artists. Magic & Mayhem - Playboy Club NYC Evening begins with intimate sleight of hand and mind reading during the cocktail hour. Cassandra, our Mistress of Ceremony will lead guests an experiential magical 3-course dining experience. Combining old Hollywood glamour with performances from New York's most modern and sophisticated magicians. **VIPS can enjoy the exclusive "Rabbit Hole" lounge with additional magic, private entrance, complementary cocktails and preferential seating. Juilliard Chamber Music at The Church of St. Paul the Apostle - Church of St. Paul the Apostle Juilliard chamber music ensembles present engaging programs of masterpieces from the chamber music repertoire. The Golden Ticket - Lucky Jack's The Golden Ticket comedy show is free the first Wednesday of every month at Lucky Jack's featuring comics from Netflix, HBO, Comedy Central and Late Night. The fun starts at 8:30 with a pre-show packed with live music and Swedish candy from our sponsor! This month's show features: Josh Johnson (Conan) Caitlin Peluffo (Colbert) Ian Fidance (VH1) Shane Gillis (Sirius XM) Shanna Christmas (Black Women in Comedy Festival) AND a very special guest! Who Dis? A POC Character Show - UCB Hells Kitchen Who Dis? is a monthly character show hosted by Will Martinez. Watch as some of NYC funniest POC comedians perform hilarious character sketches based on their unique background and experiences. Past shows have included characters like Dominican Leprechauns, Filipino Tour Guide, Bodega Cat, and more. Hosted by: William Martinez Featuring: Dylan Adler Shem Pennant Woody Fu Mariel Grullon Steve Jeanty Maria Luisa Acabado Christine Piñeiro Suni Reyes Princess Gibbs Corin Wells Lou Gonzalez Bruce Jackson Quartet - Fat cat Bruce Jackson Quartet Groover Trio - Fat cat Groover Trio After Hours hosted by Ned Goold - Fat cat After Hours hosted by Ned Goold Havana Nights - The DL Rooftop Havana Nights Benefiting the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation You are invited to toast Spring and enjoy the flavors of the Caribbean at a cocktail & tasting event hosted by the newly-formed SWCRF Associate Board. Proceeds will benefit the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation. This inaugural Havana Nights Cocktail Party will host more than 300 young professionals for a night of themed cocktails, passed Cuban-inspired hors d'oeuvres and plenty of entertainment by dancers, a live band & a DJ. Wednesday, May 1, 2019 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM The DL Rooftop 95 Delancey St., New York, NY 10002 For tickets and more information: www.waxmancancer.org/events/havana-nights/ Magic & Mayhem - Playboy Club New York The Experience: We will begin the night with a magical experience during cocktail hour. Cassandra, our Mistress of Ceremony will then lead guests into their seats with music and glamour. Once seated, guests will experience close up magic while enjoying a full three course dinner, specially curated by our Chef for the enticing event. ~Special surprises and immersive experiences will be proceeding throughout the night. Please come dressed to impress. 21+ Event. Email Reservationist@PlayboyClubNYC.com for any questions. Magic & Mayhem - Playboy Club New York The Experience: We will begin the night with a magical experience during cocktail hour. Cassandra, our Mistress of Ceremony will then lead guests into their seats with music and glamour. Once seated, guests will experience close up magic while enjoying a full three course dinner, specially curated by our Chef for the enticing event. ~Special surprises and immersive experiences will be proceeding throughout the night. Please come dressed to impress. 21+ Event. Email Reservationist@PlayboyClubNYC.com for any questions. Tonight's Special with Shane Shane - Sid Gold's Request Room A one-man variety show programmed by the audience in realtime! Every audience member receives a menu of jokes, stories, songs, and video pieces. For one hour, the audience orders off the menu for a one-of-a-kind variety show delivered by Shane Shane. At Sid Gold's Request Room 8:00 PM Sharp $5 suggested donation, 1 drink minimum. Followed by live piano karaoke! Discover PANDORA Rose: Sips and Sweets - PANDORA PANDORA, one of the leading names in jewelry for more than 30 years, offers women across the world a universe of high quality, hand-finished, modern and genuine jewelry products at affordable prices. Celebrate Mother's Day and the new ROSE collection with a special evening of sips and sweets. Please RSVP to 212-273-3267. Vanity Project (2019) - Improv Asylum Vanity Project brings together current and former Main Stage actors, NXT cast members, and an occasional surprise guest for glorious sets of anything-goes improvisation. You best believe that egos will be stroked. And, like – pretty hard. Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC Hosts 22nd Annual Accountants & Bankers Reception - JW Marriott Essex House Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC (BBBS of NYC) will host hundreds of executives from New York City's accounting, finance, fashion and law industries at its 22nd Annual Accountants & Bankers Reception. The event will recognize the city's leading banking and accounting professionals for their support of the organization's youth mentoring programs. This year, BBBS of NYC will honor Joseph C. Ferrone, CPA, partner, Marzars USA; Jeffrey Fliegel, executive vice president corporate banking, Bank United; and Frank Grimaldi, senior managing director, North American Sales, Gordon Brothers; for their commitment to making positive social change in their communities. To purchase tickets or learn more about the event, please visit https://www.bigsnyc.org/events/accountantsandbankers WHEN: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 160 Central Park South New York, NY 10019 Vanity Project (2019) - Improv Asylum Vanity Project brings together current and former Main Stage actors, NXT cast members, and an occasional surprise guest for glorious sets of anything-goes improvisation. You best believe that egos will be stroked. And, like – pretty hard. Wqxr Presents Midday Masterpieces - The Greene Space Hear rising stars from The Juilliard School perform selections from classical music's best-loved composers. Leave the emails, phone calls and work behind and settle in for an hour of musical serenity. Season & Tickets - David H Koch Theater The spring's ample variety of contemporary works continues with this quartet of ballets. For his taut, high-energy Hallelujah Junction Peter Martins returned to a favorite composer, John Adams, and his score for two pianos that gives the ballet its title. William Forsythe's Herman Schmerman, staged for the first time in its entirety after more than 20 years, joins Alexei Ratmansky's acclaimed Concerto DSCH and Matthew Neenan's first dance for the Company, from Fall 2018. Wednesdays At One: Juilliard Lab Orchestra - The Juilliard School Juilliard artists share their talent with the community in these free, hour-long lunchtime concerts on Wednesday afternoons throughout the season. BINGO SING-O! With Anna Copa Cabanna and Leslie Goshko - Sid Gold's Request Room BINGO SING-O! with Anna Copa Cabanna and Leslie Goshko! 730PM FREE! Australian Showgirl Anna Copa Cabanna hosts BINGO with the amazing Leslie Goshko on piano! Join the fun and games with Bonus Rounds including NAME THAT TUNE! AUSTRALIAN TRIVIA! and a Spectacular KARAOKE COMPETITION! PRIZES! PRIZES! PRIZES! Cocktails! Shenanigans! FREE! Mike Stern - 55 Bar KJ Denhert - 55 Bar New World Symphony - Carnegie Hall Virtuosity reigns and the stars shine brightly when two Perspectives artists—Michael Tilson Thomas and Yuja Wang—share the stage. Prokofiev strove for simplicity in his final piano concerto, a work he originally named "Music for Piano and Orchestra." The concerto, however, is anything but facile with its nimble opening movement, quicksilver toccata, and emotionally powerful Larghetto. Emotions certainly are at the fore in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, a phantasmagoric tale of obsessive passion painted in kaleidoscopic orchestral colors. UG! COMEDY SHOW!! NOW @ Drexler's: Tuesday April 30th, 2019 ed. - Drexler's UG! COMEDY SHOW!! NOW @ Drexler's: Tuesday April 30th, 2019 ed. Todd Montesi & Richard James present awesome comics in front of a cool supportive crowd in the epicenter of hip, NEW YORK CITY. Featuring both established comic veterans you've seen on TV to the up and comers, UG! guarantees a swell time all for FREE! We've also got tons of drink specials! So what are you waiting for? Come down and UG! it with us!!! UG! COMEDY SHOW!! @ Drexler's Presented by Todd Montesi & Richard James 9 Ave A (btwn E. 1st & 2nd st.) Showtime: 8:30PM No Cover, 1 Drink Min. For info/reservations: (646) 524-5226 Via Subway: F train to 2nd Avenue This Week's Guests: (Tuesday April 30th, 2019 ed.): Haitian Dynamite Kid Nick Alexander! General Ray Gootz! Shiny Happy Ellen Harrold! International Henry Sir! Spunky Jo Cox! The Solid Ian Koranek! Fun Guy Damon Millard! Young Man Ben Miller! & Ladder Climbing Jacob Roz! Hosted By The Immortal Todd Montesi! Featuring The Big Bawse Hawse Christopher Wagner!! W/ Our Official Hype-Man/DJ Cactus Black himself Richard James!!! #UGIT Annette Bland Mccoy & The Sultans Of Soul - Paris Blues Annette Bland McCoy formerly of the Marvellettes, "Wait A Minute Mr. Postman" fame and mulit-instrumentalist and vocalist, J Walker with Al Black Pump the Golden Oldies LIVE! Thos. Moser Opens New Showroom in New York Design Center - New York Design Center Thos. Moser recently announced the opening of its new showroom in New York City at the New York Design Center (NYDC), 200 Lexington Avenue, Suite #1301, New York, NY. A grand opening event is planned for Thursday, May 2, 2019 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Enjoy small bites and beverages by Brother Jimmy's and entertainment by DJ Stacy. Preview the latest designs by Thos. Moser, including the Studio Bed, Hallowell Stool, Wishbone Extension Table, and Branch Chair designed for the New York Public Library (NYPL). The Branch Chair is making its debut at the opening event and is a symbol of NYPL's mission and vision for the future. Meet Aaron Moser, President and CEO of Thos. Moser and son of founder Tom Moser, and hear more about Thos. Moser - past, present and future. After nearly 25 years on Madison Avenue, Moser and team are looking forward to the new chapter at the NYDC. Plus meet Rob Panos, Thos. Moser's NYC Showroom Manager. Rob shared his excitement about the new showroom location: "As a young designer, I would visit the NYDC often for inspiration, as well as to discover unique items for my clients' homes. I knew then that someday I would want to work in the NYDC. I'm excited fo... (read more) Minguet Quartet - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts The Germany-based Minguet Quartet explores Beethoven's epic final string quartet and an arrangement of Mahler's devastating song "I am Lost to the World. E-Moves (5/2/19) - Harlem Stage E-Moves celebrates twenty years of commissioning, presenting and nurturing choreographers of color across the spectrum of contemporary dance idioms to create new work! In this edition we uplift the cogent power of Hip-Hop dance to transport the crowd and push the boundaries of movement. Born out of social dance in urban community park cyphers, basement ballrooms and now seen across the globe on esteemed stages and concert halls Hip-Hop dance is a prayer and a roar. Two commissioned choreographers FLUXX and Omari Mizrahi/Les Ballet Afrik will present a work in progress and a world premiere respectively. E-Moves choreographers also include It's Showtime NYC, Joseph Webb and Barédu Ahmed aka Long Arms (L.A.) and pop-up performers Sun Kim, Cein Lockefeller, Soraya Lundy and Tweet Boogie. Pop-up performers curated by Adesola Osakalumi. Pj Masks Live - The Landmark at 57 West PJ MASKS LIVE: is back with an all new super-heroic, live musical show, featuring the heroic trio from your favorite series: The PJ MASKS! Watch Catboy, Owlette and Gekko along with their new friend PJ Robot, as they try to save the day from the sneaky villains – Romeo, Night Ninja and Luna Girl! Fluttering Feathers! Leaping Lizards! What a CAT-tastrophe! Leaping, flipping and climbing – live on stage! Complete with your favorite music and brand new songs you've never heard before! Don't sleep through it – watch the PJ Masks save the day, live on stage! Please note: anyone one and older needs their own ticket. Now available: The Very Important PJ Masks Meet & Greet upgrade, featuring access to an after-show Meet & Greet photo opportunity with your 3 favorite Heroes, along with a PJ Masks souvenir bag and a free download card for the newly released Original Cast Soundtrack from "Time To Be A Hero" Must Love Dogs - Marmara Park Avenue Have you and your four-legged friend been around the block but still haven't found one who's worth barking about? Must Love Dogs is a speed dating event for owners and canine alike. Taking place at Marmara Park Avenue and in partnership with Dig-The Dog Person's Dating App, NYC singles can date their tail off while they sniff out their next potential suitor - with their pups joining in on the pawfect night and the chance to win a few more luxurious date nights together! MAKE SURE YOU ARRIVE ON TIME! Only the first 25 single men and 25 single women who check-in will get designated tables for speed dating. The cocktail hour and afterparty will continue and be available to all guests. 6:30-7:30pm - Check-in and cocktail hour with local pet businesses to get you ready for your dates 7:30-8:30pm - Speed dating begins and cocktails continue 8:30-9:30pm - Afterparty upstairs in the penthouse at Blue Rooftop with the chance to cuddle adoptable dogs from local rescues Local pet businesses will have lots of treats available for you and your pup! Meet the adoptable dogs from Best Friends Animal Society and The Sato Project! Bring your dog by the expert groomers from Groomit bef... (read more) High Lifelong Day's Journey into Night (In 3-D) - Film Society of Lincoln Center Following his knockout debut, Kaili Blues (ND/NF 2016), writer-director Bi Gan returns with this immersive art-house sensation that broke box office records in China. Long Day's Journey Into Night is a noir-tinged film about a solitary man (Huang Jue) haunted by loss and regret, told in two parts: the first an achronological detective story, the second a nocturnal dream. Again centering around his native province of Guizhou in southwest China, the director has created a film like nothing you've seen before, especially in the second half's hour-long, gravity-defying 3-D sequence shot, which plunges its protagonist—and us—through a labyrinthine cityscape. An NYFF56 selection. A Kino Lorber release. Silent Voices: Lovestate - The New Victory Theater Soaring melodies, interlacing harmonies and the ethereal voices of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus (Dianne Berkun Menaker, Founder & Artistic Director) will echo through The New Victory with SILENT VOICES: LOVESTATE. Driven by their own personal stories and struggles, these remarkable young singers harness the power of their voices to confront the challenges of racism and sexism, as well as their own identities, orientations, boundaries and belonging. Featuring commissions by Pulitzer Prize winners David Lang and Caroline Shaw, Olga Bell, Nico Muhly, Angélica Negrón, Shara Nova, Paola Prestini, Toshi Reagon, Shaina Taub and Bora Yoon, SILENT VOICES: LOVESTATE explores a young generation's vision of a more inclusive and compassionate future. Eli "Paperboy" Reed with Brandi and the Alexanders & Mr. Fine Wine (DJ Set) - (Le) Poisson Rouge Roast Battle NYC ft. Rell Battle, Matt Richards MAIN EVENT: Dan Wickes vs Geoffrey Asmus - New York Comedy Club The bi-coastal phenomenon just keeps rolling. Like Thunderdome of insult comedy, two comedians enter, one leaves hilariously humiliated. What is Roast Battle? Check out what people are saying in Vulture, The Interrobang and Comedy Groupie The Battles: Farooq Hussein vs Brian Kim Deno Demartino vs Alison Klemp Main Event: Dan Wickes vs Geoffrey Asmus Your Host: Neko White Judges: Rell Battle, Matt Richards Stand up from: Matt Richards Neko White Rell Battle Dan Wickes No, But What's Your Real Job? - New York Comedy Club No, But What's Your Real Job?" - Would you rather go for after work drinks with Moe from accounting who insists he could be a stand-up comic? Or join us every first Thursday at 10:15 pm for drinks and laughs with some of NYC's funniest (actual) comics? The choice is yours. We've got celebrity drop-ins and hot up-and-coming comics, which will make for way better chatter around the water cooler the next day. Featuring: Sydney Washington Steve Rogers Abby Washuta Matt Richards Andrew Schulz, Joe List, Krystyna Hutchinson, Aaron Berg - New York Comedy Club Whether you're a local or just visiting the greatest city in the world, New York City stand up comedy is a must-do activity. New York Comedy Club offers the most authentic NYC comedy experience in the city. Every show is packed with comics you know… or should! Featuring: Aaron Berg Rell Battle Krystna Hutchinson Joe List Andrew Schulz Neko White Krystyna Hutchinson, Michael Kosta, James Mattern, Aaron Berg - New York Comedy Club Wondering what to do in the East Village? Our New York stand up comedy showcase is one of the most fun things to do on a weeknight! From a casual date night to a spontaneous friends night out, you can't miss with an incredible stand up show that will become a great conversation piece over drinks or dinner later tonight and a favorite memory for years to come! Featuring: James Mattern Michael Kosta Krystyna Hutchinson Ramon Rivas Davis Angelo Aaron Berg Rr: New York Writers Workshop - KGB Bar No cover. 2 drink minimum. RR: New York Writers Workshop Kgb: Columbia Selects - KGB Bar KGB: Columbia Selects Knock down the House - Film Society of Lincoln Center Rachel Lears's remarkable documentary follows four female politicians as they challenged local Democratic incumbents in the 2018 midterm elections. They include the new face of the party, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, then a struggling candidate from the Bronx no less passionate or charismatic than she is now; Cori Bush, a former nurse inspired to run for office shortly after the murder of Michael Brown; and Paula Jean Swearengin and Amy Vilela, both motivated to improve communities blighted by health problems and poverty. Observing a flash point in American history with confidence and unfettered access, Knock Down the House is an emotional portrait of the changing profile of America's political hopefuls, which effectively details all facets of the grassroots campaign trail. A Netflix release. Rr: Green Fairy Absinthe Tasting - KGB Bar RR: Green Fairy Absinthe Tasting Jean Epstein's the Faithful Heart (Coeur Fidèle) with Live Score - Film Society of Lincoln Center This lyrical, fleet-footed melodrama tells a deceptively simple story of star-crossed lovers in sun-soaked Marseilles. Gina Manès plays Marie, a foundling raised to adulthood by the unloving married owners of a dockside café. Marie is in love with Jean (Léon Mathot), but has instead been promised to Petit Paul (Edmond van Daële), a hot-headed young drunk. The Faithful Heart (Coeur fidèle) is stylistically rooted in the tradition of French impressionist cinema, and narratively anticipates the full-fledged poetic realism of the 1930s. The Film Society is delighted to welcome back the Alloy Orchestra, performing an original score that brings Jean Epstein's beautifully restored silent masterwork to life with the help of found objects, synthesizers, and handcrafted instruments. Jewish Values in a Nutshell - 92nd Street Y We've all heard of best practices for businesses, but what about for life—specifically, for Jewish and interfaith parents? Sharing what you've learned with your kids is the way they learn best. Join us for bite-sized lessons drawing upon timeless Jewish life and values that you can take home and share with the entire family—today, tomorrow and for years to come. Taught by Rabbi Scott Perlo. The Orchestra Now presents "De Profundis: Out of the Depths" - Carnegie Hall The Orchestra Now presents "De Profundis: Out of the Depths" Thursday May 2, 2019 at 7 pm at Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium The Orchestra Now presents "De Profundis: Out of the Depths" a co-presentation with the Trans-Siberian Art Festival, conducted by Leon Botstein. The Orchestra Now (T?N) is a group of vibrant young musicians from across the globe who are making orchestral music relevant to 21st-century audiences. They are lifting the curtain on the musicians' experience and sharing their unique personal insights in a welcoming environment. Hand-picked from the world's leading conservatories—including The Juilliard School, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Royal Conservatory of Brussels, and the Curtis Institute of Music—the members of T?N are not only thrilling audiences with their critically acclaimed performances, but also enlightening curious minds by giving on-stage introductions and demonstrations, writing concert notes from the musicians' perspective, and having one-on-one discussions with patrons during intermissions. This Thursday night performance includes: Virgil Thomson: De Profundis Joachim Raff: Psalm 130: De Profundis (U.S. Premiere) Lera Auerbach: De... (read more) E-MOVES (5/2/19 Program A) - Harlem Stage E-Moves celebrates twenty years of commissioning, presenting and nurturing choreographers of color across the spectrum of contemporary dance idioms to create new work! In this edition we uplift the cogent power of Hip-Hop dance to transport the crowd and push the boundaries of movement. Born out of social dance in urban community park cyphers, basement ballrooms and now seen across the globe on esteemed stages and concert halls Hip-Hop dance is a prayer and a roar. Two commissioned choreographers FLUXX and Omari Mizrahi/Les Ballet Afrik will present a work in progress and a world premiere respectively. E-Moves choreographers also include It's Showtime NYC, Joseph Webb and Barédu Ahmed aka Long Arms (L.A.) and pop-up performers Sun Kim, Cein Lockefeller, Soraya Lundy and Tweet Boogie. Pop-up performers curated by Adesola Osakalumi. E-Moves (5/3/19 Program A) - Harlem Stage E-Moves celebrates twenty years of commissioning, presenting and nurturing choreographers of color across the spectrum of contemporary dance idioms to create new work! In this edition we uplift the cogent power of Hip-Hop dance to transport the crowd and push the boundaries of movement. Born out of social dance in urban community park cyphers, basement ballrooms and now seen across the globe on esteemed stages and concert halls Hip-Hop dance is a prayer and a roar. Two commissioned choreographers FLUXX and Omari Mizrahi/Les Ballet Afrik will present a work in progress and a world premiere respectively. E-Moves choreographers also include It's Showtime NYC, Joseph Webb and Barédu Ahmed aka Long Arms (L.A.) and pop-up performers Sun Kim, Cein Lockefeller, Soraya Lundy and Tweet Boogie. Pop-up performers curated by Adesola Osakalumi. New York Baroque presents Alchemy: Earth - Saint Paul's Chapel ALCHEMY: SERIES BASED ON THE CLASSICAL ELEMENTS NYBI launches Alchemy, a series based on the classical elements: water, air, earth, and fire. Program features a pan-European selection of works by J. S. Bach, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, George Frideric Handel, Pietro Locatelli, Georg Philip Telemann and Antonio Vivaldi. EARTH TICKETS > bit.ly/Alchemy-Earth 7:30pm - 9:30pm Gallery: $20 advance | $30 door Ground Floor: $35 advance | $45 door Limited tickets — advance purchase recommended. PROGRAM Marin Marais - Suite from Alçione Pietro Antonacci - Sinfonia Pastorale in G for two violins and basso continuo Carlo Farina - Capriccio Stravagante Georg Philipp Telemann - Ouverture-Suite a la pastorelle, TWV 55:F 7 ABOUT NYBI Currently in their 7th season, New York Baroque Incorporated (NYBI) is a conductorless orchestra of period instruments in New York City, bringing vital, informed, and fresh performances of a wide range of 17th and 18th-century repertoire, as well as creating a vibrant landscape for collaborations between historical performance and living composers. NYBI has collaborated with renowned soloists including Richard Egarr, Vivica Genaux, Monica ... (read more) New York Baroque presents Alchemy: Earth - Saint Paul's Chapel ALCHEMY: SERIES BASED ON THE CLASSICAL ELEMENTS NYBI launches Alchemy, a series based on the classical elements: water, air, earth, and fire. Program features a pan-European selection of works by J. S. Bach, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, George Frideric Handel, Pietro Locatelli, Georg Philip Telemann and Antonio Vivaldi. EARTH TICKETS > bit.ly/Alchemy-Earth 7:30pm - 9:30pm Gallery: $20 advance | $30 door Ground Floor: $35 advance | $45 door Limited tickets — advance purchase recommended. PROGRAM Marin Marais - Suite from Alçione Pietro Antonacci - Sinfonia Pastorale in G for two violins and basso continuo Carlo Farina - Capriccio Stravagante Georg Philipp Telemann - Ouverture-Suite a la pastorelle, TWV 55:F 7 ABOUT NYBI Currently in their 7th season, New York Baroque Incorporated (NYBI) is a conductorless orchestra of period instruments in New York City, bringing vital, informed, and fresh performances of a wide range of 17th and 18th-century repertoire, as well as creating a vibrant landscape for collaborations between historical performance and living composers. NYBI has collaborated with renowned soloists including Richard Egarr, Vivica Genaux, Monica ... (read more) Lavender Menace - Dixon Place In the early 1970s, a group of women self-identified as the radical lesbians found themselves rejected from the Gay Liberation Front (because of sexism) and the National Organization of Women (because of homophobia). In response, they threw their own damn parties and planned their own damn protests–and their determination to be heard and to make change paid off. They came into their own as activists and found themselves with the momentum, the womanpower, and the ideas needed to start making some serious change. So why did it all suddenly begin to dissolve? How did this great potential stay unsatisfyingly unresolved? What happened? Textured Containers, Inspired by Makiko Hattori - Children's Museum of the Arts Makiko Hattori creates ceramic containers and sculptures that have highly detailed textures on their surfaces. They are motivated to create new forms that have never existed before, while sometimes borrowing inspiration from the human body and clothing. Today in the studio, we'll be creating vases and similar containers from air dry clay that have highly textured surfaces for use in our homes! Will you create a planter, a pencil holder, or just something that stands alone as an art object? Use buttons, beads and other upcycled materials to decorate our sustainable containers! Fantasy Lands - Children's Museum of the Arts Sculpt a miniature world from your own imagination: far off planets, fancy castles, haunted woods, and more Songwriting - Children's Museum of the Arts Create a collaborative track with your friends! Learn the basics of sound engineering software and what goes into making a hit song Forest Secrets - Children's Museum of the Arts The forest is whispering and untold mysteries to you. Be the scribe! Animate the secrets they tell and tell it to the world Patty Murry Mint Julip - Paris Blues Patty Murry Mint Julip Listening Party - Appropriating Culture: A Musician Performs History - Jazz At Lincoln Center Hosted by Allen Lowe In this class, we will talk about the composer and history, and then perform the work of the composer, in an attempt to illustrate the points which we have been discussing. Allen Lowe is a saxophonist, composer and music historian whose 8 CD career retrospective, Disconnected Works 1980-2018: An Avant Garde of Our Own, is being issued this week by the venerated jazz label ESPDISK. The class will celebrate this release with performances of material contained in the set, as well as additional pieces that Lowe has composed over the years based on American song forms. We will discuss what those forms are, how they relate to both improvised and non-improvised music, why the composer has written them the way they are written, and what 'meaning' they contain, if any, in relation to America's musical history. There will be a number of special guests appearing and performing including Jimmy Halperin, Ray Suhy, Lewis Porter, Jeremy Carlstedt, Lisa Parrott, Hilliard Green, and Brian Simontacchi (and Allen Lowe on alto sax). The writer Darius James, whose book Negrophobia has been reissued by the New York Review of Books, will be reading portions of the book, accompanied... (read more) FRENCH MUSICIANS AT SYMPHONY SPACE - Symphony Space French Musicians with great talent and a big heart perform Piazzolla, Shostakovitch, Milhaud, Tchaikovsky for Entraide Francaise, Inc. and STAFE Project. Featuring Virgil Boutellis-Taft, violin, Elsa Bonnet, piano, Thibaut Garcia, guitar, Onadek Winan, soprano, Adam Leitis, oboe, Max Morel, trompet, Chloe Kiffer, violin, Matthieu Cognet, piano and Thomas Stantinat, double bass. Artistic Director: Virgil Boutellis-Taft TNT Quartet - Fat cat TNT Quartet Saul Rubin Zebtet - Fat cat Saul Rubin Zebtet After Hours hosted by Paul Nowinski - Fat cat After Hours hosted by Paul Nowinski New York City Ballet 2019 Spring Gala - David H. Koch Theater | Lincoln Center Plaza On Thursday, May 2, the New York City Ballet will host its 2019 Spring Gala under newly appointed Artistic Director Jonathan Stafford and Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan. The Spring Gala program will feature world premieres works by choreographer Pam Tanowitz (marking her first-ever work for NYCB) and by Resident Choreographer Justin Peck, as well as a performance of George Balanchine's Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3. Location: David H. Koch Theater | Lincoln Center Plaza | 63rd Street and Columbus Avenue | NYC Tickets: Please contact the Special Events office at specialevents@nycballet.com for more information, or click here to purchase tickets. Robert Miller's Project Grand Slam - The Iridium Don't miss this one-night-only performance by the celebrated jazz/rock/Latin fusion band with a NYC groove. What's the Best Policy in Love--Honesty or Strategy? - Aesthetic Realism Foundation There's no question about love more important for women today—and women of any century—than the question in this seminar's title. It's answered, with thrilling clearness, by Aesthetic Realism, as the speakers at the seminar will show. With vivid instances from life, literature (Wuthering Heights), and art, Consultant Carrie Wilson and Associates Maureen Butler and Sally Ross will describe what they've learned—and what all people hoping for love thirst to learn. White Lies - Irving Plaza As White Lies were working on their new album Five, they became aware that its release would coincide with the tenth anniversary of their breakthrough debut, To Lose My Life. It seemed like the right time to close one circle and open another. Over ten years and four albums, the London trio have quietly become one of the UK's most enduring bands, a cult group who've experienced both mainstream success and diehard fandom, a band who make bombastic, grandiose music about the complications and intimacy of day-to-day existence. It was time to kick off their second decade with a statement of intent. "To Lose My Life was the best possible record we could have made aged 19," says bassist and lyricist Charles Cave. "Five is absolutely the best record we could've made aged 30. Naming the album Five gives it a bit of a glow, like a pillar coming up. It feels like a bookmark." Drake Driscoll and Geirthrudur Gudmundsdouir, Cellos - The Juilliard School Drake Driscoll and Geirthrudur Gudmundsdouir, Cellos Juilliard Chamber Music at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament - The Juilliard School Juilliard chamber music ensembles present engaging programs of masterpieces from the chamber music repertoire. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART String Duo No. 1 in G major, K. 423 JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 ROBERT SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47 Brian Joonwoo Hong, Violin - The Juilliard School Brian Joonwoo Hong, Violin Season & Tickets - David H Koch Theater New ballets from Resident Choreographer Justin Peck and New York-based choreographer Pam Tanowitz, who is known for her post-modern treatment of the classical dance vocabulary, will headline the annual spring gala, joined by the return of Balanchine's sumptuous Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3. Chin Pong Chiu, French Horn - The Juilliard School Chin Pong Chiu, French Horn Carolyn Semes, Violin - The Juilliard School Carolyn Semes, Violin Shelby Cox, Mezzo-soprano - The Juilliard School Shelby Cox, Mezzo-Soprano Rothschild & Sons – A Musical Play in Concert - Organizer The New York Public Library For The Performing Arts At Lincoln Center Arnold Mittelman-National Jewish Theater Foundation – Holocaust Theater International Initiative commemorate Yom Ha Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) May 2, 2019 with a concert reading of Rothschild & Sons – A Musical Play Presented in association with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, as part of NJTF HTII Remembrance Day Play Reading Program. A discussion featuring Sherman Yellen (librettist- Rothschild & Sons) and Professor Jessica Hillman author "Echoes of the Holocaust on the American Musical Stage" will follow the 6pm performance in the Bruno Walter Auditorium. Program will include presentation of 2019 NJTF HTII Lifetime Achievement Award recognizing composer Jerry Bock. Prior recipient Sheldon Harnick, recently turned 95, will help bestow honor. Rothschild & Sons is a one-act musical about faith, love, ingenuity, and how a family more than a century before the Holocaust dared to survive and thrive in the face of persecution and hate. Mayer and Gutele Rothschild - and their five sons- struggle to overcome the prejudice of late-eighteenth-century European society, as they build a family banking business that takes them from the Jewish g... (read more) Leesa Women in Business Bedside Chat - Leesa Soho Dream Gallery Hear from some of the women leading the way in purpose-driven business. Moderator: Julie Fahnestock, The Love Economy Movement Panelists: Brita Turner, Chief Marketing Officer, Leesa Kristy Wallace, CEO, Ellevate Network Camilia Aberra, Sr. Manager, Communications and Public Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson Wayne Krantz - 55 Bar Amy Cervini - 55 Bar New World Symphony - Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist Michael Tilson Thomas's brilliance as conductor and composer are showcased. His Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind takes its text from a Carl Sandburg poem and was composed for soprano Measha Brueggergosman. This unique song cycle—scored for three singers, chamber orchestra, and cabaret band—is a fascinating fusion of art song and bebop. Tilson Thomas's mastery of Mahler is featured in a performance of the composer's string orchestra arrangement of Schubert's powerful string quartet. Fellow Perspectives artist Yuja Wang is also on hand for New York premieres of two works for solo piano by Tilson Thomas. Equinox - NYA Gallery Opening Reception: Thursday, April 4, 6-9pm Exhibition Dates: April 4 - May 2, 2019 7 Franklin Place, New York March 23, 2019 NYA Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition featuring over 20 exceptional artists, curated by Shane Townley, Cathy Condon, and Alejandro Dron. Historically, cultures from around the world have marked the annual cosmological event of the vernal equinox with festivals, rituals, and other celebratory forms. In keeping with these traditions, Equinox presents a set of multimedia artists exploring concepts and themes related to renewal, rebirth, and regeneration all while calling attention to art's capacity to serve as a restorative, rejuvenating force in the wake of life's many cycles. The exhibition title also references the historic milestone in the life of the gallery: its recent move and expansion to 7 Franklin Place. As such, the show marks a new beginning for the gallery and its network of artists, collectors, and patrons. The show will open on Thursday, April 4th with a public reception from 6-9pm. With this exhibition, the gallery will launch its "First Thursdays" campaign, an initiative designed to generate attention and excitement... (read more) Equinox - NYA Gallery Opening Reception: Thursday, April 4, 6-9pm Exhibition Dates: April 4 - May 2, 2019 7 Franklin Place, New York March 23, 2019 NYA Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition featuring over 20 exceptional artists, curated by Shane Townley, Cathy Condon, and Alejandro Dron. Historically, cultures from around the world have marked the annual cosmological event of the vernal equinox with festivals, rituals, and other celebratory forms. In keeping with these traditions, Equinox presents a set of multimedia artists exploring concepts and themes related to renewal, rebirth, and regeneration all while calling attention to art's capacity to serve as a restorative, rejuvenating force in the wake of life's many cycles. The exhibition title also references the historic milestone in the life of the gallery: its recent move and expansion to 7 Franklin Place. As such, the show marks a new beginning for the gallery and its network of artists, collectors, and patrons. The show will open on Thursday, April 4th with a public reception from 6-9pm. With this exhibition, the gallery will launch its "First Thursdays" campaign, an initiative designed to generate attention and excitement... (read more) Les Goodson Jazz Band - Paris Blues Les Goodson Jazz Band Ellington Through the Ages - Jazz at Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis, bassist Rodney Whitaker, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, and saxophonist Dan Block lead an all-Ellington showcase with a group of young rising jazz stars. The band includes 16 of the best young professionals on the scene, many of whom came up through our Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band program and love this music as much as our audiences. Ellington's music is so elegant, so dynamic, so intimately detailed that it takes a group of musicians with a genuine collaborative spark to fully bring out its inner magic, and that is what you will experience tonight. This concert explores decades of Duke's music, including his earliest hits, Hollywood charts, swinging blues numbers, pieces inspired by his international travels, and portions of his later suites. It's an eclectic repertoire and yet unmistakably Ellington through and through—always enjoyable upon first listen, but teeming with brilliant details that continue to reveal themselves over time. This vital music is at the core of Jazz at Lincoln Center, and you're guaranteed to enjoy its timeless genius when the next generation of jazz leaders bring their fresh energy to it. E-Moves 5/3/19 Program A - Harlem Stage E-Moves celebrates twenty years of commissioning, presenting and nurturing choreographers of color across the spectrum of contemporary dance idioms to create new work! In this edition we uplift the cogent power of Hip-Hop dance to transport the crowd and push the boundaries of movement. Born out of social dance in urban community park cyphers, basement ballrooms and now seen across the globe on esteemed stages and concert halls Hip-Hop dance is a prayer and a roar. Two commissioned choreographers FLUXX and Omari Mizrahi/Les Ballet Afrik will present a work in progress and a world premiere respectively. E-Moves Kgb: Nyu Emerging Writers Series - KGB Bar KGB: NYU Emerging Writers Series Non-Fiction - Film Society of Lincoln Center Set within the world of publishing, Olivier Assayas's new film finds two hopelessly intertwined couples—Guillaume Canet's troubled book executive and Juliette Binoche's weary actress; Vincent Macaigne's boorish novelist and Nora Hamzawi's straight-and-balanced political operative—obsessed with the state of things, and how (or when) it will (or might) change. Is print dying? Has blogging replaced writing? Is fiction over? But the divide between what these characters—and their friends, and their enemies, and everyone in between—talk about and what is actually happening between them, moment by moment, is what gives Non-Fiction its very particular charm, humor, and lifelike stabs of emotion. An NYFF56 selection. A Sundance Selects release. Rr: F Bomb Flash Fiction Series - KGB Bar No cover. 2 drink minimum. RR: F Bomb Flash Fiction Series Tangier's Blues Band - 55 Bar Danny Clinch...Harmonica Huey...Lap Steel Chris Scianni...Guitar King...Voice & Guitar Peter Levin...Keys Dave Sellar...Bass Dave Borla...Drums Emily Braden - 55 Bar Raunch - Improv Asylum Friday nights at 10pm, Improv Asylum performs some adults-only improv that needs to be seen to be believed! This 60-minute, all-improv show uses audience suggestions to inspire some of the filthiest comedy in New York. Not for the faint of heart. BONUS! If you attend the 8pm Main Stage show that evening and we still have tickets available, you can stay to see Raunch FOR FREE. Apollo Music Café - Apollo Theater Returning to the Apollo after his break-out performance as John Blue in last season's world-premiere opera production of Daniel Roumain and Marc Bamuti Joseph's, We Shall Not Be Moved, John Holiday headlines this intimate Café performance with a set that effortless connects the African American musical traditions of jazz, R&B and gospel with opera. Lucky Cheng's Drag Cabaret Restaurant & Bar Presents: Prada G Major - Stage 48 Join us Friday, May 3rd when Prada G Major makes her debut as our special guest! 7 PM seating. Drag show starts after everyone's drink and dinner orders have been taken. Three course prix fixe menu created by Executive Chef Saul Montiel and the kitchens of Cantina Rooftop. Celebrate a Birthday, Bachelorette, Girls Night Out, RuPaul's Drag Race Fan, or entertain out of town guests! Please visit our website for more information. Ticket button will take you to our online reservations page. Guest check will be presented at the end of the Dinner Show. We do not charge a deposit for reservations or sell tickets. Happy to Serve You Comedy Show - The Bowery Electric This Event Is 21 And Over Main Stage - Improv Asylum The Main Stage Show combines interactive improv sets with hilarious, topical sketches that are sure to leave audiences clamoring for more. Audience suggestions help inspire scenes on stage that are made up on the spot guaranteeing that no two shows are ever the same. This 90-minute show is performed in two acts with a brief intermission. The Main Stage cast comes together on Friday evenings to build a new experience every night. The Drunk Empire Striketh Back - The Players Theatre May the Fourth Be With You! The Drunk Texts is back at The Player's Theatre Friday May 3rd at 10pm with Ian Doescher's The Empire Striketh Back, a hilarious Shakespearean adaptation of the classic Star Wars movie, just in time for Star Wars Day! The force is strong with us this year so don't miss your opportunity to play drinking games with Yoda, take shots with Darth Vader and celebrate Star Wars Day the Drunk Texts way! Join us as our team of professional thespians dust off a classical text, or a text made classical, in a performance that combines drinking games, improvisation and audience participation. A boozy twist on classical theatre, this interactive evening lets the audience vote on who takes the next shot and even volunteer to hop up for a crucial walk-on role. Drink along with us as we bring the bar to the classics...you may have heard of these texts before, but you've never seen them like this. Anything could happen when Luke, Leia, Han and the rest of the gang meet the Bard, come find out what does! $12 tickets (which include one complimentary beer, wine or cocktail) are available now at thedrunktexts.com. John Dokes - The Django John Dokes Fleur Seule Latin Big Band - The Django Fleur Seule Latin Big Band Textured Containers, Inspired by Makiko Hattori - Children's Museum of the Arts Makiko Hattori creates ceramic containers and sculptures that have highly detailed textures on their surfaces. They are motivated to create new forms that have never existed before, while sometimes borrowing inspiration from the human body and clothing. Today in the studio, we'll be creating vases and similar containers from air dry clay that have highly textured surfaces for use in our homes! Will you create a planter, a pencil holder, or just something that stands alone as an art object? Use buttons, beads and other upcycled materials to decorate our sustainable containers! Hamilton - Richard Rodgers Theatre Go back to the era of the Founding Fathers with Lin-Manuel Miranda's inventive Tony-winning musical, winner of 11 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. Art-Making Workshops at Art New York - Children's Museum of the Arts Kids take Art New York! Bring your young art lovers ages 4+ to the CMA booth at Art New York to create their own works of contemporary art. Teaching Artists will host 1-hour sessions throughout the day, which will allow parents or caregivers to drop off their child to make art while they explore the fair. Caregivers will need to check in with the booth attendant, sign a release form with contact information, and sign out the child upon pickup. Please RSVP to rsvp@cmany.org with your preferred date and time slot in order to guarantee a spot. The remainder of spots will be available on a first-come first-serve basis. Calligraphy Mural, Inspired by Usugrow - Children's Museum of the Arts Usugrow is a mural artist from Tokyo that covers walls with a personal style of calligraphy that they created. Calligraphy is the art of handwriting, and making something as simple as words have beautiful technical qualities. Usugrow uses black and white paint exclusively, and writes messages of positivity and celebration on the walls to inspire the public that passes by them. Today in the studio, we've erected a mural wall for our young artists to practice their calligraphy on! At Clay Bar - Children's Museum of the Arts Create some cute animals from down on the farm Yak Art Slam - Children's Museum of the Arts CMA Art Slams are free after hours art parties for 6th-9th graders on the 3rd Friday of every month. Learn more about YAK here. RSVP here. Free Comedy Show - O.P.P.A. Comedy Evening is a completely free comedy show in the heart of the West Village featuring comedians who have appeared on Comedy Central, TruTV, Late Night with Stephen Colbert, and more! The show takes place in the downstairs/basement lounge of the venue. Please note that you must be 21+ to attend as the venue is a bar. While there is no cover or item minimum for the show, it is recommended that you get a drink (soda, beer, wine, etc.) or food item to support the bar and help keep the show free. Seating for the show begins at 7pm with the show starting at 7:30pm. Seating at the venue is limited and it is recommended that you get there before the show starts. Feel free to drop by Oppa/karaouke lounge before 7pm to enjoy the happy hour specials: $5 beer/$4 wines/$4 well drinks, $6 wings, $4 fries. The show was part of the New York Comedy Festival in 2018. http://nycomedyfestival.com/oppa-comedy-bar-crawl/ Past performers for the show include: Subhah Agarwal ("Comedy Central"), Myq Kaplan ("Comedy Central", "Conan"), and Tom McCaffrey ("Comedy Central"). An Evening of Short Films at Miller Recital Hall, Coordinated by Richard Sussmann - Manhattan School of Music Richard Sussmann (MM '85), Coordinator This event is eligible for Concert Attendance credit for MSM students. To receive credit, students must scan IN and OUT at the beginning and end of the event. Ryan Berg Group - Fat cat Ryan Berg Group The Supreme Queens - Fat cat The Supreme Queens Jared Gold/Dave Gibson Band - Fat cat Jared Gold/Dave Gibson Band After Hours hosted by Ray Parker - Fat cat After Hours hosted by Ray Parker Evil Clowns Have Feelings, Too - Producers Club Evil Clowns Have Feelings, Too When their car breaks down in the woods, the Poolander's family vacation comes to a screeching halt, forcing them to seek refuge in an old cabin in the woods until help arrives. Little do they know, that a bunch of evil clowns own the cabin and are having a really, really bad day. Join the IRTE jesters, fools and jokers in this improvised and totally terrifying family comedy Original Concept by Izzy Church Directed by Nannette Deasy Starring: Robert Baumgardner, Tony Bozanich, Izzy Church, Natalie Hunter, Sam Katz, Claire Kraus, Ryan Lea and Jamie Maloney Featuring live music by Mr. David Jay Technical Director: Bill Berg WHEN: Fridays & Saturdays May 3, 4, 10 & 11 TIME: 8:00pm WHERE: The Producers Club, 358 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 Tickets $15 Online, $17 at the door Season Pass and Group Discounts Available Marianas Trench - Suspending Gravity Tour - Irving Plaza Multi-double platinum selling, progressive pop band, Marianas Trench, announced their Suspending Gravity tour. The tour will be held at venues that will give the fans more of an up-close-and-personal live experience, and feature the powerhouse Vancouver quartet's signature high-energy performance, while showcasing material from their forthcoming studio album "Phantoms" in addition to hits from their previous double platinum and gold-selling albums. T.K. Blue - Greater Calvary Baptist Church T.K. Blue began his life in music by playing trumpet from ages 8 to 10, then switching to drums for a year. After a hiatus, at age 17 he dedicated himself to music by learning flute. While attending New York University Blue threw himself headlong into music, concentrating on the saxophone. After performing and traveling extensively with Abdullah Ibrahim, T.K. moved to Paris where he recorded Egyptian Oasis, his first record as a leader, which sparked State Department tours to some 20 countries in Africa. Back in the USA since 1990, T.K. has worked constantly, in a wide range of styles and situations. Augmenting his long-term relationships as Musical Director with pianist Randy Weston and with the Spirit of Life Ensemble, for several years he was an adjunct professor at Suffolk Community College, and Montclair State University, as well as a full-time professor and director of jazz studies at Long Island University. Juilliard Chamber Music at the Williams Residence Retirement Community - The Juilliard School uilliard chamber music ensembles present engaging programs of masterpieces from the chamber music repertoire. JEAN FRANCAIX Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano EDVARD GRIEG Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45 RICHARD STRAUSS Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18 Mary Grace Johnson, Violin - The Juilliard School Mary Grace Johnson, Violin Lucian Avalon, Oboe - The Juilliard School Lucian Avalon, Oboe Real Estate Equity Forum East - New York Academy of Sciences GreenPearl is hosting the 6th Annual Real Estate Equity Forum East on May 3. This is an invite-only event that will focus on discussing the state of the market, along with the strategies that can be used to persevere through current and future challenges. Dean Adler, CEO of Lubert-Adler Partners, will be the keynote speaker at the event. Yaegy Park, Violin - The Juilliard School Yaegy Park, Violin Rolando Alejandro, Piano - The Juilliard School Rolando Alejandro, Piano Jack Kay, Baritone - The Juilliard School Jack Kay, Baritone Zixiao Li, Piano - The Juilliard School Zixiao Li, Piano Shelf Life: New Works, Made from the Archives - Organizer The New York Public Library For The Performing Arts At Lincoln Center The culmination of an intense semester of research and creative experimentation, New School University students, led by acclaimed saxophonist and composer Jane Ira Bloom, present new music and theater works inspired by and incorporating the Library's archives. New works by: Sasha Berliner, Jamie Erekson, Kaelen Ghandi, Arta Jekabsone, Jonathan Milberger, and Emily Sgouros. (If you need assistance with online reservations, please visit the welcome desk at the Library for the Performing Arts' Lincoln Center Plaza entrance, where volunteers will make a reservation for you, even if you do not use email. For free events, The Library generally overbooks to ensure a full house. All registered seats are released 15 minutes before start time, so we recommend that you arrive early. Lucky Cheng's Drag Cabaret Restaurant & Bar Presents: Prada G Major - Stage 48 Join us Friday, May 3rd when Prada G Major makes her debut as our special guest! 7 PM seating. Drag show starts after everyone's drink and dinner orders have been taken. Three course prix fixe menu created by Executive Chef Saul Montiel and the kitchens of Cantina Rooftop. Celebrate a Birthday, Bachelorette, Girls Night Out, RuPaul's Drag Race Fan, or entertain out of town guests! Young Child Expo and Conference 2019 - https://youngchildexpo.com/ The 16th Annual Young Child Expo & Conference will be held in New York City at the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel on April 30-May 3, 2019. It is a unique forum in NYC that brings together all early childhood professionals and parents to learn about the latest information, products, services, and resources for early childhood development. The focus of our conference is on the essential topics & innovative approaches that can help all young children learn & grow well. Our attendees need and appreciate practical information that they can use immediately in their work. About half of the conference program will include topics affecting all children (e.g., social emotional development), and half of the program will include topics on autism, speech, motor, behavior, and other developmental disorders and special needs Conference details can be found at https://youngchildexpo.com/nyc-conference/ Program details can be found at https://youngchildexpo.com/nyc-conference/program-nyc/ Lisa Mccleary: Edging - Gallery MC Gallery MC, Manhattan is pleased to present Irish-Australian artist, Lisa McCleary's first solo exhibition in New York City, entitled Edging. Lisa McCleary, currently in residence at Vermont Studio Center, is showcasing a new series of work at Gallery MC, Manhattan. The exhibition will classify an exploration into the last year of her material practice, delving into elements of painting, sculpture and tapestry. Addressing haptic sensations, McCleary's practice is anchored by the embodiment of touch. Gallery MC, on the 8th floor of 549 West 52nd Street, will receive part of a growing collection of works in McCleary's repertoire. The pieces, rendered on aluminum, focus on the pleasure of flesh, and the way that pleasure translates into our desire for our communication devices. With a keen eye for the mediation of corporeality, the depiction of real and abstraction, at turns, renders the body into an abject and sensuous landscape. McCleary filters this carnal depiction through a myriad of screens—queering the metaphorical body, and classifying an already detailed process through a progressive lens. Gallery MC will be transformed into a space in which desire, abjection and the digit... (read more) Tyrone Govan And Top Secret R&b Band - Paris Blues Tyrone Govan and Top Secret R&B Band Musical Theatre: The 2019 Ebb Musical in Development - Manhattan School of Music Made possible by the Fred Ebb Grant Falu's Bazaar - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Experience Indian culture with the "Indie-Hindi" vocalist. JIMMY at The James' Kentucky Derby Party - JIMMY at The James Together, JIMMY at The James and Burnett New York are hosting a Kentucky Derby viewing party on Saturday, May 4. The celebrated rooftop venue will offer a Classic Bourbon Mint Julep (this day only!) whose proceeds will go to benefitting UNICEF. Additionally, guests can enjoy Bourbon from Hudson Baby Bourbon and a menu of spring-inspired hors d'oeuvres. The race will be broadcast live throughout the venue, including outside on the pool deck, and festive attire is encouraged. NYC Cinco de Mayo Yacht Party Cruise at Skyport Marina 2019 - Skyport Marina Saturday May 4th, 2019 - Cinco De Mayo Cruise Yacht party at Skyport Marina located at 2430 FDR Drive New York, NY 10010. Join us as we celebrate Cinco de Mayo on the Hudson Cruise in New York with NYC Hottests Djs! Tickets are 30$. Cinco De Mayo Yacht Party On The Water. 2 levels of Music to Party Top 40, Mainstream, Latin, House, Dance Music and Hip Hop - Smoking Allow on the Outdoor Decks. Docking from Skyport Marina NYC. 2430 FDR Drive New York, NY 10010. Boarding Starts at 7:00 p.m, Returns Approx. 11pm. Please arrive 30min before boarding - No Refund/No Exchange if you miss the boat! Hookah Available & Drinks onboard for purchase, Cinco De Mayo Boat Party NYC Skyport Marina. ID is a Must. For more ticket information on New York City Cinco de Mayo Cruise NYC Party Yacht at Skyport Marina call/ or text 3475920300 or log onto Gametightny.com End Time: 11:00 pm. Category: Nightlife | Nightclub. Facebook: https://go.evvnt.com/407509-3?pid=5360 Price Details: GT: NYC Cinco de Mayo Yacht Party Cruise: USD 30.00. Watson Adventures' Dancing Nudes Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunt - Metropolitan Museum of Art Join Watson Adventures on a murder mystery scavenger hunt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art! An eminent scholar's husband has been shot dead, a week after coming to Watson Adventures with strange messages and images of "dancing stick figures" she had found on her computer. The messages are somehow linked to nude artwork in the museum. Who is the murderer? What is the secret of the dancing nude figures? See if your team of sleuths can figure out whodunit on this unusual murder mystery scavenger hunt based on a Sherlock Holmes story. Advance purchase is required. Watson Adventures' Murder at the Museum of Natural History Scavenger Hunt - American Museum of Natural History Join Watson Adventures on a murder mystery scavenger hunt for adults at the Museum of Natural History! Someone, or some "thing", has been bumping off museum staffers involved in acquiring a sacred Egyptian relic. Is it the dreaded Curse of Ahtchu? Or is a serial killer on the loose? Your team of sleuths will have to crack a hieroglyphic code and uncover the museum's secrets to stop the killings. While solving the crime, you'll get an amazing whirlwind tour of the Museum of Natural History. Price includes museum admission. Advance purchase is required. David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong - Birdland Jazz Club Inspired by the noble jazz pioneers Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and their colleagues, David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band breathes life and passion into America's own great art form. Legendary record producer George Avakian describes the band in this way Silent Voices: Lovestate - The Duke on 42nd Street Soaring melodies, interlacing harmonies and the ethereal voices of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus (Dianne Berkun Menaker, Founder & Artistic Director) will echo through The New Victory with SILENT VOICES: LOVESTATE. Driven by their own personal stories and struggles, these remarkable young singers harness the power of their voices to confront the challenges of racism and sexism, as well as their own identities, orientations, boundaries and belonging. Featuring commissions by Pulitzer Prize winners David Lang and Caroline Shaw, Olga Bell, Nico Muhly, Angélica Negrón, Shara Nova, Paola Prestini, Toshi Reagon, Shaina Taub and Bora Yoon, SILENT VOICES: LOVESTATE explores a young generation's vision of a more inclusive and compassionate future. 94 Laughs Presents - Greenwich Village Comedy Club 16 & over or 13+ with parents Two drink minimum Individual comedian appearances subject to change without notice Greenwich Village Comedy Club presents a lineup full of our Top Headliners and Comers . These are the best comedians from New York City with special guests from all across the country. You've seen them on MTV, HBO, The Tonight Show, Comedy Central, The Daily Show, Last Comic Standing and more! The Lambs Club at The Chatwal's Kentucky Derby Party - The Lambs Club at the Chatwal Celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian's The Lambs Club at The Chatwal will be having their official Viewing Party of the 2019 Kentucky Derby on May 4th 2019. Taking place in the Restaurant's Mezzanine, adult guests can enjoy two hours of passed Southern delicacies, including Pimento Cheese on Club Crackers, Crab Salad in a Cucumber Cup and Pecan Praline Cookies for dessert. Woodford will be providing branded Mint Julep cups in addition to the full Bar Menu that will be offered. A Live Bluegrass Band will be performing for guests to enjoy while they indulge in their favorite Southern bites. Reservations for this ticketed event can be made through Eventbrite, allowing guests to enjoy 2 hours of passed hor D'oeuvres as well as 2 drink tickets. KJ Denhert - 55 Bar Ayana Lowe - 55 Bar Non-Fiction - Film Society of Lincoln Center Set within the world of publishing, Olivier Assayas's new film finds two hopelessly intertwined couples—Guillaume Canet's troubled book executive and Juliette Binoche's weary actress; Vincent Macaigne's boorish novelist and Nora Hamzawi's straight-and-balanced political operative—obsessed with the state of things, and how (or when) it will (or might) change. Is print dying? Has blogging replaced writing? Is fiction over? But the divide between what these characters—and their friends, and their enemies, and everyone in between—talk about and what is actually happening between them, moment by moment, is what gives Non-Fiction its very particular charm, humor, and lifelike stabs of emotion. An NYFF56 selection. A Sundance Selects release. EARLY MUSIC NEW YORK | THE GRAND TOUR - ITALY: Corelli to Vivaldi - First Church of Christ, Scientist Early Music Foundation Presents Early Music New York Frederick Renz, Director THE GRAND TOUR ITALY Corelli to Vivaldi EM/NY concludes its Grand Tour with spring in sunny Italy, where the light that pervades its visual art suffuses its music as well. Corelli and Vivaldi concertos, sinfonias and overtures will frame a program enriched by contributions from such composers as Domenico Scarlatti (his virtuosic keyboard sonatas recast as concerti grossi by Charles Avison). Saturday, May 4 at 7:30 pm First Church of Christ, Scientist, Central Park West at 68th Street, NYC (program subject to change) Tickets $40.00 reserved seats $20.00 student (w/valid ID, available at door, day of) Tickets available by phone (212-280-0330), on-line (www.EarlyMusicNY.org) and at the door, half an hour prior to performance. Group discounts available by telephone. All major credit cards accepted. https://www.earlymusicny.org/ Lucky Cheng's Drag Cabaret Restaurant & Bar Presents: Vivacious - Stage 48 Join us Saturday, May 4th when Vivacious from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 is our special guest! 7 PM seating. Drag show starts after everyone's drink and dinner orders have been taken. Three course prix fixe menu created by Executive Chef Saul Montiel and the kitchens of Cantina Rooftop. Celebrate a Birthday, Bachelorette, Girls Night Out, RuPaul's Drag Race Fan, or entertain out of town guests! Please visit our website for more information. Ticket button will take you to our online reservations page. Guest check will be presented at the end of the Dinner Show. We do not charge a deposit for reservations or sell tickets. 56th Annual Calhoun Carnival - The Calhoun School The 56th Annual Calhoun Carnival is Saturday, May 4th! Bring the whole family to enjoy carnival rides and games, prizes, craft activities, and the first barbecue of the season. Liquid Courage - UCBT Hell's Kitchen Liquid Courage is a Sketch show like no other. Anyone can submit a sketch and perform it at this show. Sketches will be picked on a first come first served basis. The show will run as long as sketches are presented. LIQUID COURAGE "RULES" - It's open to all performers. Sign-up begins at 10:30pm and promptly ends at 11:30pm. Pick up a LC form from the UCBT box office, fill it out, attach your sketch and return it to the box office One LC form per sketch. You may bring more than 1 sketch, but you are only guaranteed to have one of them put up. Multiple Submissions should be under the same name. Your Sketch is not allowed to exceed 5 pages. It will not be accepted if it exceeds 5 pages. We strongly discourage sketches presented in WORD. Your Sketch will be blacked out after 5 Minutes. No Stand-up! Albany Symphony - Star Wars & More: A Salute to John Williams - Palace Theatre The music of John Williams has transported us beyond our imagination, to new worlds, through heart-pounding adventures. Be there as the Albany Symphony plays your John Williams favorites: Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harry Potter, E.T., and Star Wars! Plus, extra Sci-Fi surprises Rigoletto - Lincoln Center Verdi's tragic jester returns in Michael Mayer's neon-bedecked, Las Vegas–themed production. Baritones Roberto Frontali and George Gagnidze share the title role, and soprano Nadine Sierra reprises her portrayal of Gilda, the role that helped launch her now-blossoming Met career. Tenors Vittorio Grigolo and Bryan Hymel share the role of the lascivious Duke, and Nicola Luisotti conducts Main Stage - Improv Asylum The Main Stage Show combines interactive improv sets with hilarious, topical sketches that are sure to leave audiences clamoring for more. Audience suggestions help inspire scenes on stage that are made up on the spot guaranteeing that no two shows are ever the same. This 90-minute show is performed in two acts with a brief intermission. The Main Stage cast comes together on Saturday evenings to build a new experience every night. E-Moves (5/4/19 Program A) - Harlem Stage E-Moves celebrates twenty years of commissioning, presenting and nurturing choreographers of color across the spectrum of contemporary dance idioms to create new work! In this edition we uplift the cogent power of Hip-Hop dance to transport the crowd and push the boundaries of movement. Born out of social dance in urban community park cyphers, basement ballrooms and now seen across the globe on esteemed stages and concert halls Hip-Hop dance is a prayer and a roar. Two commissioned choreographers FLUXX and Omari Mizrahi/Les Ballet Afrik will present a work in progress and a world premiere respectively. E-Moves choreographers also include It's Showtime NYC, Joseph Webb and Barédu Ahmed aka Long Arms (L.A.) and pop-up performers Sun Kim, Cein Lockefeller, Soraya Lundy and Tweet Boogie. Pop-up performers curated by Adesola Osakalumi. Nick Hempton Quartet - The Django Nick Hempton Quartet King' Solomon Hicks - The Django King" Solomon Hicks Columbia Ballet Collaborative - Miller Theatre Columbia Ballet Collaborative (CBC) is pleased to present a program of six original works for its upcoming spring performances. Founded in 2007 by five professional ballet dancers enrolled at Columbia University, CBC is comprised of students from all of the University's undergraduate colleges and affiliates. For the spring 2019 season, Columbia Ballet Collaborative welcomes Tom Gold, former New York City Ballet soloist and founder of Tom Gold Dance; Morgan McEwen, ballet dancer for the Met Opera and founder of contemporary ballet company Mordance; Durante Verzola, Philadelphia-based freelance choreographer known for his vibrant ballet pieces; Nadia Vostrikov, freelance choreographer, dancer, and actress; and Andrea Ward, contemporary dancer, teacher, and choreographer. This season we are also continuing our choreographic mentorship program where student choreographer James Shee, PhD student in Chemical Physics and former dancer with National Ballet of Canada, will create a piece with the guidance of former CBC choreographer Craig Salstein. Main Stage - Improv Asylum The Main Stage Show combines interactive improv sets with hilarious, topical sketches that are sure to leave audiences clamoring for more. Audience suggestions help inspire scenes on stage that are made up on the spot guaranteeing that no two shows are ever the same. This 90-minute show is performed in two acts with a brief intermission. The Main Stage cast comes together on Friday evenings to build a new experience every night. Main Stage - Improv Asylum The Main Stage Show combines interactive improv sets with hilarious, topical sketches that are sure to leave audiences clamoring for more. Audience suggestions help inspire scenes on stage that are made up on the spot guaranteeing that no two shows are ever the same. This 90-minute show is performed in two acts with a brief intermission. The Main Stage cast comes together on Friday evenings to build a new experience every night. Magic Show - Broadway Comedy Club Prepare yourself for an afternoon filled with mystery and inspiration during the Magic Show, one hour show at the legendary Broadway Comedy Club. Master magician will enchant the young at heart with a dazzling display of sleight of hand tricks for kids and mentalism for adults. It is an interactive experience for the young at heart. DOORS OPEN AT 12:30 P.M. SHOW RUNS FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 2:00 P.M. Please note – there is two item food and beverage minimum requirement. Magic Show - Broadway Comedy Club Prepare yourself for an afternoon filled with mystery and inspiration during the Magic Show, one hour show at the legendary Broadway Comedy Club. Master magician will enchant the young at heart with a dazzling display of sleight of hand tricks for kids and mentalism for adults. It is an interactive experience for the young at heart. DOORS OPEN AT 12:30 P.M. SHOW RUNS FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 2:00 P.M. Please note – there is two item food and beverage minimum requirement. Eight is Never Enough - Broadway Comedy Club COME BE A PART OF THE SHOW The cast of EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH delivers hilarious comedy improvised on the spot based on audience suggestions and participation. Every show is topical and customized to you. Think WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY meets Broadway. Textured Containers, Inspired by Makiko Hattori - Children's Museum of the Arts Makiko Hattori creates ceramic containers and sculptures that have highly detailed textures on their surfaces. They are motivated to create new forms that have never existed before, while sometimes borrowing inspiration from the human body and clothing. Today in the studio, we'll be creating vases and similar containers from air dry clay that have highly textured surfaces for use in our homes! Will you create a planter, a pencil holder, or just something that stands alone as an art object? Use buttons, beads and other upcycled materials to decorate our sustainable containers! Evan Weiss - Broadway Comedy Club Evan Weiss presents a lineup full of our Top Headliners , as well as Up and Comers...See the stars of tommorow , today .These are the best comedians from New York City with special guests from all across the country. You've seen them on MTV, HBO, The Tonight Show, Comedy Central, The Daily Show, Last Comic Standing and more Comedysportz - Broadway Comedy Club Since 2004, ComedySportz® New York has been entertaining fans with the fastest and funniest form of improv comedy in the Big Apple. Two teams of improvisers vie for points in a hilarious competition by playing a series of improv games, similar to what yo may have seen on TV's Whose Line Is It Anyway? A referee governs the action, calling fouls and keeping the match moving at a blistering pace. The audience is always a part of the interactive show, and audience volunteers sometimes even wind up on stage! Because everything is improvised, it's never the same show twice. And it's clean–appropriate for all ages. Every ComedySportz® match is a unique and unforgettable event–laughs guaranteed! Come see why so many people come back to see us again and again. Songwriting - Children's Museum of the Arts Create a collaborative track with your friends! Learn the basics of sound engineering software and what goes into making a hit song Saturday Morning IronStrength Workout with Dr. Metzl in Central Park - Delacorte Theater Calling all fitness enthusiasts of all ages! Join us for an amazing Saturday Morning #IronStrength Workout on with Dr. Metzl on Saturday Morning, May 4th at 9 AM. Our FREE workout in Central Park will involve hills, strength training, and smiles for all! This workout is suitable for all ages and fitness levels! Meet us at the Delacorte Theater, 81st and mid-park west on Saturday at 9 AM! IronStrength NYC has some AWESOME SWAG for those who work hard! JOIN US! :) Athletes of all ages welcome! We'll see you there! IronStrrength community workouts are a free workout series led by Dr. Jordan Metzl. This is a fitness program, not a medical service. Anyone attending this workout is doing so under their own liability an is responsibile for their own health, safety, and behavior. The Industryroom - Broadway Comedy Club Tonight some of NYC's funniest up-and-coming comics will audition for both our Club's talent booker and one of the nation's top Festival Bookers. This is one of our most popular shows, and has run uninterrupted for 15th consecutive years. You will also be treated to some of NYC's best veteran headliners. No online-tickets available. Simply buy your tickets at the door on the day of the show. This is a Special Event no discount tickets accepted. Hamilton - Richard Rodgers Theatre Go back to the era of the Founding Fathers with Lin-Manuel Miranda's inventive Tony-winning musical, winner of 11 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. Art-Making Workshops at Art New York - Children's Museum of the Arts Kids take Art New York! Bring your young art lovers ages 4+ to the CMA booth at Art New York to create their own works of contemporary art. Teaching Artists will host 1-hour sessions throughout the day, which will allow parents or caregivers to drop off their child to make art while they explore the fair. Caregivers will need to check in with the booth attendant, sign a release form with contact information, and sign out the child upon pickup. Please RSVP to rsvp@cmany.org with your preferred date and time slot in order to guarantee a spot. The remainder of spots will be available on a first-come first-serve basis. Calligraphy Mural, Inspired by Usugrow - Children's Museum of the Arts Usugrow is a mural artist from Tokyo that covers walls with a personal style of calligraphy that they created. Calligraphy is the art of handwriting, and making something as simple as words have beautiful technical qualities. Usugrow uses black and white paint exclusively, and writes messages of positivity and celebration on the walls to inspire the public that passes by them. Today in the studio, we've erected a mural wall for our young artists to practice their calligraphy on! Chelsea gallery tour - West Chelsea Art Building Take a fascinating gallery tour of Chelsea - the world's center for contemporary art - and see the very latest in painting, sculpture, electronic media & photography. Our guide, who holds a Ph.D. in arts education, helps explain the artwork and leads the group in lively discussion. The tour takes place Sat. May 4 at 1:00 PM & 3:45 PM. These two tours will be identical in every way: the same guide and the same exhibits, so choose whichever start time best fits your schedule. It will take place no matter the temperature or weather, as the art is all indoors. Meet at 526 W. 26th St. between 10th & 11th Ave. Nearest subways: C- or E-Train to 23rd St. Admission is $25. SPECIAL OFFER: visit our website to request a DISCOUNT ticket link for $8-off admission! For more info, visit http://www.nygallerytours.com or call 917-250-0052. Chelsea gallery tour - West Chelsea Art Building Take a fascinating gallery tour of Chelsea - the world's center for contemporary art - and see the very latest in painting, sculpture, electronic media & photography. Our guide, who holds a Ph.D. in arts education, helps explain the artwork and leads the group in lively discussion. The tour takes place Sat. May 4 at 1:00 PM & 3:45 PM. These two tours will be identical in every way: the same guide and the same exhibits, so choose whichever start time best fits your schedule. It will take place no matter the temperature or weather, as the art is all indoors. Meet at 526 W. 26th St. between 10th & 11th Ave. Nearest subways: C- or E-Train to 23rd St. Admission is $25. SPECIAL OFFER: visit our website to request a DISCOUNT ticket link for $8-off admission! For more info, visit http://www.nygallerytours.com or call 917-250-0052. Sheba Mason Show - Broadway Comedy Club The child of playwright Ginger Reiter and comedian Jackie Mason, Sheba Mason has been performing since appearing in her mother's plays at the age of 2. Honing her own skills onstage for years, Mason has become a fixture of the Manhattan comedy scene, spouting witticisms about everything from politics to grandmothers. Now, she's taking her show on the road, and she's bringing along some of her talented friends. Join Mason for a hilarious night of comedy alongside Comedy Central's Tom McCaffrey, Raj Mahal and more of New York's brightest up-and-coming comics. Stripes Start for Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder - Children's Museum of the Arts By exploring different art mediums, this class focuses on sensory experiences while building motor skills, self-regulated independence and social skills. Families also participate in music, and movement exercises. CMA's Inclusive Saturday Classes provide a free opportunity for children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and their family and friends. CMA Teaching Artists are trained in facilitating structured workshops are specifically designed to help children with autism develop social skills, creative problem-solving, and expression through art. The program's supportive environment also helps strengthen family ties and builds a sense of community for families affected by autism. The Yarn Web, Inspired by Chiharu Shiota - Children's Museum of the Arts Come yarnbomb our PVC-pipe gazebo structure, inspired by Chiaharu Shiota! Shiota uses yarn to string together entire rooms, creating a vast web with objects strung together in them. These installation usually stretch from the ceiling to the floor, creating an environment that can be walked around. So grab some yarn, start string it along the pipes of the structure and le's see how decorated we can get the room! Light Paintings - Children's Museum of the Arts Ei Arakawa is a performance artist that makes LED paintings that can change and interact with the audience. Some of the paintings even sing! This social breakdown of artist and public remind us that we are all artists. What interactive painting will you animate today Grow Your Own Terrarium - Children's Museum of the Arts Today we will be sculpting our own gardens! Wild flowers, cactuses and any plant you can imagine Andrea Gibson - Gramercy Theatre Just a few blocks from Madison Square Park, Gramercy Theatre's intimate live experience remains unmatched by any other Manhattan venue. Get up close and personal with the performers in the general admission section, or enjoy a full view of the unforgettable environment in our authentic theatre seating. Grab a cold drink from one of the many bars located in the venue, including the downstairs lounge. After Hours hosted by Ray Parker - Fat cat After Hours hosted by Ray Parker Raphael D'lugoff Quintet - Fat cat Raphael D'lugoff Quintet After Hours hosted by Greg Glassman - Fat cat After Hours hosted by Greg Glassman Watson Adventures' The Museum Strikes Back Scavenger Hunt for Star Wars Fans - American Museum of Natural History Explore the galaxy of the Museum of Natural History in search of artifacts that echo the characters, creatures and planets of Star Wars. Track down Bantha-sized beasts, giant bugs as gross as Geonosians, hunters as fearsome as Boba Fett and samurai who helped inspire the Jedi. You'll discover an underwater world any Gungan could call home, a real-life tree that puts Endors' to shame and the science behind the Clone Wars. The hunt is not an addition to or variation on the Star Wars adventures, but instead references to the movies will provide a surprising bridge to many strange and wonderful pieces of history. For ages 10 and up. Kids must be accompanied by an adult, but all-adult teams can compete separately. Price includes museum admission. Advance purchase is required. Jackie Factory Nyc Presents - Night of 1000 Stevies 29 - Irving Plaza Neither a contest nor a karaoke show, NOTS is the Stevie Nicks celebration ne plus ultra - a riot of shawls, lace, baby's breath, twirling, tambourines and great performance. The much-loved annual, helmed by founders CHI CHI VALENTI and JOHNNY DYNELL and their JACKIE FACTORY production company, has featured celebrated performers including DEBBIE HARRY, JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND, BOY GEORGE, THE CRYSTAL ARK, BASIL TWIST, CYNDI LAUPER, VANGELINE THEATER, JOEY ARIAS, LEA DELARIA and many more. Born in 1991 at the tiny performance venue MOTHER at JACKIE 60, NOTS and its passionate audience inspired the feature film GYPSY 83 and even a "Jeopardy" question. It has launched generations of "Legends of Stevie Realness" across the U.S. and worldwide. Pre-College Chamber Recital - The Juilliard School Pre-College Chamber Recital The Passage: Stories from the Maafa - National Black Theatre Inc On August 20, 1619, the first enslaved Africans arrived at the British colony in Jamestown Virginia. Four hundred years later in the year 2019, "The Passage: Stories from the Maafa" will arrive at the National Black Theatre in Harlem. Come join us in honoring all enslaved Africans who were stolen from their homes and scattered throughout the "New World." Come hear their stories of strength, courage, determination and of their sacrifices that made it possible for us to be here today. Come be a part of the "ultimate love story." Come experience "The Passage: Stories from the Maafa." It's a journey like no other. Maren Morris Concert - Terminal 5 Grammy-nominated artist Maren Morris will perform in New York on May 4 as part of her The World Tour. Pre-college Youth Chorus - The Juilliard School Pre-College Youth Chorus Pre-college Student Recital - The Juilliard School Pre-College Student Recital Harrison Honor, Percussion - The Juilliard School Harrison Honor, Percussion Map Wind Ensemble & Orchestra - The Juilliard School MAP Wind Ensemble & Orchestra Pre-college Symphony - The Juilliard School Pre-College Symphony Song Hee Lee, Cello - The Juilliard School Song Hee Lee, Cello Mira Yamamoto, Violin - The Juilliard School Mira Yamamoto, Violin Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution Orchestra FT. Streetlight Manifesto - Radio City Music Hall Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution Orchestra featuring Streetlight Manifesto comes to Radio City Music Hall on Saturday, May 4. Lucky Cheng's Drag Cabaret Restaurant & Bar Presents: Vivacious - Stage 48 Join us Saturday, May 4th when Vivacious from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 is our special guest! 7 PM seating. Drag show starts after everyone's drink and dinner orders have been taken. Three course prix fixe menu created by Executive Chef Saul Montiel and the kitchens of Cantina Rooftop. Celebrate a Birthday, Bachelorette, Girls Night Out, RuPaul's Drag Race Fan, or entertain out of town guests! Andrea Gibson - Gramercy Theater Andrea Gibson is not gentle with their truths. It is this raw fearlessness that has led them to the forefront of the spoken word movement -- the first winner of the Women's World Poetry Slam -- Gibson has headlined prestigious performance venues coast to coast with powerful readings on war, class, gender, bullying, white privilege, sexuality, love, and spirituality. Their work has been featured on the BBC, Air America, C-SPAN, Free Speech TV, and in 2010 was read by a state representative in lieu of morning prayer at the Utah State Legislature. Now, on their fifth full-length album, FLOWER BOY, and their second book, THE MADNESS VASE, Gibson's poems continue to be a rally cry for action and a welcome mat at the door of the heart's most compassionate room. In their most recent book, PANSY, Gibson balances themes of love, gender, politics, sexuality, illness, family and forgiveness with stunning imagery and a fierce willingness to delve into the exploration of what it means to truly heal. Each turn of the page represents both that which as been forgotten and that which is yet to be released. While this book is a rally cry for political action, it is also a celebration of wonder an... (read more) CUNNINGHAM CENTENNIAL: CONVERSATIONS WITH MERCE - NYU Skirball Center Merce Cunningham is widely considered one of the most important choreographers of all time. Throughout his 70-year career, he continued to innovate, helping to drive the evolution of the American avant-garde and expanding the frontiers of contemporary visual and performance arts. His collaborations with artists from every creative discipline yielded an unparalleled body of American dance, music and visual art. Cheese Week: Murray's Cheese - Murry's Cheese Cheese Week 2019 has released a schedule of events to celebrate all things Cheese the week of April 28h – May 4th. All of the events are open to consumers and provide an opportunity to explore cheese while tasting a variety of offerings from extraordinary producers. 2019 marks the third year of the event in NYC. CHEESE Week is the brainchild of Jean-François Hesse who created the first event in Paris in 2016. Murray's Cheese (254 Bleecker St New York, NY 10014 and 89 E 42nd St New York, NY 10017) April 28th – May 4th Demonstrations Daily - 3 to 6pm The Murray's Cheese locations at 254 Bleecker Street and Grand Central Terminal will host demonstrations daily. Murray's Cheese Bar (264 Bleecker Street): special cheese-and-wine flights all week long Fado Festival NY & NJ - Brookfield Place This spring, Brookfield Place is excited to host part of the Fado Festival NY & NJ. Fado is an iconic Portuguese musical tradition, and the Festival combines its ancient roots with contemporary interpretations. Known for its mournful and soulful songs loosely captured by the Portuguese word saudade, or "longing" that evoke a bygone era, Fado is a thriving symbol of Portugal and reminds us of its past and present. Nighttime performances will feature artists direct from Portugal, including today's leading fado interpreter Camané and newcomer Maria Emília on Friday, May 3, and the highly praised Helder Moutinho and Ana Sofía Varela on Saturday, May 4. Scholar Lila Ellen Gray will present a talk on Fado Past, Present, and Future at 6PM before Saturday night's May 4th performance. New York's own Sofia Ribeiro will perform the weekday lunchtime performances (May 1 & 2). The Passage: Stories from The Maafa - National Black Theatre The Passage: Stories from The Maafa On August 20, 1619, the first enslaved Africans arrived at the British colony in Jamestown Virginia. Four hundred years later in the year 2019, "The Passage: Stories from the Maafa" will arrive at the National Black Theatre in Harlem. Come join us in honoring all enslaved Africans who were stolen from their homes and scattered throughout the "New World." Come hear their stories of strength, courage, determination and of their sacrifices that made it possible for us to be here today. Come be apart of the "ULTIMATE LOVE STORY." Come experience The Passage: Stories from the Maafa. It's a journey like no other. The Passage: Stories from the Maafa National Black Theatre Inc 2031 5th Avenue New York, NY 10035 April 19, 20, 26, 27 May 3, 4 7:00 p.m. $35.00 https://www.afrikanluvcompany.org Melvin Vines & The Harlem Jazz Machine - Paris Blues Melvin Vines & The Harlem Jazz Machine DOBBALAPOLIS PRESENTS: PETER SINN NACHTRIEB'S boom - The Chain Theater DOBBALAPOLIS PRESENTS ITS PREMIERE PRODUCTION: PETER SINN NACHTRIEB'S boom boom is a dark comedic allegory of survival in the face of impending doom. On the eve of cataclysm, a grad student in marine biology lures a journalism student to his research lab with a personal ad. When catastrophe strikes, a casual encounter becomes "Sex to change the course of the world." And then there's Barbara, mysteriously pulling levers and offering up her take on the legacy of the human race. When boom premiered in 2008, it was named one of the most produced plays of the year. Just over a decade later, it speaks our contemporary, anthropocentric moment with a sense of humor. A comedic exploration of environmental inevitability, denial and, who gets to survive. The cast includes Xandra Clark, Andrew Dobbie, Blaire O'Leary*. The production team includes Tara Elliott (Director), Kelvin Pater (Scenic Design), Andrew Dobbie (Producer), Blaire O'Leary (Producer), Matthew Deinhart (Lighting Design), Adrianna Covone (Costume Design), Jesse Vance, Sound Design), Kelsea Hagstrom (Stage Manager), Kristen Howard (Marketing Associate), and Dan DeCarlo (Poster Design). *Appears courtesy of Actors ... (read more) PA-RT Metropolis - De Kooning Studio METROPOLIS: "Everyone is talking about it, yet no one can describe it!" Inspired by Fritz Lang's epic 1927 film, PA-RT's Metropolis is a uniquely curated event experience, consisting of: Experimental Theatre Contemporary Ballet Concept Installations Performance-Art Contemporary Dance Troupe & DJ Sets by: DJ T CARLITA bsb RO MO NASH + MAKr (5 Live Instrumentalists) Concert w/ an Opera Singer! Come transform 1927 into today, while having fun in the most beautiful venue for experiential design! Haven't seen the the Metropolis!? Don't worry, we got you covered at the event. In the meantime, click below for a Synopsis, watch the trailer... You know it inspired every sci-fi movie you've ever seen, right? Come witness one-of-a-kind Immersive Art Experience! DRESS THEME: Dress like your favorite character from Metropolis, or wear ALL BLACK like the workers. Jonathan Gonzalez - Abrons Arts Center Lucifer Landing II conceptualizes Blackness and post-Anthropocentricism, as well as the traditions of classicism, narratives of the 'epic', and conventions of classical opera. Informed by concepts championed by Buckminster Fuller and the Lower East Side Nuyorican collective CHARAS, a geodesic dome serves as the theatrical landscape for Lucifer (portrayed by Wayne Arthur Paul). Orating from the hold of an earthbound incarceration, Lucifer reveals the entanglements between the state of non-being that is black life and the non-human in order to imagine a lateralized intimacy on a damaged planet. The choreography and theatrical design function in correspondence with local indicators that monitor seismic and waterfront activity. Quinn Spring Sample Sale - Quinn Studio Quinn is a contemporary sportswear brand known for high quality cashmere and silk pieces. During their annual spring sample sale they will offer discounts up to 80% off of retail prices. Tops originally $195.00 will now be $50.00 Sweaters (cashmere and cashmere blend) originally $350.00 will now be $75.00 Dresses originally $200.00 will now be $60.00 Bottoms originally $200.00 will now be $60.00 Jackets originally $200.00 will now be $60.00 Quinn Spring Sample Sale - Quinn Studio Quinn is a contemporary sportswear brand known for high quality cashmere and silk pieces. During their annual spring sample sale they will offer discounts up to 80% off of retail prices. Tops originally $195.00 will now be $50.00 Sweaters (cashmere and cashmere blend) originally $350.00 will now be $75.00 Dresses originally $200.00 will now be $60.00 Bottoms originally $200.00 will now be $60.00 Jackets originally $200.00 will now be $60.00 An Afternoon with Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band - Our Lady of Lourdes School Join us for an exciting evening celebrating Mary Lou Williams' prolific legacy. The program will be presented Sunday, May 5, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church and School in Harlem. Founded in 1901 to serve the growing Catholic population of Hamilton Heights, the church became a spiritual sanctuary for neighborhood resident Williams in the mid-1950s. The Program: 4:00 PM — 5:00 PM Screening, Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band, (Carol Bash, 2015) 5:00 PM — 5:50 PM A Conversation with Carol Bash, Filmmaker & Journalist, and Loren Schoenberg, Historian and Senior Scholar, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM The Bertha Hope Quartet in partnership with the Jazz Foundation of America Free and open to the public. RSVP required; space is limited. #HarlemRen100 #LiveHarlem #CultureKeepers Silent Voices: Lovestate - The Duke on 42nd Street Soaring melodies, interlacing harmonies and the ethereal voices of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus (Dianne Berkun Menaker, Founder & Artistic Director) will echo through The New Victory with SILENT VOICES: LOVESTATE. Driven by their own personal stories and struggles, these remarkable young singers harness the power of their voices to confront the challenges of racism and sexism, as well as their own identities, orientations, boundaries and belonging. Featuring commissions by Pulitzer Prize winners David Lang and Caroline Shaw, Olga Bell, Nico Muhly, Angélica Negrón, Shara Nova, Paola Prestini, Toshi Reagon, Shaina Taub and Bora Yoon, SILENT VOICES: LOVESTATE explores a young generation's vision of a more inclusive and compassionate future. Children's Day Festival, Kodomo no Hi - Japan Society Hang the koinobori (carp streamers) and don your kabuto (samurai helmet)—Children's Day is on its way! Come join us for Japan's national holiday where all children are stars and their happiness is celebrated. Enjoy a performance of Peach Boy (Momotaro) featuring storytelling, music, dance, taiko drumming and lots of audience participation. Continue the adventure with other authentic Kodomo no Hi activities! Momotaro and You Three performances: 12 PM, 1:30 PM & 3 PM Please pre-select your performance with your ticket purchase. Momotaro the Peach Boy leaves his parents to fight a band of marauding ogres on a distant island! Along the way, he befriends a talking dog, monkey, and pheasant, who agree to help him. Japan Society favorites Crossing Jamaica Avenue return to present an exciting new version of Momotaro and You. This interactive performance puts your children at the center of Momotaro's quest with whimsical songs, lively taiko drumming, cool dance, and audience activity! Samurai Sword Fighting Demonstrations & Mini Workshops 1 PM, 2 PM & 3 PM Enjoy samurai sword demonstrations and Samurai Kids Action mini-classes led by Kyo Kasumi of Tate Hato-ryu NY! Kasumi is... (read more) Tim Miller - 55 Bar Vic Juris - 55 Bar Kgb: Sunday Night Fiction - KGB Bar KGB: Sunday Night Fiction https://www.filmlinc.org/films/non-fiction/ - Film Society of Lincoln Center Set within the world of publishing, Olivier Assayas's new film finds two hopelessly intertwined couples—Guillaume Canet's troubled book executive and Juliette Binoche's weary actress; Vincent Macaigne's boorish novelist and Nora Hamzawi's straight-and-balanced political operative—obsessed with the state of things, and how (or when) it will (or might) change. Is print dying? Has blogging replaced writing? Is fiction over? But the divide between what these characters—and their friends, and their enemies, and everyone in between—talk about and what is actually happening between them, moment by moment, is what gives Non-Fiction its very particular charm, humor, and lifelike stabs of emotion. An NYFF56 selection. A Sundance Selects release. Cultural Perspectives in Literature: New York City Teachers College Columbia University - KGB Bar Cultural Perspectives in Literature: New York City, a course in which students investigate and write about the city, its representation in the various arts, and original stores will read about their own experiences in and responses to the city. NYC Home Décor & Furniture Bazaar - Grand Bazaar NYC Shop from an outstanding and wide array of handmade, vintage and antique home décor and furniture goods that will leave your friends asking, "Where did you get that?" Be sure to also come hungry and grab a delicious snack from our artisanal food court before strolling refreshed down the aisles and finding new, elaborate and exciting designs at every different booth. From pillows, mirrors and tables to picture frames, chairs and decorations, there is truly something here for everyone. Don't miss out on the fun! 100% of Grand Bazaar NYC's profits are donated to four local public school, benefiting over 4,000 children. Columbia Ballet Collaborative - Miller Theatre Columbia Ballet Collaborative (CBC) is pleased to present a program of six original works for its upcoming spring performances. Founded in 2007 by five professional ballet dancers enrolled at Columbia University, CBC is comprised of students from all of the University's undergraduate colleges and affiliates. For the spring 2019 season, Columbia Ballet Collaborative welcomes Tom Gold, former New York City Ballet soloist and founder of Tom Gold Dance; Morgan McEwen, ballet dancer for the Met Opera and founder of contemporary ballet company Mordance; Durante Verzola, Philadelphia-based freelance choreographer known for his vibrant ballet pieces; Nadia Vostrikov, freelance choreographer, dancer, and actress; and Andrea Ward, contemporary dancer, teacher, and choreographer. This season we are also continuing our choreographic mentorship program where student choreographer James Shee, PhD student in Chemical Physics and former dancer with National Ballet of Canada, will create a piece with the guidance of former CBC choreographer Craig Salstein. 18th Annual Nyc Irish Dance Festival - Irish Arts Center We once again kick off NYC's Summer-on-the-Hudson series with a free day of dance and cultural activities. Join us in Riverside Park for performances by top Irish troupes and hands-on activities for the whole family, including music sessions, céilís, children's crafts, language lessons, workshops, and more. Art-Making Workshops at Art New York - Children's Museum of the Arts Kids take Art New York! Bring your young art lovers ages 4+ to the CMA booth at Art New York to create their own works of contemporary art. Teaching Artists will host 1-hour sessions throughout the day, which will allow parents or caregivers to drop off their child to make art while they explore the fair. Caregivers will need to check in with the booth attendant, sign a release form with contact information, and sign out the child upon pickup. Please RSVP to rsvp@cmany.org with your preferred date and time slot in order to guarantee a spot. The remainder of spots will be available on a first-come first-serve basis. Calligraphy Mural, Inspired by Usugrow - Children's Museum of the Arts Usugrow is a mural artist from Tokyo that covers walls with a personal style of calligraphy that they created. Calligraphy is the art of handwriting, and making something as simple as words have beautiful technical qualities. Usugrow uses black and white paint exclusively, and writes messages of positivity and celebration on the walls to inspire the public that passes by them. Today in the studio, we've erected a mural wall for our young artists to practice their calligraphy on! Eight is Never Enough - Broadway Comedy Club COME BE A PART OF THE SHOW! The cast of EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH delivers hilarious comedy improvised on the spot based on audience suggestions and participation. Every show is topical and customized to you. Think WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY meets Broadway. The Yarn Web, Inspired by Chiharu Shiota - Children's Museum of the Arts Come yarnbomb our PVC-pipe gazebo structure, inspired by Chiaharu Shiota! Shiota uses yarn to string together entire rooms, creating a vast web with objects strung together in them. These installation usually stretch from the ceiling to the floor, creating an environment that can be walked around. So grab some yarn, start string it along the pipes of the structure and le's see how decorated we can get the room! Yibing Wang and Leo Simon, Percussion - The Juilliard School Yibing Wang and Leo Simon, Percussion Sheba Mason Show - Broadway Comedy Club Just as things start getting a little weird, become the eaves dropping visitors of a pinned-up Nun, Oscar winner, tailor, magician, club owner, and only God knows who else. In this interactive and immersive show, folks come up missing and it is up to everyone to defend themselves by setting up alibis in order to cover their tracks. How'd this malarky of a motley crew come about anyway? Who cares. All you want is to be told you are free to go so you can leave the guilty party behind. But wait! Just because you MIGHT get out doesn't necessarily mean you're innocent. Hmmm. Could you be the saboteur? Could you help solve the heinous crime(s)? Will the entire evening be a mystery? With this fast-paced hilarious one woman show, mayhem is the appetizer, madness the main course and critical thinking is served up a la carte! Ticket sales support Adrienne Unae's mission work in NYC, Ft. Lauderdale, and Kenya. BTW, the ticket price is too low to be refundable. LOL 16 & over or 13+ with parents Two drink minimum Individual comedian appearances subject to change without noticeb Light Paintings - Children's Museum of the Arts Ei Arakawa is a performance artist that makes LED paintings that can change and interact with the audience. Some of the paintings even sing! This social breakdown of artist and public remind us that we are all artists. What interactive painting will you animate today Inclusive Start for Children with a Physical Disability - Children's Museum of the Arts This Family Class provides multisensory experiences that encourage exploration. Students develop motor and language skills through art-making by layering a variety of exciting tactile materials to create new surfaces, textures, forms, shapes, and colors. Children are encouraged to self-regulate through individual projects and are supported through collaborative projects to gain important social skills. Teaching Artist also work to introduce the families to the museum. CMA's Inclusive Sunday Classes provide a free opportunity for children with physical disabilities, and their family and friends. CMA Teaching Artists are supported by Evaluators licensed in Occupational Therapy. This program is based on a class-like model in which the teaching artists and specialists work to facilitate the group experience, with a keen eye towards the special needs of the participants. At the heart of all of our inclusive programs is socialization, benefiting all participants. Mort Gerberg Cartoons: A New Yorker's Perspective - New-York Historical Society Artist Mort Gerberg grew up with a pencil in his hand, creating cartoons from the time he was a young boy in his native Brooklyn. Illustrated with a sensitivity and humor that have made him beloved by his audiences, his work has been featured in major publications, including the New Yorker and Saturday Review. The 100 cartoons on view in this exhibition cover a range of topics, such as life in New York City, women, youth, old age, and politics. Curated by Marilyn Satin Kushner, curator and head, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections. Terry Waldo's Gotham City Band - Fat cat Terry Waldo's Gotham City Band Jade Synstelien's Fatcat Bigband - Fat cat Jade Synstelien's Fatcat Bigband After Hours hosted by The Program of Deprogramming - Fat cat After Hours hosted by The Program of Deprogramming The Nxt Cast (2019) - Improv Asylum The freshest faces in Boston comedy, the NXT Cast brings you two different shows this fall! On Sunday nights, The NXT Show will be an all-improv, 90-minute show testing out new short-form structures. On Tuesday nights, NXT: Fresh AF tests out the cast's writing skills with brand new sketches each week blended with classic improv structures. Asssscat 3000 - New York Comedy Club East Village Performers from The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre perform longform improv with frequent special guests from your favorite TV shows and movies. The 7:30pm shows cost $12 and tickets go on sale 2 weeks before the show date at 12pm. The 9:30pm show is FREE but you must make a reservation in advance. Reservations become available at 12pm (noon) the day of the show. PLEASE NOTE: The listed cast lineup is subject to change. Our talented performers are very in-demand and although they would like to do so, other obligations prevent them from being able to do ASSSSCAT every week. Chamber Music Recital - The Juilliard School Chamber Music Recital Lauren Vandervelden, Violin, and William Leathers, Trumpet - The Juilliard School Lauren Vandervelden, Violin, and William Leathers, Trumpet Claire Satchwell and Jeremy Klein, Violas - The Juilliard School Claire Satchwell and Jeremy Klein, Violas Honors Chamber Music Recital - The Juilliard School Honors Chamber Music Recital 3rd Annual Cinco de Mayo Pub Crawl in New York City - May 2019 - Bar None May is finally upon us which can only mean one thing - Cinco de Mayo! It may not be New Year's Eve or St. Patrick's Day, but it's that much better because chances are you'll get much better weather. New York City is one of the top destinations in the country for all things Cinco de Mayo related. We're prepared to put together yet another colossal event in the Big Apple - the official Cinco de Mayo Pub Crawl! Be prepared to enjoy some of the most classic Mexican drinks such as Margarita's, Tequila Shots, Sangrias, and Goiabardente's. Meet new friends at some of the top bars that the East Village has to offer and take comfort in knowing that we have put together the ultimate bar hopping package for this year's Cinco de Mayo festivities. Walk on over to this year's registration venue in order to receive your official Cinco de Mayo wristband and full pub crawl map. Then, you'll be all set to crawl some amazing bars in the area. It doesn't matter whether you're Mexican or not, everyone enjoys coming out and celebrating joyous occasions in the Big Apple. Cinco de Mayo is a day for celebrating Mexican heritage, taking part in great food and drinks, oh and course, remembering a most unl... (read more) Al Green - Radio City Music Hall 13-time GRAMMY winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Al Green comes to Radio City Music Hall with special guests The War and Treaty on May 5! George London Foundation Recital - The Morgan Library & Museum George London Foundation Recital Pairs of stellar opera singers, many of whom were winners of a George London prize early in their careers, or recent George London Award recipients, perform in this annual series of recitals. A reception with the artists follows each recital. Julie Adams, soprano Emily D'Angelo, mezzo-soprano Ken Noda, piano Julie Adams was an Adler Fellow with the San Francisco Opera where she has appeared in numerous productions including Die Zauberflöte, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and Jen?fa. Emily D'Angelo is currently a member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera and future engagements include a return to the Canadian Opera as Dorabella in Così fan tutte, and her debut at the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro. D'Angelo received top prizes in Plácido Domingo's 2018 Operalia Competition. Classics Reinvented Pop-up by SWIMS - 96 Grand St. "Classics reinvented." an ethos, a purpose, and a core theme in the SWIMS story—now takes on new meaning as we throw open the doors to #ClassicsReinvented, our first pop-up space in the heart of SoHo celebrating likeminded, creative reinventors. Stop by for a signature SWIMS experience —mix and mingle with our group of creatives from every walk of life; take in the boundary-pushing art, installations, photography and music; and be among the first to shop SWIMS' new Spring/Summer 2019 Collection. E-Moves (5/4/19 Program A) - Harlem Stage E-Moves celebrates twenty years of commissioning, presenting and nurturing choreographers of color across the spectrum of contemporary dance idioms to create new work! In this edition we uplift the cogent power of Hip-Hop dance to transport the crowd and push the boundaries of movement. Born out of social dance in urban community park cyphers, basement ballrooms and now seen across the globe on esteemed stages and concert halls Hip-Hop dance is a prayer and a roar. Two commissioned choreographers FLUXX and Omari Mizrahi/Les Ballet Afrik will present a work in progress and a world premiere respectively. E-Moves Desi Saturdays - Stage 48 Age: 21+ Each & Every Saturday Night, come experience the Glamour & Glitz of Bollywood as you Mix, Mingle and Dance at New York City's Hottest Saturday Night DesiParty @ Stage48. Desi Saturdays is one high society DesiParty. Wow factor everywhere. Beautiful people, beautiful venue, beautiful ambiance, and did we mention beautiful people? High energy, amazing music and a packed house are just some of the traits of what you would expect at this weekly Bollywood party. This event is the talk of the town amongst young socialites. It's so exclusive it only takes place on Saturday Nights, and don't even try to dress down, because it is almost impossible to get in, but more importantly you would feel so out of place. So don your best, and you may just be lucky enough to party out on Saturdays Nights at Stage48!! CADAF NYC - The Only Art Fair Focused On New Technologies - May 3-5, 2019 - Lightbox CADAF brings to the New York art scene a revolutionary art fair concept, and presents only digital artists, both emerging and established. Works on view span virtual and augmented reality to blockchain technology and immersive video works, mediums that are mostly absent from other contemporary art fairs. Many artists shown will be present to explain their work and exchange with the public, along with art market professionals who will take part in educational panels. Works will be sold or leased online. Download the full press release: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Y-O2gGIRvqN1QplvL7hF53AGvynC7fjM AT&T Create-A-Thon Invitational - New York - SubCulture Do you love film? Do you have a story to tell? If so, we want to see you in action. The AT&T Mobility & Entertainment Group is inviting you to join us and make a short film. We're looking for creative thinkers and doers like you to join us at this special film-making event in New York City. All skill levels are welcome! We need a wide variety of skills and ideas to create the best films possible. Superfine! Art Fair | May 1-5 | SoHo - 107 Grand Street Punk rock spirit meets art market innovation at the third annual Superfine! Art Fair at 107 Grand Street in Soho. More than just any other art fair, Superfine! is a place of discovery. Expect hand-curated, accessibly-priced works by top new contemporary artists in a friendly, welcoming atmosphere, along with thousands of New York's art aficionados eager to snatch up a new piece. Works in the fair begin at $100, 90% of pieces are priced under $4,000, and with innovative financing options like Art Money available it's clear: this boutique art fair wants you to discover art that speaks to you, and take it home. Antoine Dowdell Group - Paris Blues Antoine Dowdell Group P.S. SUN101 Pop-Up - P.S. SUN101 Pop-Up Ahead of summer and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, Supergoop! opens their first standalone pop-up Friday, May 3rd - Sunday, May 5th in NYC. A true extension of the brand's core mission to promote positive sunscreen perceptions and habits, Supergoop!'s P.S. SUN101 Pop-Up will offer guests an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure learning center focused on SPF education and skin cancer awareness with 25% of every purchase being donated directly to funding the brand's Ounce by Ounce Program. Guests can expect educational activations and exclusive product sold, including: Saturday, 5/4 (11-11:40AM): Wellness panel moderated by Supergoop!'s President, Amanda Baldwin, featuring Care/Of Co-Founder & CEO Craig Elbert, Heyday CEO Adam Ross and Daily Harvest Founder & CEO Rachel Drori Sunday, 5/5 (11-11:40AM): SUN 101 & Mythbusting Class hosted by Supergoop!'s CEO and Founder, Holly Thaggard. First 20 spots available for reservation and receive a swag bag. Access to innovative UV camera technology to virtually experience the effects of SPF Supergoop! best-sellers and limited-edition "Wear Sunscreen" tees (also available at supergoop.com for $24 beginning on May 1st) will be... (read more) Mort Gerberg Cartoons: A New Yorker's Perspective - New-York Historical Society Artist Mort Gerberg grew up with a pencil in his hand, creating cartoons from the time he was a young boy in his native Brooklyn. Illustrated with a sensitivity and humor that have made him beloved by his audiences, his work has been featured in major publications, including the New Yorker and Saturday Review. The 100 cartoons on view in this exhibition cover a range of topics, such as life in New York City, women, youth, old age, and politics. Curated by Marilyn Satin Kushner, curator and head, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections. Cinco De Mayo Silent Disco Booze Cruise - Hornblower Cruises & Events - Pier 15 Cinco de Mayo is on its way! Let's give 'em something to taco bout! We set sail with plenty drinks, music, and fun to help you rock out with your guac out all night long. With 3 live DJs spinning your favorites all night long and hundreds of glowing headphones, this is nacho average party! Your 3 Live DJs are spinning all night: DJ 1 (Green): Top 40, Dance, Pop DJ 2 (Red): The Best of the 80's, 90's, & 2k DJ 3 (Blue): Hip Hop, R&B Boarding: 9:30 pm- 10:30 pm **If you are late, the boat does not wait!** Set Sail: 10:30 pm Return: 2:00am Your experience includes: • A pair of Quiet Events Headphones • Glow in the dark gear • Amazing view of Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge & NYC Skyline • 3 live DJs battling for your attention Special Notes: • 21+ to party • Rain or Shine • Food available for purchase • Dress code: Dress to impress! Defying Gravity - One Art Space Gallery Exhibition: May 2nd to May7th Opening Reception: Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 6-9pm Artist to Artist Talk: Friday, May 3rd, 6pm-8pm, Al Diaz (street art pioneer and Basquiat collaborator) will moderate a dialogue with the artist Qiheng Liu. EXHIBITION HOURS: Thurs., May 2nd, 2019 11:30am-9pm Fri., May 3rd, 2019 11:30-8pm Sat., May 4th, 2019 1:00-6pm Sun, May 5th, 2019 1:00-6pm Mon., May 6th, 2019 11:30-6pm Qiheng Liu makes his first US debut at One Art Space with his solo exhibition "Defying Gravity". One Art Space invites you to the opening reception of "Defying Gravity" Thursday, March 2nd. This collection, like Qiheng Liu himself, projects a quiet, thoughtful intensity. Qiheng's work respectfully defies traditional still life and portrait painting, even daring to "mess with" gravity. Qiheng carefully redesigns what, at first glance, may appear like a standard academic composition with magical breaths of life which seemingly liberates objects from the surface of the canvas. The results are spellbinding. Qiheng Liu's inspiration stems from an awakening; that failures leads to success. This journey, to discover one's true self as an artist, has swept ... (read more) Defying Gravity - One Art Space Gallery Exhibition: May 2nd to May7th Opening Reception: Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 6-9pm Artist to Artist Talk: Friday, May 3rd, 6pm-8pm, Al Diaz (street art pioneer and Basquiat collaborator) will moderate a dialogue with the artist Qiheng Liu. EXHIBITION HOURS: Thurs., May 2nd, 2019 11:30am-9pm Fri., May 3rd, 2019 11:30-8pm Sat., May 4th, 2019 1:00-6pm Sun, May 5th, 2019 1:00-6pm Mon., May 6th, 2019 11:30-6pm Qiheng Liu makes his first US debut at One Art Space with his solo exhibition "Defying Gravity". One Art Space invites you to the opening reception of "Defying Gravity" Thursday, March 2nd. This collection, like Qiheng Liu himself, projects a quiet, thoughtful intensity. Qiheng's work respectfully defies traditional still life and portrait painting, even daring to "mess with" gravity. Qiheng carefully redesigns what, at first glance, may appear like a standard academic composition with magical breaths of life which seemingly liberates objects from the surface of the canvas. The results are spellbinding. Qiheng Liu's inspiration stems from an awakening; that failures leads to success. This journey, to discover one's true self as an artist, has swept ... (read more) Ecological City - Goldie Chu Community Room Ecological City is a cultural and climate action project engaging the Lower East Side community through creative strategies co-creating a theatrical pageant and environmental actions to develop and bring together climate resiliency and ecological sustainability plans, policies and solutions within the gardens, neighborhood and waterfront of the Lower East Side of New York City, and its contribution to city and global climate challenges. L´enfant Brut - Chashama & Amuleto In the project L'enfant brut, with compositions built out of extreme contrast of color and raw imagery, the Argentinian artist Jantus pretends to expand the "brut universe"—the universe of kids. This exhibition reveals the power of color, excess of material and the impact of a new universe produced by the hand of a young artist. Once more, Jantus shows us that painting is still our main source of communication. Curated by: Amuleto. About the Artist Jantus (Buenos Aires, 1994) has appeared in the worldwide art scene as one of the most devoted young artists of the present times. He has had solo and group exhibitions, as well as participating in biennials, around Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Tokyo, London, Helsinki, Seoul, Rio de Janeiro and New York. Agora and Gallery - Agora Gallery Agora Gallery presents A Rich Profusion of Spring, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures, on view April 18 through May 8, 2019, with an opening reception Thursday, April 18, from 6-8 PM. Spring invigorates. April is conventionally associated birth and new life; and yet, at T.S. Eliot once remarked, "April is the cruelest month." The 13 artists included in this exhibition all explore the fecundity of their medium (be it a watercolor work, a sculpture, or a painting in oils); but they everywhere encounter limits. These limits call into question the value their chosen craft. In the face of restlessness and doubt, however, these 13 artists dauntlessly capture the energy artists use to realize an artwork into life. The works on view show the human figure as something effaced, concealed, even denatured. In the teeth of this, the elegance of human ingenuity becomes all the more apparent. Glimpses become certitudes; conviction becomes truth. Featuring domestic interiors, craggy landscapes, and urban vistas, the attitude each artist takes in relation to his or her theme is one of disinterested contemplation. Oftentimes, there is no observer suggested by the work—apart from the vie... (read more) L´enfant Brut - Chashama & Amuleto In the project L'enfant brut, with compositions built out of extreme contrast of color and raw imagery, the Argentinian artist Jantus pretends to expand the "brut universe"—the universe of kids. This exhibition reveals the power of color, excess of material and the impact of a new universe produced by the hand of a young artist. Once more, Jantus shows us that painting is still our main source of communication. Curated by: Amuleto. About the Artist Jantus (Buenos Aires, 1994) has appeared in the worldwide art scene as one of the most devoted young artists of the present times. He has had solo and group exhibitions, as well as participating in biennials, around Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Tokyo, London, Helsinki, Seoul, Rio de Janeiro and New York. Ecological City Costume/Puppet Workshops - Two Bridges Neighborhood Council EARTH CELEBRATIONS' ECOLOGICAL CITY - PUPPET & COSTUME WORKSHOPS - MARCH 2 - MAY 8 Volunteers are invited to participate in our workshops led by Earth Celebrations' Artists-in-Residence to create spectacular visual art, giant puppets, and costumes for the culminating Ecological City: Procession for Climate Solutions celebrating and bringing together climate resiliency and ecological sustainability initiatives throughout the gardens, neighborhood and East River Park waterfront on the Lower East Side. -Costume Workshops: WEDNESDAYS, 6-9pm with artist Yelaine Rodriguez -Puppet Workshops: SATURDAYS, 12-4pm with artist Lucrecia Novoa @ Two Bridges Neighborhood Council (Community Room) 82 Rutgers Slip (btw. FDR & Cherry St. LES - F train to E. Broadway - walk two blocks east) Workshops are free of cost - please register here: http://earthcelebrations.com/register-ecological-city-workshops-2/ For more information: http://earthcelebrations.com/ Upper West Side Celebrates Israel May 5th - May 9th - Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan UPPER WEST SIDE CELEBRATES ISRAEL May 5th - May 9th Join the celebration on Sunday May 5th & Thursday May 9th! The UWS Celebrates Israel, powered by the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan and the Upper West Side's synagogues, schools, and Jewish organizations, invites everyone to come together for a neighborhood-wide celebration of Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel's Independence Day. Made possible by UJA-Federation. SUNDAY MAY 5th - STREET FESTIVAL & PROGRAMS Come on over for a day of fun, including Israeli bands and dancing, a kosher food extravaganza featuring food trucks and vendors, arts and crafts, places for kids to bounce and climb, dual-language children's theater and face-painting, Israeli crafts for sale, and more! The street fair is FREE to attend and will take place from 11 am to 6 pm on West 88th Street between Broadway and West End Avenue. There will also be many special programs through out the day at Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, 257 West 88th Street, between Broadway and West End Avenue, including a KEYNOTE ADDRESS from CONGRESSMAN JERROLD NADLER about Bipartisan, Israel & Jewish Values. Programs are either FREE or cost between $10-$15. TUESDAY MAY 7th - YOM HAZIKARON ... (read more) New Stage Theatre Company brings its bold visual style and compelling absurdist/physical humor to "Electronic City" by Falk Richter. - The New Stage Performance Space NEW YORK -- New Stage Theatre Company (www.newstagetheatre.org) will bring its signature blend of inventive choreography and striking visual design to a modernist masterpiece of German theater with its production of "Electronic City" (2003) by Falk Richter, translated by Marlene J. Norst, adapted and directed by Ildiko Nemeth. Performances are April 12 to May 10 at The New Stage Performance Space, 36 West 106th Street (basement level). "Electronic City" is the story of Tom and Joy, who seek belonging, connection, and meaning amid lives in which living is squeezed between long-distance travel, the buffeting of instant communication and the commercial pressures of their jobs. Tom, lost and confused, and Joy, paralyzed by the constant demands of her barcode scanning job, collide at an airport gate. The two are so fully, hypnotically, and unhappily controlled by devices, mass media, and the general speed of modern life that, though they seek each other throughout the play, their finding each other on the same small stage is far from guaranteed. The production paints the isolation and alienation of our technology-driven, image-saturated culture with a dynamic mix of projections, ... (read more) Electronic City by Falk Richter - New Stage Performance Space Electronic City is a multi-media theater piece and a romance like none other. Set in the liminal spaces of modernity, the play follows characters Tom and Joy as the seek belonging, connection, and meaning amid transient lives pressured by long-distance travel, instant communication and constant commerce. With New Stage Theater Company's signature flair for beauty, darkness and humor, the show will explore the isolation and alienation of our image-saturated culture using a dynamic mix of projection, music, movement and Richter's compelling text. Directed by: Ildiko Nemeth; Lighting Design by: Federico Restrepo; Costume Design by: Brandon Lee Olson, Projection Design by: Eric Marciano, Hao Bai; Artwork by: Chris Sharp; Production Assistant: Fabiyan Pembleski, Maria Camila Daza. With: Beth Dodye Bass*, Tatyana Kot, Bjorn Bolinder*, Maciej Bartoszewski, Brandon Lee Olson, Jeanne Lauren Smith, Rikin Shah, Chris Tanner * These actors are appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association Performances: April 12, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27; May 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 2019 at 8 PM. Tickets: $25 general admission $20 senior/student admission https://ci.ovationtix.com/34971/production/100... (read more) Tnc Art Gallery Presents Lucky 20 - Theater For the New City A multidisciplinary Arts exhibit "LUCKY 20" curated by Lola Saenz from April 1 to May 11, 2019. LUCKY 20 is Sáenz's Pre-Solo art exhibition and Guest. The art show consists of 12 artists that have exhibited many times before and 5 artist whom this is their first art show. It is a NO theme art show, an eclectic combination of drawings, paintings, and a few sculptures. It's a very colorful and exciting art show for your eyes to see. And Sáenz is exhibiting 4 big paintings from her private collection and 5 small works. Sunrise from the Artist's Balcony - Pleiades Gallery Press Release Contact: Ellen Bradshaw Phone (212) 233-0274 home (917) 734-9814 cell Ebradshaw2@nyc.rr.com www.ellenbradshaw.com ELLEN BRADSHAW "SUNRISE FROM THE ARTIST'S BALCONY" Artist Reception: Saturday, April 27 3-6 pm April 16 – May 11, 2019 Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat 11-6 PM or by appointment Obsession. Every morning I find myself drawn to my window on the 25th floor by a magical light show overlooking three bridges – Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg. And on out to the balcony with my camera several times, trying to capture "the moment" of the rapidly changing moments of colors and clouds. How could the same view painted over and over hold my interest? How could I paint the masterpiece in the sky with mere oils?? The iconic bridges of New York, sometime mere silhouettes, appear like a backdrop stage set trying to command attention with the impossibly wondrous skies. A tiny police boat keeps watch. Powerful freighters pass, toys against the heavens. Elysium. Empyrean. Eden. Utopia. Fervor. Bliss. Inferno. And a rather belated nod to the New Kid on the Block, 1 Manhattan Square, as it claims its place amongst the giants. ... (read more) Sunrise from the Artist's Balcony - Pleiades Gallery Press Release Contact: Ellen Bradshaw Phone (212) 233-0274 home (917) 734-9814 cell Ebradshaw2@nyc.rr.com www.ellenbradshaw.com ELLEN BRADSHAW "SUNRISE FROM THE ARTIST'S BALCONY" Artist Reception: Saturday, April 27 3-6 pm April 16 – May 11, 2019 Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat 11-6 PM or by appointment Obsession. Every morning I find myself drawn to my window on the 25th floor by a magical light show overlooking three bridges – Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg. And on out to the balcony with my camera several times, trying to capture "the moment" of the rapidly changing moments of colors and clouds. How could the same view painted over and over hold my interest? How could I paint the masterpiece in the sky with mere oils?? The iconic bridges of New York, sometime mere silhouettes, appear like a backdrop stage set trying to command attention with the impossibly wondrous skies. A tiny police boat keeps watch. Powerful freighters pass, toys against the heavens. Elysium. Empyrean. Eden. Utopia. Fervor. Bliss. Inferno. And a rather belated nod to the New Kid on the Block, 1 Manhattan Square, as it claims its place amongst the giants. ... (read more) Baruch Performing Arts Center with Blessed Unrest and Teatri ODA of Kosovo Present the World Premiere of Refuge - Baruch Performing Arts Center Baruch Performing Arts Center with Blessed Unrest and Teatri ODA of Kosovo Present the World Premiere of Refuge April 25 - May 11, 2019 Baruch Performing Arts Center, along with New York-based theater company Blessed Unrest and Teatri ODA of Kosovo, will co-present the World Premiere of Refuge from April 25 - May 11 @ 7:30, with a variable weekly schedule and a 5pm performance Sun May 5 (Opening Night April 27) at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (25th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues), NYC. Performances are at 7:30pm Monday-Saturday, with opening night on April 27 and an added 5pm performance on Sunday, May 5. Tickets are $16-36 and may be purchased at www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac. A deathbed confession launches a young Jewish woman on a journey of discovery to a remote Albanian village. What she finds reveals both the truth of her family's escape, and those who risked everything to provide them with refuge. NYC-based Blessed Unrest teams up with Teatri ODA from Kosovo and musicians from Metropolitan Klezmer for this world-premiere devised physical-theatre piece based on actual events. During World War II, thousands of Jewish refugees were ha... (read more) Baruch Performing Arts Center presents the World Premiere of Refuge with Post-Performance Discussions and MOTH-Style Story Slam - Baruch Performing Arts Center Baruch Performing Arts Center with Blessed Unrest and Teatri ODA of Kosovo Present the World Premiere of Refuge April 25 - May 11, 2019 with Post-Performance Discussions and MOTH-Style Story Slam Baruch Performing Arts Center, along with New York-based theater company Blessed Unrest and Teatri ODA of Kosovo, will co-present the World Premiere of Refuge from April 25 - May 11 @ 7:30, with a variable weekly schedule and a 5pm performance Sun May 5 (Opening Night April 27) at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (25 Street between Third and Lexington Avenues), NYC. Tickets are $16-36 and may be purchased at www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac. The Refuge creative team and performerswill host a series of events to accompany the performances. Post-performance programs can deepen the experience of the many current topics touched upon by this play. The programs will explore topics such as the journeys of refugees historically and in the current currently climate, as well as diving into the personal as well as the global Jewish experience. Along with the creative team, the programs will include diverse guest speakers who add additional richness and perspective to the disc... (read more) The Battles of Richmond Hill - HERE 91 Central Productions in association with Anemone Productions will present the World Premiere of The Battles of Richmond Hill a new comedy by Penny Jackson (I Know What Boys Want at the Lion Theatre; A Different Place in the 2017 FRIGID Festival), directed by Kathy Gail MacGowan (Kentucky Cantata at HERE; In the Summer Pavilion at 59E59) at HERE (145 Sixth Avenue, enter on Dominick Street, one block south of Spring Street), April 26-May 11. Performances will be on Friday, April 26 at 8:30pm, Saturday, April 27 at 4pm, Saturday, April 27 at 8:30pm, Sunday, April 28 at 4pm, Tuesday, April 30 at 8:30pm, Wednesday, May 1 at 8:30pm, Thursday, May 2 at 8:30pm, Friday, May 3 at 8:30pm, Saturday, May 4 at 8:30pm, Sunday, May 5 at 4pm, Wednesday, May 8 at 8:30pm, Thursday, May 9 at 8:30pm, Friday, May 10 at 8:30pm, and Saturday, May 11 at 8:30pm. Tickets ($35 VIP; $25 General; $15 students & seniors) are available for purchase in advance at www.here.org or by calling 212-352-3101. The performance will run approximately 90 minutes with no intermission. This production is a part of SubletSeries@HERE: a curated rental program, which provides artists with subsidized space and equipment, as wel... (read more) "Americana" - Tambaran 2 Gallery Tambaran 2 Gallery and The TAX Collection are pleased to present 'Americana' - a solo exhibition by New York artist Kevin Champeny. Opening April 11th, Champeny's latest exhibition explores current issues in America including: politics, mental health, gun violence, beauty, social media and drugs. The work will be on display at The Tambaran2 Gallery on 82nd street, just steps from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Champeny reinvents the traditional mosaic with his sculpted, cast and hand placed pieces creating an interactive platform. He encourages the work to be viewed from both up close and far away, allowing the observer to derive meaning from its juxtaposition. Champeny states "Mosaics enable me to elicit the tension and stories between hand sculpted and cast pixels and the overall image they compose. I want my art to open a conversation for the viewer. I hope people discovering and viewing my pieces will connect their own experiences to the choices I made when creating the work". Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth - Morgan Library & Museum "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." With these words the Oxford professor J.R.R. Tolkien ignited a fervid spark in generations of readers. From the children's classic The Hobbit to the epic The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien's adventurous tales of hobbits and elves, dwarves and wizards have introduced millions to the rich history of Middle-earth. Going beyond literature, Tolkien's Middle-earth is a world complete with its own languages and histories. Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth celebrates the man and his creation. The exhibition will be the most extensive public display of original Tolkien material for several generations. Drawn from the collections of the Tolkien Archive at the Bodleian Library (Oxford), Marquette University Libraries (Milwaukee), the Morgan, and private lenders, the exhibition will include family photographs and memorabilia, Tolkien's original illustrations, maps, draft manuscripts, and designs related to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth is organized by the Morgan Library & Museum in collaboration with the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University and with the support of The Tolkien Estate, The Tolk... (read more) FunikiJam's MUSIC GARDEN: Spring Celebration! Returns to the Off-Broadway Stage at Actors Temple Theatre with special performances for Earth Day, Cinco de Mayo, and Mother's Day - Actors Temple Theatre The award-winning music education and entertainment company, FunikiJam will present its original family musical, MUSIC GARDEN: Spring Celebration! starting April 14th at Actors Temple Theatre with special performances for Earth Day, Cinco de Mayo and Mother's Day. The 2019 production, as part of FunikiJam's 12 week city-wide "Music Garden" program of classes & events geared for young children and families, explores music and culture of Europe, South America, and Nashville with a special focus on Spanish language. When international artists The Agents of Jam accept a mission to celebrate Spring around the world, they don't need a map ... they just "follow the tunes!" This lively show -- aimed at kids ages 2 to 10 -- invites you to join in on the globe-spanning musical adventure as "new recruits." Guided by Captain Jam (writer and lead Brian Barrentine) and The Agents of Jam, you'll explore European and South American cultures, learning lively songs, rhymes and stories. Kids can get out of their seats to dance and sing along when Music Garden sprouts up at the Actors' Temple Theatre in the heart of the theatre district. FunikiJam was founded by Brian Barrentine in 1999 to ... (read more) Hurricane Sleep: A Sonata of Floating & Drowning | NY - IATI Theater Hurricane Sleep is a new female-centered experimental play about trauma and how healing begins with the most intimate self to reverberate through dimensions of time and being. Set in New York City during Hurricane Sandy, Sal finds herself trapped in a flooding bodega alongside a local girl named Ome. This claustrophobic setting will become Sal's canvas to rapidly flow, like the fast winds that menace the building, in a journey of self-discovery while facing the ghosts from the past and the dreads of the future. Between boxed wine, ayahuasca and maybe a séance, it is disaster that brings us closer together and true intimacy is found when we least expect it. End Time: 8:15 pm. Category: Arts | Performing Arts | Theatre. Sub-Categories: Arts | Performing Arts | Theatre | Stage. Artists / Speakers: Andrea Goldman, Julia Watt, Sara Fay George, Neysa Lozano, George Bass, Rachel Schmeling, Shashwat Gupta, Heaven Stephens, Elizabeth Schweitzer, Matt Sherwin, Mike Mroch, Jennifer Healy, Evan Sargent, Mateo Lamuno. Prices: General: USD 25.00, Senior: USD 20.00, Student: USD 20.00. Live Piano Karaoke with Julian Velard - Sid Gold's Request Room With a style The Sunday Times calls "catchy but complicated; a surprisingly rare combination," Julian Velard is piano-pop tunesmith recalling Stephen Sondheim or Randy Newman at the peak of their talents. With 4 albums of original material under his belt, he's toured internationally alongside the likes of Jamie Cullum, Paul Carrack, and Amy Macdonald. His quirky, native new york, piano-man sound has found its largest audience in Holland, where he headlined Amsterdam's legendary venue, Paradiso. His comedic timing and musical stylings have made him a regular on The Howard Stern Show and NPR's Ask Me Another. Happy Hour Piano Karaoke with Mark Piro - Sid Gold's Request Room Sid Gold's Request Room now features Happy Hour Piano Karaoke on Fridays! Start your weekend off with a song! With Mark Piro at the keys! MARY, MARY - Gene Frankel Theatre Mary is a compulsively wise-cracking magazine editor who uses her sense of humor to shield her insecurities, while Bob is an infuriatingly sensible publisher. Their marriage ended in divorce and they haven't seen each other in 9 months, but now Mary has been called back to Bob's apartment by their mutual friend and lawyer, Oscar, in the hopes that they can avert an audit by the IRS. Throw in Bob's young fiancée Tiffany; his old war buddy, the handsome and single film hero whose star is in decline, Dirk Winston; and one major snow storm--and we begin to wonder, will Mary and Bob recognize that they are soul mates in time to get back together before they each end up in the arms of another? Written by Jean Kerr Directed by Shay Gines Produced by Retro Productions Old Turtle and the Broken Truth - 14th Street Y Rebel Playhouse is thrilled to be remounting their New York Innovative Theatre Award Nominated** production of OLD TURTLE AND THE BROKEN TRUTH, with a book by Catherine Bush, music and lyrics by Dax Dupuy, and based on the book by Douglas Wood. This Equity Approved Showcase is co-produced by the 14th Street Y and is directed and choreographed by Rebel Playhouse Artistic Director Sarah Sutliff with musical direction by Dax Dupuy. ** Best Musical & Best Choreography Rebel Playhouse's production transports audiences into the faraway world of the Old Turtle and Little One in this immersive, musical adventure. In OLD TURTLE AND THE BROKEN TRUTH, a truth falls like a star from the sky and breaks into two pieces. When the villagers discover only half of the truth, it causes so many problems that Little One, a brave young girl, decides to search for the missing half. With the help of Old Turtle, and many animal friends, Little One is able to mend the broken truth and make it whole again — "you are loved…and so are they" — creating a better world for everyone. OLD TURTLE AND THE BROKEN TRUTH is powerful allegory about accepting and welcoming differences, which will resonate with ch... (read more) Knock It Off!: A Farce - Theatre for the New City What do you get when you combine a corrupt gynecologist, plastic surgery look-a-likes, a lascivious surgeon, a jittery liberal engaged to a staunch conservative, a flighty receptionist, a mysterious man hired for his sexual dexterity and a forgetful Holocaust survivor? You get Knock It Off!, a new farce debuting at Theater for the New City starting May 2nd. Karen Lynn Gorney, star of the movie "Saturday Night Fever" and "All My Children" joins the cast as Eyphah along with Peter Zachari, Lori Funk, Joey Mirabile, Nora Falk, Scott Ahearn, Amandina Altomare and Brian Anthony Simmons. Four years ago playwright Peter Zachari mounted the first version of this play, which was titled, Under the Knife. "When I originally presented this show we set the farce in modern day but it always felt like it could work in a different time period," says Zachari. "Dr. Katz is a disgraceful gynecologist who will do anything for a buck so I thought, 'What if we set it in 1973 when the abortion debate was swirling and the play opens on the day of the Roe v. Wade announcement?' Now Katz has been secretly and illegally performing abortions for cash under the table and is dreading the Supreme Court d... (read more) Friendly's Fire - 14th Street Y In a cabin in Alaska, Guy Friendly, a Gulf War veteran and bee-herder, has just had a tooth stolen during casual sex. His best friend Todd, a pawn-shop owner dressed as an astronaut, finds Friendly in a fevered state. Trapped by the snow, Todd has little choice but enter Friendly's fevered dream, to unravel the events of the night before – and the events of the Gulf War that led Friendly to becoming a shut-in. An homage to Western movies, He-Man action figures, and the playwright's belief as a child that the Sesame Street Muppet Guy Smiley was in fact God, Friendly's Fire shows us to what lengths one man will go to preserve the sanity of his friend - a veteran who lost his brother in service to our country. Written by John Patrick Bray Directed by Anna Hogan Produced by Rising Sun Performance Company in association with the 14th Street Y The cast features Adeyinka Adebola, Johnny Blaze Leavitt, Ita Korenzecher, Desiree Pinol, Kyle Porter, William Serri, Hannah Taylor, and Matthew Weitz. The Rare Biosphere - Calvary St George's SEA DOG THEATER is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Chris Cragin-Day's (Martin Luther on Trial) THE RARE BIOSPHERE, directed by award-winning Christopher Domig. THE RARE BIOSPHERE will play a 21 performance limited engagement at Calvary St. George's (61 Gramercy Park North, NY, NY 10010). Performances begin Thursday, April 25th and continue through Sunday, May 19. Opening Night is Sunday, April 28 (8 p.m.). Sophie, a Honduran-American teenager, comes home from high school to find that her parents have been deported. She immediately goes into bunker-down survival mode, trying to care for her younger siblings without raising suspicion and considering her next move. Her plan is complicated when Steven, a well-meaning friend, oblivious to the issues she's facing, discovers and struggles to comprehend her situation. Sophie is an impressive student, a Dreamer, with plans to study Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University. She is fascinated with what is known as the "Rare Biosphere," a term that refers to rare, previously overlooked, microbial species that play a crucial role in regulating Earth's ecosystems. The play draws a parallel between our... (read more) WINTER SEMESTER CLASSES at TADA! Youth Theater: January 13- May 21, 2019 - TADA! Youth Theater Curtain Up! At TADA! Youth Theater's (Winter Semester) From page to stage – the longest and most in-depth play building semester yet! Create and perform an original mini-musical by blending the essential skills of singing, dancing, acting, and playwriting. Classes will culminate with final presentations for family and friends. Get 15% off Winter Semester registration by using the discount code EARLYBIRD15 For more information on TADA!'s Camps and Classes, please call the Education Department at 212-252-1619 x4 or email education@tadatheater.com. To register please visit: http://www.tadatheater.com/education-programs/classes/winter-classes For over 30 years, the Drama Desk Award winning TADA! Youth Theater has been providing children with musical theater classes that teach them how to sing, dance, and act while inspiring their individual creativity. Bucolic - Judson Memorial Church A darkly comedic musical based on bizarre, true tales of murder in a small Nebraska town. WHAT: Created and composed by Lauren Maul, 'Bucolic' is a darkly comedic musical based on bizarre true crime stories from her hometown in Nebraska. 'Bucolic' features disturbing yarns and feel-good music with all of your local Nebraskan favorites, including coach/priest Father John, Pam Dowd - the #1 Realtor in the Murder-Suicide House Market, Laura Smalls - a surviving member of the 4th grade class, and many more! Audience members are invited to get their church directory portrait taken after the show. Orange drink and animal crackers will be provided. Starring Lauren Maul, Michael Harren, Lady Kate Weber, Kiirstin Marilyn, Tim Girrbach, Thalia Robinson, and Jenn Wehrung. WHEN: Saturday, May 4, 8:30pm Saturday, May 11, 8:30pm Saturday, May 18, 7:30pm Friday, May 24, 7:30pm HOW: Tickets are $20 and only available at the door on the night of the performance. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime and seating is limited. Van Doren Waxter - Madison Avenue Gallery Walk Paintings & Works on Paper Moira Dryer, Paintings & Works on Paper. Van Doren Waxter is pleased to present a solo exhibition of works from the 1980s and early 1990s by the late painter Moira Dryer (b. 1957 – d. 1992), on view from April 4 to May 24, 2019 at 23 East 73rd Street. Featuring a dozen works, the exhibition will include paintings on wood panel, rarely exhibited works on paper, and printed ephemera from the artist's lifetime exhibitions. This marks the gallery's third presentation of Dryer's work, following two exhibitions organized by gallery partner Augusto Arbizo in 2014 and 2016. The show anticipates a forthcoming Moira Dryer solo survey entitled Moira Dryer: Back in Business, organized by Lily Siegel and Klaus Ottman, which opens at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. in January 2020. HSA Department Of Art & Design Presents INTERWOVEN - HSA Gallery The Harlem School of the Arts with curator and Director of Art & Design, Adrienne Elise Tarver, proudly presents, "INTERWOVEN," an exhibition featuring the work of artists Sedrick and Letitia Huckaby. This unique exhibition presents married couple, Sedrick and Letitia Huckaby's work side-by-side highlighting their individual and mutual interests in the ties that bind generations in the black community. Textiles play a large role in these recent bodies of work, as they have in the histories of the black community in America. From the cotton picked in southern plantations to the intricate patchwork quilts made from scraps of old clothes, there's resilience and resourcefulness that is woven into the threads of black history in the United States. Letitia presents work from her series "40 Acres...Gumbo Ya Ya," referencing the unfulfilled promise of land to formerly enslaved individuals in post-civil-war America, and the Cajun phrase meaning everybody is talking at once. She stretches images of rural Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas printed on fabric over embroidery hoops, referencing domestic work and handmaid heirlooms which cultivate sentimental value over generations instead ... (read more) Nurture - Gallery 104 Opening Reception: Thursday, May 2, 6-9pm Exhibition Dates: May 2 - 26, 2019 7 Franklin Place, Lower Level April 18, 2019 Gallery 104 is pleased to present a group exhibition featuring an exceptional cadre of multidisciplinary artists, curated by Lucy McCarron, Director of Gallery 104. Each work in this show touches upon the idea of nurture, visualizing approaches to reciprocal processes of caring for self and others. In a range of media, these cultural producers thoughtfully prompt viewers to consider the formative nurturing experiences and forces that have had an impact on individuals' development and construction of identity. Further, the assembled objects will explore the environment through the lens of nurture, calling attention to the responsibility we have to care for the earth and all its inhabitants. The show will open on Thursday, May 2nd with a public reception from 6-9pm. Following the reception, there will be an after-party for artists, curators, collectors, and patrons at the nearby Roxy Hotel, located between Walker and White Streets on 6th Avenue. The show will remain on view until Sunday, May 26th. Visitors may see the works during its run Monday thr... (read more) Heal - NYA Gallery Opening Reception: Thursday, May 2, 6-9pm Exhibition Dates: May 2 - May 26, 2019 7 Franklin Place, New York April 18, 2019 NYA Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition focused on healing. The show will feature a number of exemplary artists from around the globe and be curated by Shane Townley and Cathy Condon. Amid this contemporary moment plagued by social, economic, and political instability, many turn to various forms of cultural expression to gain perspective and escape from anxiety-inducing news reports. In response to an increasingly divided and distressed population, the artists in Heal offer powerful commentaries on individual and collective healing, be it in the bodily, environmental, or spiritual sense. The show will open on Thursday, May 2nd with a public reception from 6-9pm. After the reception, there will be an after-party for artists, curators, collectors, and patrons at the nearby Roxy Hotel, located between Walker and White Streets on 6th Avenue. The works will remain on view until Sunday, May 26th. Visitors may see the show during its run Monday through Sunday between the hours 12-5pm. For more information, please call (917) 472-9015 or email... (read more) DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE - Soho Playhouse Based on the classic novella, this original adaptation takes you to the dismal streets of London in the 1860s, where societal pressures silence a gentle doctor's questions about the nature of morality. As the pressure intensifies, Dr. Jekyll takes matters into his own hands. However, things take an eerie turn when his experiment takes on a life of its own. Will his efforts save the world, or will they destroy all that he holds dear? After all, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde April 17 – May 26, 2019; Opening night is Sunday, April 28 The SoHo Playhouse is located at 15 Vandam Street Plays Wednesday - Sunday at 7 pm Running time is 85 minutes Tickets are $49, for more information and a full schedule and for more information about the SoHo Playhouse, please visit www.sohoplayhouse.com The Theater at the 14th Street Y Announces the 2018-2019 Season Family Series - 14th Street Y The Theater at the 14th Street Y Announces the 2018-2019 Season Family Series NEW YORK - The Theater at the 14th Street Y continues tohonor the edgy, diverse, and rich history of innovative culture-making in the East Village for people of all ages with the 2018-2019 Family Series. The series kicks-off on October 20, 2018 with The Not-So-Spooky Ghost and runs through May 2019. "Ever since I was a child, I can remember sitting in the theater, waiting as the lights went down for the magic to start. From the age of two, my mother would schlep us to see new worlds and experience foreign types of movement, sounds and music. She believed in exposing us to all parts of our imagination, building paths towards new unknowns. Here at the 14the Street Y Theater, we also believe that all children should experience that magic, sit excitedly for unknowns, and meet new characters for their imagination to take into new worlds. We want to create a platform that will enable artists to weave their magic for our kids. That is why we have started incubating and supporting a Theater for Young Audiences series. This year we are launching this series with 5 new plays and events that will shar... (read more) AD ART SHOW 2019 - Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center After the groundbreaking and phenomenally successful launch of AD ART SHOW 2018 at Sotheby's New York, MvVO ART is bringing AD ART SHOW 2019, a selling exhibition, to the streets of New York City. AD ART SHOW showcases the talented artists continuing the legacy of Warhol, Haring, Magritte, and the many other world famous artists with roots in advertising. AD ART SHOW 2019 will be on LinkNYC displays during Frieze Week (May 1-4, 2019, 5 to 7pm) and a curated selection of AD ART SHOW artists will be featured across the 22 monumental digital screen network at the Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center— a retail and culture anchor in Lower Manhattan New York—for the entire month of May. The AD ART SHOW 2019 Art collection will be for sale on MvVO ART's Artsy e-gallery via starting Monday, April 29, 2019. More show details will be posted as of April 29 on www.mvvoart.com Follow mvvoart on Instagram to discover the artists @mvvoart CAULIPOWER House: A Different Kind of Pizza Pop Up - 257 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014 ICYMI, cauliflower crust pizza is kind of a big deal. The badass founder and CEO of CAULIPOWER, America's #1 better-for-you pizza, is shaking things up again with a unique pop up pizza shop in the heart of pizza country, New York City's West Village. The CAULIPOWER House is a powerhouse of FREE PIZZA samples, photo ops, a claw machine (you read that right), and surprises you won't fuggedaboutit. Stop by any day in May from 12pm - 8pm daily. We can't wait to share a slice with you. 72 Hour Shootout Competition - CUNY Compete in the 2019 72 Hour Shootout and win cash, network TV mentorships and much more! Film lab will be offering how-to workshops between now and June and, on June 6, 2019, a theme will be announced at 8pm EST on which all films must be based! Filmmakers then have 72 hours to complete films of 5 minutes or less. Judges include ABC's Executive Director of Casting! Like Facebook.com/72HrShootout [facebook.com] to learn more and register at https://form.jotform.com/90588438090162?fbclid=IwAR1D_ObRUW7ByHBaCUWhI7j5ZTX9b8T23YsF8wjZWsZsw47EZmShBCgmBSg [form.jotform.com]. The top ten films screen at the AAInternationalFilmFestival! Mean Girls - August-Wilson Theatre Mean Girl Broadway Musical If you didn't see Mean Girl back in the 2000s, then you probably didn't have that great of a childhood. Most people might call it a chick flick, but in our opinion, it is one of the greatest teen movies of our generation. The people were in awe over our little mathematician. Oh, and it's not just our opinion, the movie was showered with more awards then we can count. But, the story just keeps getting better. After her incredible movie, Tina Fey didn't just stop there. She has far greater and extravagant plans for the Mean Girls Franchise. You'd like to know if Tina Fey can write a musical. The oh-so-not-surprising answer is... yes! – Peter Marks, The Washington Post We sometimes feel that our childhood is coming to life with musicals. First, it was Bring it On, then Heathers with several others in development. But, the musical for Mean Girls is already here. The Mean Girls Musical is a masterpiece from the great Fey. It's based on her book and the movie of the same name. The musical was under construction since 2013. But, it was a moment of joy for every fan when it was announced on "Mean Girls Day" that their favorite movie was comi... (read more) This Spring, Educational Alliance's 14th Street Y and Downtown Jewish Life Celebrate Jewish Culture across the East Village with the 2019 Season of Jewish Culture - 14th Street Y This Spring, Educational Alliance's 14th Street Y and Downtown Jewish Life Celebrate Jewish Culture across the East Village with the 2019 Season of Jewish Culture Celebration consists of a dozen interfaith, multi-faith, and Jewish Events NEW YORK, NY - Starting Saturday, April 20th and ending June 8th, Educational Alliance's 14th Street Y and Downtown Jewish Life will join together in hosting and participating in a dozen events to celebrate Jewish culture, as part of "The Jewish Season of Culture." These events will display the gorgeous breadth of Jewish art, religion, and culture and provide an opportunity for both Jewish and New Yorkers of all backgrounds with a way to engage with Jewish culture in an open, creative, and educational environment. Educational Alliance President and CEO Alan van Capelle said, "We are excited for another year of incredible programming during Educational Alliance's Season of Jewish Culture. With our impressive roster of partner organizations, we look forward to showcasing the vibrancy of Jewish life in downtown Manhattan and celebrating its connections and contributions to the rich diversity of New York City." 14th Street Y Executive D... (read more) Double For Your Trouble (Gospel Musical Stage Play) - Oberia D. Dempsey Theater A modern-day telling of the story of Job that follows the life of Ebony who's faith is tested during difficult times. DOUBLE FOR YOUR TROUBLE (Gospel Musical Stage Play) - Oberia D. Dempsey Theater Double For Your Trouble is the modern day story of Job. Ebony, our modern day Job, has lost everything including her will to live. Can God restore and mend Ebony's broken heart? Yes, He can! But will she allow Him to give her double for her trouble? ORIGINAL SOUND - CHERRY LANE A young Nuyorican beat maker calls out a rising pop star for ripping off his track. ORIGINAL SOUND is a fierce, funny, musical journey through the heart of an unforgiving industry. ORIGINAL SOUND will begin its limited run on April 30 and run through June 8, 2019, celebrating its opening night on May 9, 2019, at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street, NYC). It will play Monday – Friday at 7 pm; Saturday Matinees at 5 pm and 9 pm. NO SHOWS on Sunday (Exception: No performances on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27; Added show on Friday, May 31 at 5 pm & 9 pm). Running time is 90 minutes and tickets to ORIGINAL SOUND are $55 general admission ($45 previews); $85 premium tickets ($75 previews) and are available by visiting CherryLaneTheatre.org, by calling 866-811-4111 or by visiting the Cherry Lane Theatre Box Office. Pulled In Brooklyn - International Print Center New York Curated by Roberta Waddell & Samantha Rippner with Consulting Printer Luther Davis April 4–June 15, 2019 Press Preview, Thursday, April 4, 10–11:30 AM Opening Reception, 6–8 PM, featuring live demonstration by Kayrock Screenprinting --- International Print Center New York is pleased to announce its highly anticipated spring exhibition Pulled In Brooklyn, co-curated by Roberta Waddell and Samantha Rippner, in consultation with printer Luther Davis. This exhibition is the first in-depth exploration of the vibrant network of artists, printers, and workshops that has developed and flourished in Brooklyn since the early 1990s. This monumental exhibition is also IPCNY's first to occupy two adjacent spaces, more than doubling the scale of its previous presentations. "IPCNY is thrilled to spotlight Brooklyn as home to a deep network of printers and workshops, from Greenpoint and Williamsburg to Bushwick and Crown Heights," says Director Judy Hecker, "with a collective can-do ethos that has supported innovation in the borough and in contemporary art." Works by 101 artists created across twenty-six printshops and book arts workshops reveal a close-knit and generous community, suppo... (read more) Mnuchin Gallery - Madison Avenue Gallery Walk De Kooning: Five Decades Robert E. Mnuchin (born 1933) is an American art dealer and former banker. He is the founder of the Mnuchin Gallery at 45 East 78th Street, New York. He is the father of Steven Mnuchin, who is the United States Secretary of the Treasury in the Trump administration. In 1992, Mnuchin opened his gallery, C & M Arts, with James Corcoran, a Los Angeles-based dealer.[2] In 2005, the name of gallery was changed to L&M Arts when he entered into partnership with Dominique Lévy; she left in 2013 to open her own gallery nearby "Move Your Curves" Workshop at Ailey Extension - The Joan Weill Center for Dance Ailey Extension is teaming up with Pretty BIG Movement to bring you a "Move Your Curves" workshop. Pretty BIG Movement, based in New York City, is a full-figured dance company specializing in various dance genres such as hip-hop, jazz, ethnic, and more. Founder and CEO Akira Armstrong realized there wasn't a platform for women with voluptuous curves in mainstream media, and so she created one. While auditioning for Full Figured Fashion Week, Akira found that she was surrounded by confident, plus-size women who were beautiful, curvaceous, and shared the same passion in dance. She seized that moment and started Pretty BIG Movement. By 2015, the voluptuous dance troupe performed in Ladies Of Hip-Hop, Carnival (choreographers' ball), Ms. Full Figured USA pageant, Female Hip-Hop Honors award show, Salt N Pepa, Lane Bryant campaigns ("I'm No Angel" and "Plus Is Equal"), Full Beauty commercial, Mz. 007 concert and NBC's America's Got Talent (season 10). Currently, Pretty BIG offers dance workshops in the tri-state area to the plus-size community, creating a No Judgment environment where individuals can feel comfortable dancing. Manhattan Hip Hop vs. Reggae Party Cruise Yacht party - Skyport Marina Friday June 22nd, 2018 – NYC Hip Hop vs. Reggae Yacht Party at Skyport Marinas Jewel Yacht located at East 23rd st & FDR Drive 10010 NY (347) 592-0300. Music by NYC Hottest Djs! Tickets 20$! Boarding 11:45pm, Sailing after midnight! The Only Hip Hop vs. Reggae cruise to be in NYC...Jewel Yacht! www.Gametightny.com (347) 592-0300 info/tickets YACHT PARTIES IN NY - NY'S HOTTEST – YACHT NIGHT PARTY NYC HIP HOP VS. REGGAE CRUISE! The Only Boat Party to be in NY... Skyport Marina Jewel Yacht East 23rd st & FDR Drive 10010 (347) 592-0300 NYC HIP HOP VS. REGGAE BOAT PARTY! 1 DAY - 1 EXCLUSIVE EVENT! MUSIC BY NYC HOTTEST DJS AT SKYPORT MARINA JEWEL YACHT PARTY, NEW YORK!! TICKETS JUST $20 FOR TICKET WHICH INCLUDES:ADMISSION TO THE BOAT SAILING INFO:Boarding Starts at 11:45pm (highly recommend getting there at 10:00pm to avoid long lines & confusion), Sails after midnight. Boat Returns at approximately 4am. For tickets info, birthday parties, table reservations please call (347) 592-0300 or simply log onto www.Gametightny.com Also you can email us at Gametightny@hotmail.com Ailey Extension's Afro Flow Yoga Workshop - The Ailey Studios at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Come experience joy and elation through movement and sound at Ailey Extension. Afro Flow Yoga® infuses electrifying dance movements of the African Diaspora flowing with a meditative yoga sequence of gentle yet powerful stretches. Deeply connect with the soulful rhythms of live drumming, energize your charkas, gain strength and flexibility, and rejoice in the bliss of feeling grounded and peaceful! Through the power of collective energy and the creation of sacred space, students will leave feeling empowered, energized, and renewed. With a mission to promote healing and community building through dance, music and yogic practices, husband and wife team, Leslie Salmon Jones, Ailey School Alum, and multi-instrumentalist Jeff W Jones created Afro-Flow Yoga to celebrate, honor and respect our shared humanity and cultural differences in a non-judgmental and safe environment. New York to Route 66: A Pictorial History - Meet in Place Paul Calendrillo New York and Meet in Place are proud to present New York to Route 66: A Pictorial History, by photographer, Christophe Avril. Three blocks from the Superfine Fair. Come join us as well on May 1st after 6pm. Opening Reception May 1st 6pm to 8pm May 1st to June 28th 2019 Meet in Place 75 Spring Street New York, NY 10012 Growing up in France, my first interest with the image world was looking through magazines that were hanging everywhere in our small flat, magazines like: L'Ecran, Cinémonde, Life and Vogue, and by watching the black and white TV with all the American movies. This is when I discovered the American west with John Ford movies filmed in Monument Valley and other places in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. Everything looked so big. Also, the I loved the television series that made me travel to America, The Little House in the Prairie, Bonanza, Route 66, Wanted Dead or Alive and Daniel Boone. Later on, I discovered still photography and very rapidly fell in love with this art. Photographers like, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, or Helmut Newton and the American, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange or Annie Leibovitz made me want to become a ... (read more) New York to Route 66: A Pictorial History - Meet in Place Just Three Blocks from the Superfine Art Fair Paul Calendrillo New York and Meet in Place are proud to present New York to Route 66: A Pictorial History By photographer Christophe Avril Growing up in France, my first interest with the image world was looking through magazines that were hanging everywhere in our small flat, magazines like: L'Ecran, Cinémonde, Life and Vogue, and by watching the black and white TV with all the American movies. This is when I discovered the American west with John Ford movies filmed in Monument Valley and other places in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. Everything looked so big. Also, the I loved the television series that made me travel to America, The Little House in the Prairie, Bonanza, Route 66, Wanted Dead or Alive and Daniel Boone. Later on, I discovered still photography and very rapidly fell in love with this art. Photographers like, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, or Helmut Newton and the American, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange or Annie Leibovitz made me want to become a photographer. But my all-time inspirational photographers, whom I appreciate without trying to copy, are artists like Robert Doisneau , Ansel Adams, Edward... (read more) Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center - Rockefeller Center More than 20 sculptures will transform Rockefeller Center into a free public art park for the first-ever Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center from Thursday, April 25 through Friday, June 28 in indoor and outdoor locations at Rockefeller Center, between 48th and 51st Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues, Manhattan. Curator Brett Littman, Director of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in Long Island City, selected and placed new and significant works by 14 international and local artists for the installation, all presented by world-leading galleries. Littman designed Frieze Sculpture to work in context with the art and architecture already at Rockefeller Center, creating a massive indoor-outdoor free gallery. The public art park gives visitors the opportunity to experience, enjoy, and interact with renowned artwork free of charge, without tickets or time constraints, with the option of learning more about the works from a free audio tour that accompanies guests as they make their way through all of the sculptures on display around the Center. Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center will include works from Nick Cave, Aaron Curry, Jose Dávila, Walter De Maria, Rochelle G... (read more) Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center - Rockefeller Center More than 20 sculptures will transform Rockefeller Center into a free public art park for the first-ever Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center from Thursday, April 25 through Friday, June 28 in indoor and outdoor locations at Rockefeller Center, between 48th and 51st Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues, Manhattan. Curator Brett Littman, Director of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in Long Island City, selected and placed new and significant works by 14 international and local artists for the installation, all presented by world-leading galleries. Littman designed Frieze Sculpture to work in context with the art and architecture already at Rockefeller Center, creating a massive indoor-outdoor free gallery. The public art park gives visitors the opportunity to experience, enjoy, and interact with renowned artwork free of charge, without tickets or time constraints, with the option of learning more about the works from a free audio tour that accompanies guests as they make their way through all of the sculptures on display around the Center. Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center will include works from Nick Cave, Aaron Curry, Jose Dávila, Walter De Maria, Rochelle G... (read more) Backyard Wilderness - American Museum of Natural History Backyard Wilderness will surprise and entertain viewers with the unexpected wonders of nature that are in our own neighborhoods and communities, arming explorers of all ages with the tools and inspiration to discover the wonders of nature at their fingertips. The film reveals animal inhabitants in rare and breathtaking detail captured by cameras mounted inside dens and nests and moving along forest floors and pond bottoms. Screening through June 30, 2019, Backyard Wilderness will be shown daily in the Museum's Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Theater, in 2D at 11:30 am and 4:30 pm, and in 3D at 10:30 am and 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 pm. Times are subject to change. To purchase tickets in advance, the public should call 212-769-5200 or visit amnh.org. A service charge may apply. Art After Stonewall, 1969–1989 - Grey Art Gallery Exploring the impact of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBTQ) civil-rights movement on the art world, Art After Stonewall, 1969–1989 will open during the 50th anniversary year of the Stonewall Riots of 1969, a crucial victory in the gay liberation movement. Comprising some 150 artworks and documents, the exhibition focuses on works by such openly LGBTQ artists as Nan Goldin, Holly Hughes, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tim Miller, Catherine Opie, and Andy Warhol. It also examines engagement with the emerging queer subculture in the art of Vito Acconci, Diane Arbus, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lynda Benglis, and Karen Finley. Comprising performance art, photography, painting, sculpture, film clips, video, and music alongside historical documents, the exhibition will be presented in two venues: the Grey Art Gallery, NYU, and the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York. Organized by the Columbus Museum of Art, Art After Stonewall is curated by Jonathan Weinberg, Tyler Cann, and Drew Sawyer, and will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue. Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989 - Grey Art Gallery, New York University Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisings, Art after Stonewall, 1969–1989 is a long-awaited and groundbreaking survey that features over 200 works of art and related visual materials exploring the impact of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) liberation movement on visual culture. Presented in two parts—at New York University's Grey Art Gallery and the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art—the exhibition features artworks by openly LGBTQ artists such as Vaginal Davis, Louise Fishman, Nan Goldin, Lyle Ashton Harris, Barbara Hammer, Holly Hughes, Greer Lankton, Robert Mapplethorpe, Catherine Opie, Joan Snyder, and Andy Warhol. On view at the Grey Art Gallery from April 24 through July 20, 2019 and at the Leslie-Lohman Museum from April 24 through July 21, 2019, the exhibition is organized by the Columbus Museum of Art. Drunken Jenga Tournament - e's BAR Join Broadly Entertaining for our new Drunken Jenga Night at e's! Featuring fun prizes, toppling towers, shot + trivia blocks, bar tabs, and more! Made in New York City: The Business of Folk Art - American Folk Art Museum The exhibition Made in New York City: The Business of Folk Art will be presented at the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) from March 19 through July 28, 2019. Around 100 works by 18th, 19th, and early 20th-century self-taught artists highlight the history of of New York City as a financial and financial and commercial capital. The exhibition is curated by Elizabeth V. Warren, independent curator and author of Red and White Quilts: Infinite Variety, The Perfect Game: America Looks at Baseball, and Young America: A Folk Art History, among other books. The coordinating curator is Stacy C. Hollander, deputy director for curatorial affairs and chief curator of the American Folk Art Museum. Made in New York City will tell its story from two perspectives simultaneously: "The Art of Business" focuses on the people and places that were part of the city's thrumming commercial life. "The Business of Art" highlights the products of the artists, artisans, and manufacturers – the commercial signs, store figures, and early advertising images that they made. The exhibition will draw on the collections of a number of New York City museums, including the American Folk Art Museum, The New-York Histori... (read more) Made in New York City: The Business of Folk Art - American Folk Art Museum The exhibition Made in New York City: The Business of Folk Art will be presented at the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) from March 19 through July 28, 2019. Around 100 works by 18th, 19th, and early 20th-century self-taught artists highlight the history of of New York City as a financial and financial and commercial capital. The exhibition is curated by Elizabeth V. Warren, independent curator and author of Red and White Quilts: Infinite Variety, The Perfect Game: America Looks at Baseball, and Young America: A Folk Art History, among other books. The coordinating curator is Stacy C. Hollander, deputy director for curatorial affairs and chief curator of the American Folk Art Museum. Made in New York City will tell its story from two perspectives simultaneously: "The Art of Business" focuses on the people and places that were part of the city's thrumming commercial life. "The Business of Art" highlights the products of the artists, artisans, and manufacturers – the commercial signs, store figures, and early advertising images that they made. The exhibition will draw on the collections of a number of New York City museums, including the American Folk Art Museum, The New-York Histori... (read more) Among Others: Photography and the Group - The Morgan Library & Museum Composed chiefly of works in the Morgan's collection, this exhibition explores how photographers have represented the bonds uniting people, whether in group portraits or in serial imagery. In arranged sittings, form is content: when commissioned to photograph the royals of Germany and England at a wedding in 1894, James Russell and Son's Studio instinctively centered its composition around the family's matriarch, Queen Victoria. Camera artists sometimes insert themselves into the action, as Susan Meiselas did when mingling with carnival strippers, first to portray them behind the scenes and then to photograph those in the audience from a performer's perspective. Action can also be a pose: in 1970, when asked to create a positive poster image for the Gay Liberation Front, Peter Hujar asked the group's members to run toward him on the street, enacting their slogan, "Come Out!!" Ingenuity may be called for when one's subjects are all too well-known: a press photographer, Jean-Pierre Ducatez, appealed to the primal desires of Beatles fans by zeroing in on the lips of each band member, creating a captivating game of who's-who. Bringing together works from the 1860s to the present, Among... (read more) Freedmanart - Madison Avenue Gallery Walk Walls and Occupied Spaces: paintings by artist Kit White, in a timely conversation with artist and writer Jason Stopa. Rebel Rebel: the Secret David Bowie NYC Tour - West Village HALLO, BOWIE'S NYC Experience an immersive adventure featuring David Bowie's little-known NYC haunts. By the time of his death, Bowie had lived in New York for over 20 years. "I've lived in New York longer than I've lived anywhere else. It's amazing. I am a New Yorker." Discover the story of Blackstar and the history of Ziggy as you trace the footsteps of David's life in NYC, visiting locations where he recorded, and the notable spots significant to the Thin White Duke as an artist and New Yorker. Hogarth: Cruelty and Humor - The Morgan Library & Museum The satirical scenes of the celebrated English artist William Hogarth (1697–1764) are iconic representations of eighteenth-century urban life at a time of great socio-economic disparity. An academic outsider and an activist, Hogarth was driven to innovate, creating new genres and modes of expression in his painting, printmaking, and drawing in his effort to elevate the status of British art. This exhibition will investigate the ways the artist used humor, satire, and political commentary to engage a broad audience and agitate for legislation and political goals. The exhibition features the Morgan's exceptional cache of six sheets preparatory for two of Hogarth's most revered print series, both issued in February 1751: Beer Street and Gin Lane and The Four Stages of Cruelty. The story of Hogarth's images reveal an artist who addressed the ills and injustices of life in a modern metropolis, exploring the connections between violence, crime, alcohol abuse, and cruelty to animals in ways that would amuse, occasionally shock, and edify his audience. Shady Ladies: Secret Tour of The Met - Metropolitan Museum of Art DISCOVER HISTORY'S SCANDALOUS, FEISTY WOMEN FROM ANCIENT GREEK HETAERAE TO MADAME X Courtesans, royal mistresses, scandalous women of every sort—the walls of the Metropolitan Museum are lined with them, from ancient Greek hetaerae to Sargent's Madame X. These women, famous not only for sex-appeal but also for their talents—and for a spirit which today we would call 'entrepreneurial'— fascinated both their wealthy patrons and the artists who created the world's great masterpieces. But who were they? How did they rise to their positions? And how did they maintain their prominence despite their scandalous reputations? OH, THE STORIES YOU'LL HEAR… To find out, join us as we explore the lives and loves that lie behind the paintings. The Shady Ladies tour will change the way you see the museum — and art itself — forever. On this fun and informative 2-hour Metropolitan Museum tour, we will learn about: -- The first nude female statue in ancient Greece and the hetaera who modeled for it -- The oiran of the pleasure quarter of 18th century Tokyo -- A Venetian courtesan who published books of poetry -- The official royal mistresses of the French kings -- A royal bastard ... (read more) Shady Ladies: Secret Tour of The Met - Metropolitan Museum of Art DISCOVER HISTORY'S SCANDALOUS, FEISTY WOMEN FROM ANCIENT GREEK HETAERAE TO MADAME X Courtesans, royal mistresses, scandalous women of every sort—the walls of the Metropolitan Museum are lined with them, from ancient Greek hetaerae to Sargent's Madame X. These women, famous not only for sex-appeal but also for their talents—and for a spirit which today we would call 'entrepreneurial'— fascinated both their wealthy patrons and the artists who created the world's great masterpieces. But who were they? How did they rise to their positions? And how did they maintain their prominence despite their scandalous reputations? OH, THE STORIES YOU'LL HEAR… To find out, join us as we explore the lives and loves that lie behind the paintings. The Shady Ladies tour will change the way you see the museum — and art itself — forever. On this fun and informative 2-hour Metropolitan Museum tour, we will learn about: -- The first nude female statue in ancient Greece and the hetaera who modeled for it -- The oiran of the pleasure quarter of 18th century Tokyo -- A Venetian courtesan who published books of poetry -- The official royal mistresses of the French kings -- A royal bastard ... (read more) Dear Evan Hansen - Music Box Theatre Dear Evan Hansen Tickets. Dear Evan Hansen Musical. Dear Evan Hansen Broadway. Dear Evan Hansen is the epitome of a modern musical. The show is set firmly in the mid 2010's with technology and social media at the core of its plot, catering directly to its target audience of the teenagers and young adults of today while also connecting to people of all ages. Winning the Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Book of a Musical, the crew behind the production take full advantage of their target audience. Musical theatre is becoming increasingly more popular with young people, so with it's music, characters and plot, Dear Evan Hansen is almost irresistible to them. The show, with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and book by Steven Levenson, deals with some pretty heavy subject matter, but they're issues that are very hot topics at the moment. The heavy themes of mental illness, suicide, and struggling families are confronting, but as they become more prominent in real life, the need to portray these issue seriously in theatre is more crucial than ever. Dear Evan Hansen handles these themes with grace and honesty. It makes a point of giv... (read more) American Museum of Natural History Presents: Oceans: Our Blue Planet - American Museum of Natural History Embark on a global odyssey to discover the largest and least explored habitat on Earth. New ocean science and technology has allowed humans to go farther into the unknown than ever thought possible. From the coastal shallows to deeper, more mysterious worlds, this film reveals the untold stories of the ocean's most astonishing animals. The Infinite Wrench - Kraine Theater The Infinite Wrench is a mechanism that unleashes a barrage of two-minute plays for a live audience. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying, or a song; all are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived experiences of the performers. With new plays every week, The Infinite Wrench is the Neo-Futurists' ongoing and ever-changing attempt to shift the conventions of live performance and speak to audiences including those unreached or unmoved by traditional theater. The Infinite Wrench runs every weekend (except the last 2 weeks of December). Different show every time! If you've seen the show once, you've seen the show once. Picasso's Le Tricorne - New-York Historical Society Now on display at the New-York Historical Society is a newly acquired and conserved Picasso in the exhibition Picasso's "Le Tricorne." It is the first work by Picasso, and one with great wall power and a New York history, to enter New-York Historical's collection. Pablo Picasso painted the stage curtain for the two-act ballet The Three-Cornered Hat (El sombrero de tres picos or Le tricorne). The ballet and curtain were commissioned by the impresario Sergei Diaghilev for his avant-garde, Paris-based Ballets Russes, the most influential ballet company of the twentieth-century. The ballet was choreographed by Léonide Massine with music by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. It premiered on July 22, 1919, at the Alhambra Theatre in London with sets, costume designs, and the monumental stage curtain created by Picasso. Picasso biographer John Richardson once called "Le Tricorne" the artist's "supreme theatrical achievement." The production, which was conceived by Diaghilev and Massine during a trip to Spain, was enhanced by its many Spanish collaborators, including Picasso who also designed the costumes and set for the ballet. Measuring roughly 20 feet square, the curtain depict... (read more) BUILD Brunch - Build Series NYC Studio Digital entertainment program BUILD Series takes its popular and extensive live interview show to the next level, adding a new, daily morning talk show "BUILD Brunch," as BUILD Series continues its commitment to bring its fans closer to culture. Airing weekdays at 11am live on BUILDseries.com/Brunch, it will feature a roundtable of diverse, young and influential personalities speaking to breaking news, hot topics and the latest in entertainment. PLEASE READ BEFORE ARRIVAL: Doors open 30 minutes before showtime and CLOSE 5 minutes prior to each show. There will be a standby line for every show. VALID ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRY for security purposes (No age minimum). Please note we clear the studio after every event and we DO NOT permit autographs on our premises. This event will be streamed LIVE on BUILDseries.com! Make sure to check out the BUILD Series Newsletter for updates and information about our events: Shopping and Champagne - Trina Turk and Mr. Turk Sip champagne as you shop our new Holiday Collection at 25% off! Plus enter for a chance to win a 1000$ Shopping Spree! YY Dance Company - Peridance Capezio Theater Dancer/choreographer Yiin Yue presents her YY Dance Company in a program of her explosive works, performed by an ensemble of stellar dancers. The Shanghai native has already received commissions from Hubbard Street 2 in Chicago, and her company has performed at Jacob's Pillow, Dancenow, and the Schrit-tmacher Dance Festival in Germany. Fine Art Auction October 20 and 27 – Works by Leading Artists of the Salmagundi Club - Salmagundi Club The Salmagundi Club, a leading center for fine artists presents its annual fall auctions. Auctions will be held on October 20 and 27, 2017 at 8:00 p.m., at the Club's historic brownstone mansion at 47 Fifth Avenue, New York City. To view the art online and bid now, visit liveauctioneers.com and search for Salmagundi. |
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