$10 student tickets for these events are available now at the Box Office.
Show I.D. in person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 57th and 7th, during open weekday and Saturday hours.
WED, MAR 26 at 7 PM
Weill Recital Hall
ENSEMBLE ACJW
Featuring Fellows of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
RAVEL
Sonata for Violin and Cello
THOMAS ADÈS
Catch, Op. 4
GERALD BARRY
“______”
SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667, “Trout”
Familiar chamber music favorites surround two works of recent decades, including Thomas Adès’s Catch, which has three of its four players attempting to “catch” an elusive clarinetist who is not entirely willing to become part of the group.
FRI, MAR 28 at 7:30 PM
Zankel Hall
BIRMINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP
Thomas Adès, Conductor
Stephen Wallace, Countertenor (Pleasure)
William Purefoy, Countertenor (Truth)
Christopher Lemmings, Tenor (Beauty)
Roderick Williams, Baritone (Deceit)
Stephen Richardson, Bass (Time)
GERALD BARRY
The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit (concert performance; NY Premiere)
“[Barry’s opera is] delirious, lascivious, hilarious”—Los Angeles Times
A celebration of youth, beauty, and sensual pleasure, Gerald Barry’s opera The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit has its New York premiere in Zankel Hall. Composer-pianist-conductor Thomas Adès leads this remarkable concert production with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and an all-male cast of virtuoso vocalists. Be there when Pleasure, for a change, gets the better of Time!
Pre-concert talk starts at 6:30 PM in Zankel Hall: Thomas Adès and Gerald Barry in conversation with Jeremy Geffen, Director of Artistic Planning, Carnegie Hall.
SAT, MAR 29 at 7:30 PM
Zankel Hall
MAKING MUSIC: THOMAS ADÈS
“one of the most imposing figures in contemporary classical music”—New Yorker
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Thomas Adès, Conductor and Pianist
Valdine Anderson, Soprano
Ara Guzelimian, Series Moderator
ALL–THOMAS ADÈS PROGRAM
Five Eliot Landscapes
Chamber Symphony, Op. 2
Court Studies from The Tempest
Living Toys
Explore the world of acclaimed young composer Thomas Adès in an evening of music that grips the listener with its edgy brilliance, including Five Eliot Landscapes, songs inspired by T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, and some compelling instrumental interludes from The Tempest, an opera based on Shakespeare.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity-Ongoing
March 21 12 p.m.
Rick Erickson--St. John Passion
With Soloists from the Bach Choir
FREE
March 23 5p.m. EASTER
Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
Johann Michael Bach
Organ: Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547
March 30 5p.m.
Bach Cantata 67
Michael Praetorius
Organ: Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 545
April 6 5p.m.
Bach Cantata 146
Michael Praetorius
Organ: Toccata in d dorian, BWV 538
Pre-Vespers talk 4p.m.
Michael Marissen, Professor of Music, Swarthmore College
April 13
5p.m.
Bach Cantata 175
Heinrich Schutz
Organ: Schafe konnen sicher weiden, from BWV 208
April 20 5p.m.
Complete Bach Motets, Part II
BWV 229
BWV 227
BWV anh. 159
BWV 225
April 27
5p.m.
Bach Cantata 108
Johann Michael Bach
Organ: Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 531
FREE
At Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 3 W 65th St.
Rick Erickson--St. John Passion
With Soloists from the Bach Choir
FREE
March 23 5p.m. EASTER
Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
Johann Michael Bach
Organ: Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547
March 30 5p.m.
Bach Cantata 67
Michael Praetorius
Organ: Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 545
April 6 5p.m.
Bach Cantata 146
Michael Praetorius
Organ: Toccata in d dorian, BWV 538
Pre-Vespers talk 4p.m.
Michael Marissen, Professor of Music, Swarthmore College
April 13
5p.m.
Bach Cantata 175
Heinrich Schutz
Organ: Schafe konnen sicher weiden, from BWV 208
April 20 5p.m.
Complete Bach Motets, Part II
BWV 229
BWV 227
BWV anh. 159
BWV 225
April 27
5p.m.
Bach Cantata 108
Johann Michael Bach
Organ: Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 531
FREE
At Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 3 W 65th St.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Veritas Forum NYU March 3-4
Schedule
Monday, March 3
One Nation Under God
Faith & Love in the Public Sphere
7:30pm. Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, Rosenthall Pavillion, 10th Floor
Tim Keller
Senior Pastor—Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City. Author—The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism.
The Veritas forum is a safe space dialogue hosted by the Christian community to bring NYU together to explore the role that faith plays in our public and political world. Tonight we begin the forum by looking at the way faith and moral law affect public concepts of personal freedoms with acclaimed author and pastor, Timothy Keller.
Tuesday, March 4
Politics of Jesus
7:30pm. Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, Room 914
Lisa Harper
Founder—New York Faith & Justice League.
This event will transition the forum into specific questions of the politics and economics of Jesus Christ in media, politics and scripture with Lisa Harper: respected author, speaker and director of New York Faith and Justice.
Wednesday, March 5
Coffeehouse Discussion
8:00pm. Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, Room 802
We will finish off the forum with this evening's coffee house discussion where all voices come together to address these public questions which affect us as our individual conceptions of morality, freedom and politics form law and discourse in the public sphere.
All FREE and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.veritas.org/nyu/
Monday, March 3
One Nation Under God
Faith & Love in the Public Sphere
7:30pm. Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, Rosenthall Pavillion, 10th Floor
Tim Keller
Senior Pastor—Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City. Author—The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism.
The Veritas forum is a safe space dialogue hosted by the Christian community to bring NYU together to explore the role that faith plays in our public and political world. Tonight we begin the forum by looking at the way faith and moral law affect public concepts of personal freedoms with acclaimed author and pastor, Timothy Keller.
Tuesday, March 4
Politics of Jesus
7:30pm. Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, Room 914
Lisa Harper
Founder—New York Faith & Justice League.
This event will transition the forum into specific questions of the politics and economics of Jesus Christ in media, politics and scripture with Lisa Harper: respected author, speaker and director of New York Faith and Justice.
Wednesday, March 5
Coffeehouse Discussion
8:00pm. Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, Room 802
We will finish off the forum with this evening's coffee house discussion where all voices come together to address these public questions which affect us as our individual conceptions of morality, freedom and politics form law and discourse in the public sphere.
All FREE and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.veritas.org/nyu/
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Carnegie Hall Update
$10 student tickets for these events are available now at the Box Office.
Alarm Will Sound
THURS, FEB 28 at 7:30 PM
Zankel Hall
Alarm Will Sound
Alan Pierson, Artistic Director and Conductor
“equal parts exuberance, nonchalance, and virtuosity … crisp and exhilarating”—Financial Times
A/RHYTHMIA
The 20-member band brings their virtuosity, passion, and commitment to an evening of contagiously energetic and rhythmically-charged new music, highlighted by the New York Premiere of John Adams’s Son of Chamber Symphony, written especially for Alarm Will Sound.
NANCARROW Player Piano Study 2A (arr. Gavin Chuck); Player Piano Study 6 (arr. Yvar Mikhashoff)
LIGETI Movimento preciso e meccanico (third movement) from Chamber Concerto for 13 Instruments
JOSQUIN DES PREZ (arr. Payton MacDonald) Agnus Dei II from Missa l'homme armé super voces
THE SHAGGS
(arr. Gavin Chuck) Philosophy of the World
BIRTWISTLE Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum
JOHN ADAMS Son of Chamber Symphony (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, Stanford Lively Arts, and the San Francisco Ballet)
RICHARD JAMES (APHEX TWIN)
(arr. Ken Thomson) Gwely Mernans
CICONIA
(arr. Gavin Chuck) Le ray au soleyl
MOCHIPET
(arr. Stefan Freund) Dessert Search 4 Techno Baklava
Nonesuch at Carnegie
ACJW
SAT, MAR 1 at 7 PM
Zankel Hall
Ensemble ACJW
Featuring Fellows of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
“a fine ensemble … elegant, tart, and incisive”—New York Times
Christopher Hogwood, Conductor
HAYDN Symphony No. 22 in E-flat Major, “The Philosopher”
MARTINŮ La revue de cuisine
HAYDN
(arr. Wranitzky) Divertimento, Op. 71
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite
Praised as “an enormous success” by the New York Times, the public concerts of the fellows of The Academy are not to be missed. For this concert, the ensemble performs works from across the 18th and 20th centuries, including one of Haydn’s earliest symphonies and Stravinsky’s Pulcinella ballet.
Ax
WED, MAR 5 at 8 PM
Emanuel Ax, Piano
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
“Mr. Ax’s shapely, tempestuous accounts were never less than spellbinding.”—New York Times
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2; Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, “Appassionata”
SCHUMANN Humoreske in B-flat Major, Op. 20; Papillons, Op. 2
Beethoven, from his early A-Major Sonata to the “Appassionata,” made the piano a vehicle for insatiable inquiry. Schumann, from his Papillons to his Humoresque, drew from it ever richer colors for his portraits of human life. The inimitable Ax considers both composers’ perspectives for this special recital.
Alarm Will Sound
THURS, FEB 28 at 7:30 PM
Zankel Hall
Alarm Will Sound
Alan Pierson, Artistic Director and Conductor
“equal parts exuberance, nonchalance, and virtuosity … crisp and exhilarating”—Financial Times
A/RHYTHMIA
The 20-member band brings their virtuosity, passion, and commitment to an evening of contagiously energetic and rhythmically-charged new music, highlighted by the New York Premiere of John Adams’s Son of Chamber Symphony, written especially for Alarm Will Sound.
NANCARROW Player Piano Study 2A (arr. Gavin Chuck); Player Piano Study 6 (arr. Yvar Mikhashoff)
LIGETI Movimento preciso e meccanico (third movement) from Chamber Concerto for 13 Instruments
JOSQUIN DES PREZ (arr. Payton MacDonald) Agnus Dei II from Missa l'homme armé super voces
THE SHAGGS
(arr. Gavin Chuck) Philosophy of the World
BIRTWISTLE Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum
JOHN ADAMS Son of Chamber Symphony (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, Stanford Lively Arts, and the San Francisco Ballet)
RICHARD JAMES (APHEX TWIN)
(arr. Ken Thomson) Gwely Mernans
CICONIA
(arr. Gavin Chuck) Le ray au soleyl
MOCHIPET
(arr. Stefan Freund) Dessert Search 4 Techno Baklava
Nonesuch at Carnegie
ACJW
SAT, MAR 1 at 7 PM
Zankel Hall
Ensemble ACJW
Featuring Fellows of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
“a fine ensemble … elegant, tart, and incisive”—New York Times
Christopher Hogwood, Conductor
HAYDN Symphony No. 22 in E-flat Major, “The Philosopher”
MARTINŮ La revue de cuisine
HAYDN
(arr. Wranitzky) Divertimento, Op. 71
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite
Praised as “an enormous success” by the New York Times, the public concerts of the fellows of The Academy are not to be missed. For this concert, the ensemble performs works from across the 18th and 20th centuries, including one of Haydn’s earliest symphonies and Stravinsky’s Pulcinella ballet.
Ax
WED, MAR 5 at 8 PM
Emanuel Ax, Piano
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
“Mr. Ax’s shapely, tempestuous accounts were never less than spellbinding.”—New York Times
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2; Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, “Appassionata”
SCHUMANN Humoreske in B-flat Major, Op. 20; Papillons, Op. 2
Beethoven, from his early A-Major Sonata to the “Appassionata,” made the piano a vehicle for insatiable inquiry. Schumann, from his Papillons to his Humoresque, drew from it ever richer colors for his portraits of human life. The inimitable Ax considers both composers’ perspectives for this special recital.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Feb 24
Meira Warshauer: Streams in the Desert
3:00PM
The modern classical composer will discuss her new work, "Streams in the Desert," and present selections from the piece based on Biblical themes and passages.
FREE
Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway - at 66th St.
1-212-595-6859
5:00 p.m.
Oculi (3rd Sunday in Lent)
JUXTAPOSING THE GREAT AND POSITIV
Johann Sebastian Bach - Clavierübung III (The Great Catechism)
James B. Bobb-organ, Rick Erickson-organ
Holy Trinity Church at 65th Street and Central Park West
3:00PM
The modern classical composer will discuss her new work, "Streams in the Desert," and present selections from the piece based on Biblical themes and passages.
FREE
Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway - at 66th St.
1-212-595-6859
5:00 p.m.
Oculi (3rd Sunday in Lent)
JUXTAPOSING THE GREAT AND POSITIV
Johann Sebastian Bach - Clavierübung III (The Great Catechism)
James B. Bobb-organ, Rick Erickson-organ
Holy Trinity Church at 65th Street and Central Park West
Feb 25
Dr. Philip Mango
Director, St. Michael's Institute
The Neurobiology and Psychology of Femininity
All regularly scheduled talks are held at Metro 53, located at 307 East 53rd Street (at 2nd Avenue). Happy 1/2 Hour at 7:00pm, Speaker at 7:30 and Socializing at 8:30.
Serving Catholic young adults in the greater New York area. There is no charge for any lecture events. Voluntary donations are welcome.
America in the World: What Happened to the "Never" in "Never Again"?: Lessons From the Balkans
6:30PM
Following the Holocaust, the international community adopted the standard of “never again”: never again would the world sit by idly while another genocide took place. Despite the pledge, genocides and ethnic cleansings continued right up through the millennium, making the 20th century one of the most violent centuries in human history. Today, gross human rights violations are occurring in Sudan and Iraq. Why isn’t the international community doing more to curb mass-scale violence? What can the United States do to help arrest this continuing problem? What can we all do to make “never again” more than a hollow promise?
FREE
Center for Global Affairs
15 Barclay St. - 1-212-992-8380
Directions: Doors open 30 minutes before programs begin.
“Cool Mondays”: Linda Ciofalo
6:00PM
The swinging jazz vocalist Linda Ciofalo will delight you with selections expressing many moods of romance, Sun Set.
FREE
Barnes & Noble/Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway - at 66th Street.
Director, St. Michael's Institute
The Neurobiology and Psychology of Femininity
All regularly scheduled talks are held at Metro 53, located at 307 East 53rd Street (at 2nd Avenue). Happy 1/2 Hour at 7:00pm, Speaker at 7:30 and Socializing at 8:30.
Serving Catholic young adults in the greater New York area. There is no charge for any lecture events. Voluntary donations are welcome.
America in the World: What Happened to the "Never" in "Never Again"?: Lessons From the Balkans
6:30PM
Following the Holocaust, the international community adopted the standard of “never again”: never again would the world sit by idly while another genocide took place. Despite the pledge, genocides and ethnic cleansings continued right up through the millennium, making the 20th century one of the most violent centuries in human history. Today, gross human rights violations are occurring in Sudan and Iraq. Why isn’t the international community doing more to curb mass-scale violence? What can the United States do to help arrest this continuing problem? What can we all do to make “never again” more than a hollow promise?
FREE
Center for Global Affairs
15 Barclay St. - 1-212-992-8380
Directions: Doors open 30 minutes before programs begin.
“Cool Mondays”: Linda Ciofalo
6:00PM
The swinging jazz vocalist Linda Ciofalo will delight you with selections expressing many moods of romance, Sun Set.
FREE
Barnes & Noble/Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway - at 66th Street.
Feb 26
Songs from the new Broadway musical, Songbook
6:00PM
New Broadway music performed by composers, lyricists, and Broadway singers. Directed by John Znidarsic. Presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul's.
FREE
Donnell Library Auditorium
20 W. 53rd St. - between Fifth and Sixth Ave.
Directions: By subway: Fifth Ave. stop on the E and V.
New Visions: Poets & Artists in Collaboration: C.D. Wright, Deborah Luster, and Louis Menand
7:00 PM
365 Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
212/817.2005
Martin E. Segal Theatre
The Center for the Humanities
This program will highlight collaborations between poets and artists. Featuring poet C. D. Wright and photographer Deborah Luster. With Louis Menand. Co-sponsored by the Poetry Society for America.
This program will highlight artistic collaborations between poets and artists, and will include a presentation followed by a moderated discussion. Featuring poet C. D. Wright and photographer Deborah Luster, the co-creators of the poetry and photography collection One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana. C. D. Wright is author of numerous poetry collections, including Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil, Steal Away: New and Selected Poems, and String Light, which won the Poetry Center Book Award. Deborah Luster’s photography has been the subject of numbers solo exhibition throughout the country. With Louis Menand, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language, Harvard University, and the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Metaphysical Club.
FREE
The Lights of Old Broadway: Theater in the Interwar Years
6:30 PM
365 Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
212 817 8474
Elebash Recital Hall
Gotham Center for NYC History
Scholars will discuss various transformations in New York theater between the Wars. They will examine developments in theater companies, theater genres and the lives and works of playwrights.
Scholars will discuss various transformations in New York theater between the Wars. Please join Harriet Alonso (Professor of History, City College and the Graduate Center), Claudia Wilsch Case (Assistant Professor of Theater, Lehman College), Jackson Bryer (Professor Emeritus of English, University of Maryland), and Richard Davison (Professor Emeritus of English, University of Delaware) as they examine developments in theater companies, such as The Theater Guild, genres, such as American musical theater, and the lives and works of playwrights, such as Pulitzer Prize-winning Robert E. Sherwood.
FREE
Idina Menzel in Conversation with Glen Ballard: An Inside Look at an Artistic Journey A CD selling and signing afterwards.
Idina Menzel won the Tony Award for Best Actress for her role as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the awarding musical Wicked.
Idina Menzel's Warner Bros. Records debut album, I Stand is a powerful collection of exquisite new songs written by Menzel. The album is filled with pop tunes and heartfelt ballads—intimate yet universal stories of life, its challenges, relationships and of course—the subject of love.
She’ll be interviewed about her career as actress/singer/songwriter.
8:00pm
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Directions
Kaufmann Concert Hall Seating Chart
$26.00 All Sections (Ask for Student half-price discount at door)
Mouchette
12:30, 4 & 7:30pm
Dir. Robert Bresson, 1970. B&W. 78 min. With Nadine Norbert, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal. In French with English subtitles.
In a career marked with films like Diary of a Country Priest and Au Hasard Balthazar, it might be easy to overlook Bresson’s quietly devastating Mouchette. The title character, a young girl with an alcoholic father and dying mother, is left to fend for herself against the many indignities of life. A chance encounter in the woods with a poacher, Arsène, leads to an uneasy relationship as she becomes his alibi and object of affection. Mouchette remains a small masterpiece in Bresson’s towering canon.
In French with English subtitles unless otherwise noted
Florence Gould Hall 55 East 59th Street
Ticket Price FIAF Members Free* ($2 advance tickets) Non-Members $10 Students w/ ID $7 *Pick up free ticket on the day of event at the Box Office by presenting membership card.
6:00PM
New Broadway music performed by composers, lyricists, and Broadway singers. Directed by John Znidarsic. Presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul's.
FREE
Donnell Library Auditorium
20 W. 53rd St. - between Fifth and Sixth Ave.
Directions: By subway: Fifth Ave. stop on the E and V.
New Visions: Poets & Artists in Collaboration: C.D. Wright, Deborah Luster, and Louis Menand
7:00 PM
365 Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
212/817.2005
Martin E. Segal Theatre
The Center for the Humanities
This program will highlight collaborations between poets and artists. Featuring poet C. D. Wright and photographer Deborah Luster. With Louis Menand. Co-sponsored by the Poetry Society for America.
This program will highlight artistic collaborations between poets and artists, and will include a presentation followed by a moderated discussion. Featuring poet C. D. Wright and photographer Deborah Luster, the co-creators of the poetry and photography collection One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana. C. D. Wright is author of numerous poetry collections, including Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil, Steal Away: New and Selected Poems, and String Light, which won the Poetry Center Book Award. Deborah Luster’s photography has been the subject of numbers solo exhibition throughout the country. With Louis Menand, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language, Harvard University, and the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Metaphysical Club.
FREE
The Lights of Old Broadway: Theater in the Interwar Years
6:30 PM
365 Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
212 817 8474
Elebash Recital Hall
Gotham Center for NYC History
Scholars will discuss various transformations in New York theater between the Wars. They will examine developments in theater companies, theater genres and the lives and works of playwrights.
Scholars will discuss various transformations in New York theater between the Wars. Please join Harriet Alonso (Professor of History, City College and the Graduate Center), Claudia Wilsch Case (Assistant Professor of Theater, Lehman College), Jackson Bryer (Professor Emeritus of English, University of Maryland), and Richard Davison (Professor Emeritus of English, University of Delaware) as they examine developments in theater companies, such as The Theater Guild, genres, such as American musical theater, and the lives and works of playwrights, such as Pulitzer Prize-winning Robert E. Sherwood.
FREE
Idina Menzel in Conversation with Glen Ballard: An Inside Look at an Artistic Journey A CD selling and signing afterwards.
Idina Menzel won the Tony Award for Best Actress for her role as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the awarding musical Wicked.
Idina Menzel's Warner Bros. Records debut album, I Stand is a powerful collection of exquisite new songs written by Menzel. The album is filled with pop tunes and heartfelt ballads—intimate yet universal stories of life, its challenges, relationships and of course—the subject of love.
She’ll be interviewed about her career as actress/singer/songwriter.
8:00pm
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Directions
Kaufmann Concert Hall Seating Chart
$26.00 All Sections (Ask for Student half-price discount at door)
Mouchette
12:30, 4 & 7:30pm
Dir. Robert Bresson, 1970. B&W. 78 min. With Nadine Norbert, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal. In French with English subtitles.
In a career marked with films like Diary of a Country Priest and Au Hasard Balthazar, it might be easy to overlook Bresson’s quietly devastating Mouchette. The title character, a young girl with an alcoholic father and dying mother, is left to fend for herself against the many indignities of life. A chance encounter in the woods with a poacher, Arsène, leads to an uneasy relationship as she becomes his alibi and object of affection. Mouchette remains a small masterpiece in Bresson’s towering canon.
In French with English subtitles unless otherwise noted
Florence Gould Hall 55 East 59th Street
Ticket Price FIAF Members Free* ($2 advance tickets) Non-Members $10 Students w/ ID $7 *Pick up free ticket on the day of event at the Box Office by presenting membership card.
Feb 27
Philippa Gregory discusses “The Other Boleyn Girl”
7:00PM
Gregory will discuss the upcoming major-motion picture adaptation of her novel, The Other Boleyn Girl, which opens in theaters on Friday, February 29.
When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the king's interest begins to wane and she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. Then Mary knows that she must defy her family and her king and take her fate into her own hands.
FREE
Borders Columbus Circle
10 Columbus Circle - Second floor. 1-212-823-9775
Take the 1 train to 59th Street/Columbus Circle.
Ice Skating Concert
1:00PM
One of the free public performances given by Ice Theatre of New York to celebrate the beginning of spring. The programs will be selected from among Ice Theatre’s repertory.
The dances include Twyla Tharp’s “After All,” originally choreographed in 1976 by Tharp for Olympic skater and ice dance pioneer John Curry. David Liu, co-artistic director and also an Olympic skater, will perform the seven-minute, nonstop solo piece, which received its Ice Theatre premiere in November 2007. The music is by Tomaso Albinoni. There is also JoAnna Mendl Shaw’s snappy, hip quartet “Heart,” set to Mouth Music and Peter diFalco’s fiery “Mi Andalucia“ which joins elements of Andalusian dance, flamenco, and bull fighting.
Raindate the following day.
FREE
The Rink at Rockefeller Center
- between 47th and 50th Streets and Fifth and Seventh Avenues.
1-212-332-7654.
Directions: Subway:
F, B, B or Q trains to 47-50 Streets/Rockefeller Center stop;
6 to 51st Street;
1 to 50th Street.
Valerie Bertinelli reads from “Losing It”
12:30PM
Actress, mother and now celebrity spokesperson takes you on a personal journey.
FREE
Barnes & Noble Fifth Ave.
555 Fifth Ave. - 1-212-697-3048
7:00PM
Gregory will discuss the upcoming major-motion picture adaptation of her novel, The Other Boleyn Girl, which opens in theaters on Friday, February 29.
When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the king's interest begins to wane and she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. Then Mary knows that she must defy her family and her king and take her fate into her own hands.
FREE
Borders Columbus Circle
10 Columbus Circle - Second floor. 1-212-823-9775
Take the 1 train to 59th Street/Columbus Circle.
Ice Skating Concert
1:00PM
One of the free public performances given by Ice Theatre of New York to celebrate the beginning of spring. The programs will be selected from among Ice Theatre’s repertory.
The dances include Twyla Tharp’s “After All,” originally choreographed in 1976 by Tharp for Olympic skater and ice dance pioneer John Curry. David Liu, co-artistic director and also an Olympic skater, will perform the seven-minute, nonstop solo piece, which received its Ice Theatre premiere in November 2007. The music is by Tomaso Albinoni. There is also JoAnna Mendl Shaw’s snappy, hip quartet “Heart,” set to Mouth Music and Peter diFalco’s fiery “Mi Andalucia“ which joins elements of Andalusian dance, flamenco, and bull fighting.
Raindate the following day.
FREE
The Rink at Rockefeller Center
- between 47th and 50th Streets and Fifth and Seventh Avenues.
1-212-332-7654.
Directions: Subway:
F, B, B or Q trains to 47-50 Streets/Rockefeller Center stop;
6 to 51st Street;
1 to 50th Street.
Valerie Bertinelli reads from “Losing It”
12:30PM
Actress, mother and now celebrity spokesperson takes you on a personal journey.
FREE
Barnes & Noble Fifth Ave.
555 Fifth Ave. - 1-212-697-3048
Feb 28
International Careers With the U.S. Government
Start Time: 6:30PM
End Time: 7:45PM
Organization: Center for Global Affairs
Address: 15 Barclay Street, 4th Floor
URL: scps.nyu.edu/global.affairs
Price: FREE
Description: International Careers: Practical Advice and Real-Life Experience
Intrigued by an international career? Ready for life with at least one foot across sovereign borders? Are you a new job seeker or going through a career transition? This popular series provides an opportunity to meet international insiders who can offer practical advice by sharing their real-life experiences.
INTERNATIONAL CAREERS WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
Judith Siegel, moderator, former deputy coordinator, Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
Ben Chang, deputy spokesman, U.S. mission to the UN
Lauren Lovelace, program officer, New York Program Branch, Office of International Visitors, U.S. Department of State
Donna Shirreffs, director, New York Program Branch, Office of International Visitors, U.S. Department of State
Events are open to the public at no charge. Space is limited, and reservations are required. Doors open 30 minutes before programs begin.
Register by phone at (212) 992-8380 or email your details to scps.global.affairs@nyu.edu. For more information about Center for Global Affairs' graduate and nondegree programs and events, visit the CGA
website.
Fuoco E Cener
1p.m.
Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street
Phone: 212-602-0800
URL: www.trinitywallstreet.org
Price: Suggested $2 contribution
A performance of "La Dafne" of Marco de Gagliano.
Panel Discussion Documentary Practice: From Printed Page to Gallery Wall
7pm
As the gallery wall expands to include more varied genres of photography, the role of photojournalism in the art world comes into question. Images of global conflict and social injustice are prevalent in the market, but do patrons desire to view these photographs or are these acts of social activism on the gallery’s part?
A panel of guest gallerists and photographers will examine the difficulties and success stories of placing photojournalism in this market. Alison Morley, Chair of the Documentary Photography and Photojournalism Program at the International Center of Photography, will moderate.
Presented in conjuction with FIAF Gallery exhibition - Sarah Caron: Itinerrance
In English
Tinker Auditorium 55 East 59th Street Ticket Price FIAF Members $8; Non-Members $12
Start Time: 6:30PM
End Time: 7:45PM
Organization: Center for Global Affairs
Address: 15 Barclay Street, 4th Floor
URL: scps.nyu.edu/global.affairs
Price: FREE
Description: International Careers: Practical Advice and Real-Life Experience
Intrigued by an international career? Ready for life with at least one foot across sovereign borders? Are you a new job seeker or going through a career transition? This popular series provides an opportunity to meet international insiders who can offer practical advice by sharing their real-life experiences.
INTERNATIONAL CAREERS WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
Judith Siegel, moderator, former deputy coordinator, Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
Ben Chang, deputy spokesman, U.S. mission to the UN
Lauren Lovelace, program officer, New York Program Branch, Office of International Visitors, U.S. Department of State
Donna Shirreffs, director, New York Program Branch, Office of International Visitors, U.S. Department of State
Events are open to the public at no charge. Space is limited, and reservations are required. Doors open 30 minutes before programs begin.
Register by phone at (212) 992-8380 or email your details to scps.global.affairs@nyu.edu. For more information about Center for Global Affairs' graduate and nondegree programs and events, visit the CGA
website.
Fuoco E Cener
1p.m.
Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street
Phone: 212-602-0800
URL: www.trinitywallstreet.org
Price: Suggested $2 contribution
A performance of "La Dafne" of Marco de Gagliano.
Panel Discussion Documentary Practice: From Printed Page to Gallery Wall
7pm
As the gallery wall expands to include more varied genres of photography, the role of photojournalism in the art world comes into question. Images of global conflict and social injustice are prevalent in the market, but do patrons desire to view these photographs or are these acts of social activism on the gallery’s part?
A panel of guest gallerists and photographers will examine the difficulties and success stories of placing photojournalism in this market. Alison Morley, Chair of the Documentary Photography and Photojournalism Program at the International Center of Photography, will moderate.
Presented in conjuction with FIAF Gallery exhibition - Sarah Caron: Itinerrance
In English
Tinker Auditorium 55 East 59th Street Ticket Price FIAF Members $8; Non-Members $12
Feb 29
Symposium: The Culture of Appearances in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
2:00 PM— 4:30 PM
365 Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
The Graduate Center 9204
Women's Studies
The symposium will discuss the relevance of fashion and material culture in shaping identity and its interrelations with issues of gender, class, code of morality and eroticism.
Free
Black History Month Jazz and Poetry
Start Time: 6pm
End Time: 9pm
African Burial Ground National Monument, 290 Broadway
Price: Free
In honor of Black History Month, a jazz concert and poetry reading at the African Burial Ground National Monument.
Sahara Chronicle Video screening and presentation by media artist Ursula Biemann. Switzerland, 2006/7, Mini DV
6:30 PM
Videos
Desert truck terminal, 13 minutes
Desert Radio Drone, 5.40 minutes
Interview Adawa, 10.20 minutes
Tuareg Border Guides, 3.47 minutes
Iron Ore Train 2.56
Oujda Frontierland 7.10
Synopsis
For the first time in New York, Ursula Biemann presents Sahara Chronicle, a video collection documenting the present sub-Saharan exodus towards Europe and the interdependence of migrations with international politics of mobility. The videos (to include Desert Truck Terminal, Interview Adawa, Tuareg Border Guides, Iron Ore Train and Deportation Prison Laayoune) show the major gates and nodes of the trans-Saharan migration network in Morocco, Niger, and Mauritania. Sahara Chronicle is part of The Maghreb Connection, an exhibition and research project directed by Biemann involving activists, scholars, and artists who live in different Mediterranean countries. (www.geobodies.org).
Filmmaker's Biography
Ursula Biemann is an artist and curator working on migrations, mobility, gender and technology. Her work has been represented in a series of international exhibitions, as well as in several books. She researches at the Institute for Theory of Art and Design HGK Zurich lectures at the CCC program of ESBA Geneva, and teaches seminars and workshops internationally.
Festivals and Awards
Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennial, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
TekFestival, Rome
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve
FID Festival International Documentaire, Marseille
Port City, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
Border Festival, Bergamo, Italy
Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden
2:00 PM— 4:30 PM
365 Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
The Graduate Center 9204
Women's Studies
The symposium will discuss the relevance of fashion and material culture in shaping identity and its interrelations with issues of gender, class, code of morality and eroticism.
Free
Black History Month Jazz and Poetry
Start Time: 6pm
End Time: 9pm
African Burial Ground National Monument, 290 Broadway
Price: Free
In honor of Black History Month, a jazz concert and poetry reading at the African Burial Ground National Monument.
Sahara Chronicle Video screening and presentation by media artist Ursula Biemann. Switzerland, 2006/7, Mini DV
6:30 PM
Videos
Desert truck terminal, 13 minutes
Desert Radio Drone, 5.40 minutes
Interview Adawa, 10.20 minutes
Tuareg Border Guides, 3.47 minutes
Iron Ore Train 2.56
Oujda Frontierland 7.10
Synopsis
For the first time in New York, Ursula Biemann presents Sahara Chronicle, a video collection documenting the present sub-Saharan exodus towards Europe and the interdependence of migrations with international politics of mobility. The videos (to include Desert Truck Terminal, Interview Adawa, Tuareg Border Guides, Iron Ore Train and Deportation Prison Laayoune) show the major gates and nodes of the trans-Saharan migration network in Morocco, Niger, and Mauritania. Sahara Chronicle is part of The Maghreb Connection, an exhibition and research project directed by Biemann involving activists, scholars, and artists who live in different Mediterranean countries. (www.geobodies.org).
Filmmaker's Biography
Ursula Biemann is an artist and curator working on migrations, mobility, gender and technology. Her work has been represented in a series of international exhibitions, as well as in several books. She researches at the Institute for Theory of Art and Design HGK Zurich lectures at the CCC program of ESBA Geneva, and teaches seminars and workshops internationally.
Festivals and Awards
Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennial, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
TekFestival, Rome
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve
FID Festival International Documentaire, Marseille
Port City, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
Border Festival, Bergamo, Italy
Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden
March 1
First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum
At the Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturdays, thousands of visitors enjoy free programs of art and entertainment each month from 5–11 p.m. All evening long, the Museum Café serves a wide selection of sandwiches, salads, and beverages, and a cash bar offers wine and beer. Parking is a flat rate of $4 starting at 5 p.m. All other Saturdays, the Museum closes at 6 p.m.
Please note that due to limited capacities, some Target First Saturday programs require tickets. Ticket lines often form 30 minutes before ticket distribution at the Visitor Center located in the Rubin Lobby. Programs are subject to change.
Celebrate Women's History Month Carnival-Style
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Music Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor
Lucía Pulido puts her own spin on traditional Colombian rhythms.
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Poetry Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor
Chilean poet and artist Cecilia Vicuña debuts a multimedia program involving poetry, film, and music, based on the Paracas Textile. A Q & A follows. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.
6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Hands-On Art Education Division, 1st Floor
Sculpt an animal-inspired clay pot. Free timed tickets (380) are available at the Visitor Center at 5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Dance Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Ballet Folklorico Perú performs traditional Peruvian dance and music. A Q & A follows. Free tickets (330) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Young Voices Gallery Talk Meet at the entrance to American Identities, 5th Floor
Student guides present an interactive tour "Looking At Art: Critical and Formal Perspectives" in American Identities.
7:30 p.m. Young Voices Gallery Talk Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
Grace Opper, a Student Guide, leads an interactive gallery talk in the exhibition Ghada Amer: Love Has No End.
8:00 p.m. Curator Talk Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor
Nancy Rosoff, with a Sign Language interpreter, leads a multisensory tour of the Andean textile collection. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 7 p.m.
8:30 p.m. Film Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Witness the power of music to overcome violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in Favela Rising (Matt Mochary and Jeff Zimbalist, 2005, 80 min., NR). A Q & A with director Jeff Zimbalist follows. Free tickets are available (330) at the Visitor Center at 7 p.m.
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. Music Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor
Tango band Los Chantas performs.
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. Dance Party Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
BrazilianBeat Brooklyn's DJ Sean Marquand spins Brazilian dance music, Mardi Gras rhythms, and soca beats saluting carnivals of the world.
At the Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturdays, thousands of visitors enjoy free programs of art and entertainment each month from 5–11 p.m. All evening long, the Museum Café serves a wide selection of sandwiches, salads, and beverages, and a cash bar offers wine and beer. Parking is a flat rate of $4 starting at 5 p.m. All other Saturdays, the Museum closes at 6 p.m.
Please note that due to limited capacities, some Target First Saturday programs require tickets. Ticket lines often form 30 minutes before ticket distribution at the Visitor Center located in the Rubin Lobby. Programs are subject to change.
Celebrate Women's History Month Carnival-Style
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Music Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor
Lucía Pulido puts her own spin on traditional Colombian rhythms.
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Poetry Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor
Chilean poet and artist Cecilia Vicuña debuts a multimedia program involving poetry, film, and music, based on the Paracas Textile. A Q & A follows. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.
6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Hands-On Art Education Division, 1st Floor
Sculpt an animal-inspired clay pot. Free timed tickets (380) are available at the Visitor Center at 5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Dance Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Ballet Folklorico Perú performs traditional Peruvian dance and music. A Q & A follows. Free tickets (330) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Young Voices Gallery Talk Meet at the entrance to American Identities, 5th Floor
Student guides present an interactive tour "Looking At Art: Critical and Formal Perspectives" in American Identities.
7:30 p.m. Young Voices Gallery Talk Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
Grace Opper, a Student Guide, leads an interactive gallery talk in the exhibition Ghada Amer: Love Has No End.
8:00 p.m. Curator Talk Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor
Nancy Rosoff, with a Sign Language interpreter, leads a multisensory tour of the Andean textile collection. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 7 p.m.
8:30 p.m. Film Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Witness the power of music to overcome violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in Favela Rising (Matt Mochary and Jeff Zimbalist, 2005, 80 min., NR). A Q & A with director Jeff Zimbalist follows. Free tickets are available (330) at the Visitor Center at 7 p.m.
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. Music Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor
Tango band Los Chantas performs.
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. Dance Party Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
BrazilianBeat Brooklyn's DJ Sean Marquand spins Brazilian dance music, Mardi Gras rhythms, and soca beats saluting carnivals of the world.
March 2
2:30p.m.
Lectures on Church History Scheduled for New York
The following lecture series will be presented by the Roman Forum in Manhattan.
“Binding the Rhinoceros”
Medieval Catholic Reform and the Taming of Nature
(1025--1153)
Lecturer: John Rao, D. Phil., Oxford
Associate Professor of History, St. John's University
March 2: The Crusading States, Byzantium & the West
All sessions will meet on Sundays, at 2:30 pm.
Wine & Cheese Reception. Entrance Fee at door of $10.00
University Parish Church of St. Joseph/371 Sixth Avenue, Manhatten
Church Hall Entrance on Washington Place, south of Waverly Place
A, B, C, D, E, F, V trains to West 4th Street Station
Wheelchair Accessible
5:00 p.m.
Laetare (4th Sunday in Lent)
BACH IN THE ROUND
A kaleidoscope event of Bach in sounds ancient and modern.
Holy Trinity Church, Central Park West and 65th St.
Lectures on Church History Scheduled for New York
The following lecture series will be presented by the Roman Forum in Manhattan.
“Binding the Rhinoceros”
Medieval Catholic Reform and the Taming of Nature
(1025--1153)
Lecturer: John Rao, D. Phil., Oxford
Associate Professor of History, St. John's University
March 2: The Crusading States, Byzantium & the West
All sessions will meet on Sundays, at 2:30 pm.
Wine & Cheese Reception. Entrance Fee at door of $10.00
University Parish Church of St. Joseph/371 Sixth Avenue, Manhatten
Church Hall Entrance on Washington Place, south of Waverly Place
A, B, C, D, E, F, V trains to West 4th Street Station
Wheelchair Accessible
5:00 p.m.
Laetare (4th Sunday in Lent)
BACH IN THE ROUND
A kaleidoscope event of Bach in sounds ancient and modern.
Holy Trinity Church, Central Park West and 65th St.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Columbia Lecture
The Center for the Study of Science and Religion
at The Earth Institute of Columbia University
Presents:
"The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time"
Jonathan Weiner, Professor, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University
Thursday, February 14th, 2008, 6:00-7:30pm
Davis Auditorium, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/davis_directions.html
116th Street "Columbia University" Station on the 1 train
Advance registration is required for all seminars. Please RSVP at www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/rsvp.html
For more information, please visit www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr or email Ossian Foley at opf1@columbia.edu
CSSR Seminars are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
_______________
About the book, from Wikipedia:
"The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time" is a Pulitzer Prize winning book on evolutionary biology written for the layperson by Jonathan Weiner in 1994. The finches of the title are the Galapagos or "Darwin's Finches", passerine songbirds in the Galapagos Islands. The adaptations of their numerous species, in three genera, exploiting several ecological niches in the rugged and dry Galapagos Islands provided evidence to Charles Darwin that “species are not immutable.”
The author Jonathan Weiner follows the career of two biologists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, who have spent twenty years proving that Charles Darwin did not know the full strength of his theory of evolution. On a desert island among the Galapagos, Daphne Major, the Grants are showing that among the finches of the Galapagos, natural selection sometimes takes place so rapidly we can watch it at work.
Darwin's finches are 13 different closely related species of finches Charles Darwin discovered on the Galapagos Islands. Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle, and the finches in particular, are known to have influenced his thinking so that he would later produce a basic theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin reasoned that there had to be a common ancestor. Later, extensive research was done by Peter and Rosemary Grant. The birds are all about the same size (10-20 cm). They mainly differ in the form of the beak. The beak is adapted to the food they eat. The birds are all brownish or black. They have short rounded wings and a rounded tail that often appears cocked to one side. Most male finch mature to a solid black color, while the females mature to a drab grayish color. Exceptions are made for the Vegetarian and Tree Finches the males never become completely black rather they have a black head, neck and upper breast. Warbler, Woodpecker and Mangrove Finches have more of an olive color.
In the conclusion the author relates the speed of evolution to the growing resistance of insects to insecticides and of bacteria to penicillin and related anti-bacterial drugs.
at The Earth Institute of Columbia University
Presents:
"The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time"
Jonathan Weiner, Professor, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University
Thursday, February 14th, 2008, 6:00-7:30pm
Davis Auditorium, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/davis_directions.html
116th Street "Columbia University" Station on the 1 train
Advance registration is required for all seminars. Please RSVP at www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/rsvp.html
For more information, please visit www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr or email Ossian Foley at opf1@columbia.edu
CSSR Seminars are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
_______________
About the book, from Wikipedia:
"The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time" is a Pulitzer Prize winning book on evolutionary biology written for the layperson by Jonathan Weiner in 1994. The finches of the title are the Galapagos or "Darwin's Finches", passerine songbirds in the Galapagos Islands. The adaptations of their numerous species, in three genera, exploiting several ecological niches in the rugged and dry Galapagos Islands provided evidence to Charles Darwin that “species are not immutable.”
The author Jonathan Weiner follows the career of two biologists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, who have spent twenty years proving that Charles Darwin did not know the full strength of his theory of evolution. On a desert island among the Galapagos, Daphne Major, the Grants are showing that among the finches of the Galapagos, natural selection sometimes takes place so rapidly we can watch it at work.
Darwin's finches are 13 different closely related species of finches Charles Darwin discovered on the Galapagos Islands. Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle, and the finches in particular, are known to have influenced his thinking so that he would later produce a basic theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin reasoned that there had to be a common ancestor. Later, extensive research was done by Peter and Rosemary Grant. The birds are all about the same size (10-20 cm). They mainly differ in the form of the beak. The beak is adapted to the food they eat. The birds are all brownish or black. They have short rounded wings and a rounded tail that often appears cocked to one side. Most male finch mature to a solid black color, while the females mature to a drab grayish color. Exceptions are made for the Vegetarian and Tree Finches the males never become completely black rather they have a black head, neck and upper breast. Warbler, Woodpecker and Mangrove Finches have more of an olive color.
In the conclusion the author relates the speed of evolution to the growing resistance of insects to insecticides and of bacteria to penicillin and related anti-bacterial drugs.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
No Boys allowed
FOR WOMEN ONLY -- Understanding the Inner Lives of Men
Come hear Shaunti Feldhahn, bestselling author of For Women Only,
speaker, and nationally-syndicated newspaper columnist as she takes
us beneath the surface into the inner lives of men based on her
findings from a groundbreaking national survey and personal
interviews of over 1000 men!
Bring a female friend to this eye-opening event on:
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Calvary Baptist Church
123 W. 57th St. (btw 6th and 7th)
7-9pm
$10 at the door
Contact: jsmith@ipriority.com
*For Women Only is available for purchase at www.4-womenonly.com or
amazon.com
Come hear Shaunti Feldhahn, bestselling author of For Women Only,
speaker, and nationally-syndicated newspaper columnist as she takes
us beneath the surface into the inner lives of men based on her
findings from a groundbreaking national survey and personal
interviews of over 1000 men!
Bring a female friend to this eye-opening event on:
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Calvary Baptist Church
123 W. 57th St. (btw 6th and 7th)
7-9pm
$10 at the door
Contact: jsmith@ipriority.com
*For Women Only is available for purchase at www.4-womenonly.com or
amazon.com
This just in: Carnegie Hall $10 student rush
$10 STUDENT TICKETS
Slatkin
THURS, FEB 7 at 8 PM
National Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Leonard Slatkin, Music Director and Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
Mason Bates, Electronics
MASON BATES Liquid Interface (NY Premiere)
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
“cinematic explosiveness”—New York Times
The young Californian composer Mason Bates premieres his politically charged Liquid Interface, addressing global warming through pulsating electronic rhythms. The NSO also performs Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
Pre-concert talk starts at 7 PM in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage with Christopher H. Gibbs, Professor of Music, Bard College.
Alsop
SAT, FEB 9 at 8 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Marin Alsop, Music Director and Conductor
(Carnegie Hall Conducting Debut)
Colin Currie, Percussion
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
STEVEN MACKEY Time Release (NY Premiere)
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite (1919 version)
“poised to jolt the American orchestral world”—New York Times
Conductor Marin Alsop, the first woman to lead a major American orchestra, makes her Carnegie Hall conducting debut with a premiere by Steven Mackey. The program also includes three of the most significant compositions of the early modern era: Strauss’s mischievous Till Eulenspiegel, Debussy’s sumptuous adaptation of a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, and Stravinsky’s dynamic Firebird.
ACJW
TUES, FEB 12 at 7 PM
Ensemble ACJW
Zankel Hall
The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
HOLBORNE Five Pieces from Pavans, Galliards, Almains, and Other Short Aeirs
BERIO Linea
INGRAM MARSHALL Fog Tropes
STEVE REICH City Life
Praised as a “gift to the listening public” (New York Times), the Fellows of The Academy perform works from across the centuries, from Elizabethan-era brass music to an evocative work by maverick American composer Steve Reich, who makes use of the actual recorded sounds of the modern city.
The Academy is made possible by a leadership gift from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Major funding has also been provided by Mercedes and Sid Bass, The Kovner Foundation, Martha and Bob Lipp, The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Judith and Burton Resnick, Susan and Elihu Rose, and Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse Jr., with additional support from the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, The Dana Foundation, Suki Sandler, and The William Petschek Family.
Ensemble ACJW performances are supported, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Robertson
FRI, FEB 15 at 8 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Discovery Concert: Messiaen’s Turangalîla-symphonie
David Robertson, Music Director and Conductor
Nicolas Hodges, Piano
Cynthia Millar, Ondes Martenot
“New music was always a big deal to me, growing up. To me it just made sense that I had Pixies records and Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony … I thought the music was amazing.”
—Jonny Greenwood, lead guitarist of Radiohead, cited in the New York Times
MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie
David Robertson leads an innovative multimedia presentation and a full performance of Messiaen’s orchestral masterpiece, a transcendent tribute to love.
Sound Insights
A Program of The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall.
Sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP
Programs of The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall are generously supported by the City of New York: Office of the Mayor, the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York City Council; and by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Slatkin
THURS, FEB 7 at 8 PM
National Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Leonard Slatkin, Music Director and Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
Mason Bates, Electronics
MASON BATES Liquid Interface (NY Premiere)
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
“cinematic explosiveness”—New York Times
The young Californian composer Mason Bates premieres his politically charged Liquid Interface, addressing global warming through pulsating electronic rhythms. The NSO also performs Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
Pre-concert talk starts at 7 PM in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage with Christopher H. Gibbs, Professor of Music, Bard College.
Alsop
SAT, FEB 9 at 8 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Marin Alsop, Music Director and Conductor
(Carnegie Hall Conducting Debut)
Colin Currie, Percussion
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
STEVEN MACKEY Time Release (NY Premiere)
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite (1919 version)
“poised to jolt the American orchestral world”—New York Times
Conductor Marin Alsop, the first woman to lead a major American orchestra, makes her Carnegie Hall conducting debut with a premiere by Steven Mackey. The program also includes three of the most significant compositions of the early modern era: Strauss’s mischievous Till Eulenspiegel, Debussy’s sumptuous adaptation of a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, and Stravinsky’s dynamic Firebird.
ACJW
TUES, FEB 12 at 7 PM
Ensemble ACJW
Zankel Hall
The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
HOLBORNE Five Pieces from Pavans, Galliards, Almains, and Other Short Aeirs
BERIO Linea
INGRAM MARSHALL Fog Tropes
STEVE REICH City Life
Praised as a “gift to the listening public” (New York Times), the Fellows of The Academy perform works from across the centuries, from Elizabethan-era brass music to an evocative work by maverick American composer Steve Reich, who makes use of the actual recorded sounds of the modern city.
The Academy is made possible by a leadership gift from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Major funding has also been provided by Mercedes and Sid Bass, The Kovner Foundation, Martha and Bob Lipp, The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Judith and Burton Resnick, Susan and Elihu Rose, and Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse Jr., with additional support from the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, The Dana Foundation, Suki Sandler, and The William Petschek Family.
Ensemble ACJW performances are supported, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Robertson
FRI, FEB 15 at 8 PM
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Discovery Concert: Messiaen’s Turangalîla-symphonie
David Robertson, Music Director and Conductor
Nicolas Hodges, Piano
Cynthia Millar, Ondes Martenot
“New music was always a big deal to me, growing up. To me it just made sense that I had Pixies records and Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony … I thought the music was amazing.”
—Jonny Greenwood, lead guitarist of Radiohead, cited in the New York Times
MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie
David Robertson leads an innovative multimedia presentation and a full performance of Messiaen’s orchestral masterpiece, a transcendent tribute to love.
Sound Insights
A Program of The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall.
Sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP
Programs of The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall are generously supported by the City of New York: Office of the Mayor, the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York City Council; and by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
16th Annual Hot Chocolate Festival
Celebrate the month of February with a different Hot Chocolate Flavor every day at City Bakery in Union Square!
Today's Flavor: Ginger Chocolate
City Bakery Flavor Calendar
7p.m.
Song Yet Sung: James McBride
FREE
Barnes & Noble - Union Square
33 E. 17th St. - 1-212-253-0810
8p.m.
New York Woodwind Recital
Program:
Weber Adagio and Rondo
Messiaen O sacrum convivium
Beethoven Octet in E-flat, Op. 103
Richard Strauss Suite in B-flat for 13 wind instruments
Carol Wincenc, Flute; Stephen Taylor, Oboe; Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Marc Goldberg, Bassoon; William Purvis, Horn.
FREE, tickets required
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School
60 Lincoln Center Plaza - Broadway & West 65th Street. 1-212- 769-7406.
Free tickets are available at the Juilliard Box Office located at 60 Lincoln Center Plaza. To get to the Box Office, walk west on 65th Street and use the escalator/elevator near Amsterdam Avenue to reach plaza level. Box office hours: M-F 11 AM – 6 PM.
Celebrate the month of February with a different Hot Chocolate Flavor every day at City Bakery in Union Square!
Today's Flavor: Ginger Chocolate
City Bakery Flavor Calendar
7p.m.
Song Yet Sung: James McBride
FREE
Barnes & Noble - Union Square
33 E. 17th St. - 1-212-253-0810
8p.m.
New York Woodwind Recital
Program:
Weber Adagio and Rondo
Messiaen O sacrum convivium
Beethoven Octet in E-flat, Op. 103
Richard Strauss Suite in B-flat for 13 wind instruments
Carol Wincenc, Flute; Stephen Taylor, Oboe; Charles Neidich, Clarinet; Marc Goldberg, Bassoon; William Purvis, Horn.
FREE, tickets required
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School
60 Lincoln Center Plaza - Broadway & West 65th Street. 1-212- 769-7406.
Free tickets are available at the Juilliard Box Office located at 60 Lincoln Center Plaza. To get to the Box Office, walk west on 65th Street and use the escalator/elevator near Amsterdam Avenue to reach plaza level. Box office hours: M-F 11 AM – 6 PM.
Feb 7
3p.m.
Pro Snowboarders take to the air at Street Sessions in NYC
A field of 20 of the world’s top professional snowboarders, including Olympic silver medalist Danny Kass and defending champion Eddie Wall, will compete head-to-head for a prize purse of $30,000 at this professional snowboarding rail jam competition.
Two dozen of the sport’s best performers showcase their skills on the largest customized urban rail ever produced for an event of this kind in New York City. Attendees can also visit the action sports block party from 3-6 pm for athlete autograph sessions, free giveaways and product demonstrations.
FREE
Union Square
- 17th St. at Union Square East
1-631-462-2546
8p.m.
Carnegie Hall $10 Student Tickets
National Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Leonard Slatkin, Music Director and Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
Mason Bates, Electronics
“cinematic explosiveness”—New York Times
MASON BATES Liquid Interface (NY Premiere)
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Featuring a New York premiere by the young Californian composer Mason Bates, whose politically charged Liquid Interface addresses global warming through pulsating electronic rhythms; Liszt’s virtuosic yet seldom-heard Piano Concerto No. 2; and Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s epic suite Pictures at an Exhibition
Pro Snowboarders take to the air at Street Sessions in NYC
A field of 20 of the world’s top professional snowboarders, including Olympic silver medalist Danny Kass and defending champion Eddie Wall, will compete head-to-head for a prize purse of $30,000 at this professional snowboarding rail jam competition.
Two dozen of the sport’s best performers showcase their skills on the largest customized urban rail ever produced for an event of this kind in New York City. Attendees can also visit the action sports block party from 3-6 pm for athlete autograph sessions, free giveaways and product demonstrations.
FREE
Union Square
- 17th St. at Union Square East
1-631-462-2546
8p.m.
Carnegie Hall $10 Student Tickets
National Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Leonard Slatkin, Music Director and Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
Mason Bates, Electronics
“cinematic explosiveness”—New York Times
MASON BATES Liquid Interface (NY Premiere)
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Featuring a New York premiere by the young Californian composer Mason Bates, whose politically charged Liquid Interface addresses global warming through pulsating electronic rhythms; Liszt’s virtuosic yet seldom-heard Piano Concerto No. 2; and Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s epic suite Pictures at an Exhibition
Feb 8
3:30p.m.
RECREATE '08
Press Release
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2008 - Representing a movement of more than 400,000 teens, hundreds of teenagers will rally on Military Island in TIMES SQUARE, FEB. 8, 3:30 p.m. ET.
The rally will highlight teens' concerns about the toll today's pop culture is taking on their generation - the largest generation of teens in U.S. history.* The teens oppose the "cool factor" pop culture entertainment associates with substance abuse, violence, premature sexuality, Internet porn and more. The rally, called RECREATE '08, will showcase the thousands of TEEN MANIA teens who are out to RE-create entertainment, fashion, the arts, and the Web into products that build up, not tear down, their generation.
"I want to use film and television to give this generation hope that they can break free from depression and hopelessness in their lives," says 19-year-old Katherine Haller of Baltimore. Haller, an organizer of the RECREATE ’08 rally, is currently receiving film and television production experience through Teen Mania's Center for Creative Media.
Fueled by their faith, these Teen Mania teens have sparked a movement of more than 400,000 like-minded teenagers who have gathered at arena events from coast to coast over the past two years to impact pop culture for the good of their generation.
The RECREATE ’08 rally in Times Square will feature teens in the act of RE-creating some of their generation’s favorite products including:
*
MTV videos
*
Teen-produced TV shows and movie-shorts running on the Panasonic jumbo-tron in Times Square
*
Tag/Graffiti artists
*
Dance and more . . .
CALLING ON THE CANDIDATES
The teens will also issue a list of 8 QUESTIONS for the presidential candidates that reflect their top concerns including: youth exposure to Internet pornography, media glamorization of drugs, sex and alcohol, and the AIDS pandemic.
Following the rally, more than 10,000 teens will gather at New Jersey’s Izod Center for a two day RECREATE ’08 event featuring: New York Yankee pitcher Mariano Rivera, six-time GRAMMY® Award winner Kirk Franklin, the David Crowder Band, Bishop T.D. Jakes, and TEEN MANIA founder, Ron Luce.
RECREATE '08
Press Release
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2008 - Representing a movement of more than 400,000 teens, hundreds of teenagers will rally on Military Island in TIMES SQUARE, FEB. 8, 3:30 p.m. ET.
The rally will highlight teens' concerns about the toll today's pop culture is taking on their generation - the largest generation of teens in U.S. history.* The teens oppose the "cool factor" pop culture entertainment associates with substance abuse, violence, premature sexuality, Internet porn and more. The rally, called RECREATE '08, will showcase the thousands of TEEN MANIA teens who are out to RE-create entertainment, fashion, the arts, and the Web into products that build up, not tear down, their generation.
"I want to use film and television to give this generation hope that they can break free from depression and hopelessness in their lives," says 19-year-old Katherine Haller of Baltimore. Haller, an organizer of the RECREATE ’08 rally, is currently receiving film and television production experience through Teen Mania's Center for Creative Media.
Fueled by their faith, these Teen Mania teens have sparked a movement of more than 400,000 like-minded teenagers who have gathered at arena events from coast to coast over the past two years to impact pop culture for the good of their generation.
The RECREATE ’08 rally in Times Square will feature teens in the act of RE-creating some of their generation’s favorite products including:
*
MTV videos
*
Teen-produced TV shows and movie-shorts running on the Panasonic jumbo-tron in Times Square
*
Tag/Graffiti artists
*
Dance and more . . .
CALLING ON THE CANDIDATES
The teens will also issue a list of 8 QUESTIONS for the presidential candidates that reflect their top concerns including: youth exposure to Internet pornography, media glamorization of drugs, sex and alcohol, and the AIDS pandemic.
Following the rally, more than 10,000 teens will gather at New Jersey’s Izod Center for a two day RECREATE ’08 event featuring: New York Yankee pitcher Mariano Rivera, six-time GRAMMY® Award winner Kirk Franklin, the David Crowder Band, Bishop T.D. Jakes, and TEEN MANIA founder, Ron Luce.
Feb 9
11 a.m.
Hoboken: The Sinatra Tour
Pace easy and moderately flat. Distance 5 miles and duration 3 to 4 hours. Bring lunch and water.
Price: $3 + $3 (Fare on the Path Train is $1.50 each way)
Meet at Greeley Square (Sixth Avenue and 33rd Street), Manhattan. This is the Manhattan entrance to the Path Train at 33rd Street.
- Leader: Tom McBreen, 516-812-0156 (home), 516-238-8073 (cell). Heavy snow or rain cancels. Call Friday evening until 10:00PM, if weather is questionable.
2p.m.
Spiderman 2.1-The Extended Cut
Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire), also known Spider-Man;®, confronts a new nemesis, mastermind Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina). When an accident causes Dr. Octavius to become the evil "Doc Ock", Peter must leave his life as a normal college student behind and battle Doc Ock to save his true love Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst). Exclusive Extended Cut features 8 minutes of new footage, including extended action sequences. Running time: 127 mins.
FREE
Sonywonder Technology Lab
- 56th St. and Madison Ave.
1-212-833-8100
Directions: Reservations can be made Monday the week when a screening is scheduled by calling (212) 833-7858. Remaining tickets will be distributed beginning 15 minutes prior to the start of the screening.
Hoboken: The Sinatra Tour
Pace easy and moderately flat. Distance 5 miles and duration 3 to 4 hours. Bring lunch and water.
Price: $3 + $3 (Fare on the Path Train is $1.50 each way)
Meet at Greeley Square (Sixth Avenue and 33rd Street), Manhattan. This is the Manhattan entrance to the Path Train at 33rd Street.
- Leader: Tom McBreen, 516-812-0156 (home), 516-238-8073 (cell). Heavy snow or rain cancels. Call Friday evening until 10:00PM, if weather is questionable.
2p.m.
Spiderman 2.1-The Extended Cut
Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire), also known Spider-Man;®, confronts a new nemesis, mastermind Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina). When an accident causes Dr. Octavius to become the evil "Doc Ock", Peter must leave his life as a normal college student behind and battle Doc Ock to save his true love Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst). Exclusive Extended Cut features 8 minutes of new footage, including extended action sequences. Running time: 127 mins.
FREE
Sonywonder Technology Lab
- 56th St. and Madison Ave.
1-212-833-8100
Directions: Reservations can be made Monday the week when a screening is scheduled by calling (212) 833-7858. Remaining tickets will be distributed beginning 15 minutes prior to the start of the screening.
Feb 10
1p.m.
9th Annual Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival
The parade usually winds throughout Chinatown along Mott, Canal, and Bayard streets, and along East Broadway.
Time: 1-5 pm, Sunday, February 10, 2008
Place: Canal Street South
The spectacle features elaborate floats, marching bands, lion and dragon dances galore, Asian musicians, magicians, acrobats and procession by local organizations. Over 5,000 people are expected to march in the parade, which will start at Mott Street and promenade through practically every street in of Chinatown, finally dispersing at Worth Street. The parade is expected to conclude at 3:00 pm, at which time an outdoor cultural festival will take place on Bayard Street featuring more performances by musicians, dancers and martial artists.
2p.m.
Contemporary Folk Music Festival
Three singer/songwriters offer their original compositions dealing with romance, politics and bookstores: Ritt Henn, Jan Horvath and Phoebe Kreutz.
FREE
Barnes & Noble/Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway - at 66th Street.
9th Annual Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival
The parade usually winds throughout Chinatown along Mott, Canal, and Bayard streets, and along East Broadway.
Time: 1-5 pm, Sunday, February 10, 2008
Place: Canal Street South
The spectacle features elaborate floats, marching bands, lion and dragon dances galore, Asian musicians, magicians, acrobats and procession by local organizations. Over 5,000 people are expected to march in the parade, which will start at Mott Street and promenade through practically every street in of Chinatown, finally dispersing at Worth Street. The parade is expected to conclude at 3:00 pm, at which time an outdoor cultural festival will take place on Bayard Street featuring more performances by musicians, dancers and martial artists.
2p.m.
Contemporary Folk Music Festival
Three singer/songwriters offer their original compositions dealing with romance, politics and bookstores: Ritt Henn, Jan Horvath and Phoebe Kreutz.
FREE
Barnes & Noble/Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway - at 66th Street.
Feb 11
7:30p.m.
Cafe Jazz
Jazz by candlelight showcasing Manhattan School of Music student jazz combos.
Location:
Mitzi Newhouse Pavilion
Price:
Free—No Tickets Required
Contact:
Concert Office 917-493-4428
Cafe Jazz
Jazz by candlelight showcasing Manhattan School of Music student jazz combos.
Location:
Mitzi Newhouse Pavilion
Price:
Free—No Tickets Required
Contact:
Concert Office 917-493-4428
Feb 12
12:30p.m.
Pacifica Quartet Performs Beethoven's Opus 95
Complete Beethoven String Quartet series.
FREE
Philosophy Hall at Columbia University
1150 Amsterdam Ave. - between 116th and 120th St.
1-212-206-1450
12:30p.m.
“Courageous Conversations: The Politics of Race”
This conversation with Professor George Shulman will explore three basic questions:
- How are we to understand the idea of race?
- What explains the persistence but also the reworking of racial categories?
- What should be our political goal in regard to racial categories and to the inequality with which they have always been tested?
FREE
The Gallatin School, NYU
715 Broadway - Room 501. 1-212-998-7380.
7p.m.
Best New Poets 2007
Each year, Meridian Magazine from the University of Virginia chooses fifty emerging poets selected from nominations by writing programs, literary magazines, and an open internet competition. These fresh talents are published in the yearly anthology Best New Poets.
This evening is featuring four of these new American poets reading from their work in the 2007 anthology: Robin Beth Schaer, Cecily Parks, Jee Leong Koh, and Robert Sawyer.
FREE
McNally Robinson Booksellers
52 Prince Street - between Lafayette and Mulberry Streets.
1-212-274-1160
Take the 6 train to Spring Street, R to Prince Street,
or B/D/F/V to Broadway/Lafayette Street.
Pacifica Quartet Performs Beethoven's Opus 95
Complete Beethoven String Quartet series.
FREE
Philosophy Hall at Columbia University
1150 Amsterdam Ave. - between 116th and 120th St.
1-212-206-1450
12:30p.m.
“Courageous Conversations: The Politics of Race”
This conversation with Professor George Shulman will explore three basic questions:
- How are we to understand the idea of race?
- What explains the persistence but also the reworking of racial categories?
- What should be our political goal in regard to racial categories and to the inequality with which they have always been tested?
FREE
The Gallatin School, NYU
715 Broadway - Room 501. 1-212-998-7380.
7p.m.
Best New Poets 2007
Each year, Meridian Magazine from the University of Virginia chooses fifty emerging poets selected from nominations by writing programs, literary magazines, and an open internet competition. These fresh talents are published in the yearly anthology Best New Poets.
This evening is featuring four of these new American poets reading from their work in the 2007 anthology: Robin Beth Schaer, Cecily Parks, Jee Leong Koh, and Robert Sawyer.
FREE
McNally Robinson Booksellers
52 Prince Street - between Lafayette and Mulberry Streets.
1-212-274-1160
Take the 6 train to Spring Street, R to Prince Street,
or B/D/F/V to Broadway/Lafayette Street.
Feb 13
Socrates in the City: "The Case for Civility: Why Our Future Depends on It" Featuring Dr. Os Guinness
Wine & Cheese Reception from 6:15pm till 6:45pm
Speaking will begin at 6:45pm SHARP
Dr. Guinness will sign copies of his books at 8:15pm
The Union League Club**
(38 East 37th Street at Park Avenue)
*Club requires appropriate attire for all persons; coat and tie for gentlemen.
Registration $35, $50 after Feb. 6. Contact David at dlapp@tkc.edu to volunteer (free admission) or sign up for one of a limited number of $15 TKC student tickets.
7p.m.
A new opera/music-theater piece by Eve Beglarian (composer and co-librettist) and Grethe Barrett Holby (director and co-librettist) based on the Prize-winning story by Stephen King.
The story tells of Gary, a nine year-old boy, whose brother had died not long ago. One day Gary goes out fishing and falls asleep. When he awakens, he discovers an orange-eyed man in a black three-piece suit looming over him. The man--whose body odor smells like burnt match heads-- tells Gary terrible things: that his mother has died while he was away, and that the man intends to eat him. Gary does not believe at first, but soon realizes that this man is actually the devil, and makes his escape by throwing his caught fish at the stranger; he then runs off as the creature stays behind to eat the catch. The things the man said were false, but Gary is still haunted by the incident for the rest of his life.
Gary tells the story from his perspective as an old, terrified man. He is haunted by his belief that he only escaped from the devil by either pure luck or his own skill. At the end of the story, he is frightened by the possibility of death. Will he go to God, whom he has prayed to all his life? Or will the man in the Black Suit return to take him away, now that he is too old to run away from him again?
FREE, but reservations are recommended
Performance Space 122
150 First Avenue - at E. 9th Street. Reservations: 1.212.431.7039
Wine & Cheese Reception from 6:15pm till 6:45pm
Speaking will begin at 6:45pm SHARP
Dr. Guinness will sign copies of his books at 8:15pm
The Union League Club**
(38 East 37th Street at Park Avenue)
*Club requires appropriate attire for all persons; coat and tie for gentlemen.
Registration $35, $50 after Feb. 6. Contact David at dlapp@tkc.edu to volunteer (free admission) or sign up for one of a limited number of $15 TKC student tickets.
7p.m.
A new opera/music-theater piece by Eve Beglarian (composer and co-librettist) and Grethe Barrett Holby (director and co-librettist) based on the Prize-winning story by Stephen King.
The story tells of Gary, a nine year-old boy, whose brother had died not long ago. One day Gary goes out fishing and falls asleep. When he awakens, he discovers an orange-eyed man in a black three-piece suit looming over him. The man--whose body odor smells like burnt match heads-- tells Gary terrible things: that his mother has died while he was away, and that the man intends to eat him. Gary does not believe at first, but soon realizes that this man is actually the devil, and makes his escape by throwing his caught fish at the stranger; he then runs off as the creature stays behind to eat the catch. The things the man said were false, but Gary is still haunted by the incident for the rest of his life.
Gary tells the story from his perspective as an old, terrified man. He is haunted by his belief that he only escaped from the devil by either pure luck or his own skill. At the end of the story, he is frightened by the possibility of death. Will he go to God, whom he has prayed to all his life? Or will the man in the Black Suit return to take him away, now that he is too old to run away from him again?
FREE, but reservations are recommended
Performance Space 122
150 First Avenue - at E. 9th Street. Reservations: 1.212.431.7039
Feb 14 (Valentine's Day!)
Happy Valentine's Day! Find a list of the top ten proposal spots in NYC here
Or, if you're not there yet, explore New York's best Chocolate Shops
Make the day perfect with a FREE dance performance:
12:30p.m.
“Carnival of the Animals” and “The Sleeping Beauty”
Celebrate Valentine’s Day, the most romantic holiday of the year, with a double-bill of Carnival of the Animals and The Sleeping Beauty. Don’t miss Queen Diana and a lively assortment of charming animals as they dance to glorious music by Camille Saint Saëns. Then join fairytale favorites at the wedding celebration of Sleeping Beauty and Prince Charming, set to Tchaikovsky’s famous score.
The World Financial Center - Winter Garden
- Vesey St. along the north, West St. to the east, Liberty St. on the south, and the Hudson River to the west
Or, if you're not there yet, explore New York's best Chocolate Shops
Make the day perfect with a FREE dance performance:
12:30p.m.
“Carnival of the Animals” and “The Sleeping Beauty”
Celebrate Valentine’s Day, the most romantic holiday of the year, with a double-bill of Carnival of the Animals and The Sleeping Beauty. Don’t miss Queen Diana and a lively assortment of charming animals as they dance to glorious music by Camille Saint Saëns. Then join fairytale favorites at the wedding celebration of Sleeping Beauty and Prince Charming, set to Tchaikovsky’s famous score.
The World Financial Center - Winter Garden
- Vesey St. along the north, West St. to the east, Liberty St. on the south, and the Hudson River to the west
Feb 15
6p.m.
Black History Celebration
Students from Academy for Social Action perform slave narratives, poems and spirituals in tribute to the African Americans who paved the way for generations to come.
FREE
Barnes & Noble/Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway - at 66th Street.
8p.m.
The Greeks Part Two: The Murders (Runs Feb 14-18)
Adapted by John Barton and Kenneth Cavander. Directed by Brian Mertes.
FREE, tickets required
Juillard Drama Theater
- Broadway & W. 65th St.
Directions: Limited ticket availability. Two free tickets per person will be available beginning 1/31 at 11 AM at the Juilliard Box Office.
8p.m.
Carnegie Hall
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Discovery Concert: Messiaen’s
Turangalîla-symphonie
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson, Music Director and Conductor
Nicolas Hodges, Piano
Cynthia Millar, Ondes Martenot
OLIVIER MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie
Gain a new perspective on this masterpiece as David Robertson takes you inside the music with an innovative multimedia presentation that includes enlightening discussion, live music examples, and a full performance of Messiaen’s transcendent tribute to love.
A Program of The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall
Tickets start at $10.
Black History Celebration
Students from Academy for Social Action perform slave narratives, poems and spirituals in tribute to the African Americans who paved the way for generations to come.
FREE
Barnes & Noble/Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway - at 66th Street.
8p.m.
The Greeks Part Two: The Murders (Runs Feb 14-18)
Adapted by John Barton and Kenneth Cavander. Directed by Brian Mertes.
FREE, tickets required
Juillard Drama Theater
- Broadway & W. 65th St.
Directions: Limited ticket availability. Two free tickets per person will be available beginning 1/31 at 11 AM at the Juilliard Box Office.
8p.m.
Carnegie Hall
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Discovery Concert: Messiaen’s
Turangalîla-symphonie
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson, Music Director and Conductor
Nicolas Hodges, Piano
Cynthia Millar, Ondes Martenot
OLIVIER MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie
Gain a new perspective on this masterpiece as David Robertson takes you inside the music with an innovative multimedia presentation that includes enlightening discussion, live music examples, and a full performance of Messiaen’s transcendent tribute to love.
A Program of The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall
Tickets start at $10.
Feb 16
11:30 a.m.
Half Moon Sword
Dixieland jazz. A program of English Sword Dancing in celebration of the Annual Festival. of English Sword Dances with Live Music on Fiddle, Flute, Dulcimer and Accordion.
FREE
Donnell Library Auditorium
20 W. 53rd St. - between Fifth and Sixth Ave.
Directions: By subway: Fifth Ave. stop on the E and V.
1p.m.
Concert on Water
The concert is at the coolest classical music concerts location in New York City. Program and musicians TBA
FREE
Bargemusic
- Fulton Ferry Landing near the Brooklyn Bridge
Directions: Take the A train to High Street station in Brooklyn.
Half Moon Sword
Dixieland jazz. A program of English Sword Dancing in celebration of the Annual Festival. of English Sword Dances with Live Music on Fiddle, Flute, Dulcimer and Accordion.
FREE
Donnell Library Auditorium
20 W. 53rd St. - between Fifth and Sixth Ave.
Directions: By subway: Fifth Ave. stop on the E and V.
1p.m.
Concert on Water
The concert is at the coolest classical music concerts location in New York City. Program and musicians TBA
FREE
Bargemusic
- Fulton Ferry Landing near the Brooklyn Bridge
Directions: Take the A train to High Street station in Brooklyn.
Feb 17
This evening’s concert vespers includes the Holy Sonnets of John Donne and the Songs and Proverbs of William Blake by Benjamin Britten, along with other works.
Jennifer Bates, soprano
Joe Damon Chappel, bass
5p.m. Pre-Vespers Talk at 4:15 p.m.
FREE
This event takes place at:
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
3 West 65th Street - at Central Park West .
1-212-877-6815.
For Pre-Vespers Talk, please come to the side church door at the corner of 65th and Central Park West.
Jennifer Bates, soprano
Joe Damon Chappel, bass
5p.m. Pre-Vespers Talk at 4:15 p.m.
FREE
This event takes place at:
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
3 West 65th Street - at Central Park West .
1-212-877-6815.
For Pre-Vespers Talk, please come to the side church door at the corner of 65th and Central Park West.
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