June 2009 Archives
El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem
El Museo del Barrio was founded in 1969 by artist Raphael Montañez Ortiz with the support of a group of Puerto Rican educators, artists, parents and community activists in East Harlem’s Spanish-speaking El Barrio. Since then, El Museo del Barrio has evolved into New York’s leading Latino cultural institution, having expanded its mission to represent the diversity of art and culture in all of the Caribbean and Latin America.
Click here to download a PDF of El Museo's summer calendar!Sam & Ruby in NYC
Figure Us Fancy at All Things Project
FIGURE US FANCY
An Exhibition Featuring Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Jonathan Cowan, Stephen Halker, Rosita Maldonado, and a late Ukrainian artist, Vanda Shamanskya.
June 3 – September 18, 2009
Opening reception: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Wed.- Sat., 1:00-6:30 p.m. (By appointment after June 27)
Admission is free and open to the public
All Things Project @ NCGV
269 Bleecker Street
NY, NY 10014
www.ncgv.net
212.691.1770
ABOUT THE SHOW:
“All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them . . .” (Isaiah 40)
“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life . . .” (1 Peter 1:18)
All Things Project is pleased to announce FIGURE US FANCY, a group exhibition of five artists, for the summer months of 2009.
The human body is said to be not merely a subject (a person) or an object (a thing), but is the site for the abject, a third category which hovers between that which is familiar yet foreign. This self-consciousness is echoed in the Bible, especially as frail humanity contends with an all-powerful Creator-Savior. The exhibition presents five under-recognized and “outsider” artists of varying ages and cultural backgrounds, all of whom depict the human figure as subject, object, abject. Whether these artists are situated in commercial, instrumental, or plainly fanciful realms, their works suggest that corporeal life—and by extension, art-production itself— is at once a ridiculous and precious enterprise.
The exhibition’s opening night will feature a video presentation around the childhood paper figures created by a young artist, Samuel van der Swaagh. The gallery’s second floor lounge previews Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni’s (October 29) solo show in the fall, immediately at the heels of a solo show featuring Rex Hausmann (September 24).
FIGURE US FANCY is the fourth of six exhibitions curated by Samuel W. Kho for All Things Project in 2009. The curatorial appointment is made possible by a generous grant from the Mustard Seed Foundation, matched by individual gifts. All Things Project and its gallery are part of the Neighborhood Church of Greenwich Village, a house of worship that unabashedly supports cutting-edge visual practices, thoughtful lectures, as well as music and spoken word performances.
The Mountain Dulcimer Comes to New York City
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“FROM THE MOUNTAIN TO THE CITY” TOUR--
THE MOUNTAIN DULCIMER COMES TO NEW YORK CITY
THURSDAY, JUNE 18
NEW YORK, New York. June 2, 3009 Acclaimed Mountain Dulcimist and singer Linda Sack brings the Mountain Dulcimer to New York City on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the International Arts Movement's Space 38/39, 38 West 39th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10018.
The concert, part of Linda Sack's “From the Mountain to the City” summer tour, celebrates the recent release of her premiere CD "The Lilies So Fair" and features charming mountain, bluegrass, country, and rousing old-time favorites played on both the baritone and standard Appalachian Dulcimer.
In this “Mountain Music Serenade,” Sack will demonstrate the surprising versatility and capability of the simple, three-noted Mountain Dulcimer, one of our nation's oldest original musical instruments. She sings and plays the songs of mountain people, stories that connect audiences with their ancestors. The raw humanity expressed in American roots lyrics offer a necessary escape from the isolationism of modern life.
Linda Sack moved to Nashville, Tenn. after living in the Appalachian Mountain foothills, discovering the Mountain Dulcimer in 1993. She studied with dulcimer virtuoso David Schnaufer for 11 years through the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. She has performed with the Nashville Dulcimer Quartet since 1995 and more recently, with the Corn Pone Stars String Band.
"As a longtime protégé of mountain dulcimer legend David Schnaufer until his untimely death in 2006, Linda Sack developed a passion for both the instrument and Appalachian roots music. Handpicked by Schnaufer in 1997 to be part of the Nashville Dulcimer Quartet, Sack toured the country, playing festivals, theaters and radio shows and developing a vast repertoire of classic mountain songs. Her first solo album, The Lilies So Fair, features classic numbers (“Freight Train,” “Wildwood Flower” and “Your Cheatin' Heart,” to name a few) rendered with a delightfully simple front-porch vibe that would have made her late mentor grin approvingly." - Jack Silverman, Nashville Scene.
For information about Linda Sack, go to www.myspace.com/lindasack
or call 615-438-3275. For more information about the June 18 concert, go to www.internationalartsmovement.org or call 212.944.0944.
Theatre in the Subway
I just found out about an interesting new play that will be running in Manhattan June 4-21. "A Mysterious Way" will be performed on a subway platform, and from the description and cast list (including Fringe Outstanding Actor Winner Christopher Domig, right), it looks like it is going to be very interesting.
Anyone with a MetroCard will be able to see the show, but if you're able to make a donation to support the theatre producing it, Firebone Theatre, please do.
I'm going June 13. Hope to see you there!
About the show:
FIREBONE THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to announce their moving production of Steven Walters’ A MYSTERIOUS WAY, directed by Steve Day. A MYSTERIOUS WAY will be performed June 4th through June 21st on the uptown C train platform on 81st Street and the downtown J/M train platform at Chambers Street, subject to change due to the inconsistent environment of the MTA, please check firebone theatre website to confirm. Performances begin Thursday, June 4 and continue until Sunday, June 21. Opening night is Thursday, June 11 at 8pm.
Two men: a youth minister and a drifter.
Two trains: both departing from the same place, for the same place, at the exact same time.
A seemingly benign conversation between two strangers develops increasingly dubious as the true intentions of the wayward vagabond are revealed.
This dark poignant drama takes a hard look at faith, evil, and the classic conflict of Man versus God.
A MYSTERIOUS WAY plays the following schedule through Sunday, June 21:
Thursday at 8pm
Friday at 8pm
Saturday at 8pm
Sunday at 2pm
Ticket price is FREE! The cost of your metro card will get you into the show. To reserve a place on a blanket, visit www.firebonetheatre.com. Additionally, due to the ever changing nature of the MTA visit the website to confirm the exact location of the show on the date you intend to attend.
Running time: 40 minutes
A Mysterious Way was originally produced by Second Thought Theatre as part of Water Tower Theatre's Annual Out of the Loop Festival.
BIOGRAPHIES
STEVE DAY (Director) After earning his BA in Theatre, Steve spent time in Wales developing a theatre troupe for teens. He returned to Raleigh, NC, to work as actor and Technical Director for Burning Coal Theatre. Steve then earned his Directing MFA from Baylor, where he assisted Horton Foote’s 50th Anniversary production of The Traveling Lady and directed the Southern premiere of Foote's The Actor. Since moving to NYC he has worked with Olivier Award nominee Stafford Arima (Ragtime, Seussical, Altar Boyz), Emmy nominee Arthur Giron (Edith Stein, Becoming Memories), and Broadway/Off-Broadway Producer, Carolyn Rossi Copeland. Directing credits include: Invisible Child (MTF), the world premiere of Deadheading Roses at the Lamb’s Little Theatre, Miguel Manara, a lyric play, for Black Friars Theatre, and a workshop of The World is Round by Armand Salacrou for the Horizon Theatre Repertory. In 2008 he produced and directed the NYC premiere of Refuge of Lies at Theatre Row. He currently is the Animation Director for Vertical Learning Curve and is a member of the Lincoln Center directing lab and the Society of American Fight Directors.
STEVEN WALTERS (Playwright) is the Resident Playwright, Co-Founder, and former Co-Artistic Director of Second Thought Theatre in Dallas, Texas. His plays have been produced by Second Thought Theatre, Project X, Casa Manana, the Festival of Independent Theaters, WaterTower Theatre’s Out of the Loop Festival, Baylor University, Gardner Webb University, Priority One and Blue Fish TV. In 2005, Steven was named “Best Local Playwright” by the Dallas Observer. His plays have won and been nominated for numerous Dallas/Ft. Worth Theatre Critics Forum Awards, Column Awards, and Leon Rabin Awards. Steven currently works as a staff writer for Funimation Entertainment. As an actor, Steven has performed regionally with the Dallas Theater Center, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Casa Manana, Lost Nation Theater, and the Peterborough Players. Television credits include: Friday Night Lights, Prison Break, and Case Closed. Steven currently resides in Los Angeles, CA and is represented by the Abrams Artists Agency and Imprint Entertainment.
CHRISTOPHER JOHN DOMIG (Actor) National and International tour of Dirt by Robert Schneider (Edinburgh, Berlin, London, New York, Outstanding Actor Award FringeNYC.) Recently Uncle Vanya, One Fat Day In Babylon, The Woman and The Box Man a new play by The Company in association with Columbia University. Regional: Colorado Shakespeare Festival, WaterTower Theatre, Greenstage Seattle. International: "Der kleine Hobbit", "Lysistrata", "Der Zerrissene" Films: Depravity, Returning, Little Things, Young Dinosaurs Training: MFA from SMU, Michael Howard.
JARED HOUSEMAN (Actor) Theater credits include; The Woman, Uncle Vanya, The Tamer Tamed, Alphabet City V (NY); Scarecrow, The Great Pretenders, Halal El Mashakel, Lawyer!Lawyer!, Unpeople, Key To The Mystic Halls Of Time (Australia). Film and TV credits include The Hard Sell and Geoffrey Bagel, All Saints, Love my way. He has also co-written, directed and acted in the films; A Snake’s Tale and Geoffrey Bagel (‘Best Foreign Film’ at the Bluegrass Independent Film Festival, USA).
FIREBONE THEATRE produces and develops works that explore immortalily (fire) and mortality (bone). Their first production was the world Premiere of the play Deadheading Roses by resident playwright Chris Cragin at The Lamb’s Little Theatre in Times Square. In 2008 they presented the North American premiere of Refuge of Lies by Ron Reed, at Theatre Row. After Mysterious Way, they will rev up for their fall production of Emily, by Chris Cragin, at Theatre Row in September, 2009.
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