January 2010 Archives

The Use and Uselessness of Art - Prof. Nicholas Wolterstorff in NYC Feb. 23

Published on January 27, 2010 by Christy Tennant

The University of Virginia Club of New York City
The Yale Club of New York City
&
The Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at UVA

Invite you to a lecture and discussion on

"The Use and Uselessness of Art"

Professor Nicholas Wolterstorff

February 23, 2010

6:30 pm – Cocktails (cash bar)
7:00 – 8:00 pm – Talk and Discussion
The Library, 4

What is the purpose of art? Does it have to do with community experience, individual enjoyment, or pure contemplation? Or does art in fact possess no intrinsic value and purpose? How have Westerners traditionally viewed their relationship to aesthetics, and where do we stand in the early twenty-first century?

Professor Wolterstorff will chronicle the development of the artistic imagination, highlight competing narratives about the role of art in the public square, and locate the role of art in a global context.

Nicholas Wolterstorff is the Noah Porter Emeritus Professor of Religious Philosophy at Yale University and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. Over the course of his career, Wolterstorff has published extensively on the philosophies of art, religion and politics. He is interested in both theory and practice, having participated in not only academic treatises on justice but also within the realm of civil rights and reconciliation. Wolterstorff was educated at Calvin College and Harvard University and has held visiting lectureships at Oxford, Princeton, and Harvard Universities.

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Piano Concert to Benefit Heart's Home

Published on January 06, 2010 by Christy Tennant

Juilliard Prodigy to per­form in honor of Heart’s Home’s 20th Anniversary.

“The youngest win­ner ev­er of Salon De Virtuosi in the past twen­ty-one years”

Tiffany Poon, a 12 year old pi­anist born in Hong Kong and present­ly at­tend­ing her 3rd year at Juilliard, has won in­nu­mer­able awards for her tal­ent and per­for­mance.

This Benefit Concert in honor of the 20th Anniversary of Heart’s Home will be held on January 12, at 7 p.m. at the American Bible Society, 1865 Broadway at 61st Street, Manhattan, NY 10023 (one block of Columbus Circle). Tickets start at $35.00

Program:
Haydn Sonata No. 39 in D Major, Hoboken XVI:24
Mozart Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310
Chopin Andante Spianato und Grand Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22
Beethoven Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2, “Tempest”
Ravel Sonatine
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-Sharp Minor

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"The Satin Slipper" Opens Jan 8 in NYC

Published on January 03, 2010 by Christy Tennant

The Satin Slipper is The Storm Theatre’s second offering from French playwright, poet and diplomat Paul Claudel. This passionate epic, set in the Golden Age of Spain, spans several continents and many years, exploring the clash between human and Divine love and its role in the salvation of mankind. In the process, this cosmic romance cuts to the core of human existence in a way that only the greatest of dramas can. The play is a love story dominated by the ideas of sin and redemption and the various characters, some divine and some comic, frequently engage in a dialogue as though between Heaven and Earth.

The Satin Slipper, which is being put on by Storm Theatre in association with the Blackfriars Repertory Theatre, will be performed from January 8 – February 6, 2010 at The Theatre of the Church of Notre Dame, 114th Street and Morningside Park (1 block from Columbia University) with performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30pm and Saturdays at 2pm. Additional performance on Monday, January 11 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $25 and are available at www.smarttix.com, 212-868-4444.

For more information, visit Storm Theatre's web site.

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