EXCITING EVENTS AROUND NEW YORK: MARCH 2023

By Great Performances

Explore Great Music, Art and More at Our Partner Venues This Month!

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APOLLO COMEDY CLUB

Thursday, March 2nd at 10:00pm

Location: Apollo’s Soundstage

FEATURING: SAL HOLMES, MARIA SANCHEZ AND NEMA WILLIAMS
HOST: DARRYL DAMN

The Apollo Comedy Club, curated by the legendary Bob Sumner (producer of Def Comedy Jam, creator of Laff Mobb on Aspire), presents a night of comedic sets by Sal Holmes, Maria Sanchez and Nema Williams. This month’s host is comedian and writer, Darryl Damn. Jumpstart your weekend on Apollo’s Soundstage for a thrilling night of laughter, drinks, and tasty bitesin this long-running series that shines a spotlight on the best up and coming talent in comedy today.

Perfect for date night, or a night out with friends, don’t miss your chance to heat up your Thursday with the hottest ticket in Harlem. Doors open at 9pm; Showtime is 10pm.

The Apollo Comedy Club is a continuation of the Apollo’s 2022-2023 season, The Next Movement, an exploration of what’s new, now and next in music, comedy, dance, art and ideas.

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CQ3: THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Saturday, March 18th at 8:00pm

Location: Apollo’s Historic Theater

As a revolutionary virtual club that safely brought millions together to experience community amidst isolation, since March 2020 D-Nice’s Club Quarantine has been a global rhythmic respite. A multigenerational and multi-genre experience, Club Quarantine is a global celebration of music, life, and love. Since its inception, CQ has been a cultural linchpin, serving as a catalyst for innovation in music and social media to create a wholly unique event. Now, Club Quarantine will come offline again for CQ3, a special once-in-a-lifetime evening with D-Nice at home in Harlem at The Apollo’s historic theater. Celebrating three years of community, connection, and culture, join The Apollo, BrandNice and D-Nice for this Harlem Chic affair.

Following sold-out performances across the country, CQ3: The Harlem Renaissance will feature D-Nice with a special guest lineup to be announced. Tickets will go fast.

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THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN’S WINDOW

Saturday, February 4th through Sunday, March 19th

Location: BAM Strong, Harvey Theater

Tickets: start at $35

BY LORRAINE HANSBERRY
WITH OSCAR ISAAC AND RACHEL BROSNAHAN
DIRECTED BY ANNE KAUFFMAN

Oscar Isaac (Scenes from a Marriage, Hamlet, Star Wars) and Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Dead for a Dollar, Othello) star in Lorraine Hansberry’s (A Raisin in the Sun) sweeping drama of identity, idealism, and love. With direction by Anne Kauffman, BAM’s production marks the first major New York revival since the original Broadway run.

Hansberry invites us into Greenwich Village in the 60s, crafting a razor-sharp portrait of a diverse group of friends whose progressive dreams can’t quite match reality. At the center are Sidney and Iris Brustein, fighting to see if their marriage—with all its crackling wit, passion, and petty cruelty—can survive Sidney’s ideals. As if reaching across the decades, Hansberry’s incisive final work offers shockingly contemporary provocations.

Discover this “astonishing force” (The Chicago Tribune) from one of America’s greatest playwrights when it finally returns to New York.

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ÁGUA

March 3rd through March 19th

Location: Peter Jay Sharp Building, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House

Tickets: start at $45

US PREMIERE

A PIECE BY PINA BAUSCH
TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL PINA BAUSCH

The company that exploded the possibilities of dance, Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal, returns to BAM for the first time in six years with a US premiere from the late visionary choreographer. Created during a residency in Brazil in 2001, Bausch refracted the landscapes, sounds, movements, and music she encountered into a color-saturated fantasy. While infused with hints of danger, there is a joyfulness here that stands out among Bausch’s oeuvre, highlighting the legendary choreographer at her most exuberant.

A virtuosic work performed with fearless abandon, Água offers all audience members—from longtime fans to curious newcomers—the pleasure of immersing themselves in Bausch’s utterly singular vision.

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FIRST SATURDAY: IN EVERY DIRECTION

Saturday, March 4th, all day

Celebrate Women’s History Month and twenty-five years of First Saturdays! This month’s theme honors the pivotal role of women and nonbinary people in social, political, and aesthetic movements for liberation. The evening’s programs highlight our recently opened exhibitions A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration and Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter: “Ain’t I a Woman.”

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Pints and Prints, 2022. (Photo: Kolin Mendez)

PINTS AND PRINTS: DUKE RILEY

Thursday, March 16th from 6:00pm – 7:30pm and 8:00pm – 9:30pm

Location: Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor

Tickets: $35 and include after-hours admission to DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash (last entry: 9:30 pm), art materials in your own Brooklyn Museum tote, and a complimentary drink. Member tickets are $25.

Grab a brew and create your own art prints inspired by DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash, an exhibition featuring works by Brooklyn-based artist Duke Riley. Teaching artist Sam Kelly leads a class on collagraph printmaking, in which materials are collaged onto a board to create a 3-D plate that can be repeatedly inked to generate prints. Emulate Riley’s unique approach to his maritime crafts, made with materials collected from beaches in the northeastern United States.

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SCHWAB VOCAL RISING STARS

Sunday, March 12th at 3:00pm

Tickets: Start at $30 / Free for children 18 and under

Mediterranean

In this mentoring program, Artistic Director Steven Blier selects four young singers and a pianist for a week-long residency at Caramoor. The week includes daily coaching, rehearsals, and workshops, culminating in this performance entitled Mediterranean — a musical voyage around the Mediterranean Sea, with stops in Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, and Tunisia.

Artists
Shelén Hughes, soprano
Maggie Reneé, mezzo-soprano
Colin Aikins, tenor
Joseph Parrish, baritone
Yihao Zhou, piano

Steven Blier, Artistic Director & piano
Bénédicte Jourdois, Associate Director & piano

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SEAN MASON QUINTET

Presented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center

Friday, March 24th at 8:00pm

Tickets: Start at $40

Join us in welcoming Jazz at Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Sean Mason leading his own ensemble at Caramoor. A sought-after sideman, he has performed and toured with jazz legends including Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, and Herlin Riley, among many others, and is noted for his ability to switch fluently between many different styles of music. Mason will be joined by the stellar members of his quintet in performances of his original music.

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Billy Childs
Photo Credit: Raj Naik

BILLY CHILDS QUARTET FEAT. SEAN JONES

“WINDS OF CHANGE”

Thursday, March 9th through Sunday, March 12th

Tickets: start at $25

ABOUT THE SHOW

Pianist and composer Billy Childs releases his third album for Mack Avenue, The Winds of Change. With 16 Grammy nominations and five wins, Childs takes his rightful place among the lineage of piano masters. To hear his compositions is to know his singularity. But listeners find his resonance as a soloist — in full blossom on The Winds of Change — equally unmatched. His band features Hans Glawischnig on bass, Ari Hoenig on drums, and special guest Sean Jones on trumpet.

PERFORMANCE LINEUP

Billy Childs, piano

Sean Jones, trumpet

Hans Glawischnig, bass

Ari Hoenig, drums

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ENDEA OWENS & THE COOKOUT

Saturday, March 18th and Sunday, March 19th

Tickets: start at $25

ABOUT THE SHOW

Endea Owens evolves the legacy of great leaders behind the bass. Citing her mentors as Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, and Ron Carter, she approaches her sets with commanding presence, sensitivity, and an elastic foundation primed for spontaneity. In recent years, Owens’ leadership has expanded to include community organizing, artistic curation, and facilitating cultural exchange as a global ambassador of the music.

PERFORMANCE LINEUP

Endea Owens, bass

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THE MUSIC OF TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI

FEATURING THE JLCO WITH WYNTON MARSALIS AND LEW TABACKIN & TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI

Friday, March 10th and Saturday, March 11th

Location: Rose Theater

Tickets: start at $40.50

WHAT TO EXPECT

  • A concert honoring iconic pianist/composer and NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi

  • There will be a free pre-concert lecture at 7pm for each performance

ABOUT THE CONCERT

On The Music of Toshiko Akiyoshi with The JLCO with Wynton Marsalis and special guest Lew Tabackin music directed by Ted Nash, The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis play the monumental compositions of the iconic pianist-composer Toshiko Akiyoshi, as they are joined by her on stage for part of the performance.

Manchuria-born, ethnically Japanese, Akiyoshi has been a force on the international scene since 1952, when the iconic pianist Oscar Peterson, on tour with Jazz at the Philharmonic, heard her in Tokyo and insisted that JATP impresario Norman Granz record her.

Akiyoshi—who moved to the U.S. in 1956, and will be 93 at the time of the concert—has impressed both for the comprehensive mastery and fierce distillation of the language of bebop master Bud Powell that she was able to assimilate early on in isolation from the U.S. scene and for her evocative corpus of sui generis works since 1973 for the Akiyoshi-Tabackin Orchestra with Lew Tabackin (who will play tenor saxophone and flute on this evening), combining swing, bebop, classical, and elements drawn from her Japanese heritage.

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ROSA PASSOS WITH KENNY BARRON, RON CARTER AND RAFAEL BARATA

Friday, March 24th and Saturday, March 25th

Location: The Appel Room

Tickets: start at $70.50

WHAT TO EXPECT

  • Return of Brazilian vocalist and guitarist in The Appel Room since her sold-out performance in 2016

  • You can purchase the 9:30 performances on March 24 and 25 as part of the 9:30 in The Appel Room series – three 9:30 Appel Room shows for $99 (includes all fees) for any seat in the house while seats are available. Your Appel Room ticket stub can be used for a free cover to that evening’s Dizzy’s Late Night Session

ABOUT THE CONCERT

Rosa Passos with Kenny Barron and Ron Carter brings the iconic Brazilian vocalist and guitarist to the Appel Room for the first time since her sold-out 2016 appearance with NEA Jazz Master pianist Kenny Barron. Their spellbinding simpatico will be enhanced by Passos’ reunion with Ron Carter—also an NEA Jazz Master who bass virtuoso Stanley Clarke once described “as the most important bass player of the last fifty years.”—after their lauded 2003 “Entre Amigos” album. While Passos has been called the “female João Gilberto” she is a prolific and distinct vocalist and guitarist with a playful yet sophisticated style, marked by perfect pitch and spacious elegance. Enhancing this first-ever meeting of these three masters is first-call Brazilian drummer, Rafael Barata.

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FIRST FRIDAY

Friday, March 3rd from 10:00am – 9:00pm

Tickets: Free all Day!

Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, performance, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.

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PH X TEENS: COUNTERCULTURE COLLAGE

Friday, March 10th from 3:30pm – 6:00pm

Tickets: Free for Teens!

Did you know that teens always get free admission into Poster House? In celebration of our new exhibitions Made in Japan and Black Power to Black People, teens are invited to create a counterculture collage on notebooks.

Artists Yokoo Tadanori and Tanaami Keiichi, featured in Made in Japan, and many designers featured in Black Power to Black People contributed to the growing anti-establishment movement of the 60s, known as counterculture, in response to the civil rights movement, anti-war efforts, and anti-censorship movements. These artists utilized collage, digital media, and radical imagery to make bold and progressive demands to change the status quo.

Inspired by their work, teens will design their own radical counterculture message using collage. After they complete their notebooks, teens are encouraged to take what they create into the exhibits to explore.

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A BRIGHT NEW BOISE

Tuesday, January 31st through Sunday, March 12th

Tickets: start at $49

OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE

MacArthur Fellow Samuel D. Hunter, whose first work in his Premiere Residency – the world premiere of A Case for the Existence of God – ran at Signature to great critical acclaim, returns with the Off-Broadway premiere of A Bright New Boise. As i n Case, Hunter here captures a region of his home state Idaho – in the negative space of a depersonalized work environment – through the people who inhabit it. This dark comedic work depicts a Boise Hobby Lobby thrown into chaos by the arrival of a new employee sorting through a tragic past. Like Hudes, audiences can experience Hunter’s stage work alongside his unique dramatic vision on-screen: Darren Aronofsky’s film adaptation of his play The Whale, starring Brendan Fraser, is expected to be released by A24 sometime in 2022.

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LETTERS FROM MAX

Tuesday, February 7th through Sunday, March 19th

Tickets: start at $49

WORLD PREMIERE

MacArthur Fellow Sarah Ruhl begins her Spotlight Residency with the world premiere adaptation of her 2018 epistolary book, Letters from Max: A Poet, a Teacher, and a Friendship, “a resonant and profound contribution from two fully formed artists to the literature of illness” (Slate). Ruhl, whose accomplished body of work includes Eurydice and Pulitzer Prize finalists In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) and The Clean House, shares letters and poems passed between herself and her former student Max Ritvo, as he candidly discusses terminal illness and tests poetry’s capacity to put to words what otherwise feels ineffable.

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COOKING DEMONSTRATION: COOKING WITH CACTI

Sunday, March 19th from 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Location: Wave Hill House

Tickets: Free with Admission to the Grounds

Prickly pear, aloe, agave and dragon fruit are a few examples of culinary cacti and succulents. Find out how to select, prepare and serve some of these unlikely edibles with Chef Nick Acosta from Great Performances. Delicious samples include grilled cactus paddles (nopales) and a dragon fruit smoothie. Ages 10 and older welcome with an adult. Succulent Sunday event.

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Photo: Laura Desberg

CONCERT: ALEA

Sunday, March 26th from 2:00–3:00pm

Location: Armor Hall

Tickets: $30 Adult/$16 Student with ID/$14 Child (8-18), including admission to the grounds. Advance tickets $2 off. Wave Hill Members save 10%

With a welcoming sound that embraces cumbia, vallenato, rancheras, jazz and American pop, singer-songwriter Alea moves her audiences with messages of the spirit, calls for social change and free-flowing love. Originally from La Guajira, Colombia, Alea’s performance encompasses an entire generation of ethno-futuristic and folkloric music accentuated by buttery vocals, deep-rooted grooves and uplifting guitar. Alea’s in-person performances are powerful encounters of the spirit, passionate travelogues that link downtown New York to a tropical Colombian cantina.

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ICE SKATING IN CENTRAL PARK

October 24th through March 15th

Tickets: start at $10

Time to get your tickets for the wonderful season ahead!

As stewards of the historic gathering space that is Wollman Rink, we pledge to spark bliss that exhilarates the community’s sense of connection, positivity and possibility. We can’t wait to get this season started!

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ICE THEATRE OF NEW YORK®

Thursday, March 2nd

Ice Theatre of New York® to present Pop-Up City Skate Concerts at Wollman Rink on February 2 & March 2, 2023 at 6:30pm in Central Park. (Rain dates are February 9 and March 9.)

ITNY repertory works will include Of Water and Ice, When Atoms Embrace, Take Five, as well as a new duet for Liz Yoshiko Schmidt and Danil Berdnikov by choreographer Lorna Brown, and more. ITNY will also give opportunities to guest artists and long-time performance apprentices Oona and Gage Brown.

These short Pop-Up concerts take place immediately after the ice resurfacing and are designed to inspire and delight the public waiting to skate the next session, while introducing them to the art of dancing on ice.

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EXCITING EVENTS AROUND THE BRONX: MARCH 2023

By Great Performances

Explore exciting community events around the Bronx this month.

SALSA LESSON AND PARTY!

Friday, March 17th from 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Bring a friend and learn the art of salsa dancing here at The Bronx Museum alongside professional instructors and live music in celebration of the history of salsa in the South Bronx. All ages and skill levels welcomed!

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FAMILY TIME
DOUBLE DUTCH

Saturday, March 18th from 3:00pm – 5:00pm

Back by popular demand! Grab your jump rope and join us for an afternoon of double dutching with experienced instructors at The Bronx Museum. All ages and skill levels welcomed!

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WINTER BIRDING WITH NYC AUDUBON

Wednesday, March 15th from 7:00am – 8:30am

Location: Starlight Park

Join NYC Audubon and the Bronx River Alliance on a stroll along the Bronx River this winter. You’ll get a chance to see and hear some of the many beautiful birds that rely on this important freshwater ecosystem, including songbirds, waterfowl, and more. Along the way, we will also highlight the importance of biodiversity and urban green space for all wildlife.

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TA 2ND ANNUAL WOMEN’S MONTH BIKE RIDE

Saturday, March 25th from 1:30pm – 4:00pm

Join Transportation Alternatives for our celebratory 2nd Annual Women’s Month Bike Ride in the Bronx on March 25th, 2023!

This free event will be taking place again throughout the Bronx and enter into neighborhooding communities throughout Harlem, the Heights and Randall’s Island. The routes will be finalized in coming weeks but this year we will have an 8-mile beginner route and a new 15-mile moderate route the same day, ending together with a rally and celebration.

Registration required. Click here to learn more

THE ORCHID SHOW:
NATURAL HERITAGE

Saturday, February 18th through Sunday, April 23rd

Be Enveloped in Lily Kwong’s Fantastical Vision

Acclaimed artist Lily Kwong, the designer for The Orchid Show’s 20th year, presents a meditative and captivating design inspired by her ancestral connections to the natural world. Kwong’s vibrant and fantastical vision will envelop visitors in thousands of orchids, allowing them to reconnect to nature amidst picture perfect beauty.

Don’t miss this chance to be immersed in a mesmerizing array of orchids, enfolded into rolling mountains throughout the historic Enid A Haupt Conservatory, and to feel enwrapped in this one-of-a-kind experience. On select nights during The Orchid Show, adults 21 and over can experience the exhibition through Orchid Nights, with music, cash bars, and food available for purchase. Stay tuned for dates.

A former student in NYBG’s Adult Education program, Lily Kwong works at the intersection between landscape, wellness, and art, connecting people to nature through transformative projects and site-specific botanical art installations. Her work has been featured in the New Yorker, Vogue, Architectural Digest, Domino, Forbes, Fast Company and more, and her designs have been featured in New York City at the High Line and Grand Central Station, as well as in venues and gardens around the world.

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NYC ULTIMATE TRAIL RUNNING SERIES

Saturday, March 4th from 9:00am – 1:00pm

Location: Van Cortlandt Park

Join us at the world famous home of cross country trail running, Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.

Saturday, March 4, 2023, join Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and King of the Mountain Events for this first-of-its-kind NYC Ultimate Trail Running Series featuring 8K (4.97 miles) filled with rolling single-track trails, mixed with stairs, wooden boardwalks, and sections of paved and double wide paths. Start off your 2023 trail running season with this challenging and tricky course!

A portion of the net proceeds will be donated to the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance to support trail maintenance.

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WOMEN SPEAKS

Wednesday, March 8th from 4:00-5:00pm

Wednesday, March 15th from 4:00-5:00pm

Wednesday, March 22nd from 4:00-5:00pm

Wednesday, March 29th from 4:00-5:00pm

Location: Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center, 3225 Reservoir Oval East

Join us as we hear from women in the community with diverse backgrounds, unique job positions and inspire young people of different possibilities. We will hear from women in underrepresented careers: media, entrepreneurship, executive, and adventure.

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GREAT PERFORMANCES' VEGAN CHILI

Find a ready-to-take-home chili spice mix at any of our partner cafes and restaurants around town!

Use our Chili Spice Kit to make a batch of this vegan chili, which is also featured at our cafe at Wollman Rink. This recipe is delicious the same day you make it, but tastes even better the next day. Freeze any leftovers in smaller portions for a quick winter warmup. Add meat for a non-vegan option, garden vegetables for an even heartier meal, or top with classics like cheese, sour cream, and scallions.

The Spice Mix is also delicious as a seasoning for roasting vegetables or using as a dry rub.

Vegan Chili Recipe

By Chef Andrew Smith, Culinary Director

Serves 3-4

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 small red onion, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 Tbsp oil
  • 3 15oz cans black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 cup Brooklyn lager
  • 4 cups vegetable stock
  • 1 14.5oz can diced tomatoes
  • 2 Tbsp Great Performances Chili Spice Mix*

*GP Chili Spice Mix contains garlic and onion, as well as our signature blend of spices.

PROCEDURE

  1. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed, 6 qt pot on medium heat. Add onions and garlic and sweat till onions have become translucent.
  2. Add seasoning mix and stir till fragrant.
  3. Deglaze with beer, scraping up fond and stirring until reduced to au sec (nearly dry), then add stock, tomatoes, and black beans.
  4. Simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, for about one hour or until liquids have reduced to chili-like consistency.
  5. Season to taste and remove from heat. Serve with your favorite chili garnishes.

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EXCITING EVENTS AROUND NEW YORK: FEBRUARY 2023

By Great Performances

Explore Great Music, Art and More at Our Partner Venues This Month!

Photo: ©Apollo

DINING WITH THE DIVAS 2023

Thursday, February 9th at 11:30am

Location: Apollo’s Historic Theater

Dining with the Divas is a unique event that highlights extraordinary women from various industries who serve as role models and mentors. This special luncheon attracts more than 350 guests and is an important networking opportunity for a diverse and influential group of women. In 2023, Dining with the Divas will return to the historic Apollo, and promises to bring fellowship, community and female empowerment during this annual celebration.

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THE APOLLO PRESENTS
THE BLUES AND ITS PEOPLE

Saturday, February 18th at 8:00pm

Location: Apollo’s Historic Theater

Tickets: Start at $35

WITH RUSSELL GUNN AND SPECIAL GUESTS
CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF AMIRI BARAKA’S BLUES PEOPLE
“Where the music goes, that’s where the people go. The music reflects the people.” – Amiri Baraka

Join us for The Blues and Its People, an electrifying evening-length concert featuring critically acclaimed composer and trumpeter Russell Gunn and his Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra that brings to life poet and author Amiri Baraka’s groundbreaking work, Blues People: Negro Music in White America. Special guests include Weedie Braimah, Davell Crawford, Miles Griffith, Craig Harris, Stefon Harris, Jazzmeia Horn, Oliver Lake, jessica care Moore, and Leon Timbo. This exciting one-night-only exploration of jazz, gospel, and blues, commissioned by the Apollo, traverses Baraka’s text through song and readings curated by Fredara Hadley, Ph.D, ethnomusicologist at The Julliard School of Music.

Don’t miss this special celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Baraka’s revolutionary text and the enduring legacy of Black music as only the Apollo could tell it. The Blues and Its People is a continuation of the Apollo’s 2022-2023 season, The Next Movement, an exploration of what’s new, now and next in music, dance, art and ideas.

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THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN’S WINDOW

Saturday, February 4th through Sunday, March 19th

Location: BAM Strong, Harvey Theater

Tickets: start at $35

BY LORRAINE HANSBERRY
WITH OSCAR ISAAC AND RACHEL BROSNAHAN
DIRECTED BY ANNE KAUFFMAN

Oscar Isaac (Scenes from a Marriage, Hamlet, Star Wars) and Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Dead for a Dollar, Othello) star in Lorraine Hansberry’s (A Raisin in the Sun) sweeping drama of identity, idealism, and love. With direction by Anne Kauffman, BAM’s production marks the first major New York revival since the original Broadway run.

Hansberry invites us into Greenwich Village in the 60s, crafting a razor-sharp portrait of a diverse group of friends whose progressive dreams can’t quite match reality. At the center are Sidney and Iris Brustein, fighting to see if their marriage—with all its crackling wit, passion, and petty cruelty—can survive Sidney’s ideals. As if reaching across the decades, Hansberry’s incisive final work offers shockingly contemporary provocations.

Discover this “astonishing force” (The Chicago Tribune) from one of America’s greatest playwrights when it finally returns to New York.

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Photo: ©BAM

JAMEL GAINES CREATIVE OUTLET PRESENTS REMEMBERING

February 17th and 18th

Location: BAM Fisher, Fishman Space

Tickets: $100 for Supporting Creative Outlet Artists + Show Ticket; $40 GA Ticket

Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet

REMEMBERING… a multimedia production that explores the historical accounts of the Middle Passage, Slavery, and Emancipation. Inspired by “The MAAFA Suite” and the teachings of Dr. Johnny Ray Youngblood, it incorporates images by Tom Feelings and music by Phil Hamilton and John Williams. REMEMBERING is American history told by African Voices, lacing Contemporary and African Dance with audio-visual elements including spoken word, music, and African drumming.

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FIRST SATURDAY: LEGACY

Saturday, February 4th, all day

Ring in Black History Month and celebrate twenty-five years of First Saturdays! This month’s theme honors the legacy of Black artistic production in Brooklyn. The evening’s events vibrate with the creative excellence of Black artists who are shaping the borough’s culture today and of throwback performers who put First Saturdays on the map.

This event is free; advance registration is required. Admission is subject to our capacity at the time of your arrival.

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Art History Happy Hour, 2021
(Photo: Kolin Mendez Photography)

ART HISTORY HAPPY HOUR: AFRICAN ANCESTORS OF EGYPT AND NUBIA

Thursday, February 16th from 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Location: The Norm Restaurant and Bar, 1st Floor

Tickets: $45 and include wine tastings, small bites, and after-hours admission to our Egyptian galleries. Additional beverages are available for purchase. Member tickets are $40.

Our season of Art History Happy Hours continues with an evening of lighthearted lectures and accompanying wines inspired by African Ancestors of Egypt and Nubia: From the Green Sahara to the Nile. This special gallery activation highlights connections between ancient Egypt and other African cultures in art, religion, and language. Delve deeper into these histories with Annissa Malvoisin, Bard Graduate Center / Brooklyn Museum Postdoctoral Fellow in the Arts of Africa; Meghan Bill, Coordinator of Provenance; and Dr. Vanessa Davies, scholar and founding organizer of the Nile Valley Collective. During the program, enjoy wine pairings by Marquis Williams of the Brooklyn-based wine club Highly Recommended.

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IVALAS QUARTET

Sunday, February 12th at 2:00pm

Tickets: Start at $30 / Free for children 18 and under

2022-23 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence

The Ivalas Quartet, Caramoor’s 2022 – 23 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence, was formed at the University of Michigan in 2017. Dedicated to the celebration of diverse voices, Ivalas seeks to disrupt the classical music world by continuously spotlighting Black and Indigenous composers such as Eleanor Alberga, whose First String Quartet is featured on the Quartet’s fall performance in the Music Room, alongside quartets by Osvaldo Golijov and Beethoven.

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CYRUS CHESTNUT TRIO

Friday, February 17th through Sunday, February 19th

Tickets: start at $20

ABOUT THE SHOW

Virtuosity and warmth emanate from the bandstand whenever Cyrus Chestnut sits at the piano. The master practitioner’s staggering resume as a leader and a highly sought collaborator includes meaningful associations with such icons as Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, Regina Carter, James Moody, Kathleen Battle, Betty Carter, and Dizzy Gillespie, among countless others. His sound bonds nuance, profound connection to melody, and a deep pocket that engages audiences across the world.

PERFORMANCE LINEUP

Cyrus Chestnut, piano
Eric Wheeler, bass
Chris Beck, drums

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ALPHONSO HORNE’S GOTHAM KINGS MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION

Tuesday, February 21st and Wednesday, February 22nd

Tickets: start at $20

ABOUT THE SHOW

Trumpet player and irrepressible band leader Alphonso Horne leads this high-octane outfit inspired by the music of King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band. Gotham Kings engages the virtuosity of Louis Armstrong and innovative genius of King Oliver to invite audiences into an immersive sound chamber that transmits rags, stomps, shouts, and funk. This high-energy set celebrates the legacy of Mardi Gras with a dynamic band and repertoire that bonds past, present, and future.

PERFORMANCE LINEUP

Alphonso Horne, trumpet

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DIANNE REEVES: LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Friday, February 10th and Saturday, February 11th

Location: Rose Theater

Tickets: start at $40.50

WHAT TO EXPECT

  • One of the world’s top jazz vocalists returns to mesmerize audiences with her beloved Valentine’s Day shows in Rose Theater.

  • An intimate, powerful performance by a master vocalist and hypnotizing storyteller

ABOUT THE CONCERT

Another JALC perennial is a Valentine’s Day tradition, on which Dianne Reeves sings on the subject of love, fulfilled and unrequited, carnal and spiritual, illuminating the complexities attendant to matters of the heart with a warm, dazzling contralto, spanning registers with no apparent strain, conveying emotional nuance through exquisitely calibrated tonal color and phrasing. “I just want to tell the story,” Reeves says. “My instrument is an extension of my soul.”

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NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI AND HAMILTON DE HOLANDA

Friday, February 24th and Saturday, February 25th

Location: The Appel Room

Tickets: start at $80.50

WHAT TO EXPECT

  • The first-ever collaboration between Brazillian mandolin player Hamilton de Holanda and South African pianist-composer Nduduzo Makhathini

  • Amazing views backdrop this global concert

ABOUT THE CONCERT

On Nduduzo Makhathini and Hamilton de Holanda, Brazilian 10-string mandolin (bandolim) wizard Hamilton de Holanda and eminent South African pianist-composer Nduduzo Makhathini, both master musicologists, teachers, composers, and musical storytellers with an ancient-to-future outlook, share a bandstand for the first time, mixing the codes of their respective traditions in a unique exploration of the diaspora of African motherland musical culture to the Americas from the slave trade and colonization until the present day. Hamilton de Holanda—who co-founded the world’s first Choro school in 1997 and spearheaded the movement to give Brazil’s revered vernacular genre a National Day in 2000—transcends limitation in his playing and improvisation, interacting with other music traditions, instruments, and ensembles, including several performances with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Raised in the lush and rugged hillscapes of uMgungundlovu, the site of the mid-19th century Zulu Dingane kingdom where music and ritual practices were symbiotically linked, Nduduzo Makhathini—like de Holanda—plays numerous styles of music from his country; he’s propagated his vision within contemporary South African jazz culture—and internationally via his relationship with Blue Note Records.

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FIRST FRIDAY

Friday, February 3rd from 10:00am – 9:00pm

Tickets: Free all Day!

Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, performance, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.

1pm Experimental Drawing Workshop $10

3pm Poster History Timeline Tour

4pm Street Dancing Workshop $10

5pm Masked Vigilantes Docent Tour

6pm Bollywood Dance Workshop $10

7:30pm Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Performance

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POSTER KIDS: I SPY

Sunday, February 12th from 10:30am – 12:00pm

Tickets: Free!

Have you ever wanted to play I Spy in a museum? Now you can! Join Poster Kids as we find unique and sometimes hidden images in our poster exhibitions. After our gallery activity, we’ll head to the workshop to create our own I Spy-themed collages and drawings.

Join Poster House on select Sunday mornings from 10:30am–12pm for a family-friendly, interactive poster tour and a related art-making experience. Admission is free; advanced registration is required.

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A BRIGHT NEW BOISE

Tuesday, January 31st through Sunday, March 12th

Tickets: start at $49

OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE

MacArthur Fellow Samuel D. Hunter, whose first work in his Premiere Residency – the world premiere of A Case for the Existence of God – ran at Signature to great critical acclaim, returns with the Off-Broadway premiere of A Bright New Boise. As i n Case, Hunter here captures a region of his home state Idaho – in the negative space of a depersonalized work environment – through the people who inhabit it. This dark comedic work depicts a Boise Hobby Lobby thrown into chaos by the arrival of a new employee sorting through a tragic past. Like Hudes, audiences can experience Hunter’s stage work alongside his unique dramatic vision on-screen: Darren Aronofsky’s film adaptation of his play The Whale, starring Brendan Fraser, is expected to be released by A24 sometime in 2022.

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LETTERS FROM MAX

Tuesday, February 7th through Sunday, March 19th

Tickets: start at $49

WORLD PREMIERE

MacArthur Fellow Sarah Ruhl begins her Spotlight Residency with the world premiere adaptation of her 2018 epistolary book, Letters from Max: A Poet, a Teacher, and a Friendship, “a resonant and profound contribution from two fully formed artists to the literature of illness” (Slate). Ruhl, whose accomplished body of work includes Eurydice and Pulitzer Prize finalists In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) and The Clean House, shares letters and poems passed between herself and her former student Max Ritvo, as he candidly discusses terminal illness and tests poetry’s capacity to put to words what otherwise feels ineffable.

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Photo: Koko Rahmadie

NATURE’S MEDICINE CABINET: WINTER TEAS

Sunday, February 5th from 11:00am – 1:00pm

Location: Wave Hill House – Toscanini Room

Tickets: $55, including admission to the grounds. Wave Hill Members save 10%

Learn about medicinal herbs in the form of loose teas. They can boost mood, support immunity, calm nerves, sooth digestion and detox…all while warming you up! Join herbalist Melissa Rivera to taste-test some herbal tea blends, compare a variety of steeper styles and create your own tea-samplings to take home. Ages twelve and older welcome with an adult. Hibernators Weekend event.

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Photo: Simon Yu

CONCERT: WARP TRIO

Sunday, February 26th from 2:00–3:00pm

Location: Armor Hall

Tickets: $30 Adult/$16 Student with ID/$14 Child (8-18), including admission to the grounds. Advance tickets $2 off. Wave Hill Members save 10%

This performance features:

Mikael Darmanie – piano
Josh Henderson – violin
Ju Young Lee – cello
Rick Martinez – percussion

Warp Trio is an internationally touring, cross-genre chamber music experience. Reflecting the juxtaposition of Juilliard-trained musicians with members steeped in rock and jazz styles, the one-of-a-kind trio—that even has a fourth member!—can be seen performing classical works in prestigious halls on the same tour where they headline a standing room-only show at a rock venue. In addition to their electrifying public performances, they have gained a reputation for their innovative educational workshops for students from grade school through university level.

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ICE SKATING IN CENTRAL PARK

October 24th through March 15th

Tickets: start at $10

Time to get your tickets for the wonderful season ahead!

As stewards of the historic gathering space that is Wollman Rink, we pledge to spark bliss that exhilarates the community’s sense of connection, positivity and possibility. We can’t wait to get this season started!

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ICE THEATRE OF NEW YORK®

Thursday, February 2nd and Thursday, March 2nd

Ice Theatre of New York® to present Pop-Up City Skate Concerts at Wollman Rink on February 2 & March 2, 2023 at 6:30pm in Central Park. (Rain dates are February 9 and March 9.)

ITNY repertory works will include Of Water and Ice, When Atoms Embrace, Take Five, as well as a new duet for Liz Yoshiko Schmidt and Danil Berdnikov by choreographer Lorna Brown, and more. ITNY will also give opportunities to guest artists and long-time performance apprentices Oona and Gage Brown.

These short Pop-Up concerts take place immediately after the ice resurfacing and are designed to inspire and delight the public waiting to skate the next session, while introducing them to the art of dancing on ice.

 

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EXCITING EVENTS AROUND THE BRONX: FEBRUARY 2023

By Great Performances

Explore exciting community events around the Bronx during December of 2022.

FAMILY TIME
HEART OF THE BRONX

Saturday, February 11th from 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Love is all around–spend an afternoon at The Bronx Museum of the Arts creating art together with your loved ones. Enjoy a free family art activity inspired by current exhibits celebrating the city we all love: New York!

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FILM SCREENING
COSMOS GATES I

Friday, February 24th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Be transported through time with exhibiting artist Abigail DeVille as she unearths various aspects of The Bronx’s history, including unseen documentary footage of the borough’s historical sites as well as home videos dating back to the 1930s. This screening party will include experiencing films in the work Cosmos Gates as well as new pieces through conversations with DeVille, participating artists and storytellers, the film editor, and more.

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DIY MUSHROOM BAG INNOCULATION

Saturday, February 11th from 11:00am – 12:00pm

Location: 1490 Sheridan Blvd, Bronx NY

Join Corey Blant of NY Restoration Project and Marc Konkoly of Mi Oh My Farm as they introduce some simple ways to cultivate edible mushrooms from home. Learn how your spent coffee grounds can be the perfect material to grow mushrooms in at home. Register to attend!

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ENVIRONMENTAL CAREER PANEL PIZZA PARTY

Thursday, February 16th from 4:00pm – 5:30pm

Location: River House: 1490 Sheridan Boulevard, Bronx NY 10459

Interested in learning about green careers? Come join our EELS interns and real environmental professionals to learn what it’s really like to work in the field! Enjoy free pizza, free soda, and make new friends.

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ROOTED IN PLANTS: CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH

January 17th through February 28th

Self-Guided Exploration: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Guided Activities: Weekdays, 1:30–4:30 p.m.; Weekends, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Storytime: 2:30 p.m. on weekends and holiday Mondays, weather permitting

Come to the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden to celebrate Black History Month by learning about the ways in which people of the African Diaspora have contributed to our understanding and uses of plants around the world! Investigate seeds native to Africa. Investigate seeds native to Africa and learn about West African Indigo dyeing by making your own dyed bag. Make your own pinecone birdfeeder in celebration of NYC Black Birder Christian Cooper. Discover inspirational stories about Black Botanists, Herbalists and Environmentalists from history and today.

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THE ORCHID DINNER 2023

Thursday, February 23rd at 6:30pm

Location: The Plaza Hotel

The New York Botanical Garden will host one of the most enchanting events of the winter season, The Orchid Dinner, at The Plaza Hotel on Thursday, February 23, 2023. Known for its’ wondrous and inventive orchid centerpieces, The Orchid Dinner celebrates the Garden’s highly acclaimed The Orchid Show. Guests are invited to enjoy cocktails and a sale of exceptional and rare orchids carefully selected by NYBG’s curators followed by an elegant dinner and dancing.

Proceeds from The Orchid Dinner support the Garden’s global plant research and conservation initiatives, programs in horticulture, and education for all ages—to help protect Earth’s biodiversity.

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IT’S A HORSE OF COURSE HIKE AND GREET

Sunday, February 19th from 11:00am – 12:00pm

Location: Van Cortlandt Nature Center

Hike from the Van Cortlandt Nature Center to the Riverdale Stables for a meet and greet with our Parks Enforcement Patrol Mounted Unit. Learn more about the gentle giants that patrol our parks. Registration required. Registration opens on Wednesday, February 8th.

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KIDS WEEK: NATURE PUPPET SHOW

Monday, February 20th from 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Location: Van Cortlandt Park Nature Center

Even when school’s out, our parks are still the city’s natural classroom! Bring your kids to parks throughout the city for Kids Week during Mid-winter Recess. With programs led by our Urban Park Rangers, kids will get to experience nature in a hands-on and fun way. The Urban Park Rangers welcome you for some nature-themed puppet shows! Learn more about animals that can be found in our local parks.

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FEBRUARY FOOD FESTIVAL:
CARROT & NAPA CABBAGE KIMCHI

Our 2023 calendar theme, Preservation, is an ode to the art of preserving the harvest as well as a salute to the self-preservation of body and spirit. These have been challenging years! It’s fair to say we have been pickled and fermented, but that life goes on. It is the celebratory moments and the opportunities to come together that we relish.

This month, we’re celebrating Kimchi! This traditional Korean dish made with fermented vegetables has recently grown in popularity. There are hundreds of variations on the recipe but ours, brought to you by Chef Rachel John, includes the more traditional combination of carrot, napa cabbage, and gochujang paste.

Enjoy this Carrot & Napa Cabbage Kimchi on its own or use with one of the many pairings suggested by Chef Rachel: atop her Star Anise Braised Pork Belly Tacos or as part of her Vegan(ish) Butternut Squash with Kimchi recipe.

Carrot & Napa Cabbage Recipe

Yield: 1 quart

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 head napa cabbage, cut into ¾ inch strips
  • 1 carrot, peeled and cut into matchsticks
  • 1 small daikon, peeled and cut into matchsticks
  • 2 Tbsp salt
  • 1 bunch scallions, green and white parts separated
  • 3 Tbsp gochujang paste
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 oz ginger, peeled
  • 1 Tbsp Jaggery
  • 1 Tbsp white sesame seeds, toasted

PROCEDURE

  1. Toss the napa cabbage, carrot and daikon with the salt. Place in a colander in a sink to drain at room temperature for 1 hour. Squeeze dry and place in a glass bowl.

  2. Make a chili sauce by pulsing the white part of the scallion with the garlic, ginger, gochujang paste, and jaggery in a food processor. You can also mince everything by hand and mix it all together in a bowl.

  3. Wearing gloves, pour the chili sauce over prepared vegetables and massage well.

  4. Julienne the green part of the scallion into julienne and toss with the sesame seeds into the mixed vegetables. Cover with plastic wrap or put in a glass jar with a lid. Refrigerate for 2 hours and it’s ready to eat!

This kimchi keeps for up to 2 days before it starts to get pungent. A squeeze of lime juice and/or a dash of coconut aminos helps to liven it up before service

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STAR ANISE BRAISED PORK BELLY TACOS RECIPE

by Rachel John, Executive Chef Ziegfeld Ballroom, Gotham Hall

Serves 4-5

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 pork belly (about 2-3 lbs), skin on if possible
  • 2 cups cider vinegar
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar
  • 3 Tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 1½ cups tamari
  • 3 Tbsp fish sauce
  • 5 star anise
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 1” piece of ginger, sliced
  • 2 birds eye chilis, halved
  • 4 shallots, roughly chopped

PROCEDURE

  1. Preheat the oven to 475˚ F. While the oven is heating, dry the pork belly with a paper towel and let stand at room temperature.

  2. Combine the vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, water, tamari and fish sauce to create the braising liquid.

  3. Lightly salt and pepper the pork belly and place it skin side up, in a roasting pan. Place it in the oven for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, remove it from the oven and reduce the temperature to 325 degrees.

  4. Pour the braising liquid in the pan with the pork belly until it just reaches the skin but doesn’t cover it. Add the chili, garlic, ginger and star anise to the pan. Cover and bake for 2.5 – 3 hours until tender.

  5. Remove the cover, raise the oven temp to 450 degrees and roast for an additional 20 minutes, until the skin is crisp.

  6. Remove from the oven and let the pork belly cool to room temperature in the braising liquid. Once cool, take it out of the liquid and refrigerate. Reduce the liquid by about half in a pot and strain.

  7. To serve, slice the pork belly into ½ inch thick slices. Sear each slice in a sauté pan until both sides are crispy. Brush the reduced braising liquid onto both sides when it comes out of the pan. Serve on your choice of tortillas topped with napa cabbage & carrot kimchi, sriracha mango chutney, julienned cucumber and a fresh lime wedge.

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VEGAN(ISH) BUTTERNUT SQUASH WITH KIMCHI RECIPE

by Rachel John, Executive Chef Ziegfeld Ballroom, Gotham Hall

Serves 3-4

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 butternut squash, peeled, halved and seeded.
  • ½ cup kecap manis
  • 1 cup tamari
  • 1 shallot, sliced thinly
  • 3 cloves garlic, halved
  • 1 tsp toasted & ground coriander
  • 1” ginger, peeled, sliced thinly
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 1 Tbsp fish sauce (optional)
  • Sesame seeds
  • Poppy seeds
  • 2 oz sour cream
  • 2.5 oz sweet chili sauce
  • Fresh cilantro

We suggest pairing this recipe with Chef Rachel’s Carrot & Napa Cabbage Kimchi Recipe

PROCEDURE

  1. Add the tamari, kecap manis, shallot, garlic, coriander, and ginger to a metal saucepan. Simmer the ingredients on low until the mixture thickens.
  2. Brush the butternut squash with vegetable oil, sprinkle lightly with salt & pepper, and place on an oiled baking sheet, cut side down. Bake at 350 degrees. When it is about halfway cooked, about 15 – 20 minutes in, baste with the kecap manis liquid. Continue to baste until the squash is cooked.
  3. Once the squash can easily be pierced with a fork, remove from the oven. When it’s still slightly warm turn it over so the cut side faces up and baste the inside with more of the liquid. Strain remaining basting liquid and add lime juice and optional fish sauce.
  4. Slice the warm butternut squash into half moons and serve with steamed jasmine rice and Carrot & Napa Cabbage Kimchi. Drizzle the warm basting liquid on top and sprinkle with some toasted sesame and poppy seeds.
  5. Make a quick sauce with 2 oz sour cream, 2.5 oz sweet chili sauce and 2 sprigs chopped cilantro. Serve with the squash and enjoy.

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SRIRACHA MANGO CHUTNEY RECIPE

by Rachel John, Executive Chef Ziegfeld Ballroom, Gotham Hall

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 raw mango, almost ripe, cut into 1/4 inch chunks*
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 2 tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp vegetable oil
  • 2 Tbsp sriracha sauce
  • ¼ red onion, julienned
  • 1 jalapeno, cut into thin rounds, seeds removed
  • 1 Tbsp whole cilantro leaves

PROCEDURE

Toss the mango with the chili powder and sea salt and hold until it softens, about ½ hour. When ready, toss with the remaining ingredients and serve.

NOTE: If you plan to pair this chutney with Chef Rachel’s Star Anise Braised Pork Belly Tacos, you can add some coconut yogurt to the chutney to add to the silky mouthfeel of the taco.

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Dominique Ansel

Chef Dominique Ansel
Credit: Thomas Schauer
Chef Dominique Ansel
Photo Courtesy of Dominique Ansel

Growing up in a small town in France just north of Paris, Dominique never set out to become a chef. At the age of 16, he began working at a local restaurant in order to help support his family. There was a free culinary school in his hometown, so he enrolled in their apprenticeship program, first as a savory cook and then as a pastry cook. It was the precision and scientific nature of pastry that appealed to Dominique immediately, and from then on, he knew what he was meant to do.

At age 19, Dominique went on to complete his military service in French Guiana in South America as part of a community program teaching locals how to cook. Upon returning to France, he used all of his savings to buy a beat-up car and drove to Paris, dropping off his resume at any bakery he could find. He later landed at the legendary French pastry shop, Fauchon, as one of 30 seasonal holiday workers. He was told that only one employee would remain at the end of the season, and when the time came, he was the one they chose. Dominique stayed on with Fauchon for nearly eight years, working his way up to lead international expansion, traveling the world opening new shops.

In 2006, Dominique moved to New York City with just two suitcases to serve as the Executive Pastry Chef of Daniel Boulud’s renowned restaurant Daniel. During his six years there, the restaurant earned its coveted third Michelin star and a four-star review from The New York Times.

In November 2011, with a team of just four employees, Dominique opened Dominique Ansel Bakery on a quiet Soho street. Serving both sweet and savory items with pastries reigning supreme, the bakery became a neighborhood destination and was named Time Out New York’s best bakery and Zagat’s highest ranked bakery in the city.

Since then, Dominique has also launched several successful endeavors including Dominique Ansel Kitchen, U.P. (short for “unlimited possibilities), Dang Wen Li by Dominique Ansel, and Dominique Ansel Workshop.

Throughout his career, Dominique has been honored with several awards and accolades, including Business Insider’s “Most Innovative People Under 40,” Vanity Fair France’s “50 Most Influential French in the World,” and Daily Mail deeming him the “most fêted pastry chef in the world.” He has also been named Dessert Professional’s “Top 10 Pastry Chefs in the United States” and Time Out New York’s “Top Ten Pastry Chefs You Need To Know.”

In 2014, Dominique won the prestigious James Beard Award for “Outstanding Pastry Chef” in the nation and was one of Crain’s “40 Under 40.” The following year in June 2015, he was bestowed the Ordre du Mérite Agricole award, the second highest honor in France, for his dedication to promoting French cuisine and culture. In 2017, he was named the World’s Best Pastry Chef by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards.

Featured Item provided by Chef Dominique Ansel
on January 12th, 2023:

Hong Kong Thousand Layer Hotdog Roll
(Created in our Hong Kong shop, Dang Wen Li)

Featured Sandwich provided by Chef Dominique Ansel
on November 22nd, 2022:

Smoked Salmon & Crème Fraîche,
with Capers, Sliced Red Onion, Lemon Zest, Chives, on Homemade Ficelle Bread

Featured Sandwich provided by Chef Dominique Ansel
on May 26th, 2022:

Ham, Brie & Cornichon Laminated Ficelle Sandwich

Featured Dessert provided by Chef Dominique Ansel
on October 14th, 2021:

The DKA: "Dominique’s Kouign Amann”

Photos courtesy of Dominique Ansel

Dominique Ansel

Dominique Ansel Workshop
17 E 27th Street, New York, NY

Dominique Ansel Bakery
189 Spring Street, New York, NY

www.dominiqueansel.com

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