EXCITING EVENTS AROUND NEW YORK: APRIL 2022
By Great Performances
Explore Great Music, Art and More at Our Partner Venues This Month!
LYRICIST LOUNGE 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
April 16th at 8:00pm
Ticket Information: Start at $45
What began as a regular gathering of some of New York’s best underground MCs at various locations around New York City has grown into one of hip hop’s most recognized platforms, showcasing newcomers and veterans alike on national concert tours, albums, documentaries, and the popular MTV sketch comedy series, The Lyricist Lounge Show.
Celebrate 30 years of the iconic Lyricist Lounge at this not-to-be-missed event.
Headliner:
KRS-One
DJ:
Kid Capri
Featuring:
Bahamadia
Grand Puba
Mr. Cheeks
With:
Buckshot
CL Smooth
Cru
Large Professor
Rah Digga
Talib Kweli
NEW BLACK FEST: READINGS
1st Reading: April 22 at 7:00 PM ET
2nd Reading: April 23 at 7:00 PM ET
3rd Reading: April 25 at 7:00 PM ET
Ticket Information: $25
How did the artists of the Harlem Renaissance respond to the historic events that shaped their time? And how are contemporary creatives dealing with the issues of the present moment in their own work? These questions lie at the heart of the Apollo commission of the New Black Fest, which has engaged 18 contemporary playwrights to explore these themes in 10-minute plays.
Over the course of three staged readings, each playwright will premiere their new work, dramatically performed by an exciting cast of actors and readers. Participating playwrights include James Ijames, Eric Micha Holmes, Dahlak Brathwaite, Donja Love, Dennis A. Allen II, Christina Anderson, and Mfoniso Udofia. This event will be taking place on the Apollo’s Soundstage.
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Tuesday, April 5th through Sunday, May 22nd
Location: BAM Strong, Harvey Theater
Ticket Information: Start at $45
US Theater Premiere
Direct from London’s West End, three-time Olivier-nominated stage and screen actor James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland, Atonement, X-Men) makes his BAM debut in a radical new adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s masterwork by Martin Crimp, with direction by Jamie Lloyd (Betrayal).
McAvoy leads a superb ensemble in this “breathtakingly exciting” (Evening Standard) theatrical tour-de-force that captures timeless passion through spoken word, contemporary poetry, and raw physicality. Cyrano seduces in raps and rhymes, using his linguistic brilliance to help another man win the heart of his one true love—above all—championing his own unbridled love for words.
Winner of the Olivier Award for Best Revival, the Jamie Lloyd Company’s latest production blazes into the Harvey Theater to celebrate Cyrano’s powerful resistance against overwhelming odds.
CANDOCO DANCE COMPANY
Friday, April 8th and Saturday, April 9th
Location: Peter Jay Sharp Building, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Ticket Information: Start at $25
The first professional company in the UK dedicated to the integration of disabled and non-disabled dancers, Candoco is driven by world-class artists committed to challenging what dance can be. They restage Trisha Brown’s iconic Set and Reset, originally commissioned by BAM for its first Next Wave in 1983. In collaboration with Trisha Brown Dance Company, Candoco takes Brown’s original guidelines and choreographic phrases to include dancers with disabilities for the first time in Set and Reset/Reset. Israeli-American choreographer Yasmeen Godder worked closely with the company to create Face In, an uninhibited piece that’s sensual, disturbing, and ridiculous by turns—but always deeply personal.
IN C
Thursday, April 28th through Saturday, April 30th
Location: Peter Jay Sharp Building, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Ticket Information: Start at $25
Any kind of instrument. Any number of performers. Terry Riley’s one page score for In C invites interpretation in the extreme.
Choreographer Sasha Waltz takes up the challenge—and the open-ended possibilities—in this playful, expressive new work, accompanied live by the electric Bang on a Can All-Stars. Waltz builds on her interdisciplinary practice to create an adaptable movement system inspired by Riley’s score. Created through an experimental artistic process incorporating digital development and performance, In C explores the potential of flexible creative production in extreme circumstances and of artistic exchange, even across national borders. It comes to the BAM stage for its US premiere, offering a dazzling interplay of structured improvisation and synchronicity that, like Riley’s music, sweeps audiences up on a journey toward the ecstatic.
SIGNATURE COCKTAIL BY ODE TO BABEL
Saturday, April 2nd from 5:00-10:00pm
Location: The Norm Restaurant and Bar, 1st Floor
Toast the return of First Saturday with a specialty cocktail, created by Crown Heights bar Ode to Babel, that pays tribute to the vibes of this signature Brooklyn event. Served throughout the Museum or at The Norm Restaurant.
MUSIC: ISA REYES, BATHE, & THE LAY OUT
Saturday, April 2nd
Location: Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion and Lobby, 1st Floor
5:00-6:00pm: Isa Reyes
New York–based musician Isa Reyes offers a performance that blends R&B and indie pop to create a unique, atmospheric sound.
7:00-8:00pm: Bathe
Catch a musical set by Bathe, the dreamy surf-rock/R&B melding of Brooklyn-based duo Devin Hobdy and Corey Smith-West.
8:30-10:00pm: The Lay Out
Close out the evening with The Lay Out—a community event built during the time of the pandemic, creating moments for and by Black people to reclaim space, time, energy, and one another in the continued fight for justice—featuring sets by Niara Sterling, Quiana Parks, and friends.
DANISH STRING QUARTET
Friday, April 22nd at 8:00pm
Ticket Information: Start at $30
Time after time, the Grammy Award-nominated Danish String Quartet receives critical acclaim for their powerful performances. As “one of the best quartets before the public today” (The Washington Post), the group brings a unique expressivity to the music, whether it be Haydn, Shostakovich, or a contemporary score. In this performance, they play works by Britten and Schubert as well as a specially curated suite of dances by John Adams, Charpentier, and Felix Blumenfeld.
JAZZMEIA HORN
Presented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center
Saturday, April 30th at 8:00pm
Ticket Information: Start at $30
Sublime vocalist Jazzmeia Horn brings her finely tuned vocal skills to Caramoor, showcasing her songs of daring musicality, emotional power, and social relevance. Having emerged as one of the brightest stars on the rise in the jazz scene, the aptly named singer has earned the adoration of audiences around the world with her unique spin on the jazz tradition, touched by hints of R&B and hip hop. If Ella or Billie were alive today, they might just sound like Jazzmeia!
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND
Thursday, April 7th through Sunday, April 10th
Location: Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Ticket Information: Start at $40
ABOUT THE SHOW
Grammy Award–winning bassist Christian McBride first composed for big band in 1995 as a commission for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The master musician has since appeared on over 300 recordings and is easily one of the most accomplished bassists alive. Now a leader of his own Grammy Award–winning Big Band, featuring a staggering and diverse lineup of top musicians, McBride simultaneously shows off his compositional talent and unmatched ability to drive a band from behind the bass. This hip group combines the classic big band sounds of the Swing Era with more than half a century of post-bop influences. You simply can’t go wrong when McBride is in charge.
CHICK COREA AFRO-CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE
WITH ELIO VILLAFRANCA AND FRIENDS
Friday, April 15th and Saturday, April 16th
Location: Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Ticket Information: $45
ABOUT THE SHOW
Chick Corea was quoted in a 2019 Billboard interview as saying, “That [Latin] flavor, I find, is mostly in everything I do; it’s a part of me.” As we celebrate jazz icon Chick Corea, who tragially passed away in 2020, in Rose Theater for two nights, Cuban pianist Elio Villafranca will delve into the maestro’s music from a distinctly Afro-Caribbean meets Jazz perspective, joined by a cadre of master musicians at Dizzy’s. When Jazz at Lincoln Center hosted a week-long Chick Corea Festival in 2013, Chick hand-picked the musicians he wanted to see and hear at Dizzy’s, with Elio Villafranca being one of them. Chick’s masterful storytelling knew no bounds—from Bach and Bartok to the Blues, from Stravinksy to Samba, Mozart to Montunos, Ravel and Rhumba—all tempered with the language of swing with the Spanish Tinge. Revisiting a riveting performance from January, Villafranca return to Dizzy’s when the House of Swing will be in full Chick Corea celebration!
PERFORMANCE LINEUP
Elio Villafranca, piano
Freddie Hendrix, trumpet
Donny McCaslin, tenor saxophone
Edward Perez, bass
Eric Harland, drums
Mauricio Herrera, percussion
CELEBRATING CHICK COREA
PRESENTED AS PART OF THE ERTEGUN JAZZ CONCERT SERIES
Friday, April 15th and Saturday, April 16th
Location: Rose Theater
Ticket Information: Start at $55
WHAT TO EXPECT
A celebration of the late Chick Corea’s expansive musical career, spanning six decades of genre-bending contributions to straight ahead jazz, jazz fusion, avant-garde, Latin jazz, children’s music and classical progressive rock.
Directed by longtime bandmate John Patitucci with guest performances by an A-list of Corea’s past collaborators and band members.
ABOUT THE CONCERT
The late, legendary pianist and composer Chick Corea found endless delight in creating and uncovering — and discovering — new musical wonders. Corea’s restless spirit guided a career that spanned nearly six decades, earned 24 Grammy Awards and 60 nominations, and blazed new compositional trails across the terrain of jazz music and beyond; contributing hundreds of songs — many of which are considered standards — to jazz, jazz fusion, avant-garde, Latin jazz, children’s music, and classical progressive rock.
This evening—under the musical direction of his longtime bandmate, bassist John Patitucci—we pay tribute to the iconic artist with guest performances by an A-list of Corea’s past collaborators and band members from both his acoustic and electric explorations. Join us for a celebration of Chick’s genre-bending music, which continues to inspire generations of musicians and fans around the world.
The all-star lineup paying tribute to Corea will include Wynton Marsalis on trumpet; singer and activist Rubén Blades; flutist Hubert Laws; pianists Renee Rosnes, Billy Childs, Robert Rodriguez, and Geoffrey Keezer; jazz fusion guitarist Frank Gambale; bassists Christian McBride and Carlos Henriquez; drummers Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl, Brian Blade, and Antonio Sanchez; percussionist Luisito Quintero; trumpeter Mike Rodriguez; and saxophonists Eric Marienthal, Ted Nash, and Chris Potter. The evening also includes a reunion performance by the members of Corea’s Grammy-nominated Elektric Band, featuring Marienthal, Patitucci, and Weckl.
CHARLES MINGUS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
FEATURING THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS
Friday, April 22nd and Saturday, April 23rd Location: Rose Theater Ticket Information: Start at $40WHAT TO EXPECT
- A celebration of jazz luminary Charles Mingus under the direction of the JLCO’s Vincent Gardner.
- Timeless Mingus classics reinterpreted by the JLCO, with swinging hard bop, Afro-Latin grooves, deep blues feeling, classical structures, and more.
ABOUT THE CONCERT
One of the most important figures in jazz, Charles Mingus was a virtuoso bass player, accomplished pianist, bandleader, and genius composer. He performed with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and more, and his singular compositional voice led many to consider him as the heir apparent to Duke Ellington. A fierce advocate for musicians’ rights and creative efforts, Mingus remains, even half a century after his passing, an inspiration for artists seeking to blaze their own trails and take charge of their own destinies.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis gives a centenary performance in honor of the great Charles Mingus with music direction by Vincent Gardner. With a blend of swinging hard bop, Afro-Latin grooves, and deeply felt blues that characterized Mingus’s pen, this concert celebrates why Mingus’s music remains some of the most beloved of all time.
PH x TEENS: POSTERS IN COUTURE
Friday April 22nd from 4:30pm–6:00pm
Ticket Information: FREE
Drawing inspiration from Poster House’s fashion-forward exhibition Ethel Reed: I Am My Own Property, PH x Teens: Posters in Couture invites young adults ages 13 to 18 to explore their unique passions and interests through the creation of a mirrored poster. Using diverse materials, from glass chips to reflective vinyl, teens will create their own image of the world that both literally and figuratively reflects them, as Ethel Reed did over 100 years ago.
PH x Teens: Posters in Couture is a drop-in program for young adults ages 13 to 18. Advanced registration is required but participants are not expected to stay the entire time; guests should plan to spend about an hour on this interactive, self-guided activity.
POSTER KIDS: FROM PHOTOMONTAGE TO COLLAGE
Sunday, April 24th from 10:30am-12:15pm
Ticket Information: FREE with reservation
This month’s Poster Kids will focus on the many meanings of “cut and paste.” Together, we’ll look at posters that use photomontage and paste-up techniques, and then create our own collaged story cubes inspired by our gallery explorations.
CONFEDERATES
Tuesday, March 8th through Sunday, April 24th
Ticket Information: Start at $35
Sara, an enslaved rebel turned Union spy, and Sandra, a tenured professor in a modern-day private university, are having parallel experiences of institutional racism, though they live over a century apart. This New York premiere by MacArthur Genius Fellow Dominique Morisseau, directed by Stori Ayers, leaps through time to trace the identities of these two Black American women and explore the reins that racial and gender bias still hold on American educational systems today.
A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
Tuesday, April 12th through Sunday, May 15th
Ticket Information: Start at $35
Inside a cubicle in a small office in southern Idaho, two men struggle to meet the confounding terms on a loan. MacArthur Fellow Samuel D. Hunter launches his residency with this thoughtful meditation on human resilience, directed by David Cromer (Tony Award- winner, The Band’s Visit).
PUBLIQUARTET WITH SPECIAL GUEST BOB STEWART
Saturday, April 16th from 2:00-3:00pm
Location: Armor Hall
Ticket Information: $30 Adult/$14 Child (8-18); includes admission to the grounds. Advance tickets $2 off. Wave Hill Members save 10%
This performance features:
Curtis Stewart – Violin
Jannina Norpoth – Violin
Nick Revel – Viola
Hamilton Berry – Cello
Special Guest: Bob Stewart – Tuba
Indoor concerts return to Wave Hill’s Armor Hall with a performance by the Grammy-nominated PUBLIQuartet and special guest Bob Stewart. The quartet performs music by celebrated young composers, including Jessie Montgomery (who was herself a founding member of the group), Vijay Iyer and Rhiannon Giddens, as well as their own creative arrangements of songs by Marvin Gaye and Duke Ellington. Concert begins at 2PM and lasts approximately one hour without intermission. Ages 8 and older welcome with an adult
PUBLIQuartet is known for its electrifying performances and for thoughtfully curated programs that expertly combine composed music with improvisation. The tuba legend Bob Stewart, who also happens to be quartet violinist Curtis Stewart’s father, joins the group for a performance of “In Color” by Jessie Montgomery.
ARBOR WEEKEND
Thursday, April 28th through Saturday, April 30th
Location: See events for details
Ticket Information: Free with admission to the grounds
Join us as we celebrate the trees in our gardens and neighborhoods with walks, art-making, kid-friendly activities and more! By popular demand, arborists from Almstead Tree, Shrub & Lawn Care return to this spring to host a family-favorite activity, the Junior Arborist Station.
ROBOT HEART PRESENTS FARE FORWARD
Saturday, April 30th through Sunday, May 1st
Ticket Information: Start at $190.55
The Robot Heart Foundation is bringing the original Robot Heart Bus to New York City for a weekend filled with world-class performances, artistic experiences, next-level dining, and conscious revelry.
The line-up includes the DJ Dill, musical artists Formerly (preview), International DJ and Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté, Turkish DJ and producer Carlita, musician Acid Pauli, musical artists The Illustrious Blacks, Canadian folk music band The Weather Station, DJ and producer Behrouz, British musicians Cymande, DJ and live performer Francesca Lombardo and Danish electronic artist Be Svendsen.
Many more notable music artists have played at Wollman Rink Music Festivals, including B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Tina Turner, Patti Smith, Neil Young, Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, Meatloaf, Debbie Harry, Bruce Springsteen, The Who and the Doors, to name a few.
Fare Forward reignites this historical venue with a range of talent, multisensory production and the sensurround sound that music lovers have come to expect from the Robot Heart art car.
Fare Forward is part memorial for our founder, Geo, part 50th birthday celebration of our 1972 English bus and part celebration of 15 years of the Robot Heart community, Fare Forward is an invitation to appreciate the present moment. Achieve a state of unity. And transcend the material through an elation of the senses.
EXCITING EVENTS AROUND NEW YORK: MARCH 2022
By Great Performances
Explore Great Music, Art and More at Our Partner Venues This Month!
SOMI AND FRIENDS: THE REIMAGINATION OF MIRIAM MAKEBA
Saturday, March 19th at 8:00pm
Ticket Information: Start at $25
Hailed for her “African grooves, supple jazz singing and compassionate social consciousness … both serious and seductive” by The New York Times, Somi is known for her wide-ranging vocal technique and her original blend of modern jazz with African music styles. The multi-faceted singer, songwriter, playwright, and actor of Rwandan and Ugandan descent has built a career of transatlantic storytelling to give voice to issues of social justice, transnationalism, womanhood, and global constructions of Blackness.
Having received rave reviews from her recent new musical Dreaming Zenzile, the Grammy-nominated international music sensation comes to the Apollo to perform music from this lauded work as well as her companion album Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba. She is joined by a roster of special guests in this festive celebration of the late South African singer-songwriter and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba and her invaluable musical contributions and messages of social justice.
Leadership support for Somi and Friends: The Reimagination of Mariam Makeba is provided by the HBO Fund for Theater. Additional support is provided by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
LIVE NATION PRESENTS
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
Friday, March 25th at 8:00pm
Ticket Information: Start at $49.50
Founded in London towards the end of the punk scene, The Psychedelic Furs revolve around brothers Tim and Richard Butler and their art-rock, indie rock sound.
THE MEDIUM
Tuesday, March 15th through Sunday, March 20th
Location: BAM Fisher, Fishman Space
Ticket Information: Start at $35
The Medium draws heavily on the writings of pioneering media theorist Marshall McLuhan, coiner of the phrases “the medium is the message” and “global village” to describe his visions of our interconnected future. A champion talker deprived of speech by a stroke near the end of his life, McLuhan (portrayed with tragicomic precision by Will Bond) staggers and clicks his way through Bogart’s multichannel multiverse—a black-and-white vision of televised anti-revolution that puts our modern technocratic dilemmas front-and-center. Staged with minimalist potency and maximal physicality by Bogart and the astonishing artists of SITI Company, The Medium asks: Who are we—and what are we becoming—in the flickering light of our own devices?
Scenic & lighting design Brian H. Scott adapted from original scenic design by Neil Patel
Costume design by Gabriel Berry
Soundscape by Darron L. West
The Medium originated in 1993 at the Toga Festival in Toga-Mura, Japan. The 2022 production was re-commissioned, produced, and presented for touring by City Theatre Company.
SITI’s Legacy Plan and 30th Anniversary Season was funded, in part, by The Howard Gilman Foundation.
L’ALLEGRO, IL PENSEROSO ED IL MODERATO
Thursday, March 24th through Sunday, March 27th
Location: Peter Jay Sharp Building, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Ticket Information: Start at $35
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP
MMDG MUSIC ENSEMBLE AND THE CHOIR OF TRINITY WALL STREET WITH DOWNTOWN VOICES
CONDUCTED BY COLIN FOWLER
CHOREOGRAPHY BY MARK MORRIS
Part of A New York Season
On a darkened stage, two dancers collide in a burst of light, music, and color—and from this encounter, an enchanting world is born. Hailed as Mark Morris’s undisputed masterwork since its US premiere here at BAM in 1990, L’Allegro conjures with radiant simplicity a mythic landscape of graces, gods, and lovers. Set to Handel’s soaring interpretation of Milton’s Arcadian poetry, Morris’s choreography draws deep from Greek and Roman motifs while remaining, somehow, timeless. With sopranos Yulia Van Doren and Sarah Brailey, tenor Brian Giebler, and bass-baritone Joseph Charles Beutel.
Returning home to Brooklyn for the first time in more than a decade, L’Allegro promises an ebullient evening of quintessential Mark Morris. Ancient yet youthful, Baroque yet effortlessly natural, it’s an intricate feast for the senses; a meditation on innocence and experience to warm the spirit after so many months of still bodies and darkened stages.
Music by George Frideric Handel
Set design by Adrianne Lobel
Costume design by Christine Van Loon
Lighting design by James F. Ingalls
BROOKLYN READS: IN SENSORIUM WITH TANAÏS
Thursday, March 10th from 7:00-9:00pm
Location: Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Ticket Information: $20. Member tickets are $16. Tickets including a copy of In Sensorium: Notes for My People are $40.
Join writer and perfumer Tanaïs for a multisensory exploration of their latest book, In Sensorium: Notes for My People. This expansive memoir offers a critical alternate history of South Asia, written from an American Bangladeshi Muslim femme perspective, and interrogates the ancient violence and ancestral trauma of a lush land continually threatened by colonization, capitalism, and climate change. Structured like a perfume—moving from base to heart to head notes—In Sensorium brings memoir together with eons of South Asian perfume history, erotic and religious texts, and survivor testimonies. The program, similarly, takes the shape of fragrance. In between readings from the book, participants will experience a selection of scent interludes prepared by Tanaïs specially for this occasion, as well as a conversation with Samhita Mukhopadhyay, former Executive Editor, Teen Vogue. Plus, enjoy an after-hours viewing of Baseera Khan: I Am an Archive.
AN AFTERNOON ON COLLECTIVE CARE
Sunday, March 13th from 1:00-5:00pm
Location: Great Hall, 1st Floor, and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Ticket Information: This event is free, but registration is required. Copies of Care Manual: Dreaming Care into Being will be available for purchase on-site.
Honor the impact of two years of the COVID-19 pandemic with an afternoon centered on care, resilience, and healing. In our galleries, exhibition curator Eugenie Tsai leads a tour of The Slipstream: Reflection, Resistance, and Resilience in the Art of Our Time with a focus on themes of illness and support structures. Then, author Kamra Hakim—founder of Black trans–led artist residency Activation Residency—launches their new book Care Manual: Dreaming Care into Being with a reading and conversation followed by a book signing. Hakim is joined by Annika Hansteen-Izora, artist and author of Tenderness: An Honoring of My Queer Black Joy and Rage, and herbalist Marisa Hall to discuss healing within BIPOC communities and the pivotal role that care plays within their respective practices. And finally, instrumentalist Rachika Nayar performs tracks from her debut full-length album, Our Hands Against the Dusk, accompanied by cellist Issei Herr. Using electric guitar, Nayar explores the experience of touch, from caressing to collisions between worlds.
Schedule:
- 1–1:45 pm Curator Tour: The Slipstream: Reflection, Resistance, and Resilience in the Art of Our Time, Great Hall, 1st Floor
- 2–3:30 pm Book Talk: Dreaming Care into Being, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
- 4–5 pm Music: Rachika Nayar and Issei Herr, Great Hall, 1st Floor
MICHELLE CANN, Piano
Sunday, March 20th at 3:00pm
Ticket Information: Start at $30
Overview
Pianist Michelle Cann — a “compelling, sparkling virtuoso” (Boston Music Intelligencer) — returns to Caramoor with a powerful recital of works by Margaret Bonds, Florence Price, Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Frédéric Chopin. Cann’s curated suite of piano masterworks breaks the classical music mold to fuse feminine perspectives and idioms of Black vernacular with European traditions.
Bound by location and circumstance and impeded by prejudice, Black composers Florence Price and Margaret Bonds began as child prodigies and, despite each receiving major acclaim during their lifetime, both were largely forgotten in the years following.
Price’s Sonata in E Minor interjects notes of dance, folk spirituals, jazz, and blues into classical passages. And among Chopin-esque cascades, her masterwork Fantasie Negre No. 1 borrows its melody from African American folk songs.
Similarly, Bonds’s Troubled Water takes its theme from Wade in the Water, adding a traditional European structure to the spiritual.
Clara Schumann, whose distinct composing voice was overshadowed by that of her husband Robert, is represented by Quatre Pièces Fugitives, Op. 15 — a collection of romantic and introspective works that takes its name from its unrestrained nature, which break formal conventions of the time.
Ballades by Chopin and Brahms round out the program and add a purist view to the conversation.
Program
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47
Florence Price: Sonata in E Minor
Johannes Brahms: Ballade in D Major, Op. 10, No. 2
Clara Schumann: Quatre Pièces Fugitives, Op. 15
Florence Price: Fantasie Negre No. 1
Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water
ALPHONSO HORNE’S GOTHAM KINGS
MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION
Tuesday, March 1st at 7:30pm and 9:30pm
Location: Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center and Online
Ticket Information: Start at $35
ABOUT THE SHOW
The Gotham Kings bring their annual Fat Tuesday celebration back to Dizzy’s. Led by trumpeter Alphonso Horne, this fun-loving group of musicians and dancers will treat audiences to the infectious traditions of Creole jazz. The concert showcases the virtuosity of a young Louis Armstrong and the innovative genius of King Oliver, weaving the sounds of New Orleans into a rich musical fabric that uplifts and warms the soul. With special Mardi Gras drinks on the menu, the club will be in good spirits for the occasion.
PERFORMANCE LINEUP
Alphonso Horne, trumpet
DIVA SWINGS BROADWAY
Ticket Information: Start at $35, Virtual $10
ABOUT THE SHOW
Tonight marks the release party for DIVA Jazz Orchestra’s new album, DIVA Swings Broadway. Broadway musicals have been the source of many great jazz standards, which the DIVA Jazz Orchestra loves to reimagine. The ensemble has commissioned innovative and exciting arrangements to highlight the power, force, and sophisticated subtlety of the group’s sound and to feature the unique personalities of its fifteen exceptional soloists. This music is timeless, even when reimagined and swinging hard!
PERFORMANCE LINEUP
Sherrie Maricle, drums and music director
Alexa Tarantino, alto saxophone
Mercedes Beckman, alto saxophone
Roxy Coss, tenor saxophone
Laura Dreyer, tenor saxophone
Leigh Pilzer, baritone saxophone
Liesl Whitaker, trumpet
Jami Dauber, trumpet
Rachel Therrien, trumpet
Barbara Laronga, trumpet
Jennifer Krupa, trombone
Sara Jacovino, trombone
Leslie Havens, bass trombone
Tomoko Ohno, piano
Noriko Ueda, bass
JOURNEY THROUGH JAZZ: FUNDAMENTALS
FEATURING THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS
LYNNE AND RICHED PASCULANO JAZZ SERIES
Friday, March 18th and Saturday, March 19th
Location: The Appel Room
Ticket Information: Start at $35
WHAT TO EXPECT
An interactive and educational journey of the evolution of jazz and the blues, hosted by music director Wynton Marsalis.
Explore America’s music and the blues in this inaugural concert series featuring the JLCO in the Appel Room.
Gain a deeper understanding of jazz and music legends Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Leonard Bernstein, Wayne Shorter, and Jelly Roll Morton in this interactive evening for all ages.
ABOUT THE CONCERT
Delve into Wynton Marsalis’s new concert series Journey Through Jazz, which takes audiences on an odyssey through America’s music. Illustrating his gift for combining prose and music with wisdom and humor, Marsalis leads the crowd through a narrative that explains the evolution of jazz and the blues. These are the inaugural concerts in a family-friendly series, funded by Lynne and Richard Pasculano, to help audiences appreciate different aspects of this American art form. The performances are also a rare opportunity to experience the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in the intimate and iconic Appel Room.
In this interactive evening, explore American folk music and the blues as well as their relationship to jazz. Join us for a journey of captivating musical moments. Jazz novices, enthusiasts, musicians, and music lovers of all ages are welcome.
WHAT IS THE BLUES? WITH CATHERINE RUSSELL
FAMILY CONCERT
Saturday, March 26th at 1:00pm and 3:00pm
Location: Rose Theater
Ticket Information: Start at $10
WHAT TO EXPECT
An energetic, interactive introduction to the blues for children and families.
A live band led by charismatic blues singer Catherine Russell.
An hour-long exploration of the blues for all ages with Grammy Award-winning vocalist Catherine Russell.
ABOUT THE CONCERT
In this hour-long interactive concert, families will learn all about the fundamental musical concept known as “the blues.” With support from a soulful live band, this afternoon performance will be hosted by the charismatic Catherine Russell, named “the best blues singer today” by the Wall Street Journal.
The blues is one of the most foundational and widespread traditions in music—and it can mean a lot of different things! Audiences will enjoy live performances of songs from across the genre’s history, and the band will demonstrate how the music is structured, illustrate “blue notes” with their improvised solos, and lead the crowd in some lively call-and-response as Russell sings about what it means to have the blues.
Though the blues is its own genre of music, it’s also a core component of jazz and one of the roots of popular American music as a whole. Make sure you’re in Rose Theater to sing along when Catherine Russell and the band answer that classic question for budding music lovers: “What is the blues?”
This program is presented through the generosity of Mica and Ahmet Ertegun.
CONFEDERATES
Tuesday, March 8th through Sunday, April 24th
Ticket Information: Start at $35
Sara, an enslaved rebel turned Union spy, and Sandra, a tenured professor in a modern-day private university, are having parallel experiences of institutional racism, though they live over a century apart. This New York premiere by MacArthur Genius Fellow Dominique Morisseau, directed by Stori Ayers, leaps through time to trace the identities of these two Black American women and explore the reins that racial and gender bias still hold on American educational systems today.
EXHIBIT: THE NATURE OF FAMILY PORTRAITS
Tuesday, March 15th through Monday, July 11th
Location: Wave Hill House
Ticket Information: FREE with admission to the grounds
Displayed inside the former domestic setting of Wave Hill House, The Nature of Family Portraits looks to artists who expand on traditions of the family portrait. While each artist’s approach is distinct and personal, the exhibited works all reference and rely upon depictions of nature, flora and landscapes to complement or complicate our understanding of how family relationships and lineage can be represented.
In some cases, fruits and vegetables recall intimate moments shared during meals or link back to culinary traditions passed down through family. By rendering landscapes, both distant and nearby, artists reflect on how stories of migration or displacement influence their understanding of the family unit, particularly when access to the land that holds ancestral or cultural history is limited but not forgotten.
To further expand the notions of kinship, artists use surrealistic depictions of nature and people to reflect both personal and collective imaginings. In examining how themes of home, social histories, displacement and imagination are depicted within contemporary examples of family portraits, the exhibition reflects a myriad of relationships that constitute the family today, including the nuclear family, diasporic and ancestral lineages and chosen families within self-made communities.
The Nature of Family Portraits is organized by Assistant Curator Jesse Bandler Firestone and features works by Destiny Belgrave, Sean-Kierre Lyons, Devin Osorio, Maia Cruz Palileo.
SPRING WALK SERIES: EARLY SPRING FLOWERS
Thursday, March 17th from 1:00-2:00pm and Saturday, March 19th from 1:00-2:00pm
Location: Meet at Perkins Visitor Center
Ticket Information: $15, including admission to the grounds. Wave Hill Members save 10%.
Early blooming flowers, like snowdrops, witch hazel and winter aconite, beckon at spring arrives. Even though it is still quiet at Wave Hill, Senior Horticultural Interpreter Jess Brey knows exactly where to look. There is plenty to see and enjoy—just look down! Severe weather cancels. Welcome Spring Weekend event.
DJ NIGHTS: MOTOWN & OLDIES
Saturday, March 5th from 6:00pm-9:00pm
Ticket Information: $38, plus tax includes: admission, skates, live music performed on the rink side stage, weather permitting (and piped through the sound system inside the Clubhouse), and one complimentary signature drink in Wollman’s rink side Hot Toddy Tent. Food and additional assorted beverages will be available for purchase in The Café.
Join us for a live music and skating experience when New York’s own DJ Rob Dinero and guest vocalists fill Wollman Rink with the music of Motown greats and Oldies remixes. Ice skating in Central Park will be in full groove mode!
Grab some skates, a signature drink from the rink side Hot Toddy Tent and enjoy a New York night out!
Your Host: DJ Rob Dinero
New York’s own DJ Rob Dinero was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. He started his DJing career at the age of 14 and landed his first gigs at school events and local house parties in the Bronx area. Rob has evolved, mastered, and created many rare techniques that define him in the entertainment world. He has provided music for clients such as Tommy Hilfiger, Heineken, the VMAs, the Soweto Jazz Festival in South Africa, MTV tr3s Latina Nation Tour, Hot 97 and DJ’d for many of the top nightclubs in NYC & around the US. DJ Rob Dinero can be heard live on JAMZ 96.3 (WAJZ-FM) in Upstate New York’s “Capital City Region” (Albany/Schenectady/Troy/Saratoga Springs) and on the nationally distributed cable network “Music Choice”.
Additional DJ dates: Saturday, March 19, 6-9pm
GOSPEL BRUNCH
Sunday, March 6th and Sunday, March 13th from 11:00am-1:00pm
Ticket Information: $38, plus tax includes: admission, skates, live music performed on the rink side stage, weather permitting (and piped through the sound system inside the Clubhouse), and one complimentary signature drink in Wollman’s rink side Hot Toddy Tent. A la carte brunch fare by Melba’s Restaurant will be available in The Café.
Rise and shine for a special morning of gospel music and delicious brunch fare at the iconic Wollman Rink in Central Park. Grab some skates, a signature drink from the rink side Hot Toddy Tent and let the uplifting live music ministry of Vincent Bohanan and The Sound of Victory Fellowship Choir fill your spirit with joy.
Part of a 3-date Sunday series. Final date after this will be: 3/13 from 11:00 AM – 1:00PM.
LGBTQ+ MINGLE NIGHT: DJ MARY MAC
Saturday, March 12 from 6:00pm-9:00pm
Ticket Information: $38, plus tax includes: admission, skates, live music performed on the rink side stage, weather permitting (and piped through the sound system inside the Clubhouse), and one complimentary signature drink in Wollman’s rink side Hot Toddy Tent. Food and additional assorted beverages will be available for purchase in The Café.
Everyone is invited to a premier skating experience set to the sounds of Madonna’s resident DJ – DJ Mary Mac live in Central Park. If you have someone, bring someone. If you’re single, come and mingle. Ice skating NYC is where you will want to be!
Grab some skates, a signature drink from the rink side Hot Toddy Tent and join us for this exclusive, energized New York evening out!
YOUR HOST: DJ MARY MAC
With a 15+ year legacy of moving large arena crowds for Grammy award-winning Recording Artists such as Pit Bull, Gwen Stefani, Sting, Kanye West, RUN DMC, Snoop Dog, Foo Fighters and most recently Da Baby. She is most at home as Madonna’s resident DJ on world tours. Large corporate events and festivals: RED BULL/COCA COLA/ SALES FORCE/MACYS as well as NYC MAYORS OFFICE / CITY HALL to name a few. DJ Mary Mac represents the party spirit of NYC at home and abroad. If you blink you may miss her…Catch DJ Mary Mac LIVE in NYC.
EXCITING EVENTS AROUND NEW YORK: FEBRUARY 2022
By Great Performances
Explore Great Music, Art and More at Our Partner Venues This Month!
SOOLKING
Saturday, February 19th at 9:00pm
Ticket Information: Starts at $68.50
Soolking is a French Algerian singer and rapper who began his career in 2013. His career has included many great hits like “Gueriilla”, ”Zemer” and ” Melejim” with over 257 millions views.
FOUR QUARTETS
Thursday, February 10th through Saturday, February 12th
Location: Peter Jay Sharp Building
Ticket Information: Starts at $25
The Knights
Pam Tanowitz Dance
Narration by Kathleen Chalfant
Scenic and lighting design by Clifton Taylor
Costume design by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung
Sound design by Jean-Baptiste Barriére
Four Quartets is a Fisher Center at Bard production, co-commissioned with major support from Rebecca Gold, UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance, Barbican London and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Gagosian is the lead corporate sponsor of Four Quartets on tour.
AN UNTITLED LOVE
Wednesday, February 23rd through Saturday, February 26th
Location: BAM Strong
Ticket Information: Starts at $30
Music by D’Angelo and The Vanguard
Scenic and lighting design by Dan Scully
Costume design by Karen Young and Kyle Abraham
Visual art by Joe Buckingham
Commissioning support for An Untitled Love comes from BAM; American Dance Festival with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works; August Wilson African American Cultural Center; Houston Society for Performing Arts; Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival; The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, Director Seth Soloway; Seattle Theater Group; and White Bird, Portland, Oregon, made possible through White Bird’s 2020 Barney Choreographic Prize.
BROOKLYN TALKS: WHITE SHOES WITH NONA FAUSTINE
Friday, February 11th, 7:00-9:00pm
Location: Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Ticket Information: $16 and include after-hours access to The Slipstream: Reflection, Resistance, and Resilience in the Art of Our Time.
Artist Nona Faustine discusses her new book White Shoes in a conversation with book contributors Jessica Lanay, Pamela Sneed, and Seph Rodney. White Shoes is a collection of self-portraits taken in locations around New York that were the sites of slave auctions, burial grounds, slave-owning farms, and the coastal locations where slave ships docked. Faustine confronts the city’s once significant—and now largely obscured and unacknowledged—involvement in the slave trade, in solidarity with the people whose names and memories have been lost but are embedded in the land. The conversation will be followed by a book signing.
BROOKLYN READS: BITTER WITH AKWAEKE EMEZI
Thursday, February 17th, 7:00-9:00pm
Location: Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Ticket Information: $25 and include a copy of Bitter.
Join Akwaeke Emezi for the launch of their latest novel, Bitter, which explores the stakes of social revolution and how youth lead the way. The companion novel to Pet—a 2019 finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature—Bitter follows a young artist torn between staying within the walls of her studio or protesting in the streets against the deep injustices that grip her hometown of Lucille.
The program begins with a reading from Bitter, followed by a conversation with Nic Stone, author of Dear Martin, about Emezi’s writing process and their wide-ranging career as an author and video artist. Emezi’s other novels include The New York Times bestseller The Death of Vivek Oji (2020) and Freshwater (2018), which was shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award. The program is followed by a book signing. Plus, enjoy an after-hours viewing of The Slipstream: Reflection, Resistance, and Resilience in the Art of Our Times.
ON DEMAND VIEWING: CALLISTO QUARTET
Sunday, February 13th through Sunday, February 20th
Ticket Information: FREE
Praised for their “intensity and bravado” (Third Coast Review), the Callisto Quartet’s Ernst Stiefel residency continues this year with two appearances that spotlight emerging composers and the classic works that influenced them. In this performance, you’ll hear a world premiere by Nathaniel Heyder, who was inspired by Brahms’ Third String Quartet, which was itself modeled after the Mozart Quartet also on the program. Above all else, the three works share an unmistakable joy of life and nature.
BLACK ART JAZZ COLLECTIVE
Thursday, February 3rd, 7:30pm, 9:30pm
Location: Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center and Online
Ticket Information: Starts at $45, Virtual $10
Founded by saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, and drummer Johnathan Blake, the Black Art Jazz Collective made their debut performance at Dizzy’s in 2013. For years, the BAJC members have been instrumental in the global jazz community, both as leaders and as invaluable members of ensembles led by Tom Harrell, Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Barron, Wayne Shorter, Wallace Roney, Ron Carter, and others. Their sound is reminiscent of groups led by Jackie McLean, Miles Davis, Woody Shaw, and Art Blakey. For this performance, the Black Art Jazz Collective will perform music from their latest album, Ascension. The sets will showcase compositions celebrating jazz icons Harold Mabern, Larry Willis, and Jackie McLean in addition to pieces inspired by the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and the Thirteenth Amendment.
PERFORMANCE LINEUP
Wayne Escoffery, tenor saxophone
Jeremy Pelt, trumpet
James Burton III, trombone
Victor Gould, piano
Rashaan Carter, bass
Mark Whitfield, Jr., drums
SAMARA JOY
Ticket Information: Starts at $55
With a voice as smooth as velvet, Samara Joy’s star seems to rise with each performance. Following her 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition win, she released her debut album Samara Joy. As one of America’s most promising young vocalists, the 22-year-old Bronx native and recent SUNY Purchase graduate puts her spin on jazz standards from the Great American Songbook. There is no better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with Samara and her top-notch band.
PERFORMANCE LINEUP
Samara Joy, vocals
DIANNE REEVES: LET’S FALL IN LOVE
PRESENTED AS PART OF THE ERTEGUN JAZZ CONCERT SERIES
Friday, February 11th through Saturday, February 12th
Location: Rose Theater
Ticket Information: Starts at $40
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.
Masterful vocals and hypnotizing musical storytelling.
ABOUT THE CONCERT
Continuing a hugely popular tradition now in its 10th year, NEA Jazz Master vocalist Dianne Reeves sets the mood for Valentine’s Day weekend in Rose Theater. A supremely talented vocalist and hypnotizing storyteller, Reeves has been hailed as “the most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday” by The New York Times.
With her powerful voice, bold dramatic flair, and penchant for spontaneity, Reeves inhabits every story she sings, taking mesmerized audiences along for the ride. See the show that has audiences coming back year after year—and wow the one you love (or treat yourself!) with an unbeatable musical experience.
VOICES OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Friday, February 25th through Saturday, February 26th
Location: The Appel Room
Ticket Information: Starts at $65
WHAT TO EXPECT
Acoustic, electric blues and gospel music performed by some of Mississippi’s finest musicians.
Rare snapshots of a unique culture captured and curated by historian and folklorist William Ferris.
ABOUT THE CONCERT
Voices of Mississippi is a new multimedia event celebrating the music, art, and storytelling traditions of the people of Mississippi. Based on the 2019 double Grammy Award-winning Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris, the program features live musical performances integrated with film, audio recordings, and rare photographs captured by folklorist William Ferris, who will serve as host for the evening.
A historian with a proudly egalitarian lens, Ferris studies Mississippi as a slice of humanity in which everyone and everything is interconnected—and in which the beating heart of broader cultural traditions can be found in some of the most overlooked figures and places. From the 1960s through the 1990s, Ferris captured an invaluable archive of cultural and musical treasures, and much of that art and humanity will be shared in this unique multimedia concert experience.
Featuring Bobby Rush and Ruthie Foster with William Ferris, Cedric Burnside, Sharde Thomas, and Luther and Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars, Voices of Mississippi combines blues, folk, gospel music, and spoken-word storytelling to paint a powerful picture of a unique time and place that remains an essential piece of the American cultural fabric.
DAPHNE’S DIVE
Tuesday, February 1st through Sunday, March 20th
Ticket Information: Starts at $40
Colorful characters create a makeshift ménage at the neighborhood watering hole in a vivid and vibrant play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Water by the Spoonful and In the Heights.
Run by the warm and enterprising Daphne, a north Philadelphia bar becomes home for a disparate band of society’s outsiders; among them an offbeat artist, eccentric activist, ambitious businessman, retired biker, abandoned teenager and Daphne’s vivacious sister. Over the course of nearly twenty years, they drink, dance, rejoice, and grieve together in a captivating weave of interconnection.
Both poignant and joyful, this tribute to found family serves hospitality with a twist of heart in every pour.
“There’s an unassailable heart to Hudes’ work – a fierce compassion for the people she creates and an equally ardent love for the ethnically and culturally diverse city that raised her.”
– THE GUARDIAN
ART WORKSHOP: PAPEL PICADO: A WINTER WORKSPACE WORKSHOP WITH BLANKA AMEZKUA
Sunday, February 6th, 10:00am-2:00pm
Location: Meet at Glyndor Gallery
Ticket Information: $55, including admission to the grounds.
Explore the work of Latinx Winter Workspace artist Blanka Amezkua and traditional papel picado, a folk art of Mexico that involves cut paper. Using chisel tools, brightly colored tissue and floral design as guides, string together mini floral banners ready to add a festive mood to any occasion! All materials provided.
Blanka Amezkua is a Mexican-born, Latinx American contemporary artist living and working in New York City. Trained as a painter and greatly inspired by folk art and popular culture, she articulates ideas about gender, culture and notions of identity using a wide range of materials and techniques, such as crochet, embroidery, comic book visual vernacular, painting and more.
Amezkua’s interests in the medicinal properties, forms and overall structures of plants found in the herb garden at Wave Hill inform new directions for her papel picado practice, a traditional Mexican paper cutting technique. Amezkua will create larger works than she has previously made, juxtaposing the cut paper works with images from the Codex de la Cruz-Badiano, the first illustrated and descriptive scientific text of Aztec medicine and botany created in the Americas in 1552.
WINTER WALKS SERIES: COMPLEX PATTERNS IN THE TROPICAL HOUSE
Thursday, February 17th, 11:00am-2:00pm
Location: Meet in the Conservatory
Ticket Information: $15, including admission to the grounds.
A kaleidoscope of colored leaves wave at visitors from the benches of the Tropical House. Join Senior Horticultural Interpreter Jess Brey as she takes a deep dive into what causes variegation in tropical plants and why plant enthusiasts are so obsessed. This is the third and final walk in our Winter Walks Series. Participants in any of the walks in the series receive a $5 drink voucher to redeem in The Café for a warm beverage after the walk. Severe weather cancels. This walk also takes place at noon today, as well as at 11AM and noon on Saturday, February 19.
BROADWAY SINGS BEYONCE AND LADY GAGA
Thursday, February 24th from 7:00-9:30pm
Ticket Information: $38 ticket includes: Admission, skates, live music and one complimentary signature drink in Wollman’s rink side Hot Toddy Tent. Private entrance through Wollman Rink’s East gate.
Grab some skates, a signature drink from the rink side Hot Toddy Tent, and come party with Broadway Sings at Wollman Rink in Central Park for their final rink side concert event of the season!
The Broadway Sings live band and six insanely talented Broadway stars will celebrate the music of the ultimate queens of pop: Beyoncé and Lady Gaga. Throughout the night, you’ll hear new arrangements of the hits of these two dynamic artists, including “Single Ladies,” “Irreplaceable,” “You and I,” and “Poker Face.”
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR:
Kate Rockwell (Mean Girls)
Corey Mach (Kinky Boots)
Zak Resnick (Mamma Mia)
Jillian Mueller (Pretty Woman)
Keri René Fuller (Jagged Little Pill)
Brennyn Lark (Les Miserables)
The New York Times calls the series “sheer brilliance” and has landed on Playbill’s “Best of the Year” lists for multiple years in a row. The show is produced by Corey Mach with music directed by Joshua Stephen Kartes.
DJ NIGHTS: BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Friday, February 25th from 6:00pm-9:00pm
Ticket Information: $38 ticket includes: admission, skates, live music and one complimentary signature drink in Wollman’s rink side Hot Toddy Tent. Music will be performed on the rink side stage, weather permitting (and piped through the sound system inside the Clubhouse), with à la carte food available in The Café.
Join us for a live music and skating experience when DJ Mastermind and guest vocalists fill Wollman Rink with the sounds of 90’s hip hop, R&B and reggae in celebration of Black History Month. It will be an energized New York night of dancing on the ice.
Your Host: DJ Mastermind
With more than 13 years in the industry, Brooklyn-born, heavy-hitter DJ Mastermind has always been known for getting the party started! From the club scenes in NYC and Las Vegas to private events with Netflix, Savage X Fenty and multiple NYFW shows, DJ Mastermind is excited to add a live performance at Wollman Rink, where he will spin all the greatest hits from the 90s!
EXCITING EVENTS AROUND NEW YORK: NOVEMBER 2021
By Great Performances
Explore Great Music, Art and More at Our Partner Venues This Month!
A CELEBRATION OF DR. KING
Monday, January 17
This year, we’re expanding our beloved annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a wide variety of free events for community members of all ages and interests. Choreographer Reggie Wilson offers POWER, a propulsive new dance piece. Live music returns to BAMcafé. A free screening of Attica by Stanley Nelson spotlights the 1971 prison uprising and the urgent need for change. BAMkids offers special activities for young minds. A group exhibition by Black photographers draws inspiration from the late bell hooks. Plus, the 36th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. features musical performances (Nona Hendryx with Craig Harris & Tailgaters Tales; Sing Harlem), dance, speeches by civic leaders, and a keynote address from Dr. Imani Perry.
All visitors must present proof of vaccination and ID to attend.
UN ESTADO DE GRACIA / A STATE OF GRACE
November 30, 2021 – March 13, 2022
Location:BAM Strong, The Rudin Family Gallery
Artists: BEMBONA, Alicia Grullón, Lucia Hierro, Ronny Quevedo, Chelsea Ramírez, Kenny Rivero, xime izquierdo ugaz
Curated for BAM by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Guest Curator-at-Large
“Un Estado de Gracia / A State of Grace” presenta a siete artistas latinxs y sudamericanos con sede en Nueva York que utilizan sus prácticas como un foro para reflexionar sobre las nociones de hogar, comunidad, familia (biológica y elegida), memoria, consumismo y complejidad de la identidad. Los artistas emplean diversos medios y formas estéticas, incluida la fotografía, la escultura, la pintura, el dibujo y el sonido para plantear preguntas sobre el desplazamiento, la migración, la memoria y la resiliencia, una resiliencia que ha sido particularmente desafiada en la era de COVID-19, y el viaje. hacia la equidad social.
Artistas: BEMBONA, Alicia Grullón, Lucia Hierro, Ronny Quevedo, Chelsea Ramírez, Kenny Rivero, xime izquierdo ugaz
Photo: xime izquierdo ugaz | Ari with a Sunflower from Themme, The Piers, 2021. Courtesy of the artist.
ANDY WARHOL: REVELATION
November 19, 2021 – June 19, 2022
Location: Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, 5th Floor
Although Andy Warhol is one of the most celebrated and recognizable artists of the twentieth century, his Byzantine Catholic upbringing, and its profound impact on his life and work, remains a lesser known facet of his career. Andy Warhol: Revelation explores the artist’s lifelong relationship with his faith that frequently appeared in his artworks.
BIGYUKI SOLO AND YASUSHI NAKAMURA TRIO
Wednesday, January 12, 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Location: Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Ticket Information: Starts at $35
This double bill showcases the traditional and the modern and everything in between.
“One of the most commanding voices on bass today,” Yasushi Nakamura is praised for imaginative, quicksilver bass lines that deepen the groove. His blend of guitar-like precision and gut-level blues has sparked collaborations with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Hank Jones, Dave Douglas, and Steve Miller. With his charismatic stage presence and artful, hard-swinging melodic touch, Nakamura is a first-call performer capturing new audiences and fans around the world. Masayuki Hirano—better known as BIGYUKI—is a ground-breaking songwriter and virtuoso keyboard player who blends jazz, soul, hip-hop and electronica to create a sound that’s wholly his own. Alongside releasing his own inimitable music, BIGYUKI is highly sought-after as a performer and collaborator by the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, Kamasi Washington and Lauryn Hill.
PERFORMANCE LINEUP
BIGYUKI, piano/keyboard
Yasushi Nakamura, bass
Lawrence Fields, piano
Clarence Penn, drums
DIANE SCHUUR: RUNNING ON FAITH
Ticket Information: Starts at $35
Two-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist and pianist Diane Schuur shakes out new versions of songs for which she has a deep-rooted affection. On her latest recording Running On Faith, Schuur arranges music by some of her favorite performers and songwriters—from Miles Davis to Percy Mayfield to Paul Simon—all with her distinctive, jazzy charm. “I’ve been focusing on the condition of our world and selected songs that make a statement about what is, along with songs of hope, about what can be,” Schuur says. Showcasing music from Running On Faith, Schuur’s performance will include blues, straight-ahead jazz, and a few tunes that defy categorization. She is joined by an incredible cast of young, emerging talent, including trumpeter Riley Mulherkar, bassist Barry Stephenson, and drummer TJ Reddick.
PERFORMANCE LINEUP
Diane Schuur, vocals, piano
Riley Mulherkar, trumpet
Barry Stephenson, bass
TJ Reddick, drums
2022 HORTICULTURAL LECTURE SERIES
Wednesday, January 19
Lectures 1 & 2 Virtual 6PM
Lecture 3 at Wave Hill 5PM
Location: Virtual and Onsite
An ongoing, annual series, Wave Hill’s Horticultural Lectures are devoted to garden design and the meaning of our interactions with plants and the natural world. The series is curated by Wave Hill and its Friends of Horticulture Committee.
The first two lectures in this year’s series take place virtually on Zoom, once again allowing us to expand the audience far beyond Wave Hill and metropolitan New York City. The March lecture brings us all to Wave Hill for the evening, a chance to hear a dynamic speaker just as the arrival of spring can be felt across the gardens.
JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION FELLOW: SOFIA MENDOZA
By Georgette Farkas
Sofia set her sights as high as one could in New York City’s restaurant landscape, all the while remaining focused on serving her community and building a nurturing culture in the workplace. After earning a culinary degree at Monroe college, Sofia worked at restaurants including The Modern, Daniel and Eleven Madison Park, in areas including human resources and guest relations. The pandemic’s impact heightened Sofia’s awareness of the Latino community’s invaluable role in hospitality, just as the JBF fellowship training will fuel her goal of creating a Mexican café with a taste of home.
What convinced you to apply for the fellowship?
My dream of opening a café in the future. I was putting it off to focus on my career right now, but when I learned about the program I thought “this is the push I need”. My vision for my café revolves around refined Mexican food. At the same time, my business will work to reduce food insecurity. We may partner with food banks such as City Harvest and collaborate with other restaurants to build support for community needs and make food accessible, especially in emergencies.
What were the most valuable aspect of the program?
In the finance section, I learned how to align my vison for my café with realistic business goals, setting expectations for profitability and the time it could take to become profitable.
With program mentor Valerie Wilson, a Public Relations pro, I learned how to identify my target market and how to incorporate marketing metrics to assure my business is successful. Valerie taught me to build stories that are purposeful and that reflect my business’ unique character.
What did you learn that most surprised you?
How different meal kits are from regular restaurant production. Every aspect of my Beard Box meal kit had to be thought out, from the components of my dishes to the size of the jars, to production and packaging. While working at Great Performances, I learned that just because it comes from a box doesn’t mean you cut corners, you have to be very thoughtful and intentional when it comes to building a meal kit. My menu included handmade tetelas, which are a type of folded and stuffed tortilla. We made two versions, one filled with wild mushrooms and the other filled with Oaxaca cheese and zucchini. They needed to be carefully assembled by hand and in a way that made them easy for customers to heat and eat at home, with all the flavor and texture intact.
How did the program influence the direction of your culinary career and the possibilities you see ahead?
The fellowship allowed me to explore and envision what my café would look like and what recipes I would create for it. It encouraged me to take a deep dive into where I come from, the stories behind my favorite dishes and where I see them in my dream café. I’ll be using flavors from my childhood, such as my guajillo salsa. There will be the colors and spices that I grew up with, using food to bring a piece of my home in Mexico here to my café.
Tell us about the next steps in your career?
My plan is to open my café in seven years. Now I am actively building my business plan, researching concepts, restaurant architecture and locations.
What was your favorite aspect of the fellowship?
Meeting other fellows and learning from them! I loved learning about their journeys and about their experience in the industry. I especially loved when we all got together to cook at Great Performances for the JBF awards box back in August.
What was the most challenging aspect of the fellowship?
On the very same day that I started the fellowship, I also started a new job as a Human Resources Manager at Union Square Hospitality. It was hard to balance both. I had to ask for help and lean on my support system to 1. Get the most out of the program 2. Learn the ropes of my new position 3. And remember to have fun while achieving 1 and 2.
What is the most valuable skill or lesson learned that you will take away from your fellowship?
The most valuable lesson I learned from my fellowship was always hire a real estate attorney before signing a lease. With things constantly changing, you need to make sure you protect your business in ALL aspects.
Recipe: Mexican Hot Chocolate Bavarois with Churro and Piloncillo Crumble
By Sofia Mendoza
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients
Bavarois
- 1¼ cups milk
- 175 gr bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- ¼ tsp ground chili pepper
- ¼ tsp ground clove
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- 4 egg yolks
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 gelatin sheet
- 1 cup heavy cream
Churro Crumble
- 1 whole churro
- 2 Tbs pilloncilo sugar*
*unprocessed pure cane sugar found mostly in Mexicog
Procedure
In the top of a double boiler over medium heat, combine milk, bittersweet chocolate, chili pepper, clove and cinnamon. Whisk together until chocolate is completely melted.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together egg yolks, sugar and vanilla. Whisk in about a quarter of the chocolate mixture to temper. Whisk egg mixture back into the chocolate mixture. Cook stirring over the double boiler until the mixture thickens just enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Remove from heat and let cool.
Place gelatin sheet in a small mixing bowl with just enough cold water to dissolve. Whisk into chocolate mixture and refrigerate, just long enough to cool, but not long enough to set.
In the meantime, in a mixing bowl, whip heavy cream. Fold whipped cream into chilled chocolate mixture. Transfer to six individual small ramekins or serving bowls and refrigerate to set.
Preheat oven to 350°. Coarsely chop the churro in to pieces small enough to form a crumble mixture. Coarsely chop the piloncillo sugar. Toss the two together on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and toast approximately 20 minutes or until churro pieces are crisp. Remove from oven and let cool. Just before serving, spoon the churro mixture over the set chocolate bavarois to garnish.
We would like to acknowledge CAPITAL ONE as the presenting Sponsor of the James Beard House Fellows Program.
JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION FELLOW: MIMI CHEN
By Georgette Farkas
Mimi’s love of TV cooking shows led her to enter the C-CAP (Careers through Culinary Arts Program) Competition. Her 2015 win resulted in a full scholarship to the International Culinary Center and then a paid internship at Café Boulud. With Chef Daniel Boulud as a mentor, Mimi went on to cook at New York City’s renowned Restaurant DANIEL. Always striving to work with and learn from the best, Mimi moved to San Francisco to join the team at Matthew Kirkley’s three Michelin starred restaurant Coi. All the while, she continued to participate in prestigious competitions, including the famed Bocuse d’Or World Competition in 2017 and 2019. Mimi’s creative talent, precision and competitive spirit will serve her well when it comes to starting her own culinary business.
How did you first learn about the program?
A professor whom I studied with at CityTech College encouraged me to apply. She has always looked out for me and my career and knew I would really benefit from the fellowship.
What was the most valuable training you received?
I learned a lot about myself personally and professionally. Program mentor Rosey Singh helped me understand my personality type and taught me to communicate with confidence. Another mentor, Valerie Wilson, taught me to pitch my story concisely. Previously, I had written a very long bio. Thanks to Valerie, I learned to focus on compelling details that illustrate the key points in my narrative.
What aspect of the program did you enjoy most?
I loved creating my Beard Box menu, translating my ideas into a meal kit for people to prepare at home. Everyone loves a good burger, but I wanted mine to be different. My family BBQ experiences inspired my five-spice burger. The charcoal bun was a technique I picked up in my cooking competition experiences. The resulting dish was familiar yet out of the ordinary.
How did the program influence the direction of your culinary career and the possibilities you see ahead?
It helped me build my business plan on the foundation of my culinary and pastry experiences. Prior to the program, I had been testing recipes, which the fellowship then helped me to refine.
What will your next career step be, following your fellowship completion?
I’m launching my own line of dessert mixes. They’re called “Mish”, short for mission. My products will be similar to what you find in the grocery store baking aisle, but with unique flavors inspired by my cultural heritage and French culinary training. My cake mixes will include matcha, earl grey and yuzu – flavors you just don’t find in stores. I’m also creating unique dessert mix flavor profiles for rice crispy treats, cookies, cupcakes and mochi. I plan to offer them with the convenience of online shopping, and eventually in stores.
What was the most challenging aspect of the fellowship?
For an introvert like me doing the live zoom recipe event was a great challenge. For my Beard Box video presentation, being prepared with a well outlined script was a very effective strategy. Despite a few hiccups, it went smoothly. I felt great about it.
Recipe: Soy Ginger Slaw
Ingredients
Slaw Mix
- 1⅓ cup napa cabbage, finely shredded
- 1⅓ cup purple cabbage, finely shredded
- ⅔ cup carrots, finely shredded
Soy Ginger Sauce
- 3½ Tbsp tamari soy sauce
- 1.5 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 1½ Tbsp honey
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- ¼ cup ginger, grated
- 1 tsp garlic, grated
- 1 scallion, thinly sliced
- 1 sprig cilantro, chopped
- ¼ tsp white sesame seed
Procedure
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together soy ginger sauce ingredients and adjust seasoning to taste. Combine shredded napa and purple cabbage and shredded carrot. Toss in soy ginger sauce to coat evenly. Serve immediately.

We would like to acknowledge CAPITAL ONE as the presenting Sponsor of the James Beard House Fellows Program.
EXCITING EVENTS AROUND NEW YORK: NOVEMBER 2021
By Great Performances
Explore Great Music, Art and More at Our Partner Venues This Month!
A CONVERSATION WITH SPIKE LEE
Saturday, December 11
Location:
WITH DAVID LEE
LAUNCH OF SPIKE
CO-PRESENTED BY BAM AND GREENLIGHT BOOKSTORE
Join Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee and his brother David Lee at BAM for an expansive conversation celebrating the launch of the acclaimed filmmaker’s book, SPIKE. This lavish visual celebration of his life and career to date features storytelling by Lee and hundreds of never-before-seen photographs by David Lee, Spike’s official on-set photographer, from Brooklyn film sets and beyond. In opening his archives, Lee provided behind‐the‐scenes material from the making of his iconic films, documentaries, TV shows, and music videos. Finally, cinephiles and fans of one of history’s most prominent and influential filmmakers can hold his story in their hands, and in his presence.
Spike Lee is a world-renowned, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, a cultural icon, and one of the most prominent voices on race and racism for more than three decades. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks—based in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, just blocks from BAM—has produced more than 35 films, including his directorial debut She’s Gotta Have It, his seminal masterpiece Do the Right Thing, and more recently, the Oscar-winning BlacKkKlansman. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he is a tenured Professor of Film and Artistic Director. Spike Lee’s provocative features, documentaries, commercials (Air Jordan), and music videos (Prince, Michael Jackson) have made an indelible mark in both cinematic history and in contemporary society.
UN ESTADO DE GRACIA / A STATE OF GRACE
November 30, 2021 – March 13, 2022
Location:BAM Strong, The Rudin Family Gallery
Artists: BEMBONA, Alicia Grullón, Lucia Hierro, Ronny Quevedo, Chelsea Ramírez, Kenny Rivero, xime izquierdo ugaz
Curated for BAM by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Guest Curator-at-Large
“Un Estado de Gracia / A State of Grace” presenta a siete artistas latinxs y sudamericanos con sede en Nueva York que utilizan sus prácticas como un foro para reflexionar sobre las nociones de hogar, comunidad, familia (biológica y elegida), memoria, consumismo y complejidad de la identidad. Los artistas emplean diversos medios y formas estéticas, incluida la fotografía, la escultura, la pintura, el dibujo y el sonido para plantear preguntas sobre el desplazamiento, la migración, la memoria y la resiliencia, una resiliencia que ha sido particularmente desafiada en la era de COVID-19, y el viaje. hacia la equidad social.
Artistas: BEMBONA, Alicia Grullón, Lucia Hierro, Ronny Quevedo, Chelsea Ramírez, Kenny Rivero, xime izquierdo ugaz
Photo: xime izquierdo ugaz | Ari with a Sunflower from Themme, The Piers, 2021. Courtesy of the artist.
HOLIDAY MARKET
Sunday December 5, 12, 19 from 11:30 am – 5:30 pm
Location: Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
Stop by our Holiday Market featuring more than twenty local artisans and vendors offering artwork, jewelry, fashion, home and apothecary goods, and more. Shop one-of-a-kind, handmade items and get into the holiday spirit with performances by carolers and live DJs.
All visitors 12 and older must show proof of vaccination and a valid I.D. Masks are required regardless of vaccination status.
ART HISTORY HAPPY HOUR: WARHOL AND WINE
Thursday, December 16 from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm and 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Location: The Norm Restaurant and Bar, 1st Floor
Expand your knowledge of Andy Warhol’s Pop art with a special after-hours curator talk and a wine tasting featuring selections by Marquis Williams of Highly Recommended, a Brooklyn-based members-only wine club. This month, curator Carmen Hermo pays tribute to our newest exhibition, Andy Warhol: Revelation, focusing on the iconic artist’s less-explored Byzantine Catholic upbringing and the profound impact it had on his artistic practice. Explore the ways that Warhol mixed Pop art and Catholicism, from portraits of celebrities to appropriated Renaissance masterpieces, while you indulge in wine pairings inspired by Warhol’s artistic practice and relationship to his faith. Then, visit the galleries for an exclusive after-hours viewing of Andy Warhol: Revelation.
Tickets are $45 and include four wine tastings, small bites, and special after-hours admission to Andy Warhol: Revelation. Additional wine is available for purchase. Member tickets are $40. Not a Member? Join today!
All visitors must show proof of vaccination and a valid I.D. Masks are required regardless of vaccination status.
NEW YORK POLYPHONY
Saturday, December 11 at 5:00 pm or 7:00 pm
Location: Music Room
Ticket Information: Start at $30
This a cappella vocal quartet brings their exquisitely blended voices back to the Music Room in Sing Thee Nowell, a program of sacred Christmas music spanning seven centuries. Select rooms of the Rosen House, splendidly decorated for the holidays, will be open for viewing one hour prior to each performance. Ring in the holidays with New York Polyphony’s “rich, natural sound that’s larger and more complex than the sum of its parts” (NPR).
MARY STALLINGS AND THE EMMET COHEN TRIO
Thursday December 9 – Sunday December 12, 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Location: Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Ticket Information: Starts at $30
“Perhaps the best jazz singer singing today” according to the New York Times, Mary Stallings has performed with the likes of Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Geri Allen, and Harry “Sweets” Edison. On these evenings, she graces the Dizzy’s stage alongside Emmet Cohen’s impeccable trio with a beautiful backdrop of the New York City skyline. This performance will be a true multigenerational showcase, bringing a veteran vocalist together with a trio of young, first-rate instrumentalists.
PERFORMANCE LINEUP
Mary Stallings – Vocals
Emmet Cohen – Piano
Russell Hall – Bass
Kyle Poole – Drums
A VERY IRBY CHRISTMAS
Location: Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Ticket Information: Starts at $35
An accomplished bandleader and a saxophonist with the sweetest tone, Sherman Irby is a longtime member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. His previous Christmas shows at Dizzy’s left us wanting more, and we’re excited to welcome this warm and swinging show back to the club. A Very Irby Christmas features special guest vocalist, trombonist, and fellow JLCO member Vincent Gardner, pianist Isaiah J. Thompson, bassist Gerald Cannon, and drummer Willie Jones III. Stop by Dizzy’s for some holiday cheer and an unbeatable view of New York City’s winter skyline.
PERFORMANCE LINEUP
Isaiah J. Thompson – piano
Gerald Cannon – bass
Willie Jones III – drums
Vincent Gardner – trombone
Sofija Knezevic – vocals (December 21-22)
Camille Thurman – vocals (December 23-24)
CARLOS HENRIQUEZ NONET
Location: Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Ticket Information: Starts at $40
Carlos Henriquez is the bassist for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and “an emerging master in the Latin jazz idiom” (DownBeat). This week at Dizzy’s, he leads an all-star nonet to close out 2021 with a series of energetic concerts. Hailing from the Bronx, Henriquez is a rare virtuoso in both jazz and Afro-Cuban traditions and a vital voice in the infectious cultural fusion of Latin jazz. He has performed with greats like Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, and Celia Cruz since the age of 14. As a JLCO fan favorite and leader of his own small groups, Henriquez regularly headlines concerts in The Appel Room and music directs shows in Rose Theater (including Rubén Blades’s historic performances with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra). His Dizzy’s engagements are rare, intimate experiences for lovers of Latin rhythms and the swing tradition.
PERFORMANCE LINEUP
Obed Calvaire – drums
Michael Rodriguez – trumpet
Terrell Stafford – trumpet
Melissa Aldana – tenor saxophone
Marshall Gilkes – trombones
Jeremy Bosch – flute and vocals
Anthony Almonte – congas and vocals
HOLIDAY TEA
Thursday, December 23
Tuesday, December 28
Wednesday, December 29
Thursday, December 30
11:45 am and 2:45 pm
Location: The Cafe at Wave Hill
Co-organized by Wave Hill and Lehman College Art Gallery, Eco-Urgency: Now or Never is a two-part exhibition showing the varied responses to our current ecological crisis by artists working across wide-ranging practices. Now, the first part of the exhibition, on view at Wave Hill, brings together artists looking at the urgency of the present moment, raising awareness through a holistic approach to understanding social, political and environmental concerns. Or Never, the second part of the project, to be presented at Lehman College Art Gallery starting December 4, is both speculative and reflective, examining the echoing cycles of history that have shaped and led us to our current moment, alongside possible and causal futures.
Click here to learn moreGreat Performances is delighted to present the Holiday Edition of our Afternoon Tea at Wave Hill. A custom menu designed specifically for Wave Hill, our Holiday Tea uses local and seasonal ingredients and inspiration from our own organic farm, Katchkie Farm.
Delicious tea sandwiches and delectable pastries provide the perfect accompaniment to Tea by Palais des Thés or House Made Hot Cocoa. You can enhance your Holiday Tea with a bottle of sparkling wine.
Start with a selection of Teas by Palais des Thés or enjoy our House Made Hot Cocoa.
You’ll enjoy the comforting decadence of a traditional tea service including
- Tea Sandwiches: Egg and Cress; Smoked Trout and Cucumber; Sliced Apples and Chutney; Griddled Turkey and Brie
- Scones and Cakes: Olive Oil Cake with Candied Citrus; Assorted Scones and Short Bread; Clotted Cream, Raspberry Jam
- Desserts: Raspberry Tartlets; Chocolate Truffles; Dark Chocolate Brownies; Gingerbread Cookies
IMMIGRANTS' PERSPECTIVES: CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving is a time that we celebrate with loved ones and share our food with our gratitude. This uniquely North American holiday has come to mean a lot to newcomers to America. What is beautiful about the holiday meal today is the influence of global flavors and cuisines via new citizens as well as refugees from all over the world.
Georgette Farkas interviewed some of the chefs we’ve worked with for People’s Kitchen and at our Latke Festival. Each of these incredible women share their Thanksgiving stories and how they’ve made it their own, bringing in their cultures, traditions, and flavors, but always sharing a meal while sharing their gratitude.
Yen Vo, Co-Owner and Co-Founder, MADAME VO

Yen Vo’s hands down favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. The Vietnamese born fashionista’s penchant for the American harvest celebration reflects how families from around the world embrace the holiday as as they settle into American life on their own terms.
Yen and her husband, Chef Jimmy Ly, opened their chic East Village Vietnamese restaurant Madam Vo in 2017. Their second restaurant, Madame Vo BBQ, followed soon after. Jimmy had grown up working in his family’s restaurants and easily won Yen over with his cooking. But when it comes to Thanksgiving, Jimmy takes the day off, and Yen takes over in the kitchen. It’s also the only time her mother and grandmother give her free reign behind the stove, even if they still can’t keep their hands off the seasoning.
Yen’s earliest Thanksgiving memories date back to age seven, and a feast hosted by the aunt who had sponsored her family to come to the US. Yen’s aunt wanted them to have a truly American style holiday meal, with an emphasis on the side dishes. Yen’s favorite, and one she still makes, is a classic green bean casserole. Her cornbread and andouille sausage stuffing has a Southern accent, thanks to the time her family spent in Mississippi. This year she’ll also be serving roasted garlic mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts and maple glazed carrots.
Yet the menu would not be complete without cha gio, traditional Vietnamese shrimp spring rolls with their nuoc cham dipping sauce that are a must at all Yen’s family gatherings. Roast pork lettuce wraps with vermicelli and cucumber are another must, before the turkey comes to the table. So while the Vo and Ly families don’t fuse the flavors of East and West, they serve them side by side, combining their Vietnamese and American culinary cultures right up through dessert. They’ll have traditional American pumpkin and pecan pies and then give out moon cakes as gifts. As with Thanksgiving, the moon festival celebrates the harvest, with both traditions celebrating family gathered around the table.
Learn more about MADAME VO here.
Aarthi Sampath

Aarthi spent her first American Thanksgiving as the guest of a school friend’s Nicaraguan grandmother in the Bronx. She had no idea what the holiday stood for or what to expect on the table. To this day she recalls an incredible spread of pork stew, rice and beans, potato and egg salad, a giant pineapple glazed ham, and an even bigger bird that she did not know was a turkey, all followed by American pies and tres leches for dessert. She is still struck by the generosity and warmth shared by people she was meeting for the very first time.
Chef Aarthi Sampath first arrived in the US 2013 when she transferred from a food service management program in her native India to major in baking and pastry at Johnson and Wales. Her subsequent years in restaurant kitchens produced a wealth of turkey making experience. At the Breslin she learned from the highly technical and carefully tested sous vide approach. She was proud to put her own side dish on the menu and still remembers hand scrubbing mountains of rainbow carrots. She roasted them in her own blend of cumin, turmeric, honey, raisins and walnuts and finished the dish with a carrot top and cilantro pesto seasoned with ginger, garlic and lemon, clearly an East meets West inspiration.
At Junoon, Aarthi’s Thanksgiving turkey was the center of a staff family meal. She marinated the bird Indian style, rubbed with turmeric, chili powder, cumin, coriander and garlic. “It was the first time I had ever brined anything, an entirely new technique for me learn, and it took the biggest pot we had in the kitchen,” explains Aarthi. On the side she served black lentils and a rice salad.
For a Thanksgiving dinner in Seattle, where Aarthi was making her mark with her gourmet food truck, she took the night off to host a group of healthy eating athletic friends. She wanted them to be able to indulge with abandon on her menu of quinoa salad, roast vegetables and whole roasted tandoori chicken marinated in yogurt, lime, chili, coriander and cumin. The chef still remembers, “I didn’t have enough plates in my own tiny kitchen and used every possible implement and container on hand to serve the dinner.”
During the 2020 shutdown, Aarthi prepared Thanksgiving dinner as a private chef for a family with Italian and South American roots. “They wanted their many cultures reflected in the menu and especially asked me to add some Indian spices of my own,” recalls the chef. “It was the most customized Thanksgiving dinner I have ever created.” In addition to a rosemary and sage brined turkey, Aarthi made whole roasted plantains topped with spicey beef stew; Bengali style potato and egg salad with mustard seeds, curry leaves and asafoetida. For dessert, Aarthi served pumpkin and sweet potato trifle. “At home we had my grandmother trifle for every family gathering, so I served my own version of this childhood memory,” say Aarthi. “The Thanksgiving meal is about family memories and traditions, no matter where they may originate.”
Follow Chef Aarthi Sampath on social: @arthi_sampath
Hong Thaimee, Chef-Owner, Thaimee Love

Today Hong Thaimee considers herself a New Yorker, yet she experienced her first Thanksgiving in her native Thailand as the guest of an expat American family. “I am open to new experiences, never judgmental, so I was happy to embrace this very foreign meal. I loved the stuffing and its aroma pervading the house. It must have been the celery,” remembers Hong. “They served classic roast turkey with gravy and cranberry sauce. To this day, I can’t imagine where they got that turkey.”
Hong enjoyed her first Thanksgiving dinner here in the US in 1995, as an exchange student living in Portland, Oregon. Her host family were great cooks, but she still remembers the jazz soundtrack that accompanied dinner, more than the food itself.
By 2006, Hong had moved to the US full time and took on a Thanksgiving dinner of her own for a group of friends from around the world. Learning to brine the turkey was the greatest challenge at the time. Ever since, she’s been seasoning her bird with a Thai curry spiced butter under the skin. As a side dish, Hong makes fried rice with green curry paste, coconut milk, eggplant and Thai basil, which she explains can double as a stuffing. Yet the holiday recipe she remains most proud of is her now famous red curry paste pumpkin pie. It was published in Rachel Ray magazine and still appears on her restaurant menu.
Learn more about Thaimee Love here.
Lebjulet Braganti, Chef, Eat Off Beat

Lebjulet Braganti has two passions: the first, numbers and the second, cooking and making desserts. Prior to moving to the US in 2016, she taught university-level mathematics. But now, she shares her passion for cooking and making desserts at Eat Off Beat, a New York based company offering ready-made meals made by refugees to explore the world from your home.
Lebjulet remembers the first time she celebrated Thanksgiving: her mother-in-law prepared different dishes and a lot of food. Lebjulet cooked three desserts—a lemon curd fruit pie in strawberry, kiwi, and peach. As she sat to eat the feast, she felt nostalgic, remembering her childhood. Every Sunday, she and her parents, brother, and some friends would eat together, giving thanks to God for the family and everything they had. Thanksgiving brought back those cherished memories through the shared experience.
Every year, her family celebrates with five families at her friend Ana Maria’s house. Each family brings Venezuelan dishes, and Lebjulet typically prepares meat and dessert. She’ll traditionally prepare two or three desserts, typically desserts her friends request. One dessert she always makes is her famous tres leches cake, which as been described as “one of the best desserts I’ve had’ by most. This past year, she prepared guanabana (soursop) cake filled with pastelera of guanabana and decorated with suspiro.
She and her family and friends like to celebrate Thanksgiving as a moment to share, talk, and most importantly, giving thanks for the opportunity to be together, to feel freedom, and to grow their children together without being afraid and sad.
“Every day we live in constant fear [of leaving] America. For asylum seekers, it’s not easy to live here. Some people celebrate, but others, like parents, think about leaving everything again. I like Thanksgiving Day. It is the marvelous celebration when we can remember where we come from and where we are going. The decorations, the happiness, the food… this day is part of me now.”
Learn more about Eat Off Beat here.
EXCITING EVENTS AROUND NEW YORK: NOVEMBER 2021
By Great Performances
Explore Great Music, Art and More at Our Partner Venues This Month!
AI WEIWEI
November 10
Location:
IN CONVERSATION WITH DEBBIE MILLMAN
CO-PRESENTED BY BAM, GREENLIGHT BOOKSTORE, AND PEN AMERICA
Join world-renowned artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei on the release date of his highly anticipated memoir, 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows. While being held by Chinese authorities in 2011, Ai Weiwei decided to write a memoir about his extraordinary life and the legacy of his father Ai Qing, the nation’s most celebrated poet who was banished from society. At once ambitious and intimate, 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows serves as a timely reminder of the urgent need to protect freedom of expression.
Please note: This event was originally scheduled for Tue, Nov 2 at 7:30pm
REDECODE X CONTAINERS
September 15 – December 15, 2021
Location: Sharp Lower Lobby in the BAM Fisher
Joiri Minaya
Redecode x Containers
Inkjet on vinyl
2021
Redecode x Containers by Joiri Minaya, a New York-based Black Latinx artist, presents portraits from her Containers series (2015–2020) and landscape images from her Redecode wallpaper series. Containers is an ongoing project highlighting female subjects in seemingly natural environments wearing bodysuits Minaya makes using fabric with tropical designs. By abstracting tropical images via pixelation in Redecode, Minaya introduces an unexpected and layered take on cultural tropes historically projected onto Caribbean culture, women, and the region’s natural and commercialized elements. Combining these two series in one pictorial plane, Minaya provides space for the viewer to question imposed histories and ideas, encouraging new and culturally inclusive narratives.
Redecode x Containers is curated by BAM’s Curator-At-Large, Larry Ossei-Mensah.
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
September 15 – December 15, 2021
Location:
CHRISTIAN DIOR: DESIGNER OF DREAMS
September 10, 2021 – February 20, 2022
Location: Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Tickets: $25
The New York premiere of the exhibition Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams traces the groundbreaking history and legacy of the House of Dior. The exhibition brings to life Dior’s many sources of inspiration—from the splendor of flowers and other natural forms to classical and contemporary art.
With objects drawn primarily from the Dior archives, the exhibition includes a vast array of over two hundred haute couture garments as well as photographs, archival videos, sketches, vintage perfume elements, accessories, and works from the Museum’s collection. The haute couture on view exemplifies many of the French couturier’s fabled silhouettes, including the “New Look,” which debuted in 1947.
Presented are galleries devoted to Dior and the artistic directors who succeeded him—Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons, and Maria Grazia Chiuri. A toile room, a tribute to the Ateliers, and adjacent galleries of couture garments showcase the excellence of Dior’s petites mains. The central atrium of our Beaux-Arts Court has been redesigned as an enchanted garden, and a concluding gallery celebrates dresses worn by stars from Grace Kelly to Jennifer Lawrence.
The Brooklyn Museum presentation of Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams is curated by Florence Müller, Avenir Foundation Curator of Textile Art and Fashion, Denver Art Museum, in collaboration with Matthew Yokobosky, Senior Curator of Fashion and Material Culture, Brooklyn Museum.
CALLISTO QUARTET
2021–22 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence
Sunday, November 7 at 3:00 pm
Location: Music Room
Ticket Information: Start at $30
Praised for their “intensity and bravado” (Third Coast Review), the Callisto Quartet’s Ernst Stiefel residency continues this year with two appearances that spotlight emerging composers and the classic works that influenced them. In this performance, you’ll hear a world premiere by Nathaniel Heyder, who was inspired by Brahms’ Third String Quartet, which was itself modeled after the Mozart Quartet also on the program. Above all else, the three works share an unmistakable joy of life and nature.
Artists
Callisto Quartet
Paul Aguilar, violin
Rachel Aguilar, violin
Eva Kennedy, viola
Hannah Moses, cello
Program
Mozart: String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 458, “Hunt”
Nathaniel Heyder: Vistas (World Premiere)
Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67
STEPHEN HOUGH, PIANO
Sunday, November 13, 3:00 pm
Location: Caramoor Grounds
Ticket Information: Starts at $30
World-renowned pianist and composer Stephen Hough brings his exceptional artistry to Caramoor for a program that includes the music of Schumann, Chopin, 20th-century British composer Alan Rawsthorne, and Hough himself. Widely regarded as one of the most important and distinctive pianists of his generation, Hough has earned a multitude of prestigious awards and a long-standing international following.
Join us after the concert for a conversation with the artist.
THANKSGIVING WITH WYCLIFFE GORDON
Thursday, November 25, Doors Open 5:30
Location: Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Ticket Information: $178 (Includes cover, food, and gratuity per person. Alcohol not included.)
Wycliffe Gordon, trombone/vocals
Adrian Cunningham, reeds
Ehud Asherie, piano
Yasushi Nakamura, bass
Alvin Atkinson, drums
TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992
October 12 – November 14
Location: Irene Diamond Stage
One verdict can change the course of history. The news of the police officers’ acquittal in Rodney King’s police brutality case reverberated throughout the streets of Los Angeles. Variously called a “riot, a revolution, or a social explosion,” the events that followed the verdict drew worldwide attention. Playwright, actor and scholar Anna Deavere Smith responded artistically by dissecting the anatomy of the unrest. She interviewed over 350 Los Angelinos in preparation for the performance. Declared a “rich, panoramic canvas of a national trauma” by The New York Times, Smith’s transformative study of the 1992 L.A. riots reveals the fault lines that set the city ablaze. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is equal parts meticulously researched reportage and stirring cry for reform.
Signature is excited to work with Anna Deavere Smith and director Taibi Magar to reimagine this play for new performers and collaborators.
ECO-URGENCY: NOW OR NEVER
Now through December 5
Location: Glyndor Gallery
Co-organized by Wave Hill and Lehman College Art Gallery, Eco-Urgency: Now or Never is a two-part exhibition showing the varied responses to our current ecological crisis by artists working across wide-ranging practices. Now, the first part of the exhibition, on view at Wave Hill, brings together artists looking at the urgency of the present moment, raising awareness through a holistic approach to understanding social, political and environmental concerns. Or Never, the second part of the project, to be presented at Lehman College Art Gallery starting December 4, is both speculative and reflective, examining the echoing cycles of history that have shaped and led us to our current moment, alongside possible and causal futures.
EARTH IN PERIL: DAVID BENJAMIN PERRY
Now through December 5, 2021
Location: Wave Hill House
With an unrelenting reverence for the natural world, David Benjamin Sherry photographs epic scenes of the American landscape with a particular focus on the West, highlighting its beauty while hinting at its precarious future. Showcasing a selection of color, monochromatic and black-and-white photographs made over the past 12 years, Earth in Peril highlights Sherry’s technical skills, sensitive eye and queer perspective that set his landscape photography apart from his predecessors and contemporaries.
PRISCILLA ALEMAN
Now through December 5, 2021
Location: Glyndor Gallery
Priscilla Aleman’s installation Origins of Devotion transforms the Sunroom into an overgrown, devotional environment that uses the body as an innate symbol in ceremony to convey the sacred, the afterlife and the deities of our time. Referencing traditional sculptures and ancient symbolism, Aleman examines archaeological materials and ecological transformations in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to create sites for ceremony and ritualized performances. Aleman’s sculptural installation will comprise an oceanic exchange of materials collected from the Global South. These will include belongings from family members, replicas of pre-Columbian artifacts and tropical flora from horticultural facilities.
By Great Performances
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R&B FESTIVAL AT FORT GREENE PRAK
october 2 – 10
Location: Fort Greene Park
Produced by Danny Kapilian
BAM’s free annual R&B festival is at Fort Greene Park! Now in its 26th year, join us this fall for our beloved outdoor concert series, bringing together friends, families, and neighbors for great music under the trees. This year’s lineup features Memphis singer-songwriter Valerie June, singer-songwriter and playwright, Stew with his band The Negro Problem, jazz piano and Hammond B3 virtuoso Matthew Whitaker, and the Grammy Award-winning singer Mykal Rose, formerly of Black Uhuru.
The BAM R&B Festival has presented Wilson Pickett, Roy Hargrove, Andra Day, Ashford and Simpson, Snarky Puppy, George Clinton and P-Funk, Dr. John, Savion Glover, Angelique Kidjo, Marcus Miller, Richie Havens, and hundreds of other great performing artists since 1995.
THE OBAMA PORTRAITS TOUR
August 27 – October 24
Location: Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 4th Floor
From the moment of their unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., in February 2018, the official portraits of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama have become iconic. Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of President Obama and Amy Sherald’s portrait of the former First Lady have inspired unprecedented responses from the public.
This five-city tour travels the United States from June 2021 through May 2022 and is expected to reach millions of people who might not otherwise have an opportunity to view these remarkable paintings. This special presentation enhances the conversations surrounding the power of portraiture and its potential to engage communities. The Obama Portraits Tour is accompanied by a richly illustrated book published by National Portrait Gallery and Princeton University Press.
Other tour locations include the Art Institute of Chicago (June 18–August 15, 2021), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (November 5, 2021–January 2, 2022), High Museum of Art, Atlanta (January 14–March 20, 2022), and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (April 2–May 30, 2022).
The Obama Portraits Tour has been organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
CHRISTIAN DIOR: DESIGNER OF DREAMS
September 10, 2021 – February 20, 2022
Location: Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Tickets: $25
The New York premiere of the exhibition Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams traces the groundbreaking history and legacy of the House of Dior. The exhibition brings to life Dior’s many sources of inspiration—from the splendor of flowers and other natural forms to classical and contemporary art.
With objects drawn primarily from the Dior archives, the exhibition includes a vast array of over two hundred haute couture garments as well as photographs, archival videos, sketches, vintage perfume elements, accessories, and works from the Museum’s collection. The haute couture on view exemplifies many of the French couturier’s fabled silhouettes, including the “New Look,” which debuted in 1947.
Presented are galleries devoted to Dior and the artistic directors who succeeded him—Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons, and Maria Grazia Chiuri. A toile room, a tribute to the Ateliers, and adjacent galleries of couture garments showcase the excellence of Dior’s petites mains. The central atrium of our Beaux-Arts Court has been redesigned as an enchanted garden, and a concluding gallery celebrates dresses worn by stars from Grace Kelly to Jennifer Lawrence.
The Brooklyn Museum presentation of Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams is curated by Florence Müller, Avenir Foundation Curator of Textile Art and Fashion, Denver Art Museum, in collaboration with Matthew Yokobosky, Senior Curator of Fashion and Material Culture, Brooklyn Museum.
ISAIAH J. THOMPSON QUARTET
Presented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center
Friday, October 15 at 8:00 pm
Location: Music Room
Ticket Information: Start at $30
A frequent collaborator with contemporary jazz luminaries, Isaiah J. Thompson has emerged as a powerful pianist, bandleader, and composer. As a performer, he emits joy and conveys his personal experiences and everlasting love of jazz through the music itself. A recent graduate of The Juilliard School, he’s the recipient of the 2018 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award and won second place in the 2018 Thelonious Monk (now Herbie Hancock) Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition.
Please note: All audience members for this concert must wear a mask and show proof of vaccination. To learn more about our Health & Safety policies, please click here.
FAMILY EVENT: CELEBRATE DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Sunday, October 24 at 2:00 pm
Location: Caramoor Grounds
Ticket Information: Free
Caramoor collaborates with Mexico Beyond Mariachi to bring a family-friendly afternoon of music and dance to celebrate the Mexican holiday Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Typically, the holiday involves the gathering of family and friends to pray for and to remember those who have passed, however instead of mourning, the day is filled with celebrations.
The afternoon includes several traditional and regional dance performances around Caramoor’s grounds, leading to the main event on Friends Field. Appropriate for all ages, the event includes crafts and snacks.
Schedule
Stage 1 / Spanish Courtyard
Tabasco & Guerrero / 2:00pm & 2:30pm
Stage 2 / Sunken Garden
Veracruz / 2:10pm & 2:40pm
Stage 3 / Friends Field Stage
Mexica & Aztec / 2:20pm & 2:50pm
All Artists / 3:30pm–4:15pm
EVNIN RISING STARS
Sunday, October 31 at 3:00 pm
Location: Music Room
Ticket Information: Tickets start at $30
One of three mentoring programs at Caramoor, Evnin Rising Stars serves as an incubator for the next generation of classical musicians. Renowned cellist Marcy Rosen serves as this year’s Guest Artistic Director, working with violist Daniel Phillips to mentor five young instrumentalists. The week-long residency concludes with a concert in the Music Room, giving the public the opportunity to hear these exciting artists on their way to becoming leaders in the field.
MIKE LEDONNE TRIO WITH RON CARTER & JOE FARNSWORTH
Friday – Saturday, October 15-16, 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Location: Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Ticket Information: $45 plus f&b; Students $15
“Hearing Mike LeDonne was a startling revelation. I was knocked out.” —Milt Jackson
“Mike LeDonne is one of the most talented pianists of this particular era. He’s incredible.” —Oscar Peterson
Pianist and organist Mike LeDonne is a modern master who in the past few decades has worked with Benny Goodman, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, and more. LeDonne’s ace trio features Ron Carter on bass and Joe Farnsworth on drums, so it’s guaranteed to be a virtuosic evening of swinging jazz.
JEREMY PELT
Thursday – Saturday, October 28-30, 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Location: Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Ticket Information: $40 – $45 plus f&b; Students $15
Jeremy Pelt is one of this generation’s leading band leaders and trumpeters with the ability to execute intricate solos—whether open or muted—with ease, and deliver a ballad in a soulfully tasteful manner. On this special engagement, Pelt will perform music from Griot: This Is Important!, his newest release which is part jazz album, part oral history featuring spoken interludes from fellow artists he has interviewed in recent years. For Pelt, Griot: This Is Important! both honors his forebears and sheds light on the meaning of the music and the motivations of those who devote their lives to it. He brings to Dizzy’s the core powerhouse lineup featured on the album to perform these characteristically lyrical and flowing, and stylistically diverse compositions.
INFINITE LIFE
Fall 2021
Location: The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre
A play about no end in sight. After the critically acclaimed premiere of John and sold-out run of The Antipodes, Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Baker returns with the final play of her Signature Residency, directing a new work that tackles persistent pain and desire.
TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992
October 12 – November 14
Location: Irene Diamond Stage
One verdict can change the course of history. The news of the police officers’ acquittal in Rodney King’s police brutality case reverberated throughout the streets of Los Angeles. Variously called a “riot, a revolution, or a social explosion,” the events that followed the verdict drew worldwide attention. Playwright, actor and scholar Anna Deavere Smith responded artistically by dissecting the anatomy of the unrest. She interviewed over 350 Los Angelinos in preparation for the performance. Declared a “rich, panoramic canvas of a national trauma” by The New York Times, Smith’s transformative study of the 1992 L.A. riots reveals the fault lines that set the city ablaze. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is equal parts meticulously researched reportage and stirring cry for reform.
Signature is excited to work with Anna Deavere Smith and director Taibi Magar to reimagine this play for new performers and collaborators.
THE OVERLOOK QUARTET PERFORMS “IF THE STARS ALIGN”
Thursday, October 7, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: On the grounds
The Overlook is a quartet of accomplished string players dedicated to amplifying the music of Black composers, by looking to voices both celebrated and underperformed and seeking out living composers to perform and commission. Through this work, The Overlook upholds a commitment to a more representative canon. The quartet will perform “If the Stars Align,” a program dedicated to the music of living Black female composers Leila Adu, Shelley Washington and Eleanor Alberga
Violinists Monica Davis and Ravenna Lipchik have held chairs in Broadway orchestras and toured internationally with renowned chamber ensembles; violist Angela Pickett and cellist Laura Metcalf are members of award-winning string quintet Sybarite5. The four friends and colleagues formed the quartet in 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, a time when creative work had all but disappeared from the artistic landscape of New York. The quartet has performed dozens of in-person and online concerts presented by the Kaufman Music Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Strathmore Arts and many others.
Registration strongly recommended, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x251. In case of rain, the event will move to Kate French Terrace. Because space is limited, registered guests will receive priority. If you have any questions about this program or have registration questions, please contact us at information@wavehill.org or by calling the number and extension provided above.
The Overlook Quartet’s performance of “If the Stars Align”, part of a two-day festival of community performance activities in the Bronx, is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the Bronx Council on the Arts.
SKY-HUNTERS IN FLIGHT
Monday, October 11, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: Shade Border Lawn
Welcome back master falconer Brian Bradley and his beautiful and beloved raptors, here for a live bird presentation! Watch trained birds of prey sharpen their hunting skills during an exciting outdoor flight demonstration. Hear about the ancient sport of falconry and see live raptors from around the world. Ages eight and older welcome with an adult. Space is limited. Rain location: Armor Hall in Wave Hill House. Wings over Wave Hill: Birds of Prey Day event.
Registration required, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x251. If you have any questions about this program or have registration questions, please contact us information@wavehill.org or by calling the number and extension provided above.