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Molière in the Park: The Miser - Benefit and Opening Night Party
May
3
6:00 PM18:00
Art

Molière in the Park: The Miser - Benefit and Opening Night Party

Molière in the Park is back with an opening night event that will dazzle and delight!

Support Free Theater in Prospect Park and enjoy a night of spectacular entertainment and joyful partying at our opening night of The Miser, re-imagined for today's world.

With this production, MIP will once again reinvent Molière for today's world while also keeping with our desire to stay true to the original French. We will both lean into non-traditional casting choices, including casting women in male roles and swapping genders, to highlight persistent biases, deconstruct existing power dynamics, and look into the barrel of existential paranoia and greed. Additionally, with the permission of David Chambers, certain passages will be revised employing direct translation from the original French.

The Benefit and Opening Night Party will be Friday May 3, at 6 pm - 11pm

Performance will begin at 7:30 pm

Tax deductible EARLY BIRD Tickets and GENERAL tickets will include:

  • A pre-show cocktail as the sun sets on the lake in Prospect Park, with bubbly and light hors-d'oeuvres.

  • The Opening night performance

  • A post-show party with the cast and crew (food and drinks will be served)

Tax Deductible BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD and PLATINUM Tickets will include:

Tickets to the benefit party can be found here. The Miser will run from April 27th - May 19th.

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YAGP 25th Anniversary Gala Performance and Dinner
Apr
18
7:00 PM19:00

YAGP 25th Anniversary Gala Performance and Dinner


DATE:
 Thursday April 18th, 2024
TIME: 7:00pm 
VENUE: David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
ADDRESS: 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023

SEE THE FUTURE OF DANCE TODAY! 25 years ago, Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) changed the way the dance world looks for talent. Today, it is the #1 source of talented dancers for the world's dance schools and companies, with 450 YAGP alumni dancing in 80 companies around the globe, including The Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre.


The YAG 25th ANNIVERSARY GALA is a spectacular evening of dance featuring a stellar international cast from the world's leading dance companies. See electrifying young dance talent ("Stars of Tomorrow") share the stage with today's most celebrated dance stars ("Stars of Today").


Proceeds from the Gala will go directly toward scholarships for gifted young dance students who wish to pursue a professional career in dance - and to help YAG's efforts to help displaced Ukrainian dance students.

Program features two World Premieres; one by James Whiteside with American Ballet Theatre’s Isabella Boylston, Catherine Hurlin, and Jake Roxander, and live accompaniment by pianist Matthew Whitaker; a second World Premiere by Maria Konrad, with Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Adji Cissoko and English National Ballet’s Vsevolod Maievskyi, with music by Karen LeFrak.

 

Stuttgart Ballet’s Elisa Badenes, Mackenzie Brown, and Gabriel Figueredo will make their New York stage debut’s, as will Mariinsky Ballet’s May Nagahisa and Paris Opera Ballet’s Bianca Scudamore.

An elegant Gala dinner will follow with chairs Paul Arnhold and Wes Gordon, Elissa Brenner, Chelsea Clinton, Melanie Hamrick, Rebecca Hessel Cohen, Courtney Davis, Wes Gordon, Aly Gradone, Sarah Hoover, Marcella Hymowitz, Carrie Kaufman, Lindsay Kraus, Candice Miller, Colby Mugrabi, Grace Pomeranc, Lilah Ramzi, Emily Reifel, Indre Rockefeller, Priya Shukla, Lesley Thompson Vecsler, Lina Wallach, Barbara Tober, and Virginia Wettlaufer Tomenson.

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Welcome to the Petting Zoo
Apr
5
8:00 PM20:00
Art

Welcome to the Petting Zoo

Welcome to the Petting Zoo. This is the world’s only comedy show featuring live exotic animals. New York’s top comics have to perform while holding snakes, birds, lizards, bugs, and other cool creatures. Between sets, you can interact up-close with the animals and learn from Ranger Eric Powers and his team of professional nature guides. We promise you haven’t been to a show like this. Featured in the New Yorker, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and New York Comedy Festival.

Hosted by Mike Kandel and Charlie Sosnick!

Featuring Mary Beth Barone, Brandon Wardell, Courtney Bee, and Gary Simons!

Cloud City in Williamsburg on Friday, April 5, at 8PM

BUY TICKETS: https://withfriends.co/event/17806375/petting_zoo_live_comedy_with_live_animals

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The Latinx Project Spring Celebration & Fundraiser + Auction
Apr
3
6:00 PM18:00

The Latinx Project Spring Celebration & Fundraiser + Auction

Join The Latinx Project for our Spring Celebration & Fundraiser to celebrate and advance our work uplifting Latinx art, culture, and creativity on April 3, 2024 from 6:00-9:00pm at Taj Lounge (48 W 21st Street). 

The Latinx Project at New York University explores and promotes U.S. Latinx Art, Culture and Scholarship through creative and interdisciplinary programs. 

Join us and register for our Spring Celebration & Fundraiser taking place on April 3, 2024 from 6:00-9:00pm at Taj Lounge in Chelsea to celebrate and advance our work. Now that we are a provostial center, our next key goal is securing our distinguishing programs to ensure their sustainability into the future. 

All contributions directly support our arts and culture programs:

  • Artist in Residence

  • Curatorial Open Call 

  • Miriam Jiménez Román Afro Latinx Fellowship

  • Public Humanities Fellowship 

  • Intervenxions

Tickets for the 2024 Latinx Project Spring Gala can be found HERE with student tickets beginning at $75.

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National Dance Institute's “RISE: Celebrating the Life of Dr. Maya Angelou”
Jun
17
to Jun 19

National Dance Institute's “RISE: Celebrating the Life of Dr. Maya Angelou”

National Dance Institute’s 2023 Event of the Year, “RISE: Celebrating the Life of Dr. Maya Angelou,” will bring together over 100 talented children from New York City public schools in a vibrant performance of dance and live music honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Maya Angelou. World-renowned as an author, poet, civil rights activist, singer, and dancer, Maya Angelou used her voice to inspire and uplift people across the world. Her influence has spanned generations and her stories continue to encourage us to recognize and embrace the limitless potential within every person.

Directed by Bianca Johnson, with soul-stirring narration by Toni Blackman & Osyris Antham, “RISE” will feature special performances by NDI Helen Stambler Neuberger Artist-in-Residence LayeRhythm & Chrybaby Cozie, as well as new and original works created by NDI’s team of Choreographers and Musicians.

ASL Interpretation will be provided for every performance of the NDI Event of the Year.

Performance dates: 

Saturday, June 17, 3:00pm

Saturday, June 17, 5:30 pm

Sunday, June 18, 3:00 pm

Monday, June 19, 5:30pm

Buy performance tickets here: https://tickets.nyu.edu/overview/ndi23


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Whitney 2023 Studio Party
May
16
to May 17

Whitney 2023 Studio Party

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The Studio Party is the after party to the annual Gala. All tickets support the Museum’s mission of presenting groundbreaking exhibitions, developing award-winning education programs, and advancing the careers of some of the most innovative living artists of our time.

The Studio Party welcomes young patrons, emerging artists, collectors, and guests from the worlds of art, fashion, business, and entertainment for an evening of cocktails, music, and exhibition viewing.

Studio Supporter
$250, admits one

Artist Sponsor
$500, VIP Entry admits one

The purchase of an Artist Sponsor ticket allows the Whitney to extend a complimentary ticket to an artist of its choosing. Artist Sponsor ticket-buyers will receive VIP entry.

Purchase tickets here

Questions? studioparty@whitney.org

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FIAF's Bastille Day Celebration
Jul
10
12:00 PM12:00

FIAF's Bastille Day Celebration

FIAF’s popular Bastille Day celebration is back in person, happening for the first time on New York’s famed Madison Avenue!

Abounding with French cuisine, musique, dance, and myriad attractions for the whole family, this fête populaire invites New Yorkers to revel in the flavors, sounds, and joie de vivre of France.

For over 20 years, FIAF has hosted the city’s largest celebration of France’s national holiday, Bastille Day on 60th Street. This year’s event will expand to Madison Avenue and include live music and dance performances, wine and champagne tastings, a sneak preview screening of Azuro, fun activities in French for kids and adults, a chance to win a dream getaway to France’s Occitanie region and other exciting prizes, and more than 40 booths showcasing the best of French food and Francophone culture.

Come celebrate with FIAF on Sunday, July 10, from noon to 5pm! The event will take place on Madison Avenue, from 59th to 63rd Street, NYC.

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Gala with The Knights & Yuja Wang
May
26
6:30 PM18:30

Gala with The Knights & Yuja Wang

The Knights, who have performed with artists like Joshua Bell, Béla Fleck, Vijay Iyer, and others, and have a leadership council that includes Francis Ford Coppola, Yo-Yo Ma and more.

The Gala will feature superstar pianist and fashion trendsetter, Yuja Wang, and will take place at the gorgeous Tribeca rooftop space Tribeca 360, with a cocktail hour followed by a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and dinner to conclude the evening.

You can find out more HERE

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