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PEN World Voices of International LIterature presents WESTBETH LITERARY SAFARI on FRIDAY May 4, 2012

from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Take an expedition to observe artists in their natural habitat as we
take a rare peek inside Westbeth Center for the Arts Housing, the
city’s oldest and largest artist community. Wander the hallways
of this converted industrial space, map in hand, to find an entire
evening’s worth of literary events. Enjoy intimate readings by
Festival participants inside the homes of Westbeth residents
and end the night hobnobbing over cocktails with your favorite authors
at the event’s closing party inside Westbeth’s legendary gallery.
Check-in begins at 6:30 p.m. Readings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Participants:

Gabriela Adamesteanu,
Haykanush Avetisyan,
Giannina Braschi, Deborah
Dahl Edwardson, Stéphane
Hessel & Edgar Morin,
Wenguang Huang,
Wojciech Jagielski,
Etgar Keret, Elias Khoury,
Karl O. Knausgård,
Ángeles Mastretta,
Ib Michael, Rikka Pulkkinen,
Julya Rabinowich,
Victoria Redel, Noëlle Revaz,
Fernando Savater, Peter
Schneider, Ruta Sepetys,
and Colson Whitehead

Westbeth Gallery at Westbeth Center for the Arts

57 Bethune or 155 Bank
(handicapped entrance)

Tickets: $15/$10 PEN Members and students with valid ID;
Westbeth residents admitted by donation.

(866) 811-4111 or www.pen.org

Co-Sponsored by Austrian Cultural Forum, Deutsches Haus at NYU,
Consulate General of Denmark in New York, Graywolf Press, Institut
Ramon Llull, Instituto Cervantes New York, Instituto Cultural de
México en Nueva York, Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General
of Israel, Polish Cultural Institute, Pro Helvetia, Romanian Cultural
Institute in New York, Royal Norwegian Consulate General, and
Westbeth Artists Residents Council

All proceeds benefit Westbeth Artists Residents Council
www.westbeth.org

The Eighth Annual PEN World Voices of International Literature: April 30-May 6, 2012

100 writers from 25 nations convene to New York to celebrate the power of the written word in action. The program features performances, discussions, one-on-one conversations, and readings at venues crisscrossing the city, from Harlem to Wall Street, including the festival hubs — The Standard, New York; The Standard, East Village; and the High Line. www.pen.org/festival

FIRST FRIDAYS: Michael Moss with Zone and Eve Zanni FRIDAY MAY 4th

ZONE is: Michael Moss on tenor and soprano saxes, flute, clarinet and bass clarinet, Mel Nusbaum on piano, Billy Stein on guitar, Yogi on congas, Lou Selmi on drums, and Robert Edwards on bass.

As a reed player and composer, Michael Moss has been actively involved in the music scene for many years leading his own musical groups including Mike Moss/4 Rivers, Free Energy, and Zone. Moss has performed with Dave Leibman, Richie Beirach, Greg Kogan, Sam Rivers, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Paul Bley, Cal Massey, Mike Mahaffay and led the JCOA and Free Life Communication jazz orchestra in his own compositions. Moss is following a life-long passion for expanding jazz improvisation to include musical traditions from around the world and has written original music to reflect these different ethnic traditions. This program includes original music and jazz standards written in the blues, South American, and up-tempo jazz genres. See www.m2-theory.com for discography, etc.

Vocalist Eve Zanni leads her own ensembles (Jazzmundo, The Sweethots) and has performed with many jazz greats including The Cab Calloway Orchestra (led by Cab’s grandson, Calloway Brooks), Barry Harris, Norman Simmons, Jerome Richardson, “Big Nick” Nicholas, Walter Bishop, Jr., Benny Powell, Richard Wyands, and Café da Silva. Eve will present a set of Ellington standards with ZONE.

WESTBETH COMMUNITY ROOM in Westbeth
55 BETHUNE STREET at WASHINGTON ST — ask for directions at the desk.
$10 (free to Westbeth residents—donation suggested)

More First Friday concerts presented by the Westbeth Music Festival are scheduled for the future. The 6th ANNUAL WESTBETH MUSIC FESTIVAL takes place on Sept. 23, 24, and 25, 2012. For bios and links go to the ArtistsPerforming Artists menu of www.westbeth.org.

CHRISTINA MAILE ‘s A Quiet Room accepted in juried show at Monmouth Museum. Click here for further info.

A QUIET ROOM Polyester Print Lithograph 16 x 12 inches 2011

THE ART OF ILLUSION

This juried exhibition features 62 artworks in a variety of media that explore the links
between perception, appearance and reality. Both two and three-dimensional works incorporate
a variety of styles including trompe l’oeil, photorealism, surrealism, and optical illusion.

These works reveal the power and magic of image making.

Exhibition Dates: March 15 – May 20, 2012

Monmouth Museum

765 Newman Springs Road
Lincroft, NJ 07738
732-747-2266
www.monmouthmuseum.org

SHELLEY SECCOMBE exhibits at Leslie Lohman Museum. Click here for more info

The Piers: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront at the Leslie Lohman Museum, NYC from April 4 – May 10, 2012

David Inside Pier 51, 1978

Waterfront images from the 1970’s will be shown at the Leslie Lohman Museum, 26 Wooster St., NYC. The gallery is between Grand St. and Canal St. Gallery hours: 12- 6, Tuesday – Saturday

Earth Through A Lens – A juried show at the Rancho Mirage LIbrary, and at the Museum of Photographic Arts, Sand Diego, CA

Tucson Smoke

MARYA ZIMMET, Westbeth singer, nominated for MAC award. See her show at Don’t Tell Mama now! Click here for info


I’m thrilled to have received a Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) nomination for Best Female Debut of 2012 for my show, “Feels Right.” If you can, please come see my show, directed by Barry Kleinbort. I’ll be joined by musical director Don Rebic on piano, and Dick Sarpola on bass. There are two more performances.

“FEELS RIGHT”
Wednesday, March 7 @ 7:00
Sunday, March 11 @ 5:00
Don’t Tell Mama
$5 cover for MAC members and Westbeth residents

Here are a couple of review excerpts:

I was so surprised by her sweet, jazzy interpretation . . . and her adorable and charming stage manner . . . a relaxed, conversational way with patter . She also exhibited an aching vulnerability . . .and showed a flair for humor. . . Marya Zimmet had come through her debut cabaret show looking very good indeed. In fact, pretty much everything felt right. Stephen Hanks, Times Square Chronicles

Zimmet’s clear, warm voice can cover a wide range and various styles. She has a truly lovely, very tight vibrato and a beautiful clarity to her upper notes . . .She has an understated, yet intoxicating, charm. She’s low key, but witty, bright and funny. If Zimmet has a return engagement, go! Harold Sanditen, Cabaret Scenes

BARBARA HAMMER TAKES OVER TATE MODERN, LONDON – click heading for further info

Westbeth filmaker, Barbara Hammer, a pioneer in queer filmmaking, had a month-long retrospective of her films at Tate Modern in London in February 2012

Barbara Hammer
The Fearless Frame
Friday 3 February – Sunday 26 February 2012
Barbara Hammer, Sync Touch, 1981
Barbara Hammer
Sync Touch 1981
© Barbara Hammer

Barbara Hammer (born 1939) is a pivotal figure in American experimental film. An acclaimed pioneer of queer cinema, her prolific output includes the earliest avant-garde films that openly address lesbian life and sexuality. Her work remains of fundamental importance for a new generation of artists exploring new voices and new modes of experimenting with the moving image.

This major survey of Hammer’s work will be launched with the premiere of her new short film, Maya Deren’s Sink 2011, a tribute to Deren’s longstanding influence on the artist. The month-long series also includes screenings of early, rarely seen Super-8 films, an evening of expanded cinema performances in the Turbine Hall, an event in response to Hammer’s work by artist Emily Roysdon, and several events featuring artists and speakers drawn from across Europe and North America, who testify to the powerful creative community Hammer has inspired.

The programme will be punctuated with films by friends, colleagues, and filmmakers whom Hammer considers crucial influences. In addition to Deren, artists include Chick Strand, Stan Brakhage, Shirley Clarke, Gunvor Nelson, Chris Welsby, Gina Carducci, Cecilia Dougherty, John Greyson, William E Jones, Liz Rosenfeld, Emily Mode, Scott Berry, Kirstin Rossi and more.

Hammer says: ‘As an experimental filmmaker and lesbian feminist, I have advocated that radical content deserves radical form.’ She has fearlessly pursued innovation from her earliest experiments with sexuality and feminist identity in the 1960s and 70s to her stunning perceptual and optical printing experiments during the 80s and the documentaries she continues to make that unearth secret histories and give voice to those traditionally without one. Her films have transformed the screen into an active and experimental field that powerfully brings together images and the bodies they represent.

VOTE FOR WESTBETH IN DWELL MAGAZINE CONTEST

Photo by Ellen Goldberg

Ellen Goldberg, a former student of Westbeth actor and director, Nancy Gabor, entered the rethinking preservation contest at DWELL Magazine.

She nominated Westbeth as a place that should be preserved and her entry is one of the semi-finalists in the contest The top ten vote getters on line go to the finals where a team of judges will name the winner. That winner will receive $10,000. In order for Westbeth to be in the top ten, YOU MUST VOTE ONLINE FOR WESTBETH.

Ellen has designated Westbeth and Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation as the recipients, if the Westbeth nomination is the winner , and each would receive $5000.

HERE IS THE LINK TO VOTE
DWELL MAGAZINE VOTE FOR WESTBETH

VOTE NOW FOR WESTBETH – HOME TO THE ARTS.