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SUMMER JAZZ CABARET – OPEN MIC – JUNE 25 from 7pm – 11pm

at WESTBETH COMMUNITY ROOM

Swing into Summer with the elegant piano stylings of Rom Ferri, who along with Eve Zanni and Louis Colon invite you to a SUMMER JAZZ OPEN MIC SESSION at the historic Westbeth Community
Room.

Singers come prepared with at least 2 songs.
Singers $10 per person.

LISTENERS WELCOME

Directions:

Westbeth Artists Community
55 Bethune Street (corner of Washington)
By Train: A, C, E (front of train) to 14th Street, then walk south (downtown) on 8th Avenue (Hudson Street) 5 short blocks to Bethune, turn right and walk another two blocks west.
OR
1, 2, 3 (front of train) to 14th Street, exit on 12th Street, walk west on 12th about 6 short blocks to Washington Street, turn left 1 block.
OR
By Bus: M11 goes to Hudson and Bethune (last stop), walk two blocks west.
14A bus on 14th Street to last stop at 12th and Hudson, then west on Bethune 2 blocks.

If anyone needs help, call Eve Zanni’s cellphone at 212.228.1141.

Westbeth Gallery Annex: the 9-11 Decade – 14 Artists Reflect

15 August – 17 September 2011

Westbeth Artists’ Housing is proud to present a new show memoralizing artists’ response in the decade after 9-11. Organized by Brenda Berkman, a retired NYC firefighter, with assistance from State Senator Tom Duane, and subsequent help from Karen Santry – gallery annex coordinator, the Westbeth Artists Residents Council, and Steve Neil, Executive Director, this show is a deep and complex response to the events of that day and the days that follow.

Westbeth Gallery Annex: Enter at the 155 Bank Street Courtyard up the ramp into the Inner Courtyard and turn right. Gallery open 10am – 6pm

Check out NY1 Report on show

Ruby Ornstein – new Smithsonian Folkways cd

Smithsonian Folkways has just published Ruby Ornstein’s cd, From Kuno to Kebyar: Balinese Gamelan Angklung.

The music is played on a set of bronze instruments called gamelan angklung. Ms Ornstein, an ethnomusicologist, chose the tracks from hundreds of recordings she made while doing field work in Bali in the early 1960s.

Not only is it the first CD devoted exclusively to gamelan angklung music, it is also the first in Smithsonian Folkways new “direct-to-digital” series – no cd liner notes or booklet. However a pdf version of extensive liner and track notes is available for download from the Smithsonian website whether or not you order the cd.

Smithsonian Folkways – From Kuno to Kebyar: Balinese Gamelan Angklung

The cd will also be available from Amazon, ITunes, and Rhapsody.

WESTBETH GALLERY – Friends in Steel

Group Sculpture Show
21 May – 5 June 2011

Jonathan Bauch

Featuring the work of Jonathan Bauch, Roya Farassat,
JJ Veronis and Lee Whiting.

I feel that the work adds multiple
voices of steel sculpture to the show
– Jonathan Bauch

Opening: 21 May 5 – 8 pm.
Gallery open Thurs – Sun 1 – 6pm

Joseph Chaikin installed in Theater Hall of Fame

Joseph Chaikin

Joseph Chaikin (1935-2003), was installed in the Theater Hall of Fame in 2010 as director in a ceremony at the Gershwin Theater on Jan. 25, 2011 . James Nicola of the Signature Theatre presented Joe — avant-garde actor, director and playwright, creator of the Open Theatre and best known for his collaborations with Sam Shepard, who said Mr. Chaikin “used words like a sword to pierce the heart,” and Samuel Beckett, who dedicated a poem to him. Mr. Chaikin had an uncanny effect on people, partly because of what Peter Brook called his purity and his “fiery steel-blue eyes.” Famously, he fought back after a stroke to continue to create. Jim Houghton, founder and director of the Signature Theater, received the award for Joe.

Read more:
The Post-Gazette
Theater Hall of Fame