We are so excited about our new season starting. It could be our biggest ever. Come and have some fun. We start with this very special show.

PENNY JONES & Co. PUPPETS
Early Childhood Puppet Theatre

www.pennypuppets.org

CELEBRATING 40 YEARS IN THE VILLAGE

“Very simple, and perfect as an introduction to theatre.”
-New York Magazine
“Charming.”
-The New York Times

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October 9 & 16, 2016 at 11 AM & 2:30 PM
Mother Goose Tales

Classic Tales and Fables. A production which includes The Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and The Gingerbread Man and is an excellent introduction to the theater for very young children. With lots of participation, fun and games, and Mother Goose Rhymes. A hit for generations. With Jack the Pied Piper and Mother Goose’s silly little dog Toby.

WATCH THE PREVIEW CLIP ON YouTube

“ The townspeople were alarmed. How would they survive? (talk about problem solving and cooperation!) They solved the problem, but you’d have to see this remarkable show to find out how. What a pleasurable experience. All I heard after this performance was “How charming!”
-Puppet Master, Puppetry Guild of Greater New York

“It succinctly reminded me of what a wealth of resources we have in children’s theatre….charming”
-Puppeteers of America Puppetry Journal

Performed at the Henson International Festival at the Public Theater

2016-17 REPERTORY SEASON
WESTBETH Home to the Arts
155 BANK STREET
between West and Washington Street in the West Village
Tickets on sale at pennypuppets.org and Eventbrite
or CASH ONLY at the door starting 20 minutes before the show
Tickets are $10 for everyone
Show Times: 11 AM & 2:30 PM
All Ages – Great for 3 to 8
Stroller Parking
Shows Run about 45 Minutes
Information: (212) 924-0525

http://www.pennypuppets.org

BUS AND SUBWAY: M14A, M11, M20, (2 blocks)
A, C, E, L, 1, 2, 3 (5 or 6 blocks)
“A Child’s first experience with theater is important and forming. Quality counts.” – Penny Jones

PENNY JONES & CO. PUPPETS has been a mainstay of children’s theater in New York since the 1970’s. The company specializes in informal puppet shows for children aged three to eight, and puppet ballets with live music for audiences of adults, children or both. The company performs in collaboration with chamber ensembles and orchestras. The repertory includes adaptations of classical works as well as original stories and scores. In schools, the company has performed hundreds of times, and Penny has a wide variety of programs from puppet pageants with a cast and crew of 30 to 90 school children, to workshops for small classes, and Penny’s “One on One” – interweaving puppetry, storytelling, movement and arts.

The company has appeared on television, in the Henson International Puppet Festival at the Public Theatre, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, at BAM with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, at City Center, Avery Fisher Hall, and in museums including The Museum of the City of New York, The Children’s Museum of New York, the American Museum of Natural History, at Emelin, Wave Hill, the Washington Square Music Festival, at venues from Macy’s to Barnes & Noble, and with orchestras at Bargemusic, Casa de España, Greenwich House Music School, with the New Jersey Symphony, and many, many, more…

https://www.facebook.com/pennyjonespuppets

Graphic by Justin Romeo

From its origins in Greenwich Village in 1914 to its relocation to the Meatpacking District in 2015, the Whitney Museum of American Art has remained devoted to living artists at critical moments in their careers. Many of the Museum’s staff members, who provide crucial support to the development, implementation, and management of exhibitions, programs, and publications, are artists themselves. For the first time, the Whitney’s Staff Art Show will be held in a public space, offering staff an opportunity to share their work with a broad public and deepen connections with the Museum’s new surrounding community. This exhibition will display over 50 works in a wide range of mediums, including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, watercolor, collage, and video, reflecting the diversity of artistic practice among the Whitney’s talented staff.

Curators: Michelle Donnelly and Melinda Lang

Participating Artists

photo: Roger Braimon

A new site to this year’s #OHNYwknd, Westbeth Artist Housing was conceived in the 1960s in response to the lack of affordable housing and workspace for artists in New York.
Located in the former Bell Laboratories–where the first talking movie and the first TV broadcast were demonstrated–the 13-building complex was among the first examples of an adaptive reuse of an industrial building and one of architect Richard Meier’s first projects.

Westbeth is now the largest artist community in the country. #DailyReveal #newyorkisopen

TOUR. The FREE 45 minute tour begins at Westbeth, 155 Bank St in the courtyard. Tour are at noon, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5pm .

Street Easy names Westbeth is one of the 10 best of list places to visit in OPEN HOUSE NY http://streeteasy.com/blog/the-best-open-house-new-york-sites-2016/#

Painter, teacher, activist, radical lesbian feminist, and director of Art Workshop International.

Saturday January 14, 2017
Memorial Service 4pm – 6pm
Opening Reception 6pm – 8pm

Westbeth Gallery presents
Parsons Fine Arts MFA 2017 Thesis Exhibition,
curated by Chelsea Haines. Continue reading →

Date:
Monday May 1, 2017 at 8PM

Where:
Westbeth Community Room

Participants

Michael Calvert: Lute
Beth Griffith: Voice
Jonathan Matthews: Dance
Richard Gross: Banjo/Guitar
Brian Rady: Cake