New Repertory Season starts Sept 15. Come celebrate Penny’s 90th birthday!

Different show every month. Every third and fourth Sunday through May.

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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Sunday, Sept 15th and 22nd at 11 AM & 2:30 PM
Peppi and the Pop-Up Dragon
A puppet show inside a giant 12-foot pop-up book with the audience creating the sounds and songs.
The sun rises and sets over a happy fishing village with bells that ring, babies that are rocked and boats that go out to sea. But the town is threatened by the pop-up dragon from the Blue Mountain. How will Peppi save the day?

And make a dragon to take home after the show

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

2019-20 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 all ages
Show Times: 11 AM & 2:30 PM
All Ages – Great for 2 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…

This month in the spirit of the season, Guest dietitian nutritionist, Maria Biondi RDN CDN will discuss healthy eating. Additionally, there will be make-up tips, and a sing-a-long of tunes we all know and love. I’m looking at you, Rihanna.

Discussion led by Ilana Aminov BSPharm and BPH, and host Michael Embrey.

Refreshments courtesy of Michael Stewart of Tavern on Jane.

West Village Wellness is a free monthly event that discusses health issues of interest to the community presented by our neighborhood pharmacy Grove Drugs, and by Westbeth.

Jack Davidson has had a rich acting career for the past fifty-five years. He was a member of the famed Circle Repertory Company and also found theatre homes with Lincoln Center Theater and Ensemble Studio Theatre. At the same time, Jack acted in regional theatres across the U.S. playing leading roles in plays by Eugene O’Neill, Edward Albee, and William Shakespeare, among others. In his long career, he has also appeared in film and on TV. At Westbeth, Jack served for many years on the Residents Council as well as the Board.

Westbeth Icons is a project that celebrates the life and work of senior Westbeth artists who continue to work passionately in their artistic field. It is produced by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council.

The Icon evening features a filmed interview produced and directed by Ted Timreck with Terry Stoller, interviewer, as well as tributes by colleagues of the artist and words by the honoree. A special Icon gift is presented to the artist at the close of the evening.

The evening is free, open to the public, and refreshments are served.

When: Thursday Dec 12, 2019

Where: Westbeth Community Room
155 Bank St
in the West Village
enter through courtyard

The Wrecking Crew, a 2008 American documentary film directed by Denny Tedesco covers the story of the Los Angeles–based group of session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew, famed for having played on numerous hit recordings throughout the 1960s and early 1970s.

The Wrecking Crew documents the work of studio players who recorded the tracks for such hits as “California Dreamin'”, “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'”, “Be My Baby”, “The Beat Goes On”, and “Good Vibrations”. Interviews with producers, engineers, and session musicians reveal the warmth and humor that allowed their collective talents to turn a simple chord chart into an international phenomenon.

Westbeth Movie Night is a free public monthly series of curated films that are significant, brilliant, sometimes forgotten, but always memorable.

When: Friday dec 13, 2019 at 7PM

Where: Westbeth Community Room
155 Bank St
in the West Village
enter through courtyard

FREE
BALANCE AND STRENGTH TRAINING CLASS
Westbeth Community Room
Mondays 2PM – 3PM
starts Sept 16, 2019

Jennifer Gibson is certified through the reputable Integral Yoga Institute of New York City, which has served the West Village community and surrounding areas for over 50 years.

Jennifer has been a Yoga Instructor for the past 12 years, specializing in yoga for seniors since 2011.
She is thrilled to share the tools of yoga with seniors for balance and building strength. In Jennifer’s current work with seniors, what began as one class quickly grew into three different classes per week, each packed with 20-30 students. Participants range between the ages of early 60s to early 90s and have a wide variety of ability.

Jennifer is passionate about making the practice of yoga accessible to everyone. She loves how appreciative seniors are to learn yoga and how much they look forward to every class, and she is excited to bring the benefits of yoga to the Westbeth community.

Sponsored by Westbeth Artists Residents Council and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson

FREE
SING TIME SESSIONS

Westbeth Community Room
Fridays 4:30PM – 5:30PM
Starts Sept 13, 2019

Live piano accompaniment, vocal warm-ups, rhythmic body movement, ear training and improvisation. No Experience Necessary!

Eve Zanni, jazz artist and Somatic Voice teacher, has taught voice for over 2 decades, directed choirs for the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and teaches Circle improvisation.

Sponsored by Westbeth Artists Residents Council and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson

$5 Donation per class
FELDENKRAIS
Westbeth Community Room
Thurdays 4PM – 5PM
Starts Sept 19, 2019

Doron Tadmor is a Feldenkrais Guild certified teacher

Class lasts 1 hour

The Feldenkrais Method consists of verbally directed movement sequences presented primarily to groups. A lesson generally lasts from thirty to sixty minutes. Each lesson is usually organized around a particular function.

Feldenkrais’Awareness Through Movement lessons, people engage in precisely structured movement explorations that involve thinking, sensing, moving, and imagining. Many are based on developmental movements and ordinary functional activities. Some are based on more abstract explorations of joint, muscle, and postural relationships. The lessons consist of comfortable, easy movements that gradually evolve into movements of greater range and complexity.

Feldenkrais’ lessons attempt to make one aware of his/her habitual neuromuscular patterns and rigidities and to expand options for new ways of moving while increasing sensitivity and improving efficiency. There are hundreds of Awareness Through Movement lessons contained in the Feldenkrais Method that vary, for all levels of movement ability, from simple in structure and physical demand, to more difficult lessons.

A major goal of the Feldenkrais Method is to learn how one’s most basic functions are organized and improve. By experiencing the details of how one performs any action, the student has the opportunity to learn and grow.

Contact: Sandra Kingsbury westbethevents
@gmail.com
Sponsored by Westbeth Beautfication Committee

FREE
MEDITATION CLASS
Westbeth Room 1209
Tuesdays 5PM – 6PM
October only

Classic sitting and walking meditations as a simple practice of mindfulness and awareness.

Rm 1209
Westbeth Artists Housing
55 Bethune St
NY NY 10014

Steve Clorfeine has been leading meditation and teaching contemplative practice for 40 years.

Sponsored by Westbeth Beautification Committee

YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD TO PLAY
Westbeth Community Room
Thursdays 11Am – 2 PM
Sept 12 – dec 19, 2019
CLASS IS FILLED.

Sign up for waiting list.
Email: gaborworks@gmail.com
You must be 55 years old and up.