BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Westbeth - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://westbeth.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Westbeth REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250420T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250223T150749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T234905Z UID:10000732-1743858000-1745172000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:MANIFEST IMAGES: Printmakers ShowJebah Baum\, Daniel Berlin\, Cathy Cone\, Dale Emmart\, Gwen Fabricant\, Jonathan Fabricant\, Christina Maile\, Claire Rosenfeld DESCRIPTION:ENCAUSTIC PRINTMAKING – EXPLANATION BY CLAIRE ROSENFELD\n\n \nLITHOGRAPHY DEMO WITH JEBAH BAUM\n\n \nPHOTOGRAPHS by ELLA BAUM OF APRIL 5\, 2025 OPENING OF MANIFEST IMAGES PLUS AN INSTALLATION VIDEO.\n\n\nCYANOTYPE DEMO WITH CHRISTINA MAILE\n\nscript src=”https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js”> \nApril 5 – April 20\, 2025\nOpening Reception Saturday April 5\, 6-8 pm \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\, New York\, NY 10014\nGallery Hours: Wed-Sun\, 1- 6pm \nFeatured Artists: Jebah Baum\, Daniel Berlin\, Cathy Cone\, Dale Emmart\, Gwen Fabricant\,\nJonathan Fabricant\, Christina Maile\, Claire Rosenfeld \n____________________________________________________________________________\nIn printmaking there is always an intermediate step\, a gestational period during which an image is filtered through a process and intervened uponThe act of making prints is to repeatedly bear witness and experience the coinciding. manifestations of intention and imagination.The images printmakers create are declarations of arrival! With each new impression they announce themselves and reflect the various methods by which they are made. \nManifest Images is a group show with works by eight mid-career artists for whom printmaking is a vital part of their studio practice. This exhibition celebrates the breadth of printmaking media and some of the myriad ways that artists harness them to produce their work.The artists in this exhibit are unified in their efforts to expand the field of contemporary printmaking through personal experimentation and creative exploration.Printmaking\, like photography\, quickly evolved from its egalitarian origins as a method of reproduction and fine artists have enthusiastically embraced it for its unique expressive possibilities.\nSeveral artists in this exhibition use printmaking techniques to create monoprints in oil or encaustics\, or include collaged\, digitally printed elements within their painted surfaces.Some exploit the raw physicality of applying inks to paper under pressure via lithographic\, wood or linoleum matrices\, while others extract the finest detail from sensitized gravure plates to produce images with extraordinary tonal range. \nClick images to enlarge \nDaniel Berlinmonoprint \n Daniel Berlin My monotypes are executed in several passes through the press\, building up layers as I go. When I’m working on these prints\, I try to check-in and do a little sweeping out of preconceptions. A buoyant beginner’s mind emerges and a freshness that emphasizes direct experience. In this exhibit I am presenting several groupings of monotypes\, starting with those printed at Bud Shark’s Lithography in Colorado to those made recently at the Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale\, NY. \n \n  \nCathy Conephotogravure \nCathy Cone My practice of making and developing the printed image is activated by its materiality. I’m interested in the various states of inked matrices and their combinations and intersections in the pursuit of form. Photography guides me to a deeper understanding as I celebrate the possibility of transformation through the exploration of the printing plate\, digital file\, or negative\, leading towards a new situation. \n  \nJonathan Fabricantrelief print \nJonathan Fabricant In my prints I utilize grids\, geometric shapes\, patterns\, directional movement\, color\, and figure ground relationships. I work with the static matrix of the carved block\, pushing against repetition to create a series of unique images. I am drawn to relief printing because it has an inherent imprecision and funkiness which gives my geometric shapes character and room to breathe. \n  \nJebah Baum “Landscape” lithograph \nJebah Baum My lithographs are hand printed from multiple polyester plates with oil based inks on an American French Tool etching press. The plates are relatively inexpensive\, which allows me the freedom to work directly in a painterly manner. I begin with sketches and develop ideas in reaction to the unfolding visual narratives that emerge before me. My images are thus spontaneous\, gestural and expressive. Their horizontality evokes themes of landscape and a quality of restrained expansiveness. \n  \nChristina Maile “Grandmother’s Gods”cyanotype \nChristina Maile Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that creates blue tinted images by drawing with light and shadow. In preparing for this exhibit I realized that it might be capable of perfectly manifesting the non-visible and imaginary world into which recent experience had thrust me. I also feel strongly about the external world and will contrast these more personal images with giclee collages of war and desolation. \n  \nGwen Fabricant “Fern”inkjet print and collage \nGwen FabricantIn the works for this exhibition\, I have juxtaposed a mechanical form of reproduction with an intensely handmade one. Physical organic material is collaged over laser-printed images of plants I placed on a scanner and photographed. These are very different processes\, but both are ways of exploring the physical reality of our earthly nature and its visual expression. \nDale Emmart relief print artist book \nDale Emmart My works in this exhibition are relief prints made with a straightforward reduction technique\, generating pages for the scroll\, accordion\, and larger stab binding book forms. Unlike the fine craft of printmaking with accurate registration of color plates and controlled crisp edges\, the prints in these works are blunt\, hand-rubbed\, overlapped\, and more gestural than graphic. Closer to drawing\, the mishaps and unexpected artifacts of ink residue on intended figure-ground relationships construct these prints and book objects. \nClaire Rosenfeld ink and encaustic monotype collage \nClaire Rosenfeld I work in both ink and encaustic monotypes\, sometimes painting into the prints\, or collaging parts of them with drawings or watercolor images. By exploring nature in transition and the relationship of figures\, still\, moving and gesturing within the landscape\, I attempt to evoke a sense of mystery in familiar settings. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/manifest-images-printmakers-showjebah-baum-daniel-berlin-cathy-cone-dale-emmart-gwen-fabricant-jonathan-fabricant-christina-maile-claire-rosenfeld/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MANIFEST-SQ-IMAGES-WITH-CATHY-CONE.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250326T011838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250405T145943Z UID:10000746-1743793200-1743798600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:FIRST FRIDAY LIVE MUSIC WITH THEO BLECKMANN QUARTET DESCRIPTION:Friday April 4\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nFREE \nVocalist Theo Bleckmann’s ethereal and instrumental approach to the voice is both ancient and modern. Layering his voice thru live looping evokes both Gregorian chants and Ambient sound clouds. He will be performing his own compositions and arrangements\, with and without worlds\, and those of his co-musicians. \nTheo Bleckmann: Voice\nTimo Vollbrecht: saxophone\nLuke Marantz: piano\nJason Burger: drums \nTheo Bleckmann is a multi GRAMMY® nominated vocalist\, composer and ECM recording artist who has recorded over 17 albums and collaborated with artists such as Ambrose Akinmusire\, Sheila Jordan\, Kneebody\, Ben Monder\, John Hollenbeck\, Phil Kline\, David Lang\, Ulysses Owens\, Bang on a Can All-Stars\, and\, most prominently\, with Meredith Monk since 1994. Bleckmann has been interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air and appeared on the David Letterman show with Laurie Anderson.\nMore info Westbeth Artist Page \nFor upcoming First Friday Events check out Westbeth Musicworks 2025 Calendar URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-with-theo-bleckmann-quartet/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Theo-Blackman-Quartet-SQInstagram-Post-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250316T233609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250330T223438Z UID:10000740-1743188400-1743192000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get to Know Your Neighbors: Elena Borstein\, SuZen\, and In Memoriam - Lucienne Weinberger DESCRIPTION:March 28\, 2025 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(Enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nA monthly event showcasing Westbeth artists \nElena Borstein painter: “My new paintings are entitled”Resist” They grew out of a series which paid homage to Mexican architect\, Luis Barragan. That series I called “Color of Architecture” In recent work I react to migrants being imprisoned on our southern border\, separated from their children\, and now vulnerable to the corona virus.” Westbeth Artist Page \nSuZen photographer\, multimedia Her photography has been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally and in numerous public and private collections. Recipient of numerous grants\, NYSCA funded a 40’ x 23’ painted mural of her photograph\, “Flowing Light\,” on 42nd Street across from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Times Square. Retrospective at Westbeth Gallery \nLucienne Weinberger explored the emotional connections in people with the use of color and free-form shapes. Over the years\, her work developed with two prominent directions: figurative imagery where iconic figures are brought to life with a dreamlike narrative\, including works on canvas and paper\, and fired clay sculptures using acrylic paints and collage mounted canvas. Westbeth In Memoriam URL:https://westbeth.org/event/get-to-know-your-neighbors-elena-borstein-suzen-and-in-memoriam-lucienne-weinberger/ CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Get-SQ-to-Know-Your-Neig.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250326T005932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250427T230217Z UID:10000745-1742889600-1742922000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Anna Shapiro Writer Profiles in Art Interview DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/anna-shapiro-writer-and-vsual-artist-profiles-in-art-interview/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-10.42.08-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250326T004357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T224622Z UID:10000744-1742889600-1742922000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Lorraine O Grady Film of Westbeth Icon evening DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/lorraine-o-grady-film-of-westbeth-icon-evening/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/LORRAINE-O-GRADY-copy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250307T001733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T005027Z UID:10000738-1742484600-1742490000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Spirit of Spring Arts Festival featuring Sing-a-long with City Councilmember Eric Bottcher DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/spirit-of-spring-arts-festival-featuring-sing-a-long-with-city-councilmember-eric-bottcher/ LOCATION:Westbeth Older Adult Center/Greenwich House CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Eric-Bottcher-sing-a-long-march-20-2025.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250217T202258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T191034Z UID:10000727-1742457600-1745514000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:DRAG BINGO WITH PAIGE TURNER RETURNS BY POPULAR DEMAND SEE VIDEO DESCRIPTION:DRAG BINGO ON VIDEO! A TYPICAL EVENING OF SONG\, GAMES\, FUN AND SURPRISES…INCLUDING ON THIS VIDEO\nVideo by Roger Braimon \n\n \nWhen::Thursdays March 20 and April 24\, 2025\n7pm – 9pm \nWhere: Westbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nWhoa: Limited to 75 persons. First come\, first served \nWhat:.FREE and Bingo supplies provided. Amazing and unqiues prizes to the winners! \nWhy: Paige Turner performs show-stopping musical numbers along with her hilariously improvised Bingo games with fabulous prizes\, surprises\, mayhem more \nWho::NYC’s most recognizable names in drag “Showbiz Spitfire” PAIGE TURNER! Known as the love child of Barbie & Pee Wee Herman\, This 2-time Glam Award winner tours internationally in her All -Live Sung one woman shows. She is a headliner for OUTBOUND TRAVEL and has a summer residency in Provincetown at the acclaimed Post Office Café & Cabaret. Paige coined the phrase Slurp! which was NYC’s longest running drag show for 9.5 years. She was an original cast member of the reality show Shade: QUEENS OF NYC\, on the Fusion Network and has been featured numerous times on WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE! With Andy Cohen On Bravo\, even portraying Mary Poppins for Dame Julie Andrews! Most recently she guest starred on Law and Order in a Drag Story Hour related episode.\nwww.paigeturnernyc.com\n“Paige Turner is the ultimate theater queen and always gets everyone to sing along.”\nTHE NEW YORK TIMES URL:https://westbeth.org/event/drag-bingo-with-paige-turner-returns-by-popular-demand-see-video/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DRAG-BINGO-MAR-20-APRIL-24.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250318T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250318T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250215T024907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T151933Z UID:10000726-1742324400-1742328000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:The Twilight of Bohemia: Westbeth and the Last Artists in New York Peter Trachtenberg Book Launch DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nTuesday March 18\, 2025 at 7pm\nWestbeth Comunity Room\n155 Bank St\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nBOOK DESCRIPTION\nAn intimate history of Westbeth\, told through the stories of nine of its artist residents. The Twilight of Bohemia also explores the changing notions of what it means to be a successful artist and the heartbreaking difficulty of surviving as one at our present cultural moment. \nREVIEW EXCERPTS\n“Who would have thought that a book about artist housing in Lower Manhattan would be impossible to put down? The force and beauty and clarity of Peter Trachtenberg’s writing is what makes The Twilight of Bohemia a page-turner about so much more than the characters we meet and the lost world of New York City that it so vividly evokes.”\n— Francine Prose\, Vixen \n“Reading The Twilight of Bohemia\, I had the feeling that its subject—a complex of buildings—had been condensed into book form through some Borgesian literary-alchemical process. This work is elegiac\, intimate\, and wry. Trachtenberg tells interlacing tales of an architectural entity\, artists who have lived as neighbors for fifty years\, an art world that now only exists in New York City’s rear-view mirror\, and a friendship that began in youth and ended with suicide in Westbeth. But the book is also a true historical document\, detailed and precise. And completely crucial.” – Nelly Reifler\, Elect H. Mouse State Judge \n“Beautiful! How often have you read a great book and thought\, ‘Why can’t I live there? Why can’t I live that story?’ . . . Trachtenberg has artfully\, tenderly\, and wisely recreated New York City’s legendary Westbeth artists’ community through the stories of dozens of artists who lived there\, himself included. The result is a messy tale of love and loss anchored in the equally messy act of creation. . . . It is a story that left this reader hungering for more.”\n— Mary Gabriel\, Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner\, Elaine de Kooning\, Grace Hartigan\, Joan Mitchell\, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art \nBIO\nPeter Trachtenberg is the author of the memoir 7 Tattoos\, The Book of Calamities: Five Questions About Suffering and Its Meaning\, and Another Insane Devotion\, a 2012 New York Times Editors’ Choice. His honors include Whit­ing and Guggenheim Fellowships and the Nelson Algren Award for Short Fiction. He is a professor emeritus in the Writing Program of the University of Pittsburgh. He has been connected to Westbeth since the 1970s and lived in the building from 1995 to 2006. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/peter-trachtenberg-book-launch-the-twilight-of-bohemia-westbeth-and-the-last-artsts-in-new-york/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Peter-Trachtenberg-Westbeth-book-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250316T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250420T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250106T220523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T195032Z UID:10000737-1742130000-1745161200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Penny Jones & Co PuppetsToby's Magic Forest DESCRIPTION:Sundays\nMarch 16 & 23\nApril 6 & 13\n2025\nat 1pm \nCome help make Spring bloom! \nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank St\nNew York\, NY\n(enter through courtyard\nbetween West and Washington Sts. ) \nFun and funny things happen in the magic forest. The children raise flowers and even help to make Spring. A fan favorite because the children get to do so much. This is interactive puppet theater in an intimate space for young children. With lots of participation\, fun and games\, and magic. The Early Childhood Puppet Theatre’s first show- now even better. A hit for generations. With Jack\, the Pied Piper and Mother Goose’s silly little dog Toby. – And make a puppet to take home after the show! \n“The puppets are charming\, the program never overexcites the audience\, although there’s lots of room for participation” – The New York Times\n“Real warmth and gentleness.” -New York Magazine \nPENNY JONES & Co. PUPPETS\nEarly Childhood Puppet Theatre www.pennypuppets.org \nA VILLAGE GEM FOR 50 YEARS \n“Very simple\, and perfect as an introduction to theatre.” -New York Magazine\n“Charming.” -The New York Times\n2024-25 REPERTORY SEASON \nTickets on sale at pennypuppets.org and Eventbrite\nTickets are $15 for all ages\nShow Times: 1 PM\nAll Ages – Great for 2 to 8\nStroller Parking\nShows Run about 45 Minutes\nworkshop follows\nInformation: (212) 924-0525 \nhttp://www.pennypuppets.org \nBUS AND SUBWAY: M14A\, M11\, M20\, (2 blocks)\nA\, C\, E\, L\, 1\, 2\, 3 (5 or 6 blocks) \n“A Child’s first experience with theater is important and forming. Quality counts.” – Penny Jones \nPENNY 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. Penny is the winner of the Puppeteers of America Education Award. 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. \nThe 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\, up on the Highline\, out on the piers -and many\, many\, more… URL:https://westbeth.org/event/penny-jones-co-puppets-presents-tobys-magic-forest/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-5.07.14-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250313T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250313T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250307T135051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T015304Z UID:10000739-1741892400-1741897800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: The Last Laugh DESCRIPTION:Thursday March 13\, 2025\nat 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nNew York NY\n(enter through courtyard) \nClick image to find out more about the film \nClick to enlarge URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-the-last-laugh/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Westbeth-Movie-Night-The-Last-Laugh-SQUARE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T210000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250306T212507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T025926Z UID:10000735-1741716000-1741726800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Fix-It Night at Westbeth Don't Trash It - Repair It! DESCRIPTION:Tues March 11\, 2025 6pm – 9pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nNew York\, NY\n(enter through courtyard) URL:https://westbeth.org/event/fix-it-night-at-westbeth/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Dennis-Fix-it-night.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250308T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250308T210000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250306T220031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T025827Z UID:10000736-1741460400-1741467600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Composers Concordance Seth & Gene's Excellent Electroacoustic Adventure DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 8th\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n55 Bethune St\, NYC \nComposers Concordance presents ‘Seth & Gene’s Excellent Electroacoustic Adventure’. Composers Gene Pritsker and Seth Boustead will perform a duo concert featuring special guests\, poets Robert C. Ford and Imelda O’Reilly. The program will showcase newly written electroacoustic music combined with poetry and film\, performed five times in five different cities. Most of the music is scored for electric guitar\, piano\, and electronics\, with poetry by Robert C. Ford and Imelda O’Reilly. Also on the program are three films—two by Octavio Maya and one by Salem Krieger. \nThe event will launch on March 8th in New York City at the Westbeth Artist Complex. The group will then travel to San José\, Costa Rica\, performing on March 20th at the University of Costa Rica and on March 22nd in Turrialba\, Costa Rica. Next\, they will head to Mexico City for a performance on March 27th at Casa Patricio\, followed by a presentation on March 28th in Morelia\, Mexico at CMMAS (Mexican Center for Music and the Sound Arts). \nThe composers on the program are Seth Boustead\, Gene Pritsker\, Marvin Camacho\, Carlos Castro\, Rodrigo Grillo Grillasca\, and Rodrigo Sigal. \nThe concert will also be live-streamed on Composers Concordance’s Facebook Page.\n______________________________________________________________\nComposers:\nSeth Boustead\, Gene Pritsker\,\nMarvin Camacho\, Carlos Castro\,\nRodrigo Grillo Grillasca\, Rodrigo Sigal \nPerformers:\nSeth Boustead – piano\nGene Pritsker – Di.J. / guitar\nRobert C. Ford – poet / narrator\nImelda O’Reilly – poet / narrator \nFilms by:\nOctavio Maya\, Salem Krieger \nFree Event\nFacebook\nLive Stream \nTHIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED IN VENUES ACROSS\nCOSTA RICA AND MEXICO \nMARCH 20\, 6pm – SAN JOSE\, COSTA RICA\n@ Auditorio Abelardo Bonilla\nEscuela de Estudios Generales – UCR \nMARCH 22\, 8pm – TURRIALBA\, COSTA RICA\n@ Teatro Municipal de Turrialba. \nMARCH 27 – MEXICO CITY\, MEXICO\n@ Casa Patricio \nMARCH 28\, 7pm – MORELIA\, MEXICO\n@ Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras | CMMAS And www.cmmas.org \n“I don’t appreciate avant-garde\, electronic music. It makes me feel quite ill.”\n– Ravi Shankar \n______________________________________________________________ \nStaying in rotation for 41 years in NYC is a rare feat. In the case of a new music presenting organization\, it requires not only diligence and cognizance of achievements of the past but also an ethic of keeping one’s ear to the ground for emerging stylistic and technological developments\, as well as talented new composers on the scene. Composers Concordance\, founded in 1984 by Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish\, advised by Otto Luening\, strives to present contemporary music in innovative ways\, with an emphasis on thematic programming. Directors Gene Pritsker and Dan Cooper co-curate the programs and lead the CompCord Ensemble\, Chamber Orchestra\, String Orchestra\, and Big Band. Associate Directors are Milica Paranosic\, Peter Jarvis\, Debra Kaye\, and Seth Boustead. Composers Concordance has also created a Naxos-distributed record label: Composers Concordance Records. Composers Concordance’s overriding vision is to promote contemporary music\, composers\, and new works as a rightful and respected part of society. Good music performed and recorded well\, pushing the boundaries of sound and composition. \n“Composers Concordance..a veritable New York new music institution of concerts\, album production and multiple ensembles under a sweeping\, tenacious brand\, thriving on the emulsion of contemporary classical\, free improv\, jazz and rock\, overt humor and fearless political statements\, all very much in evidence..The ensemble..was masterful throughout.”-John Pietaro\, The New York City Jazz Record \n“An unwavering force in giving composers exposure through concert bookings and its own record label\, the intrepid new-music organization Composers Concordance” – The Brooklyn Rail \n“The Composers Concordance folks are unpredictable and at times refreshingly irreverent in a reverent sort of way….ingenious fun” – Classical-Modern Music Review \n“Enterprising new music organization” – The New York Times \nPlease follow NYC Covid-19 protocols & updates:\nhttps://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home\nhttps://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-main.page\nhttps://www.nycgo.com/coronavirus-information-and-resources-for-travelers \n2024-2025 SEASON SITE URL:https://westbeth.org/event/composers-concordance-presents-seth-genes-excellent-electroacoustic-adventure/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-4.46.18-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250222T005039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T025905Z UID:10000730-1741374000-1741377600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:FIRST FRIDAYS LIVE MUSIC: Bob Malenky\, Marc Jacoby\, Jerry Marcus\, Jeff EldridgeRoots and Folk Music DESCRIPTION:. March 7\, 2025 at 7pm \nFree \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nA concert of songs from American\, Anglo-American\, English\, Irish and Yiddish root. Join us for an evening of familiar unfamiliar songs.\nMusicians:\nBob Malenky- Vocals/ Guitar\nMarc Jacoby- Vocals/ Guitar/ Slide guitar\nJerry Marcus- Vocals/ Concertina/ Banjo/ Dulcimer\nJeff Eldredge- Keyboards/ Trumpet \nChelsea based Jeffrey Eldredge plays keyboard instruments and trumpet and loves music of all kinds. He has lived in NewYork for over 40 years. \nGerald (Jerry) Marcus is a singer of traditional songs from the Anglo-American and English traditions as well as from the Yiddish tradition. He accompanies himself on banjo and concertina and has performed at various venues including the Zlante Uste Golden Festival in New York\, which concentrates on Balkan music. He is also a painter and printmaker and has exhibited widely nationally and internationally. His Yiddish translations are published by Syracuse University. \nBob Malenky is deeply involved with blues and other forms of roots music. He was one of the participants in Sunday sessions at Washington Square Park in the early ’60’s and has learned from and played with many blues legends such as Muddy Waters and Lightnin’ Hopkins. In 1974\, he recorded and toured with the legendary harmonica player Sonny Terry.\nBob taught World Folk Music at CCNY for many years\, and has remained active\, playing at clubs\, coffee houses\, and festivals in this country and abroad. \nWith Bob will be guitarist and singer Marc Jacoby and keyboard artist Jeff Eldredge\, who are fine players. Also on the program is Jerry Marcus\, who is a great singer of traditional songs from America\, the British Isles\, and the Yiddish tradition. Jerry accompanies himself on concertina and banjo. \nMarc Jacoby\, https://westbeth.org/artist-page/marc-jacoby/ and www.marcthemusicman.com URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-fridays-bob-malenky-jerry-marcus-jeff-eldrididge-marc-jacoby/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/March-First-Friday-SQ-Bob-Harper-Russo-Neil-Tran-Chdi-Eze-Instagram-Post.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250122T011552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T022841Z UID:10000731-1741075200-1747760400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Meditation Practice with Steve Clorfeine DESCRIPTION:MARCH 4th\, 5-6\nMARCH 11th:4:45-5:45\nMARCH 18th\, :4:45-5:45\nAPRIL 8th\, :4:45-5:45\nAPRIL 15th\, 5-6\nAPRIL 22nd\, 5-6\nMAY 20th\, 5-6 \nWestbeth Commmunity Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 URL:https://westbeth.org/event/meditation-practice-with-steve-clorfeine/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MEDITATION-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250303T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250206T224535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T001722Z UID:10000719-1741006800-1742752800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:The Faraway Nearby Eight Asian women artists explore memory\, inheritance and identity DESCRIPTION:Video of Show \n\n \nClick to enlarge March 5–23\, 2025\nOpening Reception\nSaturday\, March 8th\, 2025 6–8pm \nCurated by Jiyeon Paik \nWestbeth Gallery\n155 Bank Street\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY\nHours: Wed–Sun 1–6 PM \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to present The Faraway Nearby (TFN)\, a group exhibition featuring eight Asian women artists who engaged in a five-month-long dialogue project curated by Jiyeon Paik. Inspired by Rebecca Solnit’s book The Faraway Nearby\, this project is indebted to Solnit’s reflections on reading\, writing\, solitude\, and solidarity\, which form the conceptual foundation of this curatorial initiative. Through drawing\, painting\, sculpture\, photography\, video\, and installation—interwoven with excerpts from the artists’ conversations—the exhibition navigates themes of memory\, inheritance\, and identity\, offering an intricate exploration of personal and collective narratives. \nTFN Performance: Woman Ironingperformed by Kyoung eun Kang The exhibition opens with a performance by Kyoung eun Kang\, a 2023 TFN artist\, who reimagines Olga Cabral’s poem Woman Ironing—a former Westbeth resident—through movement and audience interaction. Revisiting Cabral’s portrayal of domestic labor\, Kang’s performance bridges past and present\, connecting historical perspectives on women’s work to contemporary struggles for recognition and solidarity. \nKazumi Tanaka FLOW Japense indigo dyed silk organza rope linen thread\, polyurethane foam and pins Jayoung Yoon THE OFFERING BOWL Artist’s hair and mother’s gray hair \nKazumi Tanaka and Jayoung Yoon reflect on maternal relationships through sculpture and object-based works imbued with deeply personal memories. Their works trace the passage of time\, reflecting on how love\, loss\, and inheritance shape identities across generations. \nsooim lee HUDSON RIVER Monoprint Xinyi Lui INNA ART SPACE Installaiton View Huangzhou \nsooim lee and Xinyi Liu delve into the experiences of immigrant women artists across different generations. lee\, who moved to New York in the 1980s\, reflects on the roles of wife\, mother\, and artist\, navigating the cultural expectations of her era. Liu\, a recent MFA graduate\, repeatedly dyes and layers mulberry paper and disposable wipes\, transforming these discarded materials into delicate skins\, each carrying its own story. As the layers dry\, they exist beyond gender and constraint\, offering a quiet yet persistent reflection on identity and transformation. \nJaimi Ho + Junli Song I SUSPECT THAT ON THIS GROUND THERE IS MAGIC BELOW AOU FEET Archival inkjet print acrylic Jamie ho + Junli Song IN FRONT OF THE GARDEN THERE IS A BLOSSOM OF LIGHT Archival Inkjet print acrylic \nJamie Ho and Junli Song’s collaborative practice merges photography and video to explore memory\, diaspora\, and personal history. As second-generation Chinese Americans\, they construct layered narratives using modularity and animation\, weaving together distinct visual languages to examine how identity is transmitted\, reconstructed\, and transformed over time. \nLipika Bhargava SOMEWHERE AAROUND THE CENTER pen and pencil on paper . Naho Taruishi UNTITLED graphite on paper \nLipika Bhargava and Naho Taruishi engage in an abstract dialogue on impermanence and remembrance through photography\, drawing\, sound\, and video. Bhargava’s series of eight paired images contemplates cycles of mortality\, while Taruishi documents her family’s visits to ancestral gravestones from 1996 to 2024. Their collaborative piece\, Movement of Water (2024)\, considers land ownership and settler colonialism\, intertwining personal histories to broader narratives of displacement and survival.\nAlongside\, TFN features archival materials from the artists’ dialogues alongside contributions from 20 invited respondents participating in TFN’s In Response program. These letters\, images\, and video clips extend the discussion beyond the gallery walls\, enriching the collective engagement and broadening the interpretive scope of the works. \nPresented at Westbeth Gallery—a space shaped by the legacies of pioneering women artists such as Diane Arbus\, Shigeko Kubota\, Elizabeth Murray\, Lorraine O’Grady\, and Hannah Wilke–TFN unfolds as a dialogue bridging past and present. Weaving together diverse artistic practices\, the exhibition considers how stories endure\, shift\, and take on new meanings over time. In this ongoing exchange\, art becomes an act of remembrance and transformation—reclaiming histories\, bridging distances\, and offering a space where personal and collective narratives continue to evolve. \nJiyeon Paik is an independent curator whose research concerns contemporary representations of race\, gender\, and aging with a particular focus on issues of marginalization\, and the body in art by women and artists of color. Paik has worked with non-profit art organizations and commercial galleries such as Gallery Hyundai\, New York; DOOSAN Gallery New York; Museum of Fine Arts Boston; Boston Center for the Arts; Arario Museum in SPACE\, Seoul; Art Sonje Center\, Seoul\, among others. Paik is the founder and director of episode\, a gallery in Brooklyn\, NY. Her curatorial projects include From This Blanket (Print Center New York\, 2024)\, The Faraway Nearby (A.I.R. Gallery\, 2024)\, Detaching (Parenthesis) (DOOSAN Gallery New York\, 2018)\, Seeing and Being Seen (La MaMa Galleria\, 2017)\, Between the Lines: Korean Contemporary Art Since 1970 (Arario Gallery\, 2014)\, and The Room\, Hyungsik Kim: Distortion (Total Museum\, 2014). \nKyoung eun Kang is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York\, originally from South Korea. Her practice spans performance\, video\, drawing\, photography\, installation\, text\, and sound. Central to her work is the exploration of geographical and cultural identity\, alongside universal human themes like affection and connection. Her work contemplates the significance of forging and nurturing human bonds in an ever-evolving world. Kang’s work has been exhibited internationally and across the United States in galleries and museums\, including: A.I.R. Gallery; Collar Works; NURTUREart; BRIC Project Room; and the ISCP project space in New York; the Korean Cultural Center in Washington\, D.C.; the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery in Australia; and the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea. Kang has received residencies and fellowships at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, Smack Mellon\, the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency\, BRIC Media Arts\, the NARS Foundation\, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts\, the LES Studio Program\, ISCP\, the New York Foundation for the Arts\, among others. Kang received both a BFA and MFA in painting from Hong-ik University in Seoul\, South Korea\, as well as an MFA from Parsons School of Design in New York. \nKazumi Tanaka graduated from Osaka University in 1985 and moved to New York in 1987\, studying sculpture at the New York Studio School until 1990. A recipient of a 2017 Tiffany Foundation Grant and a 2023 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant. Tanaka is preparing new work for Believers: Artists and Shakers\, opening in February 2025 at the ICA Boston\, MA. She has participated in notable residencies including: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1990) and McDowell (2013). Tanaka exhibits at museums and galleries internationally including Fridman Gallery\, Beacon\, NY (2022\, solo); Civetella Ranieri for the Venice Biennale\, Italy (2019); Kunming Art Biennale\, Yunnan Art Museum\, Yunnan\, China (2018); Miyauchi Foundation\, Hiroshima\, Japan (2015); Fabric Workshop and Museum\, Philadelphia\, PA (2011\, solo); the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum\, Ridgefield\, CT (2002); the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art\, Portland\, MA (1997); the New Museum of Contemporary Art\, New York\, NY (1996 & 1993 solo); and Kent Gallery\, New York\, NY (1995\, solo). \nJayoung Yoon earned a BFA from Hongik University\, Seoul\, Korea\, and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI. She has participated in exhibitions at The Bronx Museum of the Arts\, Bronx\, NY; San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles\, San Jose\, CA; Contemporary Craft\, Pittsburgh\, PA; Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art\, Peekskill\, NY; New Bedford Art Museum\, New Bedford\, MA\, and Here Arts Center\, New York\, NY among others. Yoon was the recipient of the Joan Mitchell Fellowship\, the BRIC Media Arts Fellowship\, and the Franklin Furnace Fund. She has attended residencies at MacDowell\, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, Millay Arts\, Anderson Ranch Arts Center\, and Sculpture Space among others. Her work has been featured in various publications\, including The New Yorker\, The Paris Review\, Hyperallergic\, Surface Design Journal\, and Fiber Art Now. Yoon currently lives and works in Beacon\, NY. \nsooim lee moved to New York in 1981\, where she continues to live and work. She holds a B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Painting from Hong-Ik University in Seoul (1976 and 1978\, respectively) and an M.A. in Printmaking from New York University (1984). Her recent projects include the performance “Calling Back\, Calling Forward\, From This Blanket” at the Print Center\, New York\, NY (2024)\, and the solo exhibition sooim lee: Across Time and Place” at Art Projects International\, New York (2017). lee has also participated in numerous group exhibitions\, including “30 Years: Art Projects International” (2023)\, “Color as Space” (2022)\, “Paper and Process 3” (2021)\, “New Works” (2019)\, “Summer Selections” (2018 and 2014)\, “Marking 2” (2016)\, “Curate NYC” at Rush Arts Gallery\, NY (2013)\, “Intersecting Lines” (2012)\, “911 Arts: A Decade Later” at Commons Gallery\, New York University (2011)\, “Absence” at Queens Museum of Art: Partnership Gallery\, NY (2010)\, and “Irrelevant” at Arario Gallery\, NY (2010). \nXinyi Liu works with mulberry paper and disposable wipes\, which resonate with the thin and silky quality of human skin. She creates works that metaphorically mimic the processes of treating wounds to heal. Through her “medical” manipulation\, they become her “second skin.” Like a doctor\, she does surgeries for her work. She received her BA and BFA from Cornell University and her MFA from Columbia University. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University and Syracuse University. The artist’s work has been exhibited at A.I.R. Gallery\, New York\, NY; ChaShaMa\, New York\, NY; YveYANG Gallery\, New York\, NY; Visual Arts Center\, Nantucket\, MA; Salón Acme\, Mexico; Lenfest Center for the Arts\, New York\, NY; Half Gallery\, New York\, NY; CAFA Art Museum\, Beijing; CAA Art Museum\, Hangzhou; China Printmaking Museum\, Shenzhen; EDA Art Space\, Shenzhen; Olive Tjaden Gallery\, Ithaca\, NY; John Hartell Gallery\, Ithaca\, NY; Mann Library Gallery\, Ithaca\, NY; Palazzo Santacroce\, Rome; Euroasian Art Gallery\, Paris; Jugendkunstschule Pankow\, Berlin. \nJamie Ho is an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in Tallahassee\, FL. Her art practice engages with GIFs\, photography\, new media\, and sculpture to investigate the long-term impact of assimilation and cultural bereavement through references to ancestral Chinese traditions and artifacts. Her work troubles the history of public spectacle and display of Chinese American women\, using performance and lighting studio to challenge societal expectations of gender roles and performance. She received her MFA at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her BFA from the University of New Mexico. Ho’s work has been exhibited nationally at Houston Center for Photography (TX)\, ChaShaMa (New York\, New York)\, Candela Books + Gallery (Richmond\, VA)\, Arts + Literature Laboratory (Madison\, WI)\, and more. She has been included in the 2023 Silver List\, was a 2021 Critical Mass Finalist and was awarded the 40th Center Annual Beth Block Honorarium by Houston Center for Photography. She was awarded residencies at ACRE Residency and Vermont Studio Center. She is an Assistant Professor of Photography + Moving Image at Florida State University. \nJunli Song grew up in Chicago\, but lived abroad from 2012-2018 in South Korea\, England\, Italy\, and South Africa. Her studies are similarly widespread: she originally majored in economics and international development at the University of Chicago and the University of Oxford\, respectively\, before returning to the creative path. She completed her MFA at the University of Arkansas with a concentration in printmaking\, and is currently the Grant Wood fellow in printmaking and visiting professor at the University of Iowa. As an artist and storyteller\, she works across a range of media from printmaking and painting to sculpture and animation to explore imagined worlds and personal mythologies. As a Chinese American woman\, she has undertaken the project of world-building as a way to create a space where she belongs\, and to make sense of the complex\, often contradictory\, realities of existing between cultures. Centering around a female re-imagining of the mythological headless deity\, Xingtian\, as a symbol of resistance\, the world created within these images exists as an imaginary realm where the liminal becomes a space of alternative existence. Drawing upon the fantasy and continual self-(re)invention inherent within diasporic societies\, her work reveals the fluid nature of identity as inherited stories and traditions continually evolve. \nLipika Bhargava is a multi-media artist working across ceramics\, painting\,\nsculpture\, video and performance. She is currently an AICAD fellow at Pratt Institute. She\ncompleted her MFA in Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design\, New York. Her practice is\nprocess-oriented and performative in mark-making drawing from her background in Dance\n(Indian classical and contemporary). Her work oscillates between personal-political and\nreality-fiction. In her work\, she explores different themes of sexuality\, death\, love\, identity\, fear\,\nand political satire. \nNaho Taruishi lives and works in Brooklyn\, NY. Her work has been shown both locally and abroad including at episode gallery\, Planthouse Gallery\, The Drawing Center in New York\, NY as well as shows at Rochester Institute of Technology\, NY\, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum\, TX among others. Her publication by Vincent FitzGerald & Co. is held in various institutional collections including the Library of Congress\, New York Public Library\, Harvard University\, and Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Taruishi has been awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. She also has received fellowships from The Drawing Center\, the MacDowell Colony\, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/the-faraway-nearby-at-westbeth-gallery/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/THE-FARAWAY-NEARBYi.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250228T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250228T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250212T235434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250302T211539Z UID:10000724-1740769200-1740772800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get to Know Your Neighbors: Kate Walter\, Michael Moss\, Judith Moss DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Friday February 28\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter throough courtyard)\nNew York\, NY \nKate Walter is the author of two memoirs: Behind the Mask: Living Alone in the Epicenter\, (2021); Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing (2015). Westbeth Artist Page \nMichael Moss. Reed player/composer Michael Moss has been actively involved in\nthe music scene for many years\, leading his own musical groups including Mike Moss/4 Rivers\, Free Energy\, and the AccidentalOrchestra\, a 22-piece renaissance jazz orchestra. Westbeth Artisst Page \nJudith Moss As an independent choreographer she has been a guest artist at numerous colleges and universities.She is a recipient of fellowship awards in choreography from the National Endowment for the Arts\, State Arts Councils in New York\, Wisconsin\, and Pennsylvania\, the Arts Council of Great Britain\, and Turks & Caicos Friends of the Arts Foundation. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/get-to-know-your-neighbors-at-westbeth/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Get-to-know-your-neighbors-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250206T232712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T003927Z UID:10000720-1740682800-1745784000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:LORRAINE O' GRADY Westbeth IconThe Filmed Interview and Evening DESCRIPTION:Director and Editor: Theodore Timreck\nInterviewer Terry Stoller\nCameraperson and Lighting: Ethan Mass\nNarration: Sandra Kingsbury \nPhoto: Lelani Foster 2021. (Click image to enlarge poster) \nThurs Feb 27\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nJoin us for an evening celebrating the life and work of Lorraine O’Grady including a recently filmed interview and speeches by friends and colleagues. Lorraine lived at Westbeth for many years and was and continues to be inspiration for art and defiance. \n“Lorraine O’Grady (1934 – 2024) was a concept-based artist and cultural critic widely regarded as a leading intellectual voice of her generation. Working across media and disciplines––including writing\, photography\, performance\, curating\, installation\, and video––O’Grady challenged artistic and cultural conventions through her incisive critique of the binary logic inherent in Western thought. She skillfully deployed the diptych form to refute and subvert both the “either/or” logic of Western philosophy and\, by extension\, the prevailing understanding around gender\, race\, and class. Over the course of her career\, she advocated for an anti-hierarchical approach to difference that follows the reasoning of both/and. From her earliest work\, Cutting Out the New York Times (1977)\, to more recent series like Family Portraits (2020)\, O’Grady expanded the possibilities of conceptual art and institutional critique through her profound explorations of hybridism and multiplicity. And in writings such as “Olympia’s Maid: Reclaiming Black Female Subjectivity\,” an influential essay of cultural criticism published in 1992\, O’Grady shaped the theoretical contours of a body of work that has been groundbreaking in its charting of the emergence of Black subjectivity in both artistic modernism and Western modernity as a whole.” \n– An excerpt from the Lorraine O’Grady website URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-icon-lorraine-ogrady/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/LORRAINE-O-GRADY-copy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T153000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250129T231112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250222T010010Z UID:10000714-1740567600-1740583800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Free Haircuts and Puppy Therapy with Roberto Novo and Roberto Machitwo DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/free-haircuts-and-puppy-therapy-at-westberth-oac/ LOCATION:Westbeth Older Adult Center/Greenwich House CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-29-at-5.29.12-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250206T235554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250222T001208Z UID:10000721-1740164400-1740169800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night; MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL DESCRIPTION:Friday Feb 21\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter though courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nFree and Open to the Public \nClick Image to Learn More About the Film URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-presents-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Westbeth-movie-lnight-SQ-monty-phython-SQ-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250129T233351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T031218Z UID:10000715-1739300400-1739304000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:HOMEAn evening of original prose about home plus musical interludes DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nTues February 11\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter tdhrough courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nWestbeth writers will be reading their stories (and an essay) exploring what home means to them. They include memories of their youth and reflections on dying parents along with the attendant loss of the family home.\nAnd on a lighter note\, there are entertaining stories about first apartments in the Village and Little Italy. \n For the musical “entr’actes\,” Leigh Stuart offers a cello solo and Beth Griffith\, a song. \nPROGRAM \nTerence Burk MY FIRST HOME\nLinda Marks FIRST HOME\nParviz Mohassel LILAC SQUARE\, TEHRAN\nJoya Staack BOMBAY\nKate Walter SELLING OUR FAMILY HOME\nSteve Clorfeine Mother \nMUSICAL INTERLUDE Beth Griffith singing SUMMER IS LATE by Benjamin Browning \nGrsiseld Steiner HOME read by Dennis Fitzpatrick\nJoan Hall NEW BEGINNINGS\nEve Zanni TENEMENTS AND TRIBULATIONS\nTerry Prutinton HOME\, A REFLECTION URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-writers-present-an-evening-of-prose-about-home/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/HOME-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250209T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250209T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20241229T233904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250209T232458Z UID:10000699-1739124000-1739129400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Theo Bleckmann performs at NYC venues and new recordings DESCRIPTION:Sunday Jan 12\, 2025 at 6 – 7:30pm\nClick Image for more info. \nTheo Bleckmann is a multi GRAMMY® nominated vocalist\, composer and ECM recording artist who has recorded over 17 albums and collaborated with artists such as Ambrose Akinmusire\, Sheila Jordan\, Kneebody\, Ben Monder\, John Hollenbeck\, Phil Kline\, David Lang\, Ulysses Owens\, Bang on a Can All-Stars\, and\, most prominently\, with Meredith Monk since 1994. \n\n Sunday Feb 9\, 2025 at 6pm \nClick image for ticket info\nIn “12 easy songs” I wanted to use found texts from all over New York City: fragments of Graffiti\, parts of advertisements\, subway announcements\, street signs\, passenger instructions\, sale signs\, truisms\, random flyers\, overheard fragments of conversations\, even syllables from scratched off scribblings somewhere…anything and everything could serve as an actual text or become the departure point for a more narrative lyric. I want these songs to celebrate the diversity\, absurdity\, and poetry embedded in New York’s urban landscape through a melancholic and playful approach. Inspired by composers Hanns Eisler and Ryuichi Sakamoto (whom I had the great fortune to perform with here at National Sawdust)\, I want the pedestrian and mundane to be a porthole into the soul of culture; much like a supermarket in a foreign country that can show you the simple truth of its people. There is a bit of Kurt Schwitters and John Cage’s influence here too. The idea of collage and chance operation have always had a place in my music.” \n \n. Click Image to order URL:https://westbeth.org/event/theo-bleckmann-performs-at-nyc-venues-and-new-recordings/ LOCATION:Joe’s Pub NYC CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Theo-Bleckmann-at-various-venues.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250120T174604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250209T232430Z UID:10000712-1738954800-1738958400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:GINA LEISHMAN "Welcome to My Living Room" A Solo First Fridays Concert DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Friday Feb 7\, 2025 @ 7:00 \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nAward-winning composer\, multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter\, Gina revives the old tradition of an annual solo concert “to keep me honest”\, drawing on the multitude of sources and musical traditions that have brought her here – from Bach to circus to jazz\, from Bertolt Brecht to Noel Coward\, filtered through her own compositions and uniquely skewed perspective. Vox\, piano\, accordion\, baritone ukulele. Special guests possible…\nWebsite: ginaleishman.com \n Westbeth Artists Page: Gina Leishman URL:https://westbeth.org/event/gina-leishamn-a-solo-concert-at-first-friday-westbeth/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Gina-Leishman-Square.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250223T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250108T225701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T184502Z UID:10000709-1738742400-1740330000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Future Proof : Group show that examines intergenerational and career-long dedication to abstract art DESCRIPTION:The New Criterion: Critics Notebook\nFebruary 2025\nFuture Proof\,” at Westbeth Gallery\, New York (through February 23): Founded in 1936\, the American Abstract Artists association continues to attract artist-members of high quality. “Future Proof” is an exhibition of seventeen of them\, now on view at Westbeth Gallery in the West Village. The show ranges from the biomorphic transfers of Stephen Maine to the casual geometries of Jason Stopa\, the oceanic currents of Joanne Freeman to the crystalline edges of Sonita Singwi. Curated by Jared Linge\, the colorful exhibition reveals abstraction’s continued vitality. —JP\nThe New Criterion \nInstallation Shots\nClick image to start slideshow\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \nVideo of Exhibition Feb 8\, 2025\n \nClick to enlarge \nFebruary 5 – 23\, 2025\nOpening reception Wednesday February 5th\, 6-9p \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\, New York\, NY 10014\nGallery hours: Wed – Sun\, 1 – 6p \nFeatured Artists: Jeffrey Bishop\, Jacob Cartwright\, Joanne Freeman\, Lynne Harlow\, Carl E.\nHazelwood\, Pinkney Herbert\, Jane Logemann\, Stephen Maine\, Russell Maltz\, Tom McGlynn\,\nManfred Mohr\, Lisa E. Nanni\, Jim Osman\, Sonita Singwi\, Melissa Staiger\, Jason Stopa\, and Li\nTrincere \n“Art has political consequences\, which is to say\, it reorganizes society and creates\nconstituencies of people around it.” – Dave Hickey \nFuture Proof is a group show curated by Jared Linge for American Abstract Artists\, featuring 17\nof the group’s members. \nThis exhibition examines the way that longevity in art can meaningfully\nshape communities and cultural landscapes over time. Here\, “longevity” refers to the ability of\nart to endure\, develop\, and proliferate on its own terms\, regardless of trends and\ncircumstances. In an industry where social media and the art market reduce discourse to an\nendless succession of changing fashions\, Future Proof positions communities of career-long\npractices as an alternative model. In this context\, longevity is achieved both in open systems of\nmaking\, and an intergenerational collaborative spirit. \nThese seventeen artists define abstraction in our present day by exploring a range of material\,\nformal\, and methodological approaches. Works have been selected with an eye towards range\nand contrast: from more coolly conceived formal viewpoints to the immediacy of space and raw\nmaterials. With a knowledge of abstraction’s history and the potential reinterpretation of its\nvariables\, these artists collectively champion the legacy of non-objective art as a vehicle for\nembodying critical thought. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nAAA was founded in NYC in 1936 to counter critical neglect of abstract art made in the United\nStates\, and is one of the world’s longest continually active artist organizations. Westbeth Artists\nHousing in New York City is the world’s largest artists’ residence community. Westbeth and AAA\nshare a common commitment to the lifelong fostering of artistic community\, making Westbeth\nGallery the ideal location for this exhibition. \nJared Linge (b. 1985) received a classical education in Drawing & Painting and Art History at\nthe Laguna College of Art and Design. After eight years of experience working in contemporary\nart on both coasts\, he founded High Noon in New York’s Lower East Side in 2017 with an\ninterest in exhibiting under-represented artists with a gallery model that is collaborative and\nartist-centered. He has curated over 70 exhibitions throughout his career\, focusing on work that\nis grounded in art historical context with an emphasis on craft and hybrid practices. In the fall of\n2024\, the gallery moved to a new permanent location in New York’s TriBeCa neighborhood. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/future-proof-group-show-that-examines-intergenerational-and-career-long-dedication-to-abstract-art/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Future-Proof_digital.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250428 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250203T212119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T151825Z UID:10000718-1738540800-1745798399@westbeth.org SUMMARY:WESTBETH GETS A MUCH NEEDED\, AND PRICEY\, OVERHAUL DESCRIPTION:NY Times article on the major renovations coming up at Westbeth \n \nAnna Kodé reported this story from Westbeth artists’ community.\nNY Times\nFeb. 3\, 2025 \nIn New York\, an artist’s ability to create work is often directly linked to their ability to secure affordable housing. In a city where the median rent was $4\,295 in December\, according to Redfin\, that can seem impossible. \nFor decades\, a small group of the city’s creative class hasn’t had to worry too much about the rising market-rate rent. The nonprofit Westbeth Artists Housing community\, with 384 rent-stabilized and Section 8 units\, has been an affordable haven for artists since 1970. Occupying an entire city block at the western edge of the West Village\, it also comprises commercial spaces\, artist studios and a gallery where residents show their work. Rents typically run from around $900 for a studio apartment to $1\,400 for a three-bedroom. Many notable artists and performers have called it home\, including Robert De Niro Sr.\, Paul Benjamin\, Vin Diesel and Diane Arbus\, who committed suicide there i \n“It eased the pressure of having to make a living\,” said Roger Braimon\, 57\, a painter\, who was still paying off debt from graduate school when he moved into Westbeth. Mr. Braimon first applied to join the community in 1995\, but didn’t get a spot until 2009. “There was always this belief that Westbeth was this utopia of artists\, and living in New York was so amazing\, but the affordability is looming\,” he said. \nThe wait list to get an apartment at Westbeth is notorious\, with more than 460 people currently eager to snag a spot. Many residents never leave\, making vacancies especially rare. (The wait list is currently closed\, having last been open in 2019.) \nBut if the community is utopian\, the structure itself less so. Elevators frequently get stuck and are unreliable. The roof has been leaking intensely. The wooden window frames have been deteriorating. To address these issues and future-proof the building\, the complex is undergoing its first major renovation since it opened 55 years ago. In October\, work began on an $84 million overhaul\, which will also include facade work and the addition of a green roof. And 32 apartments\, which have been void of tenants and left in disrepair\, will be gut renovated\, making room for some lucky artists to get off the wait list. \n‘Nobody Wanted to Move Here’ \n\nFrom 1898 to 1966\, the site was home to Bell Laboratories\, the company that created the technology behind talking movies and the transistor. It was then redeveloped into the artists’ sanctuary\, with renovations by the architect Richard Meier and funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. The project\, which The Times reported cost $13 million\, gained the support of several prominent New Yorkers\, including the urban activist Jane Jacobs and the mayor at the time\, John V. Lindsay. \n \nBut attracting residents in the beginning was somewhat of a struggle. “Nobody wanted to move here. It was in a totally out-of-the-way area\,” said Christina Maile\, an 80-year-old visual artist who had been living on the Lower East Side before being accepted to join Westbeth as a resident in 1970.\nThe neighborhood seemed “extremely quiet and kind of boring\,” she said. But the rent\, around $165 for a two-bedroom\, and the nearby meat market persuaded her. Ms. Maile has been at Westbeth ever since\, raising two children there along the way. In those early days\, she recalled\, a group of mothers got together to create a rotating day care: “We all took care of each other’s kids so that the parents could do their art.” \n\nThe community also took Ms. Maile’s career in unpredictable directions. When residents formed a feminist playwriting group\, she joined and became interested in stage design\, inspiring her to practice as a landscape architect. And more recently\, after she wandered around one of the buildings and discovered that the printmaking studio was empty\, she took up printmaking. “The maintenance man probably forgot to lock it\,” she said. “There was all this equipment — paper\, inks — covered in dust. It was so amazing.” \nThe collaborative lifestyle took intentional effort to foster. There were aspects of the complex’s design that weren’t conducive to community building\, Ms. Maile said\, like its long hallways. “There’s a lot of places that actually don’t encourage people to be communal\,” she said. “The community wasn’t born right out of the sky.” \n\nToday\, much of Westbeth is unchanged from its early days\, and several of the original tenants\, like Ms. Maile\, remain. But what has notably changed is the demand to live there. Not anyone can join the wait list — you have to be a practicing artist and submit an essay about your work\, and your income must fall below a limit. In 2019\, the limits ranged from $69\,445 for a one-person household to $114\,950 for a six-person household. To keep your spot on the list\, you have to submit your tax returns and other documentation every year. \n“I kept dreaming of it and reapplying every year\,” said Mr. Braimon\, who got his 550-square-foot studio apartment after nearly 15 years on the wait list. \n\nOver the years\, Westbeth has endured disasters both natural and man-made. In the 1980s\, the community was $2.4 million behind on its mortgage\, prompting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to threaten foreclosure. And even back then it was in poor shape: As the Times reported in 1989\, “the building has deteriorated\, the rents have more than quadrupled\, and the tenants have not always been on friendly terms.”Then in 2012\, Hurricane Sandy “walloped” the complex\, said Peter Madden\, the executive director of the nonprofit that runs Westbeth. The devastating storm caused a flood in the basement that nearly reached the ceiling and destroyed decades’ worth of residents’ artwork. Of course\, the regular wear and tear that comes with being an artists’ colony has also taken its toll. \n“A lot of tenants are just so rough on the building\, like dragging stuff\, giant wood frames on a cart\, and they smack it against a wall and rip up metal\,” said Mr. Braimon. “It’s just terrible.” \nLead\, Asbestos and Flooding\n\n\nSome tenants say the renovations are long overdue\, and for some of the older residents\, the updates are especially necessary. But because of the complex’s landmark status\, needed work has been stalled in the past. The community is now trudging forward\, and must get approval from the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission for many of the changes\, making them costlier and more time-consuming. \nThe entire project is expected to be complete by 2028. Funding is coming from a mix of public and private sources\, including grants from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation\, the National Park Service and New York State\, as well as tax credits.\nThere are 684 wood-framed windows being replaced — to fit the original design\, they have to be custom-ordered\, Mr. Madden said. Each window\, made of solid mahogany\, costs over $20\,000. On the facade\, “we have this very distinctive yellowish brick\,” Mr. Madden said. Each one that needs to be replaced must also be custom fabricated. \nAnd perhaps to the dismay of those who’ve been eager to snag a unit\, dozens of apartments have been sitting empty of tenants. “Frequently\, our vacancies are due to the tenants passing away\,” Mr. Madden said. “When somebody has lived in an apartment since 1972\, we have to do a gut renovation\, we have to address lead paint and asbestos.” This overhaul has finally allowed for the budget to make those updates\, he added. \n\nAfter Hurricane Sandy\, a black line was painted in the basement to mark how high the floodwaters had reached. “It’s a constant reminder of how vulnerable the building is\,” said Ms. Maile. Features of the project are aimed at weatherproofing for the future\, including the installation of a green roof\, which means that Westbeth will get a canopy of vegetation. Rainwater will be “absorbed by the green roof and then will slowly go down the roof drains into the sewer\,” Mr. Madden explained. \nFor Ms. Maile\, the renovation is about more than just improving day-to-day life at Westbeth in the present. She hopes that it will “allow the building to exist into the next century\, so that people can still afford to be artists and live in New York.” \nFor link to this article\, click Here URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-gets-a-much-needed-and-pricey-overhaul/ LOCATION:NY Times CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-03-at-12.24.19 PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250131T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250131T210000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250108T215340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T025619Z UID:10000706-1738350000-1738357200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS: Joan Hall\, Ethan Mass\, Karen Santry DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Friday January 31\, 2025\nat 7PM \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY\nFree \nJoan Hall Westbeth Artist Page\nKaren Santry Westbeth artist page\nEthan Mass Website URL:https://westbeth.org/event/get-to-know-your-neighbors-2/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GET-TO-SQ-KNOW-YOUR-NEGIHBORS-copy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250108T220742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T030021Z UID:10000707-1738263600-1738269000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: The Conversation DESCRIPTION:For more info about the movie\, click image January 30\, 2025\nat 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY \nFor More info about the movie\, click the image URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-the-conversation/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Westbeth-Movie-Night-Conversation-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T210000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250108T222719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250120T175445Z UID:10000708-1737054000-1737061200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:DRAG BINGO 2025 DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nWhen: Thursday January 16\, 2025\nSeating: Limited to 75 persons. First come first served. \nTime: 7pm – 9pm \nPrice: FREE! and Bingo supplies provided. \nPaige performs show-stopping musical numbers along with her hilariously improvised Bingo games with fabulous prizes\, surprises\, mayhem and more! \nWhere: Westbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\, NYC \nAbout Paige Turner\nNYC’s most recognizable names in drag “Showbiz Spitfire” PAIGE TURNER! Known as the love child of Barbie & Pee Wee Herman\, This 2-time Glam Award winner tours internationally in her All -Live Sung one woman shows. She is a headliner for OUTBOUND TRAVEL and has a summer residency in Provincetown at the acclaimed Post Office Café & Cabaret. Paige coined the phrase Slurp! which was NYC’s longest running drag show for 9.5 years. She was an original cast member of the reality show Shade: QUEENS OF NYC\, on the Fusion Network and has been featured numerous times on WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE! With Andy Cohen On Bravo\, even portraying Mary Poppins for Dame Julie Andrews! Most recently she guest starred on Law and Order in a Drag Story Hour related episode.\nwww.paigeturnernyc.com\n“Paige Turner is the ultimate theater queen and always gets everyone to sing along.”\nTHE NEW YORK TIMES URL:https://westbeth.org/event/drag-bingo-with-paige-turner/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-DRAG-BINGO_SQ-REV-ad-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20241224T000239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250116T163001Z UID:10000698-1736967600-1736971200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Andrea Mihok "Gytha" Book Launch DESCRIPTION:Click image to enlarge \nJanuary 15\, 2025 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nClick image for more info about book \nAndrea Mihok lives here with her Ragamuffin cat—Gytha. She continues to research early English history and has begun work on a second book. She is also a serious student of the piano. She has three children and four grandchildren and looks forward to their frequent visits. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/andrea-mihok-gytha-book-launch/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Andrea-Mihok-Glytha-SQ-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250114T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250114T210000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20250107T135613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250115T022829Z UID:10000705-1736877600-1736888400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Fix-It Night With the Fixers Collective Special Guest David Rafael of David's Shoe and Watch DESCRIPTION:Tues January 14\, 2025\n6pm – 9pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\n(enter through courtyard)\nNew York NY\n$5 per item suggested donation \nBring Your Own Parts \n Sign Up for a Fix: Westbethconservation@gmail.com \nFIX-IT NIGHT is back! The first fixing session of 2025.\nWe can’t fix the future but for your furniture\, small appliances\, electronics\, jewelry\, clothing\, ceramics and pottery\, toys and more\, we are here and NOW! $5 per item. Please email WestsbethConservation@gmail.com to book a spot.\nInclude a description of your item\, what’s wrong (if you know) and the time you’d like to come. Appointments are on the :10s\, :30s and :50s beginning at 6:10pm. \nSPECIAL GUEST David Rafael of Greenwich Village’s David’s Shoe and Watch Repair will be among the repair gurus at our Fix-It Night on January 14th! Bring your flappy soles\, your broken heels and your slow-running timepieces to place in his expert hands! \nAlso! Cord Clearout! Bring those old wires\, cubes\, cords\, fobs and adapters for our Stray Cable Table! It’s time to let that junk go. Bring a cord. Swap it for the one you need. AirPods without partners? Bring ’em\, too. Those unadopted are headed to electronics heaven in the DSNY e-waste bin. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/fix-it-night-with-the-fixers-collective/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Fix-it-Night-Jan-14-DAVIDSQ-REV-REV-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250112T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250112T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T051150 CREATED:20241202T014636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T013905Z UID:10000686-1736676000-1736694000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Joan Hall Collage Workshop DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Sunday January 12\, 2025 10am – 3pm\nFree \nMaterials provided\, bring scissors \nLimited to 20 people\nReserve early at\nJHCollage@gmail.com \nJoan Hall is a pioneer in the field of collage and assemblage illustration. Her work has appeared on covers of Time magazine and in The New York Times and numerous other publications.\nHall’s collages and assemblages have been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide\, including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City. She was commissioned by the American Cultural Center to lecture\, exhibit\, and conduct workshops in France\, India\, Brazil\, and most recently lectured at The National Arts Club in New York City. \nJoan Hall :\n Profiles in Art Interview\n Westbeth Artist Page URL:https://westbeth.org/event/joan-hall-collage-workshop-3/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/JOAN-HALL-COLLAGE-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR