BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Westbeth - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Westbeth 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:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241228T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241106T040600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T161145Z UID:10000676-1732366800-1735408800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Visual Artists Winter Show 2024 DESCRIPTION:Westbeth Gallery is OPEN on Thanksgiving Day \nShow Dates: Nov 23 – Dec 28\, 2024\nWed- Sun 1pm – 6pm \nCelebrated the recent work of of 100 Westbeth Visual Artists in photography\, fine art prints\, sculpture\, multi-media\, painting\, and installation. \nPhotos of Opening Night\nClick image to start slide show URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WinterShow-SUE-THISEdited2_Online_1080_2024.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241113T234249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241117T230916Z UID:10000681-1732302000-1732302000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get To Know Your NeighborsJonathan Bauch\, Pele Bauch\, Lilly Rivlin CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Friday Nov 22\, 2024 at 7pm \nWestbeth Communioty Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nGet to Know Your Neighbors is a free monthly program which showcases the work of Westbeth artist residents. It is produced by Westbeth Artists Residents Council\, and hosted by Robert Bunkin\, artist and curator. \nJonathan Bauch sculptor Jis a New York City native\, who began his artistic career as an abstract painter\, graduating from Parsons School of Design and later studying at NYU and SVA. Following his need for more interaction and movement in his work\, his artistic focus evolved from painting to sculpture in the late 1960s. He worked with different sculptural materials\, such as wire mesh\, plaster and aluminum until 1996\, when he began working in steel and found a comfort in the medium and a freedom in both technique and composition he had not previously experienced. \nPele Bauch is an interdisciplinary choreographer who weaves dance\, theater\, and installation design into unique performances. Bauch’s work has been selected for presentation at many New York venues. She has received residencies from The Joyce Theater Foundation; Dance Theater Workshop; Chocolate Factory; and 92Y Harkness Dance Center. Funders include the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; Brooklyn Arts Council; and Harkness Foundation for Dance. Trained as a modern dancer\, Bauch draws from additional studies in fine arts\, Oli (Hawaiian Chant)\, and Hula\, as well as from her Hapa Haole Kanaka Maoli (multi-racial Native Hawaiian) heritage. \nLilly Rivlin is an American- Israeli journalist\, writer\, and filmmaker in the genre of documentary/ political films on women’s issue. Here many films include: “Esther Broner: A Weave Of Women”\, (2013). In 1975 Esther Broner and Naomi Nimrod wrote the first Women’s Haggadah\, leading the way for modern Jewish feminism. For the next 36 years\, Esther Broner led the Feminist Seder in NYC with a core group of women. This film documents the evolution of the Jewish feminism through the Feminist Seder; “Grace Paley: Collected Shorts”\, (2010) is an intimate portrait of writer\, activist and New York icon Grace Paley (1922-2007)\, whose frank and brilliant stories celebrating the authentic\, daily lives of women are classics of American literature;Can You Hear Me? Israeli And Palestinian Women Fight For Peace (2006)\,[4] narrated by Debra Winger\, depicts the true realities of women who seek peace and change; :Gimme a Kiss” (2000)- Screened at the 2001 Jerusalem Film Festival.[5] A 38-minute film\, which raises issues about the destructive power of family secrets. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0233.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T210000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241103T003916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241124T222017Z UID:10000673-1732042800-1732050000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:W B Yeats Reading: "Pot of Broth" with Terence Burk\, Beth Griffith\, Joel Rooks. Presented by Alison Armstrong DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Tuesday Nov 19\, 2024 at 7pm \nFREE \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nPainting on Home Page by Jack Yeats \nWith Terence Buck\, Beth Griffith\, and Joel Rooks\nMusic by Sean O Riada\nPresented by Alison Armstrong \nTerence Burk TV credits include “Americas Most Wanted” “Third Watch” (Walsh) and “Law And Order” episodes: “C.O.D”.as Murray K.\, “Performance” as Mr. Marx. Besides acting\, also a playwright and novelist. His play “The Flower Palace\,” written while a member of City Rep. Theatre Co.\, was first performed in a reading two nights at Westbeth Theatre with the great Kate Reid and Helen Gallagher. He also toured the city in “The Marriage Proposal” by Chekhov\, for City Rep. and also toured twice with Brian Bedford with his one man Shakespeare show as Stage Manager at several universities in Canada and the U.S.\nBurk is currently working on a new novel as well as a screenplay for his first novel\, “Cast Iron Kate.” Westbeth Artist Page \nBeth Griffith actor\, musician\, singer has performed and toured extensively. She recently appeared in the 2024 world premier of “Meltdown'” by Toby Armour at Theater for the New City. \nJoel Rooks has worked steadily in theatre\, both on and off Broadway as well as throughout the U.S. and overseas\, in addition to appearing in film and on TV\, he has played a character in Grand Theft Auto V. Among a variety of roles\, Rooks has portrayed an Orthodox man visiting a brothel\, an Israeli intelligence officer\, and Sigmund Freud. And since the mid-2000s\, he has starred as George Burns in the one-man show “Say Goodnight Gracie: The Life\, Laughter and Love of George Burns and Gracie Allen” by Rupert Holmes. Rooks is a member of the faculty at the William Esper Studio and a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre. His most recent appearance was on “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel”.Joel Rooks Interview \nAlison Armstrong’s life time involvement in Irish literature includes authoring\, The Joyce of Cooking (Station Hill Press\, 1986) and a volume of textual scholarship\, “The Herne’s Egg” by W.B. Yeats: The Manuscript Materials (Cornell Univ. Press\, 1993). Her essays and reviews have appeared in A Wake Newslitter\, Irish Literary Supplement\, James Joyce Literary Supplement\, American Arts Quarterly\, etc.; short fiction and poetry have been published in BOMB magazine\, Exquisite Corpse\, James Joyce Broadsheet\, Mid-American Review\, PN Review\, etc. A one act play\, “Ismene\,” – in a projected series of staged monologues — was published in Notre Dame Review (Summer 2009). Her paintings and small sculptures have been widely exhibited since 1980 and are held in many private collections.Spotlight Writers’ Room URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Alison-Broth-Yeats.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241106T021335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241116T014956Z UID:10000674-1731438000-1731438000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Noel Haidu Trio: Live at Westbeth House Concert II with Gervis Myles and Tony Leone DESCRIPTION:Tues Nov 12\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth \nFor info email: noahhaidu@gmail.com . Include “11/12” and the number of reservations in the subject line. \nFree \nJazz pianist and composer Noah Haidu combines modernism\, soul\, and swing to create what the Wall Street Journal has described as “his own compelling brand of pianism.”\nNoah started classical piano at age 6\, spurred on initially by fear of his vindictive piano teacher. Falling in love with Jazz at age 20\, the young pianist moved to NYC\, supporting himself as a waiter until he was fired for breaking one too many dishes.\nAfter paying his dues as a freelancer for many years\, Noah has lately toured and recorded with icons such as Billy Hart\, Buster Williams\, Lenny White and Steve Wilson. His Sunnyside Records albums garnered millions of streams and reached the top 5 in the JazzWeek radio charts. \nTony Leone: drummer of Little Feat\, George Coleman\, Slide Hampton. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Artists Housing CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/noah-haidu-720593.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T210000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241101T003303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241116T014933Z UID:10000668-1731434400-1731445200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Fix-It Night with the Fixers Collective: Don't Trash It\, Repair It DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nTuesday Nov 12\, 2024 6pm – 9pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nFREE ($5 donation suggested)\nBRING YOUR OWN PARTS \nSIGN UP FOR A FIX (REQUIRED) westbethconservation@gmail.com \nMission Statement:The Westbeth Artists Residents Council’s Conservation Committee promotes sustainability in our West Village community through education\, communication\, and exciting events that support your efforts to reduce\, reuse and recycle. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Carol-SQ-and-Dennis.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241105T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241116T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240722T223902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241117T231038Z UID:10000652-1730804400-1731780000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Flea Market: Our 40th Year of Treasures Collected and Donated by Artists and others. DESCRIPTION:WPIX WEEKEND VIDEO OF FLEA MARKET\nWPIX Weekend Flea Market report\nWPIX VIDEO OF FLEA MARKET\n \nDAILY NEWS COVERAGE “THINGS TO DO IN NY\nNew York Daily News\n7 things to do in NYC this weekend Nov. 8-10 \nby Karu Daniels\, November 7\, 2024 \nHighlights this weekend include City Center’s acclaimed revival of the 1998 Broadway classic “Ragtime” and WBLS’ star-studded 50th Anniversary celebration featuring legendary DJs Marley Marl\, Chuck Chillout and Red Alert. \nPlus\, there are several free events including a children’s book fair\, a flea market and a community health expo. \nShopping\n\n40th Annual Westbeth Flea Market\nWestbeth Basement—55 Bethune St.\, Manhattan (Greenwich Village) \nThrough Nov. 11. 11a.m. – 5 p.m. \nResident artists of the historic Westbeth housing complex produce this annual fundraiser event peddling one-of-a-kind created or collected items. Proceeds benefit Westbeth’s beautification committee. \n“We value the opportunity to recycle things that may otherwise end up in landfills and to donate in a variety of ways to people in need\,” Westbeth executive director Peter Madden said. “As we are a community of artists we emphasize the funding of projects that support the artistic endeavors of our residents and strengthen Westbeth’s ties to the larger community.” \nFree. Check or cash only for purchases. \nHappy Buyers from Election Day Sale\nMore items and more bargains this coming weekend\nClick image to start slide show:\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 \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\nClick to enlarge \nTues Nov 5\, 2024 Election Day 11am – 6pm\nSat Nov 9\, 2024 11am – 5pm\nSun Nov 10\, 2024 11am – 5pm\nMon Nov 11\, 2024 11am – 5pm Veterans’ Day \n55 Bethune Street\nBasement\nElevator or Stairs\nNew York\, NY \nCash or Check only. \nThe Westbeth Flea Market was founded in 1984 by the Westbeth Beautification Committee. Its mission remains the same today:\nThe Westbeth Beautification Committee was created and continues to exist in order to enhance the physical appearance of Westbeth and to fund projects that improve the quality of life for its residents. We value the opportunity to recycle things that may otherwise end up in landfills and to donate in a variety of ways to people in need.\n As we are a community of artists we emphasize the funding of projects that support the artistic endeavors of our residents and strengthen Westbeth’s ties to the larger community. \nMore about the Flea Market HERE \nPreview of Flea Market Items\nClick image to start slide show\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 \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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Here is a video of last year’s November sale from News 1: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Basement CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BAG-SALE-KAREN-S-NOV-2024jpg.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Westbeth Beautification Committee":MAILTO:westbethfleamarket@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241103T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241103T160000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241031T013637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241106T023323Z UID:10000667-1730646000-1730649600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Raguel Gabriel and Jeffrey MIddleton: Absence : French Melodies in Recital DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Sunday Nov 3\, 2024 at 3:00pm\nDoors Open 2:30pm \nRenee Weiller Concert Hall\nGreenwich House\n46 Barrow St\nNew York\, NY \nContribution $20 \nAbout Raguel Gabriel\nRaguel is a Trinidadian tenor and actor. He studied classical voice and music for many years in his homeland at The Key Academy of Music and Alfred Wallace’s School of Music. As actor he trained at LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting (NYC) where he graduated from the three-year professional conservatory. Operatic roles performed include Tamino in Die Zauberflote (Mozart)\, Hoffmann in Les contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach)\, Alfred in Die Fledermaus (Strauss II) and Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas (Purcell). He also interpreted musical theater roles including Tony in West Side Story and Marius in (the Caribbean premiere of) Les Miserables. NYC acting credits include Antonio in The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare)\, Sorin in The Seagull (Chekov) and the title role in Othello (Shakespeare). In 2021 Raguel successfully launched RTG productions with a multi camera internationally live streamed performance of Franz Schubert’s entire ‘Schwanengesang’\, from Merkin Hall in NYC. Recent awards include the Gold Prize with the 2023 World Classical Music Awards (Season 2) and 2nd prize at the Sinfonietta Bel Canto Orchestra’s 2022 Vocal Competition in Chicago. He also won at the CS Music Vocal Competition (Chicago 2022)\, Marker and Pioneer International Competition (LA 2022) and is a past double category winner (Operatic and Musical) at Trinidad and Tobago’s prestigious Music Festival. Following his 2023 recital ‘Night and Dreams’ he returns to Greenwich House NYC this fall with ‘Absence’ a recital of French melodies. Raguel is currently based in New York City. For RSVP and more info:raguelgabriel.com\n@ragueltgabriel (Insta)For RSVP and more info:Raguelgabriel.com\n@raguelgabriel \nAbout Jeffrey Middleton\nPianist Jeffrey Middleton graduated from the Juilliard School and received his Doctor of Musical Arts from The Yale School of Music. His career has included chamber music\, vocal coaching and accompanying\, solo performances\, and teaching. Middleton’s debut recital at the Weill Hall at the prestigious Carnegie Hall was presented by Artists International Inc. In addition to the music of J.S. Bach\, he has a special interest in the music of living composers and has recorded piano music of Joseph Fennimore and chamber music of George Walker. He has toured Taiwan\, Switzerland and South Africa among other countries. In 2021 Middleton received the Mae L. Wien Faculty Award for distinguished service from the School of American Ballet\, where he retired after thirty-six years on the Faculty. Since meeting composer Joseph Fennimore in the mid 1980’s\, Mr. Middleton has been studying and performing his music. In addition to Cathay and Twenty Four Romances for Solo Piano\, he has directed a production of Fennimore’s Eventide\, a three-character opera adapted from a text by James Purdy\, at the Harlem School of the Arts. He also performed Molinos de Viento\, a piano trio based on Hispanic themes\, and many other works. He also worked for more than 20 years as vocal coach/accompanist for Betty Allen’s Master Voice Class at the Harlem School of the Arts. Last year with his fourth album for Albany Records “Jeffrey Middleton plays Fennimore and Debussy” he recorded two works by Joseph Fennimore and Debussy’s Douze Études. He looks forward to the upcoming digital re-release of his acclaimed recordings of Bach’s The Well Tempered Clavier Book 2. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Greenwich House 46 Barrow St NYC\, 27 Barrow Street\, NY\, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jeffrey-SQ-Middleton-with-Rqguel.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241102T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241102T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241023T001826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241103T000120Z UID:10000665-1730574000-1730579400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Alien DESCRIPTION:Saturday Nov 2\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nClick Image of info about the film URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Westbeth-Movie-Night-Alien-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241102T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241102T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241002T194335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241103T000102Z UID:10000658-1730541600-1730559600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Joan Hall Collage Workshop Free DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Saturday Nov 2\, 2024 10 am – 3pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nSpace is limited: Contact Joan Hall at JHCollage@gmail.com \nNative New Yorker Joan 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.Hall’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 Westbeth Artist Page URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Joan-Hall-Collage-Nov-2024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241024T220700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241107T015038Z UID:10000666-1730487600-1730493000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Music: Ken Wade Singing the Songs We Love with Marc Jacoby and Bob Malenky DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nFriday Nov 1\, 2024 at 7 pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nThe evening will include three shared sets with Ken Wade\, Marc Jacoby and Bob Malenky\, Singing the Songs They Love.\nExpect some stories and feel free to sing along. \nTraditional blues and American folk classics \nKen Wade\, see https://westbeth.org/artist-page/ken-wade/ \nBob Malenky is a dazzling eclectic performer\, concentrating on the blues but at home with union songs\, Woody Guthrie’s work\, traditional folk and music hall songs. He plays exceptional guitar as learned from\, among others\, his blues idols Muddy Waters and Lightnin’ Hopkins. \nHe has recorded and toured with the legendary harmonica player Sonny Terry. He has worked with recording artist Charles Walker and recorded for Spivey Records with legendary singer and pianist Roosevelt Sykes. He plays at clubs\, coffee houses\, and festivals in this country as well as in Europe (mostly Britain). He has taught courses in world folk music at City College and is a regular host and performer on WBAI Folk Radio. \nThere is a chapter about him and his experiences in New York City Blues\, edited by John Broven \nMarc Jacoby\, https://westbeth.org/artist-page/marc-jacoby/ and www.marcthemusicman.com URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FirstFriday_KenWade_web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250101 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240701T235508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250104T184706Z UID:10000671-1730419200-1735689599@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Apply Now for WESTFEST 2025: The 15th Year of the Annual Dance Festival DESCRIPTION:Home Page Photo:The Journey Project for Dance/Wendy Ann Powell\nPhotography by Steven Pisano URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Artists Housing CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/westfest-2025.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T210000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241004T012806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T000425Z UID:10000653-1730230200-1730235600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Swift & Yeats A dialogueReaders Joel Rooks and Sean Gormley Referee Alison Armstrong Presenter: Andrew McGowan DESCRIPTION:Tues Oct 29\, 2024 at 7:30 – 9pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ALISON-SQ-ARMSTRONG-SWIFT-WBY-Dialogue.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241025T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241025T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241004T184305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T210016Z UID:10000662-1729882800-1729886400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get to Know Your Neighbors: Arnold Hinton\, Mei-Yin Ng\, and Siaka Hinton DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Friday Oct 25\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Commuity Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nArnold Hinton’s photography focuses on social justice and humanity\, drawing parallels between the racism and oppression experienced by Jews in concentration camps to the experience of African Americans. He visited concentration camps in Berlin and Vienna. “In America if you were Black\, you were a slave\, you picked cotton and sugar cane and that was it\,” said Arnold. “But to see how the Germans built these camps/houses with sinks and toilets and wash basins for people that you were going to annihilate– to me\, it made no logical sense.” Despite facing his own share of systemic barriers and societal prejudices\, his work conveys a sense of activism and empathy\, calling for a dialogue that bridges the past to the present. \nMei-Yin Ng Focusing initially on modern movement as inner being\, Ng’s work continues to evolve with the possibilities of contemporary technologies. Her extensive prop training in Chinese dance inspired her to meditate on the use of props\, and later technology\, as an extension of the human form. She founded MEI-BE WHATever in 2002 as a collective field for collaboration and experimentation of technology in just this vein. MEI-BE WHATever has performed at festivals\, museums and theatres in US\, Asia\, Europe\, North and south America. \nSiaka Hinton “My screenplays\, in sum\, nurture characters\, birthed by phenomena and landscapes\, which I absorb each day. Because of my fervor and devotion to heart and spine of each story\, I feel them vividly\, which is what motivated me to create in school\, and will continue to drive me\, like a trusted collaborative hand\, tending to the life and soul of every creation.” URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GET-TO-KNOW-SQ-NEIGHBORS_OCTv122.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241111 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240810T121212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T163031Z UID:10000580-1729814400-1731283199@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Global Art Project: CrossingBorders We Are All Immigrants DESCRIPTION:NEW PHOTOS OF EXHIBITON\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 \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\nClick o enlarge \nOctober 25th -November 10th\, 2024\nOpening Reception\nFriday October 25th 6-8pm \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street at Washington\nNew York City \nExhibition Hours\nWednesday – Sunday\n1-6pm and by appointment\n\nCurators: Carl Heyward\, Akiko Suzuki\, Mikel Frank\, Joanne Rogers \n \n Inspirational 89 Art Magazine features a profusely illustrated article on the exhibition. GLOBAL ART BORDERS #inspirational 89 – GAP feature \n \nClick to enlarge \nCrossingBorders: WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS\nAn exhibition of works by members of Global Art Project\, an international multimedia collaborative collective with over 90 members operating in 19 different countries.\nExhibition Concept: \nThe Borders are wide\, various\, concrete and philosophical\, offering an illusion of safety and definitive organization of reality buttressed by or colliding with the shifts in perception\, power alignments\, cultural imperatives and agendas at play at any given moment both on the international and the personal\, subjective stage.\nBorders as a theme not defined\, but implied. The obvious way to look at Borders is as it relates to geographic demarcation and via socio-political implications\,however\, the artists in this exhibition take it one step further examining Borders that confound and limit us personally; Borders to be psychologically challenged\, broken through and/or accepted.\nCrossingBorders: WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS poses the question\, “Where can we find a safe haven?”\nWith immigration looming large as a hot button item politically\, polarizing as well as unifying\, this exhibition will touch demonstrate the many ways artists create works that deal with this question. From the lack of compassion to international and jurisdictional walls being built\, the exhibiting artists dive deeply into depictions of ethnocentric responses and unreasonable blockages to the ever present desperation of immigrants trying to find a home/country they can feel safe in when they do not feel safe in their own. \nIn photographs\, paintings\, monumental sculptures\, installations and performance CrossingBorders offers insight into concerns ranging from gender transformation\, the Atlantic slave trade\, the DNA of consolodation as well as the immigrant at the border\, on the shore welcomed or washed out.\nThe Westbeth exhibition is curated by artist Carl Heyward and GAP founding member Akiko Suzuki. \nClick to enlarge \n*CrossingBorders travels to Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery in Charlotte\, NC with artist Mikel Frank and VAPA co-founder and director of the gallery Joanne Rogers joining the curatorial team November 16\, 2024 -January 4th\, 2025.*\n“What Borders are you willing to cross?”\nAdditional info/photos/interviews upon request: \nartspeak2020@yahoo.com\nGLOBAL ART PROJECT \nhttps://www.instagram.com/globalartproject/\nhttps://globartproject.wixsite.com/globalartproject-art\nShow Preview\nClick image for slide show URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:Current,past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GLOBAL-SQ-ART-PROJET-SIGN-CROSSING-FLYER-LOGO-BORDERS_Mesa-de-trabajo-1-copia-2.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241014T193823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241025T012158Z UID:10000664-1729798200-1729801800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Noah Haidu Trio : NYC House Concert Featuring Nasheet Waits and Gervis Myles DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nJoin Noah’s trio for a free Westbeth house concert 10/24 at 7:30PM.\n Additional house party shows: 11/12\, 12/3\, 1/7\, 2/4\, 3/4 \nSend RSVP/details requests with ’10/24′ in the subject line: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Noah-Haidu-Gervais-and-Nasheet.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241019T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241020T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240722T224018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T235358Z UID:10000663-1729342800-1729447200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Open House New York at Westbeth: Guided History Tours; Open Artists Studios; Art & Craft Fair plus Exhibitions about Jazz\, Actors plus Affordable Art DESCRIPTION:CLICK TO ENLARGE \nSaturday Oct 19\, 2024 1pm – 56pm\nSunday Oct 20\, 2024\, 1pm – 5pm \nGUIDED HISTORICAL TOURS (capacity 20) will be offered on a rolling basis from 1pm to 4pm\, covering the history of both Bell Laboratories and Westbeth Artists Housing\, along with the vital role that Westbeth plays for artists today and will play in the future. Tours will meet at 155 Bank Street beginning at 1PM\nOct 19 2pm tour in Chinese\nOct 20 2pm tour in Spanish \nEXPLORE DOZENS OF WESTBETH ARTIST STUDIOS Studios will be open for drop-in visits from 2pm to 6pm. Meet the artists in their work spaces. Visits are self guided. Travel at your own pace. Studios are open 2p – 5pm. Artists will be selling their work. Studio roster in Westbeth Courtyard at 155 ank St. \nAFFORDABLE ART in Wesbeth Basement. Original work by Westbeth artists\, past and present\, donated to support Westbeth. 1pm – 5pm \nOPEN ART & VINTAGE MARKET Self-guided shopping featuring unique artwork\, crafts\, vintage wears and more. With LIve Music in the Courtyard. Vendors open 1pm – 5pm \nEXHIBITION “WITHIN THESE WALLS – JAZZ AT WESTBETH”. A new installation at Bethune St Lobby celebrating the lives and contributions of Jazz musicians who once lived or still live at Westbeth. 24/7 \nEXHIBITION “UP CLOSE FROM AFAR” The current exhibiton at Westbeth Gallery The group show explores eclectic artistic perspectives on our contemporary moment in the West.\nThrough an array of mediums\, including drawing\, painting\, sculpture and installation\, artists from Asia\, Europe and from within the United States\, offer detailed views\, up close and afar\, from their multicultural perspectives on contemporary existentialism. 1pm – 6pm \nEXHIBITON “A SAMPLING OF ACTORS” . An installation at the Inner Cvourtyard entrance of Westbeth actors – film\, TV and theater\, their lives and accoplishments.24/7 \n \n \nFor moe information westbethevents@gmail.com \nFor moe info about OPENHOUSE NEW YORK Click image below URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Artists Housing CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/OHNY_MKT_2024_FIN_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240723T172006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T235430Z UID:10000657-1728982800-1729004400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Community Partner Whitney Museum Older Adults Day DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Tuesday Oct 15\, 2024\n9:30am – 3:00pm\nOpen to older adults 50+ \nMore Info at : Whitney Museum Older Adults Day \n“Museum Lobby\nJoin us for the return of Older Adults Day at the Whitney! Older adults are invited to visit the Museum during special hours open only to them and enjoy special programming. \nThe day kicks off with a welcome breakfast from 9:30–10:30 am co-sponsored by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine\, Congressman Dan Goldman\, Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal\, Assembly Member Deborah Glick and Council Member Erik Bottcher. Join your neighbors for a light buffet breakfast before exploring the Museum. Breakfast is free but advance registration is requested. Register today online here. \nDuring this event attendees are invited to explore the Museum’s galleries on their own or participate in a free guided tour of the groundbreaking Edges of Ailey exhibition. In addition\, guests are invited to enjoy exploring Survival Piece #5: Portable Orchard and ask Whitney Museum experts about the trees. \nThis day will also feature drop-in artmaking and a special Alvin Ailey Dance Class: AileyDance for Active Aging from 11 am–12 pm. Join us for dance and conversation and learn about Alvin Ailey’s masterwork Revelations. \nREGISTER FOR THE ACTIVE AGING DANCE CLASS HERE \nProject CART Free Transportation services available at the following locations and times: \nMorning pick-up: \n9 am: Loisaida\, Inc. 710 E 9 Street. New York\, NY 10009\n9 am: Greenwich House (Westbeth). 55 Bethune St\n9 am: Greenwich House (Washington Square). 20 Washington St N\n9 am: Penn South for Seniors. 290 9th Ave\n9:30 am: Hudson Guild. Elliot Center is 441 W 26th St \nMorning Whitney Departure: \n12:15 pm: Loisaida\, Inc. 710 E 9 Street. New York\, NY 10009.\n12:15 pm: Greenwich House (Westbeth). 55 Bethune St\n12:15 pm: Greenwich House (Washington Square). 20 Washington St N\n12:15 pm: Penn South for Seniors. 290 9th Ave\n12:45 pm: Hudson Guild. Elliot Center is 441 W 26th St \nAfternoon pick-up: \n1 pm: Loisaida\, Inc. 710 E 9 Street. New York\, NY 10009\n1 pm: Greenwich House (Washington Square). 20 Washington St N\n1 pm: Penn South for Seniors. 290 9th Ave\n1:30 pm: Hudson Guild. Elliot Center is 441 W 26th St \nAfternoon Whitney Departure:\n3 pm for all locations except for Greenwich House (Westbeth) \nWe look forward to seeing you there! “ URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York\, NY CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/WHINE-Y-OLDER-ADULTS-DAY-copy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241013T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241013T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240807T204946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T174612Z UID:10000576-1728844200-1728847800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Westbeth DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \n \n Sunday Sept 15\, 2024 at 6:30pm\nand\nSunday Oct 13\, 2024 at 6:30pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNYC \nFree to Westbeth Residents\nTicket Information\nOct 13\, 2024 Eventbrite \nCelebrate Hispanic Heritage Month @ Westbeth Artist Housing with the sounds of the Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet feat. dancers Mariana Parma & Leonardo Sardella \nPedro Giraudo Tango Quartet\nNick Danielson\, violin\nLoic Cordeone Da Silva\, bandoneón\nAhmed Alom\, piano\nPedro Giraudo\, bass\nDancers\nMariana Parma & Leonardo Sardella \nHispanic Heritage Month @ Westbeth Artists Housing is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement\, a regrant program supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by LMCC. \nDon’t miss out! Check out the following months performances \nThu\, September 5th\, Viva Tango\, 8pm\nSun\, September 15th\, Hispanic Heritage Month @ Westbeth 6:30pm\nSun\, September 29th\, Dutch Kills Debbies\, 7pm\nSun\, October 13th\, Hispanic Heritage Month @ Westbeth 6:30pm\nSat\, November 9th\, Album Release Concert\, 7:30pm\nMon\, November 18th\, Guggenheim Museum\, 7pm\nSat\, November 23th\, Albany Tango Society TBA\, 8pm \nHere’s “Chicharrita\,” a joyful piece we performed at the Chamber Music Raleigh last summer URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Pedro-Giraudo-Tango-SQ_Westbeth_October_IG_Feed.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241011T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241011T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241005T215750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T000036Z UID:10000660-1728673200-1728678600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Jodorowsky's Dune DESCRIPTION:Friday June 11\, 2024\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nClick image for info about film URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Westbeth-MOvie-Night-SQ-Jodorosky-DUNE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241006T172853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241009T173352Z UID:10000649-1728414000-1728419400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Stories Around the Table: Coming and Going with Karen Ludwig\, Nancy Gabor\, Joyce Aaron\, Joan Hall\, Dawn D'Arcy and Diane Spodarek DESCRIPTION:Tuesday October 8\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nSTORIES AROUND THE TABLE began many years ago as a Word of Mouth project by Karen Ludwig for actors and writers. Over the years and under her guidance it has evolved into a literary group of women whose stories originate in personal experience and the challenges of that experience. Recently the group began giving annual presentations of their work\, of which this is the 5th or 6th. \nKaren Ludwig’s numerous Broadway credits include Neil Simon’s BROADWAY BOUND\, and THE DEVILS with Anne Bancroft. She appeared in many Off-Broadway performances at The Public Theater and was a member of Andre Gregory’s Manhattan Project. She was in the world premiere of MOONCHILDREN at The Royal Court in London as well as playing Lady McDuff in MACBETH at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.Karen Ludwig produced and directed UTA HAGEN’S ACTING CLASS; a compelling DVD of her incomparable teacher conducting Master Acting Classes UTAHAGENVIDEO.com. Ms. Ludwig has directed plays for the Theater for the New City\, NYU School of the Arts\, Ensemble Studio Theater\, Circle Rep\, and The HB Playwrights. On TV she is a LAW and ORDER veteran and many other shows. She conducted an acclaimed interview series ABOUT THE WORK with prominent theater people at the New School for Drama where she also taught for many years.\nhttp://karenludwig.com/#actor \nJoan Hall Known for her artwork\, Joan Hall’s collages and assemblages havebeen exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide\, including theCentre Georges Pompidou in Paris\, and the Museo Rufino Tamayo inMexico. She is a winner of the Miriam Chaikin Foundation 2018 awardfor her poetry. Joan’s poetry and collage books\, Journey to Somewhere\,Behind My Mind\, and Rhyme Time are available on Amazon. Joan hasbeen a resident of Westbeth since 1971.\nhttps://www.joanhallcollage.com \nDawn D/Arcy is a writer\, actor and musician notably\, as well as relevantly\, having played bass in fellow writer Diane Spodarek’s Detroit punk band The Dangerous Diane Band. She worked at The Actors Studio with director John Stix as well as with actor/director Estelle Parsons on Yeats translation of Oedipus starring Al Pacino and Dianne Wiest. She is the very proud grandma of Etta Rose and is never\, ever unaware of how lucky and grateful she is to write\, co-create and perform with Karen Ludwig and this brilliant group of artists for the past 20+ years. \nDiane Spodarek is a Canadian American writer and a recipient of artist fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. \nNancy Gabor is a director and acting teacher.She directed Joseph Chaikin in ‘The War In Heaven\,’and ‘Struck Dumb\,’ staged readings\, as he was recovering from Aphasia at the American Place Theater. She was an actor in The Open Theater and participated in the creation of ‘The Serpent.’\nAmong her many credits:‘The Three Sisters\,’ at Princeton where she was an associate acting professor. Nancy taught and directed at the Amsterdam Theater School in the Netherlands for twenty years.\nAlong with Paul Binnerts\, she conducts an acting workshop at Westbeth\, ‘You’re Never Too Old To Play.’ URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/STORIES-AROUND-TABLE-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241006 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241107 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20241006T224308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241102T235944Z UID:10000661-1728172800-1730937599@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Joan Hall Rhyme Time Poetry and Collage DESCRIPTION:In her third book of poetry\, Rhyme Time\, Joan Hall pairs an anthology of her poems with original collages. Ranging from lighthearted and funny to heartfelt and introspective\, her words are relatable yet deeply personal. Hall digs deep\, dealing with topics including complicated relationships with family\, the loss of loved ones\, and a changing world. Inspired by the mundane and the extraordinary\, readers are also sure to enjoy her tales of eating bugs and brake failure on the Long Island Expressway alongside her own artwork. \nHaving developed a passion for art and poetry at a young age\, Hall won the Miriam Chaikin Writing Award in 2018 for her poetry. She has previously published two other poetry books\, Behind My Mind and Journey to Somewhere\, and her collages and assemblages have been enjoyed in galleries across the world. \nClick here to buy on Amazon URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Amazon CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Joan-Hall-SQ-Rhyme-Cover-New-copy-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240818T201800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241006T215744Z UID:10000651-1728068400-1728073800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Concert: Roots to Shoots: Michael Moss\, Alexis Marcelo\, Ken Filiano\, Michael Wimberly\, Isamil Baiz\, Andreas Brade DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Michael Moss ROOTS to SHOOTS\nFirst Fridays Concert Series\nOctober 4\, 2024 @ 7:00 pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nFor this performance we are exploring iconic compositions by John Coltrane\, Eric Dolphy\, Bill Evans\, Joe Henderson\, and Charles Mingus. We will also play original pieces by Michael Moss inspired by ethnic music of the Middle East and India. \nMichael Moss:\nReed player/composer Michael Moss has been actively involved in the music scene for many years leading his own musical groups: Bows Ensemble for Strings and Piano\, ROOTS to SHOOTS\, the Accidental Orchestra—a 22-piece renaissance jazz orchestra\, Four Rivers\, and Free Energy. Numerous grants include Meet the Composer\, NYSCA\, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council\, and CREATE Council on the Arts. His record label\, Fourth Stream Records\, has produced multiple LPs\, cassettes\, and CDs including HELIX\, Intervals\, Free Play\, Dream Time\, In Between Gigs\, Pyramid\, Upstream\, Cross Current\, Live at ACIA. Performances and commissions are wide-ranging— Little Island\, Bridge Street Theatre\, Turks and Caicos Arts Foundation\, Isthmus Jazz Festival\, New York Loft Jazz Celebrations\, New York Musicians Festival\, Revelation Gallery\, St John’s in the Village\, Jazzmania\, Studio Rivbea\, Environ\, Joe Lee Wilson’s Ladies Fort\, Central Park Bandshell\, Space For Innovative Development\, Stockton State College\, SUNY at Stony Brook\, and Borough of Manhattan Community College. He curated and performed in Loft in the Sky Jazz Festivals and multiple Westbeth Music Festivals. Collaborations include work with electroacoustic composer James Dashow\, choreographer Judith Moss\, storyteller Regina Ress and playwright Domnica Radulescu. Michael Moss holds a Ph.D. in psychology. \n“Moss’ astute penchant for melding the outside parameters of jazz with imaginative compositions and a wide-ranging improvisational platform delivers the knockout punch.” Glenn Astarita. All About Jazz.\nBANDCAMP: https://michaelmoss.bandcamp.com \nAlexis Marcelo :\nAlexis Marcelo is a pianist with a deep love for music who creates a soulful New York City sound.. He believes in the power of music as a positive and uplifting force. Alexis is always looking to communicate those intimate parts of the soul through music. He instinctively delivers a sound representative of a wide range of influences. \nAlexis has been blessed to receive an extensive musical education at the Harlem School of the Arts when he began studying with JD Parran (AACM). He went on to The University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he studied African-American Music/Jazz Piano Performance as well as composition with world-renowned saxophonist Dr. Yusef Lateef. Alexis has performed nationally and abroad at various festivals and prestigious venues\, including the North Sea Jazz Festival\, Etnafest in Italy and the Detroit Jazz Festival with Yusef Lateef\, Mediawave Festival (Hungary-The Hub)\, Alice Tully Hall and more. Recently Alexis recorded his first album and is featured on recordings with Yusef Lateef\, Adam Rudolph’s Go Orchestra & Moving Pictures\, Mike Pride\, Malcolm Mooney (Can)\, and with the Dance Clarinets in the release of Colorations-Explorations by Joe Daley. He performed Michael Moss’ Qabbala::Entanglement on synthesizer in the Accidental Orchestra as well as with Van Lier Fellow Anaïs Maviel in an electroacoustic large ensemble. \n Alexis Marcelo is a very unique pianist who looks to provide a soulful experience. \nKen Filiano:\nKen Filiano is a bassist\, composer\, improviser\, and teacher who performs around the world\, fusing the rich traditions of the double bass with his own seemingly limitless imagination. A “creative virtuoso” (JazzValley)\, Ken has performed and recorded with a veritable who’s who in multiple genres\, from Anthony Braxton to Pablo Ziegler. Ken leads two quartets\, Quantum Entanglements and Baudolino’s Dilemma\, and is co-leader of The Steve Adams/Ken Filiano Duo and other collective ensembles. He is also an integral member of groups led by Taylor Ho Bynum\, Jason Kao Hwang\, Fay Victor\, Vinny Golia\, Diane Moser\, Karl Berger\, and others\, and was a key member of groups led by the late Roswell Rudd and Connie Crothers. Ken’s extensive discography includes the solo CD\, “Subvenire”(Nine Winds) and Quantum Entanglements’ “Dreams From a Clown Car” (Clean Feed). He is a Guiding Artist and on the Board of Advisors for Creative Music Studio in Woodstock\, NY. \n“What is rare among today’s arco soloists is Filiano’s mixture of absolutely pitch-perfect intonation and precise bowing hand motion alongside an openness of phrasing that is beholden to very few of his predecessors. His staccato is furious\, his legato weeps\, and he is able to alternate within the space of a few measures.” (Charles Walker) \nMichael Wimberly:\nMichael Wimberly\, percussionist\, composer\, educator and producer has performed\, recorded and toured internationally with innovative artists Charles Gayle\, William Parker\, Henry Rollins\, Steve Coleman’s 5 Elements\, Parliament Funkadelic\, D’Angelo\, Blondie\, Angie Stone\, and many others. Michael performed the Lion King on Broadway\, The Wiz at the Beacon Theatre featuring Stephanie Mills\, and Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls” at the American Place Theatre. Sound design projects include; Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” for the\nClassical Theatre of Harlem\, St. Lucy’s Eyes for the Cherry Lane Theatre\, and Shackled\, Iced\, and Chain for the National Black Theatre Company.\nAs a soloist\, Michael’s been featured with Berlin’s Rundfunk Symphony\, Vienna’s Tonkuntsler Symphony\, Leipzig Symphony\, International Regions Symphony Orchestra of Europe\, Yakima Chamber Orchestra\, Yakima\, WA\, and Sage City Symphony\, Bennington\, VT. As a composer Michael’s commissioned dance scores appear in the companies of Urban Bush Women\, Joffrey Ballet\, Alvin Ailey\, Philadanco\, Complexions\, and Forces of Nature Dance Theatre. Film soundtracks include “Atlantic City Lights” for HBO\, and “As An Act Of Protest” an independent feature. Michael has wo published percussion instruction books with Hudson Music Publishing entitled “Getting Started with Djembe”\, and “Getting Started with Cajon”\, and a new album “Afrofuturism” on Temple Mountain Records (TMR) distributed by Universal Music Group / Level Music. Michael is currently a member of the faculty of music at Bennington College in Bennington\, VT since 2012. \nIsmael Baiz:\nIsmael Baiz is a touring and recording artist who resides in New York since 2009. Originally from Caracas\, Venezuela\, Ismael began his music studies at age 5. After a bitter-sweet breakup with the piano\, his interest for percussion sparked while at the Prudencio Esaa music school. Soon enough he began receiving private drum lessons from different teachers who including exceptional classical percussionists Jose Mato\, with whom he studied for 8 years. He began performing professionally at age 14. A short time later he toured his native Venezuela and\, had the opportunity of touring internationally. \nWhen Ismael came to New York he joined The Collective School of Music as a full-time student for 2 years. Following that\, he attended the CCNY Jazz Performance Program. Studying with Ian Froman\, Peter Retzlaff\, Bob Quaranta\, Kim Plainfield\, Vince Cherico\, Marko Djordjevic\, Chris Coleman\, Tim Ries\, Dan Carillo\, Vanderlei Pereira\, and Mike Hollober amongst others helped him refine and develop his sound and vision in music. \nIsmael currently performs nationally and internationally with Blondy\, Yordano\, Monte\, Amine Hachem\, Ali Bello\, The Latino Experimental Project\, just to name a few. Aside from this\, he continues teaching and recording in his state of the art studio. \nIn 2009\, Maelo Drums sprung from Ismael’s rigorous research and dedicated passion towards providing unique designer sounds for unique artists. To learn more about MAELO DRUMS visit: www.maelodrums.com \nWith a cultural melting-pot in his brain\, Ismael is constantly composing original music and arrangements with The Latino Experimental Project\, a musical experiment that mixes his Venezuelan roots\, Afro-Latin and Caribbean styles with a contemporary and improvisational approach. \nAndreas Brade:\nGerman born drummer\, educator and composer Andreas Brade has been a professional drummer for over 30 years. With an open mind he has found himself over the years in many different musical situations\, “the good and the bad” and many lessons learned. Andreas has performed and recorded nationally and internationally with many different Jazz\, African\, Afro Caribbean\, Gospel\, Rock\, R&B\, and Improvisational Artists at venues and festivals such as the Montreal Jazz Fest\, Kennedy Center\, Boston Symphony Hall\, NJPAC\, the Blue Note\, the Apollo Cafe and many more. These days\, Andreas likes to maintain his passion for Jazz\, and different genres of the world\, mainly African and Afro Caribbean styles\, while exploring his own voice. He is also drawn more towards electronica\, art and Improvisational music. \nAndreas has worked for over 20 years as an accompanist for modern dance for schools like the Martha Graham School\, Mark Morris Dance Center\, Paul Taylor\, Alvin Ailey\, Joffery Ballet. \nAs a composer Andreas has worked for Cornfield Dance for 15 years creating sound scores and sound scapes\, using his own samples and manipulating them with electronic effects. His works have been played/performed at venues and festivals such as 92nd Street “Y”\, Bryant Park Summer Stage\, the Battery Park Dance Festival\, the British Museum at Yale\, Baryshnikov Arts Center and the University of Georgia. \nAndreas holds a diploma from Berklee College of Music and a Masters of Modern American Music in Performance from Longy School of Bard College\, and endorses VicFirth and Zildjian Cymbals.\nhttps://westbeth.org/artist-page/andreas-brade/ URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/FIRST-FRIDAYS-WEB-SQ-ROOTS-TO-SHOOTS-MASTER-DOC-copy-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T143000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240904T011902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240930T195720Z UID:10000640-1727614800-1727620200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Penny Jones & Co Puppets presents Classic Tales and Fables Early Childhood Puppet Theater DESCRIPTION:The 51st Year of Early Childhood Puppet Theater! \nSunday Sept 22\, 2024 at 1pm\nSunday Sept 29\, 2024 at 1pm \nClick image for more info about tickets \nClick image for ticket info. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/PENNY-JONES-PUPPETS-NOV-DEC-2016-e1480281877562.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240917T003135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T005829Z UID:10000645-1727463600-1727467200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get To Know Your Neighbor: Jenny Tango\, Ken Wade\, Lilly Rivlin DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Friday Sept 27\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York NY \nJenny Tango’s (b. 1926\, Brooklyn\, NY) most recent show was 100 Women of Spirit – a group exhibition in 2024 dedicated to Joan MItchell at Salon Zurcher.\nAn active participant in the Feminist Art Movement of the 1970s\, she was editor of the Women in the Arts Newsletter. She published an artist’s book\, Women of Chelm\, started a women’s comic book collective\, Bloody Wymmin\, and authored a pictorial history: The Jewish Community of Staten Island. She collaborated with sculptor Susan Grabel on Project Venus\, presenting unabashed images of the aging woman’s body\, from 1999-2001. Her work has been shown in New York City\, Beijing\, Shanghai\, Italy and recently in The Difference We’ve Made: New Work by Women Artists of the 70s at Carter Burden Gallery. \nKen Wade moved into WestBeth Artist Housing on January 1\, 1970 where the artist has lived and worked for 53 years. In Sept 2023 Wade had a solo Selective Retrospective with drawings\, paintings\, and sculptures dating from 1964 to the present qt Westbeth Gallery..\nHe began making art in the early 1960s while living on the Island state of Tasmania; 125 miles off the SE coast of Australia. His first American exhibition (1968) was at the Corcoran Museum\, Washington DC.”Ken Wade has been singing songs and telling stories for many years. Featured on Austrailian national televesion and WBAI radio\, he has performed in London\, LA\, and Belfast.In New York City\, he sang songs and told stories at Dixon Place\, EAT-NWS Festival\, NYC Farmer’s Markers (& Upstate)\, Make Music NYC\, the (old) Brecht Forum\, Westbeth Music Festival\, and the New York Public LIbrary.In 2014\, he performed a two-act one-man show at the spectacular Barns Performance Space in N. Virgina.Ken is an active story teller at The Moth as well as Word\, and other story telling venues in New York City\, and has been a regularly invited performer at The Stage Left Theater\, NYC. \nLilly Rivlin Award-winning filmmaker\, writer and political activist Rivlin was born in Jerusalem and immigrated to the United States with her family in 1945. She did her graduate degree in Political Science at U of C\, Berkeley. Before focusing on documentaries\, she was a journalist\, and foundation consultant on the Middle East and women.\nMost recently Rivlin was selected as the 2013-14 recipient of the annual Miller Distinguished Jewish Woman Filmmaker Award.The ‘personal is political’ is expressed in the documentaries she produced\, directed and wrote: her latest is ESTHER BRONER: A WEAVE OF WOMEN\,( (2013) and before that the award winning film\, GRACE PALEY: COLLECTED SHORTS\, (2010); CAN YOU HEAR ME? ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN WOMEN FIGHT FOR PEACE (2006); GIMME A KISS (2000); MIRIAM’S DAUGHTERS NOW\, aired on PBS and Israel TV (1986); THE TRIBE\, CUNY TV (1983). URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GTKYN_JENNY-SQ-KENLILLY2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241020T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240813T020007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T235326Z UID:10000643-1727442000-1729447200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:UP CLOSE FROM AFAR Group Exhibition. Plus newly published review DESCRIPTION:THE FRONT ROW CENTER REVIEW\nHolli Harms Oct 2024\nExcerpt\n“The Visual Arts Chair/Gallery directors are artists themselves. Valérie Hallier is the current\nVisual Arts Chair/Gallery director and she has curated an art exhibit this Fall at Westbeth\nGallery that is awe-inspiring. Entitled “Up Close From Afar\,” it is masterful. It is eclectic\,\nlustrous\, thought provoking\, and an eye-catching exhibit of art in multiple constructs. Sculptures\nusing fabric and taxidermy\, paintings with elaborate colors and textures and saturated strokes of\nblack and white hanging by what can only be described as a spider’s web.” \nRead the entire review HERE \nClick to enlarge \nSeptember 27 – October 20\, 2024\nCurated by Valérie Hallier \nFeaturing artists:\nKhaila Batts\, Kelly Boehmer\, Nell Breyer\, Sandra\nCavanagh\, Marie-Chloé Duval\, Rina Dweck\,\nPauline Galiana\, Allan Gorman\, Honglei Li\nAlex W. Rader \nArtist Reception and Opening: Friday\, September 27\,\n2024\, 6pm-8pm \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to present this group exhibition featuring selected artists from our 2024 open call and curated by Valérie Hallier\, Westbeth current Visual Arts Chair and Gallery Director. \nThe group show explores eclectic artistic perspectives on our contemporary moment in the West. \nThrough an array of mediums\, including drawing\, painting\, sculpture and installation\, artists from Asia\, Europe and from within the United States\, offer detailed views\, up close and afar\, from their multicultural perspectives on contemporary existentialism. \nKhaila Batts: ”In the realm of contemporary existentialism\, my work delves into the individual’s quest for meaning and authenticity\, navigating the complexities of existence and identity within the modern context.” \nKelly Boehmer: “I sew soft sculptures that portray a tragic sense of humor\, celebrating the hidden beauty I find in anxieties. I find humor in my struggles with social anxiety\, and changes in my body\, all my attempts to be [comfortable in my own skin]. While the imagery is often grotesque\, the flayed and molting creatures symbolize positive change\, growth\, and transformation.” \nNell Breyer: Nell Breyer is an artist working at the intersection of media\, movement and the public domain. She uses mark-making and the moving body to explore how we perceive and understand human movement’s delineation of shared space and calibration of place. \nSandra Cavanagh: Interested in the pairing of form and message\, and formal variations on a theme\, I sustain a figurative focus in reaction to current and historical narratives including my own. Recent global events have led me to considerations of mortality and loss of innocence in cross generational stories\, the usefulness of art’s centuries old regard of myth\, foundational stereotypes and the mundane occurrence of violence. \nMarie Chloé Duval: My interest in painting is based on a desire to translate my analysis and interpretation of society\, building on my academic background studying social issues. By deliberately obstructing some elements and removing others\, I leave space for interpretation\, suggesting the confusion of the perceptual state we live in\, inviting the observers to question their role in the world. Rina Dweck: Rina AC Dweck makes work riddled with juxtapositions. Organic next to synthetic\, readymade alongside handmade\, real vs. fake\, past beside present. Her use of hair as a material signifier tethers her to explorations on identity\, femininity\, religion\, and freedom. Born and bred in New York City\, and raised in an immigrant community\, Dweck grew up surrounded by lively histories and intense contrast. This upbringing embedded a propensity toward reimagining\, and the belief in the beauty of difference as a source of possibility. \nPauline Galiana: My work blends noble and mundane\, materials\, deconstructing and reconstructing them into hybrid forms. I waste nothing. My processes are both obsessive and meditative\, combining meticulous planning and patient execution. My formal compositions\, often featuring rigorous grids\, reflect instinctive states of mind and reveal meaning through unexpected encounters and the beauty of entropy. \nAllan Gorman: ”I’m drawn to the built environment—the spaces we construct\, the boundaries we navigate\, and the edges where materials and light converge. There’s a mystery and escapism in my world that both obstructs and reflects nature\, and in my art I attempt to capture the audacity and ambition of these spaces. I’m fascinated by traces of human evidence left behind in hallways\, stairwells\, and empty offices.” \nHonglei Li: “As Chinese immigrant artists\, we strive to create artwork that can make a strong voice for the Asian immigrant community. Our experience as immigrants who struggled at the bottom of American society has informed and shaped our art\, which focuses on human suffering and injustice in societies. “ \nAlex W. Rader: As a third culture individual\, discovering the language of painting has been a vital component in her artistic development. Today\, she uses painting as a means of expressing the ineffable anxieties around womanhood. The role of representational painting proves to be an effective tool to evoke care\, devotion\, and time. With this\, the theme of home has entered her work\, providing new combinations of objects in uneasy domestic interiors. \nContact: Valérie Hallier (718) 414 9889 – westbethgallery@gmail.com – vhallier@gmail.com \nGallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday\, 1pm–6pm and by appointment \nClosing Events/ Artists talks: Saturday October 19 & Sunday October 20th during Westbeth Open House events. \nWestbeth Gallery\, 55 Bethune Street\, New York\, NY 10014 www.westbeth.org \nOPENING NIGHT Sept 27\, 2024\nClick image to start slideshow. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/UP-CLOSE-WEB-CORRECTED_SQ4Insta-copy.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T153000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240713T040648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T002059Z UID:10000637-1727263800-1727278200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Free Hair Cuts and Hygiene Talk for Seniors ( Men and Women) over 60 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Older Adult Center/Greenwich House CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/OAC-SQ-Haircut.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240905T005515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T003155Z UID:10000639-1727204400-1727209800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Dan In Real Life DESCRIPTION:Tues Sept 24\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nFree and open to the public \nClick image for more info about the film\nClick image for more info about the film URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Westbeth-Movie-Nifght-SQ-Dan.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241020 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240919T161630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241103T000018Z UID:10000650-1726704000-1729382399@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Hans Haacke : Why are Museums So Afraid of this Artist? DESCRIPTION:The artist Hans Haacke\, photographed in Abingdon Square in Manhattan’s West Village on June 26\, 2024. Haacke has rejected what he sees as the art world’s cult of personality and so doesn’t show his face in photographs. Photo Credit: Daniel Terna (Clicke to enlarge image) \nSept 16\, 2024\nNew York Times Style Magazine\nArts and Letters\nby M.H. Miller \n“As cultural institutions face an existential crisis over who funds them and how\, the 88-year-old artist Hans Haacke is still making curators and collectors clutch their pearls. \n…Before Haacke\, museums were considered\, in the words of the New York Times critic Holland Cotter\, “genteel and politically marginal.” Robber barons might have donated to them to enhance their social clout\, but such cultural largess was seldom questioned. Today\, though\, when phrases like “artwashing” and “toxic philanthropy” have entered the lexicon to describe the role that museums and other cultural organizations play in boosting the images of corporations and billionaires\, Haacke’s work is more than just relevant — it’s prophetic. With persistent clarity\, he seemed to understand\, half a century before anyone else\, the stakes of the uncomfortable relationship between art and politics. \nHaacke had been preparing for a major exhibition in Frankfurt that will open at the Schirn Kunsthalle in November and travel to the Belvedere Museum in Vienna. He also currently has work on view in New York\, in a group show dedicated to the American flag at Paula Cooper Gallery. The Frankfurt show\, a career retrospective\, includes many artworks about his native Germany\, among them another influential\, often suppressed piece\, 1981’s “Der Pralinenmeister\,” about Peter Ludwig\, a chocolate manufacturer and one of Germany’s most famous art collectors. Across 14 framed panels that include photographs of Ludwig and his factory workers\, Haacke wrote a text detailing the overlap between patronage and commerce: Ludwig received tax advantages from donating artworks and displaying his collection publicly and would loan artworks to cities where he produced or distributed his chocolate. “Der Pralinenmeister” also notes that Ludwig’s factories housed female foreign workers in on-site hostels that didn’t offer day care\, so women who gave birth were forced to leave or find foster homes for their children — or give them up for adoption. According to Haacke’s text\, the company’s personnel department stated that it was “a chocolate factory and not a kindergarten.” Ludwig\, who died in 1996\, was reportedly interested in buying the work\, perhaps to remove it from circulation\, but Haacke wouldn’t sell it to him.” \n– excerpts from the article by M.H. Miller\nRead the entire article in NY Times Style Magazine \nSee Also Westbeth Icon Evening with Hans Haacke URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:New York Times CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Hans-Haacke-SQ-e1730590085340.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240829T031533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T010632Z UID:10000573-1725649200-1725654600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Music: The Barry Tones Dance Music DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Friday Sept 6\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nFree and open to the public! \n“We play dance music that is guaranteed to get everyone up on the dance floor and moving to the beat of rock\, blues\, rockabilly and country. We play a mix of covers and quirky originals.” \nFor more info on The Barry Tones : Westbeth Artist Page – Barry Temkin URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FIRST-FRIDAYS-SQ--e1722914692808.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240905T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240905T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T124738 CREATED:20240830T025747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T010658Z UID:10000582-1725562800-1725568200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: A Woman Under the Influence DESCRIPTION:Thursday Sept 5\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nNY\, NY\nClick image for more info about movie. \nClick image for more info URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-oac-activities-and-monthly-highlights-lunch-classesfield-trips-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Westbeth-MOVIE-NIGHT-SQ-A-WOMAN-UNCER-copy.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR