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:20240927T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241020T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 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/up-close-from-afar-group-exhibition/ 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:20260424T160203 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/free-hair-cuts-and-hygiene-talk-for-seniors-men-and-women-over-60/ 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:20260424T160203 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-movie-night-9/ 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:20260424T160203 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/hans-haacke-why-are-museums-so-afraid-of-this-artist/ 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:20260424T160203 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/first-friday-music-the-barry-tones-dance-music/ 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:20260424T160203 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-movie-night-a-woman-under-the-influence/ 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240915T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240829T024327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T223532Z UID:10000572-1724850000-1726423200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Art Lives Here: Collecting An Art Fair At Westbeth Gallery DESCRIPTION:Selected Photos from the Show\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\nClick to enlarge \nAugust 28th – September 15th\, 2024\nOpening Reception August 28\, 2024\, 6:00-9:00 pm\n \nWestbeth Gallery\n57 Bethune St\nNew York\, NY \nGallery hours Wednesday – Sunday 1:00 – 6:00pm \nArt Lives Here: Collecting is curated from the viewpoint of collecting contemporary art and\nbuilding a collection over time. ALH founder and chief curator Connie Lee led the curatorial\nteam of Alison Cuomo\, Karen Fitzgerald and Jim Richards. \nEach of the 4 rooms at the iconic Westbeth Gallery are curated with a unique theme within the larger cohesive exhibition. \nArt Lives Here: Collecting will feature the work of 52 contemporary artists. All are members of\nALH’s growing community of artists from New York City\, the U.S.\, London\, Berlin and Buenos\nAires. \nArtists:\nCheryl Aden\, Monique Allain\, Karin Bandelin\, Beth Barry\, Sylvia Battistuzzi\, Capucine Bourcart\,\nCarol Bouyoucos\, Andree Brown\, Karin Bruckner\, Elan Cadiz\, Ingrid Capozzoli Flinn\, Airco\nCaravan\, Marta Chilindron\, Heather Cox\, Jaynie Crimmins\, Alison Cuomo\, Yael Dresdner\,\nJoanne Dugan\, Katherine Earle\, Roberta Fineberg\, Karen Fitzgerald\, Laurence Elle Groux\,\nEileen Hoffman\, Monair Hyman\, Carmen Isasi\nJulia Justo\, Natalya Khorover\, Salem Kreiger\, Beatrice Lebreton\, Lynn Lieberman\, Barbara\nLubliner\, Donnelly Marks\, Elizabeth McAlpin\, Cinzia Meneghello\, Gail Meyers\, Tomo Mori\,\nStephanie Mulvihill\, Carol Paik\, Jim Richards\, Elizabeth Riley\, Jorge Luis- Rodriguez\, Gale\nRothstein\, Hiroshi Shafer\, Barbara Sherman\, Deborah Sherman\, Mel Smothers\, Susan Stair\,\nEmily Stedman\, Geoffrey Stein\, Glenyse Thompson\, Ellen Weider\, Michael Wolf. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/art-lives-here-collecting-an-art-fair-at-westbeth-gallery/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ART-LIVES-HERE-SQ-Collecting-IG-PROMO-copy.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240823T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240823T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240611T023004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240825T121151Z UID:10000571-1724439600-1724445000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Josie and the Pussycats (2001) DESCRIPTION:Friday August 23\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank st\n(enter through courtyard)\nNYC\nAll screenings are free and open to the public. \nClick image for more movie information. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-josie-and-the-pussycats-2001/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Westbeth-Movie-Josie-and-the-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240820 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241001 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240823T170337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T162048Z UID:10000579-1724112000-1727740799@westbeth.org SUMMARY:You're Never Too Old to Play : Free Acting Workshop for Actors and Non Actors Ages 40+ DESCRIPTION:You’re Never Too Old to Play Current Cast ..Click to enlarge \nYOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO PLAY started as an acting workshop 5 years ago for seniors of 65 and older. It was open to actors and non-actors alike. We now wantto expand the group and invite new participants. \nIn the past five years we have made three pieces\, two of which we performed at\nthe Glade\, the small theatre on Little Island. The third one\, based on the theme of aging and entitled ABOVE GROUND (Not Exactly a Comedy)\, we performed in the Community Room of Westbeth\, where it was met with great enthusiasm by the audience. \nTo explore intergenerational dynamics\, and to create a new piece\, we are opening the group up to ages 40-60 years\, along with some new seniors as well. \n\n\nNANCY GABOR and PAUL BINNERTS\, directors/acting teachers of YOU’RE NEVER\nTOO OLD TO PLAY\, are inviting interested people to join the group for a project based on a theme yet to be defined. The theme will appeal to both participating generations. \nThe work will focus on physical and vocal exercises\, and improvisations\nemphasizing play and ensemble (Nancy's Core Technique)\, and crafting a story (Paul's Acting in Real Time). Central in this work is the presence of the actor.\nWe will conduct a workshop from October to Christmas\, for new members\, to get to know the group and to integrate into it. Commitment is necessary. After New Year 2025\, we plan to start on the new project. \nThe group meets once a week\, on Thursdays\, from 11 AM to 2 PM. \nfor more information and an interview please contact:gaborworks@gmail.com \nYou’re Never Too Old To Have Fun! Photos by Calla Kessler URL:https://westbeth.org/event/youre-never-too-old-to-play-free-acting-workshop-for-actors-and-non-actors-ages-40/ LOCATION:Westbeth CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/YNTOP-ACTING-ANNOUNCEMENT.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240906T145456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T003130Z UID:10000565-1723716000-1727276400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Vaccine Clinic at Westbeth: RSV\, Shingles\, Flu\, Pneumonia DESCRIPTION:We have added Sept access for\nNew season flu shots for ages 18 and over\, and\nCovid vaccine for ages 18 and over.\nClick to enlarge URL:https://westbeth.org/event/vaccine-clinic-at-westbeth/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_9072-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240809T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240809T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240612T125417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T004601Z UID:10000568-1723230000-1723230000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: The Others DESCRIPTION:Friday Aug 9\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank St\nNYC\n(enter through courtyard)\nClick image to learn more about the film URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-the-others/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Westbeth-movie-night-Others-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240802T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240802T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240731T023516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T022946Z UID:10000556-1722625200-1722630600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Music: Alexis Cole presents the Music of Gigi Gryce DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nFriday Aug 2\, 2024 at 7:00 pm \nWith Haneef Nelson – trumpet\nJohn DiMartino- piano \nFeaturing Jazz Historian and Gigi Gryce biographer Noal Cohen to discuss Gigi’s life and career. \nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank St (enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY \nHear Gigi Gryce’s popular songs like Social Call and Music in the Air alongside many never before heard lyrics to his many lesser known gems! \nGigi Gryce was a saxophonist and composer who worked with some of the best-known names in jazz during the 1950s\, including Dizzy Gillespie\, Thelonious Monk\, and Max Roach. His many compositions remain a part of the jazz repertoire today. \nHis remarkable rise from poverty led to conservatory studies and tours of Europe and Africa before he established himself as a fixture on the New York scene. His efforts as a music publisher were bold and groundbreaking\, and his quiet\, unassuming personality set him apart from most of his peers. In only a decade as a professional musician\, he earned the respect and admiration of his colleagues and served as a mentor to numerous aspiring young players. Gryce’s sudden disappearance at the start of the 1960s left the jazz world wondering as to his fate. Few were aware of his change of identity and professional rebirth. \nJazz Historian Noal Cohen co-authored the only known biography of Gigi Gryce. Misinformation about Gryce abounds\, and rumors have circulated for decades. Years of research and dozens of interviews were conducted for this book\, resulting in a biography that finally tells the true story of this often overlooked figure and illuminates his contributions to one of the richest periods in jazz history. \nAlexis Cole has been compared to classic jazz singers such as Sarah Vaughan and Anita O’Day. A Top Winner of the Jazzmobile Vocal Competition judged by jazz icons TS Monk\, Catherine Russell\, Grady Tate and Dr. Billy Taylor\, 3rd prize winner in the Montreux Jazz Vocal Competition\, and a finalist in the Sarah Vaughan Competition\, Alexis has a dozen albums to her credit on Motéma\, Chesky\, Venus Records and Zoho. She has recorded with such artists as Fred Hersch\, Bucky Pizzarelli\, and Don Braden. She’s been a soloist with the Boston Pops\, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and has headlined at clubs around the US and Asia. \nAs an educator\, Alexis was the head of vocal jazz at the conservatory at SUNY Purchase and counts Grammy Winning Samara Joy and rising star Anaïs Reno as her students. She is the founder and director of JazzVoice.com an online educational community featuring singing classes\, professional development sessions and private lessons from a roster of renowned jazz vocalists and educators. And she is co-founder of the Virginia Beach Vocal Jazz Summit. Her most recent release “Jazz Republic: Taiwan\, The United States and the Freedom of Swing” features original arrangements for big band and orchestra\, performed by Alexis with the Taipei Jazz Orchestra. Alexis’ latest endeavor is MusicAuditions.com\, a website to connect musicians to employers. Facebook.com/alexiscolefanpage\nInstagram.com/alexiscole \nHaneef N. Nelson works as a Composer/Arranger\, Bandleader\, Sideman\, Musical Curator\, and Educator based out of Hartford\, CT. He was introduced to the trumpet at age 12 and has stuck with it ever since. His earliest education in Jazz came from the Jazzmobile where he studied with Eddie Preston\, Cecil Bridgewater\, and Donald Byrd among others. He also studied with Dave Burns at the Long Island High School of the Arts and then attended The Hartt School to study with Jackie McLean\, Raymond Williams\, Steve Davis and Nat Reeves as well as other faculty. \nHis passion for the music also brought him to the classroom to teach the cultural significance of the music known as Jazz. He has taught at The Hartt School\, UMASS Amherst\, Amherst College\, Keene State College and currently teaches at the University of Rhode Island. In addition to his own groups\, he is a long-standing member of several other bands in multiple genres. He has also had the honor of sharing the stage with the likes of Rene McLean\, Bill Saxton\, Jimmy Owens\, Donald Byrd\, William Cepeda\, Wilson “Chembo” Corniel\, Nat Reeves\, Steve Davis\, Yoron Israel\, Avery Sharpe\, Winard Harper\, Frank Lacy\, Bill Lowe\, Chico Freeman\, Helen Sung\, Wayne Escoffrey\, Kris Allen\, Abraham Burton\, E.J. Strickland\, Brandee Younger\, Dezron Douglas\, David Bryant\, Stacey Dillard\, Zaccai Curtis\, Luques Curtis\, Ray McMorrin\, Josh Evans\, Doobie Powell\, Billy “Church Boy” Powell\, Kevin Powell\, Ace Livingstone\, and Musiq Soulchild among many others. \nJohn di Martino is a composer\, arranger\, jazz pianist\, producer and educator\, based in New York City. He is described as a “shape-shifter”\, for his creativity across musical genres.\nJohn composed the music for the documentary series:“A Glimpse Of Paradise” ( Prospera Medienproduktion ) aired on Europe’s Arte Channel\, and music for the video games:”Batman: The Telltale Series” Mr. Di Martino latest CD’s are: “Passion Flower” ( the music of Billy Strayhorn )\, Featuring Raul Midon\, Eric Alexander\, Boris Kozlov\, and Lewis Nash\, and: “Mazel” ( Yiddish Songs\, re-imagined)\, with Janis Siegel and Cantor Daniel Krammer. \nJohn has recorded numerous CDs on the High Note and Venus Records (Japan) labels as a leader\, and with Freddy Cole\, Gloria Lynn\, Houston Person\, and Nicki Parrott. John’s discography includes Grammy-nominated CD’S: ”Love” ( Issac Delgado )\, “Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B” and “Live And In Clave” ( Bobby Sanabria ). John di Martino was a long time member of Ray Barretto’s “New World Spirit”\, He is a featured arranger and pianist on many of Ray Barretto’s recordings including the grammy-nominated\, CD: “Contact” and “Portraits In Jazz And Clave” ( featuring James Moody\, Kenny Burrell\, Joe Lovano\, Steve Turre\, and Eddie Gomez ). Born in Philadelphia\, Pa in 1959\, John studied with Jimmy Amadie\, Lennie Tristano\, and Don Sebesky. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-music-alexis-cole-presents-the-music-of-gigi-gryce/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FIRST-FRIDAY_SQ-ALEXIS2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240801T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240816T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240709T015825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T205859Z UID:10000553-1722517200-1723831200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:ESKFF / / Galleri Ramfjord - A Tribute DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nOpening Thursday Aug 1\, 2024 6pm – 9pm\nAugust 1 – August 16\, 2024 \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nWed – Sun 1pm – 6pm \n \nPHOTOS OF SELECTED WORK\nClick image for 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 \nCelebrating a 10 year long collaboration\, highlighting works from artists in residency programs at ESKFF over the years. \nThe Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation (ESKFF) was founded in 2009 by its namesake who became inspired through her personal experience as a collector and entrepreneur. The Foundation was established to encourage collaboration and dialogue between artists\, art administrators\, collectors and art institutions. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/eskff-galerie-ramfjord-a-tribute/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ESKFF-_SQ-galleriramfjord-digital-NEW-e1721056821354.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240731T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240802T122513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240917T012629Z UID:10000566-1722412800-1725123600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Profiles in Art: Ethan Mass Cinematographer DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/profiles-in-art-ethan-mass-cinematographer/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ethan-Mass-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240731 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241001 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240731T164239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T014627Z UID:10000569-1722384000-1727740799@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth receives $100\,000 grant from Frankenthaler Climate Initiative Phase 4 DESCRIPTION:Helen Frankenthaler\, Cool Summer\, 1962\, oil on canvas\, 69 3/4 x 120 inches (177.2 x 304.8 cm).© 2022 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation\, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, NY. Photo credit: Rob McKeever\, courtesy Gagosian \nOn July 31\, 2024 the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative Phase 4 announced that Westbeth will receive an implementation grant of $100\,000 for energy efficient window replacement. Implementation grants are designed to support projects already underway to address an institution’s climate impact or provide seed money for these projects that leads to matches for a larger capital project. \n As part of a multiphased project to replace all of Westbeth’s 663 deteriorated\, 100-plus-year-old windows\, FCI funding will support the replacement of the eight large original wood windows in the Westbeth Gallery with NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved\, custom fabricated\, historically accurate\, triple glazed\, energy efficient windows. The project will significantly reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions in one of Westbeth’s most distinctive and publicly accessible areas. The project involves window fabrication\, site preparation\, installation\, finish work\, cleanup\, and lead testing\, ensuring a more consistent indoor temperature suitable for artwork. The gallery’s glass doors\, which date from the 1970s and do not close properly\, will also be replaced with a sliding door system\, providing further insulation. \nMore Info: FCI Westbeth \nHELEN FRANKENTHALER FOUNDATION AWARDS $3.3M TO 69 VISUAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE U.S. THROUGH FOURTH PHASE OF FRANKENTHALER CLIMATE INITIATIVE \nWith $14.1M Conferred to Date in Support of Climate Action\, Foundation Advances\nNew Standards of Energy Efficiency\, Sustainability\, and Resiliency in the Arts \nNew York\, NY—July 30\, 2024—The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation announced today that it has awarded $3.3M in grants to 69 arts organizations across the country through the fourth cycle of the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative (FCI). Dedicated to advancing climate action in the visual arts\, FCI supports a wide range of transformative energy-efficiency and environmental sustainability projects that help arts organizations assess\, develop\, and implement plans that reduce environmental impacts and operational costs and promote clean energy generation. The 2024 cohort of grantees also includes the first recipients of the Catalyst Grant\, which funds shortterm projects for organizations that are often at earlier stages of their climate action trajectory. \nThroughout the United States\, the 2024 recipients range in size\, scale and mission\, including noncollecting institutions such as Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) (MA)\, MoMA PS1 (NY)\, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (MO)\, and the New Museum (NY); nonprofits such as The Kitchen (NY)\, The Swiss Institute (NY)\, Storefront for Art and Architecture (NY)\, The Chinati Foundation (TX) and Westbeth (NY); art schools and university museums such as Rhode Island School of Design (RI)\, New Mexico Highlands University Foundation (NM)\, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (IL); museums such as Seattle Art Museum (WA)\, National Nordic Museum (WA)\, and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (PR); and community art centers such as Racing Magpie (SD); among many others. The full listing of 2024 grantees can be found below. \n“The Foundation is delighted with the advancements in environmental sustainability spearheaded by our partners through the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative\,” remarked Lise Motherwell\, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. “With its newest round of grantees\, FCI has supported over two hundred visual arts organizations to date and is leading the way in tangible climate action.” \n“Over the last four years\, FCI grantees have developed and implemented groundbreaking climate focused initiatives\, inspiring a surge in applications and more ambitious projects\,” added Elizabeth Smith\, Executive Director of the Foundation. “Extending the Foundation’s full range of grantmaking activities\, FCI upholds Helen Frankenthaler’s legacy and cultivates a future where our peer organizations in the visual arts lead the way in creating a more sustainable world.” \nCreated and overseen by the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation in partnership with RMI and Environment & Culture Partners\, FCI has expanded its impact and reach since its inception in 2021\, with broadened eligibility criteria and consecutive increases in its funding over the years\, from the initial $5M pledge to the current $15M commitment. Among the first grantmaking initiatives promoting energy efficiency and clean energy generation at art organizations\, FCI now includes projects at over 200 institutions across 37 states in the United States. \n“Thanks to the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative\, we’re already seeing significant and lasting changes within the industry. The level of knowledge demonstrated by this year’s awardees indicates a higher baseline of clean energy understanding and capabilities as compared to a few years ago\,” remarked Sarah Sutton\, CEO of Environment & Culture Partners. “Their projects not only reduce their own greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs\, they often incorporate components that also benefited their communities. Some are able to make ticket prices or artists’ costs more affordable\, others are expanding offerings without increasing emissions\, and some are planning for disaster resilience in ways that benefit their neighborhoods.” \n“The Frankenthaler Climate Initiative continues to enable an extraordinary shift in how arts organizations act on climate\,” said Jon Creyts\, CEO of RMI. “This year’s grantees are a testament to the ingenuity and commitment of many schools\, museums\, and other organizations that are embracing energy efficiency and clean energy technologies to reduce pollution\, lower energy costs\, and improve resilience. These projects are not just about installing super-efficient HVAC systems and solar microgrids; they are about showing what is possible when creativity and environmental responsibility intersect. RMI is proud to join the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation and Environment & Culture Partners in supporting this fourth cycle of FCI’s visionary leaders who prove that cultural organizations can be a powerful force for climate action and a model for others to follow.” \nThe Frankenthaler Climate Initiative reflects the Foundation’s mission to steward a vibrant arts and culture landscape\, with ongoing support for education\, scholarship\, and resiliency planning to ensure the future of the field. This year’s awardees are aligning their visual arts and education missions with a commitment to tangible climate action. Through FCI’s support\, these institutions are taking the following actions:\n● Embracing innovative new technologies and systems to increase energy efficiency\, including the North Carolina Glass Center\, which will use electric hot shops in its new education facility; the Flint Institute of Arts\, which will replace electric steam humidifiers with new ultrasonic humidification units to regulate artwork storage conditions; and the Seattle Art Museum\, which will modernize its Building Management System with automation and digitization capacities to maintain optimal energy efficiency.\n● Advancing net-zero and carbon-neutral plans\, including the California College of the Arts\, which will deploy solar energy through a new microgrid system at its expanded San Francisco campus\, aiming for net-zero operations; MacDowell\, where extensive artist studio renovations will advance its goal of being a carbon-neutral campus by 2045; and the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation\, which will install a new battery system and solar panels as part of its net-zero building renovation plan.\n● Upgrading and renovating historic buildings with energy-efficient systems that are being repurposed for the arts\, including the Center for Photography at Woodstock\, which is rehabilitating an old cigar factory with a design for an all-electric building; and KinoSaito\, which is installing solar panels and HVAC units for its art storage facility to maintain net-zero status while keeping temperature-safe conditions for artwork.\n● Conducting feasibility assessments and energy efficiency audits to identify opportunities for comprehensive improvement\, including the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art\, which is undertaking an analysis of how its 125-year-old building can reduce its carbon footprint and increase its on-site renewable energy production; and Bakehouse Art Complex\, which will conduct energy-use assessments for its 100-yearold historic building\, producing recommendations that will inform a multi-million dollar renovation plan.\nIn support of the Initiative’s commitment to aligning cultural sector practices with federally recognized energy standards\, FCI grant recipients track and report their energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions using Energy Star® Portfolio Manager®\, an industry-standard tool created and administered by the EPA. \nThe application process for the next grantmaking cycle is expected to open in Spring 2025. \nAbout the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative \nThe Frankenthaler Climate Initiative is the first nationwide program to support energy efficiency and clean energy use for the visual arts and the largest private national grantmaking program to address climate change action through cultural institutions. The $15-million ongoing initiative provides critical support to visual arts organizations in the United States seeking to assess their impact on the environment and to lower ongoing energy costs. The Foundation has conferred more than $14.1 million since its launch in 2021\, supporting 244 energy efficiency and clean energy projects at 200 institutions across 37 states in the U.S.\nSupporting climate action at various stages of development\, FCI grants include:\n● Catalyst Grants (up to $15\,000)\, a new grant category for first actions\, small spaces\, or stand-alone projects with a quick turnaround;\n● Scoping Grants (up to $25\,000)\, supporting outside assessments to identify clean energy needs and options;\n● Technical Assistance Grants (up to $50\,000)\, focusing on complex project support and design; and\n● Implementation Grants (up to $100\,000)\, enacting innovative\, large-scale infrastructural changes\, often in concert with other funding sources.\nBuilding on the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation’s commitment to social impact philanthropy and to catalyzing positive change on critical issues in the arts\, the Foundation launched and leads FCI in association with RMI\, an independent nonprofit that engages businesses\, communities\, institutions\, and entrepreneurs in accelerating the adoption of market-based solutions that costeffectively create a clean\, prosperous\, and secure low-carbon future; and Environment & Culture Partners\, a nonprofit that creates relationships and leads collaborations that engage the cultural sector in broader climate action. For more information\, visit frankenthalerclimateinitiative.org. \nAbout the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation\nEstablished and endowed by Helen Frankenthaler during her lifetime\, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation advances the artist’s legacy and inspires a new generation of practitioners through a range of philanthropic\, educational\, and research initiatives. Since becoming active in 2013\, the Foundation has continued to strategically expand its program\, which includes organizing and supporting significant exhibitions of the artist’s work\, fostering new research and publications\, advancing educational programs in partnership with arts organizations around the world\, and launching groundbreaking initiatives that foster systemic change in the field. As a primary resource on the artist\, and a steward of her collection and archive\, the Foundation holds an extensive selection of Frankenthaler’s work in a variety of mediums\, her collection of works by other artists\, and original papers and materials pertaining to her life and work. \nMedia Contacts\nFrankenthalerclimate@resnicow.com\nJuliet Sorce\, jsorce@resnicow.com\, 212-671-5158\nSarah McNaughton\, smcnaughton@resnicow.com\, 212-671-5161\nShea Seery\, sseery@resnicow.com\, 212-671-5173 \nDOWNLOAD PDF OF 2024 FCI GRANTEE BACKGROUNDER FCI Y4 Grantee Backgrounder_FINAL URL:https://westbeth.org/event/frankenthaler-climate-initiative-phase-4/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Frankenthaler-SQ-Cool-Summer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240726T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240726T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240715T031603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240727T141938Z UID:10000559-1722020400-1722025800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get To Know Your Neighbors: Melika Dave\, Jan Leslie Harding\, Vinod Dave DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/get-to-know-your-neighbors-melika-dave-jan-leslie-harding-vinod-dave/2024-07-26/2/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Get-to-Know-Your-Neighbors-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240723T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240723T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240718T130631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240727T141952Z UID:10000563-1721761200-1721766600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Repo Man DESCRIPTION:Tues July 23\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank St NYC\n(enter through courtyard)\nClick image for more info on movie\nClick for more info URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-repo-man/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Westbeth-movie-night-Repo-sq.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240717T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240717T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240702T153841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240731T150805Z UID:10000552-1721215800-1721228400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Free Haircuts and Hygiene Talk plus Self Directed Blood Pressure Monitoring DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/free-haircuts-and-hygiene-talk-plus-self-directed-blood-pressure-monitoring/ LOCATION:Westbeth Older Adult Center/Greenwich House CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-02-at-11.35.34-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240712 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240715 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240613T003512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240715T032132Z UID:10000541-1720742400-1721001599@westbeth.org SUMMARY:West Side Fest: Westbeth celebrates with a weekend of extraordinary events DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nJuly 12 – 14\, 2024\nAlong the western edge of Manhattan \nWest Side Fest offers three days of festivities and free admission to museums\, special programs for all ages\, artmaking\, crafts for kids\, and more. \nFRIDAY\, JULY 12 EVENTS AT WESTBETH: \nClick to enlarge \n● Westbeth and The Kitchen will host a Kick-Off Celebration from 6pm – 8pm drinks\, music and a chance to purchase amazing posters; : Westbeth Artists Housing will host Art Take-Over activating three iconic spaces in the\nWestbeth courtyard with three exhibitions showcasing the work of 35 contemporary\nartists\, curated by Valérie Hallier\, Claire Felonis\, and Noah Trapolino. The activation will\nbe on view all weekend long from 1–6 pm. The Westbeth Gallery will also present the\nWhitney Museum Staff Art Show\, on view from 1–6 pm. \nScreenshot SATURDAY\, JULY 13 EVENTS AT WESTBETH: \nWestbeth Artists Housing will host creative programs for kids of all ages from 11 am–1\npm and feature interactive puppet theater with Penny Jones & Co. Puppets. Later in the\nday\, check out the Art & Craft Market featuring fine art\, prints\, ceramics\, music\, and food\nfrom 1–6 pm or join self-guided tours of working artist studios during Open Studios on\nthe historic Westbeth campus between 2–5 pm. From 1–6 pm\, Art Take-Over activates\nthree iconic spaces in the Westbeth courtyard with three exhibitions showcasing the\nwork of 35 contemporary artists\, curated by Valérie Hallier\, Claire Felonis\, and Noah\nTrapolino. The Westbeth Gallery will also host the Whitney Museum Staff Art Show\, on\nview from 1–6 pm. From 7–9 pm\, enjoy an evening performance from You’re Never Too\nOld to Play an improvisational\, story-telling acting-workshop for seniors at Westbeth. . The group will present a new piece\, Above Ground (Not Exactly a\nComedy)\, in the Westbeth Community Room \n.● The Kitchen will host a Tai Chi Workshop in its 4th floor loft at Westbeth from 11:30\nam–1 pm and following the program\, The Kitchen will join the Art & Craft Market hosted\nby Westbeth Artists Housing from 1–6 pm. Don’t miss the selection of posters from The\nKitchen’s 50+ year archive that will be available for purchase! \nSUNDAY\, JULY 14 EVENTS AT WESTBETH● \nFrom 1–6 pm\, Westbeth Artists Housing will host Art Take-Over activating three iconic\nspaces in the Westbeth courtyard with three exhibitions showcasing the work of 35\ncontemporary artists\, curated by Valérie Hallier\, Claire Felonis\, and Noah Trapolino.\nDon’t miss the second day of the Art & Craft Market hosted by Westbeth Artists Housing\nfeaturing fine art\, prints\, ceramics\, music\, and food from 1–6 pm. Open Studios also\ncontinue with self-guided tours of working artist studios on the historic Westbeth campusbetween 1–5 pm. The Westbeth Gallery will also host the Whitney Museum Staff ArtShow\, on view from 1–6 pm. \nThe West Side Cultural Network—a group of museums\, parks\, performing arts centers\, and cultural institutions located within a half-mile portion of historic New York—is delighted to announce the return of West Side Fest. Now extended to three days of festivities\, the second annual West Side Fest will offer free admission\, special indoor and outdoor programming\, crafts for kids and families\, artmaking activities for all ages\, performances\, and much more. New Yorkers and visitors of all ages are invited to celebrate the vibrant\, cultural village along the waterfront of Manhattan’s west side!\nMore info \, please visit westsidefest.nyc. \nDOWNLOAD COMPLETE SCHEDULE HERE2024 West Side Fest Press Release_updated 6.12.24 \nWSCN members include Center for Art\, Research and Alliances; Chelsea Factory; Dia Chelsea; Hill Art Foundation; the High Line; Hudson Guild; Hudson River Park; TThe Joyce Theater; The Kitchen; The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center; Little Island; NYC AIDS Memorial; Poster House; Print Center New York; Rubin Museum of Art; The Shed; Westbeth Artists Housing; West Village Rehearsal Co-Op; White Columns; Whitney Museum of American Art. \nFRIDAY\, JULY 12 EVENTS:\n● Teens are welcome to kick off the festivities with Open Studio for Teens from 1–3 pm at\nthe Whitney Museum of American Art. The Whitney Museum’s annual staff art show\,\ntitled STAFF ONLY\, will be on view from 1–6 pm at Westbeth Gallery\, just a few blocks\nfrom the Whitney. The show is free and open to the public. The Whitney will also offer\nfree admission\, artmaking activities\, and more during Free Friday Nights from 5–10 pm. \n● From 10 am–5 pm\, Dia Chelsea welcomes visitors to explore the exhibitions on view\nwith free admission all day long. \n● Hudson Guild will present the Triennial Children’s Art Show from 10am–6 pm featuring\nartworks created by children in Hudson Guild’s after-school artmaking program taught by\ninstructors from the Children’s Museum of Art. Hudson Guild will also host the Déflorée\nHistory Series with artist Valerie Hallier from 10 am–5 pm. \n● Poster House will celebrate West Side Fest and the museum’s fifth anniversary with\nfree admission from 10 am–6 pm. \n● Little Island will host a Creative Break: Visual Arts with Georgie Flores from 11 am–1\npm. Teaching artist Georgie Flores will lead a watercolor painting workshop inspired by\nthe landscape and horticulture of Little Island. This class is designed for artists of every\nage. The fun continues in the evening with a special edition of Teen Night featuring other\nneighborhood organizations. Enjoy live performances and more at Little Island’s\ncelebration of creativity and community on the West Side. \n● Javier Téllez: Amerika will be on view at the Center for Art\, Research and Alliances\n(CARA) from 11 am–6 pm. The exhibition features a newly commissioned film\ninstallation and tours offered in English and Spanish throughout the weekend. \n● IndieSpace and West Village Rehearsal Co-Op are pleased to present an Open\nRehearsal featuring Divine Riot Company’s performance of Five Times in One Night\nfrom 2–5 pm. \n● White Columns will host an opening reception beginning at 5 pm for a new exhibition\ncurated by Brittany Adeline King and Violet Saxon and featuring work from the White\nColumns Curated Artist Registry. \n● The Shed will host Summer Sway from 5–8 pm in The Shed’s outdoor\, public Plaza\nfeaturing a summer celebration with the community\, joy\, and liberation through music\nand dance. \n● A kick off party hosted by Westbeth Artists Housing and The Kitchen will feature\nmusic\, drinks\, and an opportunity to view and purchase posters from The Kitchen’s 50+\nyear archive from 5–9 pm at Westbeth. \n● Westbeth Artists Housing will host Art Take-Over activating three iconic spaces in the\nWestbeth courtyard with three exhibitions showcasing the work of 35 contemporary\nartists\, curated by Valérie Hallier\, Claire Felonis\, and Noah Trapolino. The activation will\nbe on view all weekend long from 1–6 pm. The Westbeth Gallery will also present the\nWhitney Museum Staff Art Show\, on view from 1–6 pm. \n● Hill Art Foundation will open for special late-night hours from 5–7 pm. Starting at 6 pm\,\nmusician Daren Ho will create a new type of sound bath with custom synths and minimal\nbeats. Against the backdrop of the exhibition Mika Tajima: Super Natural\, Ho will build an\nexperience for visitors to reach a higher meditative state together. \n● The Joyce Theater is excited to partner with Chelsea Green Park to present Pop-Up\nDance Performances by the award-winning tap company Dorrance Dance and criticallyacclaimed dance theater company Pilobolus. Enjoy family-friendly\, sunset performancesat Chelsea Green (W 20th St between 6th & 7th Ave). Pop-ups start at 5 pm and 6:30pm. Meet the artists during an audience Q&A between sets! \n● The Rubin Museum of Art will host a special K2 Friday Night from 6–10 pm with free\nadmission\, art\, cocktails\, and multiple DJs from the Ragini Festival. From 7–8 pm\, there\nwill be a ticketed live musical performance by a trio of Indian classical musicians from\nBrooklyn Raga Massive. \n● Join Print Center New York for Print Center After Hours from 6–8 pm. Connect with\nlovers and friends of print\, enjoy some light refreshments\, and check out the exhibition\nNew Voices: Ritual\, curated by Olivia Shao and highlighting emerging talent exploring\nthe intersection of ritual\, art-making\, and life. \n● All weekend long from 7 am–11 pm\, the New York City AIDS Memorial welcomes\nvisitors to remember and reflect. The Memorial aims to inspire and empower current and\nfuture activists\, health professionals\, and people living with HIV. \n● The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center offers free admission\nthroughout the weekend. The Center is open on Friday from 8 am–10 pm and visitors\nare welcome to stop by to explore the exhibitions on view. \nSATURDAY\, JULY 13 EVENTS:\n● The High Line\, in partnership with the Andrew Heiskill Braille and Talking Book Library\,\nwill host Family Art Moment: Dream Wilder with Us from 10 am–12 pm. Celebrate the\ncreativity and ingenuity of the High Line through artmaking\, reading\, and learning\nactivities for all ages. The event includes books with braille and text\, tactile materials\,\nand skilled facilitators to welcome visitors with disabilities. A Celebration of Wellness will\nalso take place on the High Line from 11:30 am–1 pm\, including Zumba\, Senior Stretch\,\nand Tai Chi\, in celebration of the High Line’s fifteenth birthday. \n● IndieSpace and West Village Rehearsal Co-Op are pleased to present an Open\nRehearsal featuring Divine Riot Company’s performance of Five Times in One Night\nfrom 10 am–1 pm. Later in the afternoon\, Open Rehearsal continues with a presentation\nby Ali Keller from 2–5 pm. \n● From 10 am–5 pm\, Dia Chelsea welcomes visitors to explore the exhibitions on view\nwith free admission all day long as well as a suite of programs throughout the day on\nSaturday. Kicking off at 12:30 pm\, a free tour of the Delcy Morelos exhibition—the artist’s\nfirst solo presentation in the United States—will be offered. At 1:30 pm\, Dia educators\nwill lead Play Sets with a focus on Delcy Morelos’s work. The hands-on program invites\nparticipants to see\, think\, and imagine in new ways through in-depth explorations in the\ngalleries. Join a free concert by Koyoltzintli at 2:30 pm – Soil Sessions will feature\ninstruments the artist creates with dirt\, also replicating some bird songs. \n● Celebrate Poster House’s fifth anniversary at their annual Block Party\, featuring\nperformances\, games\, prizes\, and artmaking activities for all ages–plus free admission\nall day long! Poster House is open from 10 am–6 pm and the Block Party begins at 12\npm. \n● Little Island will host a Creative Break: Celebration of Haitian Culture from 11 am–1 pm.\nCelebrate Little Island’s July Family Day with a vibrant exploration of Haitian culture!\nDiscover programs featuring traditional artmaking\, storytelling\, drumming\, singing\, and\ndancing inspired by Haiti’s rich cultural heritage. \n● Hudson River Park will host Explore & Play\, a family-friendly event featuring music\,\nactivities\, face painting\, and more from 11 am–1 pm at Hudson River Park’s 14th Street\nPark. \n● Westbeth Artists Housing will host creative programs for kids of all ages from 11 am–1\npm and feature interactive puppet theater with Penny Jones & Co. Puppets. Later in the\nday\, check out the Art & Craft Market featuring fine art\, prints\, ceramics\, music\, and food\nfrom 1–6 pm or join self-guided tours of working artist studios during Open Studios on\nthe historic Westbeth campus between 2–5 pm. From 1–6 pm\, Art Take-Over activates\nthree iconic spaces in the Westbeth courtyard with three exhibitions showcasing the\nwork of 35 contemporary artists\, curated by Valérie Hallier\, Claire Felonis\, and Noah\nTrapolino. The Westbeth Gallery will also host the Whitney Museum Staff Art Show\, on\nview from 1–6 pm. From 7–9 pm\, enjoy an evening performance from You’re Never Too\nOld to Play\, an improvisational\, story-telling acting-workshop for seniors at Westbeth\nCenter for the Arts. The group will present a new piece\, Above Ground (Not Exactly a\nComedy)\, in the Westbeth Community Room. \n● The Kitchen will host a Tai Chi Workshop in its 4th floor loft at Westbeth from 11:30\nam–1 pm and following the program\, The Kitchen will join the Art & Craft Market hosted\nby Westbeth Artists Housing from 1–6 pm. Don’t miss the selection of posters from The\nKitchen’s 50+ year archive that will be available for purchase! \n● Javier Téllez: Amerika will be on view at the Center for Art\, Research and Alliances\n(CARA) from 12–6 pm. The exhibition features a newly commissioned film installation\nand tours offered in English and Spanish throughout the weekend. \n● The Whitney Museum of American Art’s annual staff art show\, titled STAFF ONLY\, will\nbe on view from 1–6 pm at Westbeth Gallery\, just a few blocks from the Whitney. The\nshow is free and open to the public. \n● Hudson Guild will present the Triennial Children’s Art Show from 12–3 pm featuring\nartworks created by children in Hudson Guild’s after-school artmaking program taught by\ninstructors from the Children’s Museum of Art. Later in the afternoon\, Hudson Guild will\nhost the Déflorée History Series with artist Valerie Hallier from 1–4 pm. \n● Explore the Rubin Museum of Art’s 20th-anniversary exhibition Reimagine: Himalayan\nArt Now with free admission from 11 am–5 pm. Dive deeper into the artworks on view\nwith free guided exhibition tours being offered at 2 pm and 3 pm. \n● A print activation with artist and activist Demian DinéYazhi’ will take place at Print\nCenter New York from 2–5 pm. DinéYazhi’ will lead a hands-on letterpress printing\nactivation based on recent work they have been making in residence at Mullowney\nPrinting Company\, currently on view as part of the Center’s Publisher Spotlight series. \n● The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center offers free admission\nthroughout the weekend. The Center is open on Saturday from 8 am–8 pm and visitors\nare welcome to stop by to explore the exhibitions on view. \n● All weekend long from 7 am–11 pm\, the New York City AIDS Memorial welcomes\nvisitors to remember and reflect. The Memorial aims to inspire and empower current and\nfuture activists\, health professionals\, and people living with HIV. \nSUNDAY\, JULY 14 EVENTS:\n● Poster House will celebrate West Side Fest and the museum’s fifth anniversary with\nfree admission from 10 am–5 pm. \n● The Whitney Museum of American Art is offering free admission from 10:30 am–6 pm\nduring Free Second Sundays. Visitors of all ages will enjoy artmaking\, tours\, classes\,\nand other special activities that celebrate Whitney exhibitions and community events.\nThe day also includes free storytimes with The New York Public Library at 11 am\, 1 pm\,\nand 3 pm. The Whitney Museum’s annual staff art show\, titled STAFF ONLY\, will be on\nview from 1–6 pm at Westbeth Gallery\, just a few blocks from the Whitney. The show is\nfree and open to the public. \n● A Community Celebration will be hosted at Hudson River Park’s Pier 63 from 11 am–1\npm. The event will feature dance by Ajna Dance Company\, henna\, community groups\,\nand more. \n● Javier Téllez: Amerika will be on view at the Center for Art\, Research and Alliances\n(CARA) from 12–6 pm. The exhibition features a newly commissioned film installation\nand tours offered in English and Spanish throughout the weekend. \n● Family Sunday at the Rubin Museum of Art includes free artmaking workshops from\n1–3 pm. Join other families for an afternoon of creativity and self-exploration that both\nkids and grown-ups can enjoy. \n● From 1–6 pm\, Westbeth Artists Housing will host Art Take-Over activating three iconic\nspaces in the Westbeth courtyard with three exhibitions showcasing the work of 35\ncontemporary artists\, curated by Valérie Hallier\, Claire Felonis\, and Noah Trapolino.\nDon’t miss the second day of the Art & Craft Market hosted by Westbeth Artists Housing\nfeaturing fine art\, prints\, ceramics\, music\, and food from 1–6 pm. Open Studios also\ncontinue with self-guided tours of working artist studios on the historic Westbeth campusbetween 1–5 pm. The Westbeth Gallery will also host the Whitney Museum Staff ArtShow\, on view from 1–6 pm. \n● Indie Space and West Village Rehearsal Co-Op will continue Open Rehearsals on\nSaturday from 2–4 pm with a presentation by Felice Lesser Dance Theater. \n● Experience The Motor Company on the High Line from 7–8:30 pm! The Motor Company\nwill present a new production exploring the West Side Cowboys\, the Elevated Line\, and\nthe cycle of urban renewal. \n● Chelsea Factory will host Ladies of Hip-Hop’s daylong dance battle\, Ladies Battle! From\n1–10 pm\, witness some of the world’s best female dancers compete in one-on-one\nwaacking\, popping\, hip-hop\, and house dance-offs. Dance along as an all-female DJ\nlineup spins the classics! \n● The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center offers free admission\nthroughout the weekend. The Center is open on Sunday from 8 am–8 pm and visitors\nare welcome to stop by to explore the exhibitions on view. \n● All weekend long from 7 am–11 pm\, the New York City AIDS Memorial welcomes\nvisitors to remember and reflect. The Memorial aims to inspire and empower current and\nfuture activists\, health professionals\, and people living with HIV \nMore information about West Side Fest along with a complete listing of events and programs\ncan be found at westsidefest.nyc. \n.\nSUPPORT\nWest Side Fest is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors.\nThank you to our Presenting Sponsors Bloomberg Connects and Mercado Little Spain.\nThank you to our Supporting Sponsors Amazon\, Chelsea Market\, Pier 57\, and Wix Playground.\nThank you to our Sponsor the Meatpacking District Business Improvement District.\nPRESS CONTACT\nFor press materials and image requests\, please contact:\nMeghan Ferrucci Hannah Gompertz\nPublicist Director of Communications & Marketing\nWhitney Museum of American Art Dia Art Foundation\n(212) 671-8346 (212) 293-5598\nMeghan_Ferrucci@whitney.org hgompertz@diaart.org\nImage credit:\nPhotograph by Max Touhey\n# URL:https://westbeth.org/event/west-side-fest-westbeth-celebrates-with-a-weekend-of-extraordinary-events/ LOCATION:West Side of Manhattan CATEGORIES:past-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240706T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240706T000000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240105T221246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240715T034624Z UID:10000537-1720224000-1720224000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Blood Drive at Westbeth: Get T Shirts and Mets Tix for critically needed blood donations DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nSaturday July 6\, 2024 11am – 5pm\nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank St\nNew York\, NY \nThe West Village Community Blood Drive will partner with New York Blood Center for a blood drive on Saturday\, July 6th\, 2024\, in the Westbeth Community Room from 11am to 5pm. \nHospitals and patients rely upon a steady flow of volunteer donors to receive life-saving donations. Summertime blood drives take on a critical importance because schools are out for summer and families set off on vacation\, New York Blood Center typically sees a decline in donors\, which can impact patient care. With high schools and colleges on break\, those blood drives don’t take place and many regular Donors become busy with Summer activities and vacations. At the same time\, the need for blood remains constant. Hospitals and patients rely upon a steady flow of volunteer donors to receive life-saving donations. Please help meet the needs of patients during the Summer. NYBC encourages all who can donate to sign up. One blood donation can save up to three lives. \nHere’s the Donor Scheduling Link: https://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/316075 (you copy & paste this link into communications of your preference) \n \nDonors will have a choice to receive either a ‘We All Bleed The Same’ T-shirt or NY Mets T-shirt at the blood drive and a pair of NY Mets Tickets to all Donors which will be fulfilled via Email about 10 days after the blood drive. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-blood-drive/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Blood-Sq.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240705T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240705T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240701T195545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T014709Z UID:10000550-1720206000-1720211400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Music: Berg Jazz John Eckert\, Chris Hemingway\, Cecilia Coleman\, Will Woodard and Andy Watson DESCRIPTION:Friday July 5\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank St (enter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nFree admission \nJohn Eckert trumpet\nChris Hemingway alto sax\nCecilia Coleman piano\nWill Woodard bass\nAndy Watson drums \nDescription of the event: \n“Having seen Wozzeck\, I have been very interested in Berg’s music.\nI was fascinated by his 4 Early Songs\, hearing the most contemporary harmony used by modern Jazz performers throughout these songs written in 1910. I formed a small group to perform this music as Jazz. These songs were written for a vocalist with piano accompaniment. Alto Sax and Trumpet share the vocal melody\, Bass plays the bass line of the piano part. Pianist plays the piano part. Drums intuitively add Jazz rhythm. Generally no material is added\, none is left out.” \nAlban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively small oeuvre\, he is remembered as one of the most important composers of the 20th century for his expressive style encompassing “entire worlds of emotion and structure”. \nBios\nJohn Eckert is one of the busiest freelance trumpet players on the East Coast. He can play it all: jazz\, latin\, pop\, classical\, even opera. John juggles his engagements\, often working one or two recording or rehearsal sessions during a day followed by a bebop big-band gig or an evening at the Carlyle with Bobby Short later that same night.\nJohn has played on concert stages worldwide as well as in orchestra pits of operas and Broadway shows. He is equally comfortable in the lead trumpet chair of a big band or small jazz ensemble\, and enjoys playing all types of music with all kinds of musicians. “The variety just presents itself\,” says John\, explaining how he can play Benny Goodman or Stan Kenton arrangements one day\, then work with the Simon & Garfunkle Reunion Band\, the Smithsonian Jazz Orchestra\, Deodato’s 2001 Orchestra\, or the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra the next. John Eckert \nChris Hemingway\, born in Florence\, SC\, Chris grew up listening to the sounds of gospel\, soul\, R&B\, and blues even though he and his friends weren’t quite accepting of this “old people’s” music. However\, as a product of his own environment Chris eventually came full circle and would later pull from these early listening experiences to develop his overall approach to music today. Chris’ natural fluency in both classical and jazz styles separates him from most musicians.\nIn 2007 Mr. Hemingway won an Emmy Award as a performer of WQED’s (PBS affiliate station) “Live From Studio A.” As a sophomore at Duquesne University\, Chris won the School of Music’s prestigious concerto competition. At the young age of 21\, he was also a featured soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony. Chris has studied with James Houlik at the North Carolina School of the Arts and at Duquesne University.@chrisheminwaysax \nA native of Long Beach \, California\, Cecilia Coleman started on piano at age five and began jazz piano studies at age fifteen. During the early 1980’s\, she studied with vibraphonist Charlie Shoemake\, arranger Tom Kubis and classical pianist Dr. Allan Giles.\nCecilia has led her own groups since 1990\, when she formed a trio with bassist Eric Von Essen and Kendall Kay on drums. In 1993\, she began working with her quintet. They recorded three CD’s:Words of Wisdom\,Young and Foolish and Home between 1990-1995 . Along with numerous local club and concert appearances\, the quintet also performed at the Monterey and Telluride Jazz Festivals. In 1998\, Coleman moved to New York and has played with a variety of groups as a sideman\, accompanist and leader.\nIn 2010\, Cecilia became a big band leader of some significance and has recorded two CD’s with the Cecilia Coleman Big Band. The 18 piece band continues to play concerts regularly in the NYC area and has been listed in the the Down Beat Critic’s poll as a rising star in the big band category. Cecilia Coleman \nWill Woodard’s big sound\, strong feel and creative approach have made him a welcome presence on stages and bandstands and in recording studios around the world. He’s been blessed with numerous opportunities to work with\, and learn from\, revered masters (Dave Liebman\, Ed Blackwell\, Billy Hart\, Chico Hamilton)\, cherished contemporaries (Walt Weiskopf\, Vince Herring\, Roy Hargrove)\, and great younger players (Chris Potter\, Jon Irabagon). Will just wrapped up the second of two long stints as a member of drummer Rick Hollander’s quartet\, with which he recorded five cds for the Concord\, Timeless and Laika record labels\, two of which featured his compositions\, and with which he toured extensively\, performing in major clubs\, concert halls and festival stages throughout the US\, Europe and Japan. Will Woodward \nAndy Watson has been a fixture on the New York jazz scene for over two decades. He has performed and recorded with an impressive list of artists and groups\, including: Toshiko Akiyoshi\, Bill Frisell\, Benny Golson\, Jim Hall\, Tom Harrell\, Jon Hendricks\, Woody Herman\, Joe Lovano\, Wynton Marsalis\, Marian McPartland\, James Moody\, Marvin Stamm\, Mike Stern\, Lew Tabackin and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. As a member of Jim Hall’s trio\, Andy played on the critically acclaimed recording\, “Dialogues “. All About Jazz magazine called his performance on David Bixler’s “Call It A Good Deal” “one of the top ten for 2006”. Other notable recordings include Jon Hendricks’ “Boppin’ at the Blue Note\,” Toshiko Akiyoshi’s “Hiroshima: Rising from the Abyss\,” Jim Hall’s “Downbeat Critic’s Choice”\, The Westchester Jazz Orchestra’s “Maiden Voyage Suite” and the Telarc compilations “Jazz: Live from New York\,” and “Triple Play: Live From the Blue Note.” Watson has toured extensively throughout the United States\, Europe\, Asia and South America\, appearing at many of the major festivals: Monterey Jazz Festival\, Ravinia\, JVC New York\, Playboy Jazz Fest\, JVC Saratoga\, Zurich Jazz Festival\, and the Vienna Jazz Festival Andy Watson URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-music-berg-jazz-john-eckert-chris-hemingway-cecilia-coleman-will-woodard-and-andy-watson/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/First-Friday-John-Eckert2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240629T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240629T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240106T170226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240630T164854Z UID:10000542-1719687600-1719693000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Some Like It Hot DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-some-like-it-hot/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Some-Like-it-Hot-CHOICE-SQUARE-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240629T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240717T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240310T190937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240718T125715Z UID:10000547-1719666000-1721239200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:WHITNEY STAFF ONLY ART SHOW DESCRIPTION:CLICK TO ENLARGE \nJune 29 – July 17\, 2024 \nFree and open to the public \nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nWednesday–Sunday\, 1–6 pm \nFrom its origins in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s Greenwich Village studio in 1914 to its relocation to the Meatpacking District in 2015\, the Whitney Museum of American Art has always sought to support living artists at critical moments in their careers. \nMany of the Museum’s staff members\, who make the Museum’s exhibitions\, programs\, publications\, and day-to-day operations possible\, are artists themselves. For the seventh time in its history\, the Whitney Staff Art Show will be held in a public space\, offering staff an opportunity to share their work and deepen connections with one another as well as a wider public audience. \nFor the seventh year in a row\, the Whitney’s Staff Art Show will be held in a public space\, offering staff an opportunity to share their work and deepen connections with one another as well as a wider audience. This year’s exhibition will include the work of over ninety artists\, presenting a wide range of mediums\, including painting\, sculpture\, drawing\, photography\, printmaking\, collage\, and video\, and reflecting the diversity of artistic practice among the Whitney’s talented staff. \nSTAFF ONLY is organized by colleagues from various departments throughout the Museum.  \nThe exhibition is free and open to the public\, Wednesdays through Sundays from 1 to 6 p.m.and will be part of West Side Fest\, a celebration of arts and culture on the West Side of Manhattan\, July 12–14.2024 \nArtist Participants \nRamon Cintron\nalondra acevedo\nCrystal Aguila Morales\nFidel Alleyne\nStephanie Alifano\nScarlet-Frances Alonzo\nAlyssa Andrews\nMax Bell\nAnna Bida\nCorey Braxton\nMitsuko Brooks\nNatalee Cayton\nJaqueline Cedar\nViridiana Choy\nAseeli Coleman\nSpencer Compton\nHeather Cox\nKeira DiGaetano\nKasim Earl\nShanique Emelife\nDavid Ertel\nSarah Fortini\nDebora Francis\nMelinda Freudenberger\nEmma Gabel\nBehrang Garakani\nKarina B. García Labrana\nJohn Gaudio\nJesse Gelaznik\nAlana Giarrano Oula\nClaire Golder\nNora Gomez-Strauss\nAbigail Hack\nFelicia Huguley\nJunichiro Ishida\nEmily Jacoby\nArmando Jaramillo Garcia\nJennifer Jhagroo\nCaitlin Jones\nChris Ketchie\nKIKIISUN\nTom Koehler\nTom Kotik\nDenise Kupferschmidt\nCaroline LaCava\nMidrene Lamy\nMeredith Lawhead\nDavid Liburd\nRob Lomblad\nIris Ward Loughran\nEleanor Lovinsky\nJonita Luti\nDoug Madill\nGenevieve Martinez\nElissa Medina\nKristyna and Marek Milde\nVictor Moscoso\nMeer Musa\nWilliam Norton\nMeg O’Brien\nJustin Ortiz\nJason Philliips\nAnna Piwowar\nEliza Proctor\nGreg Reynolds\nMelissa Robles\nVíctor Ignacio\nJoshua Rosenblatt\nLynnette Therese Sauer\nLisa Saunders\nJosephine Schoen\nLaura Schwarz\nIrene Shifman\nElisabeth Skjærvold\nJim SKULDT\nNathan J. Smith\nEve Soleil\nCree Solomon\nNatalia Sterling\nJosephine Tam\nAdin Tannin\nSarika Tatineni Doppalapudi\nJoseph Teliha\nEva Tenby\nDavid Tufino\nKhaleiah Vasquez\nYuYu Vega\nEric Vermilion\nCynthia Laureen Vogt\nJosh Wertheimer\nChristine Zheng\n  URL:https://westbeth.org/event/whitney-staff-only-art-show/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WMAA_Staff-Only_SQ-Social_FINAL_240613.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240628T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240628T210000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240304T214628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240630T164919Z UID:10000535-1719601200-1719608400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get to Know Your Neighbors: An evening with Alexander Berg\, Patricia Melvin\, and Linda Marks DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nFriday June 28\, 2024\n7PM – 9PM\nWestbeth Community Rm\n155 Bank St\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nAlexander Berg portrait photographer \nLink: Westbeth Artist Page \nPatricia Melvin painter\n“As a plein air painter of New York City\, I have been painting landscapes for forty years. While I am primarily self-taught\, I studied with Gabriel Laderman and Robert Beverly Hale at the Art Students’ League\, and with Martin Pajeck\, who was a student of Max Beckman. I also studied independently in Paris and Amsterdam\, where I did my first plein air paintings. I have painted and exhibited in the United States and Europe\, and now live in New York City’s Greenwich Village.”\nLink: Westbeth Artist Page\nWebsite: Patricia Melvin \nLinda Marks poet\nFrequently gives readings of her poetry.\nLink: Transformation Reading\nLink: Open Mic URL:https://westbeth.org/event/get-to-know-your-neighbors-an-evening-with-alexander-berg-patricia-melvin-and-linda-marks/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GTKYN-Square–JUNE_v2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240627T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240627T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240621T001845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240630T164946Z UID:10000548-1719513000-1719516600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Day at Little Island DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nThursday June 27\, 2024\n6:30 – 7:30pm\nThe Glade \nPerformances by Westbeth artists and friends. \nPele Bauch is an interdisciplinary choreographer who combines dance with theater and weaves mixed media and set design into unique performances. Bauch’s choreography has been selected for presentation at many venues including the Brooklyn Museum of Art\, the Chocolate Factory\, Danspace Project\, Movement\nResearch at the Judson Church\, Joyce SoHo\, HERE’s TALR and the Best f TALR\, Dixon Place\, and BAX. \nLegendary Indie Rock trio BETTY\, Alyson Palmer (vocals\, bass\, guitar)\, Elizabeth Ziff (vocals\, guitar\, electronic programming) and her sister\, Amy Ziff (vocals and cello)\, use beguiling melodies\, compelling lyrics and signature harmonies to create energetic live shows that mix music\, performance art\, politics and comedy.\nBETTY sings of joy\, love\, longing\, sex\, food\, heartbreak\, and the universal hilarity of human existence. More than a band\, BETTY uses music to channel their passion for representation\, fairness and equality. From the beginning\, they’ve blended their voices for causes they fight for\, their talents in collaboration with other artists of every medium\, and their time in support of women and girls\, worldwide. \nJazz guitarist Peter Bernstein has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989. During that time he has participated in numerous recordings and performances with musicians from all generations. As a leader\, Peter has released nine albums and a DVD. As a sideman Peter has appeared in groups led by Sonny Rollins\, Bobby Hutcherson\, George Coleman\, Lou Donaldson\, Dr. Lonnie Smith\, Fathead Newman\, Joshua Redman\, Brad Mehldau\, Diana Krall\, Lee Konitz\, Jimmy Cobb and many more. Current projects include his album\, Monk\, with Doug Weiss and Bill Stewart\, a recently released solo record\, Solo Guitar – Live at Smalls\, and the highly acclaimed organ trio with organist Larry Goldings and drummer Bill Stewart. \nNew York City-based alto saxophonist\, bandleader\, composer and educator Mike DiRubbo has been the most swinging and soulful artist on his instrument for nearly 30 years.DiRubbo’s nine previous recordings as a leader from 1999 to 2018 include: From the Inside Out\, Keep Steppin’\, Human Spirit\, New York Accent: Live at the Kitano\, Repercussion\, Chronos\, Four Hands\, One Heart\, Threshold and Mike DiRubbo Quartet – “Live at Smalls.” DiRubbo has been featured in articles\, reviews\, and interviews in magazines such as Jazziz\, Hot House\, JazzTimes\, Down Beat and JazzWise. He’s also a perennial presence in The Down Beat Critics Poll in the Rising Star: Alto Saxophone category. \nReed player and composer Michael Moss has been actively involved in the downtown music scene for many years leading 4 Rivers\, Free Energy\, and Zone. Moss has performed with William Parker\, Dave Liebman\, Richie Beirach\, Greg Kogan\, Sam Rivers\, McCoy Tyner\, Elvin Jones\, Paul Bley\, Cal Massey\, Grant Green\, Burton Green\, Wilber Ware\, Mike Mahaffay\, Sabir Matin\, Ras Moshe\, Jackson Krall\, Mark Hennen\, Dan Rose and led the JCOA Jazz Composers Orchestra as well as the Free Life Communication Jazz Orchestra in his own compositions. Moss is following a life-long passion for expanding jazz improvisation to include musical traditions from around the world and has written original music to reflect these different ethnic traditions. \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. He has consistently appeared in top spots in DownBeat polls\, and is a recipient of the prestigious JAZZ ECHO award from the Deutsche Phono-Akademie in his native Germany. \nAs a freelance artist\, Judith Moss has conducted workshops and classes at the Rotterdanse Academie in Holland\, Mudra in Belgium\, The Place in England\, Centraalpark Studio in Berlin\, Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts\, Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean and Dance Omnium in Alaska. A recipient of fellowship awards in choreography from the National Endowment of the Arts\, Arts Councils in New York\, Wisconsin\, and Pennsylvania\, The Arts Council of Great Britain and the Turks & Caicos Friends of the Arts Foundation\, Ms.Moss has created more than fifty dances for Judith Moss & Dancers\, repertory companies and college dance departments. \nHaving first come to prominence as a member of the funk-jazz collective Fat Mama\, pianist/composer Erik Deutsch has taken his talents across the globe to play with some of the finest musicians alive. Born in Washington D.C. and currently a 13+ year resident of Brooklyn\, NY\, Erik exists in many musical worlds\, performing and recording with jazz\, pop\, rock\, bluegrass and country artists like The Black Crowes\, Dixie Chicks\, Norah Jones\, Rosanne Cash\, Citizen Cope\, Charlie Hunter\, Leftover Salmon\, Shooter Jennings\, Alice Smith\, Shelby Lynne\, Theo Bleckmann\, Al Green\, Jessi Coulter\, Joe Russo\, Allison Moorer\, Phillip Phillips\, Dori Freeman\, Joey Arias\, Since 2022 Erik has been the full-time keyboardist for rock legends The Black Crowes. \nA classicist in experimental clothing\, 6 time Obie winner David Greenspan is a playwright who is also passionately involved in the theatre as an actor and director. From his early more autobiographical plays (one of which\, Principia\, took inspiration from the shifting modalities of Joyce’s Ulysses) to more recent works inspired by (and at times adapted from the work of) Hawthorne\, Stein\, Molnar\, and Thorton Wilder\, Greenspan’s theatre is a place where anything can happen. Deliciously complicated\, incredibly funny\, the work\, whether tragic\, tender\, mysterious or cruel\, betrays a profoundly empathic imagination. Both wildly conjured and deeply attentive to diverse literary and theatrical traditionsfrom vaudeville and Greek mythology to the Bible and boulevard comedyGreenspan’s plays ask big questions about history\, creation\, sexual behavior\, the complications of family and the very act of performing a play. \nMarianela Fernandez was born in Buenos Aires\, but spent most of her life in the cities of Córodoba and New York. She has a masters degree in Filósophy and a BA in Classical Studies. Passionate teacher\, she has been philosophy professor in a variety of High Schools\, Community Colleges and in the Universidad Nacional de Villa María\, in Argentina. Currently she is a teacher in the progressive school “City and Country” in New York. In 2010 she published her first poem “The Other Woman”. Her poems have been published in different anthologies and compilations. Currently she is a candidate for the MFA in Spanish creative writing at NYU. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-day-at-little-island/ LOCATION:The Glade\, LIttle Island NYC CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Westbeth-SQ-DayatLittleIsland2-e1718928824564.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240621T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240621T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240605T214056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240624T021718Z UID:10000546-1718989200-1718996400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:David Greenspan: Something Wicked This Way Comes DESCRIPTION:June 21\, 2024 5pm – 7pm\nAbolitionist Place\nBrooklyn\, NY\n:I’m doing a twenty-minute riff on my experience playing Witch #! in a production of Macbeth in Cleveland. Stage blood is slippery when wet and sticky when dry… and that’s just the beginning of it. This is an En Garde Arts presentation\, and the program features some other groovy performers (see below). June 21 at Abolitionist Park in Brooklyn\, 110 Willoughby Street. 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. performance. And the price is right: FREE.” URL:https://westbeth.org/event/david-greenspan-something-wicked-this-way-comes/ LOCATION:Abolitionist Place\, Brooklyn\, NY CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/david-greenspan-something-this-way.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240620T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240622T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240313T000236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240624T020622Z UID:10000529-1718910000-1719086400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:You're Never Too Old to Play presents: Above Ground (Not Exactly a Comedy) DESCRIPTION:Thursday June 20\, 2024 at 12:30pm\nFriday June 21\, 2024 at 7pm\nSaturday June 22\, 2024 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nYOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD TO PLAY\, an improvisational\, story-telling acting-workshop for\nseniors at Westbeth Center for the Arts\, presents ABOVE GROUND (NOT EXACTLY A COMEDY) \nDIRECTED BY Nancy Gabor and Paul Binnerts \nFEATURING: Illana Abramovitch\, Christina Koenig\, Sally Plass\, Susan Binet\, Harold\nThomas\, Lorraine Marx Singer\, Joanne Riel\, Jonathan Ned Katz\, Nora Galer. \nConducted by international theater directors and acting teachers Nancy Gabor and Paul\nBinnerts\, the group\, ages 74-98\, has been together for almost five years and has presented\nwork on different themes at WESTBETH and at LITTLE ISLAND. The new piece explores\nthrough improvisation\, music and dance\, the process of getting older with humor and love\,\nsharing childhood memories along with present issues of aging. \nAmong Nancy’s credits: collaborator with Joseph Chaikin and Sam Shepard; director of over 100\nplays in NYC and abroad.\nPaul\, a renowned Dutch stage director\, playwright and teacher\n(awards: Theatertreffen 2006\, Halle/Berlin for The Same Sea\, Theaterfestival 2006\, Amsterdam\nfor Mephisto) is the author of Acting in Real Time\, University of Michigan Press (2012).\nNancy and Paul are long time Westbeth residents. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/youre-never-too-old-to-play-presents-above-ground/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Above-Ground-SQUARE.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240620T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240714T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240609T002230Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240715T021708Z UID:10000539-1718870400-1720976400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Art Take-Over at Westbeth: Three Dormant Spaces\, Three Art Exhibitions - One Event DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge. Photos on poster by David Plaake. \nJune 20 – July 14\, 2024 \n Hours:\nFriday\, Saturday\, Sunday 1pm – 6-m \n\nWALK AND TALKS:\nSaturday July 13\, 2024\nThere is a Crack in Everything at 3pm\nEx Femina at 4PM\n\nArt Take-Over is part of West Side Fest \nEx-Femina\nCo-curated by Valérie Hallier and Noah Trapolino\n*Located within Westbeth’s former child care center \nEx-Femina\, Latin for “from woman\,” encapsulates the profound transformation in the portrayal of femininity and the female gaze within contemporary art. This evolution is not merely a shift in representation but a reclamation of agency\, identity\, and perspective. \nInternational artists of various genders explore\, through mediums including sculpture\, painting\, photography\, collage\, drawing\, diorama and textile art\, facets of womanhood beyond the confines of objectification and passive observation. They depict women as subjects with complex narratives\, desires\, and emotions. Through figurative and abstract forms\, they explore themes of fertility\, nature\, animality\, intimacy\, technology\, spirituality\, consumption and trickery among others. \nEx-Femina inclusively and playfully celebrates the multifaceted nature of the female experience beyond conventional constructs. \nExhibiting artists include: Louisa Armbrust\, Aisha T Bell\, Amy Butowicz\, Martin Campos\, Tiffany Cole\, Ursula Endlicher\, Natasha Gornik\, Valérie Hallier\, Lily Hyon\, Daniel Maidman\, Jody MacDonald\, Shiri Mordechay\, Serena Nickson\, Agnès Pezeu\, Roxane Revon\, Morgan Suter\,\nElizabeth Tolson\, and Noah Trapolino. \nThere is a crack in everything\nCurated by Valérie Hallier\n*Located within Westbeth’s former Synagogue space \nThere is a crack in everything regroups contemporary artists working in installation\, sculpture\, drawing\, painting\, photography and video art. The show stages the duality of existence\, with some artwork emerging from darkness while others bask in the glow of light. The title\, inspired by Leonard Cohen’s lyrics\, serves as a metaphor for the inherent imperfections and vulnerabilities within our reality as well as within the previously dormant space the show populates and brings back to life. \nThe vast space still shows its defects as the artists imprint their own realities and dreamscapes onto its rough edges and surfaces\, but there is transformation\, instability\, there is expectation. We undulate between chaos and order\, soft and hard\, organic and artificial\, light and darkness. Nothing is fine\, but you are.\n\nExhibiting artists include: Santina Amato\, Amy Butowicz\, CHiKA\, Claudia Cortinez\, Jean Foos\,\nTom Fruin\, Tessa Grundon\, Valérie Hallier\, Leslie Kerby & Lianne Arnold\, Christina Massey\,\nJoseph Morris\, Anne Muntges\, Aston Philip\, Matthew Schlanger\, and Etty Yaniv. \nThere she lay\nCurated by Claire Felonis\n*Located within Westbeth’s former sculpture studio \nThe Westbeth building\, originally home to Bell Labs\, was partly submerged underwater during Hurricane Sandy. Drenched in history\, it serves as the ground of this group exhibition emerging from the depths of collected memory\, material investigation\, human identity and metamorphosis. \nThe amalgamation of these six artists’ practices manifests in a dystopian world\, which may have never existed at all. There she lay becomes a multidimensional dream-space suspended in time\, where false artifacts are unearthed\, strange fantasies lurk beneath the surface\, and secret languages are whispered under crashing waves. \nExhibiting artists include: Earth Ængel\, Vinny Castro\, Sasha Fishman\, Adrienne Greenblatt\, Gitte Maria Möller\, and Andreia Santana. \nCreative spaces available for lease through exclusive broker Denham Wolf\nContact Kate Hrbosky Email: Khrobsky@denhamwolf.com Tel: 646 814 8856 URL:https://westbeth.org/event/art-take-over-at-westbeth-three-dormant-spaces-three-art-exhibitions-one-event/ LOCATION:Westbeth is Part of West Side Fest CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ART_TAKE-OVER_WebSQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240614T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240614T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240311T003012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240619T190923Z UID:10000531-1718391600-1718397000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: House of Games DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-house-of-games/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/House-of-Gamess-SQUARE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T160203 CREATED:20240613T195251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240731T121934Z UID:10000545-1718265600-1718298000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Valérie Hallier Multiple Media Artist New Profiles in Art Interview DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/valerie-hallier-new-profiles-in-art-interview/ CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/VALERIE-HALLIER.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR