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:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD 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:20240731T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 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;TZID=America/New_York:20240726T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240726T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 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:20240705T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240705T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 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:20240628T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240628T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 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:20240607T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 CREATED:20240414T151240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240613T003721Z UID:10000528-1717786800-1717792200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Music: The Mizell Sanwald Brade Trio joined by Ben Swan DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \n\nFriday June 7\, 2024 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n55 Bethune St\nNew York\, NY \n\nWestbeth resident Andreas Brade presents\nThe Mizell/Sanwald/Brade Trio\nwith Ben Swan \nAn evening with all original compositions in the Americana-Jazz genre and beyond. \nListen to the Trio’s new digital album “The Last Hill Before Home” \nCameron Mizell\, Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer\, has been part of the diverse New York City music scene since 2004\, performing in a wide variety of genres from experimental improvisation to bluegrass musicals. Mizell has released 11 albums ranging from jazz-funk to Americana to avant-garde experimentalism. His latest effort as a band leader\, The Tree on Saffron Path\, pairs his guitar with a string trio for a set of cinematic chamber music\, lilting folk tunes\, and ambient improvisations. “Quietly and efficiently\, Mizell has put together a remarkably tuneful\, eclectic\, understatedly cinematic body of work. In a world overpopulated by guys who play a million notes where one would do\, Mizell’s economical\, purposeful style stands out even more.” (New York Music Daily). To hear his music and learn more\, visit http://cameronmizell.com \nAndreas Brade\, German born drummer\, educator and composer Andreas Brade has been a professional drummer for over 30 years. With an open mind he has found himself over the years in many different musical situations\, “the good and the bad” and many lessons learned. Andreas has performed and recorded nationally and internationally with many different Jazz\, African\, Afro Caribbean\, Gospel\, Rock\, R&B\, and Improvisational Artists at venues and festivals such as the Montreal Jazz Fest\, Kennedy Center\, Boston Symphony Hall\, NJPAC\, the Blue Note\, the Apollo Cafe and many more. These days\, Andreas likes to maintain his passion for Jazz\, and different genres of the world\, mainly African and Afro Caribbean styles\, while exploring his own voice. He is also drawn more towards electronica\, art and Improvisational music. \nAndreas has worked for over 20 years as an accompanist for modern dance for schools like the Martha Graham School\, Mark Morris Dance Center\, Paul Taylor\, Alvin Ailey\, Joffery Ballet. \nAs a composer Andreas has worked for Cornfield Dance for 15 years creating sound scores and sound scapes\, using his own samples and manipulating them with electronic effects. His works have been played/performed at venues and festivals such as 92nd Street “Y”\, Bryant Park Summer Stage\, the Battery Park Dance Festival\, the British Museum at Yale\, Baryshnikov Arts Center and the University of Georgia. \nA passionate educator\, Andreas taught at Berklee College of Music\, The Boston Community Music Center of Boston and the South Shore Conservatory. He is currently faculty at Brooklyn Music School and has his own teaching studio. \nAndreas holds a diploma from Berklee College of Music and a Masters of Modern American Music in Performance from Longy School of Bard College\, and endorses VicFirth and Zildjian Cymbals. \nThese days Andreas still enjoys staying inspired\, maintaining an open mind towards new musical adventures and solidifying his own sound\, Visit www.andreasbrade.com\nPaul Sanwald: \nPaul Sanwald is a bassist and composer living in Brooklyn\, NY. He leads a quartet that focuses on his original music\, and also works steadily as a sideman on upright bass and guitar\, and occasionally works as an arranger. \nPaul started playing music professionally as a teenager\, and has worked steadily for more than 20 years as a sideman and leader. Paul has toured internationally and recorded with Dem Brooklyn Bums\, Elizabeth and the Hot and Silver Trio\, Mizell/Sanwald /Brade Trio\, The Blue Saracens\, Flipside Phonics and Regatta 69. \nPaul has composed and arranged music for almost every kind of group imaginable: small jazz groups\, jazz big bands\, orchestras\, string quartet\, and a variety of chamber groups. \nA lifelong student\, Paul attended the New School’s venerable jazz performance program on a scholarship\, and studied orchestration\, conducting and composition at the Juilliard Evening Division with Dr. Daniel Ott and Jonathan Dawe. He studied jazz privately with many teachers\, but his first and most important teachers were Ed Paolantonio and John Wheliss.\nVisit http://paulsanwald.com \nBen Swan has traveled the globe for more than 20 years learning from musical masters to develop a signature style of improvisational violin playing. While centered within the American jazz tradition\, Ben employs a unique blend of musical concepts garnered from a variety of cultures to form his musical vocabulary.\nVisit www.swanviolin.com \nhttps://paulsanwald.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-hill-before-home URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-music-the-mizell-sanwald-brade-trio-joined-by-ben-swan/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/FF_ANDREASBRADE_square.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240605T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240621T100000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 CREATED:20240530T135631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240720T202629Z UID:10000533-1717578000-1718964000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Rooftop Pilates with Ellie Kusner on Westbeth Roof DESCRIPTION:CLICK TO ENLARGE \nWednesdays and Fridays\n9:15 – 10 :15am\nJune 5\, 7\, 12\, 14\, 19\, 21\, 2024 \n$10 per class\nNo experience necessary \nWestbeth Roof\n55 Bethune St\nNYC\nTake elevator to 11th floor \nContact: Elliekusnerpilates@gmail.com \nEllie Kusner has been teaching pilates to people of diverse movement experiences\, physical abilities and health backgrounds for over 20 years. She began her own pilates practice as a student of the Boston Ballet in the 1990’s. After graduating from Barnard College\, she pursued a freelance dance career and quickly found that teaching pilates was an ideal way to financially and physically support her performing life while honoring her knowledge of the human body in motion. Ellie is a faculty member of the Dance Department at The Juilliard School\, where among other things\, she teaches pilates and runs a pilates teacher training program. She holds an MSc in Dance Science which contributes a scientific\, evidenced-based perspective to her pedagogy. Her classes encourage movement specificity and robust physicality while cultivating a deep\, integrated connection to the mind\, body and spirit through the use of rich\, anatomically-informed imagery.\nwww.elliekusner.com URL:https://westbeth.org/event/ellie-kusner-teaches-pilates-on-westbeth-roof/ LOCATION:Westbeth Roof CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Rooftop-Pilates-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240531T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240531T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 CREATED:20240417T144028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240603T153307Z UID:10000527-1717182000-1717189200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get to Know Your Neighbors: An evening with Robert Bunkin\, Ze'eva Cohen and Tamara Wyndham DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nFriday May 31\, 2024 at 7pm – 9pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nEnter through courtyard\nNYC \nThis is the inaugural session of a new WARC-Sponsored program\, Get To Know Your Neighbors. \nPlease come and find out what some of your neighbors do\, why we’re here in the Westbeth Artists Community.\nOur presenters will share 20-minute presentations of some aspect of their careers as artists: \n  \nRobert Bunkin\, focusing on recent paintings made post-Covid;\nZe’eva Cohen\, dancer and choreographer will be showing a video of her work\, and\nTamara Wyndam will do a live performance piece. \nRoibrt Bunkin is a painter\, curator\, art historian and educator. “All of my work is concerned with the particular: a portrait\, a tree trunk\, and a sculpture are all part of this on-going investigation into the specifics of appearances. \nWestbeth Artist Page: Robert Bunkin \nZe’eva Cohen dance artist and choreographer. “High art can be\, and indeed should be\, entertaining. The wonder of dancer Ze’eva Cohen was that she not only accepts this principle\, but achieved a flawless balance… There is high art for you… Cohen is a genius in the field. – San Francisco Chronicle.” \nWestbeth Artist Page’ Ze’eva Cohen \nTamara Wyndham psinting\, performance. “Contact prints of the body have a tradition in sacred arts\, often functioning as evidence of the physical existence of divine or holy persons.” \nWestbeth Artist Page: Tamara Wyndham URL:https://westbeth.org/event/get-to-know-your-neighbors-an-evening-with-robert-bunkin-zeeva-cohen-and-tamara-wyndham/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-19-at-10.09.59-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240528 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240716 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 CREATED:20240528T165510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240701T210546Z UID:10000530-1716854400-1721087999@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Open Call: Westbeth Gallery DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nCALL FOR EXHIBITION PROPOSALS 2025 \nDeadline July 15\, 2024 \nThe Westbeth Gallery is a nonprofit fine arts gallery located within Westbeth Artist Housing in\nthe West Village in Manhattan. The gallery is operated by the Westbeth Artists Residents\nCouncil which is a volunteer organization elected by the residents of Westbeth. \nThe gallery is seeking diverse proposals from institutions\, curators or individual artists for\nexhibitions in 2025. Each exhibition is approximately three weeks in length and must use all\nfour rooms of our 2900 square foot gallery. \nProposed exhibitions should be composed of artwork that is the product of professional artists and executed in the last five years. are given latitude in the content and arrangement of their work. Exhibitors are expected to work independently to curate\, promote and install their exhibition professionally. \nProposal Requirements\nAll proposals are due by July 15th\, 2024. Proposals submitted after July 15th will be ineligible\nfor review. We only accept digital proposals. \nPlease Note – Non-refundable exhibition fee:\nIf your proposal has been accepted\, you will be notified and receive a contract to sign along with a request for a non-refundable exhibition fee to go toward the maintenance of the gallery.\nExhibition Fees (non-refundable) are split into three categories:\n1) If the show is curated from within Westbeth: $400 fee\n2) If the show is curated by an individual or group from outside Westbeth: $800 fee\n3) If the show is curated by an Institution (i.e. The Whitney): amount may vary. \nEmail your proposal to: submissionswg@gmail.com \nDOWNLOAD SUBMISSION FORMS WG Call form Proposals 2025 \nSUBMIT:\n• 200 word statement of your proposed exhibition including title see attached form below.\n• A Resume in pdf form of the curator and/or featured artist(s).\nVisual Support:\n• 6 digital images from an individual artist or a selection of 2 images per artist from a group or\ninstitution.\nPlease format your images in the following:\nFile name: labeled with your last name and order number\nEXAMPLE: Smith01.jpg\, Smith02.jpg\, Smith03.jpg\nDimensions: the largest size should be no more than 2000p pixels\, no wider than 10″.\nResolution: 72dpi (do not send Tiff files)\nImage List: provide: title of piece\, materials and dimensions\, date the work was produced \nThe Review Committee will not look at websites of any kind.\nGallery Information\nGuidelines for the gallery and floor plans can be found at www.westbeth.org under About/Westbeth Gallery.\nSelection Process\nAll proposals will be reviewed by members of the Visual Arts Selection Sub-Committee.\nProposals that are accepted will be notified by September 2024.\nEXHIBITION PROPOSAL COVER SHEET\nName of Featured Artist(s) and/or Institution: ___________________________________\nFrom Westbeth (circle one): Yes – No\nContact Name: ____________________________________________________________\nContact Email Address: _____________________________________________________\nContact Phone Number: ____________________________________________________\nProposed Title: ___________________________________________________________\nMedium(s) (sculpture\, mixed media\, painting\, video\, etc): ___________________________\nExpected total number of works: __________\nSize of works (range): ________________\nSpecial Requirements for the Exhibition: __________________________________\nNumber of Participating Artists: ___________\nAre your artists from New York City? Tri-State Area? International? ___________\nDo you plan on hosting artist talks or other special events during your exhibit? Please describe:\n___________________________________________________________________________ URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-gallery-open-call-2025/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:non-event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/flyerOpenCall_2025_REVjuly15SQ-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240503T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240503T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 CREATED:20231203T161721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T155144Z UID:10000513-1714762800-1714768200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:FIRST FRIDAY presents ALY 'S BDAY CABARET featuring BETTY and Friends DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nJoin the celebration of bass player and vocalist Aly Palmer with Elizabeth Ziff and Amy Ziff and their rocking harmony trio BETTY. Joining the night are sensational singers and Aly Pals Miss Maggie Moore with Tony Salvatore\, Kristi Ambrosetti\, Mishti\, Eve Zanni\, The Line Up’s Susie Moser and more! \nIt’s a cabaret for all ages\, all musical styles from jazz pop rock and blues\, and anyone who loves a smorgasbord of tasty talent. Stick around afterward\, for when DJ EZ plays old school dance music to shake off anybody’s birthday blues! \nWebsite: BETTY URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-presents-aly-s-bday-cabaret-featuring-betty-and-friends/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ALYFirst-Friday-BDay-Rev_Square2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240405T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240405T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 CREATED:20240302T041708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240409T233021Z UID:10000480-1712343600-1712347200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Fridays Music: Victoria Horne and Friends Jazz\, Blues\, and more DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/victoria-horne-first-friday/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/SQUARE_VICTORIA_HORNE_V2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240421T180000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 CREATED:20240229T224630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T011459Z UID:10000479-1712149200-1713722400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Mind Leaves Body: Elisabeth Condon\, Susan Luss\, Alyse RosnerReview by Art Spiel DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nApril 3 – April 21\, 2024 \nOpening Reception: Wednesday April 3\, 2024 at 6pm – 9pm \nWalk Through: Saturday April 6\, 2024 at 2pm \nPanel Discussion: Wednesday April 17\, 2024 at 7pm\nwith Amy Talluto.\nAmy Talbot is a painter and sculptor who lives and works in Upstate NY. In 2018 the was awarded a NYFA/NYSCA Artist Fellowship in Painting and was an Art Forum Critics Pick for her solo exhibition at Black & White Gallery. She has recently shown her work at Auxier Kline Gallery\, Jeff Bailey Gallery\, The Berkshire Botanical Gardens\, the Samuel Dorsey Museum\, Geoffrey Young Gallery and Wave Hill Gardens\, She is the host and producer of the Pep Talks for Artists Podcast. \nClosing Reception: Sunday April 21\, 2024 at 5pm – 7pm \nFeatured Artists: Elisabeth Condon\, Susan Luss\, Alyse Rosner \nMind Leaves Body features works by three painters who explore nature\, city dwelling\, and décor through creative processes that blur distinctions between inside and outside\, interior and exterior\, and intuition and physicality. Their flexible\, large-scale pieces propose\, in the words of essayist Paul D’Agostino\, that\, “If it sometimes seems as though the artist’s mind leaves the artist’s body\, then it’s because the artist’s mindless body is often the more fluidly productive one in the studio.” \nReview by Art Spiel \nWhen Elisabeth Condon noticed an Open Call for a show at Westbeth\, she immediately thought of artists Alyse Rosner and Susan Luss\, whose process-oriented approach perfectly matched her vision for a collaborative project. They all agreed to come together\, planning to let the installation unfold over four days\, allowing their work to merge and shape the exhibition dynamics. Their setup process—discussing\, reshaping\, and improvising in the gallery—revealed more profound interconnections. The trio’s improvisational method produced an exciting viewing experience analogous to a live jazz ensemble with distinct leitmotifs.em> URL:https://westbeth.org/event/mind-leaves-body-elisabeth-condon-susan-luss-alyse-rosneropens-r-review-by-art-spiel/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MIND-LEAVES-BODY-SQ-1080-x-1080-pixels-300-dpi-CMYK.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240323T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240323T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 CREATED:20240311T183628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240327T200117Z UID:10000489-1711191600-1711213200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:West Village Community Blood Drive DESCRIPTION:Click image below which links to scheduling an appointment. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/west-village-blood-drive-act-westbeth/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/BLOOD-DRIVE-MAR-2024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240315T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240322T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 CREATED:20240401T235853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240516T004507Z UID:10000505-1710489600-1711126800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:WESTBETH KIDS ART SHOW 2024: A REVIEW WITH PHOTOS DESCRIPTION:POP UP GALLERY: WESTBETH ARTIST CHILDREN’S HAPPINESS\nA review by Alison Armstrong Ph.D \nPoster by R Braimon \nAdvertised as Westbeth a Kids Art Show\, March 15 – March 22\, 2024\, the inner courtyard former daycare space an ehibition popped up with art by uninhibited and happy very young artists exhibiting a variety of colorful paintings. \nThe youngest were two girls \, Frankie (20 months) and Phoebe (2 years\, 5 months). The lavish reception of food and wine drew quite a lot of grown-ups who wandered in to have a look and stayed to admire the skill and diversity of the art\, including sculptures of various sizes and subjects. The medium was paper and paint or graphite. Scultptural works included Miss Hallier’s Paper-Mache giraffe of newsprint with an overlay of yellow staining. Her startling abstraction hung on an adjacent wall.Skillful paintings and a 3 dimensional piece by the Bernstein brothers\, introduced the entrance to the middle room\, \nGracing the long left hand wall of the end room were drawings that continued from black and white images into the more colorful works. Needless to say they were all hung at eye level. Black and white drawings by Ezra contrasted with brilliant abstracts\, not to mention representational images that suggest motioning excited sudden emotion.The largest work was a dramatic semi-realist image of two humanoid figures in red/white/blue with green feet that dominated the end wall of the main space. \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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\nDue to brevity (the sudden appearance and disappearance) of this marvelous exhibition\, this reviewer regrets that not all of the artists could be interviewed in person nor all of the art works featured here. However we have hopes that this have been the first of a future series of such exhibits that feature our youngest members of Westbeth Artists Community. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-kids-art-show/ LOCATION:Inner Courtyard Pop Up Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/KIDS-POSTER-AQ-kids-a-2-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240302T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240302T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 CREATED:20240222T225806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T160332Z UID:10000474-1709406000-1709413200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Composers Concordance: Music and Films Imelda O'Reilly film and more DESCRIPTION:March 2\, 2024 at 7pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nComposers Concordance presents “Music & Film @ Westbeth\,” an event combining cutting-edge short films with contemporary music composition.\nClick to enlarge \n \nThe Films\nFilms by Roxana Avila\, Imelda O’Reilly\, and Cecilia Mandrile\nFilm: Suspicious Minds\nA Short Narrative Film written & directed by Imelda O’Reilly starring Gina Costigan\, Ed Malone and Morgan Bullock\nImelda O’Reilly Artist Page \nPerforming live with the films is the renowned CompCord Ensemble::\nJessica Bowers (mezzo soprano)\, Charles Coleman (baritone)\, Lynn Bechtold (violin)\, Christof Knoche (bass clarinet)\, Jai Jeffryes (piano)\, Troy Rinker (double bass)\, and David Cossin (drum set)\, conducted by Gene Pritsker. \nFeatured on the program:\nThe animated Tango opera The Tunnel with music by Carlos José Castro Mora;\nBricks\, Beds\, and Sheep’s Heads with music by Seth Boustead\nThe Seamonster and the Milk Thistle with music by Gene Pritsker\nProject Imaginaire (Robin) with music by Lynn Bechtold \nThe Concert\nJessica Bowers\, mezzo-soprano\nCharles Coleman (AKA Das Krooner)\, baritone\nLynn Bechtold\, violin\nChristof Knoche\, bass clarinet\nJai Jeffryes\, piano\nTroy Rinker\, Jr.\, double bass\nDavid Cossin\, drum set \nGene Pritsker\, conductor \nWorks :\nCarlos José Castro Mora — The Tunnel\nSeth Boustead — Bricks\, Beds\, and Sheep’s Heads\nGene Pritsker — The Seamonster and the Milk Thistle\nLynn Bechtold — Project Imaginaire (Robin) \nThe concert will also be live streamed on Composers Concordance’s Facebook page. \nMore information about Composers Concordance and the CompCord HERE URL:https://westbeth.org/event/composers-concordance-music-and-films-imelda-oreilly-film-and-more/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Composers-Concordance-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240301T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240301T213000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 CREATED:20240216T172225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T160127Z UID:10000472-1709323200-1709328600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Music: OLDSCOOL Dance to Music of 70s DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge Friday March 1\, 2024 at 8pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nNew York\, NY\nenter through courtyard \nOLDSCOOL is a LIVE-BAND DANCE PARTY FOR SENIOR SCENESTERS. The 5-Piece Band performs THEME NIGHTS of Popular/Rockin’ Dance Music intended to appeal to all age groups\, but with special attention to the Over-50 segment of the population….because\nbeing YOUNG is great\, but OLD’S COOL too. \nThe theme of First Friday performance is The Music of 1970s \nOLDSCOOL performs regularly at their home base\, BAKER’S FALLS (formerly the PYRAMID CLUB)\, at other Nightspots\, and at Private Events. An impressive variety of GUEST VOCALISTS is featured at every gig. We always encourage Community Participation. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-music-oldscool-dance-to-music-of-70s/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FIRST-FRIDA-SQOLD-SCHOOL-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240215T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241219T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113829 CREATED:20240413T232015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240525T175253Z UID:10000457-1708023600-1734642000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Monthly Drag Bingo Nights with Paige Turner DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \n \nWestbeth Artists-Residents Council is thrilled to present Drag Bingo featuring renowned drag personality\, Paige Turner! \nAmazing Prizes from La Mer to La Moola\, Games\, Songs\, Laughter and Thrills and more \nWhere: Westbeth Community Room\nWhen: Every 3rd Thursday of the month (2nd Thursday on March 14)\nExact Dates: 2/15\, 3/14\, 4/18\, 5/16\, SUSPENDED FOR SUMMER\, 9/19\, 10/17\, 11/21\, 12/19\nTime: 7 – 9 PM\nSeating: Limited to 75 persons. First come\, first serve.\nPrice: FREE! and Bingo supplies provided. \nEach month\, Paige will perform show-stopping musical numbers along with her hilariously improvised Bingo games with fabulous prizes\, surprises\, mayhem and foolishness. \nDRAG BINGO NIGHT Feb 15\, 2024. Photos: Roger Braimon\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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nAbout Paige Turner\nNYC’s most recognizable names in drag “Showbiz Spitfire” PAIGE TURNER! Known as the love child of Barbie & Pee Wee Herman\, This 2-time Glam Award winner tours internationally in her All -Live Sung one woman shows. She is a headliner for OUTBOUND TRAVEL and has a summer residency in Provincetown at the acclaimed Post Office Café & Cabaret. Paige coined the phrase Slurp! which was NYC’s longest running drag show for 9.5 years. She was an original cast member of the reality show Shade: QUEENS OF NYC\, on the Fusion Network and has been featured numerous times on WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE! With Andy Cohen On Bravo\, even portraying Mary Poppins for Dame Julie Andrews! Most recently she guest starred on Law and Order in a Drag Story Hour related episode.\nwww.paigeturnernyc.com \n“Paige Turner is the ultimate theater queen and always gets everyone to sing along.”\nTHE NEW YORK TIMES \n“Paige has a Broadway powerhouse voice\, filled with good cheer and openness! \nCABARET SCENES \n“Hilarious and delectably witty!”\nOUT MAGAZINE \nIn the same vein as the Carol Burnett Show and Pee Wee Herman!”\nHUFFINGTON POST \n“Paige is an excellent singer and performer with a gift for selling songs!”\nBROADWAY WORLD \nWestbeth\, the largest artists community in the world\, was established in 1970 at the former Bell Laboratories in the West Village as a non-profit artists housing corporation comprising residential live/work and commercial spaces and later a Community Room and Art Gallery. Westbeth Artists-Residents Council (aka WARC) was established in 1980 as a non-profit volunteer-run tenant corporation that oversees The Westbeth Community Room and The Westbeth Gallery. WARC produces original events\, exhibitions\, and classes free to the public year-round (i.e. WestFest Dance Festival\, Westbeth Icons\, unique acting/singing/collage/exercise classes\, Westbeth Flea Market\, etc. )\, as well as hosts events from NYC and neighborhood partners (The Whitney\, Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts\, Open House NY\, etc.). Westbeth\, the physical campus\, is landmarked in city\, state and national registries. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/bingo-night-with-paige-turner-at-westbeth/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Drag-April-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240202T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240202T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20231216T162223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240214T035307Z UID:10000453-1706900400-1706900400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Fridays: Copasetic Connection with Brenda Bufalino\, Teri Roiger\, and John Menegon DESCRIPTION:Friday Feb 2\, 2024 at 7Pm\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\nenter through courtyard\nNYC \nBrenda Bufalino (Taps and Poetry)\nTeri Roiger (Vocals and Piano)\nJohn Menegon (Bass) \nAn evening of Jazz Music and Tap Dance featuring compositions by Billy Strayhorn\, Charles Mingus and others\, as well as original music and poetry by Brenda and Teri. \nAn excerpt of “Woodpecker”\, a documentary that Tony Waag is creating on the artistic life of Brenda Bufalino\, will be shown. \n \nBRENDA BUFALINO\nBrenda Bufalino is a mixed genre artist: Jazz tap dancer\, vocalist\, poet\, Author\, Ceramicist\, and Choreographer. https://www.brendabufalino.com/ \nShe was the creator\, and director of highly acclaimed American\nTap Dance Orchestra\, and the International Tap Dance Orchestra.\nPerforming her one-person shows internationally\, she has also appeared\nas a guest tap dance soloist at Town Hall\, Carnegie Hall\, The Joyce\nTheater and Kennedy Center. She is the creator of numerous solo shows\nperforming with jazz duos and trios. Her collaborations have been with\nbassist Joe Fonda on tour internationally and on his project and album\n“From the Source\,” reissued in 2023\, with Teri Roiger and John\nManegon\, Frank Kimbrough\, and Jay Clayton with whom she created\nthe Tap Opera\, “Gertrude’s Nose\,” for voices and taps. With her mentor\nand partner Charles “Honi” Coles\, she toured internationally for\ndecades. Most recently in November 2023\, Ms. Bufalino created a new\nevenings work “Blue Heron Flies” performed at the Regent Theater in\nArlington\, Mass.\nMs Bufalino’s book of poems “Circular Migrations” and her\nmemoir “Tapping the Source\,” which is now in it’s third printing\, are\nboth published by Codhill Press\, and her novella “Song of the Split\nElm\,” is published by Outskirts Press. Her many DVD’s\, CD’s and\nbooks are available on her website: brendabufalino.com\nShe has received several NEA fellowships\, The Tap City Hall of\nFame Award\, The Dance Magazine Award\, and the prestigious\nBessie Award\, for lifetime achievement. \nJOHN MENEGON \n(Bassist\, Composer\, Arranger) www.johnmenegon.com \n“New York bassist John Menegon is in the line of George Mraz and Michael Moore; a\nharmonically sophisticated bassist with technical facility who swings hard when it’s\ncalled for.” Kirk Silsbee\, Downbeat!\nMenegon is a jazz bassist\, but is also a guitarist\, arranger\, and composer. He began his\ncareer as a musician in Montreal playing in groups with the great guitarist Nelson\nSymonds\, as well as pianist Vic Vogel and guitarist Sonny Greenwich. After relocating\nto New York City\, he played bass for over ten years with two legendary tenor\nsaxophonists\, Dewey Redman and Texas Tenor David “Fathead” Newman. This\nexperience provided a solid foundation for Menegon to continue his explorations as a\nbandleader\, composer and arranger\, and he has been composing and arranging music\nthroughout his career. Menegon has released five CDs as a bandleader featuring\nDewey Redman\, Frank Kimbrough\, Joel Frahm\, Matt Wilson\, David “Fathead” Newman\,\nJoe Lovano\, Kenny Burrell\, Jack DeJohnette\, Teri Roiger\, John Di Martino\, John\nGunther\, and many others. He currently plays with jazz legend Joe Lovano’s “Classic\nQuartet” as well as numerous other stellar musicians. As an educator\, he spent several\nyears teaching in the Jazz Departments of SUNY New Paltz\, Williams College\, Bard\nand Bennington Colleges. Menegon has a new release coming out in April 2024 with his\nband “Sound Embrace” featuring his original compositions with Jean-Michel Pilc on\npiano\, Chet Doxas on sax\, and Jim Doxas on drums. \nTERI ROIGER\n(Jazz Vocalist\, Pianist\, Lyricist) www.teriroiger.com \n“Teri has an intuitive laid back sense of time reminiscent of Abbey Lincoln and Betty\nCarter but with her own uniqueness.” JACK DEJOHNETTE (legendary jazz drummer &\n2012 NEA Jazz Master)\nAn American jazz musician\, vocalist\, pianist\, songwriter\, lyricist\, educator\, and\nproducer\, Teri lives in New York City. Her first recording was made with the legendary\nstride pianist Butch Thompson\, and since then she has recorded with Jack DeJohnette\,\nKenny Burrell\, John Menegon\, Frank Kimbrough\, Gil Goldstein\, Steve Williams\, Matt\nWilson\, Pete Levin\, Joel Frahm\, Jay Collins\, Nanny Assis\, and many others. The depth\nof her experiences and love of jazz is apparent when she brings all her talents to live\nperformances\, the recording studio\, and through her moving lyrics and compositions.\nTeri’s five recordings as a bandleader have all met with critical acclaim\, as have her live\nperformances at festivals and top New York jazz spots. Her recordings showcase her\nuncommon knowledge\, appreciation\, and deep love for the artistry of Billie Holiday\,\nAbbey Lincoln\, and Thelonious Monk. The acclaimed critic Scott Yanow selected\n“GHOST OF YESTERDAY: Shades of Lady Day\,” as one of the top 30 Jazz CDs of\n2017! Her composition “Still Life\,” the title track of another album\, won 3 rd prize in the\njazz category of the acclaimed songwriting competition ISC. In 2013 her recording of\nAbbey Lincoln’s music was featured as one of the five best tribute releases in NYC Jazz\nRecord. Teri & John Menegon’s first collaboration\, MISTERIOSO\, includes jazz legends\nJack DeJohnette and Kenny Burrell\, and Teri was given permission to publish her own\nlyrics to Monk’s iconic composition “Misterioso.” They will be releasing a re-mixed and\nmastered vinyl edition in 2024.\n“Teri is made for those who still understand the meaning of the term the real thing.”\nStanley Crouch (Author & Cultural Critic) \nPhoto Credits:\nJanis Wilkins for John Menegeon (left)\nNeil Segal for Teri Roiger (right)\nSteve Peterson for Brenda Bufalino (center) URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-first-friday-copsasetic-connection/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/First-Friday-SQ-Copasetic-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240105T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240105T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20231001T031215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240106T225049Z UID:10000442-1704483000-1704488400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Music: Mike DiRubbo Quartet DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge \nJanuary 5\, 2024 at 7:30pm\nWestbeth Community Room \nAn evening of Modern Jazz with alto saxophone\, piano\, acoustic bass and drums. Mike will be performing some of his original compositions from his brand new recording\, “Inner Light”\, most of which were composed here at Westbeth. The performance will be followed with a Q&A. \nMike DiRubbo saxophonist\, composer\n“Something about the sound Mike DiRubbo elicits from the alto saxophone – deep\, dark\, immense\, with a machete edge that denotes a ready-for-anything urban sensibility – immediately grabs the ear. It’s a sound familiar to the cream of New York’s hardcore jazz community since the mid-‘90’s”\n– Ted Panken\nmikedirubbo.com \nBrian Charette organist\, pianist\nA leading voice in modern jazz\, Charette is a Hammond U.S.A\, Hammond Europe\, I.K Multimedia\, and Casio endorsed\, Cellar Live recording artist. Brian is currently #2 on the 2023 Downbeat Critic’s Poll for Organ and also won 2023 “Rising Star: Keyboard”. Brian was also the winner of the 2014 Downbeat Critics’ Poll “Rising Star: Organ” award and 2015 Hot House Magazine’s “Fan’s Decision Jazz Award for Best Organist”.\nbriancharette.com \nUgonna Okegwa bassist\nOne of the most distinctive and sought-after jazz bassists in the world. Critics across the globe have praised him for his rich tone\, supple sense of swing\, stylistic range and inventiveness. These qualities have not only earned him a place on the bandstand with jazz legends as diverse as Clark Terry\, Benny Golson\, Pharoah Sanders and Joseph Jarman – they have established him as one of the leading lights of a younger generation redefining jazz for the new century.\nugonnaokegwo.com \nEvan Sherman drummer\nAmerican drummer\, bandleader\, and arranger Evan Sherman has recorded and toured internationally in the bands of Ron Carter\, Cyrus Chestnut\, Roy Hargrove\, Jimmy Heath\, Branford & Wynton Marsalis\, the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars & Samara Joy.\nhttps://www.evanshermanmusic.com URL:https://westbeth.org/event/mike-dirubbo-quartet/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Mike-DIRUBBO-SQ-e1702615075482.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240105T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20240106T231147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T165622Z UID:10000448-1704441600-1733504400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Fridays Westbeth Music Performances 2024 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-fridays-music-performances/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/FIRST-FRIDAYS-REV-2024-CALENDAR-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20230508T223821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231205T025901Z UID:10000429-1701457200-1701462600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Music ConcertTravelogue: Angels and AncestorsJazz Cabaret DESCRIPTION:Click for larger image \nFriday Dec 1\, 2023 at 7pm \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNY\, NY \nFeaturing Eve Zanni\, vocalist\nIsaac Raz\, piano\nJennifer Vincent\, bass\nRobert Garcia\, drums and percussion\nPLUS surprise guests\nand\nJAZZ OPEN MIC jam session \nEve Zanni is an original jazz voice\, warm and expressive with a sensual musicality…traversing the primal depths of great jazz standards and original compositions in a blend of her unique arrangements that embrace classic jazz\, Brasilian\, Afro-Cuban\, Celtic and Middle-eastern rhythms….all sung with passion and romantic soul. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-music-concerttravelogue-angels-and-ancestorsjazz-cabaret/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Eve-Zanni-first-Friday-SQ_Square.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20230731T224801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231119T225657Z UID:10000421-1700305200-1700326800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Blood Drive at Westbeth DESCRIPTION:Click for larger image \nSaturday Nov 18\, 2023. 11am – 5pm\nWestbeth Community Room155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nThe West Village Community Blood Drive is sponsored by The Westbeth Artist Residents Council \nAppointments are preferred however walk-ins will be welcomed if space permits.\nPlease remember to eat\, drink\, and bring your donor ID card or ID with name and photo. \n  \n  \nTo schedule an appointment: https://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/315789 \nMasks are optional for all donors and staff. \nMedical questions? Please call 1800.688.0900 \nWhy Blood Donations? Hospitals and patients rely upon a steady flow of volunteer donors to receive life-saving donations. Blood donation has a lot of benefits. Why a person requires blood has various reasons. It may be an illness or also an accident\, nonetheless\, it is important. The blood that we donate helps a person in need. It enhances their health condition and makes them overcome their critical situation. Blood donation does not simply help that specific person but also contributes to a responsible gesture towards society. Moreover\, it also enhances the health of the donor. As the blood cell depletion allows a way for production of new blood cells that freshen our body system. NYBC encourages all who are able to sign up and donate today. One blood donation has the ability to save up to three lives! \nCan I donate blood? | New York Blood Center (nybc.org)To Schedule your Appointment to Donate CLICK HERE \nOr Scan the QR Scan Code URL:https://westbeth.org/event/blood-drive-at-westbeth/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BLOOD-DRIVE-REV-SQ-NOV-19.07-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231103T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231103T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20231026T152856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T223445Z UID:10000419-1699038000-1699043400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:First Friday Music Concert: A Song for PeteSteve Chizmadia\, Al Hemburger\, Alexis Cole DESCRIPTION:Click for larger image \nFriday Nov 3\, 2023 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nA night of music for\, from and inspired by visionary musical activist\, Pete Seeger. Sung by award-winning songwriter\, Steve Chizmadia. With bassist Al Hemburger and Westbeth vocalist Alexis Cole. \n“Hi Friends\, I wanted to invite you all to our upcoming First Friday show on Nov 3rd. I’ve invited my favorite singer songwriter\, Steve Chizmadia to present a concert. Check his music out at www.SteveChizmadia.com and fall in love! I’ll be singing backup vocals and playing a little keys. Backing up Steve is one of my favorite non-professional music activities\, so I’m so glad to have this platform to bring this artist I’m passionate about to a new audience. See you there! xo- Alexis” \nAlexis Cole As a sought after international performer\, she’s appeared with her trio\, with whom she both plays piano and sings\, and is a frequent guest with big bands and pops orchestras. She’s the director of the Jazz Vocal program at SUNY Purchase College and William Paterson University\, and the founder and director of the online educational community JazzVoice.com\, and the cofounder and artistic director of the Virginia Beach Vocal Jazz Summit.\nAlexis Cole Artist Page URL:https://westbeth.org/event/first-friday-music-concert-a-song-for-petesteve-chizmadia-al-hemburger-alexis-cole/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/First-Friday-Pete-SQpete.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231018T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231018T153000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20230730T143851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T011555Z UID:10000412-1697634000-1697643000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Get Your FLU SHOT at Westbeth DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/get-your-flu-shot-at-westbeth/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FLUE-SHOT-UPDATED-RED-SQUARE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231016T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20231016T135128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T010712Z UID:10000417-1697443200-1701363600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Bob Gruen Photographer Westbeth Icon Evening Video DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/bob-gruen-westbeth-icon-evening-video/ LOCATION:Online and Info at Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/gruenFeat.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231006T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231029T180000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20230925T191830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231031T015549Z UID:10000400-1696597200-1698602400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:DADS: A Group Exhibition of Artists Who Are Also Fathers DESCRIPTION:Westbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune St\, New York\, NY \nShow Dates: Oct 6 – Oct 29\, 2023 \nGallery hours: Wednesday – Sunday 1-6pm and by appointment. \nWestbeth Gallery is pleased to present Dads\, a group exhibition of artists who are also fathers\, on view at its’ Richard Meier designed courtyard location\, 55 Bethune Street in the West Village of New York. The show is curated by artist James Gortner. \nRarely in the contemporary art conversation is family and fatherhood considered a defining characteristic of an artist’s life\, motivation\, and/or artistic practice\, and it is dismissed as a barrier to the full realization one’s artistic potential. The featured artists have many differences – different stages in their careers\, diverse backgrounds and work across many mediums – but they are all dads who make art. It is the point of this exhibition to highlight a unique kind of familial artist identity\, and activate your feelings about each work knowing this identity is present. \nThe Dads exhibition will survey artworks by the following 36 artists: \n\nGregory Amenoff\nAnthony Boone\nGerald Cannon\nStanley Casselman\nJean Clanche\nGrayson Cox\nMark Dion\nBrock Enright\nDomenic Esposito\nJames Gortner\nMichael Guillard\nStephen Hall\n \n\nAdam Handler\nMarc Handelman\nBradley Hart\nHans Haveron\nJon Kessler\nGene Kiegel\nRick Klauber\nReiner Leist\nHenry Leutwyler\nRob MacInnis\nMatt Mullican\nAntonio Murado \n\n\nJeff Muhs\nYigal Ozari\nNick Paparone\nMourrice Papi\nFahamu Pecou\nRobert Roest\nMeir Srebriansky\nJacob Taylor\nFrancisco Vidal\nTomas Vu\nJohan Wahlstrom\nMark Zimmerman \n\n\n\nFor all appointments and press inquiries\, contact\nJames Gortner +1 310 463 9778 JamesGortner.art@gmail.com \nDADS OPENING RECEPTION Oct 13\, 2023 URL:https://westbeth.org/event/dads-a-group-exhibition-of-artists-who-are-also-fathers/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DADS-Show-8.5x11_FINAL-updated-e1695669347638.png GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230919T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231031T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20230701T183609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231031T233313Z UID:10000396-1695110400-1698771600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Profiles in Art: Carol Nolte Choreographer and Artistic Director of WestFest DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/carol-nolte/ LOCATION:Online and Info at Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Carol-Nolte-Profiles-in-Art-SQUARE-e1695149081563.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240125T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20230228T172914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240613T164156Z UID:10000160-1694707200-1706202000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Feldenkrais Class with Doron Tadmor. DESCRIPTION:  URL:https://westbeth.org/event/feldenkrais-class-with-doron-tadmor/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Feldenkrais-poster-FINAL-SQUARE-SIZE-v2-e1677605342359.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20230819T012447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T213707Z UID:10000375-1694199600-1694206800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Music Works presents BETTY DESCRIPTION:Friday September 8 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nFREE\n \n \nDJ ezgirl is a NYC-based partymaker who plays irresistible music to make you dance. Elizabeth Ziff dj’s wild parties from Lisbon to Los Angeles and just wants to make you shout\, ”This is my song!” URL:https://westbeth.org/event/betty-indie-band/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Betty-SQ-_WebVersion-e1692407542893.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230928T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20230808T164156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230929T192151Z UID:10000359-1694073600-1695920400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Ken Wade: Selected Retrospective DESCRIPTION:September 7th – 28th\, 2023\nGallery hours: Wedn-Sunday 1-6PM \nOPENING\, Thursday\, September 7 2023\, 6-8 pm. \nWestbeth Gallery\n155 Bank Street\nEnter through courtyad\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nKen Wade moved into WestBeth Artist Housing on January 1\, 1970 where the artist has lived and worked for 53 years. This September\, Wade will be opening a one-person Selective Retrospective with drawings\, paintings\, and sculptures dating from 1964 to the present. \n“I began making art in the early 1960s while living on the Island state of Tasmania; 125 miles off the SE coast of Australia. Four years later\, back in the USA\, my first American exhibition (1968) was at the Corcoran Museum\, Washington DC; I exhibited a series of large Zig-Zag paintings.\nThe images to follow represent selected work from early 60s (Tasmania/Melbourne)\, work done in Washington (67-69)\, ultimately concluding with NYC during the 70s-80s up to the present.\nOn New Years’ day 1970\, my family and I moved from Washington\, DC into the WestBeth Artist Housing. With us\, a huge crate\, that had followed us from Melbourne\, to London\, to Washington DC to New York City. The crate was packed solid with paintings and drawings that I had done in Australia\, and weighed nearly 1500 lbs . We gratefully accepted management’s offer of storage space in the basement facing the Westside Highway.\nLong story short—there was a flood.\n‘BIRD IN THE BUSH’ #9 was one of many dozens of BIRD’s & NUDE’s in the BUSH I painted during my 2 years in Tasmania. BIRD# 9 is the only painting from the crate that survived Westbeth’s first flood. ” \nMore about Ken Wade and his work at Westbeth Artist Page: Ken Wade URL:https://westbeth.org/event/ken-wade-selected-retrospective/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/KenWade_Instagram.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T113830 CREATED:20230724T232808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230812T014650Z UID:10000354-1692439200-1692457200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Joan Hall: Collage Workshop DESCRIPTION:Native New Yorker Joan Hall is a pioneer in the field of collage and\nassemblage illustration. Her work has appeared on covers of Time magazine\,\nand in The New York Times and numerous other publications.\nIn 1978\, Milton Glaser invited Joan to design a Collage for Illustration class\nfor The School of Visual Arts\, NYC\, which she taught until 2011.\nHall’s collages and assemblages have been exhibited in galleries and\nmuseums worldwide\, including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and\nthe Museo Tamayo in Mexico City. She was commissioned by the American\nCultural Center to lecture\, exhibit\, and conduct workshops in France\, India\,\nBrazil\, and most recently lectured at The National Arts Club in New York\nCity.\nShe has been a resident of Westbeth since 1971. \nJoan Hall Westbeth Artist page URL:https://westbeth.org/event/joan-hall-collage-workshop/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Joan-Hall-Collage-SQ-workshop-CWhigh-copy-2.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR