BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Westbeth - ECPv6.16.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://westbeth.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Westbeth REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220609 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220702 DTSTAMP:20220706T135417Z CREATED:20220528T011842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220706T135417Z UID:10000083-1654732800-1656719999@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Some Follow-Up Questions: Group Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Some Follow-Up Questions\nJune 9–July 1\, 2022\nOpening Reception Thurs June 9\, 2022 6PM – 8PM\nWestbeth Gallery\n55 Bethune Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nMasks required and provided \nPresented at Westbeth Gallery Some Follow-Up Questions is a group exhibition of work by: \nSteph Zimmerman\nMisra Walker\nBruno Smith\nAnoushé Shojae-Chaghorvand\nGabriel Sacco\nKaterina Pansera\nElla Kandel\nPerri Hofmann\nKyle B. Co.\nShamia Gaither\nMiranda Friedman\nPeggy Chiang\nStephanie Boyer\n  \n\nOrganized by Jen Shear\, Nora Normile\, Park McArthur\, and Jason Hirata\, the exhibition’s title comes from a Rutgers University course taught by McArthur and Hirata in the Spring of 2020 that focused on the multitude of roles and people who shape what we think of as conventions for experiencing\, distributing\, and conserving works of art. \nWestbeth Gallery is part of a residential complex that includes homes\, artists’ studios as well as exhibition and rehearsal spaces in what is now known as Westbeth Housing Development Fund Corporation\, a not-for-profit entity that inhabits a former Bell Laboratories building located at West and Bethune streets in New York City. Westbeth’s first residents moved in in 1970. \nThe artists in this exhibition\, as well as those who organized it\, are part of a half century of graduate degree education at Rutgers University that prioritizes research and experimentation across artistic media and disciplines. \nThe gallery is open Wednesday–Sunday 1–6pm. Tours by phone and in person are available.\nPlease call +1 929.618.4831 for a tour via Phone/Whatsapp/Skype. \nImages of the exhibition are available online at masongrossgalleries.rutgers.edu/questions \nWestbeth Gallery is located at 55 Bethune Street New York\, New York 10014 and online at https://westbeth.org/about/westbeth-gallery \nThe Art and Design Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers\, The State University of New Jersey is located at 33 Livingston Avenue New Brunswick\, New Jersey 08901 and online at https://www.masongross.rutgers.edu/degrees-programs/art-design URL:https://westbeth.org/event/some-follow-up-questions/ LOCATION:Westbeth Gallery CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/RUTGERS-PARK-SHOW-SQ.jpg GEO:40.737051566887;-74.009218415339 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220604T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220604T190000 DTSTAMP:20220605T002509Z CREATED:20220515T174648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220605T002509Z UID:10000034-1654347600-1654369200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:West Village Community Blood Drive DESCRIPTION:West Village Community Blood Drive\nSat. June 4\, 2022 – 1:00pm to 7:00pm\n155 Bank Street\nWestbeth Community Room \nSchedule Appointment: Click on Link \nhttps://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/303554 \n Or Use your camera to hover on the QR Code and enter Sponsor number 71021 \nPlease remember to eat\, drink and bring your donor ID card or ID with name and photo URL:https://westbeth.org/event/west-village-community-blood-drive/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Blood-Drive-June-e1652636198571.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220528T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220528T200000 DTSTAMP:20220825T185608Z CREATED:20220106T152142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220825T185608Z UID:10000066-1653764400-1653768000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Stories Around the Table Video DESCRIPTION:l-r Christina Maile\, Diane Spodarek\, Karen Ludwig\, Nancy Gabor\, Joyce Aaron\, Joan Hall \nAn evening of short stories and memoir dealing with murder\, monsters\, cats\, love\, joy\, and vegetables. \nVideo produced and directed by Maurice Papi\nVideo assistant Brianna Papi \nSTORIES AROUND THE TABLE URL:https://westbeth.org/event/stories-around-the-table/ LOCATION:Video on website CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/STORIES-VIDEO-REV-AROUND-TABLE-MAY-SQ-1-e1657118134493.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220527T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220527T203000 DTSTAMP:20220601T125500Z CREATED:20220515T155617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220601T125500Z UID:10000032-1653678000-1653683400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Pleasantville DESCRIPTION:Friday May 27\, 2022 at 7PM\nPleasantville is a 1998 American teen fantasy comedy-drama film written\, co-produced\, and directed by Gary Ross. It stars Tobey Maguire\, Jeff Daniels\, Joan Allen\, William H. Macy\, J. T. Walsh\, and Reese Witherspoon\, with Don Knotts\, Paul Walker\, Marley Shelton and Jane Kaczmarek in supporting roles. The story centers on two siblings who wind up trapped in a 1950s TV show\, set in a small Midwest town\, where residents are seemingly perfect. \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nbetween West and Washington St\nenter through courtyard\nNew York\, NY \nFREE URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/WESTBETH-MOVIE-NIGHT-PLeasantville-SQUARE-1-e1652631627504.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220521T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220521T140000 DTSTAMP:20220525T220045Z CREATED:20220411T220602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220525T220045Z UID:10000019-1653130800-1653141600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Flea Market 2022 DESCRIPTION:Flea Market $10 Bag Sale –\nSaturday May 21 11am – 2pm\nNo early birds. Line up outside of building at 55 Bethune St. Doors will open promptly at 11AM. \nSpend $10 in cash and a big black plastic bag and fillet to the brim with clothes\, books\, housewares\, electronics\, collectibles and more. Art and jewelry very very limited \nWestbeth Basement\n55 Bethune Street (between West Street and Washington Street)\nNew York NBY 10014\nAdmission FREE\nFriday May 13 11am – 7pm\nSaturday May 14 11am – 5pm\nSunday May 15 11am – 5pm\nMasks and proof of vaccination required for entry\,\nSince 1984\, the legendary Westbeth Flea Market has provided Bargains Galore to thousands of eager customers who recognize the amazing quality of items offered. Our donations come from artists within Westbeth as well as our neighbors. \nFIND Books\, mens and women’s clothes\, shoes\, fine fabrics\, housewares\, electronics\, furniture\, jewelry\, office supplies\, decorative objects\, some of them kind of mysterious. \nThe Affordable Art Department offers original paintings\, drawings\, fine art prints donated by the artists of Westbeth and local art collectors. Also art supplies and frames. \nCOLLECT LIKE AN ARTIST \nThe Westbeth Beautification Committee\, a subcommittee of the Westbeth Artists Residents Council\, has been a Westbeth tenant volunteer organization for the past 38 years. Since 1984\, the Committee has held an annual WESTBETH FLEA MARKET dedicated to fundraising for projects that benefit Westbeth\, the neighborhood community\, local charities and disaster relief. \nMore Info about Westbeth Flea Market URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-flea-market-2022/ LOCATION:Westbeth Basement CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/FLEA-MARKET-MAY-SQ-BAG-Spring-2022-tkt-web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Westbeth Beautification Committee":MAILTO:westbethfleamarket@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220512T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220512T200000 DTSTAMP:20220516T235956Z CREATED:20220403T001246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T235956Z UID:10000017-1652382000-1652385600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Icon Evening : Hans Haacke DESCRIPTION:Thursday May 12 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St. (enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014\nFREE\nMASKS ARE REQUIRED. \nHans Haacke largely invented modern ‘artivism’ as a political strategy for conceptual artists. His work intervenes through the space of the museum or gallery to decry the influence of corporations on society and reveal the hypocrisy of liberal institutions accepting sponsorship from aggressive and conservative capitalists. This work has been immensely significant in prefiguring the modern challenge to ‘artwashing’\, the attempted diversion from harmful business practices through philanthropic engagement with the arts. \nHaacke’s politics extend to his artistic career\, providing a principled example to artists and audiences. He still maintains partial ownership over his artworks after sale\, for example\, allowing him a measure of control over the extent to which his protest can be coopted by the art market. As a teacher and writer Haacke’s influence is not only in the work he directly produced himself\, but in the dissemination of his political strategies through later generations of artists. Haacke’s fearlessness and refusal to bend in relation to institutional pressure has had an enduring legacy that persists to this day. \n– The Art Story \nWestbeth Icons is a project that celebrates the life and work of senior Westbeth artists who continue to work passionately in their artistic field. It is produced by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council. \nThe Icon evening features a filmed interview produced and directed by Ted Timreck with Terry Stoller\, interviewer\, as well as tributes by colleagues of the artist and words by the honoree. A special Icon gift is presented to the artist at the close of the evening. \nSee more Westbeth Icons at Westbeth Icons URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-icon-evening-hans-haacke/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/HANS-HAACKE-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220504T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220504T203000 DTSTAMP:20220505T151624Z CREATED:20220413T203801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220505T151624Z UID:10000020-1651690800-1651696200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:An Evening of Readings: Walter\, Florio and Herman DESCRIPTION:Wednesday May 4\, 2022 at 7PM \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street (enter through courtyard)\nb/w Washington and West its.\nNew York\,NY\nFREE \nKate Walter is the author of two memoirs: Behind the Mask: Living Alone in the\nEpicenter and Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing.\nHer essays and opinion pieces have appeared in the New York Times\, Newsday\, New York\nDaily News\, AM-NY\, Next Avenue\, the Advocate\, the Village Sun\, and many other outlets.\nShe taught writing at CUNY and NYU for three decades. \nDonna Florio is a lifelong resident of Bank Street in Greenwich Village. Nurtured by colorful\,\neccentric neighbors who taught her to “never wonder about life from the outside—jump in!”\nDonna has\, over the years\, worked as an opera singer\, a TV producer\, a Wall Street executive\,\nand an educator\, and has backpacked around the world. \nMichele Herman is the author of the novel Save the Village and two poetry chapbooks\, Just\nAnother Jack: The Private Lives of Nursery Rhymes and Victory Boulevard. Her poems\, stories\,\nand essays have appeared widely in journals\, including Ploughshares and the Hudson Review.\nShe’s a longtime teacher at the Writers Studio\, a developmental editor\, and she writes for the\nVillage Sun. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-literary-arts-committee/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/READINGS-SQ.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220430 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220502 DTSTAMP:20220502T134510Z CREATED:20220409T164313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220502T134510Z UID:10000018-1651276800-1651449599@westbeth.org SUMMARY:WestFest Dance Festival 2022. THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT DESCRIPTION:WestFest Dance Festival 2022 returns for its 12th installation\, featuring 16 dance troupes across 7 different locations at Westbeth Artists’ Residence with Martha Graham’s Graham 2 headlining! \n New York 1 Interview with ZCO Dance Project\, George Cominskie Exec Director of Westbeth\, and Dylan Baker\, WestFest co-producer\n \nTickets: FREE\nRegistration Link: www.westfestdance.com/tickets\nTime: Tours run from 1:30PM – 3PM\nRunning Time: 1 hour per tour\nLocation: Entrance at 155 Bank St\, New York\, NY 10014 \nCOVID Policy: Audience Members are required to wear masks indoors \nGraham 2 of Martha Graham Dance Company will join 15 dance groups in performing in Westbeth’s annual WestFest Dance Festival on the weekend of April 30th. Taking place in the halls and courtyards of the landmarked Richard Meier-designed affordable housing complex\, WestFest is an immersive\, curated dance festival that presents and spotlights established and emerging movement artists and dance groups based in New York City. \nVisitors can sign up for a free one-hour tour guided by Westbeth artists\, who guide visitors through the building\, interspersed with original dance performances that enliven the housing complex’s famed winding corridors and courtyards. Set to take place across two days\, Saturday\, April 30th and Sunday\, May 1st\, from 1:30 – 3:00 PM\, tickets are free\, but must be reserved online in advance. \nMartha Graham Dance Company’s Graham 2 will make their return to Westfest for the third time\, with new original choreography by Virginie Mécène. Graham 2 is a pre-professional dance company drawn from the most advanced students of the Martha Graham School. The show is particularly important to the world-renowned dance company given its location – the studio has called Westbeth home for the last 10 years. \nThe two-day program will also feature a wide variety of dance troupes\, including ZCO/DANCEPROJECT\, whose mission is to spotlight the inclusion and incorporation of those with disabilities in dance. \n“We look forward to welcoming 16 talented dance troupes into our halls\, who will beautifully highlight and encapsulate the spirit of Westbeth through their dancing and performing\,” said George Cominskie\, Executive Director of Westbeth. “Westbeth has long been a home for the arts and the annual festival offers a unique opportunity to celebrate some of the City’s most exciting dance groups set against the backdrop of an iconic New York City arts institution.” \nProgramming for Saturday\, April 30th will feature performances by:\n● Graham 2\n● Glenn Potter-Takata\n● The Bang Group\n● Carol Nolte/Dance Collective\n● Company of Collaborative Artists\n● Marla Phelan\n● Braingames in partnership with the 14th Street Y Senior Performance Company\n● Capoeira Luanda lead by Mestre Jelon Vieira \nProgramming for Sunday\, May 1st will feature performances by:\n● Matthew Westerby Company\n● ZCO/DANCEPROJECT\n● Sofia Engelman + Em Papineau\n● The Echoes of Africa Dance Collective\n● BOiNK! Dance & Film\n● The DynamitExperience\n● Rachel Lieblein-Jurbala\n● The Jamal Jackson Dance Company \nWestFest is produced by the Westbeth Artists’ Residents Council. \nTickets: FREE\nRegistration Link: www.westfestdance.com/tickets\nTime: Tours run from 1:30PM – 3PM\nRunning Time: 1 hour per tour \nLocation: Entrance at 155 Bank St\, New York\, NY 10014 \nCOVID Policy: Audience Members are required to wear masks indoors \nAbout Westbeth\nFounded in 1970\, Westbeth Artists Housing is a nonprofit housing and commercial complex dedicated to providing affordable living and working space for artists and arts organizations in New York City. The Richard Meier-designed complex located on West and Bethune Streets in the heart of the West Village has provided 383 units of affordable housing and studio space since it opened 51 years ago. Over the course of its history\, Westbeth has been home to a number of influential artists\, musicians and performers\, and played an important role in supporting and sustaining the creative community in New York and beyond. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westfest-dance-festival-2022/ LOCATION:Westbeth’s Halls and Corridors. See NY1 Interview!\, !55 Bank Street\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/WESTEST-2022-sold-out_SQ-OUTSIDE_POSTER_FINAL.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220422T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220422T200000 DTSTAMP:20220427T142339Z CREATED:20220416T011048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220427T142339Z UID:10000024-1650654000-1650657600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: What Happened\, Miss Simone? DESCRIPTION:Friday April 22\, 2022 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street (enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY\nMasks are recommended\, Room capacity 74 \nWhat Happened\, Miss Simone? is a 2015 American biographical documentary film about Nina Simone directed by Liz Garbus. The film opened the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. The screening was followed by a tribute performance by John Legend.[1] The film was released by Netflix on June 26\, 2015. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 88th Academy Awards. \nMichael Hogan wrote for Vanity Fair that\, “The risk of making a documentary of a towering artist is that\, by explaining her\, you only end up diminishing her. Not Nina Simone—not this time. In Liz Garbus’s telling\, Simone’s talent and personality shine through\, as gloriously singular\, and uncontrollable\, as ever.” \nManohla Dargis of The New York Times cited the film’s relevance\, calling it an “often electric\, bracingly urgent documentary. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-what-happened-miss-simone/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/WETBETH-MOVIE-SQ-What-Happened-Miss-Simone-poster-gold-SQUARE.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR