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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221007T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221007T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 CREATED:20220919T131220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T152627Z UID:10000106-1665169200-1665169200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:An Evening with Four Westbeth Poets DESCRIPTION:Griselda Steiner is a poet\, playwright\, feature article and screenplay writer. Her poetry\ncompilation The Silent Power of Words is currently available on Amazon. She has read her\npoetry at the Cornelia Street Café\, Episcopal Actors Guild\, 92Y Tribeca Café\, Duplex Club\,\nPoetry House and Mexican Consulate\, New York City. Her poems are published in the anthology\nFrom Neza York to New York and appear in many literary journals and online publications.\nCheck out my new Westbeth Web Page\nhttps://westbeth.org/wordpress/artist-page/griselda-steiner \nAnne Weichberger has been writing poetry since 1963 when she was in Paris sitting at La\nCoupole across from Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir having tea. After a long\nsuccessful career in fashion\, she pivoted toward a new career as a postpartum doula. Currently\nher work is looking after the elderly while writing her memoirs. \nLinda Marks has been writing\, reading and publishing poems in small venues in downtown\nManhattan and elsewhere since the mid-’70s. She is putting together a book of poems and also\nworking on memoirs and family history. She writes prosey accessible poetry. \nAlison Armstrong retired in 2021 after many years of teaching college English. She has read her\nwork to various audiences including Artists Without Walls\, Ward-Nasse Gallery\, Nuyorican\nPoets Cafe\, Kaleidoscope\, and at Westbeth. Her poetry has been published in Mid-American\nReview\, Words\, Match Factory\, and James Joyce Broadsheet. She is now revising new poems\nfor a projected book\, Voices in Retrospect.\nAlison Armstrong artist page URL:https://westbeth.org/event/four-westbeth-poets/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Westbeth-poets-SQUARE-e1663592965783.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 CREATED:20220901T203941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221001T233909Z UID:10000097-1664478000-1664483400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: A Face in the Crowd DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-4/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/A-Face-in-the-Crowd-CURRENT-SQUARE-e1662064761301.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T153000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 CREATED:20220922T145246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221001T233925Z UID:10000108-1664370000-1664379000@westbeth.org SUMMARY:FREE Flu Shots at Westbeth DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/flu-shots-free/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Flu-Shot-poster-SQUARE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220922T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 CREATED:20220913T191321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230228T172336Z UID:10000102-1663862400-1674752400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Feldenkrais Class resumes In Person DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/feldenkrais-class/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Feldenkrais-REV-SQ-poster-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220812T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220812T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 CREATED:20220730T004117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220817T155109Z UID:10000031-1660330800-1660336200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Casablanca DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-3/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Casablanca-SQUARE-e1659141648602.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220726T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220726T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 CREATED:20220115T174602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220730T002815Z UID:10000062-1658844000-1658847600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Resilience: How to Lift Your Spirits in the Age of Covid DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/greenwich-house/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Resilience-and-Return-tSQ-o-a-New-Normal-SQUARE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220721T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220721T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 CREATED:20220629T022106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220730T002830Z UID:10000091-1658430000-1658435400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Stage Door DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-stage-door/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/MOVIE-NIGHT-STAGE-DOOR-SQ-e1656469242673.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220621T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220621T173000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 CREATED:20220520T203655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220629T022210Z UID:10000076-1655825400-1655832600@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Penny Jones & Company: Boxes to Buildings Workshop DESCRIPTION:DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF COMMUNITY ROOM\, WORKSHOP CANCELLED\nBoxes to Buildings Workshop\nTuesdays June 14 – 28\, 2022\n3:30PM – 5:30PM \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nNew York\, NY enter through courtyard \nRegistration required. \nPROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIRED AT DOOR BEFORE ENTRY\n. \nPenny Jones is the founder of Penny Jones & Company Puppets: Early Childhood Theater\, a legendary puppet show that has been in performance for over 40 years. Her hand-made puppets were recently featured in Puppets of New York City exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York. \nPenny Jones excerpt from Profiles in Art Interview:\nWhen I was working with other people’s puppet shows\, they were geared to older audiences\, but younger children came. And somebody made the rather mean joke that you could tell the success of the show by counting the puddles left by the youngest children in the front row\, due to overexcitement. I thought\, That’s terrible! I realized nobody is writing for that age\, respecting that age. So I determined when I went out myself that I would focus on that age. I had a child that age. I really identified with it. I wanted to produce shows which would capture their imagination\, which wouldn’t scare them\, which would move them\, which would not treat them like second-class citizens. And so I thought about it. I thought they have more fun when they’re sitting together as a group than when they’re sitting in chairs that are too big for them in between adults. They like to laugh. They need to exercise during the show. It’s too long for them to sit through a whole show. So we invent games that will exercise them without having to get up and run around. That’s why every show has a hand game. And they naturally want to participate. They say hello to the puppet when they see it. They don’t understand that you’re supposed to be a listener\, a watcher\, and not participate. \nAs I developed the different shows\, I kept thinking of various ways that would allow them to participate. \nRead entire interview with Terry Stoller Penny Jones\npuppeteer \nPenny Jones Westbeth Icon – See the film made about her as part of the Westbeth Icon Series\nVisit: Penny Jones Westbeth Icon \nMore Information about Penny Jones & Company Puppets\nVisit: Penny Jones & Company URL:https://westbeth.org/event/penny-jones/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PENNY-JONES-REV-cancelledBOXES.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220616T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220616T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 CREATED:20220605T002154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220621T005958Z UID:10000086-1655406000-1655411400@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: Sweet Smell of Success DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-movie-night-2/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SWEET-SMELL-O-REV-SQUARE-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220604T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220604T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 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:20220527T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220527T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 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:20220523T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220523T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 CREATED:20220509T013814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220525T220019Z UID:10000030-1653332400-1653337800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Stories Around the Table: Elegies and Confessions DESCRIPTION:Monday May 23\, 2022 at 7PM \nAn innovative evening of true and almost true stories…\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St\nNew York\, NY 10014\nenter through courtyard \n MASKS REQUIRED: \nWRITERS \nKaren Ludwig\nKAREN LUDWIG performs\, directs and teaches in New York and L.A. Her B’way credits include Prelude to a Kiss with Steve Guttenberg and John Randolph\, Broadway Bound with Joan Rivers\, The Devils with Anne Bancroft\, The Bacchae with Irene Pappas and many plays at the Public Theater. She was a member of Andre Gregory’s Manhattan Project for two years and performed The Seagull and Wallace Shawn’s Our Late Night with the Company throughout the United States and Europe.\nHer first film was Woody Allen’s Manhattan\, (Meryl Streep’s lover) and her most recent is That Awkward Moment with Zach Efron. She teaches at The New School for Drama and the HB Studio in NYC. \nDawn D’Arcy\nDawn is an actor\, writer\, bass player and thrilled to be a new grandma to Etta. She is in love with each of the women in this group and plans to marry them all in the very near future. \nJoyce Aaron\nOboe winner for Acting in a play Acrobatics co written by Luna Tarlo. Original member of The Open Theater\, directed by Joseph Chaikin. Premiered America Hurrah by Jean Claude Van Itallie in New York and at The Royal Court Theater in London. Lived and worked with Sam Shepard on many of his early plays. \nNancy Gabor\nTheater Director\, Acting Teacher:\nOpen Theater\, Director – The War in Heaven with Joseph Chaikin\,\nMaster Teacher – Princeton University\, and the Amsterdam Theater School\, Holland.\nDirector – On-site production Lost and Found\, by Paul Binnerts at Westbeth.\nOffering the popular You’re Never Too Old to Play story telling and improvisation workshop for seniors that recently played to great acclaim at Little Island\, New York in July 2021 \nJoan Hall\nJoan Hall who won the Miriam Chaikin Writing Foundation Award in 2018\, is a pioneer in the field of collage and assemblage illustration. Her work has appeared on covers of Time magazine\, and in The New York Times. Hall’s collages and assemblages have been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide\, including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City. \nChristina Maile\nHer work reflecting her West Indian and Dayak heritage\, she has received grants from Pollock-Krasner and Joan Mitchell Foundation\, as well as two Miriam Chaikin Foundation Writing Awards. Her landscape architectural work was featured in Garden Design Magazine. She was the co-founder playwright of the Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective. She accepts Dawn’s marriage proposal but only if its an open marriage. \nDiane Spodarek\nDiane Spodarek is a Canadian-American artist and writer with a background in the visual and performing arts. She is the recipient of artist’s fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the New York Foundation for the Arts\, Creative New Zealand\, and the Michigan Council for the Arts. \nDale Soules\nis an American actress known for starring in The Messenger\, Sesame Street\, and for portraying Frieda Berlin in Orange Is the New Black from 2014 to 2019. She appeared in the original production of Hair in the role of Jeannie. URL:https://westbeth.org/event/stories-around-the-talbe/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/STORIES-AROUND-TABLE-MAY-SQ-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220519T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220519T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 CREATED:20220516T232721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220521T000751Z UID:10000074-1652979600-1652983200@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Greenwich House Town Meeting at Westbeth DESCRIPTION: URL:https://westbeth.org/event/greenwich-house-at-westbeth/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Greenwich-Town-SQ-Hall-GH-May-19-2022.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220512T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220512T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 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:20220508T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220509T213000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 CREATED:20220329T011404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220509T012536Z UID:10000014-1652040000-1652131800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Beth Soll: Earthly Dances in Troubled Times DESCRIPTION:L-R – Beth Soll\, photo credit: Lazslo Toth; Beth Soll and Abby Dias in the film\, “Two Red Solos\, A Formal Response.” Cinematographer: Ethan Mass; Brianna Lux\, photo credit: Jacob Lux. \nSaturday May 7\, 2022 at 8pm\nSunday May 8\, 2022 at 8pm\nBETH SOLL & COMPANY\nThe Westbeth Community Room at Westbeth Center for the Arts\n55 Bethune Street (corner of Bethune St. and Washington St.)\, NYC 10014 \nSeating Limited. Masks required for attendees. \nTickets: sollearthlydances.brownpapertickets.com\nPhone: 212-927-0476 \nWebsite: Beth Soll and Company \nFacebook: Beth Soll and Company \nChoreographer/Dancer Beth Soll\, Artistic Director of Beth Soll & Company\, will present Earthly Dances in Troubled Times\, a concert of four new works and a film at Westbeth Center for the Arts\, 55 Bethune Street\, NYC. The program will take place on Saturday May 7 and Sunday May 8 at 8pm. Tickets: *Full program below. \nCelebrating the 50-year age difference between herself and her dancers\, the two evenings will feature the premiere of Red Duet\, a live spin-off of Ms. Soll’s film\, Two Red Solos\, A Formal Response\, which will also be shown. Both works were created in response to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. \nDancers appear in the film in two separate solos\, one for company member Abby Dias and another for dancer/choreographer Beth Soll\, in separate frames or socially distanced in one frame. Filming took place in 2020 outside\, amidst the greenery of Hudson River Park. The vibrant red of the costumes contrast with the lush green of the park. In Red Duet\, the live version of the film\, Ms. Soll shares the stage with Ms. Dias\, using geometric clarity and a thoughtful balance of athleticism and subtle\, gesture-based movement. \nThe other works to be shown echo aspects of the film\, including its movement vocabulary\, the tension between separation and connection\, and the co-existence of formal restraint and emotional expressivity. \nAccording to dance critic Deborah Jowitt\, who viewed the film in preview: “What makes this duet especially interesting—even moving—are the subtle distinctions between the two performers. Hard to believe though it is\, Soll is about fifty years older than Dias. If they raise both hands to frame their faces\, or lean down to touch the ground\, they seem like twins\, but they approach certain larger moves in individual ways…. Two red solos. The performers’ responses to the title may be formal\, and the two of them never touch. But their simultaneous solos seethe with the implications of togetherness and isolation that at present shape our daily lives.” – Arts Journal\, Read more. \n* Full Program (subject to change): \nSpell II (premiere)\, Solo for Beth Soll. This dance grew out of two earlier solos\, one from 1979 and another from 2016. It suggests a sense of immersion in a private\, almost visionary place of sensuous introspection\, expressed in both kinetic dancing and idiosyncratic gestural movement accompanied by the evocative music of Boston’s celebrated jazz musician Stan Strickland and the equally accomplished Josh Rosen. \nRed Duet (premiere) a live version of the film\, “Two Red Solos\, A Formal Response.” The choreography departs from the restrictions of the separate frames in the film and allows for more intimacy between the dancers than in the film\, as well as a sense of vigorous\, athletic freedom. Music: prepared tape of nature sounds by the film’s cinematographer Ethan Mass. \nWellspring (premiere)\, Solo for Abby Dias. The choreography of this piece makes references to the other dances in the program and focuses on Abby’s youthful\, hopeful energy\, her natural dramatic sense\, and her technical skill. The dance is accompanied by the highly original\, evocative music by experimental jazz artist\, Jeff Platz. \nFolk Dance: A Restless Fugue. Duet for Abby Dias and Brianna Lux. This dance makes reference to the traditional folk dance of Eastern Europe and to the embroidered patterns on folk costumes. The dancers move from upstage to downstage with one movement pattern and then move back upstage with another pattern\, sometimes deviating from their straight paths. Parts of the dance are performed in unison\, but much of it is performed as a fugue or canon\, in which one person starts\, and the other dancer later joins in with different movement. As the dance develops\, the dancers deviate from the rigid lines of the embroidery and dance together or in opposition\, which both enriches and undermines the conventions of folk dance and evokes a sense of the aesthetic power\, passionate emotions\, and suggestions of conflict that are often implicit in traditional dances. Music for the dance is by Param Vir\, a British composer originally from India and performed live by noted New York pianist Kathryn Woodard. \nFilm: Two Red Solos\, A Formal Response – the dancers appear in separate frames or socially distanced in one frame. The film was shot outside amidst the greenery of Hudson River Park. For the film Soll worked to reveal and celebrate the 50-year age difference between her and Abby Dias and to locate it within a geometric clarity and thoughtful balance of athleticism and subtle\, gesture-based movement. The vibrant red of the costume’s contrasts with the lush green of the park. Cinematographer: Ethan Mass. Editing: Ethan Mass and Beth Soll. \nABOUT BETH SOLL \nBeth Soll is the Artistic Director of Dance Projects\, Inc./Beth Soll & Company. Beth Soll began her dance training in the U.S. with the Romanian dancer Iris Barbura and continued abroad in Germany and Switzerland. She has performed with many dance companies and has frequently collaborated with artists in all disciplines. She received a bachelor’s degree in modern dance from the U. of Wisconsin and later a Ph.D from Boston University. With her company\, which was formed in 1977\, she has performed in many U.S. locations and abroad in Canada\, France\, Germany\, Hong Kong\, Hungary\, Romania\, and Russia. She has been honored with many grants and awards from the NEA and from state\, civic\, and private sources. Since the 1960s\, she has been teaching people in varied contexts and in universities\, including MIT\, where she directed the Dance Program for 20 years\, the Harvard Summer Dance Center\, Boston University\, UC Santa Barbara\, Hofstra University\, Manhattanville College\, and the University of Wisconsin. Her book\, Will Modern Dance Survive? Lessons to be Learned from the Pioneers and Unsung Visionaries of Modern Dance was published in 2002.\nBethsollandcompany.org \nNow in her late seventies and still dancing\, Soll’s very individual style has earned enthusiastic praise throughout the years: \n“Gentle\, unusual\, luminous…iconic purity…thoughtful\, beguiling dance.”\nDeborah Jowitt\, The Village Voice \n“This is dance at its most magical\, mystical\, mysterious.”\nCerina Survant\, Chicago Reader \n“A distinguished\, absorbing\, and deeply satisfying concert.”\nDavid Vaughan\, Dance Magazine \n“…volatile\, thrilling\, both kinesthetically and spiritually\, and altogether magnificent.”\nChristine Temin\, The Boston Globe URL:https://westbeth.org/event/beth-soll-earthly-dances-in-troubled-times/2022-05-08/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Beth-Soll-SQ-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220504T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220504T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 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;TZID=America/New_York:20220424T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220424T140000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 CREATED:20220415T224511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220418T152804Z UID:10000021-1650805200-1650808800@westbeth.org SUMMARY:Penny Jones & Company Puppets: Three Little Pigs DESCRIPTION:Sunday April 24\, 2022 at 1PM \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street (enter through courtyard)\nb/w Washington and West Sts.\nNew York\, NY\nBUY TICKETS HERE \nLimited Capacity. Buy tickets online. Masks must be worn by all. Adults must be vaccinated. \nClassic Tales and Fables. Lots of fun for the very young. The Three Bears\, The Three Billy Goats Gruff\, and more. This is a simple and intimate introduction to the theatre for children. With lots of participation\, fun\, and games\, and Mother Goose Rhymes. A hit for generations. With Jack\, the Pied Piper and that silly little dog Toby. After the show\, everyone makes a puppet to take home.\n“Charming.” -New York Times\n“Very simple\, and perfect as an introduction to theatre.” -New York Magazine\n“Warm\, funny\, direct and charming.” -Gannet Newspapers\n“A relief from all that commercialism” – A parent after the show \nTickets are $10 for all ages\nShow Time: 1 PM\nAll Ages – Great for 2 to 8\nStroller Parking\nShows Run about 45 Minutes workshop follows\nInformation: (212) 924-0525 \nMORE INFO: http://www.pennypuppets.org \nBUS AND SUBWAY: M14A\, M11\, M20\, (2 blocks)\nA\, C\, E\, L\, 1\, 2\, 3 (5 or 6 blocks) URL:https://westbeth.org/event/penny-jones-company-puppets/ LOCATION:Westbeth Community Room CATEGORIES:past-events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westbeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PENNY-JONES-SQ-APriil-24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220422T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220422T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T035651 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