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June 21, 2010 -August 24, 2010
Boy Scouts Take Over Times
Square
(and a weekend of family discounts in NYC!)
July 31st, 2010 10:30AM-10PM
Times Square
On July 31, the Greater
New York Area Boy Scouts of America are celebrating
100 years of Scouting in a BIG way with a
Scout invasion of Times Square! The entire
community is invited to join in the fun –
and all events are free! Visit Broadway between
42nd – 45th St. and brave the canoe
canal, reach new heights on the climbing walls,
and test your skills in virtual archery and
kayaking –just to name a few! Beginning
at 7 p.m., witness a spectacular stage show
featuring top local talent and a broadcast
of the exciting Centennial Celebration Show
from the National Scout Jamboree in Fort A.P.
Hill, VA . Throughout the weekend, a number
of local attractions will have special offerings
for Scouts, their family, and friends.
Learn more at www. bsa-gnyc.org.
Cost: Free
Website: http://bsa-gnyc.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=36514
Times Square Broadway
between 42nd – 45th St
7th Annual “On Our Toes in the Hamptons”
Celebrates 25th Anniversary of World Renowned
Choreographer Ronald K. Brown’s Internationally
Acclaimed Evidence, A Dance Company
Saturday, August 21st, 4PM - 8PM
Home of Bernard Jackson and Joyce Mullins
Jackson, Water Mill, NY
The 7th Annual “On
Our Toes in The Hamptons” featuring
the internationally acclaimed Evidence, A
Dance Company under the direction of founder
Ronald K. Brown and honoring Prince Kunle
Omilana and Princess Keisha Omilana for their
support and dedication to the Company will
take place at the home of Gala Co-Chairs The
Honorable Bernard Jackson and Joyce Mullins
Jackson, Water Mill, N.Y. on Saturday, August
21, 2010 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The benefit
committee of what has become “ the premiere
African American cultural event of the Hamptons’
social season” includes Reginald Van
Lee, Chair; Zaid Abdul-Aleem, Monica F. Azare,
Veronica Claypool, Joanne E. Hill, Andrea
Hoffman, Leslie Mays, Gail Monroe Perry, Lauren
Roberts, Jennifer Streakes, Dr. Ancy Verdier,
Kathleen Vita and Lisa Walker. Young Professionals
Committee includes BJ Coleman, Keenan Davis,
Estelle, Mignon Espy, Dr. Erika Faust, James
Nixon, Nkumera Pierre and Phillana Williams.
Silver Anniversary Committee includes T. Troy
and Keisha Dixon, Maurice and Andrea DuBois,
Noel Hankin and Moet Hennessy USA, Judith
Jamison, Pamela J. Joyner and Alfred J. Giuffrida,
Debra Lee and BET Networks, Terry McMillan
Rhonda Mims and ING, Ms. Baraka Sele, Marva
Smalls and MTV Networks
René Syler, Susan Taylor and Khephra
Burns, Tamara Tunie, Cicely Tyson,
Reginald Van Lee and Booz Allen Hamilton and
Lynn Whitfield
The mission of Evidence is to promote understanding
of the African Diaspora through dance and
storytelling. The company is celebrating its
25th anniversary this year. Highlights have
included a four-week tour to Africa sponsored
by the U.S. State Department, performances
at the Vancouver International Dance Festival
and a smashing season at Harlem Stages.
The late afternoon event will feature cocktails,
hors d’oeuvres by Kyle’s, online
auction, a special performance by Evidence
of “Ebony Magazine: To a Village”
and dancing with the dancers. Tickets are
$250 & $500: Sponsor packages are $25,000,
$15,000, $10,000, $7,500, $5,000 and $2,500.
For tickets and sponsorships contact Alexandra
Diaz, JFM Group at 914.235.1490 ex. 16 or
alexd@thejfmgroup.com.
For more information on Evidence, A Dance
Company and the event visit www.evidencedance.com
Home of Bernard Jackson
and Joyce Mullins Jackson, Water Mill, NY
Nacera Belaza's Le
Cri
FIAF’s Annual Fall
Festival
Crossing the Line 2010
September 12 - October
Various Venues Through New York City
Crossing the Line is FIAF’s
annual fall festival, conceived as a platform
to present vibrant new works by a diverse
range of transdisciplinary artists working
in France and New York City. Initiated, conceived,
and produced by the French Institute Alliance
Française (FIAF) in partnership with
leading New York cultural institutions, the
fourth annual edition of this inter-disciplinary
contemporary arts festival further develops
its focus on artists who are transforming
cultural practices on both sides of the Atlantic.
fiaf.org/events/fall2009/2009-crossing-the-line.shtml
Various Venues Through
New York City
FIT Couture Council
Luncheon honoring Karl Lagerfeld
Friday September 10th. 11:30am – 2:00pm
Avery Fisher Hall
The Couture Council
of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of
Technology (FIT) will honor Karl Lagerfeld
with a special award on Friday, September
10th at a benefit luncheon at Avery Fisher
Hall, New York City. This year’s Couture
Council luncheon chairs include Jen Brill,
Amanda Brooks, Poppy Delevinge, Lauren Santo
Domingo, The Honorable Daphne Guinness, Amanda
Harlech, Alexandra Lebenthal, Charlotte Moss,
Liz Peek, Allison Sarofim, Caroline Sieber,
Diana Taylor and Lizzie Tisch, Virgine Viard
(committee still in formation). Dr. Brown
will welcome guests, and Simon Doonan, Barneys’
famously witty creative director, will again
emcee.
Tickets $1,000-$1,500. Tables $5,000-$25,000.
To purchase luncheon tickets, please contact
Ms. Vicki Guranowski, 212.217.4100, fax 212.594.9206,
or email Victoria_Guranowski@fitnyc.edu
Avery Fisher Hall
|20 West 63rd Street
Literary
Lives: The World of Shirley Hazzard and Francis
Steegmuller
Exhibition hours: Mon - Wed - Fri - Sat: 9am
- 5pm
Tues - Thurs: 9am - 7pm; Sun: 1-5pm
March 24, 2010 - January 31, 2011
The New York Society Library
Shirley Hazzard - one
of the world’s most gifted and acclaimed
writers and author of The Transit of Venus
and The Great Fire - unlocks her
private collection of personal photographs
and books that gives a first-ever look at
the life she shared with her husband, Francis
Steegmuller, the award-winning author, whose
pioneering work on Flaubert, Cocteau, and
de Maupassant brought him worldwide
acclaim.
On view at The New York Society Library, this
FREE exhibition will also display photographs
of European landmarks taken by Steegmuller,
a gifted photographer
whose work behind the lens has not been seen
before. A 44-page catalogue accompanies the
exhibit.
ADMISSION: FREE.
The New York Society
Library Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery
53 East 79th Street, between Madison and Park
Avenues
New York, NY
NOFO Rock and Folk
Fest
Saturday, July 31st and Sunday, August 1st
10AM – 7 PM
Peconic Bay Winery, Cutchogue, NY 11935
Featuring both internationally
known bands/performers that have shaped
modern culture and independent musicians
who are blazing new paths toward Rock 'N
Roll history.Gen Y - Gen X & Baby Boomers
alike will feel at home in the fields of
Peconic Bay Winery taking in this year's
line up.From Woodstock to Lollapalooza to
Bonnaroo - NOFO Rock & Folk Fest captures
it all!Artists include: Jorma Kaukonen -
Mountain (Leslie West & Corky Laing),
West, Bruce Jr. & Laing - Richie Havens
- Pat Dinizio of The Smithereens - Devon
Allman and many others!
Tickets $45/day or $80/weekend pass. For
more information or to purchase tickets,
visit www.noforockandfolkfest.com
Peconic Bay Winery
Main Road, Cutchogue, NY 11935
Race to the End of the
Earth
Now Open
Through January 2, 2010
American Museum of Natural History
Race to the End of the
Earth recounts one of the most stirring
tales of Antarctic exploration—the
contest to reach the South Pole in 1911-1912–and
focuses on the challenges that the two team
leaders, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen
and British Royal Navy Captain Robert Falcon
Scott, confronted as they undertook their
journeys to the Pole and back.
amnh.org/exhibitions/race/about_exhibition/index.php
American Museum of Natural
History | Central
Park West and 79th Street
The Speakeasy
at 1220 Fifth Avenue
WEDNESDAYS NIGHTS
JUNE 30 - AUGUST 18, 2010
6:00 – 9:00 PM
The Museum of the City of New York
The Museum
of the City of New York presents The Speakeasy
at 1220 Fifth Avenue on Wednesday nights,
6 – 9 p.m. in July & August. Enjoy
cocktails on the Fifth Avenue terrace and
a special installation on the fictional
1920s character “Flapper Jane.”
Visitors will be treated to tours of current
exhibitions, live music, DJs, an antique
car show, and other special events throughout
the summer. For a detailed schedule of events
featured during The Speakeasy at 1220 Fifth
Avenue, visit www.mcny.org. Admission includes
one FREE drink and access to the Museum’s
first- and second-floor galleries.
Rain or shine!
Tickets sold online and at the door.
Museum Members: $10 • Non-Members:
$15
The Museum
of the City of New York | 1220 Fifth Avenue
TRAVELING
THE SILK ROAD:
ANCIENT PATHWAY TO THE MODERN WORLD
Saturday, November 14, 2009 – Sunday,
August 15, 2010
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Traveling the Silk
Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World
brings to life one of the greatest trading
routes in human history, showcasing the
goods, cultures, and technologies from four
representative cities: Xi’an, China’s
Tang Dynasty Capital; Turfan, a verdant
oasis; Samarkand, home of prosperous merchants,
and ancient Baghdad, a hub of commerce and
scholarship.
While exploring this new
exhibition, visitors will watch live silkworms
spinning cocoons, wander through a replica
of a lively night market, encounter life-sized
camel models, explore the ancient skills
of papermaking and metalwork, and track
the “stars” using a working
model of an Arab astrolabe.
Children will also
become world travelers, collecting special
stamps in Silk Road “passports”
issued to them at the exhibition entrance.
On Sunday afternoons, guests will be treated
to live performances brought together by
the Silk Road Project, founded in 1998 by
cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
ADMISSION Museum plus special exhibition:
$24 Adults, $18 Students/Seniors, $14 Children.
American Museum of Natural
History | Central
Park West and 79th Street
Word for Word Author Events at Bryant Park
Wednesdays from June 9th – August
25 at 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
The Bryant Park Reading Room
Best-selling authors,
celebrity writers, and expert-panelists
share anecdotes, answer questions from the
audience, and sign copies of their latest
books outdoors in the park. 2010 schedule:
June 9 - Samantha Bee from The Daily Show
* June 16 - Reality T.V. Star Kelly Cutrone
* June 23 - Colson Whitehead in conversation
with Samantha Hunt * June 30 - Underwater
New York with special guests Deb Olin Unferth,
Ed Park, Ben Greenman and more * July 7
- Jennifer Egan & Jane Mendelsohn *
July 14 - Sebastian Junger * July 21 - FUNny
Writers with Tom Shillue, Sloane Crosley,
Larry Doyle, Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Simon
Rich * July 28 - Gary Shteyngart in conversation
with David Ebershoff * August 4 - Fictiononomy
- A Fictional look at the Economy * August
11 - Terry Teachout * August 18 - Mona Simpson
* August 25 - Rick Moody with Wesley Stace.
The events are FREE; no reservations required.
For more information please visit the website
at www.bryantpark.org. The Bryant Park Reading
Room located at 42nd Street between 5th
& 6th Ave. Look for the burgundy and
white umbrellas. Rain Venue: Library of
the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
20 West 44th Street (between 5th & 6th
Avenue).
Library of the General
Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen |20 West
44th Street |
Between 5th & 6th Avenue
NEW YORK SPORTS CLUB’S
FREE ZUMBA CLASSES IN HERALD SQUARE
Thursdays, May 6, 2010 through September
30, 2010
Herald Square (34th st. and Broadway)
Zumba is a fun,
easy-to-follow aerobic routine that combines
Latin dance moves with cardio. It’s
a wildly popular way to maximize caloric
output while toning your whole body. Zumba
takes the work out of working out. Every
Thursday from May 6th to September 30th
6:00PM at Herald Square, 34th and Broadway.
To register, sign up at the NYSC table in
Herald Square just before the event. All
levels are welcome and anyone who participates
gets a complimentary 3-day trial. Feel free
to use it after Zumba to grab a shower at
our 34th & Park or 38th & Broadway
locations.
For more information, please visit www.mysportsclubs.com
Herald Square |
34th st. and Broadway
New York, NY 10001
Coming
Soon
Big Brothers Big Sisters
of New York City RBC Race for the Kids
Part of Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day
of Play
Saturday, September 25th 2010
Riverside Park @ 72nd St
Experience the power to
change lives! The 6th Annual Big Brothers
Big Sisters of New York City RBC Race for
the Kids – part of Nickelodeon’s
Worldwide Day of Play is taking place on
Saturday, September 25th in Riverside Park.
Come celebrate the POWER
OF MENTORING while promoting the importance
of health and exercise. This year’s
4k run/walk and picnic will feature Nickelodeon
characters and entertainment, as well as
field day games that are fun for the whole
family.
There are currently over
428,500 children living below the poverty
line in New York City, which includes 149,000
single-parent families. Many of these youth
are in need of a Big Brother or Big Sister.
To register, visit www.raceforthekids.org.
Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook/bbbsnyc
and Twitter @BBBS.
Riverside Park @ 72nd
St | New York, NY 10023
Career Transition For
Dancers’
25th ANNIVERSARY SILVER JUBILEE
Monday, November 8, 2010 at 7:00pm
New York CITY CENTER
Rolex presents Career
Transition For Dancers’ 25th ANNIVERSARY
SILVER JUBILEE: A STAR-STUDDED RETROSPECTIVE
on Monday, November 8, 2010 at 7:00 pm at
New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street
(btwn. 6th and 7th Ave) NYC. It will be
followed by an Anniversary Supper with the
Stars at The Grand Ballroom at The Hilton
New York.
Hosted by Angela Lansbury,
the five-time Tony Award-winning actress,
and legendary star of musicals, films and
television icon; the spectacular evening
will highlight magical moments from past
glittering galas. Featuring prominent artists
from America’s greatest dance companies
along with Broadway’s show-stopping
numbers and superstars, this once-in-a-lifetime
event is not-to-be-missed! Honoring a quarter
century of support, Career Transition For
Dancers connects dancers to their future,
and embraces the unique legacy of dance
and dancers that enriches the human condition.
It is produced and directed by Ann Marie
DeAngelo.
The 25th Anniversary Chairs
are Michele Herbert, Anka K. Palitz and
Allen Brill. Gala Chairs are: Victor Elmaleh,
Michele Riggi, James D. Rigler and Susan
Fawcett Sosin. The Dinner Chair is Janice
Becker; Auction Chairs are Ann Van Ness
and Heléne Alexopoulos Warrick; West
Coast Chair is Roberta Silbert; and the
Journal Chair is Craig Dix. Vice Chairs
are Gayle Conran, Alexander J. Dubé,
Mercedes Ellington, Niko Elmaleh, Christina
Rose and Irene Shen. Honorary Chairs are
Cynthia Gregory, Bebe Neuwirth, Sono Osato,
Ann Reinking, Chita Rivera and Lisa Niemi
Swayze. (in formation)
Patron tickets are $600,
$750 and $1,200 each. Tables for 10 start
at $7,500. Patron tickets and Tables include
premium performance seating, post-performance
‘Anniversary Supper with the Stars’,
dancing and a live auction at The Grand
Ballroom at the Hilton New York. Sponsorships
and tables are also available, as well as
Jubilee Journal ads. For gala tickets please
call Marjorie Horne, McEvoy & Assocs.
at (212) 228-7446 x33. For group sales call
(718) 499-9691. Show only tickets will be
on sale soon.
New York City Center
| 131 West 55 Street (btwn. 6th and 7th
Ave) NYC.
The Grand Ballroom at The Hilton New York
| 1335 Avenue of the Americas
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