Urban Garage is a performance lab for young musicians, aged 11-21, interested in genres of music not typically taught in schools – pop, rock, folk, blues, country etc. Through free, monthly open mics, guided jams and community service concerts, kids learn practical skills in musicianship and collaboration from seasoned professionals. This session will be led by founder/director Liz Queler and Seth Farber.
Join Woody’s grandchildren, Anna Canoni, President of Woody Guthrie Publications, and Cole Quest, of Cole Quest and the City Pickers, on a tour through Woody’s Village streets!
Together, we’ll walk through four locations – each “Almanac House” – where Woody spent his time living, writing, and creating some of his most famous works. Cole will perform songs written at each location.
Jimmy Carter’s first Habitat for Humanity project was in the East Village, off Tompkins Square Park. Carter had a love for music and musicians of every ilk and, as President, he brought many of them to the White House, from Leonard Bernstein and Dizzy Gillespie to the great pedagogical pioneer Shinichi Suzuki. He saw music as a healer and a bridge between diverse groups, and recognized excellence in all genres. Following the gamelan concert, join us inside the church as we revisit some of that music, with Damien Sneed, his jazz ensemble and gospel Chorale Le Chateau, violinist David Fulmer, soprano Sharon Harms and pianist Joan Forsyth performing favorites close to the President’s heart.
Gamelan Yowana Sari and guitarists Kyle Miller and Jack Lynch perform music by Michael Gordon, Evan Ziporyn, Kyle Miller, Vivian Fung, and I Gusde Widnyana. Gamelan Yowana Sari plays new music written for Balinese instruments. The group is comprised of students and professional musicians dedicated to the presentation of both traditional and new works for gamelan.
A unique mix of performing artists gather to reinterpret and reimagine the music and words of Leonard Bernstein. Curated by his daughter, author-narrator Jamie Bernstein, this intimate evening features a wide range of performers: from Broadway to jazz, from classical to Latin American – and beyond. NEWLY RELEASED TICKETS
In Red Scare, New York Times reporter Clay Risen unfolds the gripping story of the political hysteria that gripped America in the 1940s and ’50s, an era that continues to reverberate today. In his lecture, Risen will describe how New York City, including the Village itself, became a centerpoint of anti-Communist witch hunting – and a surprising source of resistance. “Risen tells his story with a punch and an economy that are at times almost Hemingwayesque,” wrote the New York Times.
Straighten your shades Daddy-o, Marc Catapano’s walking tour goes right through the heart of Beatnik Greenwich Village. Visit the hottest spots, where the Beatniks made the scene and meet some of its hippest characters, like Jack Kerouac, Jackson Pollock, Lenny Bruce, and Diane DiPrima. Be there or be square!
