St Mark’s in the Bowery
Events at this venue
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Framing the Village Exhibition: Independent Thinkers!
St Mark’s in the Bowery 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe fifth Village Trip Art Exhibition! Curated by East Village-based artist, art historian, and tour guide Marc Kehoe, it celebrates the Manhattan artists who are today’s Independent Thinkers! continuing to excite, inform, beautify, and challenge the city and the world with their aesthetic innovations in figurative, abstract, and conceptual drawing painting, sculpture, photography, and electronic art.
The gallery is open to the public most days until 3pm.Free -
Let Freedom Sing: Paul Robeson – His Words, His Music
A Tribute, with bass-baritone James C Martin, pianist Lynn RaleySt Mark’s in the Bowery 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY, United StatesPaul Robeson — singer, athlete, actor, activist — embodied all the promise of America at its best. He used his art as a weapon of justice and, as a global citizen, he spoke truth to power, heedless of the personal cost. “Artists are the gatekeepers of truth,” he once said. “We are civilization’s radical voice.” Fifty years after his passing, his magnificent voice still rings out, entreating us all to fight the good fight. Bass-baritone James C Martin, with Lynn Raley at the piano, celebrates a true American patriot with a program of Robeson’s best-loved songs and his bravest words, spoken in a tumultuous time when many turned against him. The program also features a world première by David Amram and other composers, including Augusta Read Thomas, Chen Shih-hui, Erik Santos, Robert Wellington Pound, and Maria Thompson Corley setting words by Robeson’s friend and fellow activist Langston Hughes.
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East Village Underground: Two Centuries of Creativity and Rebellion, walking tour
St Mark’s in the Bowery 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY, United StatesJoin Marc Catapano and uncover the dynamic history of NYC's East Village and its famous underground movements. Explore its radical political past, its avant-garde art, and groundbreaking jazz, rock, and punk scenes. Visit iconic sites like CBGB’s, St Mark’s Place, and Tompkins Square Park, and revel in the area's extraordinary cultural legacy.
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The East Village, The Music and the Explosions of the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, walking tour
St Mark’s in the Bowery 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe edgy East Village has long led the way in cultural revolutions. This tour begins at the first place where Patti Smith read poetry, beginning the journey that led to her breakthrough. Why did she and so many creatives come here? Follow Ann McDermott on a stroll back through East Village music venues of the 1960s and ‘70s and learn about the performing artists who helped shape our culture.
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Classical Cool: Ich Bin Ein New Yorker: Orchestral Concert for Young People
St Mark’s in the Bowery 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY, United StatesClassical Cool is the festival’s annual concert for children and families and this year, with Ich Bin Ein New Yorker, it honors the New York spirit and the East Village community at its heart. Hosted by Nina Bernstein Simmons, the program features excerpts from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story, and his "Ode to Freedom" from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, performed at his Christmas concert in Berlin in 1989, a year of hope and peaceful revolutions. Classical Cool also features premières by Shoko Suzuki, and William Kentner Anderson. Community African drummers under Amos Gabia and local choral ensembles join The Village Trip Festival Orchestra, conducted by Garrett Keast of the Berlin American Academy of Music. Featured soloists include the winner of our Concerto Competition, and soprano Curtlyn Ifill.
$10 – $25
