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2024
JULY
6 ANTHEM TO US concert celebrating three new anthems commissioned by NY Public Library, Brooklyn Library and Lincoln Center. 8pm Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center (I was one of the 11 semifinalists!). Free but reserve.
6-28 REBIRTH OF A BODY. live performances and installations, videos presented by Argentina Performance Art/APA and NY Latin American Art Triennial. "Featuring works by Yali Romagoza, Sujetka Val Terkes, Patricia Encarnación, Domenica Garcia, Elisa Lutteral, and Damariz Damken, the exhibition delves into how these artists transform their bodies in new territories, forming a collective memory of their native cultures." NYLAAT House #18, Nolan Park, Governors Island
cont. through 28. THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE AND TRANSATLANTIC MODERNISM exhibition at The Met Museum. Making up for notorious 1969 show that managed to have no Black painters or sculptors. Excellent article on the show by Darryl Pinkney "Who Shall Describe Beauty?" in New York Review of Books
(cont. through Sept) LOST NEW YORK New York Historical Society Museum, 170 Central Park West (77th St.) Images of the city that have vanished.
(cont. through Sept. 22) LYLE ASHTON HARRIS-OUR FIRST AND LAST LOVE photography/installation work by the U.S./Tanzanian/Ghanian artist. Queens Museum
(cont. through Sept. 29). LIGHT LINE Jenny Holzer installation at The Guggenheim
cont. through Sept. 28. LESSONS OF THE HOUR 2019 film/video installation by Isaac Julien. Multiscreen exploration of the great American abolitionist and freedom fighter (and the most photographed man of his time). Frederick Douglass. I saw an earlier installation of this work and was mesmeriazed. Julien tells a captivating and necessary story of history, photography, and narrative in a visually lush and enveloping installation. MOMA
12-August 11 THE GOLDEN COLONEL, FLUX FACTORY ARTIST RETIREMENT HOME "a speculative retirement home for artists" Group exhibition. 404A Colonels Row on Governors Island 12-5 Fri-Sun and by appointment.
26, 28 THREE WOMEN/ONE BODY: A Dance/Opera Fusion. DBR Lab contributor Melanie Holm and collaborators. "Explores issues of female autonomy and agency." The Tank, 312 W. 36th St.
27-Sept. 29 HOPE IS A DISCIPLINE, Arts Center at Governors Island. Curated by Marina Christodoulidou, Billy Fowo, Eugene Hannah Park, Meghana Karnik "foregrounds memory and political inheritance, featuring Adama Delphine Fawundu, Kyuri Jeon, Suneil Sanzgiri, Bread and Puppet Theater, and Maggie Wong" Weekends 12-6
cont. through August 2 THE NEA TAPES/THE ARTISTS' BATTLE FRO FREE EXPRESSION IN THE ARTS. Documentary created by EIDIA (Melissa P. Wolf/Paul Lamarre) 1995-2001 edited from 300 interviews (I am one) regarding arts funding, censorship. This exhibition at Plato's Cave @ EIDIA House, 14 Dunham Place in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, will also feature production stills and images of the interviewees. Wed-Sun 1-6
AUGUST
(cont. through Sept) LOST NEW YORK New York Historical Society Museum, 170 Central Park West (77th St.) Images of the city that have vanished.
cont. through Sept. 29 HOPE IS A DISCIPLINE, Arts Center at Governors Island. Curated by Marina Christodoulidou, Billy Fowo, Eugene Hannah Park, Meghana Karnik "foregrounds memory and political inheritance, featuring Adama Delphine Fawundu, Kyuri Jeon, Suneil Sanzgiri, Bread and Puppet Theater, and Maggie Wong" Weekends 12-6
(cont. through Sept. 22) LYLE ASHTON HARRIS-OUR FIRST AND LAST LOVE photography/installation work by the U.S./Tanzanian/Ghanian artist. Queens Museum
(cont. through 11 THE GOLDEN COLONEL, FLUX FACTORY ARTIST RETIREMENT HOME "a speculative retirement home for artists" Group exhibition. 404A Colonels Row on Governors Island 12-5 Fri-Sun and by appointment.
(cont. through Sept. 29). LIGHT LINE Jenny Holzer installation at The Guggenheim
2-JIMMY! GOD'S BLACK REVOLUTIONARY MOUTH Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Celebrating centennial of James Baldwin's birth. "selections from Baldwin's archive of personal papers that capture this legacy, highlighting his literary career and activism from childhood to death. These items are presented along with other Schomburg materials that illuminate the passion, brilliance, and courageous spirit of James "Jimmy" Baldwin."
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JAMES BALDWIN: MOUNTAIN TO FIRE at Polonsky Exhibition/Schwartzman Building/NYPL (NYPL main library 5th Ave/42nd St.)
25 DANE TERRY: HOW TO PLAY PIANO Pangea 7pm "a surreal musical memoir about a fledgling queer hillbilly’s adventures in sex, drinking and dreams." Dane's a very talented pianist, storyteller and writer. This should be fantastic.
SEPTEMBER
2 OCEANIC FEELING new site specific performance by Faye Driscoll. One performance only! Rockaway Beach at Beach 106. 6pm Performers: James Barrett, Kara Brody, Leslie Cuyjet, Kaijo Caggins, Miguel Alejandro Castillo, Lena Engelsein, Neva Guido, David Guzman, Maya LaLiberte, Mor Mendel, Marie Lloyd Paspe, Katrina Reid, Cory Seals, Carlo Antonio Villanueva, Jo Warren, Devika Wickremesinghe. Take the ferry!
5-December 7 CROSSING THE LINE 2024 Annual festival focusing on francophone visual, film, performance work. A few people whose work I know and recommend (DD Dorvillier, Jérôme Bel, Steve Cosson) and a lot of work by people I don't know of. Which is why this festival is so great.
Presented by l'alliance NY/French Institute NYC
6-end of month? ANTHONY CUDAHY opening. Painting exhibition. Hales Gallery, 547 W. 20th St.
6-21 DIXON PLACE HOT! FESTIVAL Annual GLBTQIA festival dance, performance art, literature, wildness.
7 HOLLY HUGHES/MO ANGELOS Two brilliant and always inventive performers share an evening, as part of Dixon Place Hot! Festival. 7:30pm
11 STRINGS ATTACHED Written & Performed by Chayton Pabich Danyla. Dixon Place Hot! Festival 7:30pm. strongly recommended by Tim Miller!
14 CATCH! 76 throwing a collection of performance and music work. The Chocolate Factory, 38-33 24th St. in Long Island City. 7pm. organized by Andrew Dinwiddie, Caleb Hammons, Jeff Larson, Matt Romein, and Eric Shethar
17 GARDEN VARIETY an evening with Dane Terry and Iris Rose! The garden at 6th and Ave. B 7:30pm
19-22 SLAP! Yara Arts Group produced by LaMama, Bowery Poetry Club and Ukrainian Museum at 321 E. 9th St. "an hour-long theatre musical-cabaret, interrogating the totally true but outrageous life and journey of David Burliuk, the father Futurism. In Slap David Burliuk is performed by Bob Holman, founder of the Bowery Poetry Club and the poet most often connected with the oral tradition, spoken word, hip hop and poetry slams. Singer-songwriter Susan Hwang portrays the accordion-playing the Scythian Ice Princess, while Julian Kytasty, traditional epic singer and bandura player, sings their story" Bob is always a delight, and other work by this company has impressed me.
21 THE END OF INCORPORATED FILTH Dixon Place Hot! Fest.
a play about burlesque by Chloé Hayat.
23-Oct. 6 INDRA'S NET Meredith Monk's much anticipated new vocal/movement large ensemble work at the magnificent Park Avenue Armory Drill Hall. I can't imagine a more perfect place for Meredith's mesmerizing synthesis of sound and movement.
25 EDGES OF AILEY Whitney Museum Curated by Adrienne Edwards, who spent 6 years putting together a broad and inclusive survey/extension of choreographer Alvin Ailey's work and enormous influence on dance and culture.
28 TRANSA: A CELEBRATION Red Hot is premiering a 46-track album celebrating trans artistry. The first amazing Red Hot + Blue project back in 1990 was an extraordinary collection centered around the AIDS crisis. Tonight will be songs from the forthcoming album performed live! Performances by: Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Yaya Bey, Green-House, Soft Rōnin, Niecy Blues, Joy Guidry, Asher White, Eli Winter, Time Wharp, Jamal Shakeri, Nsámbu Za Suékama, More Eaze, and more special guests
7pm PSNY Masks required for this even
OCTOBER
cont. through 6 INDRA'S NET Meredith Monk's much anticipated new vocal/movement large ensemble work at the magnificent Park Avenue Armory Drill Hall. I can't imagine a more perfect place for Meredith's mesmerizing synthesis of sound and movement.
cont. through December 7 CROSSING THE LINE 2024 Annual festival focusing on francophone visual, film, performance work. A few people whose work I know and recommend (DD Dorvillier, Jérôme Bel, Steve Cosson) and a lot of work by people I don't know of. Which is why this festival is so great. Presented by l'alliance NY/French Institute NYC
cont. EDGES OF AILEY Whitney Museum Curated by Adrienne Edwards, who spent 6 years putting together a broad and inclusive survey/extension of choreographer Alvin Ailey's work and enormous influence on dance and culture.
2 DENNIS COOPER and DEREK MCCORMACK. Reading from their work. 7pm reception, reading 8pm. St. Mark's Poetry Project, E. 10th St./2nd Ave. Dennis' writing in the 1980's/90's changed the way I thought about representation/revelation of character, and his support of my own early performances was game-changing. Haven't kept up with the new work but looking forward.
4 DREAMING OUT LOUD Jo Andres' short film (1990) featuring Jennifer Reeves, Lisa Rinzler, Lucy Sexton, w/ Elliot Sharp and Axine M presenting a live score. Issue Project Room, 22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 8pm
5-November 6 EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE IS A NEW YORKER Installation/action by Coco Fusco. Opening performance Saturday the 5th from 1-5 Union Square North corner (Broadway/17th)
4-5 RESUME/RÉSUMÉ: LESLIE SATIN & FRIENDS Arts on Site, 12 St. Mark's Pl. in Manhattan. 8pm Featuring Leslie, Jeremy Nelson, Vicky Schick, Barbara Mahler, Janet Charleston, Dean Rainey, Connie Beckley, and other guests including me!
7 FIRST MONDAYS free reading series organized by Sarah Schulman. Tonight are excerpts from a musical Sarah is creating with Dudley Saunders. 7pm
9-13 BLKDG London-based company Far From the Norm collaboration with choreographer Botis Seva "Hip-Hop dance performance that reveals the vicious connection between self-discovery and self-destruction." The video promo is quite striking. Joyce Theater
10-12 NIALL JONES Danspace Project
10-22 NEWFEST36 NY'S LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL 140+films! In-person and streaming
23- GIVE ME CARMELITA TROPICANA! Alina Troyano (aka Carmelita) and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Directed by Eric Ting. The final season at Soho Rep Walkerspace before they move to other venues!
24-27 RECONSTRUCTING (STILL WORKING BUT THE DEVIL MIGHT BE INSIDE) TEAM Directed by Rachel Chavkin and Zhailon Levingston. BAM Fisher Space. "Helmed by a writing collective of 21 artists ranging in age from 28 through 98... exploring intimacy between Black-, POC-, and white-identifying Americans, this singular meta-theater experiment wrestles with the question of how, in the aftermath of slavery, we might move through history together." @theteamplays for ticketing updates. Levingston just finished directing JELLICLE BALL and Rachel just had a Broadway block named after her so...
26-27 SPECTRAL DANCES Jonathan Gonzáles and company in 4 hour site specific dance examining slavery. At the American Academy of Arts & Letters, which is apparently going to start having much more events of this kind. W. 155th St.
30-Nov 2 STILL/HERE Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company re-presents the work that jump-started a fascinating, if divisive, argument over what got labeled (incorrectly) "victim art" (see Arlene Croce's misguided non-review in the New Yorker from the 1990's premiere). BAM Next Wave
NOVEMBER
cont. through December 7 CROSSING THE LINE 2024 Annual festival focusing on francophone visual, film, performance work. A few people whose work I know and recommend (DD Dorvillier, Jérôme Bel, Steve Cosson) and a lot of work by people I don't know of. Which is why this festival is so great.
Presented by l'alliance NY/French Institute NYC
cont. EDGES OF AILEY Whitney Museum Curated by Adrienne Edwards, who spent 6 years putting together a broad and inclusive survey/extension of choreographer Alvin Ailey's work and enormous influence on dance and culture.
1-Dec 1 GATZ Elevator Repair Service revives their 8-hour piece (with dinner break!) reading/performing the entire GREAT GATSBY. They are an amazing company and can actually handle something like this. Public Theater
2 THE FUTURE IS... Danspace screens short videos responding to that prompt.
16 CATCH 76 throwing a collection of performance and music work. The Invisible Dog. Organized by Andrew Dinwiddie, Caleb Hammons, Jeff Larson, Matt Romein, and Eric Shethar. 7PM
22-24 SALON LUTE Douglas Dunn and Christopher Williams. An evening of new dances, poetry, and song featuring music for Baroque lute and theorbo by French composers Denis Gaultier (c. 1597 or 1602/3 – 1672) and Robert de Visée (c. 1655 – 1732/1733), among others, performed live by acclaimed lutenist/theorbist Dušan Balarin. The event also features recitation of original poetry by Alison Granucci, video by Jacob Burckhardt, décor by Mimi Gross, lighting by Leo Janks, as well as the talents of soprano Paulina Francisco and dancers Christiana Axelsen, Alexandra Berger, Cemiyon Barber, Janet Charleston, Maxfield Haynes, Justin Lynch, Logan Pedon, Emily Pope, Deniz Erkan Sancak, and Jin Ju Song-Begin. Douglas Dunn Studio, 541 Broadway. Tickets via Eventbrite
DECEMBER
3-14 DEAR LORD, MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL. KYLE ABRAHAM Park Avenue Armory