Serene, sun-soaked morning on Hearst Plaza at Lincoln Center today.
AtriumFlix: director John Sayles on Tuesday
Lincoln Center’s AtriumFlix series, free monthly screenings of groundbreaking social justice films with intimate conversations with the filmmakers, continues with director John Sayles. Film critic John Anderson will speak with Sayles, and then offer a screening of his new project The Brother From Another Planet, Tuesday, May 14 at 7:00pm at the David Rubenstein Atrium.
John Sayles likes to be known as a storyteller. GO FOR SISTERS is his 18th film, all of which he has also written, and most of which he has edited. He writes fiction, most recently his epic historical novel A Moment in the Sun, which was published by McSweeney’s in May 2011 and has gone into its second printing. His book about the making of MATEWAN, “Thinking in Pictures” is taught in film classes and has never been out of print. Sayles supports his directing career as a “writer for hire” in Hollywood. He has most recently written about KGB assassins, the Tasmanian penal colony, the Rosenberg spy case, the great singer- songwriters Joni Mitchell, Carole King, & Carly Simon, and a famous American brewing dynasty. He directed three music videos for Bruce Springsteen; Born in the USA, I’m on Fire, and Glory Days. He is one of the godfathers– or grandfathers– of the US Independent Film movement.
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New Leader at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Our friends at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center have announced that Suzanne Davidson has been named their new Executive Director. They also announced that celebrated artistic directors David Finckel and Wu Han will remain through the 2018-19 season. Congrats to the CMS family!
Last night, Audra McDonald performed a special one-night only concert at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. “To hear and watch McDonald at her best is an opportunity to be grasped and savored” (Playbill.com)
“Absolutely thrilling” (New York Times)
If you missed it, here are a few photos to enjoy of her wonderful performance. And, don’t worry, you still have a chance to see it for yourself when it airs on Live From Lincoln Center on PBS on Friday, May 24 (check local listings).
(Photos: Richard Termine)
Lincoln Center Fun Facts:
On May 10, 1994, the inaugural performance at Lincoln Center’s Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse took place, featuring a cabaret performance with Karen Akers. The Kaplan Penthouse, which offers a glowing view of the Manhattan skyline from the Rose Building, is a performance site for many Lincoln Center festivals, and will be the venue for several “A Little Night Music” events this summer during the Mostly Mozart Festival.
(Photo: International Contemporary Ensemble at the Kaplan Penthouse, 2006. Credit: Chris Lee)
New sculpture exhibition coming to Lincoln Center
Just announced: Fourteen site-specific sculptures by Aaron Curry will be on display around Lincoln Center’s Josie Robertson Plaza, between October 2013 and January 2014.
The installation is the artist’s most ambitious project to date.These monumental, outdoor, site-specific sculptures of painted aluminum will be positioned in orbit around the iconic Revson Fountain. Curry’s boldly-colored structures will transform the space into a sculptural theater-in-the-round and create an immersive environment for viewers visiting the arts complex.
Read more about the exhibition here.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Stoeger Prize Winner: Zhou Long
Our friends at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center have announced the recipient of their biannual Elise L. Stoeger Prize to Chinese composer Zhou Long. This special award given every two years in recognition of significant contributions to the field of chamber music composition. Learn more about the prize and the composer here.
Four years ago the Grammy Nominated production team DEORO embarked on a radical musical adventure on the remote island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines. In the hills of Bukidnon they wrote and recorded with members of the Talaandig tribe and Katyapi virtuoso Waway Saway. Fusing their unique style of classical groove with the thousand year old local tradition of tribal music, Dave Eggar and Chuck Palmer continued their collaborations in the bustling metropolis of Manila fusing the tribal music with the edgy urban sounds of some of the best known young Filipino Artists Nyko Maca and Jonan Aguilar. This resulted in the release of DEOROXX a powerful record celebrating the fusion of western and Filipino music. DEORO now brings this innovative fusion of the classical the tribal and urban contemporary to Lincoln Center for a powerful evening of music, dance, martial arts and video celebrating Filipino culture past and present and a new era of extreme collaboration.
The Brooklyn Manila Project was commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Catch DEORO live at Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium tomorrow at 7:30pm for FREE, part of the weekly Target Free Thursday’s series.
