Upcoming Events
LA FRENCH SALON SOIREE
Thursday, May 17, 8 to 11 pm
Experience the artistic social scene of early 20th century Paris. Dress in your finest salon era garb and celebrate in style. Acrobatic performances by Trixie Little & The Evil Hate Monkey, Music by Les Chauds Lapins, Tours of the exhibition Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890–1940, Master illusionist Jeff Grow, Live event drawings by artist Luma Rouge, Open bar.
$12 in advance, $15 day of event
Past Wind Up Events
Kalkidan and DJ Spooky
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 8:00 pm.
Exhibition preview of Kehinde Wiley/The World Stage: Israel and performance by Ethiopian-Israeli hip-hop artist Kalkidan Mashasha with composer, multimedia artist and writer Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid.
Kalkidan is the subject of a portrait by Kehinde Wiley that will be on view in the exhibition, Kehinde Wiley/The World Stage: Israel. He is recognized internationally as a pioneer in the genre of Hip Hop/Reggae in Israel, and his music takes on all aspects of Israeli life. He has toured in both the US and Israel.
Paul D. Miller has worked on a number of compilations, remixes and collections of material, including original compositions. His written work has appeared in The Village Voice and Artforum among other publications. His work as a media artist has appeared in the Whitney Biennial and many other museums and galleries. He is the author of the Rhythm Science and Sound Unbound.
Image credit:DJ Spooky/Novara Jazz Festival 2007, Giancarlo Minelli
Special Film Screening of Remembrance
Thursday, January 19, 2012, 7:30 pm.
Inspired by actual events, Remembrance depicts a remarkable love story that blossomed in Poland during World War II. In a daring escape from a concentration camp, Tomasz, a young Polish prisoner, rescues his Jewish lover, Hannah. During the chaos at the end of the war, they are forcibly separated and each is convinced the other has died. More than 30 years later, Hannah believes she has seen her Tomasz interviewed on television and she begins to search for him again. Complimentary wine, beer and snacks will be served.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Scott Foundas, Associate Director of Programming, Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Directed by Anna Justice
English, German and Polish with English Subtitles | 2011 | Running Time: 105m
This screening is presented in conjunction with The New York Jewish Film Festival
This program has been endowed by the Saul and Harriet M. Rothkopf Family Foundation.
Photos from the last two events The Crazy Camera Ball and CHERYL does Chanukah