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“East Village Walking Tour,” the perfect guide for people wanting to walk in to life of East Village!
Posted by SB in EV Artists, EV Arts, EV People, SB in EV Arts, ev arts on October 28, 2011
East Village Walking Tour
EAST VILLAGE WALKING TOURS
There is no better way to get to know a neighborhood than by talking a walking tour with a qualified and experienced guide. The official walking tours of the East Village Visitor Center are offered by the Lower East Side History Project; an award winning non-profit organization dedicated to researching the history of the greater Lower East Side (which actually includes the East Village.) LESHP’s volunteer guides are native New Yorkers who are professional educators, researchers, authors, and active in the community — and the organization offers a variety of public tour topics to choose from. LESHP also caters tours for groups and individual private tours. Specifically interested in the Jewish History of the neighborhood? Then we recommend the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy, which offers public and private tours on a regular basis.
This is a crash course in East Village/Lower East Side history. From the farmlands of the 1600s and the wealthy estates of the 1700s, to immigration, tenements, the “melting pot” and how the East Village became a haven for artists and counter culturalists in the twentieth century (and everything in between).
Despite recent gentrification, the East Village neighborhood of the Lower East Side, technically E.14th Street to E. Houston Street, still retains much of its radical character.
Every Saturday at 12:00pm
Reservations: Not Required, you can pay your guide
Fee: $20 General Admission
Location: in front of Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery
Directions: F train to 2nd Ave or 6 train to Bleecker/Lafayette
Meet Here (View larger map/get directions):
Your guide: Andrea Coyle, Director of Outreach and Membership for LESHP, is a native New Yorker, a licensed New York City tour guide, a member of The Guides Association of New York City, and a graphic artist. She is a community activist and is passionate about preserving the fabric of New York City neighborhoods. Andrea was an early education preschool teacher, and she also volunteers for Big Apple Greeter
Thursday Night Latin Jazz Jam with Chembo Corniel, Grammy Award nominee, at Nuyorican Poets Cafe in East Village.
Posted by SB in EV Artists, EV Arts, EV People, SB in EV Arts, ev arts on October 3, 2011
Chembo Corniel plays at Nuyorican Poets Cafe o Thursday, October 6, 2011, at 9pm!
236 East 3rd Street (Bet. Avenue B & C) New York, NY 10003 T.212-780-9386
Photo by Jerry Lacay, Digital Art: Evi Marchany
2009 GRAMMY NOMINEE Percussionist Wilson “Chembo” Corniel was born in Manhattan on November 22, 1953 of proud Puerto Rican parents and raised in the humble streets of Red Hook, Brooklyn. It was during these years as a quick-witted youngster that he had the privilege and honor to study with such luminaries of the Afro-Caribbean percussion tradition as,Tommy Lopez Sr., “Little Ray” Romero, Louie Bauzo, and Cachete Maldonado.
Chembo honed his skills at The Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts in New York and at the prestigious La Escuela Nacional de Arte in Havana, Cuba under the direction of the great Chucho Valdés. His intense studies with such legends noted above channeled his energy onto a path where Wilson “Chembo” Corniel has now created a reputation for himself among musicians and the public. Today, he is considered as one of the best hard-hitting, versatile percussionists around. Chembo teaches percussion to students at the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music and leads numerous clinics throughout the United States, bringing awareness of the rich Afro-Caribbean traditions to others. Among his credits, Chembo was chosen by Latin Percussion to create his own instructional DVD entitled An Introduction to Hand Percussion: Volume I – Congas. This DVD was released in December of 2000 with distribution by Warner Brothers and has been a success. He’s been a vital endorser of Latin Percussion instruments since 1982 as he is currently for Remo drum heads, Vic Firth sticks and Sabian cymbals. His touring credits are as long as his performing credits. Chembo has toured with many major artists throughout Europe, Asia, North & South America, and the Caribbean. Television credits include an appearance on the “Bill Cosby Show” and a recurring recording gig on Nickelodeon’s children show, “Dora the Explorer”. Chembo continues to perform and/or record with many artists of different genres. He is currently concentrating on leading his own Latin Jazz quintet, “Chembo & Grupo Chaworó”. Chembo received a GRAMMY NOMINATION by NARAS IN 2009 for “BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM” for his 2009 CD release entitled Things I Wanted To Do. This is a well-balanced Latin Jazz group that incorporates many rich traditions, such as writer Aurora Flores states: “a sprinkling of be-bop, a touch of swing with a dollop of bomba, rumba, tango and danzón topped with ‘un chin’ de charanga.”
La MaMa 50 World Block Party on Fourth Arts Block, East Village, on October 16, 2011, Sunday from 2-6pm.
Posted by SB in EV Artists, EV Arts, EV People, SB in EV Arts, ev arts on October 3, 2011
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La MaMa 50 World Block Party!
October 16th, 2011, Sunday, from 2-6pm
Join us on East 4th Street between Bowery and 2nd Avenue for tours of La MaMa’s Archive and theatres, as well as family-friendly performances by Blue Man Group, The Silver Cloud Native American Drummers and Singers, Pua Ali’i ‘Ilima o Nuioka Hula Dancers, and the Balkan gypsy punk rock band, Bad Buka.
During the afternoon visitors will also be able to take tours of the La MaMa Archive, Ellen Stewart’s private collection documenting the history of the Off-Off Broadway movement. Registration for the tours will take place prior to the event.
At the conclusion of the block party, city officials will co-name the block “Ellen Stewart Way,” at which time all the church, mosque, and temple bells, and bells all over the neighborhood and the world will ring in a salute to Ms. Stewart — or “MaMa,” as she was affectionately known by artists and audiences alike — who regularly marked the start of performances at La MaMa by ringing a hand bell before welcoming theatre goers.
La MaMa 50 Gala will take a place on October 17, 2011, from 6-10pm including dinner, dancing and performances by alumni artists, Patti Smith, Bill Irwin and more. The tickets tier from $250 – $250,000. More information, click here.
Curtains Up – A Groundbreaking & Ribbon Cutting Event at FAB Art Festival on September 24, 2011 in East Village
Posted by SB in EV Artists, EV Arts, EV People, SB in EV Arts, ev arts on September 14, 2011
FAB Art Festival
Join Duo Multi-Cultural Arts Center, FABnyc, IATI Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Paradise Factory, Rod Rodgers Dance Company, and Teatro Circulo as they come together to mark history, cut ribbons, and break ground on three cultural facilities in the East 4th Street Cultural District.
More than $20 million in public funding has been committed to restore the East 4th Street Cultural District. Curtains Up will bring together leaders for three exciting projects:
*Rod Rodgers & Duo Multicultural Arts Center – The completion of a transformative restoration of the unique and historic façade at 62 East 4th St
*The Shop – the opening of New York Theatre Workshop’s green scenic, prop and costume shop, first Gold LEEDS certified cultural industrial building in NYS.
*Choicirciati – the start of construction on a multi-arts cultural center at 64 East 4th Street, which will include two theaters and studio and office space for IATI Theater, Paradise Factory, and Teatro Circulo.
Vogue Fashion’s Night Out! From 6-11pm on 09.08.2011 in New York City!
Posted by SB in EV Artists, EV Arts, EV People, SB in EV Arts, ev arts on September 8, 2011
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Vogue Fashion Night Out! From 6-11pm on 09.08.2011 in New York City!
From Manhattan to Milan, Atlanta to Australia, the after-hours shopping extravaganza Fashion’s Night Out is back! For the third year in a row, celebrities, designers and starts will perform and mingle with shoppers as they take part in FNO-exclusive events and snap up special designs.
The 2011 edition of the best fashion party in history will be even better this year with new events and locations, and consumers can participate online from home! Check out all the ways to shop and have fun!
Start counting down now– we look forward to celebrating our love of fashion with you in September!
The event listing in East Village, click here.
Source: http://fashionsnightout.com/
In marching with 10th Anniversary of 9/11, “Pre911/Twin Towers Once Stood,” 3rd group exhibition of ‘Pre911′ will be presented on September 11, 2011 at SB D Gallery
Posted by SB in EV Artists, EV Arts, EV People, SB D Gallery, SB in EV Arts, ev arts, ev arts on September 6, 2011
Pre911/Twin Towers Once Stood
Three years ago, SB D Gallery curated and directed the first exhibition that stopped the life of Twin Towers as of September 10th, 2001, in effort to heal from the wound by bringing back the happy memories of Twin Towers before the terror.
As a closure, “Pre911:Twin Towers Once Stood” will have the finale this year marching with a decade of struggles, and will present your messages in forms of arts;Photographs, drawings, paintings, poems, sculptures, mixed media… without limited to the medium, we will share our soul and spirit united as one, the human.
All 75 heartfelt international artists’ will be participating with their art works to be displayed on HD screens, and also multiple fabric banners will be printed with images and messages to be hung at our next door gallery. Guests will walk through these ceiling high long banners to experience the memories of being inside or right in front of buildings.
‘Pre911:Twin Towers Once Stood’ book will be published as well which is for sale for $50. All the profit will be donated to 911 Families Association. You may purchase the book online at SB D Shop. Click here to purchase.
The exhibition will open on September 11, 2011, at 4pm and runs for two weeks.
My hope, as a resident living in downtown of Manhattan for 21 years and at the same time, curator and director of SB D Gallery, is to accept the life that is beyond the control of morality, and go on with the life finding comfort leaning on each others. It will NEVER be forgotten, nor healed, and that sharp stabbing into our souls on that specific day of terror will be remembered with the deep scar.
Exhibition: “Pre911/Twin Towers Once Stood”
Location: SB D Gallery (www.sbdgallery.org) 125 East 4th Street NYC 10003
Time: September 11, 2011 – September 25, 2011
Opening Reception: September 11, 2011 from 4-8pm
Curated by Seolbin Park
Directed by Zinno Park
Designed by Hyeonji Lee
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