The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Calendar of Public Programs
2008-2009 Season

 

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Programs take place in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Admission to all programs is free and generally first come, first served, although tickets are occasionally required. For information, please call (212) 642-0142 or e-mail lpaprog@nypl.org.

Thursday, May 7, 2009, 5:30 PM
Choreographers: Classically American and Black
Three choreographers whose work is featured in Dance Theatre of Harlem's repertoire and DTH's ballet master classes discuss the impact of choreographers of color on the classics. Panelists include Louis Johnson, Augustus van Heerden, Robert Garland, and Keith Saunders. Zita Allen is the moderator.

Presented in conjunction with the Library's multi-media exhibition, Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts in the Vincent Astor Gallery through May 9, 2009.

Saturday, May 9, 2009, 3:00 PM
Screening: Looking Back on John Osborne
Natasha Richardson and Michael Sheen in a program of readings from the plays and journals of the great British playwright (Look Back in Anger), with introduction and commentary by John Heilpern. This program was presented live at the Performing Arts Library in April 2007 and is presented as a memorial tribute to Natasha Richardson. John Heilpern will be present to introduce the screening and talk about his 25-year friendship with "Tash".

Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Big Band/Big Screen
Best Foot Forward, color, 99 min. (Directed by Edward Buzzell, 1943). With Lucille Ball, Harry James and his Music Makers.

Saturday, May 16, 2009, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Mohamed Shams, Pianist
The Egyptian pianist will perform works by Bach-Busoni, Ravel, R. Schumann, and Rageh Dawoud.

Monday, May 18, 2009, 6:00 PM
What I Learned from Balanchine: An Evening with Gloria Contreras
From her New York days to her role as Mexico's leading choreographer of classical dance, this program will feature reminiscences of Gloria Contreras. Maestra Contreras's new book, What I Learned from Balanchine: Diary of a Choreographer, was published in Autumn 2008 by Jorge Pinto Books Inc.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Big Band/Big Screen
Ball of Fire, b&w, 112 min. (Directed by Howard Hawks, 1941). With Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, and Gene Krupa.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Big Band/Big Screen
The Glenn Miller Story, color, 113 min. (Directed by Anthony Mann, 1953). With James Stewart, June Allyson, and Henry Morgan.

Thursday, May 28, 2009, 6:00 PM
My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports
Screening of a feature-length documentary about the Kindertransport. A powerful account of this astonishing slice of Holocaust history, it is told with poignant intimacy by the daughter of a survivor. Filmmaker Melissa Hacker's mother, costume designer Ruth Morley, was one of the over 10,000 children who were saved in the Kindertransport movement.

Saturday, May 30, 2009, 3:00 PM
Great Pretenders
When She Was King -- D.R.E.D.: Daring Reality Every Day
Created by Mildred Dred Gerestant, Dred's act is a gender-bending roller coaster ride alternating between man and woman, outrageous and serious, ironic and sincere. Using a blend of poetry, dance, music, and monologue, she explores the fragile, fluid definitions of sexual identity and cultural stereotypes. "A funky, fly, supernatural high, poetic and musical performance on gender fluidity." Q and A to follow.

Monday, June 1, 2009, 3:00 PM
"Memories of You": Martin E. Segal and Phoebe Jacobs Remember Benny Goodman
Conversation moderated by George Boziwick in celebration of the Benny Goodman centennial.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Cinema Under Nazi Occupation
Remorques [Stormy Weather], b&w, 81 min. (Directed by Jean Grémillon, 1941). With Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, and Michèle Morgan.

Thursday, June 4, 2009, 6:00 PM
Female Impersonator Extraordinaire: The Many Faces of Julian Eltinge (1881-1941)
Lecture by Alexis Greene.

Monday, June 8, 2009, 6:00 PM
Benny Goodman at 100
The Music of Benny Goodman
Performance by Cornell University Jazz Ensemble members Miles Brown; bass; Paul Merrill, trumpet; Bobby Weinschenk, alto; Joshua Abraham, tenor; Robert Cowie, piano; Kevin Lowe, drums.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Cinema Under Nazi Occupation
Douce [Love Story], b&w, 104 min. (Directed by Claude Autant-Lara, 1943). With Odette Joyeux, Madeleine Robinson, Marguerite Moreno, and Jean Debucourt.

Saturday, June 13, 2009, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts of Asia and the Middle East
Anahid Sofian Dance Company
Traditions and Visions of the Middle East

Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Cinema Under Nazi Occupation
Les Visteurs du Soir [The Devil's Envoys], b&w, 120 min. (Directed by Marcel Carné, 1942). With Arletty, Marie Déa, Fernand Ledoux, and Alain Cuny.

Thursday, June 18, 2009, 6:00 PM
Third Annual Drag Show Video Vérité: The Ultimate New York City Drag Show... on Video Tape
Premieres of never before publicly screened footage capturing over four decades of New York City's top male and female impersonators including rare footage of Divine, Flawless Sabrina, Charles Ludlam, Mr. Lynn Carter, Joey Arias, Rose Wood, Sherry Vine, Lady Bunny, and RuPaul. Plus a special slide show of Ves Pitt's drag portraits with live piano accompaniment. Selections made by drag historian Joe E. Jeffreys, who will introduce the program.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Cinema Under Nazi Occupation
This Land Is Mine, b&w, 103 min. (Directed by Jean Renoir, 1943). With Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara, and George Sanders.

Thursday, June 25, 2009, 6:00 PM
A Date with Liberace
A glittering and enchanting evening of virtuoso piano solos, songs, and comic vocal selections with a narrative that looks at the life and times of Mr. Showmanship himself, Liberace. The glamorous, multi-talented female concert pianist/drag diva Jacqueline Jonée looks at Liberace's life from his humble beginnings in Milwaukee and rise to being a television matinee idol, his movie and recording career, and his conquering the stages of Carnegie Hall, Las Vegas, and Radio City Music Hall.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Cinema Under Nazi Occupation
Les Enfants du Paradis [Children of Paradise], b&w, 195 min. (Directed by Marcel Carné, 1945). With Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Pierre Brasseur.

Saturday, July 11, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Katharine Hepburn: Stage to Screen
The Philadelphia Story, b&w, 112 min. (Directed by George Cukor, 1940). With Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart, and Ruth Hussey. Based on a play by Philip Barry.

Saturday, July 18, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Katharine Hepburn: Stage to Screen
Morning Glory, b&w, 73 min. (Directed by Lowell Sherman, 1933). With Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Adolphe Menjou. Based on a play by Zoë Akins.

Saturday, July 25, 2009, 2:30 PM
LPA Cinema Series
Katharine Hepburn: Stage to Screen
Holiday, b&w, 96 min. (Directed by George Cukor, 1938). With Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, and Edward Everett Horton. Based on a play by Philip Barry.