Monday, December 29, 2014

Moliere's "The Miser"

Only a few days left to order tickets to the Brave New World Repertory Theatre's production of "The Miser" by Moliere, being performed at Grand Prospect Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 6th and 7th, 13th and 14th, and 20th and 21st. See attached for details or go to the website at: www.bravenewworldrep.org .

Invite your friends and family for a terrific night of live theater in Brooklyn.





Wednesday, December 17, 2014

PLEASE LIST through 1/11/15: GO GREEN AND "TREECYCLE" AT MULCHFEST 2015!

 

Listing

PLEASE  LIST through

January 11, 2015

IMMEDIATE


GO GREEN AND "TREECYCLE" AT MULCHFEST 2015!

Locations across all five boroughs

 

DATE:                        Saturday, January 10 and Sunday, January 11, 2015

 

TIME:                          10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

 

DETAILS:                   The 19th annual Mulchfest provides New Yorkers with a fun and environmentally-friendly opportunity to recycle their trees into woodchips that will nourish trees and gardens throughout the city. Mulchfest takes place at over 36 chipping sites and 47 drop-off sites in 80 designated parks across all five boroughs.

 

                                    At chipping sites, patrons are invited to bring home a bag of free mulch for their own garden. Free mulch collection bags will be provided at all chipping sites.

 

                                    And this year, drop-off locations will be accepting trees starting Saturday, January 3rd and running through January 11th.

 

                                    For more information and a list of sites in your borough, visit www.nyc.gov/parks and search for "Mulchfest." MulchFest is supported this year by Whole Foods and 92.3 AMP Radio.

 

 

Contact:

Sam Biederman / Maeri Ferguson

(212) 360-1311

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, December 11, 2014

30th Zlatne Uste Golden Festival, January 16 & 17, 2015


BIG, BOLD, AND BALKAN
ZLATNE USTE GOLDEN FESTIVAL TURNS 30

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On January 16 and 17, 2015,  Brooklyn's Grand Prospect Hall will again come alive with the music, song, and dance of the Balkans (and well beyond) as some 60 bands and 3000 revelers gather for the 30th annual Zlatne Uste Golden Festival.

Part showcase, part benefit, part Balkan Mardi Gras, the Golden Festival features an enormous range of performers freely sharing their music. In what the Village Voice called a "grassroots folk rave," seasoned veterans and rising stars in their own communities (think Macedonian, Bulgarian, Albanian), join top musicians from across the country, devoted amateurs, and Balkan-inflected jazz masters. Anchored in Balkan traditions (roughly Romania to Greece, Croatia to Turkey), and venturing generously beyond, the programming spans the ancient and the experimental, the oud and the synthesizer.

At Golden Festival you'll hear Souren Baronian, the octogenarian Armenian-American clarinetist, a veteran of New York's jazz and bygone Greektown scenes, or teen band Chochek Nation. Or any of another surprising 60 or so groups, including Moldovan-born Montreal-based accordion virtuoso Sergiu Popa, vocal adepts like Black Sea Hotel, Supruli, and the Yale Slavic Chorus, generous drafts from Brooklyn's deep well of Balkan brass (Slavic Soul Party, Raya, Veveritse), and of course Zlatne Uste, New York's pioneering Balkan brass band and festival sponsors. A complete schedule will be posted on the website goldenfest.org.

 Golden Festival has been called a once-in-a-lifetime experience that happens every year. Crowds join hands and dance, shop for folk arts, nibble feta, sausage, and desserts, and share midwinter cheer. It's a pop-up community where young and old, the folklorist, music professional and party animal come together in two nights of joy.

NOTE: A complete press release with location, ticketing information, times, and so on is available in digital form both attached and in the press section of the festival website.  There are also high resolution photos at http://goldenfest.org/press/golden-festival-2015-press-release/.   An evolving performance schedule will be posted on the website starting in early January.  For further information write or call Emerson Hawley at eshawley@gmail.com or 917-415-6210.

All the musicians and committee members volunteer their time.  From the beginning the festival has been a benefit (when we come out ahead) for Balkan charities and educational institutions.  Over the last several years we have been able to donate around $16,000 to groups such as Mercy Corps, IRC, Heifer, East European Folklife Center, Voice of Roma, and Search for Common Ground.

Should you want to interview someone about the festival, I suggest the leader of Zlatne Uste, Michael Ginsburg, who can be contacted at: mginsburg@gmail.com.

Emerson Hawley
tuba, Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band



Tuesday, November 25, 2014

(PLEASE LIST through 1/29/15): NYC PARKS SEEKS IDEAS FOR BROOKYLN PARKS & PLAYGROUNDS AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS

NYC Parks

www.nyc.gov/parks

Listing

PLEASE  LIST through

January 29,  2015

IMMEDIATE


NYC PARKS SEEKS IDEAS FOR BROOKYLN PARKS & PLAYGROUNDS AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS

 

DATES &

LOCATIONS:                Monday, December 8, 2014

Stroud Playground

                                    Elijah G. Stroud School (PS 316), 750 Classon Avenue

                                    Between Sterling Place & Park Place

 

                                    Wednesday, January 14, 2015

                                    Jesse Owens Playground

                                    PS 26, Jesse Owens School, 1014 Lafayette Avenue

                                    Between Stuyvesant Avenue & Malcolm X Boulevard

                                   

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

                                    Saratoga Ball Fields

                                    PS 178, 2163 Dean Street

                                    Between Saratoga & Thomas Boyland Avenues

 

                                    Wednesday, January 28, 2015

                                    Ten Eyck Playground

                                    PS 196, 207 Bushwick Avenue

                                    Between Meserole & Scholes Streets

 

                                    Thursday, January 29, 2015

                                    Stockton Playground

                                    PS 297, 700 Park Avenue

                                    Between Marcy & Tompkins Avenues

                                   

BROOKLYN

 

TIME:                           6:30 p.m.

 

DETAILS:                     Join us to share your ideas for Brooklyn’s playgrounds and parks and learn about the potential to make it a thriving community space. We want to hear from you! If you can't attend in person, we will also accept online comments for a week after the community input meeting. Visit our Community Input Meetings page for a list of upcoming meetings and online comment periods.

                                   

                                    We need your input and feedback on local needs, and your ideas on how each Community Parks Initiative (CPI) park can better serve your neighborhood. The City is investing millions of dollars in improvements to six Brooklyn CPI sites including Thomas Boyland Park, Stroud Playground, Jesse Owens Playground, Saratoga Ball Fields, Ten Eyck Playground and Stockton Playground.

 

                                    CPI is a multi-faceted program to invest in under-resourced public parks located in New York City’s densely populated and growing neighborhoods with higher-than-average concentrations of poverty. To learn more visit our Community Parks Initiative page. 

 

Contact:

Phil Abramson / Maeri Ferguson

pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov / (212) 360-1311

 

Monday, November 24, 2014

We're updating our terms and policies and introducing Privacy Basics

 
   
 
    Facebook
 
   
   
 
Hi Mohan,
 
We wanted to let you know we're updating our terms and policies on January 1, 2015 and introducing Privacy Basics. You can check out the details below or on Facebook.
 
Over the past year, we've introduced new features and controls to help you get more out of Facebook, and listened to people who have asked us to better explain how we get and use information.
 
Now, with Privacy Basics, you'll get tips and a how-to guide for taking charge of your experience on Facebook. We're also updating our terms, data policy and cookies policy to reflect new features we've been working on and to make them easy to understand. And we're continuing to improve ads based on the apps and sites you use off Facebook and expanding your control over the ads you see.
 
We hope these updates improve your experience. Protecting people's information and providing meaningful privacy controls are at the core of everything we do, and we believe today's announcement is an important step.
 
Sincerely,
Erin Egan
Global Chief Privacy Officer

 
Updating Our Terms and Policies: Helping You Understand How Facebook Works and How to Control Your Information
 
Privacy Basics
Privacy Basics offers interactive guides to answer the most commonly asked questions about how you can control your information on Facebook. For example, you can learn about untagging, unfriending, blocking, and how to choose an audience for each of your posts. This information is available in 36 languages.
 
Along with our privacy checkup, reminder for people posting publicly and simplified audience selectors, Privacy Basics is the latest step we've taken to help you make sure you're sharing with the people you want.
 
Helping you get more out of Facebook
Every day, people use our apps and services to connect with the people, places and things they care about. The updates to our policies reflect the new products we've been working on to improve your Facebook experience. They also explain how our services work in a way that's easier to understand. Here are some highlights:
 
  • Discover what's going on around you: We're updating our policies to explain how we get location information depending on the features you decide to use. Millions of people check into their favorite places and use optional features like Nearby Friends (currently only available in some regions). We're working on ways to show you the most relevant information based on where you are and what your friends are up to. For example, in the future, if you decide to share where you are, you might see menus from restaurants nearby or updates from friends in the area.
 
  • Make purchases more convenient: In some regions, we're testing a Buy button that helps people discover and purchase products without leaving Facebook. We're also working on new ways to make transactions even more convenient.
 
  • Find information about privacy on Facebook at the moment you need it: To make them more accessible, we moved tips and suggestions to Privacy Basics. Our data policy is shorter and clearer, making it easier to read.
 
  • Understand how we use the information we receive: For example, we use device information to optimize your mobile experience, like understanding battery and signal strength to help us make sure our apps work well for you. We ask for permission to use your phone's location when we offer optional features like check-ins or adding your location to posts.
 
  • Get to know how the family of Facebook companies and apps work together: Over the past few years, Facebook has grown and we want to make sure you know about our family of companies, apps and services. We use the information we collect to improve your experience. For example, if you're locked out of your Instagram account, you can use your Facebook information to recover your password. Nothing in our updates changes the commitments that Instagram, WhatsApp and other companies have made to protect your information and your privacy.
 
  • Your information and advertising: People sometimes ask how their information is shared with advertisers. Nothing is changing with these updates—we help advertisers reach people with relevant ads without telling them who you are. Learn more about ads and how you can control the ads you see.
 
 
Giving you more control over ads
We've heard from some of you that it can be difficult to control the types of ads you see if you use multiple devices and browsers. In the past, if you opted out of certain kinds of advertising on your laptop, that choice may not have been applied for ads on your phone. We know that many people use more than one phone, tablet or browser to access Facebook, so it should be easy for you to make a single choice that applies across all of your devices.
 
That's why Facebook respects the choices you make about the ads you see, across every device. You can opt out of seeing ads on Facebook based on the apps and sites you use through the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt out using controls on iOS and Android. When you tell us you don't want to see these types of ads, your decision automatically applies to every device you use to access Facebook. Also, we're now making ad preferences available in additional countries, beginning with Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland and the UK.
 
These updates take effect on January 1, 2015. As always, we welcome your feedback about our policies.
 
   
   
 
Facebook Ireland Ltd. 4 Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Harbour Dublin 2 Ireland; Facebook, Inc. 1601 Willow Road Menlo Park, CA 94025
   
 

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Roulette Presents: Henry Threadgill’s ZOOID, Dec 4 & 5

For Immediate Release/Listings Release:
Contact: Lucy@roulette.org

Roulette Presents:
Henry Threadgill's ZOOID
premiere performance of new quintet book
December 4 & 5, 2014, 8pm

What: Henry Threadgill's ZOOID
When: December 4 & 5 , 8pm
Where: Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, 2/3/4/5/A/C/G/D/M/N/R/B/Q trains & the LIRR
Cost:  $25 Pre-sale (ends at noon on 12/4) $35 at Door,  Members/Students/Seniors: $20 Pre-sale (ends at noon on 12/4) $30 at Door, Series Members - $15 Pre-sale (ends at noon on 12/4) $25 at Doors , FREE for All Access Members
Info: www.roulette.org / 917.267.0368

Brooklyn,  NY: Roulette is thrilled to premiere four brand new quintets by Henry Threadgill in a premiere performance December 4 and December 5, 8pm. Each evening will present a different program, both evenings featuring Zooid members plus a selection of soloists. Each evening there will also be a featured short preceding the quintet program.

Tickets range from $35 - 15 and can be purchased at http://roulette.org/events/henry-threadgill-2/

The quintet program,  featuring:  Liberty Ellman (Ceroepic), Jose Davila (Unoepic), Elliot Kavee (Dosepic), Christopher Hoffman (Tresepic), focuses extensively on the each featured instrument and soloist, Threadgill states:  "One important factor for me in writing these pieces was to seek another process which puts each featured soloist in the directorial position."

Full program:
Dec 4, 2014
In for a penny, in for a pound (short)
Ceroepic—Quintet for guitar
Unoepic—Quintet for trombone/tuba

Dec 5, 2014
Off the prompt box (short)
Dosepic—Quintet for drums/percussion
Tresepic—Quintet for cello

Threadgill, hailed by Nate Chinen of The New York Times as "one of the most thrillingly elusive composers in and around the jazz idiom:" is one of the great musical masterminds of the past quarter century - a composer, arranger, and innovator who transcends genres in contemporary music.

ZOOID is based on a  musical language developed by Threadgill. Compositions are organized in blocks and assigned to each musician who in turn can use them independently, throwing in elements of improvisation and utilizing counterpoint. The term Zooid describes an independent organism that works together like a colony, Threadgill has often used this comparison for his music explaining that the music is a group of independent voices coming together to create a whole sound. Threadgill has recorded or performed with many of the legends of the jazz avant-garde, including Anthony Braxton, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, David Murray and Bill Laswell.

About Roulette
Roulette – one of New York City's premiere venues for experimental music for over 33 years - has reopened bigger and better than ever. Located in a newly renovated 1920s Art Deco concert hall in Downtown Brooklyn, the new Roulette features two levels of seating for up to 400 people (600 standing), an expanded multi-channel sound system, projection screen for film and multi-media events, state-of-the-art lighting system, modular stage, and a specially designed floor to accommodate dance. Teamed with bold new programming, the new Roulette promises to be one of the most exciting places in New York City - if not the country - to experience adventurous music and art.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

New Georges & Women's Project to remount Kate Benson's A Beautiful Day in November... 1/12-2/7 @ City Center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Emily Owens PR | emily@emilyowenspr.com | 917.408.3677

NEW GEORGES 
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
WOMEN'S PROJECT THEATER 
PRESENTS
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN NOVEMBER ON 
THE BANKS OF THE GREATEST 
OF THE GREAT LAKES

Mia Katigbak, Evan Thompson, Brooke Ishibashi, Nina Hellman, Heather Alicia Simms, Christian Felix & Jessica Almasy 
Photo credit: Jessica Osber

WRITTEN BY KATE BENSON 
DIRECTED BY LEE SUNDAY EVANS

PREVIEWS JANUARY 12-14
OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY JANUARY 15
 JANUARY 12 - FEBRUARY 7 @ CITY CENTER STAGE II 

New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Producing Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Deputy Artistic Director; Jaynie Saunders Tiller, Managing Director) will remount their critically acclaimed production of Kate Benson's A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes directed by Lee Sunday Evans in association with Women's Project Theater, January 12-February 7 at City Center Stage II (131 West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues). Performances will be 1/12-1/17, 1/20-1/24, 1/27-1/30 & 2/3-2/7 at 7:30pm, 1/17, 1/24, 1/25, 2/1 & 2/7 at 2:30pm, 1/31 at 8pm and 2/6 at 3pm. Tickets ($35-$45) are available online at www.nycitycenter.org or by calling 212.581.1212. 

"For those of you just tuning in, Thanksgiving is already in progress here at Wembly kitchen.  The stands are nice and full, it's quite a crowd that's gathered. They're in for a real treat." And so, in this witty exploration of how family is played, over time and memory and through generations… a pair of sports announcers calls a holiday dinner.

A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes was developed in The New Georges Jam, a "performance gym" for early-career playwrights and directors. The play originally premiered in May 2014 as part of the New Georges Jam On Toast play festival at Dixon Place. Great Lakes is Kate Benson's first produced play. 

"Ms. Benson, the playwright, is fearless and remarkably assured in this dizzyingly entertaining work. The direction of Ms. Evans unfurls it on the Dixon Place stage with wit and verve, conjuring the story — the preparation and serving of a gigantic family dinner — without so much as a salad plate in sight."  Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times

KATE BENSON (Playwright) is a writer and actor living in Brooklyn. Her plays include A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes, produced by New Georges in 2014, [PORTO], Lee Miller, and Radium Now. She is a member of The New Georges Jam and the 2014-15 Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, and she is a graduate of the Brooklyn College MFA Playwriting program. She is the recipient of the Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission. She has had readings and showings of her work at Dixon Place, 13th St. Theater, Jimmy's No. 43, and The Room at New Georges. As an actor, she has appeared at The Public, NYTW, The Flea, PS 122, the Incubator, and LaMama.

LEE SUNDAY EVANS (Director) is a director and choreographer. As the resident director for CollaborationTown, she has directed The Play About My Dad, The Deepest Play Ever, The Momentum, and Family Play (1979 to Present). Other recent productions include: So Go the Ghosts of Mexico, Part ll by Matthew Paul Olmos (Sundance Theatre Lab), God's Ear by Jenny Schwartz (Juilliard), All Girls by Anna Greenfield (Horse Trade), The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Cyrano de Bergerac (Waterwell/PPAS). Her work has been presented and developed at: 59E59, Sundance Theater Lab, The New Ohio, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The Culture Project, Robert Wilson's Watermill Center, Dixon Place, LaMama, Emerging America Festival/Huntington Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival, Coatesville VA Medical Center. With CTown, she is currently developing a new musical for New Victory's LabWorks commissioning program. Time Warner Fellow of 2014-2016 Lab at Women's Project Theater, Lincoln Center Director's Lab, New Georges Affiliated Artist. BFA: Boston University.

NEW GEORGES, founded in 1992, is a strategically small company with a national reputation for taking a first look at new and experimental plays and artists, and as a home and a playground for some of the most adventurous theater artists (who are women) working today. New Georges supports the largest ongoing working community of women theater artists in New York City (currently almost 200 playwrights, directors, actors and designers), providing its artists with essential resources and opportunities, including The Room, our workspace for women theater artists, founded in 1994. New Georges' 20-year commitment to providing its artists with free or low-cost workspace for new play development is unique among downtown theaters and has incubated thousands of new works. 
 
New Georges has premiered 41 new full-length plays and 11 festivals of new work; hundreds of original works have passed through The Room on their way to venues in New York City and beyond. Notable productions have included: Lynn Rosen's Goldor $ Mythyka; Kara Lee Corthron's AliceGraceAnon; Peggy Stafford's Motel Cherry (Huffington Post Top Ten); Sylvan Oswald's Nightlands; Heidi Schreck's Creature; Eisa Davis' Angela's Mixtape (New Yorker Top Ten Off Broadway Shows); Jenny Schwartz's God's Ear (Time Out New York Top Ten); Wendy Weiner's Hillary: A Modern Greek Tragedy With a (Somewhat) Happy Ending; Susan Bernfield'sStretch (a fantasia); Sheila Callaghan's Dead City (Susan Smith Blackburn Prize); Deb Margolin's Three Seconds in the Key (Kesselring Prize); and Lisa D'Amour's Anna Bella Eema.
 
WOMEN'S PROJECT THEATER is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing and promoting the work of female theater artists at every stage in their careers. WP supports women theater artists and the world-class, groundbreaking work they create, and provides a platform where women's voices can be heard and celebrated on the American stage. At a time when gender parity is still a distant goal, the unique mission of WP is more essential than ever. 
 
In service of that important mission, over the past 37 years WP has produced over 600 main stage productions and developmental projects, and published 11 anthologies of plays by women. WP has been the launching pad for many of our nation's most important female theater artists. Eve Ensler, María Irene Fornés, Katori Hall, Pam MacKinnon, Lynn Nottage, Leigh Silverman and Anna Deveare Smith, among many, many others, all found early artistic homes here. No other producing institution in the country can claim this kind of ongoing history of advocacy and support for women in the theater, and we look ahead to the next generation of female artists who will also begin their careers here.
 
WP Theater accomplishes its mission through several fundamental programs: the WP Lab, a two-year mentorship and new play development program for women playwrights, directors, and producers, the Playwright In Residence commissioning program, our Developmental series, and the Main Stage series, which features a full season of Off-Broadway productions written and directed by extraordinary women theater artists. 
 
 
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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Re: Free event to post- Let's Talk About Sleepaway Camp

TWe're launching a two-week Sleepaway Camp in partnership with NJY Camps 8/9-8/20/2015. Info session will be held 11/30/14 from 1-3 pm. Tour and meet with our Camp Representatives! Find out about the 2 week -Pack Sleepaway Camp with NJY Camp, Summer Day Camp, Hebrew Dual Language Summer Day Camp, Inclusion Program- for children with special needs, Soccer Division
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-talk-about-sleepaway-camp-2015-with-kings-bay-y-tickets-13288154227



PACK 2015- Power Action Community Kadima

Shaping Jewish souls through meaning and fun!

What? Kings Bay Y and the New Jersey Y Camps (premiere overnight camp) have created a unique partnership combining youth group and resident camping. TWO WEEKS of fun and adventure at sleep away camp. Choose from a wide array of activities including zipline, theatre, cooking, painting, sports, swimming, skateboarding, archery, biking, boating, Israeli nature programming, and so much more!
Sleep in a bunk. Experience the outdoors.  Create friendships and memories that will last a lifetime.


Who?  Kids ages 9-14

When and Where?  August 9th- August 20th at New Jersey Y Camps. Free transportation to and from NJY Sleepaway Camp from Kings Bay Y at N. Williamsburg and Kings Bay Y at Windsor Terrace

For more information, please contact us at info@ywindsorterrace.org or call us at 718-407-6377. Visit our website at www.ywindsorterrace.org

Nadira Persaud
Site Director/Camp Director
Kings Bay Y at Windsor Terrace
an agency of UJA-Federation of NY
1224 Prospect Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11218
Tel.718 407 6377
Fax. 718 709 7485
nadira@ywindsorterrace.org
visit us at http://ywindsorterrace.org
Please "like" us on Facebook
Also check out Kings Bay Y at Windsor Terrace and Kings Bay Y at North Williamsburg !
Summer Day Camps Early Bird- $200 off by December 31st

Re: Free event to post: Summer Day Camps Open House

Summer Day CampS Open House- Sunday, January 18th, 2015 11am-1pm

Tour and meet with our Camp Representatives! Find out about the 2 week -Pack Sleepaway Camp with NJY Camp, Summer Day Camp, Hebrew Dual Language Summer Day Camp, Inclusion Program- for children with special needs, Soccer Division


RSVP for regular admission from 11am-1pm, or Early Bird Admission from 10am-11am.

 RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/save-the-date-january-18th-11am-1pm-camp-open-house-tickets-13415200225?aff=eorg

CAMP DISCOUNTS & PROMOTIONS

 

  • Register Before December 31st , 2014 receive $200 OFF & LAST YEAR'S PRICES
  • Register Before February 15, 2015 receive $150 OFF & NEW FEESSibling discount-oldest child pays full price, each additional sibling receives $50 off, requires proof with documentation
    • Bring a friend discount- $50 off per session
    • Open House discount-Attend and register at an info session/open house and receive $25 off
    • Loyalty Program for Returning Campers- prices vary
For more information, please contact us at info@ywindsorterrace.org or call us at 718-407-6377. Visit our website at www.ywindsorterrace.org
Nadira Persaud
Site Director/Camp Director
Kings Bay Y at Windsor Terrace
an agency of UJA-Federation of NY
1224 Prospect Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11218
Tel.718 407 6377
Fax. 718 709 7485
nadira@ywindsorterrace.org
visit us at http://ywindsorterrace.org
Please "like" us on Facebook
Also check out Kings Bay Y at Windsor Terrace and Kings Bay Y at North Williamsburg !
Summer Day Camps Early Bird- $200 off by December 31st

Saturday, November 15, 2014

John Zorn’s Cobra @ Roulette, Saturday, November 29, 8pm

For Immediate Release/Request for Listings:
lucy@roulette.org

Roulette Presents:c
John Zorn's Cobra
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Cobra
Saturday, November 29, 8pm

What: John Zorn's Cobra
Where: Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, 2/3/4/5/A/C/G/D/M/N/R/B/Q trains & the LIRR
When: Saturday, November 29, 8pm, doors open at 7pm

Brooklyn, NY: Roulette presents John Zorn's Cobra, Saturday, November 29th, 8pm. Cobra, a unique composition created by Zorn, is a piece created for multiple improvisors which consists of a system of cues and corresponding rules.  Devoid of traditional musical notation, Cobra creates an electrifying environment where the composition can be radically different with each live performance.

This Roulette season highlight event, the 30th anniversary celebration of the highly acclaimed, frequently performed and world traveled composition, will feature Trevor Dunn, bass, Sylvie Courvoisier, piano, Mark Feldman, violin, Erik Friedlander, cello, George Lewis, trombone, Cyro Baptista, percussion,  Eyal Maoz, guitar, John Medeski, organ, Ikue Mori, electronics, Marc Ribot, guitar, Kenny Wollesen, drums, John Zorn, prompter.

There will be a pre-concert audience discussion with John Zorn and select musicians.

General Admission tickets are $25 pre-sale, $35 at the door.
Members/students/seniors $20 pre-sale, $30 at the door.  
Series Members - $15 Pre-sale, $25 AT THE DOOR
FREE for All-Access Members

Roulette is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of John Zorn's Cobra which originally premiered at Roulette in 1984. One of the most often performed compositions in new music, the phenomenon of John Zorn's Cobra lives on into the 21st Century with continuous monthly performances in Japan, Europe, Australia and the United States. Under the direction of the composer himself this newest performance gives Zorn's infamous game piece a startling new reading by some of downtown New York's leading improvisers. Cobra is never really Cobra without Zorn himself at the helm—and here the music takes some surprising turns that even he never expected. A 21st Century update of a 20th Century classic.. Zorn has said of Cobra  "deliberately chosen not to publish (or even write down) the rules".

About Roulette
Roulette – one of New York City's premiere venues for experimental music for over 33 years - has reopened bigger and better than ever. Located in a newly renovated 1920s Art Deco concert hall in Downtown Brooklyn, the new Roulette features two levels of seating for up to 400 people (600 standing), an expanded multi-channel sound system, projection screen for film and multi-media events, state-of-the-art lighting system, modular stage, and a specially designed floor to accommodate dance. Teamed with bold new programming, the new Roulette promises to be one of the most exciting places in New York City - if not the country - to experience adventurous music and art.