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Members experience the best of New York City culture through CAAL Nights! These evenings provide members the opportunity to meet fellow alumni over drinks, converse with artists about their work, and navigate the city's arts scene. Previous special guests include Academy Award winners Michael Douglas and Milos Forman, Grammy Award winners Paquito D'Rivera and Wynton Marsalis, Tony Award-winning actor Brian Dennehy (CC '60), Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright, and the cast of Cirque du Soleil's Wintuk! All past CAAL Nights are listed below. Click on any event link to view photos or see what other members have to say here.
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JEROME ROBBINS AT NEW YORK CITY BALLET
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FRIDAY, JUNE 5th,
2009
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See performances of four works by choreographer Jerome Robbins. Before the performance enjoy a wine and cheese reception and an informal Up Close Chat with New York City Ballet dancers.
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Jerome Robbins is world renowned for his work as a choreographer of ballets as well as his work as a director and choreographer in theater, movies and television. His Broadway shows include On the Town, Billion Dollar Baby, West Side Story, The King and I, Gypsy, Peter Pan, and Fiddler on the Roof. Among the more than 60 ballets he created are Fancy Free, Afternoon of a Faun, The Concert, Dances At a Gathering, In the Night, In G Major, Other Dances, Glass Pieces and Ives, Songs, which are in the repertories of New York City Ballet and other major dance companies throughout the world.
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6:45PM studio talk and reception
8:00PM performance
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David H. Koch Theater
20 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023
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$72 for Orchestra
$15 for Fourth Ring
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DANCING AT STEPPING OUT STUDIOS
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FRIDAY, MAY 1st,
2009
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CAAL Members were invited to an hour-long Swing and Salsa beginner's lesson at Stepping Out Studios, followed by an after-party with music and dancing in the Grand Ballroom. The after-party featured DJ'd mixed music and dancing (dancer's request!); in addition to a separate room with a DJ spinning Latin music. CAAL Members danced the night away while drinking and eating complimentary wine and snacks!
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Stepping Out's roster of instructors are award winning, world renowned dancers in their respective fields and programs. Culled from all over the globe, their team of teachers include the World Mambo champions; World Hustle champions; World & U.S. Am. Rhythm Champions; Swing titlists; internationally acclaimed Salsa, International Style Latin, Ballroom, and Country Western dance instructors; celebrated Argentine Tango masters; and unparalleled Social Dance teachers. Stepping Out's instructors have participated in, and been featured on, "Dancing With the Stars" and PBS's "America's Ballroom Challenge."
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8:30 p.m. dance lesson
9:30 p.m. after party |
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37 W. 26th Street, 9th Floor
Buzzer 5200
New York, NY 10010
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$8.50 for CAAL Members
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PHILIP JOHNSON'S GLASS HOUSE
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SATURDAY, APRIL 18th, 2009
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CAAL Members had exclusive access to Philip Johnson's Glass House during its April preview month. Members had the opportunity to take a 90-minute private tour of the 47-acre Glass House compound, a historical landmark comprised of 14 structures which includes the celebrated Glass House (completed in 1949), a guesthouse, an art gallery, and a sculpture pavilion. The Glass House, which only recently opened to the public, is sold out of tours for the rest of 2009, and is unavailable to visitors until their summer 2010 season. CAAL members were allowed to take photographs during their tour--a privilege not typically granted to visitors of the Glass House!
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Before practicing architecture, Philip Johnson was the founding Director of the Department of Architecture at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. His landmark 1932 exhibition, The International Style, introduced modern architecture to the American public. Johnson continued a relationship with MoMA throughout his life as a curator, architect, trustee, and patron. He donated more than 2,000 works of art to the Museum including works by Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauschenberg. Johnson was also a singular tastemaker, influencing architecture, art, and design during the second-half of the twentieth century. He referred to the Glass House site as his "fifty-year diary."
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10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 12:00 p.m. tours |
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The Glass House
199 Elm Street
New Canaan, CT 06840
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$40 for CAAL Members, $55 for non-CAAL Members
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AVENUE Q
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THURSDAY, APRIL 16th, 2009
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On Avenue Q, puppets and people intermingle in this show about the trials and tribulations of life as a grown-up: love, sex, money, race, and how to tell your roommate he's gay. Avenue Q won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical, and has received nearly unanimous rave reviews from audiences and critics. Entertainment Weekly described Avenue Q in their "Best of 2003" edition: "To call it a ''puppet show'' does it a disservice. '''Sesame Street' for grown-ups'' isn't right either. There's no handy way to describe ''Avenue Q,'' except as the furriest, and one of the funniest, shows you're likely ever to see." CAAL Members joined the cast of Avenue Q for a discussion after the performance. |
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Avenue Q is a musical conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics, and directed by Jason Moore. The book is by Jeff Whitty. The show was produced by and opened at the Off-Broadway Vineyard Theatre in March 2003. The production transferred to Broadway in July 2003 and won several Tony Awards, including the award for Best Musical. It is still running on Broadway and holds the position of 23rd longest running show in Broadway history. The show has spawned a 2005 Las Vegas production, a 2006 West End production and various international productions. |
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8:00 p.m. performance
10:30 p.m. discussion with the cast |
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Golden Theater
252 W. 45th Street
New York, NY 10036
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$31.50 for CAAL Members, $46.50 for non-CAAL Members
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PETER AND VANDY
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FRIDAY, APRIL 3rd, 2009
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Peter and Vandy is a love story told out of sequence. Set in Manhattan, the story shifts back and forth in time over the course of their sometimes sweet, sometimes twisted love affair, with seemingly disconnected moments like the first meeting or picking a movie - all coming together to tell the real story. |
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The cast includes Jason Ritter, Jess Weixler, Jesse L. Martin, Tracie Thoms. The film is directed by Jay Pietro, who makes his feature-film directorial debut with Peter and Vandy. He adapted the screenplay from his acclaimed play of the same name, which attracted sold-out houses during its four-month run in New York and received a Drama Desk nomination for best play. His second play, the comedy Family Head, is in development. |
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7:30 p.m. film screening
10:00 p.m. after party |
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Screening Location:
Visual Arts Theater
333 West 23rd Street
(Between 8th & 9th Ave)
New York, NY 10011
After-party Location:
Hudson Terrace
621 West 46th St.
(Between 11th & 12th Ave)
New York, NY 10036
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$27 for CAAL Members, $42 for non-CAAL Members
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YO-YO MA, EMANUEL AX, AND ITZHAK PERLMAN
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TUESDAY, MARCH 31st, 2009
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Imagine the joy of three great friends sitting down to make music together--particularly when they happen to be three of the world's most revered soloists. This is chamber music of the highest order, featuring the superstar trio of Emanuel Ax, Itzhak Perlman, and Yo-Yo Ma. Before the performance, CAAL Members had 2 for 1 champagne cocktails and free appetizers at Flute Midtown.
Program:
Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49
Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66
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Yo-Yo Ma began to study the cello with his father at age four, and today he is considered one of the most prolific cellists of our time. He is known for his "rich tone and smooth, legato phrasing," and he is one of the best-selling recording artists in the classical field. All of his recent albums have quickly entered the Billboard chart of classical best sellers, remaining in the Top 15 for extended periods.
Considered by critics to be in the first rank of his generation of pianists, Emanuel Ax has been a prominent figure on the classical music scene-as a performer and as a recording artist-since he first came to public attention in 1974. That year, he won the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv, and five years later he received the Avery Fisher Prize for outstanding achievement and excellence in music. Ax has garnered seven Grammy Awards, three for recordings of duo recitals with cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Itzhak Perlman was born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1945. In addition to his many orchestral and recital appearances throughout the world, Mr. Perlman performs as conductor with leading orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. He collaborated with composer John Williams in Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-winning film Schindler's List, in which he performed the violin solos.
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6:30 p.m. drinks at Flute Midtown
8:00 p.m. performance |
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Carnegie Hall
881 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
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$57 for CAAL Members, $72 for non-CAAL Members
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BRAZILIAN STORIES WITH PAQUITO D'RIVERA
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FRIDAY, MARCH 13th, 2009
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Multi-reedman Paquito D'Rivera and his guests, including vocalist Leny Andrade and clarinetist Anat Cohen, explore Brazilian sambas, choros, and bossa nova in all their joy and subtle rhythmic intensity, evoking, as D'Rivera once put it, "the feeling of being happy and sad at the same time." See Paquito perform from box seats around the stage on the mezzanine and balcony levels. Before the show, join fellow CAAL members at Flute Midtown for drinks and complimentary appetizers; and after the show meet the musicians in the Green Room! |
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Paquito D'Rivera, performer, conductor and composer, has impacted American music across Latin, jazz, and classical genres. The winner of nine Grammy awards, he won first in 1979 for Irakere and most recently for Funk Tango, which won Best Latin Jazz Album in 2008. He has over 30 solo recordings to date, was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in music composition, played for President Obama at a private inauguration concert, and has been named Clarinetist of the Year twice. |
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6:30 p.m. drinks at Flute Midtown
8:00 p.m. performance
After the performance, meet the musicians in the Green Room!
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Rose Theater
60th Street at Broadway
New York, NY 10023
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$31.50 for CAAL Members, $46.50 for non-CAAL Members
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LA SONNAMBULA
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11th, 2009
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Mary Zimmerman, who directed Natalie Dessay in last season's hit new production of Lucia di Lammermoor, underlines La Sonnambula's dual elements of sleep and wakefulness in an intriguing staging set in the present. Bellini's hauntingly lyrical score soars as performed by Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez, back from their sensational run together in La Fille du Régiment in leading opera houses around the world. |
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Mary Zimmerman is the recipient of a 1998 MacArthur Fellowship, the 2002 Tony Award for best direction and 10 Joseph Jefferson Awards, including ones for best production and best direction. She is the Manilow Resident Director of Goodman Theatre, a member of the Lookingglass Theatre Company of Chicago, an artistic associate of Seattle Repertory Theatre, and a professor of performance studies at Northwestern University. |
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8:00 p.m. performance |
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The Metropolitan Opera House
Lincoln Center
New York, NY 10023
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$15 for CAAL Members; $30 for non-CAAL Members
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PULSE CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR
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SATURDAY, MARCH 7th, 2009
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PULSE New York returns to Pier 40 following a record breaking 2008 fair, featuring a diverse list of premier, international galleries and new installations and performances as part of its critically acclaimed series of cultural programming. The 2008 fair experienced solid sales and its highest New York attendance to date, with more than 12,000 visitors, including major collectors, art professionals and critics, attending the fair. CAAL Members are invited for a tour of the fair, brought to you by Michael Sellinger (BUS ‘91) of Cottelston Advisors, and cocktails, sponsored by Christiania Vodka! |
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Michael Sellinger created Cottelston Advisors to provide art consulting services to individual and corporate clients. He has appeared on numerous panels and is a frequent guest lecturer at New York University and Christie's. Michael also serves on the board of chashama, which provides subsidized studio space to artists. Previously, he was the executive producer of Scope Art Fairs, an international series of cutting-edge art and emerging culture exhibitions. Additionally, Michael was a founding partner in W/O WALLS, an independent curatorial program, which was conceived as a means for supporting emerging artists in a progressive context outside the normal gallery system. Michael received an MBA from Columbia Business School and has been collecting contemporary art for over 15 years. |
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6:00 p.m. tour and reception |
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Pier 40
353 West Street at West Houston
New York, NY 10014
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$12 for CAAL Members; $27 for non-CAAL Members
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ARMORY SHOW
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SATURDAY, MARCH 7th, 2009
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The Armory Show is held annually in New York City, home to more galleries, artists, critics and art institutions than any other city in the world, a mecca for serious collectors. The Armory Show, The International Fair of New Art, was started by four New York art dealers as The Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair in 1994 and takes its name from the notable history of the 1913 Armory Show, which introduced European Modernism to America. A new addition this year will be the Armory Show - Modern, which is new section dedicated to international dealers specializing in historically significant Modern and contemporary art. CAAL members will have access to the Armory an hour before the show opens, with a tour brought to you by Michael Sellinger (BUS '91), of Cottelston Advisors. |
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Michael Sellinger created Cottelston Advisors to provide art consulting services to individual and corporate clients. He has appeared on numerous panels and is a frequent guest lecturer at New York University and Christie's. Michael also serves on the board of chashama, which provides subsidized studio space to artists. Previously, he was the executive producer of Scope Art Fairs, an international series of cutting-edge art and emerging culture exhibitions. Additionally, Michael was a founding partner in W/O WALLS, an independent curatorial program, which was conceived as a means for supporting emerging artists in a progressive context outside the normal gallery system. Michael received an MBA from Columbia Business School and has been collecting contemporary art for over 15 years. |
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11:00 a.m. tour |
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Armory Show
Pier 92
W. 55th Street and West Side Highway
New York, NY
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$15 for CAAL Members; $30 for non-CAAL Members
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HAIR
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FRIDAY, MARCH 6th, 2009
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Hair tells the story of the "tribe", a group of politically active, long-haired "Hippies of the Age of Aquarius" fighting against conscription to the Vietnam War and living a bohemian life together in New York City. Claude, his good friend Berger, their roommate Sheila and all their friends struggle to balance their young lives, loves and the sexual revolution with their pacifist rebellion against the war and the conservative impulses of their parents and society. Ultimately Claude must decide whether or not to resist the draft, as his friends have done. |
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Diane Paulus ('97SoA) is a director of opera and theater. She is the creator and director of The Donkey Show, a disco adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream which ran for six years Off-Broadway, and toured internationally to London, Edinburgh, Madrid, and Evian, France. Recent theater work includes the 40th Anniversary Concert Production of Hair at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park for the Public Theater; Another Country by James Baldwin at Riverside Church; Turandot: Rumble For The Ring at the Bay Street Theatre; The Golden Mickeys for Disney Creative Entertainment; and Best Of Both Worlds, a gospel/R&B adaptation of A Winter's Tale produced by Music-Theatre Group and The Women's Project. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University with a B.A. in Social Studies, and has a M.F.A. in Directing from Columbia University's School of the Arts. Diane Paulus was recently appointed the Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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8:00 p.m. performance
10:40 p.m. talkback with Director |
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Al Hirschfeld Theatre
302 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036
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$77 Orchestra; $42 Mezzanine for CAAL Members
$92 Orchestra; $57 Mezzanine for non-CAAL Members
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WEST SIDE STORY
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 2009
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Set in Manhattan's West Side/Hell's Kitchen in the mid-1950s, West Side Story explores the rivalry between two teenage gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The young protagonist, Anton ("Tony"), who belongs to the White gang, falls in love with Maria, the sister of the leader of the rival Puerto Rican gang. The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theater. Bernstein's score for the musical has become extremely popular; it includes "Something's Coming," "Maria," "America," "Somewhere," "Tonight," "Jet Song," "I Feel Pretty," "One Hand, One Heart," and "Cool." West Side Story has book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The musical is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The revival is directed by Arthur Laurents. |
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Arthur Laurents (born July 14, 1918) is an American playwright, novelist, screenwriter, librettist and stage director. He has won two Tony Awards: in 1968 as author of the Book of the Best Musical winner, "Hallelujah, Baby!," and in 1984 as Best Director (Musical) for "La Cage aux Folles." He was also nominated two other times: in 1958 as author of the Book of Best Musical nominee "West Side Story;" in 1960 as author of Best Musical nominee "Gypsy!," and in 1975 as Best Director (Musical) for the Angela Lansbury revival of "Gypsy!" |
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8:00 p.m. Performance |
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Palace Theatre
1564 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
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$109.50 Orchestra; $46.50 Front Balcony for CAAL Members
$124.50 Orchestra, $61.50 Front Balcony for non-CAAL Members
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NEW YORK CITY BALLET: 21st CENTURY MOVEMENT
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19th, 2009
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Fresh, youthful, and kinetic, this program's four works embody innovation. Using Baroque melodies as counterpoint to modern movement, Jorma Elo's Slice to Sharp is a pyrotechnic tour de force. Martins' vitalizing Hallelujah Junction is a living locomotive of driving energy. Wheeldon's Mercurial Manoeuvres distills Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1 into a rapidly-changing, geometric kaleidoscope. Including a World Premiere, this program brings together some of today's most contemporary choreography. |
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The New York City Ballet, one of the foremost dance companies in the world, is unique in US artistic history. Solely responsible for training its own artists and creating its own works, the New York City Ballet was the first ballet institution in the world with two permanent homes, the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York. |
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6:45 p.m. Studio talk and reception
8:00 p.m. Performance
10:30 p.m. Backstage tour |
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New York City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
20 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023
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$72 Orchestra, $15 Fourth Ring for CAAL Members
$87 Orchestra, $30 Fourth Ring for non-CAAL Members
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TIBET HOUSE BENEFIT: PHILIP GLASS AND FRIENDS
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 2009
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The Tibet House's 19th annual benefit concert assembles some of the biggest names in music and offers audiences a mix of unprecedented musical collaborations and solo offerings. |
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Philip Glass, the concert's Artistic Director, once again brings together an original line-up of contemporary artists including rock icon Patti Smith and her daughter Jesse Smith, The National and Vampire Weekend, and many more. |
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7:30PM show |
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Carnegie Hall
881 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
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$35 for CAAL Members
$50 for non-CAAL Members
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MY BEIJING BIRTHDAY
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 30th, 2009
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My Beijing Birthday takes a heart-felt and humorous look at the rapidly changing lives of a group of young Beijingers through the eyes of a New Yorker, Howie Snyder. The story shows the group as 8 year-olds in 1996 studying Chinese stand-up comedy with Howie and their teacher, Mrs. Ma. We visit the group again in 2008 as they reflect on their lives and their new dreams for the future. This generation of children, known as China's new little emperors, is the first in the world to grow up without brothers and sisters. They have grown up amid the most rapid economic growth the world has ever seen. In My Beijing Birthday, Howie breaks through language and cultural barriers to show us how these children - and Beijingers in general - are a lot like his native New Yorkers: rough on the outside, but tender on the inside. |
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Howie Snyder (CC '84) was one of the first Westerners to study in Beijing in 1981. Howie has spent the last 25 years living and working in China, Japan, and other Asian countries. Fluent in Chinese, Japanese, and several other languages, Howie worked for Citibank and Kroll Associates in Tokyo and Hong Kong through most of the 90's. |
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5:00PM film screening |
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Davis Auditorium
Schapiro Center
120th St. between Broadway and Amsterdam
New York, NY 10027
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Free for CAAL Members
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ERIC KANDEL, OLIVER SACKS, AND PETRA SEEGER: IN SEARCH OF MEMORY
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THURSDAY,
JANUARY
29th, 2009
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Following a screening of Petra Seeger's film, In Search of Memory: The Neuroscientist Eric Kandel, Oliver Sacks interviews Kandel about his role in the discovery of how memory works. Filmmaker Petra Seeger introduces the film. |
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Eric Kandel, along with his colleagues, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 2000, for discovering the central role synapses play in memory and learning. He is the author of In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind. Oliver Sacks is Columbia's University Artist, a professor of neurology and psychiatry at the Medical Center, and the author of many books, including Awakenings and Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. |
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6:00PM reception
7:00PM film screening
8:30PM Q & A
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92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
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$27 for CAAL Members
$42 for non-CAAL Members
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GIANTS OF SCIENCE: MALCOLM GLADWELL
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 6th, 2009
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Enjoy a discussion with journalist and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell on the science of success, followed by a reception with fellow CAAL Members. In his latest work, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"-the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful people and asks the question: Why are high achievers different from regular people? Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, the cultural forces that make Asians so successful at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band. Robert Krulwich (Law '74) of Nova Science Now, an NPR regular and an ABC News correspondent, is the host. |
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Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer with The New Yorker magazine since 1996. His 1999 profile of Ron Popeil won a National Magazine Award, and in 2005 he was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People. He is the author of two books, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference, (2000) and Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005), both of which were number one New York Times bestsellers. From 1987 to 1996, he was a reporter with the Washington Post, where he covered business, science, and then served as the newspaper's New York City bureau chief. He graduated from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, with a degree in history. He was born in England, grew up in rural Ontario, and now lives in New York City.
Robert Krulwich (LAW '74) is an American radio and television journalist whose specialty is explaining complex topics in depth. He has worked as a full-time employee of ABC, CBS, National Public Radio, and Pacifica. He has done assignment pieces for ABC's Nightline and World News Tonight, as well as PBS's Frontline, NOVA, and NOW with Bill Moyers. TV Guide called him "the most inventive network reporter in television", and New York Magazine wrote that he's "the man who simplifies without being simple".
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8:00PM lecture
9:15PM reception
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| WHERE: |
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
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$27 for CAAL Members
$42 for non-CAAL Members
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THAÏS
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11th, 2008
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Massenet's opera Thaïs, set in Roman Egypt is about a Cenobite monk, Athanaël, who attempts to convert Thaïs, a courtesan of Alexandria and devotée of Venus. The radiant Renée Fleming plays the Egyptian courtesan in search of spiritual sustenance, and Thomas Hampson is the monk who falls from grace. |
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Perhaps the preeminent American lyric soprano, Renee Fleming has become one of the greatest female figures on the opera stage. She is frequently praised for her beautiful voice, which falls into the relatively rare "lyric" category, and for a charm and vivacity that make her an exceptional performer. Fleming has become most famous for singing Mozart and Strauss, but has also appeared in the premieres of several new operas, including the role of Blanch Dubois in Andre Previn's 1998 adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire. |
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7:00PM drinks at the Revlon Bar
8:00PM Performance
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| WHERE: |
Revlon Bar
Grand Tier Level
Metropolitan Opera House
Metropolitan Opera House
Lincoln Center
New York, NY 1002 |
| PRICE: |
$15 for CAAL Members |
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AMERICAN BUFFALO
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 2008
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See the revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo, starring John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer, and Haley Joel Osment. After the performance, enjoy drinks at nearby Cafe Un Deux Trois with fellow alumni and John Leguizamo, and hear from Gregory Mosher who directed and produced the premieres of twenty-three of David Mamet's plays, beginning with American Buffalo in 1975. David Mamet's comedic masterpiece is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Robert Fall (Long Day's Journey into Night). Powered by Mamet's brilliant, rapid-fire dialogue, it's the story of three desperate men, one rare coin and a plan to rip it off. The heist is on in this funny and heartbreaking, banter-fueled portrait of small-time criminals. |
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Gregory Mosher was appointed Director of the Arts Initiative at Columbia University in 2004 by President Lee C. Bollinger and brings 30 years of production and directorial experience to Columbia. He is credited with the resurgence of the Lincoln Center Theater, which he took over as director in 1985 at the request of former Mayor John V. Lindsay and led for seven years. He has directed and produced nearly 200 stage productions at Lincoln Center, on and off Broadway, and at the Royal National Theater and in London's West End. Many of his productions were premieres of work by emerging and established writers, among them Samuel Beckett, Leonard Bernstein, Spalding Gray, David Mamet, Arthur Miller, Richard Nelson, Wole Soyinka, Julie Taymor and Tennessee Williams. Mr. Mosher has received every major American theater award, including two Tony Awards. |
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8:00PM Performance
10:15PM Drinks at Café Un Deux Trois |
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Café Un Deux Trois
123 West 44th St
Between 6th and 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10036
Belasco Theatre
111 West 44th Street
Between 6th and 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10036
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$5
6.50 for CAAL Members (regularly $96.50)
$71.50 for non-CAAL Members |
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BERNSTEIN FESTIVAL: DUDAMEL CONDUCTS THE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC
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| SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16th, 2008 |
SEE WHO ATTENDED
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor
Program:
Bernstein Halil
Bernstein Concerto for Orchestra, Jubilee Games
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Carnegie Hall presents Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's birth and the 50th anniversary of his appointment as music director of the New York Philharmonic. On November 16th, hear two of Bernstein's celebrated works played by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Before the performance, CAAL Members can enjoy a prix-fixe brunch at Sarabeth's Central Park South. |
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One of today's uniquely gifted conductors, Gustavo Dudamel continues to thrill international audiences and bring the highest level of musicianship to orchestras worldwide. His remarkable ability to communicate and become one with the orchestra takes musicians and listeners alike on a memorable journey. |
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Brunch at Sarabeth's 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Concert 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM |
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Carnegie Hall
881 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019 |
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$75 for concert and pre-fixe brunch; $50 for concert tickets only |
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ANDRÁS SCHIFF: BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATAS |
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2008
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See the acclaimed pianist András Schiff perform four Beethoven sonatas as part of his Beethoven Sonata Project, where he has explored, performed, and recorded all 32 sonatas. Before the concert, enjoy 2-for-1 drinks and FREE appetizers at Flûte with fellow CAAL Members.
Program:
Beethoven Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1
Beethoven Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "The Tempest"
Beethoven Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3
Beethoven Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein" |
| WHO: |
András Schiff emerged in the last decades of the 20th century as one of the most respected pianists of his generation. His playing has been singled out for its complete technical fluency and intelligent musicality. He began piano lessons at the age of five with Elisabeth Vadász, and made his debut at the age of nine. András Schiff came to international prominence as gold medalist in the 1974 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Recitals and special projects take him to all of the international music capitals and include cycles of the major keyboard works of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Béla Bartók, Debussy, and Ravel, and he also has a prolific discography. In 2004, he began a series of performances that explore the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas in chronological order - recorded live for ECM New Series and released in September of 2005. |
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6:00-7:45PM Appetizers and drinks at Flûte
8:00PM Performance at Carnegie Hall |
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Flûte
205 West 54th Street
(btw 7th Ave. and Bway)
New York, NY 10019
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10019 |
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$33.60 for CAAL Members. Includes FREE appetizers, and 2-for-1 champagne cocktails at Flûte (regularly $42)
$48.60 for non-CAAL Members |
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BIG BAND BASH |
| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2008 |
SEE WHO ATTENDED |
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The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton journeys east from Los Angeles to match wits, reeds and riffs with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. It’s the Savoy Ballroom on Columbus Circle as two blazing big bands face-off on one swinging stage! Enjoy a pre-concert lecture with trumpeter Sean Jones of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, who will discuss the music of the evening and the significance of the big band in jazz, joined by special guests. After the performance, CAAL Members can meet the musicians in the Green Room! |
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Sean Jones (Trumpet) earned a degree in classical trumpet performance from Youngstown State University then went on to earn a masters degree from Rutgers University. He teaches at Duquesne University. In his young career, Mr. Jones has worked with the Chico O'Farrill Orchestra, the Gerald Wilson Orchestra, the Illinois Jacquet Big Band, the Louis Armstrong Legacy Band, Charles Fambrough (was featured on Mr. Fambrough’s release Live At Zanzibar Blue), Joe Lovano, and the International Jazz Quintet, in addition to leading his own groups. He has released three albums on Mack Avenue records: Eternal Journey, Gemini and Roots. |
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7:00PM Pre-concert lecture
8:00PM Big Band Bash performance
After the performance, meet the musicians in the Green Room! |
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Rose Theater
60th Street at Broadway
New York, NY 10023 |
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$31.50 for CAAL Members
$46.50 for non-CAAL Members |
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BLACK WATCH |
| SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2008 |
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| WHAT: |
"#1 Theatrical Event of the Year"
Ben Brantley, The New York Times
John Heilpern, The New York Observer
Eric Grode, New York Sun
Jeremy McCarter, New York Magazine
Black Watch gives the soldier's-eye-view of the Iraq war taking audiences to the battlefield with a poetic power beyond the grasp of journalism, film or TV. “An essential testament to the abiding relevance-and necessity-of theater" (Ben Brantley, The New York Times), it sold out every performance during last year's US tour at St. Ann’s Warehouse, one of New York’s most progressive venues. The action on stage veers seamlessly between pub-set interviews and in-the-moment deployment scenes, careening between past and present to a live musical score that includes regimental folk songs and thrilling bagpipes. The physicality of Black Watch is extraordinary and brings the war to shattering life, intimately portraying how members of this historic regiment dealt with an intense tour of duty in Iraq and with what it means to make the journey home again. |
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David Cote is theater editor and critic for Time Out New York, and appears as a contributing critic on NY1’s On Stage. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Maxim, Opera News and The Best Plays Theater Yearbook 2005-2006. Hyperion published his book, Wicked: The Grimmerie, in 2005. David is the Public Dramaturge for Montclair State University’s Peak Performance series. In the 1990s, he was a performer and director in productions by Richard Foreman, Richard Maxwell and others. He ran a magazine called OFF: A Journal for Alternative Theater from 1996 to 1998; he also created and edited FringeNYC Propaganda, the daily newspaper of the New York International Fringe Festival.
Black Watch is performed by the National Theatre of Scotland, directed by John Tiffany, and was written by Gregory Burke. It is based on interviews conducted by Gregory Burke with former soldiers who served in Iraq. Gregory Burke recently won the Writers’ Guild Award for Black Watch in the Best New Play category. |
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8:00PM Performance
10:00PM Post-show discussion with David Cote |
St. Ann’s Warehouse
38 Water Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201 |
$45 for CAAL Members (regularly $60)
$60 for non-CAAL Members |
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HARLEM OPEN ARTIST STUDIO TOUR |
| SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2008 |
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The Harlem Open Artist Studio Tour (HOAST) is an open studio event that allows hundreds of neighborhood residents and visitors to see where and how contemporary works of art are conceived by bringing visitors directly into artists’ studios. Art lovers have a chance to meet the artist in a relaxed atmosphere and learn about the creative process directly from its source. HOAST allows visitors to learn about the culture of modern Harlem and has become a staple of the artistic community. On Sunday, October 5th CAAL Members can enjoy a guided tour of the studios led by Columbia alumna Althea Viafora-Kress, followed by a reception at Lenox Lounge. |
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Althea Viafora-Kress (GS ’00) is a New York based art advisor and commentator on contemporary culture, producing and hosting The Collectors’ Forum, original programming for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) sponsored by WPSI.org Art Radio. She also hosts web-based shows for Basel, Switzerland’s Vernissage TV and frequently lectures and guides tours on the contemporary art world. Althea has organized VIP collectors' tours to galleries and museums for the life-style management firm Quinessentially and was one of three international consultants for Art Dubia 2008 to liaise and host VIP’s and Corporate Sponsors for the duration of the art fair. M
s. Viafora-Kress’ art advising experience began as a curator and gallerist. Viafora Gallery specialized in the discovery of outstanding young artists, including first solo and break-through exhibitions of Matthew Barney and Elizabeth Peyton. Passionate about old and new art, she holds a BA with honors in Art History from Columbia University.
Several Columbia alumni will be opening their studios to visitors during HOAST, including Erich Erving (GS ’06), Suejin Jo (GSAS ’66), Jeeyun Lee (GS ’95), Steve Hayes (Law ’08), Katie DelaVaughn (TC ’08), and Christina Hunter (GSAS ’03). |
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4:00-5:30PM Studio tour led by Althea Viafora-Kress (GS ’00)
5:30-7:00PM Reception at Lenox Lounge |
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Artist studios throughout Harlem |
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$20 for CAAL Members, includes appetizers and one free drink
$35 for non-CAAL Members |
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A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
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| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2008 |
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A Man for All Seasons is the legendary drama based on the fascinating, true story of English Chancellor Sir Thomas More (played by multiple Tony-winner Frank Langella) and his moral objection to King Henry VIII's plan to leave the Catholic Church. When he is forced to decide whether to support or denounce the king, More chooses to take the most provocative action of all -- to remain silent. An enduring exploration of politics, religion and power, A Man for All Seasons is a moving story about one man's fight for his beliefs and the price he must pay for his convictions. |
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A stage and screen actor of extreme versatility, Frank Langella won acclaim on the New York stage in Seascape and followed it up with the title role in the Edward Gorey production of Dracula. He repeated the role for the screen in Dracula (1979) which brought him international acclaim. He has had leading or supporting roles in over thirty films, and has starred, produced, and directed in numerous plays for the Broadway and Off-broadway stage. He has won multiple awards over his distinguished career including three Tony awards, five Drama Desk awards, and three Obie awards. |
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8:00PM Performance of A Man for All Seasons
10:30PM Reception in the Penthouse Lobby |
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American Airlines Theatre
227 West 42nd Street
(Btw 7th & 8th Aves.)
New York, NY 10036 |
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$61.50 for CAAL Members (regularly $91.50 in Rear Mezzanine)
$76.50 for non-CAAL Members |
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COLLECT SOHO 2008 |
| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 |
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Discover new galleries, artists and artworks, meet fellow CAAL Members, and enjoy FREE drinks through Artlog’s gallery crawl: Collect SoHo 2008. From Houston to Canal, there will be an array of painting, photography, video and installation art on display. The event will bring art lovers together to enjoy art, friends, free drinks and special offers at local businesses. Mingle with fellow Columbia alumni from 6-8pm at CAAL’s gallery check-in point: Westwood Gallery, where you can receive your tickets and gallery guides, enjoy free drinks, and meet other CAAL Members. |
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Westwood Gallery was established in 1995 and has projects ranging from site-specific commissions to consulting on fine art collecting, acquisitions and appraisals to Fortune 500’s, developers, embassies, film studios, corporations and private individuals. Westwood Gallery exclusively represents mid-career, established artists and exceptional emerging artists working in the medium of painting, photography, sculpture and multi-media. In addition to organizing exhibitions in the gallery, other venues for exhibitions include art fairs and museums in the U.S. and abroad. Westwood Gallery also deals in the secondary market, acquiring and selling master works of art privately and at auction. Gallery owners, James Cavello and Margarite Almeida’s expertise is in the management of exhibitions, art projects, art consulting, writing and lecturing regarding visual arts. They have appeared on television programs, such as NBC Today Show and news segments in Japan, Europe and Australia. Media coverage includes The New York Times, The New Yorker, NY Sun, New York Post, New York Magazine, Time Out, ARTnews, Art in America, NY Arts, Artnet and many other national and international publications and broadcasting.
The event is organized by Artlog.com & Soho Night. SoHo Night is an evening of extended exhibition hours, special events, and free public programs by the not-for-profit visual arts institutions of Soho. Collect SoHo participants include: Dia Foundation's Earth Room & Broken Kilometer, Animazing, Eli Klein, Nancy Hoffman, Guild & Greyshkul Opera, Ok Harris, Mimi Fertz, Spencer Brownstone, Westwood Gallery & William Bennett. SoHo Night participants include: apexart, Artists Space, CITYarts, The Drawing Center, Harvestworks, Location One and Swiss Institute.
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6:00-8:00PM – Check-in and free drinks for CAAL Members
6:00-9:00PM – Galleries open for Collect SoHo 2008
9:00PM After party at Naked Lunch |
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Westwood Gallery
568 Broadway, Suite 500
(near Prince Street)
New York, NY 10012 |
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$6 for CAAL Members
$21 for non-CAAL Members |
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FALL FOR DANCE |
| FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 |
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For ten days, New York City Center will bring 28 dance companies together for 10 unique performances offering audiences a sampling of the best that dance has to offer – from contemporary to ballet, and tap to tango. On September 19th, CAAL members can experience the world-famous alongside the cutting-edge, treasured favorites surrounded by undiscovered gems, in a Fall for Dance performance featuring the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, American Ballet Theatre, Louise Lecavalier and more. Before the performance there is a panel discussion on the next generation of dancemakers, with a reserved section for 30 CAAL Members.
Before, during, and after the performance you can enjoy Lounge FFD where drink specials and a live DJ keep the party going while a video feed from the stage lets you follow Festival performances as they happen. |
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The companies performing include internationally acclaimed contemporary and ballet companies Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and American Ballet Theatre; Louise Lecavalier, winner of Canada's most distinguished dance prize, and tap dancers Ayodele Casel, Sarah Savelli & Dancers. The lecture panelists include Ayodele Casel, Larry Keigwin, Bulareyaung Pagarlava, Hofesh Shechter and Kate Weare with moderater Wendy Perron, Artistic Advisor of the Fall for Dance Festival, and Editor-in-Chief of Dance Magazine. |
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6:30PM Lecture - The Next Generation of Dancemakers: Where Are They Going?
6:30PM Free Tap dance lesson in Lounge FFD
8:00PM Fall for Dance performance |
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New York City Center
West 55th Street
(between 6th and 7th Avenues)
New York, NY 10019 |
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$10 Fall for Dance performance
$14 Fall for Dance performance AND a reserved seat at the lecture
(Lecture seats are first-come first serve without a reserved seat) |
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AFTER HOURS AT THE MET |
| TUESDAY, AUGUST 26 |
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Welcome the undergraduate Class of 2012 to Columbia University and to New York's great art institutions with a private party and museum viewing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Incoming students will be introduced to the arts and culture of New York with a private viewing of the Greek and Roman Art, Egyptian Art, and Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas galleries. Columbia alumni can be a part of this special orientation event by joining the Columbia Alumni Arts League at the CAAL Contributor ($100) or higher membership level. Click here to see photos from last year’s event. |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028 |
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This event is open to CAAL Contributors ($100) and higher membership levels. For additional information please call 212.851.1879. |
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LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION |
| THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 |
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First comes love. Then comes marriage counseling. Life in a Marital Institution is a hilarious, heartbreaking monologue on sex, love, betrayal, death...and dinner parties. "Never less than excellent" (The New York Times), this "hysterically funny, often profoundly affecting one-man show" (The Guardian) was a hit in the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, sold out 59E59 Theaters, and now moves Off Broadway. Join CAAL Members for a performance of Life in a Marital Institution followed by an exclusive discussion with the writer and performer of the show, James Braly (GS '86). |
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James Braly (General Studies '86) spent over twenty years researching life in a marital institution. He wrote speeches for pharmaceutical executives and lived in a fancy Upper West Side apartment until he decided to downsize to his storage unit and dedicate himself to writing autobiographical stories. He's performed on Marketplace, NPR, and at The Whitney Museum, Long Wharf Theatre, and The Moth, where he is the only two-time winner of the GrandSLAM and a featured performer on The Moth/TNT National Story Tour. |
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8:00PM Performance of Life in a Marital Institution
9:15PM Post-show discussion with James Braly |
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The SoHo Playhouse
15 Vandam Street
(between 6th Avenue and Varick)
New York, NY 10013 |
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$35 for CAAL Members (regularly $55)
$50 for Non-CAAL Members |
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THE NEW YORK CITY WATERFALLS YACHT PARTY |
| THURSDAY, JULY 31 |
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Experience Olafur Eliasson's The New York City Waterfalls, "one of the largest works of art, public or otherwise, of our modern era," while onboard a luxurious yacht enjoying drinks and hors d'oeuvres with friends and fellow alumni. CAAL and Circle line bring you an official boat tour of the four man-made waterfalls, each 90 to 120 feet tall (roughly as high as the Statue of Liberty), with an audio introduction by the internationally acclaimed artist followed by a Happy Hour party exclusively for Columbia Alumni.
"A triumph of human imagination and mechanical engineering," –Mayor Michael Bloomberg
"The most ambitious project the Public Art Fund has ever undertaken that will open up new ways for the public to experience art and public space, and in turn the city itself." – Susan K. Freedman, president of the Public Art Fund
"They are the remnants of a primordial Eden, beautiful, uncanny signs of a natural nonurban past that the city never had." – The New York Times
Read the New York Times review.
Download The New York Waterfalls brochure. |
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Born in Copenhagen in 1967, Olafur Eliasson is considered one of his generation's most influential artists. Throughout his career, he has taken inspiration from natural elements and phenomena, such as light, wind, fog and water to create sculpture and installations that evoke sensory experiences. The installation will bring nature into the urban cityscape and will add a striking element to New York City's iconic skyline.
Olafur Eliasson: www.olafureliasson.net
The Public Art Fund is New York's leading presenter of artists' projects, new commissions, and exhibitions in public spaces. For over 30 years the Public Art Fund has been committed to working with emerging and established artists to produce innovative exhibitions of contemporary art throughout New York City. Public Art Fund is proud to present "The New York City Waterfalls" in collaboration with the City of New York. Public Art Fund: www.publicartfund.org |
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5:15PM Dock open for ticket pick up
6:00PM Zephyr yacht doors open and the party begins
6:30PM Zephyr sets sail and The New York Waterfalls tour begins
8:00PM Zephyr returns to South Street Seaport |
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Departing from Pier 16
South Street Seaport
Downtown Manhattan |
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$31.00 for CAAL Members (includes unlimited hors d'oeuvres, soft drinks, and one complimentary alcoholic beverage)
$46.00 for Non-CAAL Members |
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JAZZ, FILM, GALLERY TALKS, AND MARTINIS AT THE RUBIN MUSEUM |
FRIDAY,
JULY 18 |
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6-10pm – K2 Lounge
The Rubin Museum of Art, the first museum in the Western world dedicated to the art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions, is pleased to extend CAAL members special access to its K2 Lounge and related events. Open after hours, the K2 Lounge serves as the center of cultural events offered throughout the night including gallery tours, live music performances, and film screenings. Mingle with friends before, during, and after shows at our reserved tables and enjoy 2 for 1 cocktail specials from 6 to 7PM.
Read the New York Times Review, "Friday Cocktails, With a Splash of Art."
7pm - The Jimmy Cobb Quartet featuring Theo Croker
Enjoy a performance by the Jimmy Cobb Quartet, led by celebrated jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving player of Miles Davis's Kind of Blue session.
$16.20 (normally $20.00) – RSVP Required
7pm - PeaceTalks: Peace Corps Volunteer Adam Swart
Peace Corps volunteers reminisce about their experiences while stationed in Nepal from 1962 to the present. Adam Swart taught English as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural western Nepal from 2001 to 2004. He is currently a Guide at RMA and is pursuing his MA in Art Education at Teachers College at Columbia University.
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8pm - Gallery Talk: Sacred Visions in Himalayan Art
Discover the significance of dreams and sacred visions on a whimsical journey through the gallery floors with RMA Guide, Errol Gooden.
FREE
9:30pm – CabaretCinema: Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo
Mix movies and martinis at CabaretCinema's screening of The Purple Rose of Cairo. A film buff goes to the movies to escape her bleak Depression-era life, but when an onscreen character breaks free from the screen for adventures in the real world, the lines between fiction and reality blur. Jeff Daniels, Mia Farrow, Danny Aiello, and Dianne Wiest star in the ultimate tale of escapism that was recognized as one of the "All-Time 100 Best Films" by Time Magazine.
FREE ($7 drink minimum) – RSVP Required |
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6-10pm - Meet CAAL Members in K2 Lounge
6-7pm - K2 Lounge Happy Hour (2 for 1 cocktails)
7pm - Jimmy Cobb Quartet
7pm – PeaceTalks with Columbia TC student, Adam Swart
8pm - Gallery Talk Sacred Visions in Himalayan Art
9:30pm - Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo |
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150 West 17th Street
(near 7th Avenue)
New York, NY 10011 |
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$16.20 for Jimmy Cobb Jazz concert (regularly $20)
All other events are FREE
($7 drink min. for the film screening) |
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LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES |
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TUESDAY, JUNE 24
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Join Roundabout Theatre Company's HIPTIX and the Columbia Alumni Arts League for an exclusive event at Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Tony Award and Academy Award nominee Laura Linney returns to Broadway alongside Olivier Award winner Ben Daniels in the seductive and decadent classic Les Liaisons Dangereuses, written by Tony Award and Academy Award winner Christopher Hampton and directed by Olivier Award winner Rufus Norris. See the production critics are calling "seductive, lascivious and dangerously good" (USA Today), and then join us for a special post-show reception in the Penthouse Lobby of the American Airlines Theatre with Palm Amber Ale, snacks, and special guests. |
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Christopher Hampton is an Academy Award winning British playwright, screen writer and film director. He is best known for his play based on the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses and the film Dangerous Liaisons. He became involved in theatre at Oxford University and moved on to become the youngest writer ever to have a play performed in the West End in 1966. Hampton won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1988 for the screen adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons and was nominated again in 2007 for adapting Ian McEwan's novel Atonement. Laura Linney graduated from Brown University in 1986 and studied acting at Julliard and the Arts Theatre School in Moscow. She then embarked on a career on the Broadway stage receiving favorable notices for her work in such plays as "Hedda Gabler" and "Six Degrees of Separation". Linney has starred in Primal Fear, The Truman Show, received an Academy Award for You Can Count on Me and a nomination for her role in Kinsey. Join fellow CAAL Members for a special post-show reception in the Penthouse Lobby with Palm Amber Ale, snacks, and special guests! |
| TIME: |
8:00PM performance of Les Liaisons Dangereuses
10:45PM Reception with CAAL members and special guests |
| WHERE: |
American Airlines Theatre
227 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036 |
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$21.25 for CAAL Members (regularly $81.25, you save $60!!)
$36.25 for Non-CAAL Members |
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MACBETH |
FRIDAY,
JUNE 27 |
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TR Warszawa, Poland's most exciting theater company, arrives in New York with a spectacular production of Macbeth that boldly reinvents the classic for the twenty-first century. With a huge cinematic sweep, the production takes multi-media theater to the limit, directed by the gifted Grzegorz Jarzyna. A dramatic two-story set, video walls, special effects, an extraordinary, layered soundscape, and a deep well of acting tradition transform Shakespeare's web of intimacy, politics and the supernatural into a contemporary living film. Before the performance, enjoy a reception with fellow CAAL members and a discussion with Grzegorz Jarzyna, Susan Feldman, Artistic Director of St. Ann's Warehouse, and Anna Frajlich-Zajac, Senior Lecturer in Polish at Columbia University's Slavic Languages department. |
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Grzegorz Jarzyna (b. 1968, Poland) is the Artistic Director of TR Warszawa. His first production for TR Warszawa, Tropical Madness based on S.I. Witkiewicz's work was declared by the critics as the most important production of the work in several years. Numerous productions followed that gathered critical and popular praise. Jarzyna has also worked successfully for Polish TV by directing History by Gombrowicz and The Prince Myshkin based on Dostoevsky's The Idiot, which toured to the Festival d'Avignon where it received standing ovations and accolades from the critics.
Susan Feldman is the founder and Artistic Director of St. Ann's Warehouse. As Artistic Director she has commissioned, presented and produced twenty-eight seasons of groundbreaking music and music theater performances. Feldman conceived and co-directed Band in Berlin, about a popular German singing group from the 1930's, which won four prestigious 1998 Barrymore Awards including Best Musical and Best Direction and had a Broadway run in 1999. Other highlights of her tenure include the historic reunion of Lou Reed and John Cale in Songs for ‘Drella; America's first puppet opera, The Barber of Seville; Roy Nathanson's Fire at Keaton's Bar and Grill with Elvis Costello and Deborah Harry;and an ongoing presenting relationship with The Wooster Group.
Anna Frajlich-Zajac is the Senior Lecturer in Polish at Columbia University's Slavic Languages department. She received an M.A. from the University of Warsaw (Poland), and a Ph.D. from New York University in 1991. Anna Frajlich is also a poet and an author, has written 8 books of poetry and has been included in numerous anthologies. She is a member of the International PEN-Club Writers in Exile, the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.), and the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS). |
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7:00PM Reception and discussion with Grzegorz Jarzyna, Susan Feldman and Anna Frajlich-Zajac
9:00PM Performance of Macbeth |
| WHERE: |
Tobacco Warehouse
Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park
DUMBO
Brooklyn, NY 11201 |
| PRICE: |
$30 for CAAL members (regularly $35) |
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R.E.M. WITH MODEST MOUSE AND THE NATIONAL |
| THURSDAY, JUNE 19 |
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R.E.M. is back and playing from their latest album, Accelerate, at Madison Square Garden this summer! On June 19th, join fellow CAAL members to see R.E.M., Modest Mouse, and The National. Before the show, join fellow CAAL members for drinks at Stitch Bar & Lounge. |
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R.E.M., Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills, play their new album, Accelerate, showcasing everything that the band, recent inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has built over the course of its 25-year plus career, from the first spitfire note of "Living Well Is The Best Revenge," to the soaring glory of the lead-off single "Supernatural Superserious, to the final apocalyptic crunch of "I'm Gonna DJ."
The Issaquah, WA, indie rock trio Modest Mouse was formed in 1993 by vocalist/guitarist Isaac Brock, bassist Eric Judy, and drummer Jeremiah Green. The album, The Lonesome Crowded West, was the band's breakthrough. Good News for People Who Love Bad News in 2004 was their best-received record and a Top 40 hit. They continue to release popular and critically acclaimed albums, including their last album in 2007, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
The Brooklyn-based quintet, The National, led by baritone Matt Berninger, features two sets of brothers, Columbia alumnus Aaron Dessner (CC '98) (guitar/bass/piano) and Bryce Dessner (guitar) and Scott (drums) and Bryan Devendorf (guitar). Their 2005 full-length Alligator was a mild underground success, but it was not until the Spring 2007 ambitious rock album Boxer that The National jumped into the musical spotlight. Boxer is full of moody, surprisingly heartfelt ballads, and many critics deemed the album one of the best of 2007. |
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6:00PM Pre-show drinks at Stitch Bar & Lounge
7:00PM Concert at Madison Square Garden |
| WHERE: |
Stitch Bar & Lounge
(balcony bar is reserved for CAAL Members)
247 West 37th Street (between 7th & 8th Avenue)
New York, New York 10018
Madison Square Garden
4 Pennsylvania Plaza
(7th Avenue at 32nd Street)
New York, NY 10001 |
| PRICE: |
CAAL Member price
$69.75 for Section 302
$39.75 for Section 404
Non-CAAL Member price
$84.75 for Section 302
$54.75 for Section 404 |
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SUNDANCE SHORTS AT BAM |
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SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2008
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For the third straight year, Sundance Institute has packed up its bags and is moving into BAM for eleven days to present 22 features and 36 short films from the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, lively music concerts, Q&As with the artists, art installations, and special events that bring the creative energy of the Institute's artists and programs to New York audiences. On June 1st, join fellow CAAL members in seeing eight short films, followed by a Q&A with a selection of the shorts' filmmakers. |
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The program include films by eight international directors including Man by Columbia alumna Myna Joseph (SoA '07). Click here to read an interview with Myna Joseph about the film and the impact of Columbia's graduate film program. |
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2:30PM Shorts screenings
4:30PM Q&A with filmmakers |
| WHERE: |
BAM Rose Cinemas
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217 |
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$11 |
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PRIVATE TOUR OF THE NEUE GALERIE |
| MONDAY, MAY 19, 2008 |
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Enjoy a private tour, outside of museum hours, of the Neue Galerie's current "Gustav Klimt" and "Wiener Werkstätte Jewelry" exhibits. "Gustav Klimt: Five Paintings from the Collection of Ferdinand and Adele Bloch-Bauer" consists of masterworks by Klimt that had been restituted to Maria Altmann and the heirs of the Bloch-Bauer family by the Austrian government. The best-known of the five works in the exhibition is Adele Bloch-Bauer I, a "once-in-a-lifetime acquisition" recently made by the Galerie. The second exhibition highlights pieces created by the Wiener Werkstätte between the firm's inception in 1903 and 1920; work whose beauty lies in the way it blurs the line between precious ornament and miniature sculpture. |
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Neue Galerie New York is one of the city's most elegant museums devoted to early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design, displayed on two exhibition floors. |
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6:00PM |
| WHERE: |
Neue Galerie New York
1048 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028 |
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$23 for CAAL members |
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BERNSTEIN COLLABORATIONS |
| THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008 |
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American entertainment was never the same after Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins took it to brilliant new heights. The New York of popular imagination would not exist without the comic genius of Fancy Free. Boisterous and beloved, it captures the essence and optimism of shore leave in the Big City. Carrying ancient Russian-Jewish culture in their bones, Bernstein and Robbins' Dybbuk explores a mystical world of dreadful consequences and enduring passion. A Robbins retrospective would not be complete without the heart-rending poignancy of West Side Story Suite. No other theater piece is as well known and loved as this American classic. |
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Leonard Bernstein was perhaps the most influential figure in classical music in the last half of the twentieth century. Composer, conductor, author, lecturer and often controversial media personality, the American-born Bernstein had a dramatic impact on the popular audience's acceptance and appreciation of classical music. His own work as a composer, particularly his scores for such Broadway musicals as West Side Story and On the Town, helped forge a new relationship between classical and popular music.
Jerome Robbins was one of the foremost dance choreographers of the 20th century, whose work has included everything from ballet, to film, to musical theater, including On the Town, The King and I, West Side Story, and Fiddler on the Roof. Enjoy a pre-performance reception and discussion with fellow CAAL Members and New York City Ballet company dancers. |
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6:30PM Pre-performance reception
7:15PM Discussion with NYCB speaker
8:00PM Performance of Bernstein Collaborations |
| WHERE: |
New York State Theater
20 Lincoln Center
New York, NY 10023 |
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Orchestra seats for $68 dollars (normally $86, you save $18!)
Fourth Ring seats for $15 (normally $32) |
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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: BAGHDAD HIGH |
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008
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Four Iraqi teen boys, all friends, come of age in the most dangerous city on earth - Baghdad. Filmed by the students themselves, Baghdad High offers insight into ordinary Iraqi lives rarely seen. One boy is Kurdish, one Christian, one Shia and one mixed Sunni and Shia. As they enter their last year in school, can their friendship survive the sectarian violence tearing their city apart? School is a safe haven in some ways for the boys but the strain of daily life does little to promote an atmosphere of academic study. Rather they want to do the usual that adolescent boys are interested in--text a girlfriend, play computer games or learn the words to a rap song. At the same time, with their families, they face an important decision--whether to stay in Baghdad with all the attendant risks or flee to safer areas as so many other Iraqis have done. The boys must also look to the future and to the world beyond their school. The British Press Association called Baghdad High "the most memorable film of recent times." |
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Director Ivan O'Mahoney (JN '00) worked as an attorney and a United Nations MP in Bosnia for UNPROFOR. Since that time, he has produced and directed many documentaries for BBC1, BBC2, PBS, Channel4 and Discovery Times. He holds a LLM in International Law from Leyden University in the Netherlands and a MSC in Journalism from Columbia University. Director Laura Winter (JN '96) has worked as a freelance producer for CNN, for CBS 60 Minutes and CBS Evening News in the U.S., Iraq and Afghanistan. In Kabul she was the radio correspondent for CBS News. Winter has filed stories and shot photos in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan for the Christian Science Monitor, the New York Daily News and other newspapers and magazines. In Iraq, she covered the fall of Baghdad, the rise of the insurgency in the capital and Faluja, the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in Tikrit, and mass graves in al Hilla and abu Ghraib. Winter has also worked as a newspaper reporter in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Hong Kong. |
| TIME: |
10:30PM Screening of Baghdad High |
| WHERE: |
Village East Cinema 2
189 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003 |
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$13 for CAAL Members (regularly $15) |
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TAP MEETS FLAMENCO |
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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008
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Escape half a world away with music of the Andalusian, the Moor, the Sephardic, and the Gypsy. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Chano Dominguez, a "rapid-finger ninja [who transfers] the energy of flamenco guitar to the keyboard" (NY Times), and percussive demons Herlin Riley and Israel Suarez bring these traditions together with the best hoofers south of Harlem and west of Sevilla: Jared Grimes and Dewitt Fleming, Jr. and Tomasito and Auxiliadora Fernandez. Join fellow CAAL Members for a pre-performance lecture, and after the show meet the performers in the Green Room! |
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Wynton Marsalis is the most acclaimed jazz musician and composer of his generation and a distinguished classical performer. Mr. Marsalis made his recording debut in 1982, and since he has recorded more than 30 jazz and classical recordings, which have won him nine Grammy Awards. In 1983, he became the first and only artist to win both classical and jazz Grammys in the same year and repeated this feat in 1984. Mr. Marsalis also has produced a rich body of compositions including his oratorio Blood on the Fields, which was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in music. He is currently the Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center which he co-founded in 1987.
Sebastián Domínguez Lozano, better known as Chano Domínguez, was born in Cadiz on March 29, 1960. His father was a keen flamenco enthusiast and Chano grew up listening to his LPs. Chano was able to teach himself to play guitar and practiced everything that he had heard on his father's flamenco records. Chano started playing keyboards with Cai, a group from Cadiz that fused traditional Andalusian roots with progressive rock. In 1992, he decided to form his own trio, which he led with his own personal musical style, fusing flamenco rhythm with the musical forms of jazz. That same year, he was awarded First Prize in the National Jazz Competition for Young Interpreters and he released his first two records: Chano and Diez de Paco. In 1995, he produced Coplas de Madrugá (Morning Song) which covers some of the most important themes in traditional Spanish song and treats them with a genuine jazz esthetic.
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7:00PM Pre-performance lecture in the Recording Studio
8:00PM Performance in the Rose Theater
CAAL Members get to meet the performers after the show in the Green Room! |
| WHERE: |
Rose Theater
Broadway at 60th Street
New York, NY 10023 |
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$31.50 includes FREE pre-show lecture (regularly $5) |
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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: MAN ON WIRE |
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SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008
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Man On Wire, directed by James Marsh, is in its New York Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. On August 7, 1974, New York gasped as French daredevil Philippe Petit walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers—without a safety net. Peppered with humor and awe, this stunning portrait of an artist of reckless daring and impish charm is sure to leave viewers spellbound. In candid interviews, Petit and all the key participants relish this chance to tell their story. Buoyed with eye-catching archival footage, clever dramatizations, and delightful visual effects, filmmaker James Marsh, like his daring subject, pulls off an astonishing coup. At Sundance Film Festival, Man On Wire, won the Grand Jury Prize in World Documentary Competition as well as the World Cinema Audience Award. |
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Maureen Ryan, Producer (SoA '92 & SoA Faculty) is a freelance producer based in New York concentrating on feature films and documentaries. Ryan is the producer of the feature documentary titled The Gates which chronicles the artists Christo and Jean-Claude as they create their latest installation piece - over 7500 gates of saffron cloth that were placed in New York City's Central Park in February 2005. Other production credits include Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway, The Team, The King, the award-winning feature documentary Wisconsin Death Trip, and the award-winning shorts Torte Bluma and Last Hand Standing. Currently, Ryan teaches Film Production and the Craft of Documentary Filmmaking at Columbia University's Graduate Film Division and supervises student production at the school. |
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3:15PM Screening of Man on Wire |
| WHERE: |
Village East Cinema 1
189 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003 |
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$13 for CAAL Members (regularly $15) |
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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S SOUTH PACIFIC |
| SATURDAY, MARCH 15 AND FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008 |
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Be among the first to see Columbia alumni Richard Rodgers (CC '23) & Oscar Hammerstein's (CC '16) 1949 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical South Pacific come back to New York for its first Broadway revival since it closed in 1954! 30 orchestra musicians and a cast of 40 directed by two-time Tony Award nominated director Bart Sher bring to life this story which through the conventions of musical theater addresses the themes of racism and the lost innocence of a nation gone to war. On a small South Pacific island, US Navy nurse Nellie Forbush falls for a mysterious French planter whose life-style could not be more different from the conservatism of her own Arkansas background. Meanwhile, Lt. Joe Cable arrives to carry out a top-secret spying mission against the Japanese fleet from behind enemy lines. He is befriended by a Tonkinese trader, Bloody Mary, and soon becomes involved with her beautiful young daughter. South Pacific is considered to be one of the greatest musicals of all time, and includes many songs praised worldwide including "Bali Ha'i," "Some Enchanted Evening," "Younger than Springtime," "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" and "A Wonderful Guy."
Read related articles in the New York Times: The Stages of Bart Sher and Ben Brantley's Come Back, Little '50s, Even With the Clouds.
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Enjoy a pre-performance discussion on March 15th with Bert Fink, Senior Vice President of Communications for The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, and on April 4th with Mary Rodgers Guettel, acclaimed author, screenwriter and composer, and the daughter of Richard Rodgers. Bert Fink is Senior Vice President of Communications for The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, where he serves in a variety of historical, archival, publicity and production capacities for the organization and its concerns in theatrical licensing, concert work and music publishing. He compiled The Rodgers & Hammerstein Birthday Book (Harry N. Abrams, 1993) and has written liner notes for over a dozen recordings and DVD's. On behalf of R&H, he has produced DVD documentary "extras" for nearly a dozen movie musical titles, working with such studios as 20th Century Fox, Universal, and Warner Bros. For five seasons he moderated educational seminars for New York City Center's Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert series. He has also spoken at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New-York Historical Society, the Smithsonian Institution, Columbia University, New York University, Arizona State University, George Washington University, Oklahoma City University, and Marymount College, among others.
An accomplished author, screenwriter and composer, Mary Rodgers Guettel's Broadway career began as the composer of the 1959 musical, Once Upon a Mattress starring Carol Burnett, later broadcast to great success on network television and revived repeatedly; to this day, more than 400 productions of Once Upon a Mattress are presented each year in the U.S. and Canada alone and a 1997 Broadway production starring Sarah Jessica Parker earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Musical Revival. Additional theatre credits include Hot Spot starring Judy Holliday, The Mad Show, Working and several scores for the Bil Baird Marionettes and Theatreworks/USA. She has been a popular author of fiction for young people ever since her first book was released in 1972: Freaky Friday received the first prize at the Book World Spring Book Festival Awards, The Christopher Award, and was cited on the ALA Notable Book List. In 1977 Disney Studios adapted Freaky Friday into a movie, with screenplay by Mary Rodgers, and starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster. Mary Rodgers Guettel is the Rodgers family representative in its privately-held partnership with the Hammerstein family, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
12:30-1:30PM Pre-performance reception with fellow alumni
12:50PM Conversation with Bert Fink
2:00PM Performance of South Pacific
Friday, April 4
6:30-7:30PM Pre-performance reception with fellow alumni
6:50PM Conversation with Mary Rodgers
8:00PM Performance of South Pacific |
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Vivian Beaumont Theater
150 West 65th Street
New York, NY 10023 |
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March 15
$90 for performance ticket (regularly $100)
April 4
$99 for performance ticket (regularly $110) |
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VOLTA NY |
| SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008 |
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Enjoy private access to the cutting-edge art show, VOLTA NY, the top satellite fair during The Armory Show week. VOLTA NY showcases the best in emerging art from 52 galleries from around the world. Representatives from Cottelston Advisors will provide an introduction to the fair and will be available to answer questions as CAAL Members navigate the fair for an hour before it opens to the public. Participants also will receive a catalog of art exhibited in VOLTA NY. |
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Experience art from 53 emerging artists and 52 international galleries. Some of the highlights from VOLTA NY 2008 will include a solo exhibition of the photographs of 2008 Whitney Biennial artist Melanie Schiff; a debut installation by kinetic sculptor David Ellis; the first U.S. exhibition of the highly political work of Venice Biennale veteran and Kwangju Biennial Prize Winner Jota Castro; the inaugural U.S. exhibitions of the works of Czech sculptor Kristof Kintera, Mexican artist Jose Dávila and Japanese sculptor Takaaki Izumi; the New York debut of Romanian painter Serban Savu; a solo exhibition of new photographs by American artist Tracey Baran; an exhibition of the post-Katrina images of New Orleans by American Clay Ketter; a solo exhibition of large-scale drawings by British artist Adam Dant; as well as a lobby mural and limited edition works by German painter Florian Merkel.
Cottelston Advisors is a full service art advisory and lifestyle marketing company, which provides access and guidance. For corporate clients, Cottelston ensures proper brand positioning in the visual arts. For collectors, Cottelston assures that quality work is chosen, which will captivate and inspire. Cottelston's approach to the art world is born out of a passion for the fine arts and a deep knowledge of the business world. |
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12:00 – 1:00PM |
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VOLTA NY
7 West 34th Street
New York, NY |
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$10 for CAAL Members |
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FUERZABRUTA |
| THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008 |
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A non-stop collision of dynamic music, visceral emotion, and kinetic aerial imagery, Fuerzabruta is one of the most exciting events of the season. Having already taken South America and Europe by storm, this all-new work from the creators of the revolutionary theatre spectacle De La Guarda defies easy categorization. Featuring mind-blowing visual effects that must be seen to be believed - a man running full throttle through a series of moving walls, women frolicking in a watery world suspended just inches above the audience - Fuerzabruta is a theatrical experience that floods the senses. |
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Diqui James (De La Guarda Co-founder/Co-creator) and Gaby Kerpel (De La Guarda Composer/Musical Director) have embarked on a project forming a new company that continues to push the boundaries of theatrical creativity, motivation and innovation. Together with Alejandro Garcia and Fabio Daquila, they have created a new form in Fuerzabruta that is devoted to reinventing, transforming, and creating an experience that is unique and unrepeatable. Meet fellow CAAL Members over drinks after the performance. |
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8:00PM Performance of Fuerzabruta
9:15PM Post-performance drinks |
| WHERE: |
Daryl Roth Theatre
101 East 15th Street
New York, NY 10003 |
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$35 (regularly $70, you save 50%!) |
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NAVIGATING THE ARMORY SHOW AND COLLECTING AT ART FAIRS |
| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008 |
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The Armory Show, The International Fair of New Art, is the world's leading art fair devoted exclusively to contemporary art. In its tenth annual exhibition, The Armory Show will celebrate the spirit of contemporary art from March 27th – 30th. The exhibition includes many of the most important contemporary dealers showcasing new art from around the world. Exclusively for CAAL members, Boyd Level will not only offer an introduction to the Show and to the numerous events and satellite fairs taking place at the same time but will also provide guidance on how to go about collecting at the fairs—e.g. what to expect when negotiating with dealers and why it's never the case that all of the "best" art is sold in the first fifteen minutes. This forum is available to a maximum of 26 guests. The evening includes wine and light hors d'oeuvres and usually runs 2 to 2.5 hours. |
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Boyd Level offers private collectors and corporate clients interested in collecting today's art a level of access and service previously available only to major collectors of established artists. Boyd Level provides a focused, fully integrated combination of art historical education, private studio visits, art market consultation, dealer liaisons and collection management services to assure the creation and maintenance of an outstanding collection of advanced contemporary and emerging art.
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M. Franklin Boyd, Esq., the founder of Boyd Level, brings financial and legal experience to the world of emerging art collecting and advising. Formerly an attorney with the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Franklin is a long-time advocate for contemporary art and, in her separate legal practice, specializes in intellectual and cultural property issues. Franklin received her JD with honors from NYU Law School, and a BSFS in Culture and Politics from Georgetown University. Prior to attending law school, Franklin participated in the Christie's Art Market and Connoisseurship Program and worked in the General Counsel's office at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Franklin is a member of the Art Law Committee of the NY State Bar Association and is a member of the City Bar of NY. |
| Jonathan T. D. Neil, is a contributing editor at Art Review, a London-based magazine of international arts and culture, and serves on the editorial board or artworldsalon.com. He studied for his Ph.D. in modern and contemporary art history at Columbia University, where he also received his M. Phil and Masters degrees. Prior to Columbia, Jonathan received a Bachelors of Architecture from Cornell University's School of Architecture, Art, and Planning. He has taught courses in modern and contemporary art and architectural history, critical writing, and the history of photography at Columbia University and at Parsons The New School of Design in New York. |
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7:00 – 9:00PM |
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18 Harrison Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10013 |
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$85 per CAAL Member (regularly $115, you save $30!) |
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WHITNEY BIENNIAL EXHIBITION TOUR AND BRUNCH |
| SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2008 |
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Join fellow CAAL Members for a guided tour of the 2008 Whitney Biennial Exhibition followed by brunch at Sarabeth's at the Whitney. Since its founding in 1932, the Biennial has evolved into the Whitney Museum of American Art's signature exhibition as well as the most important survey of the state of contemporary art in the United States today. The 2008 Biennial seeks to reveal the links among the seemingly disparate artists working in more genres, using more varieties of material, and moving among more geographic locations than ever before. Almost completely comprised of new works, many of which are site-specific, the exhibition will fill nearly every floor of the Museum, including the sculpture court. |
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81 artists have been selected for this year's Whitney Biennial including seven
Columbia University alumni and faculty:
Matthew Brannon, School of the Arts '99 graduate
Coco Fusco, Columbia University Faculty
Olivier Mosset, General Studies '83 graduate
Mika Rottenberg, School of the Arts '04 graduate
Heather Rowe, School of the Arts '01 graduate
Gretchen Skogerson, Columbia College '92 graduate
Mika Tajima, School of the Arts '03 graduate
The gallery tour will be given by Whitney Teaching Fellows, upper level graduate students in art history or docents. After the tour, enjoy a prix-fixe brunch at Sarabeth's at the Whitney with fellow CAAL Members. |
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12:30-1:45PM Gallery tour given by Whitney Teaching Fellows
2:00PM Brunch at Sarabeth's at the Whitney |
| WHERE: |
Whitney Museum
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street
New York, NY 10021 |
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$17.50 for Museum admission and exhibition tour
$47.50 for Museum admission, exhibition tour, and prix-fixe brunch |
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DOG DAY AFTERNOON |
| SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2008 |
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Join the Columbia Alumni Arts League for a screening and discussion of Sidney Lumet's film, Dog Day Afternoon. Al Pacino is at his prime in this gritty crime drama based on a real event. When first-time crooks Sonny (Al Pacino) and Sal (John Cazale) rob a bank on a sweltering summer's day in Brooklyn, the robbery escalates into a hostage crisis and media circus. Influential and critically acclaimed, Dog Day Afternoon was nominated for five Oscars in 1976 (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor- Pacino, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor- Sarandon), and remains a landmark in realistic filmmaking. Before the screening, take part in a discussion with School of the Arts Professor, Bette Gordon, and Director of the Arts Initiative, Gregory Mosher. |
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Bette Gordon is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the film division at Columbia's School of the Arts. Her early short films have been shown at the MoMA and the Whitney Biennial and have won prizes at The Chicago International Film Festival and the Atlanta Festival of Film and Video. She directed Variety, which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, Director's Fortnight, and at other major international film festivals. Her directing for television includes Laurel Entertainment's episodic series Monsters, and short films for HBO and Showtime. She also directed Luminous Motion, based on the book History of Luminous Motion, released theatrically in the U.S. in June 2000, and called one of the best films of the year by New York Times writer A.O. Scott.
Gregory Mosher was appointed Director of the Arts Initiative at Columbia University in 2004 by President Lee C. Bollinger and brings 30 years of production and directorial experience to Columbia. He is credited with the resurgence of the Lincoln Center Theater, which he took over as director in 1985 at the request of former Mayor John V. Lindsay and led for seven years. He has directed and produced nearly 200 stage productions at Lincoln Center, on and off Broadway, and at the Royal National Theater and in London's West End. Many of his productions were premieres of work by emerging and established writers, among them Samuel Beckett, Leonard Bernstein, Spalding Gray, David Mamet, Arthur Miller, Richard Nelson, Wole Soyinka, Julie Taymor and Tennessee Williams. Mr. Mosher has received every major American theater award, including two Tony Awards. |
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1:00-1:45 Pre-screening discussion with Bette Gordon and Gregory Mosher
2:00PM Screening of Dog Day Afternoon |
| WHERE: |
Film Forum
209 West Houston Street
(Between 6th Avenue and Varick)
New York, NY 10014 |
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$5.50 for CAAL Members (regularly $10.50) |
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CONVERSATIONS IN TUSCULUM |
| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008 |
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Join the Columbia Alumni Arts League for the world premiere of Conversations in Tusculum, written and directed by Richard Nelson. Set outside of Rome in the villas and hillsides of Tusculum, Nelson continues his revelatory exploration of history with a new play that chronicles those entangled in Julius Caesar's world of manipulation and power. Citizens can continue to live in relative comfort by not involving themselves, or take action to save democracy. Conversations in Tusculum features Tony nominated actors Brian Dennehy (CC '60) and Maria Tucci, Oscar nominated David Strathairn, Emmy nominated actors Aidan Quinn and Gloria Reuben, and Joe Grifasi. After the performance, enjoy an exclusive discussion with Tony Award winner Richard Nelson. |
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Richard Nelson is an award-winning American playwright and librettist. In addition to adapting the work of writers like Bertolt Brecht, Anton Chekhov and James Joyce, Richard Nelson has penned many original plays, frequently exploring his fascination with the difference between American and English notions of society and class. Nelson originally began his career as a journalist in the early 1970s. Not long after, though, he applied reportorial techniques to drama and began writing plays like The Killing of Yablonski: Scenes of Involvement (1975) and Conjuring the Event (1976). In 1978, The Vienna Notes earned him an OBIE award and firmed his reputation as an emerging voice in the theatrical scene. Since then he has written dozens of plays, as well as scripts for television and the screenplay Ethan Frome, and garnered many awards and nominations including a Tony award for adapting the book and co-writing the lyrics of James Joyce's The Dead (1999). Nelson is the current chair of the playwriting department at the Yale School of Drama. |
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8:00PM Performance
10:00PM Post-performance discussion with Richard Nelson |
| WHERE: |
The Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003 |
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$45 for CAAL Members (regularly $50) |
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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST |
| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 |
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Join the Columbia Alumni Arts League for a screening of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, with an introduction by its director Milos Forman and producer Michael Douglas. One of Forman's most acclaimed films, this adaptation of Kesey's widely read antiestablishment novel stars Nicholson as a convict in a psychiatric hospital who leads his fellow inmates in defying the icy Nurse Ratched, one of the greatest villains in film history. This rallying cry against authority and conformity struck a nerve with viewers and became the second movie ever to win all five major Academy Awards. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest stars Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher, with the screenplay by Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben. |
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Milos Forman is an actor, screenwriter, professor and two-time Academy Award-winning film director. Born in Čáslav, Czechoslovakia, Forman moved in 1968 to New York, where he became a professor of film at Columbia University and co-chair of Columbia's film division. Forman's work is characterized by a sharp antiauthoritarian spirit and a lucid, heartfelt humanism. His films maintain an intoxicating relevance to contemporary living by identifying iconic trends and events—evident both in his early features (Loves of a Blonde, The Firemen's Ball), which helped jump-start the fabled Czech New Wave in the mid-1960s, and in his renegade Hollywood films from the 1970s to today (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The People vs. Larry Flynt). The international commercial and critical success of Milos Forman's films is a testament to the uniqueness of his blend of passionate, personal interpretation, a remarkable ability to capture the zeitgeist, and a healthy dose of black humor. Michael Kirk Douglas, the son of movie icon Kirk Douglas and British actress Diana Dill, is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. He is a two-time Academy Award winner, first as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. |
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8:00PM Introduction and film screening |
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Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
(between Fifth and Sixth Avenues)
New York, NY 10019 |
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$10 |
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NEXT TO NORMAL– SEE IT BEFORE IT GOES TO BROADWAY! |
| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2008 |
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In this over-stimulated and pharmaceutically-obsessed world, one seemingly normal suburban family comes to grips with a long buried secret in this haunting and darkly funny new musical. With provocative lyrics and an electrifying score, Next to Normal explores the lengths to which we'll go to keep ourselves sane and our families in place. Authors Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, who won the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award for Next to Normal, are joined by director Michael Grief (Rent, Grey Gardens) for this new cutting-edge musical. Following the performance, members will have an opportunity to take part in an exclusive Q&A with Columbia alumni Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey. Don't miss your chance to see the performance before it goes to Broadway! |
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Next to Normal features music by Tom Kitt (CC '96), book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey (CC '93), and is directed by Michael Greif. Composer Tom Kitt wrote the score for High Fidelity and his work has also been heard in the film The Two Ninas, on the television show Dawson's Creek, and on the original recordings, Julia Murney, The Tom Kitt Band, among others. He has worked as a musical director, orchestrator, and conductor on many shows including Laugh Whore, Urban Cowboy, and Debbie Does Dallas. Brian Yorkey's theatre credits include Making Tracks, which has played off-Broadway and regionally; the musical adaptation of Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet; and the country musical Play It By Heart. He wrote the screenplay Time After Time, the feature script, Sluts, for Lion's Gate Films, and is co-creator of Bears, a new series for the Logo Network. |
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8:00PM Performance of Next to Normal
10:15PM Post-performance Q&A with Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey |
| WHERE: |
Second Stage Theatre
307 West 43rd Street
(between 8th and 9th Avenues)
New York, NY 10036 |
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$52 for CAAL Members (regularly $84, you save $32!) |
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TRADITIONS |
| TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2008 |
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Balanchine and Robbins' Traditions at the New York City Ballet includes three works: Square Dance, where the spirited invention, order, and patterns of square dances are danced to the music of Vivaldi and Corelli; Prodigal Son, which includes a powerful Prokofiev score, bold Rouault sets and costumes, and explosive Balanchine choreography that has riveted audiences since 1929; and The Four Seasons by Jerome Robbins, which displays his glistening, verdant, sultry, and diabolically difficult choreography. |
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Born and trained in Russia, George Balanchine moved to New York in the 1930s where he founded the School of American Ballet and later the New York City Ballet. A prolific choreographer, his diverse and electrifying works established a new technique of American ballet and are continually performed by dance companies all over the world. Jerome Robbins was one of the foremost dance choreographers of the 20th century, whose work has included everything from ballet, to film, to musical theater, including On the Town, The King and I, West Side Story, and Fiddler on the Roof. Enjoy a pre-performance reception and discussion with fellow CAAL Members and with cast from the New York City Ballet. |
| TIME: |
6:15PM Pre-performance reception
6:45PM Discussion with NYCB speaker
7:30PM Performance of Traditions |
| WHERE: |
New York State Theater
20 Lincoln Center
New York, NY 10023 |
| PRICE: |
Orchestra seats for $68 dollars (normally $86, you save $18!)
Fourth Ring seats for $15 (normally $32) |
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C'EST DUCKIE! |
| FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2008 |
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| WHAT: |
C'est Duckie! is the award-winning, interactive nightclub performance experience, for a wild and absolutely outrageous alternative to traditional holiday fare. Following sold-out seasons in London, Sydney, Berlin, and Tokyo, C'est Duckie! comes to New York, serving up a menu of daring, delectable and devious entertainments that result in tailor-made, table-top shows. Armed with Duckie dollars upon entering, guests at each table can order from a show menu of craftily titled "acts" that include a variety of theatrical fare - vaudeville, ventriloquism, balloon modelling, broken down burlesque - with over 30 kunst-cabaret turns from the suggestive to the transgressive to the downright offensive. A dress code of suitably swanky evening wear is encouraged.
"The most fun you'll have in a theatre all year - guaranteed." – Metro, London
"Delicious bite sized burlesque" -Time Out London |
| WHO: |
London-based performance troupe Duckie pitches popular commercial entertainment against contemporary performance provocation in this all-singing, all-dancing, shameless crowd-pleaser. C'est Duckie! features a top class talent troupe of soubrettes, hoofers, and starlets from the London performance scene as well as special guest artists from New York City including: Taylor Mac, Jessica Delfino, the Wau Wau Sisters, and Dynasty Handbag. |
| TIME: |
10:30PM Performance at CSV Cultural Center |
| WHERE: |
CSV Cultural Center
107 Suffolk Street
(between Rivington and Delancey)
New York, NY 10002 |
| PRICE: |
$25.00 (normally $49.50, you save $24.50!) |
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