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River to River Festival

River to River 2011 Festival Line Up

River to River Festival
River to River Festival in Battery Park City

Since 2002, The River To River Festival has been bring music, film, dance, art, theatre and play to downtown Manhattan, and at a very attractice price; free! All the festivities are hosted at venues ranging from the Seaport to Battery Park to Governors Island. And with so many events, you’re bound to find something that’s worth putting on your calander a few weeks in advance!

 

On June 25th watch American Ballroom Theater, where local 5th and 8th grade students will compete in Rumba, Swing and Tango. Punk icon Patti Smith will be performing Castle Clinton on July 14th. The lovely Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond will be playing on July 7th, as well.

Scroll through the the full River to River 2011 listing below for all the events!

June 19: No One Is an Island, Bang on a Can Marathon, The Commons, Sundays at St Paul’s

June 20: No One Is an Island, Bang on a Can Marathon, After Sol LeWitt, Desperately Seeking Susan

June 21: No One Is an Island, Ivan & Alyosha (Acoustic), GROUP, Hoketus

June 22: No One Is an Island, Rebecca Jordan, New York on my Mind

June 23: No One Is an Island, The Poetry of Food: Elaine Equi, Ivan & Alyosha, Vijay Iyer Sextet

June 24: No One Is an Island, The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger

June 25: No One Is an Island, American Ballroom Theater: Dancing Classrooms Colors of the Rainbow Team Match, Dancing Classrooms Colors of the Rainbow Team Match, Cowgirl Cowhunt, Future Quest & Fula Flute

June 26: No One Is an Island, Sound Bites Series with My Teenage Stride, Sundays at St. Paul’s – Harvestworks NYEAF

June 27: No One Is an Island, The Godfather Part II

June 28: No One Is an Island, Emmet Cohen Trio, The New York Gypsy All-Stars, New York City Opera: Rufus Wainwright Goes To The Opera!

June 29: No One Is an Island, Eric Walton: Esoterica, Chrisette Michele

June 30: No One Is an Island, Emmet Cohen Trio, Laurie Anderson and Bill Laswell

July 1: No One Is an Island, Lower Dens/Dirty Beaches

July 2: No One Is an Island, El Encierro de Acciones, TriBattery Pops: Independence Day Weekend Celebration

July 3: No One Is an Island, Sound Bites Series with The Hairs, Sundays at St. Paul’s – Harvestworks NYEAF

July 4: No One Is an Island

July 5: Sarlin Levine Ganz, The Holmes Brothers, Terry Riley with George Brooks and Ronu Majumdar

July 6: Michael Pemberton, Poets House Annual Celebration featuring Musical Guests Jose James and Bobbi Humphrey, Henry V

July 7: Henry V, Elio Villafranca: Cuban Roots Cuban Soul, My Brightest Diamond with yMusic

July 8: Henry V, The Wake with Weekend

July 9: Henry V, Extraordinary Moves:THE DANCER FILMS Directed by Judy Dennis, Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, Shadowplay, HOUNDED

July 10: Henry V, Extraordinary Moves:THE DANCER FILMS Directed by Judy Dennis, Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, Sound Bites Series with Pow Wow!, Extraordinary Moves: Express Your Inner Feiffer Dancer, Sundays at St. Paul’s – New Music Now

July 11: Henry V, Extraordinary Moves:THE DANCER FILMS Directed by Judy Dennis, Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Brother from Another Planet

July 12:   Henry V, Extraordinary Moves:THE DANCER FILMS Directed by Judy Dennis, Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, Extraordinary Moves: Third Rail Projects, Looking Glass, Brooklyn Rider and Kojiro Umezaki

July 13:  Henry V, Extraordinary Moves:THE DANCER FILMS Directed by Judy Dennis, Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, Extraordinary Moves: Third Rail Projects, Looking Glass, All in Good Time: A Celebration for Jonathan Schwartz Hosted by and starring John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey

July 14: Henry V, Extraordinary Moves:THE DANCER FILMS Directed by Judy Dennis, Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, Extraordinary Moves: Third Rail Projects, Looking Glass, Extraordinary Moves: Michael Moschen Triangle, Extraordinary Moves:STREB Human Fountain, Extraordinary Moves: Australia’s Strange Fruit The Three Belles, Patti Smith and Her Band

July 15: Henry V, Extraordinary Moves:THE DANCER FILMS Directed by Judy Dennis, Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, Extraordinary Moves: Michael Moschen Triangle, Extraordinary Moves:STREB Human Fountain, Extraordinary Moves: Australia’s Strange Fruit The Three Belles, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House, The Radio Dept. with Asobi Seksu

July 16: Extraordinary Moves:THE DANCER FILMS Directed by Judy Dennis, Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, Extraordinary Moves:STREB Human Fountain, Extraordinary Moves: Michael Moschen Triangle, Extraordinary Moves: Australia’s Strange Fruit The Three Belles, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House, Open Studio Weekend, Come Out & Play Field Day, MP3 Experiment

July 17:  Extraordinary Moves:THE DANCER FILMS Directed by Judy Dennis, Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House, Open Studio Weekend, Sound Bites Series with Hospitality

July 18: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

July 19: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

July 20: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

July 21: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

July 22: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

July 23: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

July 24: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

July 25: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

July 26: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

July 27: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

July 28: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

July 29: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

July 30: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 1: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 2: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 3: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 4: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 5: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 6: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 7: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 8: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 9: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 10: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 11: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 12: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 13: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

August 14: Extraordinary Moves: A Dance to Spring: The Drawings of Jules Feiffer, The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House

James Blachly conducts Mahlers 4th symphony

Trinity Church’s James Blachly Performance Benefits NOLA Music Education

James Blachly conducts Mahlers 4th symphony
James Blachly conducts Mahlers 4th to benefit All Souls Camp in New Orleans

As busy as we all get, everyone has a dream. James Blachly is no exception.

Navigating through the hustle and bustle of Lower Manhattan, this distinguished composer/conductor and Trinity Choir member often dreamt of re-creating the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

“I attended and watched rehearsals and fell in love with the performance of Mahlers 4th Symphony. To me it was like paradise. I realized then, to work on this piece would be a great priviledge.”

Tonight that dream will be realized — as Blachly along with colleague Owen Dalby have assembled The Sheep Island Ensemble, in what they consider to be a “dream team” of young professional musicians across New York to perform Mahlers 4th 6PM tonight at Trinity Church.

Lucky for the rest of us, tonight’s performance is free — with a suggested $20 donation — in which proceeds will go to The All Souls Music Camp, which is dedicated to providing music education of children living in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.

Although tonight’s concert isn’t explicitly connected with Trinity Church — being a Trinity Choir member helped the musicians score the location in light of supporting The All Souls Music Camp.

The All Souls Music Camp began in 2009 with 12 students, and has grown to 51. It’s a program for children from 3-16 and provides formal training in choral singing, strings, composition and music literacy. It was the brainchild of a local church that had began in an abandoned Walgreens turned community center for the children of the Ninth Ward.

As a volunteer for the All Souls Camp, tonights concert can be considered a full circle for Blachly. For he credits his education in Stuyvesant for the music education that led him to his profession.

“It was during my senior of Stuyvesant that I decided to be a classical musician professionally and practiced 5 hours a day to make it into and attend Oberlin.”

As part of the prestigious Trinity Choir, he appreciates being close to the World Trade Center site as keeping him connected to the post 9/11 world  — helping him to keep connected to the reality of what it takes to help a community after disaster. Many of the students of All Souls can relate to in their post Katrina world.

” [The All Souls Camp] is a really beautiful community and they have grown a lot over the past 5 years. We’ve been involved for the past 2 years and I realize that music can inspire and remind us of the most exalted state of humanity.”

For those interested in attending, please find the information below:

The New York City Summer Mahler Project
Mahler’s 4th Symphony
Date: Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Trinity Church Wall Street
At the Intersection of Wall Street and Broadway
Tickets: Free with $20 Donation to benefit the All Souls Music Camp in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans
Telephone: (212)-866-0468 (GEMS) or (646) 320-5583 (Blachly)
Online: www.jamesblachly.com OR www.gemsny.org
Tickets: At the door.

Bill Murray Joins Poetry Walk Across Brooklyn Bridge

Poets House
Bill Murray will be there... so it's got that going for it, which is nice.

What do $250, a love of poetry and a lifetime wish to meet Bill Murray have in common? Well, if you have all three, you might want to snag a ticket to tonight’s 15th Annual Poetry Walk Across Brooklyn Bridge.

Legendary actor Bill Murry will be joined by Brooklyn Poet Laureate Tina Chang, award-winning poets Anne Carson, Glway Kinnell and Thomas Lux, and (hopefully) you for a stroll across the famed NYC bridge. There, under the Roebling’s arches, you’ll be serenaded by the poetry of Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore, Langston Hughes and other stalwarts of poetic verse.

The annual pilgrimage, which raises funds for non-profit Poets House, begins at 6:30 PM tonight in Manhattan and culminates in Brooklyn with a celebratory dinner and readings in honor of Poets House’s 2010 Elizabeth Kray Award winner, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, known for such works as A Coney Island of the Mind, Americus and Poetry as Insurgent Art.

Tickets start at $250, though Poets House members can procure them for a cool $225. Reservations are required, so give Krista Manrique a holler at 212-431-7920 (ext. 2830) if you’re interested in letting Bill Murray make your acquaintance this eve.