Upcoming free events, Sept 28-30
Here are some free events that might interest you, starting on Friday…
CHANCE ENCOUNTER
A 35-minute musical composition wherein a singer and twelve musicians perform text overheard in public spaces.
Premiere: Friday, September 28, Two performances, at 1:30 & 5:00pm; Seward Park, outside the Seward Park Library, on East Broadway at Jefferson St., on manhattan’s Lower Eat Side; with soprano Susan Narucki and members of The Knights; a project of Creative Capital with additional funding from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Musicians: Tim Albright, Kyle Armbrust, Mike Atkinson, Christina Courtin, Gareth Flowers, Josh Frank, Adam Hollander, Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen, Anthony McGill, Alex Sopp, Lance Suzuki
For info see this link
DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival, Brooklyn
The 11th Annual Art Under the Bridge Festival takes place from September 28-30, 2007, in Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York. Dumbo Arts Center, the Festival’s producer is anticipating over 150,000 visitors again this year. Sixty new art works will be scattered throughout the neighborhood, while 158 private studios will open to the public and exhibitions will run in sixteen different venues. The event is the single largest urban forum for experimental art in the United States that transforms the distinctive waterfront neighborhood into a multi-sensory public art arena.
Directions to festival area:
A or C train to High Street. Cross the park and take a left on Washington Street.
F train to York Street. Left at York Street and right on Washington Street.
For program and schedule, visit www.dumboartscenter.org
VIBE Theater Experience: 365 DAYS 365 PLAYS
viBe Theater Experience empowers urban teenage girls through the collaborative process of creating totally original and vibrantly spectacular performances! viBeGirls will swirl their original music and dance with the 365 texts to create a unique performance in the voices of teenage girls!
When: Saturday, September 29
Where: Queens Theatre in the Park
In the Flushing Meadows Corona Park, next to the Queens Museum, the Ice Skating Rink and the Unisphere
7 train to Willets Point-Shea Stadium
For information on VIBE see www.viBeTheater.org
For information on 365 Days-365 Plays see www.publictheater.org or www.365days365plays.com