From Brooklyn
Center's Community Showcase
New York
City Opera Presents
Looking Forward Concert
Music Director, George
Manahan
New York
City Opera travels to Brooklyn
during its 2008-09 City-wide
schedule with
Looking Forward,
an entertaining 90-minute
concert of vocal and orchestral
music by such 20th Century
greats as Claude Debussy, Steve
Reich, Igor Stravinsky, Olivier
Messiaen, Edgar Varese and Lukas
Foss, composers who have all
left a mark on our great city.
Conducted and narrated by City
Opera's engaging Music Director
George Manahan, the City Opera
orchestra and chorus will take
audiences on a bracing journey
through the key artistic
developments of this dynamic and
restless era in music,
including minimalism, electronic
music, jazz and neo-classicism.
Sunday, November 2, 2008 - 4pm
Matinee
Whitman Theatre
Tickets: $25 Orchestra
New York City Opera's Official Website
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The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents
The Brooklyn College
Conservatory Orchestra
Brahms, Tragic Overture; Borodin, Symphony No. 2 in B Minor.
Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 7pm Evening
Walt Whitman Theatre
Tickets: $5
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The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents
The 19th Biannual International ElectroAcoustic Music Festival
George Brunner, director
Featuring Morton Subotnick on Wednesday 11/12, on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
Tuesday - Thursday, November 11-13, 2008 - 7pm Evening
Levenson Hall
Admission is FREE
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The Brooklyn College Theater Department Presents
A MainStage Production
of Stephen Adly Guirgis's
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train
Directed by Mary Beth Easley
Jesus
Hopped the 'A' Train tells the
story of Angel Cruz. Angel—angry
that his best friend was brainwashed
by a cult—shoots the cult's leader.
Jailed on Riker's Island, he meets
Lucius Jenkins, a serial killer who
has found God while awaiting
extradition to Florida's death row.
Will Lucius help Angel find
redemption? This production of
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train will
place the audience on the stage of
the Gershwin Theatre along with the
actors, allowing the theater space
to surround the spectators and
suggest that they are watching the
proceedings from the exercise yard
of a prison.
Stephen Adly Guirgis is a
playwright, actor, television
writer, and longtime member of the
New York City LAByrinth Theatre
Company. Jesus Hopped the 'A'
Train, his second play, won the
Fringe Festival Award at the
Edinburgh Festival and was nominated
for the Laurence Olivier Award for
Best New Play. His television
credits include NYPD Blue and The
Sopranos to name just a few.
Mary Beth Easley has been directing
and teaching acting in New York City
for over twenty years. Multicultural
theatre and new script development
is the primary focus of her work as
a director; she is committed to a
vision of theatre which has the
capacity to bridge cultures,
transform society and change the way
we view and live in the everyday
world. As an outreach artist and
activist, Easley has collaborated
with homeless mothers and teenagers
throughout New York City under the
sponsorship of Homes for the
Homeless and The Children's Aid
Society. A recipient of a Revson
Directing Fellowship, Easley has
been a faculty member of The Stella
Adler Conservatory of Acting, The
New American Theatre School, and the
University of Iowa. She currently
teaches in the graduate acting
program at Brooklyn College/CUNY.
Thursday thru Saturday, Nov 13, 14, 15, 2008 - 7:30pm
Evenings
Saturday and Sunday, Nov 15, 16, 2008 - 2pm Matinees
Friday and Saturday, Nov 21, 22, 2008 - 7:30pm Evenings
Saturday and Sunday Nov 22, 23, 2008 - 2pm Matinees
on the Gershwin Theatre
Stage
Tickets:
$12 General Admission, $10 Seniors, $5 Students
Subscription for 4 Performances - $36
Brooklyn College Theater Department
Official Website
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From the
World of Dance
Series
Brooklyn Center Presents
!SERIES PREMIERE!
Estampas Porteñas in Tango Fire
Argentine company Estampas Porteñas features ten torrid dancers in a
seductive journey through the history of
tango, from its origins in the red light
district of Buenos Aires to the dazzling
world of contemporary ballroom.
Under the artistic direction of Carolina
Soler and accompanied live by the fiery
musicians of Quatrotango, this ensemble
sets the stage ablaze with its passion
and precision.
Saturday, November
15, 2008 - 8pm Evening
Whitman Theatre
Tickets:
Gold - $75*, Orch - $45, Mezz - $30
Multibuy: Orch - $40, Mezz - $26
DancePack - $35
*Gold seating constitutes the first ten
rows of the center orchestra.
Multibuy and other discounts do not
apply.
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From the
World Stages and Arts in the Afternoon Series
Brooklyn Center presents
Chava Alberstein
With over 50 recordings since the late
1960s, many of them now gold or
platinum, Chava Alberstein is
undoubtedly one of Israel’s greatest
singers. She brings her warm, soulful
sound to Brooklyn Center in a program of
Yiddish, Hebrew, and English songs
ranging from traditional Jewish melodies
to her own poignant originals.
Sunday, November
16, 2008 - 2pm Matinee
Whitman Theatre
Tickets:
$25
Multibuy: $22
WorldPack - $18
Watch a sample
clip.
"A
Day Has Passed" - sample from her
album Lemele
Musical excerpt is representative only
and not necessarily included in this
performance.
Aviv Productions Website featuring Ms.
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The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents
Faculty Recital
Jonathan Hays, baritone, with Craig Ketter, piano
An afternoon of American music with works by Roger Ames, Samuel Barber, Stephen Foster, Charles Ives, and James Sellars.
Sunday, November 16, 2008 - 3pm
Matinee
Levenson Hall
Tickets: $5
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The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents
The New Music Ensemble
Mimesis
A New
York City-based ensemble committed to
performing solo,
chamber, and orchestral repertoire by
living composers.
Mimesis opens its
first season in 2008-2009 with a dynamic
series of concerts comprised of solo,
chamber, and chamber orchestra works by
the world's foremost living composers.
Established with the vision of merging
the highest quality compositions with an
equally high level of performance,
Mimesis strives to foster close
relations with the composers it
programs. Members of the ensemble are
among the most promising musicians of
the upcoming generation. They come from
renowned conservatories and
universities, including The New England
Conservatory, The
Juilliard School, The Curtis Institute
of Music, Yale University, Manhattan
School of Music, Mannes College, the
Cleveland Institute of Music, Boston
Conservatory, and Columbia University.
Members of the ensemble frequently
appear in prestigious
venues and festivals, such as Carnegie
Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Aldeburgh
Festival's Britten-Pears Program,
Tanglewood Music Center, Banff Music
Centre, and the Aspen Summer Music
Festival. These vigorous advocates for
the flourishing of
music are passionately dedicated to the
performance of contemporary music.classic and contemporary guitar ensemble music.
Tuesday, November 17, 2008 - 7pm
Evening
Levenson Hall
Admission is FREE
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The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents
Conservatory Guitar Ensemble
Lars Frandsen, director
Classic and contemporary guitar ensemble music.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 7pm
Evening
Levenson Hall
Admission is FREE
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The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents
Conservatory Brass Ensemble
Douglas Hedwig , director
Brass Chamber Music from the 16th through 21st Centuries.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 5pm
Evening
Levenson Hall
Tickets: $5
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The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents
Conservatory Chamber Choir
Matthew Ferrell, director
Music of Love, Spirit, and Nature
Works by Pinkham, Brahms, Whitacre, Mulholland, Shimoni, and Ginsburig.
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 7pm
Evening
Levenson Hall
Admission is FREE
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Brooklyn Center Presents
A Special Event!
Patti Austin
and the
Duke Ellington
Orchestra
Saturday, November
22, 2008 - 8pm Evening
Whitman Theatre
.Due
to circumstances beyond our control,
this Special Event has been rescheduled
for
February 7, 2009 -- 8pm Evening
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From Brooklyn Center's
Community Showcase
Sunrason Films
in association with
Johnny Blacks ENT and O-Don presents
A
Brooklyn MEGA-Movie Premiere!
What Goes Round
A Film by Steve "Tehut-Nige" McAlpine
The film is
dedicated to the memory of ALTON "Raw
Dawg" ASHMAN Written & Directed by
Steve “Tehut-Nine” McAlpin, WHAT GOES
AROUND is a dramatic relationship tale
based on the adage, “You'll reap what
you sow.”
John S. Silver
is an absentee father and a wanton
womanizer whose past haunts his
conniving attempts at a second chance.
His sons Denzel and Sylvester are
complete opposites, yet they face
similar situations in their
relationships with the women in their
lives. Denzel is a hopeless romantic
whose unfaithful girlfriend leaves him
devastated with more than just a broken
heart. Sylvester, much like his father,
John, is a playboy, who gets the tables
turned on him after his girlfriend finds
out he's been cheating on her. It is a
twisted tale about male/female
relationships, layered with lots of
humor and engaging drama, that
seamlessly merges all the pieces as we
follow the emotional roller coaster ride
of each character, feeling sorry for
some, angry at others and bracing for
the outcome, because in the end, WHAT
GOES AROUND.…
Starring: Nohard
Grant, Flippa Mafia, Sakina Samuda, Kim
Goss, Mavado, Ding Dong, Ras
Atiba, Vivienne Bent.
Cinematography by Aravind Ragpathi;
Sound Designer Patrick Giovinazzo;
Written and Directed by Steve "Tehut-Nine"
McAlpin; Casting by Johnny Blacks;
Produced by Steve McAlpin, Johnny Blacks
and Alton Ashman. Executive
Producer George Fox.
Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 7pm
Evening
Walt Whtiman Theatre
Tickets: $20
SunRASon Productions Official Website
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From the
Target FamilyFun Series
Brooklyn Center Presents
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
and other Eric Carle Favourites
Presented by Mermaid Theatre of Nova
Scotia
Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia draws
upon the magic of black light and
puppetry to capture the whimsical charm
of three of Eric Carle’s classic
children’s stories. The triple-bill
includes the wondrous story of The
Very Hungry Caterpillar’s
metamorphosis into a beautiful
butterfly, the fanciful account of
Little Cloud’s travels through the
sky, and the Mixed-Up Chameleon’s
discovery of his unique nature. For
children grades pre-K thru 3.
Sunday, November
30, 2008 - 2pm Matinee
Whitman Theatre
Tickets:
$6
Multibuy: $6
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