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Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Announces The Bridge 5/ 9 – 5/11

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Announces  The Bridge Virtual Dance Institute of Boundary-Breaking Dance Experiences

Free One-Hour Company Classes on Zoom Open to All Dancers at an Intermediate to Advanced Level May 9 & 11, 2022
New York – In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has established a new dance institute through Zoom, The Bridge.
The Institute’s aim is to bring together dancers, choreographers and directors around the world to experience the master teachers of color whose practices are embedded in the community and are focused on advancing the art of dance that transform the personal, environmental and metaphysical spaces. Interested dancers can join the class by registering here.

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As a virtual dance institute, The Bridge will invite world renowned as well as up and coming dancers and choreographers to come to guest teach the class. Advanced/Intermediate level professional or pre-professional dancers who are looking to explore beyond their own boundaries and looking for new dance experiences are encouraged to participate.
The core program is based on Nai-Ni Chen’s Kinetic Spiral, which is a cross-cultural dance vocabulary that integrates the Chinese martial arts philosophy in TaiChi with contemporary dance practices she studied in America. Guest artists will cover a wide range of folk and classical dance styles.
The Bridge Class schedule are as follows:
Monday, May 9, 2022 | Akhila Chetani (Classical Indian Dance) at 10am
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 | Akhila Chetan (Classical Indian Dance) at 10am
Join Guru Smt. Akhila Chetan on an exploration of the Bharathanatyam, one of the most important classical dance form of India.
In this trying time of change and uncertainty, the arts are a source of healing and unity, we would like to encourage everyone to support dance as dance is an essential medicine for the society to recover from the pandemic that has caused injury to our bodies and our hearts. Support for The Bridge can be sent through https://www.nainichen.org/donate.
About the Artist:
Guru. Smt. Akhilaneshwari Akhila is a skilled artist in Nritta – Pure dance form, and rasabhinaya – aesthetic communication with creative interpretation of the lyrics and the music. She had decades of practice under great gurus and legends in Bharathanatyam. The vast amount of skills received by legendary tutors has made Akhila one of the most sought after talented and creative artists. She is the recipient of prestigious “Purandara Anugraha” Award – 2014 for her services in the dance field by TTD, Trust, Tirupati, Government of AP, India and has received various titles and awards from reputed organizations in recognition of her work in India & the USA.

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About Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company:
“Chen’s phrases, part exoskeletal rigidity, part boneless grace, embodied an epic dignity.” – Village Voice
Choreographer/Dancer, Nai-Ni Chen, was a unique artist whose work crosses cultural boundaries. Each of her dances reflect her personal vision as an immigrant and an American female artist with deep roots in the Asian culture. From this very personal perspective, she created new works that reflect current issues with global influences. Some of her works were developed in collaboration with renowned artists such as the Ahn Trio, Glen Velez, Joan La Barbara, and the members of the New Asia Chamber Music Society.
Bridging the grace of Asian elegance and American dynamism, the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company is a premier provider of innovative cultural experiences that reflect the inspiring hope and energy of the immigrant’s journey. The company’s ground-breaking works have focused on themes from ancient legends that reflect issues of the present time to purely abstract, contemporary dances influenced by a mix of cultures Nai-Ni Chen experienced in New York. An Asian American company that celebrates cross-cultural experience, the Company’s productions naturally bring forth issues of identity, authenticity, and equality.
The Company has presented at some of the most prestigious concert halls such as the Joyce Theater, Lincoln Center in New York, and the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Florida. The Company appears annually at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Queens College, the College of Staten Island and on Ellis Island. Internationally, the Company has presented at international festivals including Open Look Festival in Russia, the Silesian International Contemporary Dance Festival, the Konfrontations International Festival in Poland, the Chang Mu International Dance Festival in Korea, the Meet in Beijing International Arts Festival in China, and the Tamaulipas International Arts Festival in Mexico.
The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has received more than 20 awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and numerous Citations of Excellence and grants from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Advancing Dance Education, the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company is currently in residence in New Jersey City University pioneering a program with the University’s A Harry Moore Laboratory School teaching dance to urban children with disabilities. For additional Company information, visit their website, www.nainichen.org; write to Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, P.O. Box 1121, Fort Lee, NJ 07024; or call (800) 650- 0246.
Programs of the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company are made possible by the generous support of our Board members, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, The Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF), the New Jersey Cultural Trust, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, The New Jersey Arts and Culture Recovery Fund administered by the Princeton Area Community Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Hyde and Watson Foundation, E.J. Grassman Trust, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, New Music USA, the Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, Dance/NYC Dance Advancement Fund, the Rapid Response Program of American Dance Abroad, the Association of Performing Arts Presenters’ Cultural Exchange Fund, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, PSEG, Proskauer, WAC Lighting, and the Glow Foundation and the Dragon and Phoenix Foundation.

Harry Styles Returns to NYC ‘Love On Tour’ Aug 28 – Sept 21

Harry Styles Returns to New York City ‘Love On Tour’ Aug 28 – Sept 21

international superstar Harry Styles has announced Love On Tour 2022 in support of his new album Harry’s House.


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Coming off of a sold out 42-date arena tour in 2021 and two special One Night Only shows in New York and London, the highly anticipated 2022 tour will allow fans to have access to multiple nights in each major city turning iconic venues into Harry’s House for the run of shows.

Produced by Live Nation, the tour will include a massive 32 nights at many of North America’s most notable venues, kicking off on Monday, August 15th and Tuesday, August 16th at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON.


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Styles will continue his residencies in New York City for ten nights at Madison Square Garden, Austin for five nights at Moody Center, and Chicago for five nights at United Center, before wrapping up at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum for 10 night run concluding on Tuesday, November 15th.

PRESALES:  To ensure tickets get into the hands of fans, the tour has partnered with Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan platform. Fans can register now HERE through Thursday, May 19th at 10pm ET for the Verified Fan presale. Registered fans who receive a code will have access to purchase tickets before the general public Wednesday, May 25th starting at 12pm local time. Only fans that have received a unique code will have the chance to purchase tickets for performances on a first come, first served basis.

American Express® Card Members can get first access to Harry Styles tickets for his North American tour by registering for American Express® Early Access powered by Ticketmaster Verified Fan*.

US registration begins Thursday, May 5th at 3pm ET/ 12pm PT through Thursday, May 19th at 10pm ET. Verified Card Members who are selected for the presale, can purchase tickets starting Tuesday, May 24th.

American Express® Card Members in Canada have access to Harry Styles Front of Line® presale tickets for his Toronto dates starting Tuesday, May 24th at 12pm local time to 10pm local time.


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TICKETS: General on sale for tickets will begin Thursday, May 26th at 12pm local time at hstyles.co.uk/tour.

HARRY STYLES LOVE ON TOUR 2022 DATES:

Mon Aug 15 –Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena is Harry’s House^

Tue Aug 16 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena is Harry’s House^

Sun Aug 28 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*

Thu Sep 01 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*

Fri Sep 02 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*

Sat Sep 03 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*

Wed Sep 07 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*

Thu Sep 08 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*

Sat Sep 10 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*

Wed Sep 14 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*

Thu Sep 15 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*

Wed Sep 21 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*

Sun Sep 25 – Austin, TX – Moody Center is Harry’s House~

Mon Sep 26 – Austin, TX – Moody Center is Harry’s House~

Wed Sep 28 – Austin, TX – Moody Center is Harry’s House~

Thu Sep 29 – Austin, TX – Moody Center is Harry’s House~

Sun Oct 02 – Austin, TX – Moody Center is Harry’s House~

Thu Oct 06 – Chicago, IL – United Center is Harry’s House#

Sat Oct 08 – Chicago, IL – United Center is Harry’s House#

Sun Oct 09 – Chicago, IL – United Center is Harry’s House#

Thu Oct 13 – Chicago, IL – United Center is Harry’s House#

Fri Oct 14 – Chicago, IL – United Center is Harry’s House#

Mon Oct 31 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+

Wed Nov 02 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+

Fri Nov 04 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+

Sat Nov 05 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+

Mon Nov 07 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+

Wed Nov 09 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+

Fri Nov 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+

Sat Nov 12 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+

Mon Nov 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+

Tue Nov 15 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+

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NY’s Time Square is getting a Massive Update

A visitor’s center with a viewing deck is coming to Times Square

Times Square is about to undergo a massive update.

Real estate investment and management firm just announced the $500 million redevelopment of the 118-year-old building One Times Square, which is actually the home of the iconic New Year’s Eve Ball drop celebration.


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The revamped building will officially turn into a modern-day visitor center with a new viewing deck and a museum—and it will be open to the public for the very first time in decades.

According to a press release, the new viewing deck will allow visitors to take a close look at the famous New Year’s Eve Ball all the while reveling in elevated views of the neighborhood. The museum, on the other hand, will explore the history of the building and Times Square as a whole, obviously also delving into the importance of the annual midnight celebration.

There’s more: the 26-story building on 42nd Street will also become a destination for branded experiences that will take over 12 floors and, according to the press release, “include digital, virtual and augmented reality integrations.”

The redeveloped building interior is projected to open to the public in the summer of 2024.

“Times Square has served as the crossroads of the world for more than a century, and One Times Square is at the center of that global stage,”

said Michael Phillips, president of Jamestown, in an official statement.

“The building’s next chapter will build on that legacy, creating a new destination in the heart of Times Square for the next generation. With a focus on providing experiences enhanced by technology, the project is representative of the future of real estate and the integration of the physical and virtual worlds. We are reimagining how spaces can be experienced by leveraging the power of AR technology and creative storytelling.”


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Lest you think the major update will change the way Times Square looks like for the duration of the 27-month-long construction period, think again: the north facing LED signs on the facade of the building will continue broadcasting advertisements throughout the time and the famous Ball will also stay in place.

Celebrate the Second Annual #WomeninWine Day March 25 with Sonoma County’s Papapietro Perry Winery

Celebrate the Second Annual #WomeninWine Day March 25 with Sonoma County’s Papapietro Perry Winery

The social initiative, founded by Sonoma County winery, tells stories of women shaping the wine industry.


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The second annual National Women in Wine Day, a social initiative founded by a California winery that was co-created, and is co-owned, by two women, will take place on Friday, March 25, 2022.

Following the success of the inaugural event last year, and inspired by International Women’s History Month which takes place annually in March, National Women in Wine Day celebrates women in wine.


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The mission of #WomeninWineDay, is to support women in wine, while also providing empowerment and resources for those seeking to enter the business.

National Women in Wine Day founders Renae Perry and Yolanda Papapietro are two of the owners of Papapietro Perry Winery in Sonoma County, California.

Each as been involved in the creation, production and operation of the winery for decades and have always aimed to support the careers, opportunities and contributions of women in the wine industry.

 

“We began telling the stories of women in wine last year,

as part of Women’s History Month.

Our National Women in Wine Day social initiative has grown dramatically as we continually tell the varied stories of women in wine,”

said Renae Perry.


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“Along with other participating wineries, we share a common goal of establishing a scholarship fund that benefits women within, or pursuing, education or career advancement in the wine industry,” Yolanda Papapietro added.

Papapietro Perry Winery is recognizing women in wine at WomenInWineDay.com, and welcoming suggestions of women to be honored and added to that site. Women are featured on social media platforms using hashtags #WomenInWineDay and #NationalWomenInWineDay. Individuals are encouraged to visit the National Women in Wine Day donations and scholarships page to support a worthy organization that empowers women in wine or to apply for eligible scholarships in wine education.

Papapietro Perry Winery is a boutique, family-owned winery located in Sonoma County’s Dry Creek Valley, which specializes in making remarkable, classic Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, as well as a small selection of other varietals such as Zinfandel, Chardonnay and Rosé. Committed to quality for more than twenty years, owners Ben and Yolanda Papapietro and Renae Perry, who began making wine as a hobby in a San Francisco basement along with the late Bruce Perry in 1980, produce small lots of award-winning, critically-acclaimed wines, handmade from harvest to punch down.

For more information, to plan a visit to the winery or to purchase wine visit Papapietro-Perry.com, call (707) 433-0422 or send an email to orders@papapietro-perry.com.

 

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Daryl Hall Expands Tour, Reaches NYC’s Carnegie Hall April 14

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Daryl Hall announces his first solo tour in a decade, which will hit NYC’s Carnegie Hall in April 2022.

The second leg of the tour will follow previously announced dates playing historic venues such as NYC’s Carnegie Hall and Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, plus the April 1 release of BeforeAfter (Legacy Recordings), Hall’s first-ever solo retrospective.

As with the tour’s first leg, Todd Rundgren will be a special guest on all newly announced dates.

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Tickets for the second leg of the tour go on sale starting Friday, March 18 at 10AM local time at livenation.com.


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Compiled and sequenced by Hall, BeforeAfter features thirty tracks spanning all five of his solo albums, from 1980’s Robert Fripp-produced Sacred Songs through 2011’s Laughing Down Crying, co-produced with longtime Hall compatriot T-Bone Wolk, who sadly passed before the album was released.


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Additionally, the collection features six never-released performances from the pathbreaking web and television series Live From Daryl’s House, which Hall launched in 2007 with the then-novel idea of “playing with my friends and putting it up on the internet.”

One of those performances includes the recently shared recording of the Eurythmics classic “Here Comes The Rain Again,” performed with that song’s co-writer Dave Stewart. Other guests on the Live From Daryl’s House tracks include Rundgren, Monte Montgomery and more.  Taken as a whole, ​​BeforeAfter draws unexpected and satisfying connections between the esoteric and accessible sides of Daryl Hall’s creativity.

Pre-order BeforeAfter now: https://legacyrecordings.lnk.to/BeforeAfterPR

Daryl Hall is a modern-day renaissance man, an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the best-selling duo of all time, the star of his very own award-winning web series-turned-TV staple, Live from Daryl’s House, as well as a successful venue owner with “Daryl’s House,” a restored live music space in Pawling, N.Y.

 


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Daryl Hall East Coast Tour Dates

April 1 – Auditorium Theatre – Chicago, IL ^

April 3 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN ^

April 5 – Atlanta Symphony Hall – Atlanta, GA ^

April 7 – MGM Northfield Park – Northfield, OH ^

April 9 – The Met Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA ^

April 11 – Orpheum Theatre – Boston, MA ^

April 14 – Carnegie Hall – New York, NY ^

April 16 – The Theatre at MGM National Harbor – National Harbor, MD ^

Daryl Hall West Coast Tour Dates

May 12 – Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA ^

May 14 – Golden Gate Theatre – San Francisco, CA ^

May 16 – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA ^

May 18 – Paramount Theatre – Denver, CO ^

May 20 – Tulsa Theater – Tulsa, OK ^

May 22 – ACL Live at the Moody Theater – Austin, TX ^

^ w/ Todd Rundgren


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Before After Track list:

Disc One:

1.  Dreamtime

2.  Babs and Babs

3.  Foolish Pride

4.  Can’t Stop Dreaming

5.  Here Comes The Rain Again (Live From Daryl’s House) with Dave Stewart

6.  Someone Like You

7.  Talking to You (Is Like Talking to Myself)

8.  Sacred Songs

9.  Right as Rain

10.  Survive

11.  North Star (Live From Daryl’s House) with Monte Montgomery

12.  In My Own Dream (Live From Daryl’s House)

13.  NYCNY

14.  What’s Gonna Happen to Us

Disc Two:

1.  Love Revelation

2.  Fools Rush In

3.  I’m in a Philly Mood

4.  Send Me

5.  Justify

6.  Borderline

7.  Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You

8.  Eyes for You (Ain’t No Doubt About It)

9.  The Farther Away I Am

10. Why Was It So Easy

11.  Can We Still Be Friends (Live From Daryl’s House) with Todd Rundgren

12. Cab Driver

13.  Our Day Will Come (Live From Daryl’s House)

14.  Laughing Down Crying (Live From Daryl’s House)

15.  Problem with You (Live From Daryl’s House)

16.  Neither One of Us (Wants To Be the First to Say Goodbye) (Live From Daryl’s House)

NY’s The High Line Blossoms by Major Gift from Diamonstein – Spielvogel Foundation

NY’s The High Line Blossoms by Major Gift from Diamonstein – Spielvogel Foundation

Building on two decades of support for the High Line by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Ambassador Carl Spielvogel, the new gift will be recognized at the West Seating Steps, on the High Line Spur

The High Line, the organization that originally rallied for the elevated structure’s preservation and reuse as public space, starting in 1999, and now operates it as a park under a license agreement with NYC Parks, announced a new gift from the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation.

The gift will help the organization, which must raise nearly 100% of its annual budget, fund a variety of crucial park needs.


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It will be recognized with signage at the West Seating Steps, located at the High Line Spur, which bridges the intersection of 30th Street and 10th Avenue, in Manhattan.

One of the High Line’s largest resting areas, the West Seating Steps provide respite for park visitors and accommodate audience members for performances and public programs.

The Steps occupy the western edge of the Spur, which was originally built to carry postal trains from the elevated tracks into the Morgan General Mail Facility.

The seating feature directly overlooks the High Line Plinth, where new, monumental art commissions are presented on a rotating basis, and the site of a planned connection to Moynihan Train Hall, projected to open in late 2022. ‘

‘We are so grateful to acknowledge the support of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation, and the longtime commitment and leadership of Founding High Line Board Member Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, at the West Seating Steps,’’

said Robert Hammond, the High Line’s Co-Founder and Executive Director. ‘

 

‘This iconic feature stands at the intersection of the High Line’s historical past, its present-day artistic programming, and its future role as a connector to Moynihan Train Hall, which is a crucial component of High Line’s vision to make New York City more livable, equitable, and connected.’’

“The Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation is pleased to provide ongoing support for the remarkable stewardship of the historic High Line, now a model for community activism, citizen-led reuse of industrial infrastructure,” said Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel.

“The storied structures of our past play an essential role in the continued strength of our city, and so it seems especially appropriate that the Foundation’s gift will be recognized at a feature that overlooks the gateway to the future Moynihan Connector, which will allow New Yorkers to safely and enjoyably make their way from the High Line to the new Moynihan Train Hall, a remarkable example of adaptive reuse of a historic New York City landmark.’’


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As a Founding Board Member of the High Line, Dr. Diamonstein-Spielvogel helped fight against the demolition of the historic High Line structure and served on the joint committee of City and High Line representatives that selected the design team of James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

She helped grow the High Line from a small group of community-based advocates into a strong non-profit organization that could enter into a license agreement with NYC Parks and responsibly fund and manage the High Line’s annual operations. She spearheaded a government relations initiative that led to over $20 million in federal construction funding toward the High Line’s adaptive reuse.

In June 2021, The Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation and the New-York Historical Society, the oldest museum in New York City, announced plans to create the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Institute for New York City History, Politics and Community Activism—–a new division within New-York Historical Society conceived and supported by the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation.

An important component of the Institute’s mission will be the collection of relevant materials that relate to 20th and 21st-century local history, including the civil rights movement, women’s rights, climate concerns, the drive for LBGTQ+ rights, and the historic preservation movement. A selection of historic documents associated with the High Line and its transformation from disused rail structure to public open space were among the first pieces placed in the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Institute’s archive.

ABOUT THE HIGH LINE

The High Line is both a nonprofit organization and a public park on the West Side of Manhattan. Through our work with communities on and off the High Line, we’re devoted to reimagining public spaces to create connected, healthy neighborhoods and cities. Built on a historic, elevated rail line, the High Line was always intended to be more than a park. You can walk through the gardens, view art, experience a performance, enjoy food or beverage, or connect with friends and neighbors——all while enjoying a unique perspective of New York City.

Nearly 100% of our annual budget comes through donations. The High Line is owned by the City of New York and we operate under a license agreement with NYC Parks

Love, Gilda Director Lisa D’Apolito To Present Keynote At Gilda’s Club NYC Luncheon May 9

Love, Gilda Director Lisa D’Apolito To Present Keynote At Gilda’s Club NYC Luncheon May 9

Lisa D’Apolito, filmmaker, director, and producer of acclaimed Gilda Radner documentary will be the featured speaker for Gilda’s Club NYC 11th Annual Celebrating Women luncheon, at the Metropolitan Club, Wednesday, May 9th .

D’Apolito became interested in Gilda through her work with Gilda’s Club, where she has been helping the nonprofit create short films for their events since 2010. Love, Gilda showcases the hilarious highs and tragic lows in an incredible life of the Saturday Night Live comedian, and one that echoed one of her most famous lines: It’s always something.

“I am honored to be the keynote speaker at Celebrating Women,”

states D’Apolito.

Gilda Radner’s legacy is truly unique as she has not only inspired today’s comedians but she is an ongoing inspiration for people affected by cancer through the work done at Gilda’s Club.”

 


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  • Gerri Willis, anchor and correspondent of Fox Business Network, presented the 2017 luncheon keynote speaking of her own cancer experience and returns in 2018 as host.
  • Celebrating Women honors exemplary women in the fields of healthcare and business.
  • Honoree Michelle Freyre, President of U.S. Beauty, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. is responsible for the company’s high-profile portfolio of Beauty brands including AVEENO®, CLEAN & CLEAR®, LUBRIDERM®, LE PETIT MARSELLAIS™, RoC®, ROGAINE® and NEUTROGENA®, the largest brand within Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. Freyre was recently named on the 2018 Fortune 50 Most Powerful Latinas in Business, as well as honored as a 2018 Working Mother of the Year by the She Runs It Organization.
  • Honoree Alise Reicin, MD is the Senior Vice President and Head of Global Clinical Development for the biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and oversees Clinical Therapeutic Areas, Statistics, Evidence and Value Development, and Clinical Operations. Dr. Reicin has extensive early and late clinical development experience in a broad range of therapeutic areas including oncology and immunology.

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High Line Art Annc’s 2022 High Line Channels Featuring works by Kevin Jerome Everson, Ilana Harris-Babou, Jasmina Cibic, Cheng Ran

High Line Art announces 2022 season of exhibitions for High Line Channels Featuring works by Kevin Jerome Everson, Ilana Harris-Babou, Jasmina Cibic, Cheng Ran

High Line Art announces the 2022 season of exhibitions for High Line Channels—an ongoing series of video projections in the semi-enclosed passageway on the High Line at 14th Street.

High Line Channels is the only video program in a New York City park available 365 days a year, and features emerging and established artists from around the world.

Rotating every two months, this year’s program includes solo presentations by Kevin Jerome Everson, Ilana Harris-Babou, Jasmina Cibic, and Cheng Ran, as well as a thematic group exhibition, Spiritual Technology.

The films and videos presented by these artists explore a broad range of themes:

birds and our relationship to wilderness with Kevin Jerome Everson;

self-improvement and wellness culture with Ilana Harris-Babou;

how governments assert power and values through architecture with Jasmina Cibic;

the poetics of daily life in China with Cheng Ran in a US premiere, and the relationship between techno-utopias and psychic connections to the earth in Spiritual Technology.

In addition to these five exhibitions, a sixth program, the next High Line Originals commissioned film, will be announced in the coming months.

High Line Channels is organized by Melanie Kress, High Line Art associate curator.

Kevin Jerome Everson State Bird January 6–March 16, 2022 Kevin Jerome Everson (b. 1965, Mansfield, Ohio) is an artist based in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Professor of Art at the University of Virginia.

Everson, whose practice encompasses printmaking, photography, sculpture, and film, makes work that reflects gestures or tasks caused by certain conditions in the lives of working class African Americans and other people of African descent. Everson’s sculptures are often casts of everyday objects made in the factories in his Ohio hometown.

For the High Line, Everson presents four films: Brown Thrasher (2020), Mockingbird, (2020), Cardinal (2019); and The Foothills of the Allegheny Plateau (2019). The films begin with a pair of binoculars made in the Mansfield Ohio Westinghouse factory during WWII (where the artist was briefly employed) that Everson cast in bronze and rubber, rendering them useless. Everson staged the films in Georgia, Mississippi, and Ohio (the first three films are named for those places’ state birds), inviting family members to “look” for birds with the props. Everson limits these films to the extreme foreground, denying viewers any clarity as to the exact place of filming. Presented on the High Line from winter into early spring, the exhibition brings brightness to winter days in the park and ushers us into the season when the birds start to sing again in New York and the park comes alive.

Ilana Harris-Babou Help Yourself March 17–May 11, 2022 Ilana Harris-Babou (b. 1991, Brooklyn, New York) is an artist living and working in Brooklyn. Harris-Babou is known for her videos that parody reality television tropes such as cooking and home-improvement shows, and star her and her mother, Sheila Harris. Across her videos and sculptures, she focuses on “self-improvement” and how aspirations for health and wellness become framed as moral decisions in contemporary culture. Especially in Harris-Babou’s most recent work, she shifts her frame to question how inequality in the US is presented as a failure of personal decision-making and commitments to wellness.

For the High Line, Harris-Babou shares four films: In Cooking with the Erotic (2016), the artist and her mother use real food, art materials, and construction materials to offer tutorials for absurd concoctions. Finishing a Raw Basement (2017) is filled with home-improvement buzzwords like “modern,” “transitional,” and “classic” alongside Harris’s calls for reparations. In Fine Lines (2020), Harris performs her beauty routine tutorial for a meeting with a real estate developer who is trying to buy her Brooklyn home. For Leaf of Life (2021) Harris-Babou interviewed her sister about her experience working as a disillusioned health-care professional, as well as diet and wellness practices following the popular health guru, herbalist, and healer Dr. Sebi.

Jasmina Cibic Halls of Power July 7–September 14, 2022 Jasmina Cibic (b. 1979, Slovenia) works in film, sculpture, performance, and installation to explore “soft power” and the ways that governments use state-sanctioned culture—dance, music, painting, and architecture—to communicate certain principles and aspirations. She begins her projects in archives, researching moments in history through what she calls “historical readymades”: speeches, government meeting minutes, architectural plans, or even dances or songs that reflect government values. Her artworks often focus on how Modernist architecture has been used to establish various state identities, particularly during moments of ideological and political crises.

On the High Line, Cibic shares three films. In The Pavilion (2015), five dancers assemble an architectural model that merges two buildings created to house patriarchal desire: the pavilion the Kingdom of Yugoslavia built for the 1929 Barcelona EXPO and the unrealized house for iconic performer Josephine Baker designed by Austrian architect Adolf Loos. Nada: Act II (2017) restages famed Hungarian composer Béla Bartók’s 1924 pantomime ballet The Miraculous Mandarin, as selected by Yugoslavia to represent its new political and aesthetic direction at the 1958 Brussels EXPO. State of Illusion (2018) posits the disappearing act of a nation state— former socialist Yugoslavia—as a magician’s illusion. Taking place on the High Line, a relic of infrastructure that has become a civic monument for industrial reuse, this exhibition invites us to think about the ways that the buildings and structures around us reflect the values of those who build them.

Cheng Ran Chung Kuo (Ck2k2x) September 15–November 9, 2022 Cheng Ran (b. 1981, Inner Mongolia, China) lives and works in Hangzhou, China. He is best known for his poetic films and videos that describe specific places and the experience of living in them. Cheng staged some of his earliest video works in his apartment, on the streets of Amsterdam, on a car ride through Iceland, telling grand truths through the mundane poetry of everyday life. His works have since expanded to immersive multi-channel installations and epic films that contrast historical sagas and rapid modernization. For the High Line, Cheng presents the US premiere of his feature-length film Chung Kuo (Ck2k2k) (2017–2022). The film revisits famed Italian filmmaker Michaelangelo Antonioni’s controversial documentary portrait Chung Kuno—Cina (1972). Anotioni filmed the work at the invitation of the Chinese government, but focused on the people presumed to have been at the edges of his official tour.

The final film sparked outrage among Chinese cultural critics and the general public for its failure to show an accurate portrait of the country. Cheng’s film offers a new portrait of contemporary China, opening with the question “Is this another dream?” The film comprises 100 short documentary-style videos, each ranging from a few seconds to almost one hour. Taking place among skyscrapers, farmland, and wilderness, some of the clips are staged while others are filmed from life. With this work, the artist records the present and imagines future ghosts of modernization. ART Spiritual Technology November 10, 2022–January 4, 2023 Spiritual Technology features three artists exploring how relations between spirituality and technology shift over time, including links between science, myth, belief systems, and our connection to the planet. Science fiction holds up a mirror to our potential futures and to our present. The works in this exhibition tease apart tensions between techno-utopian promises and intuitive connections to the biological world. Cannupa Hanska Luger’s (b. 1979, Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota) We Live Future Ancestral Technologies Entry Log (2019) is an Indigenous science fiction film wherein two figures perform land-based rituals, wearing regalia that mutes the senses. The film describes a mass exodus from earth by those who destroyed much of it, and those remaining behind to repair it. Ursula Mayer’s (b. 1970, Ried im Innkreis, Austria) Atom Spirit (2016) is also set in the near future, one of increasing biomedical innovation. Made with individuals from the LGBT community in Trinidad and Tobago, the work follows a group of evolutionary geneticists creating a cryogenically frozen arc of DNA from all forms of life on the islands. In Suzanne Treister’s (b. 1958, London, England) HFT The Gardener (2015), Hillel Fisher Traumberg is a stock trader who experiences hallucinogenic states while observing high-frequency trading graph patterns.

Deep research into psychoactive drugs converts Traumberg into a technoshamanic outsider artist, connecting psychoactive plant names with companies in the Financial Times Global 500 in a search for the true nature of consciousness.

ABOUT HIGH LINE ART

Founded in 2009, High Line Art commissions and produces a wide array of artwork, including site-specific commissions, exhibitions, performances, video programs, and a series of billboard interventions. Led by Cecilia Alemani, the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Director & Chief Curator of High Line Art, and presented by the High Line, the art program invites artists to think of creative ways to engage with the unique architecture, history, and design of the park, and to foster a productive dialogue with the surrounding neighborhood and urban landscape. For more information about High Line Art, please visit thehighline.org/art.

ABOUT THE HIGH LINE

The High Line is both a nonprofit organization and a public park on the West Side of Manhattan. Through our work with communities on and off the High Line, we’re devoted to reimagining public spaces to create connected, healthy neighborhoods and cities. Built on a historic, elevated rail line, the High Line was always intended to be more than a park. You can walk through gardens, view art, experience a performance, enjoy food and beverage, or connect with friends and neighbors—all while enjoying a unique perspective of New York City. Nearly 100% of our annual budget comes through donations. The High Line is owned by the City of New York and we operate under a license agreement with NYC Parks.

NYC’s The High Line to Re-Open July 16 After Pandemic Closure

NYC’s The High Line to Re-Open July 16 After Pandemic Closure

Visitors Can Secure Timed Entry Reservations Starting July 9

The High Line announced that the High Line will reopen to the public with limited capacity on July 16, 2020, after temporarily closing in March to help limit the spread of COVID-19.

The High Line, working with NYC Parks, also issued visitation protocols to ensure that visitors can maintain social distancing in full accordance with City guidelines.

‘‘We are happy to be able to reopen the High Line and we invite our neighbors and fellow New Yorkers across the City to reconnect with the High Line and each other in a new way,’’

said Robert Hammond, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the High Line.

‘‘Throughout the pandemic, we have really seen how important parks and public spaces are to our physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. As New York City and our immediate neighborhoods continue to reopen and recover, we hope the High Line will bring comfort and happiness to all who are able to visit. Finally, while you are here, please remember to wear your face coverings.’’

Beginning July 16, 2020:

  • The High Line will be open seven days a week, from 12:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m. each day.
  • Visitors enter the High Line at Gansevoort Street. Foot traffic inside the park will flow north, in one direction, to 23rd Street.
  • Staircases at 14th, 16th, 20th, and 23rd Streets will be exit-only, as will the elevators at 14th and 23rd Streets, except for people with mobility access needs.

In addition, to ensure visitors are able to stay at least six feet apart while on the High Line, a limited number of people will be permitted to be in the park at one time.

In order to minimize wait times and discourage groups from gathering at the entrance, timed-entry reservations can be made in advance at thehighline.org/welcome.

Reservations can be secured beginning Thursday, July 9 at 10:00 a.m.

A limited number of walk-up passes will be available at the entrance each day. For more information about timed entry visit thehighline.org.

“The High Line team has been hard at work to create a system to welcome you safely, with reduced capacity to make social distancing possible,”

said NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP.

“The park’s reopening will be a great moment for New York City, showcasing our resiliency and our commitment to safely welcoming residents, workers, and visitors to parks and open spaces across the five boroughs.”

Bathrooms and water fountains will remain accessible and maintained with enhanced cleaning. Food vendors and the High Line Shop will be closed, and the water feature at the Diller – von Furstenberg Sundeck will not run.

All visitors are encouraged to follow the City’s COVID-19 guidelines. An announcement will be made in the coming weeks about plans to open the High Line north of 23rd Street.

SUPPORT

Special thanks to TD Bank, our Presenting Green Sponsor, for their support of the High Line’s reopening.

ABOUT THE HIGH LINE

The High Line is both a nonprofit organization and a public park on the West Side of Manhattan. Through our work with communities on and off the High Line, we’re devoted to reimagining public spaces to create connected, healthy neighborhoods and cities.

Built on a historic, elevated rail line, the High Line was always intended to be more than a park. You can walk through the gardens, view art, experience a performance, enjoy food or beverage, or connect with friends and neighbors—–all while enjoying a unique perspective of New York City. Nearly 100% of our annual budget comes through donations.

The High Line is owned by the City of New York and we operate under a license agreement with NYC Parks.

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