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Friday, November 13, 2009
Lincoln Center: Celebrating 50 Years (Library Event / Exhibit)
Location: New York Public Library / 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, NYC
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center40 Lincoln Center Plaza October 15, 2009 to January 6, 2010Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 11 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.Monday, Thursday, 12 noon – 8:00 p.m.Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.Closed Sundays and public holidays.For exhibition information, call 212.870.1630. Free admission.Lincoln Center: Celebrating 50 Years, the first exhibition to focus exclusively on the evolution and influence of America’s first performing arts center, will feature an extensive collection of historic and contemporary objects including photographs, ephemera, correspondence, costumes, set pieces, props and video recordings. From its inception in the mid 1950s, Lincoln Center has been a powerful symbol of New York’s core substance and style. Its scale, its architecture and urbanism, its concentration of talent culled from the realms of government, philanthropy, academia, architecture, art, and a broad spectrum of the performing arts, all powerfully embody main currents that run throughout New York City’s history and collective character. Lincoln Center: Celebrating 50 Years will show the complex and symbiotic relationship between Lincoln Center and New York City over the course of a half century and the key role Lincoln Center has played in New York’s development as an international cultural capital.
"Lenape: Ellis Island's First Inhabitants", Opening Ceremony (Museum Exhibit)
Time: 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Ellis Island Immigration Museum
On November 2, New York First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson will present a proclamation from Governor David A. Paterson to honor the native people of New York during the opening ceremony of Lenape: Ellis Island’s First Inhabitants at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. The includes six galleries housing a stunning collection of prehistoric artifacts, traditional crafts, ceremonial objects, antique books, maps, archival photographs, dioramas, and sculptures. This collection is brought to life with the oral histories of Lenape tribal members, both past and present. The November 2 opening ceremony will commence at 11 AM in the Ellis Island Immigration Museum Conference Room and will be open to the public.
Last Day of the Myrtle Avenue El: Photographs by Theresa King (Museum Exhibit)
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location: New York Transit Museum
At midnight on October 3rd, 1969 the last train on the Myrtle Avenue El departed Borough Hall. After eighty years of service the line would be demolished. Photographer Theresa King, who rode the train daily in her childhood, spent the day documenting the trains, stations, passengers and views from the elevated platform. Forty years later this photo essay, shot in a single day, provides a glimpse into the past and preserves a memory of growing up in Brooklyn.
Chelsea Opera presents Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors (Activities for Children & Families)
Time: 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: St. Peter's Church in Chelsea
Chelsea Opera presents Amahl and the Night Visitors in an “updated” version. Amahl, a disabled boy and his poor mother live in a one-room apartment. The “VIP” Night Visitors are here on a peace mission. When they enter the apartment, we wonder: are “real” or the result of Amahl’s inventive imagination. The story continues with contemporary references within the universal, age-old themes.
