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Arts and Crafts Festival 2009

Jackie Bukowski — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:32:38 +0000

Sept. 12 & 13 11 am -5 pm

The Annual Arts and Crafts Festival Saturday will include a children’s crafts workshop at 11 am, and Director Morna Martell with the Dramatune theater company returns at 1 pm to reprise the “play within play” from this season’s “Mini Midsummer’s Nights Dream.”

The Sunday program features Greg Lorenz in a song recital with a Lute player and piano from 1-2 pm. The Vivian Sansom Reading series at 2 pm will again feature writers from our local New York City community. Howard Pflanzer, Victoria Sullivan, Rosalie Calabrese and other writers will be featured, and we have a new story from the Sansom archives!

There will be a reception for the artists and writers at 4 pm and Steven Jacobson and with the New York String Orchestra will serenade us between 4:30-5:30 pm.

There will be a Book Sale both days.

Mini-Midsummer’s Night Dream Opens 6 pm Saturday July 18

Jackie Bukowski — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:11:44 +0000

Sun July 19, Sat/Sun through Sin. Aug 9 at 5 pm
(All performances are at 5 pm, except the opening which is at 6 pm)
This year’s free Shakespeare festival for children welcomes back a reprise of last year’s successful run of a “Mini-Midsummer’s Nights Dream” adapted from William Shakespeare and directed by Morna Martell, with music by Ralph Martell.
Although this is billed as a children’s show, it is enjoyed by folks of all ages. All children attending are invited to join Puck’s merry Band during the performances to help cast a wider spell.
The professionally mounted production features Sarah Bolger returning as Puck, joined by Ellen Boyce as Helena, Carl Fortunato as Duke Theseus, Francesca Fortunato as Titania, John Paul Harkins as Oberon, Alex Harper as Snug and the Lion, Zelda Knapp as Bernla, the unforgettable Barry Leibman as Flute/Thisbe, and David Lutzer will again don his Donkey head to play Bottom./Pyramis, Charlie MacAndrew plays Snout/ the Wall, Randi Sobol Raiti/Quince, Dan Wuerdeman, the Starvling/Moon, and Brian Gerard Murray appears as Demetrius.
All performances are free, and will be presented in our Floral Amphitheater by the 89th Street entrance.
Garden Book Sales Sundays 2-4:30 pm,
Stop by early and browse the books. Priced to sell , hard cover books from $1 to $2, and paperbacks ( always better on the train) are just 50 cents, or three for a dollar .

Consort of Viols – June 28, 5 PM

Matthew Rohn — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:29:00 +0000

Next up in our free summer concert series at the West Side Community Garden this Sunday is a family program by The New York Consort of Viols, featuring soprano Kristin Gould with appearances by Green Man and Shlumpy the Clown.

Note the slightly earlier time for this weekend’s concert, 5 PM.

In the event of rain, the concert will be relocated to the Stephen Gaynor School, 148 West 90th Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues, just down the block from the garden.

Our remaining schedule:

JUNE 28 New York Consort of Viols – Renaissance music, with a children’s slant, 5 pm

JULY 5 Geoff Burke – Bebop alto sax master and friends, 6 pm

JULY 12 Sweet Plantain – Classical Latin String Quartet that is tight and skillful, 6 pm

JULY 19 Community Sing-Along – Jackie Bukowski and her Met Opera friends lead us all in song, 6:30 pm

Andre O’Neil – Photos!

Matthew Rohn — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:16:43 +0000

If you missed last week’s concert, here are some photos:

Andre O’Neil plays J.S. Bach in the Garden – June 21

Matthew Rohn — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:32:27 +0000

Our free “Music in a Garden” summer concert series continues this Saturday, June 21 at 6 PM.

Andre O’Neil will play J.S. Bach’s Suites for Unaccompanied Cello #3 and #6 on an authentic baroque instrument. Please join us for what promises to be a special evening.

As always, all our concerts are free and open to the public. The remaining schedule is as follows:

JUNE 21 Andre O’Neil – plays 2 Bach Unaccompanied Suites on Baroque Cello, 6 pm

JUNE 28 New York Consort of Viols – Renaissance music, with a children’s slant, 5 pm

JULY 5 Geoff Burke – Bebop alto sax master and friends, 6 pm

JULY 12 Sweet Plantain – Classical Latin String Quartet that is tight and skillful, 6 pm

JULY 19 Community Sing-Along – Jackie Bukowski and her Met Opera friends lead us all in song, 6:30 pm

Music in a Garden – Summer 2009

Randa Kirshbaum — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:54:12 +0000

This summer’s concert series, “Music in a Garden,” will feature some old and new faces. As usual, the concerts are free and open to the public. All performances will take place in our 89th Street amphitheater, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues. Cool soft drinks will be sold.

Here is the tentative schedule:

SUNDAYS AT 6 PM

June 14 Bill Saxton Quintet (Jazz)

June 21 Andre O’Neil (Bach Cello Suites)

June 28 New York Consort of Viols (Renaissance)

- - - (Viols at 5 pm)

July 5 Geoff Burke Quartet (Jazz)

July 12 Sweet Plantain Quartet (Classical Latin)

July 19 Community Sing-Along

Arts & Crafts 2003 Photos

Judith Rohn — Sat, 20 Sep 2003 09:52:25 +0000

Arts & Crafts 2003

Judith Rohn — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:20:36 +0000