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Saturday,
July 12, 2008
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Riverside
Park
Pier 1 @ 70th Street
New York, NY
7:40pm
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FREE
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Sunday,
July 6, 2008
Kingsborough
College
Performing Arts Center
Bandshell
Brooklyn, NY
7:30pm
FREE
For
directions and venue information, please visit:
Kingsborough
Hot Summer Nights.
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About
James Reams & The Barnstormers
Formed
in New York City in 1993, James Reams & The Barnstormers give
soulful, exciting performances of straight-up, no-nonsense
bluegrass. This is a thoroughly traditional band whose
original tunes, perfect three part harmonies, and well-selected
time honored pieces make little accommodations for modern
sounds. James Reams & The Barnstormers play with
an edgy, bluesy sound, yet keep well within the realms
of traditional music.
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McCollough
Sons of Thunder
Wednesday, February
20, 2008
7:30pm
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Baruch Performing Arts Center @
Baruch College
55 Lexington Ave.
(entrance on 25th Street between Lexington
and Third Avenues)
New York, NY
For tickets and program and venue
information, please visit:
www.bpactheatre.com
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About McCollough
Sons of Thunder
Led by NEA National Heritage Fellow, Elder
Edward Babb, McCollough Sons of Thunder is
the country’s premier “shout band.” Established
out of the United House of Prayer in Harlem, McCollough Sons
of Thunder bring the rich tradition of African-American gospel
music to a dynamic brass band ensemble featuring over eight
trombones and a tuba. As sought after performers, Elder
Babb and McCollough Sons of Thunder have taken the stage
of celebrated venues around the country including, most notably,
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Kennedy Center,
The New Orleans Jazz Fest, and have even held court at The
White House. Most recently, Elder Babb and the McCollough
Son’s integrated junior ensemble, the Madison Bumblebees,
took the stage with the legendary Aretha Franklin at the
50th Annual Grammy Awards®.
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Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
33rd Annual Dance Concert and Pow-Wow
Presented by Theater of the New City
February 8 – 17, 2008
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“Every year in the thick of winter, the East Village’s Theater for the New City fills with the aroma of burning sage, and the place that has been home to experimental theater artists like Judith Malina and Richard Foreman becomes immersed in tradition—Native American tradition. During February’s ten-day Thunderbird American Indian Concert and Pow-wow… dancers from 17 tribes take the stage in their regalia and, to the sound of a steady drumbeat, perform the elaborate, percussive footwork of their tribal dances.”– Time Out New York Kids
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Performance Dates: February 8-17, 2008
Performance Times: 8pm, 3pm matinees on Saturday and Sunday
Ticket prices: $10 for adults, $1 for children under 12 years- matinees only
Location: Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Sts) • New York, NY
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For detailed event information and directions, please visit the Theater for the New City’s website at: www.theaterforthenewcity.net.
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| Come
and experience the exhilarating and exciting music and dance
traditions of Mexico, Colombia and The Caribbean with showcasing
groups Ballet Fiesta Mexicana, La Cumbiamba eNeYé and
Retumba! |
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Teatro Heckscher of El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Ave. (at 104th St. on Museum Mile)
New York, NY
Time
Sunday, January 13, 2008 • 4:00pm
Cost
• $5 for general public
• FREE for all members of El Museo, Mano a Mano and
CTMD.
• FREE for all APAP Conference attendees with RSVP.
Directions
By Bus-Take the M1, M3, M4 northbound on Madison
Avenue or southbound on Fifth Avenue to 104th Street.
By Subway-Take the #6 Lexington Avenue Line to 103rd Street.
Walk one block north to 104th Street, then two blocks west
to Fifth Avenue.
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Center Out of Doors
HERITAGE SUNDAY
THE POWER OF MUSIC: SONGS OF LOVE AND STRUGGLE
Josie Robertson Plaza and South Plaza
Lincoln Center - New York, NY |
Sunday, August 12, 2007
3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
A FREE special event
co-produced by Center for Traditional Music and Dance and
Lincoln Center Out of Doors
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Abdoulaye Diabate
and Super Manden
Josie Robertson Plaza
3:30pm
Featured vocalist
Abdoulaye Diabate, dubbed the “African Troubadour”,
was raised in the heart of the jali (griot) tradition
in Mali. With his passionate voice and overflowing energy,
Diabate sings traditional West African tales that recount
history, genealogy and praise to patrons. Super Manden is
a collective of musicians and music educators from Mali
and Guinea based in New York City who are dedicated to the
performance and teaching of the Malinke oral tradition of
Central West Africa known as jaliya. Passed from
generation to generation of hereditary musicians and storytellers,
this tradition forms the basis of the larger Manden culture
of Central West Africa. Through concerts, educational workshops,
artist residencies, international student and teacher exchange
programs and documentary projects, Super Manden seeks to
increase understanding of this 800-year-old culture and
to encourage cross-cultural dialogue and creative development
for artists, as well as, audiences of all ages.
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Merita Halili
and the Raif Hyseni Orchestra
South Plaza
4:30pm
Merita Halili is one
of Albania’s top performers. Born in the capital city
of Tiranë, she grew up singing the lyric songs of her
native region of Central Albania and was among the first singers
in Albania to release her own recording. The repertoire for
which Merita is best known is that of the towns of Central
Albania, but she has also recorded newly composed songs, as
well as popular Turkish and Rom songs. Raif Hyseni, Merita’s
husband and principal accompanist, hails from Kosova, currently
a United Nations protectorate, with a large Albanian majority.
Before moving to Tiranë in 1992, Raif was a well known
radio and television performer in Prishtinë, the capital
of Kosova, where he was a member of Besnikët. Merita
and Raif immigrated to the United States in 1995, and now
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Viento de Agua
Josie Robertson Plaza
5:30pmViento de Agua is a
unique Latin band that performs bomba and plena,
the folkloric music of Puerto Rico rooted in the African musical
tradition. Led by master musician, Los Pleneros de la 21 band
member, and celebrated pandereta player, Hector “Tito”
Matos, Viento de Agua showcases a ground-breaking sound that
captures the rhythmic exuberance of salsa and the classic
soundscape of the Puerto Rican countryside. Viento de Agua
refers to a Puerto Rican phrase used to describe the damp,
humid air preceding a heavy rainstorm. The band’s sound
fuses traditional Afro-Puerto Rican rhythms with tropical
Caribbean rhythms to create a fresh and powerful style. The
result of this fusion is an explosive sound that seduces the
most skilled dancer and stimulates the most sophisticated
listener. |
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Roots and Global Rhythms Series
Kingsborough College
Brooklyn, NY |
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Saturday, July 14, 2007 • 5:00pm
From Harlem’s United House of Prayer comes the
country’s premier “shout” gospel band. The
McCollough Sons of Thunder bring the rich
tradition of African-American gospel music to their rousing
brass band ensemble and invariably bring crowds to their feet.
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Saturday, July 21, 2007 • 8:30pm
Led by master musician Hector “Tito” Matos,
Viento de Agua is a unique Latin dance band
that performs bomba and plena, the traditional
sounds of Puerto Rico. The band swings into motion with its
infusion of fiery rhythms and pulsating beats.
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Folk Art Museum
Presents
Ballet Fiesta Mexicana |
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Tuesday,
May 15, 2007 • 7:00pm
“"Thrilling from the get-go…Ranging
from folksy to primitive to political to spectacular, each
more stunningly costumed than the one before- the dances form
a mosaic of Mexican history."” –
Backstage NY
The American
Folk Art Museum is located at 45 West 53rd Street at
Sixth Avenue. To purchase tickets and for more information
about the event, please visit: www.folkartmuseum.org. |
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