CULTURAL EVENTS in NYC – March 2013

Inventing Abstraction, 1910–1925 – through 4/15

“In 1912, in several European cities, a handful of artists—Vasily Kandinsky, Frantisek Kupka, Francis Picabia, and Robert Delaunay—presented the first abstract pictures to the public.” 

Museum of Modern Art, NYC

< www.MoMA.org >

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Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity – through 5/27

This exhibition “presents a revealing look at the role of fashion in the works of the Impressionists and their contemporaries.  Some eighty major figure paintings, seen in concert with period costumes, accessories, fashion plates, photographs, and popular prints, highlight the vital relationship between fashion and art during the pivotal years, from the mid-1860s to the mid-1880s, when Paris emerged as the style capital of the world.” 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

< www.MetMuseum.org >

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The Allman Brothers Band – 3/5 – 3/17

Live weekend performances

Beacon Theatre, NYC

< www.TheGarden.com >

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Algerian Film Festival – 3/7 – 3/12

various locations at NY University

Greenwich Village, NYC

< http://africanastudies.as.nyu.edu/object/IAAA-AlgerianFilmFest.html >

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Al Jarreau – 3/10

Tarrytown Music Hall, NYS

< www.tarrytownmusichall.org >

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Ailey II – 3/13 – 3/24

live modern dance performances

Ailey Citigroup Theater, NYC

< www.alvinailey.org >

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Totem – 3/14 – 4/21

Cirque du Soleil

Citifield, Queens, NYC

< www.cirquedusoleil.com >

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Dr. John and Allen Toussaint – 3/16

The Town Hall, NYC

< http://the-townhall-nyc.org >

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Pink -- 3/22   

live concert

Madison Square Garden, NYC

< www.TheGarden.com >

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Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – 3/27

with Richard Thompson Electric Trio

Beacon Theatre, NYC

< www.TheGarden.com >

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Aretha Franklin – 3/30

NJPAC, Newark, NJ

< www.NJPAC.org >

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