Arts, Briefly: Teaching an Old Building New Vibes
First Talking Heads; now a singing building. That was the prospect for the former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne on Monday, when state officials disclosed plans for him to transform a landmark Lower Manhattan building into a huge musical instrument, The Associated Press reported. The officials said Mr. Byrne?s ?Playing the Building? installation, in the Battery Maritime Building, would use devices attached to ceiling beams, plumbing, electrical conduits and other structural elements to produce sound through vibration. The temporary installation and a new waiting room for ferry passengers are to open this month in the 1909 Beaux Arts structure. Mr. Byrne, 55, (above, in situ) is now a solo musician and visual artist.
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 03:36:07 GMT
Source: NY Times
Arts, Briefly: Free Entertainment
Free folk music will return to Governors Island this summer, beginning with a performance by Janis Ian on July 5. The second annual Folks on the Island: A Folk Music Festival on Governors Island will run for five Saturdays, ending Aug. 2. Other performers include Slaid Cleaves (July 12), Bearfoot (July 19), Eric Bibb (July 26) and Ronny Cox. Free ferry service to the island will leave from the Battery Maritime Building every hour on the hour beginning at 10 a.m. The concerts, at Colonel?s Row, begin at 1:30 p.m. Information: folksontheisland.com. ... Free performances of Shakespeare?s ?Cymbeline? will be offered by New York Classic Theater at 7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday from May 29 to June 22 inside Central Park at West 103rd Street. Scenes in these ?Shakespeare on the Run? performances, using footbridges, trees, rocks and benches as scenery, move from place to place in the park. Information: (212) 252-4531 or newyorkclassical.org.
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 03:36:50 GMT
Source: NY Times
Music Review: Modernizing a Baroque French Opera
A new production of the rarely staged work,?David et Jonathas,? directed by Timothy Nelson, the 28-year-old founder of the American Opera Theater, brought David and Jonathan out of the closet, interpreting their relationship as a modern audience would.
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 03:33:39 GMT
Source: NY Times
Music Review: Ensemble With a Mind of Its Own
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's fortunes have risen and fallen several times, but judging from its concert at Zankel Hall on Sunday, it is on the upswing.
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 03:42:06 GMT
Source: NY Times
An NBC Goodbye for Leno After ?Tonight??
Ben Silverman, the co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, acknowledged that the changing late-night landscape at the network would probably mean that Jay Leno would leave it.
Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 03:38:16 GMT
Source: NY Times
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