FREE CONCERT with conductor Sam Ross As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, Tilikum Chamber Orchestra presents Made in America: America at 250—a musical journey through America, featuring American-born composers and composers inspired by its sounds, sights, and culture. The program opens with Aaron Copland’s iconic "Fanfare for the Common Man" and Joan Tower’s […]
This September, the Stairwell Gallery will come alive with Susan Schenk’s captivating mixed‑media artworks, where forgotten atlas pages are reborn as sculptural, nature‑inspired forms. A self‑confessed cartophile, Schenk rescues maps left behind in a GPS world and transforms them into intricate, elevated compositions that deliberately obscure familiar details and reward close, curious looking. Come to […]
This September, the Stairwell Gallery will come alive with Susan Schenk’s captivating mixed‑media artworks, where forgotten atlas pages are reborn as sculptural, nature‑inspired forms. A self‑confessed cartophile, Schenk rescues maps left behind in a GPS world and transforms them into intricate, elevated compositions that deliberately obscure familiar details and reward close, curious looking. Come to […]
Written in 1936, this light-hearted comedy has relevance for today in addressing the main theme of finding one’s own way in today’s complex society, while lightly viewing such topics as distrust of government, domestic terrorism and fear of foreign conflicts. “Grandpa” Vanderhof (Robert Lovitz) once worked in the competitive business world. One day, he realized […]
Stairwell Gallery: Polly Zagone’s Textiles Month of October, all open hours This October, the Stairwell Gallery will showcase the richly textured textile works of Polly Zagone, a self-taught artist whose lifelong devotion to stitching, fabric, and handcrafted detail transforms everyday materials into vibrant, dimensional art. Drawing on decades of experience as a cabinetmaker, woodworker, and […]
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding in Harlem is full of sharp, funny and talented women who make their clients look and feel “nice-nice.” One sweltering summer day, Jaja’s daughter Marie runs the salon while her mother readies for a green-card wedding. As Marie manages laugh-out-loud drama in the shop, unexpected news unites the stylists and clients, […]
