April 2025 Grantee Events
Experience a wide range of art activities by supporting our Creative Engagement, Creative Learning, and UMEZ Arts Engagement grantees and their events this month.
The Trojan Women Project
Sur
March 29, 2025 – April 06, 2025
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 66 East 4th Street, New York, NY, 10003
Sur - Adapted from the short story by beloved science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin, Sur follows a 1909 expedition to the South Pole by a group of women driven by a passion to see Antarctica with their own eyes. The women travel in secret – theirs is a radical plan, considering the constraints placed by society and family. They travel by ship, set up camp on the ice, pull sledges, scale glaciers, and set out to reach the South Pole. What happens next, they promise never to tell. The story is presented as a report, a factual recounting of a journey. Could it have really happened? And if not, then why?
Find more information at https://www.lamama.org/sur/
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
24/6: A Jewish Theater Company
Telephone Plays 2025
March 31, 2025 – April 21, 2025
Telephone, Telephone, New York, NY, 10040
Come enjoy a short one-person, uplifting, and comedic play followed by a conversation with 24/6: A Jewish Theater Company's Artistic Director. During COVID, the effects of social isolation have been acutely felt by senior citizens and those who are housebound. In response, 24/6: A Jewish Theater Company has commissioned a diverse group of over 30 playwrights to write 10 minute plays which are performed live over the telephone to seniors and those who are housebound. Each Monday at noon a different play will be performed via DOROT's University Without Walls.
Find more information at https://twentyfoursix.weebly.com/
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Additional Location:
All performances via DOROT's University Without Walls telephone program. Free but registration is required. Mondays at noon: Monday March 31st, 2025 Monday April 7th, 2025 Monday April 21st, 2025
Michael Jacobsohn
Hidden Films Gems | "The Cornelia Street Cafe In Exile" feature documentary
April 05, 2025 – April 06, 2025
New Plaza Cinema, 35 W 67th St, New York, NY 10023
The Cornelia Street Café in Exile" A feature documentary by Michael Jacobsohn. I am proud to announce the premiere of my heartfelt documentary, "The Cornelia Street Café in Exile," a tribute to the legendary Cornelia Street Café and its 41-year legacy as an artistic haven in Greenwich Village. The film will debut at New Plaza Cinema on Saturday, April 5th at 5:00 PM, with a second screening on Sunday, April 6th at 2:30 PM. Purchase tickets at the cinema’s Coming Soon web page where you will find a listing of the film: https://newplazacinema.org/coming-soon/ and a link to purchase tickets.
Find more information at https://newplazacinema.org/coming-soon/
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Schedule of events:
Screenings on Saturday, April 5th at 5:00 PM and on Sunday, April 6th at 2:30 PM.
Decibel
Piano Jazz Series
April 08, 2025 at 07:00 PM – April 08, 2025 at 08:00 PM
Klavierhaus, 790 11th Avenue, New York, NY, 10019
Acclaimed jazz pianist Jim Ridl and his trio will perform at Klavierhaus on Tuesday, April 8. Supported by tenor saxophonist Tim Armacost and bassist Jay Anderson, you won’t want to miss this show!
Find more information at https://decibelpresents.com/event/piano-jazz-series-jim-ridl-4-2/
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Around The Block
Community Focused Theatre
April 13, 2025 at 05:00 PM – April 13, 2025 at 08:00 PM
Open Jar Studios, 1601 Broadway (48th Street entrance, west of Broadway) Studio 12L, New York, NY, 10019
Around The Block invites you to a staged reading Comfort Women by Tanya Ko-Hong Director: Debra Whitfield Ae-Kyung lives in isolation in Korea — bitter, closed-off, after surviving sexual exploitation during World War II. When her granddaughter Kelly arrives unannounced from L.A., will Ae-Kyung unlock the door--and also her heart--to her?
Find more information at https://www.aroundtheblock.org/
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Mallory Catlett
RAINBIRD
April 16, 2025 – April 20, 2025
Mabou Mines, 150 First Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, 10009
Rainbird is a new opera adaptation based on the novel Yellow Flowers in the Antipodean Room by the celebrated New Zealand author Janet Frame co-created by Composer Aaron Siegel and Librettist/Director Mallory Catlett. Co-Produced by Experiments in Opera, Restless NYC & Mabou Mines.
Find more information at https://www.maboumines.org/production/rainbird-world-premiere/
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Schedule of events:
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | 7:30 PM at Mabou Mines
Thursday, April 17, 2025 | 7:30 PM at Mabou Mines
Friday, April 18, 2025 | 7:30 PM at Mabou Mines
Saturday, April 19, 2025 | 7:30 PM at Mabou Mines
Sunday, April 20, 2025 | 2:00 PM at Mabou Mines
The Why Collective
MIXT: A Living Gallery
April 24, 2025 – April 25, 2025
The Red Door @ Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 51 Central Park West, New York, NY, 10023
Step into MIXT: A Living Gallery— The Why Collective's annual immersive experience, where artist and audience blur into one. This dynamic event transforms an empty space into a multi-sensory playground of LIVE music, dance, poetry, sound art, visual installations, and interactive elements, all woven together around a single theme. For this iteration of MIXT, we’re embarking on a collective exploration of loneliness and isolation, drawing inspiration from mythic heroines like Penelope and Persephone, and viewing the hero's journey through a femme lens. All installations in The Living Gallery consider the inner world of a person-in-waiting.
Find more information at https://buytickets.at/thewhycollective1/1643284
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Schedule of events:
4/24 and 4/25, 7:00-10:00 PM The|Red|Door @ Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (51 Central Park West)
Dietra Kelsey
Whose Side Are You On?
April 24, 2025 – April 27, 2025
Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center, 1680 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, 10029
"Whose Side Are You On?" is a musical fused with hip hop, gospel, and R&B. It's about Lamont, a 16 years old, standing at a crossroad of life. Should he connect with God or stay with the gang who avenged his father's murder - "Whose Side Are You On?"
Find more information at https://Kelsey.eventbrite.com
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Schedule of events:
4/24/25 - 7:30 PM at Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center
4/25/25 - 7:30 PM at Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center
4/26/25 - 3:00 PM at Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center
4/27/25 - 3:00 PM at Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center
InfraSound
Iconic
Apr 25, 2025 at 12:00AM – Apr 27, 2025 at 12:00AM
St. Malachy's The Actor's Chapel, 239 W 49th St, New York, New York, 10019
InfraSound presents Iconic, a concert series exploring myths, legends, and the fate of forgotten icons. Human stories are filled with icons—but what happens when they are cast aside? Featuring the world premiere of Iconic by Susan Botti, this performance brings these questions to life through dramatic musical storytelling and striking visuals, complemented by contemporary chamber music from Katherine Balch, Eva-Maria Houben, and Mario Diaz de Leon.
Find more information at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2025-iconic
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Schedule of events:
4/25/25 - 8 pm
4/26/25 - 8 pm
4/27/25 - 3 pm