BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//LMCC - ECPv6.16.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:LMCC X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://lmcc.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for LMCC REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240621T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240621T200000 DTSTAMP:20240514T174439Z CREATED:20240514T174439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T174439Z UID:10000084-1718996400-1719000000@lmcc.net SUMMARY:whale fall abyss – mayfield brooks DESCRIPTION:Accompanied by electronic cellist\, Dorothy Carlos\, and performer Camilo Restrepo \nJune 19-22\, 7pm\nTall Ship Wavertree\nat the South Street Seaport Museum\nFREE (Reservation Requested) \nAccessibility: Please note that visiting Wavertree includes climbing up a few stairs\, walking up an angled gangway\, and then down a few stairs onto the deck. Access to the lower decks is by stairs; access to the upper deck is by steep ladder-like stairs. This site is not wheelchair accessible. \nChoreographer mayfield brooks presents two works–whale fall abyss in the cargo hold of the Tall Ship Wavertree\, calling up ghosts and ancestors from the intersecting histories of whalers and slave ships and whale fall reckoning in the Upper Gallery of The Arts Center at Governors Island. Using found objects\, sound\, light\, movement and projection\, brooks conjures an abyssal underwater world that transforms the formerly munitions storage warehouse into an imagined site of the decomposed whale. \nBoth presentations are a culmination of brooks’ project Whale Fall\, originally commissioned by Abrons Arts Center and virtually premiered as an experimental dance film in 2021 during the height of the Covid-19 epidemic. When Whale Fall (the film) premiered brooks wrote\, “This project was born out of a desire to sit with grief and rage in a world that discards too much and consumes too much. As a result\, the bodies of whales and the bodies of Black folk seem to have a kinship in how they have been both targeted\, hunted and consumed since the transatlantic slave trade. I have also come to know that some slave ships were used as whaling vessels.” In this present moment of continued environmental destruction caused by war and accelerated global warming\, brooks is asking\, “What light reaches us? What darkness welcomes the reckoning?” \nAfter four years of rigorous research and numerous iterations\, brooks’s ever evolving project Whale Fall continues to decompose itself. This iteration lives as a call to the wild parts of ourselves\, a denouement to complacent attitudes towards death and decay. How are we entangled in the ruse of romance with our compulsion to consume and our dependence on war machines? Why do we continue to kill? How can the whale fall reorient us to face our own mortality with more compassion? brooks considers the whale fall as a reckoning. They imagine their ancestor’s bones mingling with whale bones beckoning us to embrace interspecies care and relation beyond the human. Perhaps we can save the whales\, ourselves\, and the planet if we simply decompose. \nPerformers: mayfield brooks\, performer; Dorothy Carlos\, electric cellist; Camilo Restrepo\, performer \nmayfield brooks is part of LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nPresented in partnership with the South Street Seaport Museum. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/whale-fall-abyss-mayfield-brooks/2024-06-21/ LOCATION:Tall Ship Wavertree at the South Street Seaport Museum CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mayfieldbrooks_5_CherylynnTsushima_051-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240620T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240620T223000 DTSTAMP:20240514T175220Z CREATED:20240514T175220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T175220Z UID:10000087-1718913600-1718922600@lmcc.net SUMMARY:THICK WAKE – Leslie Cuyjet DESCRIPTION:June 20-22\, 8-10:30pm\nBlack Gotham Experience\nFREE\, Drop-In \nLeslie Cuyjet examines systemic barriers for Black access to swimming amidst her own upbringing with swim lessons and competitions\, in a new video installation. Layered projections of a silhouetted swimmer mimic the comfort of being submerged and ask audiences to reflect\, witness and consider place\, history and privilege. \nPerformer: Leslie Cuyjet\nVideo Design: Matthew Deinhart\nVideographer: Richard Martin\nAdministration: Leslie Cuyjet\, Inc. \nLeslie Cuyjet is part of LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Leslie Cuyjet is presented as part of the 2024 River to River Festival\, with the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. \nTHICK WAVE is supported by Black Gotham Experience. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/thick-wake-leslie-cuyjet/2024-06-20/ LOCATION:Black Gotham Experience CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LeslieCuyjet_3_Kyle-Knodell_1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240620T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240620T210000 DTSTAMP:20240514T174853Z CREATED:20240514T174853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T174853Z UID:10000086-1718913600-1718917200@lmcc.net SUMMARY:Tremor – Samita Sinha DESCRIPTION:June 20\, 8pm\nFederal Hall\nFREE (Reservation Requested) \nAccessibility: Federal Hall National Memorial is fully accessible to wheelchair users. Ramp access is available through the rear entrance at 15 Pine Street. An elevator provides access to the upper and lower levels of the building. \nThis special iteration of Samita Sinha’s Tremor is performed in duet with Cecilia Vicuña. Presented in the resonant space of Federal Hall\, Sinha and Vicuña infuse their vibrations and lineages into the dense history and monumentality of the site\, opening other ways of sensing\, knowing\, being\, and being together. Their vocalizations are spatialized live by sound designer Daniel Neumann\, within a visual design by architect Sunil Bald. \nTremor is an emergent and iterative performance and practice. Tremor was co-commissioned by Western Front and Danspace Project\, and has been presented at MCA Chicago. Collaborators in previous iterations include Ash Fure\, Okwui Okpokwasili\, Sunder Ganglani\, Darrell Jones\, James Proudfoot\, and Sarai Frazier. Their contributions have shaped what Tremor is and how it now grows. \nPerformers: Samita Sinha and Cecilia Vicuña\nVisual Design: Sunil Bald\nSound Design: Daniel Neumann \nSamita Sinha is part of LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nPresented in partnership with the National Parks Service. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/tremor-samita-sinha/ LOCATION:Federal Hall CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SamitaSinha_3_RachelKeane_-13-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240620T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240620T200000 DTSTAMP:20240514T174439Z CREATED:20240514T174439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T174439Z UID:10000083-1718910000-1718913600@lmcc.net SUMMARY:whale fall abyss – mayfield brooks DESCRIPTION:Accompanied by electronic cellist\, Dorothy Carlos\, and performer Camilo Restrepo \nJune 19-22\, 7pm\nTall Ship Wavertree\nat the South Street Seaport Museum\nFREE (Reservation Requested) \nAccessibility: Please note that visiting Wavertree includes climbing up a few stairs\, walking up an angled gangway\, and then down a few stairs onto the deck. Access to the lower decks is by stairs; access to the upper deck is by steep ladder-like stairs. This site is not wheelchair accessible. \nChoreographer mayfield brooks presents two works–whale fall abyss in the cargo hold of the Tall Ship Wavertree\, calling up ghosts and ancestors from the intersecting histories of whalers and slave ships and whale fall reckoning in the Upper Gallery of The Arts Center at Governors Island. Using found objects\, sound\, light\, movement and projection\, brooks conjures an abyssal underwater world that transforms the formerly munitions storage warehouse into an imagined site of the decomposed whale. \nBoth presentations are a culmination of brooks’ project Whale Fall\, originally commissioned by Abrons Arts Center and virtually premiered as an experimental dance film in 2021 during the height of the Covid-19 epidemic. When Whale Fall (the film) premiered brooks wrote\, “This project was born out of a desire to sit with grief and rage in a world that discards too much and consumes too much. As a result\, the bodies of whales and the bodies of Black folk seem to have a kinship in how they have been both targeted\, hunted and consumed since the transatlantic slave trade. I have also come to know that some slave ships were used as whaling vessels.” In this present moment of continued environmental destruction caused by war and accelerated global warming\, brooks is asking\, “What light reaches us? What darkness welcomes the reckoning?” \nAfter four years of rigorous research and numerous iterations\, brooks’s ever evolving project Whale Fall continues to decompose itself. This iteration lives as a call to the wild parts of ourselves\, a denouement to complacent attitudes towards death and decay. How are we entangled in the ruse of romance with our compulsion to consume and our dependence on war machines? Why do we continue to kill? How can the whale fall reorient us to face our own mortality with more compassion? brooks considers the whale fall as a reckoning. They imagine their ancestor’s bones mingling with whale bones beckoning us to embrace interspecies care and relation beyond the human. Perhaps we can save the whales\, ourselves\, and the planet if we simply decompose. \nPerformers: mayfield brooks\, performer; Dorothy Carlos\, electric cellist; Camilo Restrepo\, performer \nmayfield brooks is part of LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nPresented in partnership with the South Street Seaport Museum. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/whale-fall-abyss-mayfield-brooks/2024-06-20/ LOCATION:Tall Ship Wavertree at the South Street Seaport Museum CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mayfieldbrooks_5_CherylynnTsushima_051-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240619T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240619T200000 DTSTAMP:20240514T174439Z CREATED:20240514T174439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T174439Z UID:10000082-1718823600-1718827200@lmcc.net SUMMARY:whale fall abyss – mayfield brooks DESCRIPTION:Accompanied by electronic cellist\, Dorothy Carlos\, and performer Camilo Restrepo \nJune 19-22\, 7pm\nTall Ship Wavertree\nat the South Street Seaport Museum\nFREE (Reservation Requested) \nAccessibility: Please note that visiting Wavertree includes climbing up a few stairs\, walking up an angled gangway\, and then down a few stairs onto the deck. Access to the lower decks is by stairs; access to the upper deck is by steep ladder-like stairs. This site is not wheelchair accessible. \nChoreographer mayfield brooks presents two works–whale fall abyss in the cargo hold of the Tall Ship Wavertree\, calling up ghosts and ancestors from the intersecting histories of whalers and slave ships and whale fall reckoning in the Upper Gallery of The Arts Center at Governors Island. Using found objects\, sound\, light\, movement and projection\, brooks conjures an abyssal underwater world that transforms the formerly munitions storage warehouse into an imagined site of the decomposed whale. \nBoth presentations are a culmination of brooks’ project Whale Fall\, originally commissioned by Abrons Arts Center and virtually premiered as an experimental dance film in 2021 during the height of the Covid-19 epidemic. When Whale Fall (the film) premiered brooks wrote\, “This project was born out of a desire to sit with grief and rage in a world that discards too much and consumes too much. As a result\, the bodies of whales and the bodies of Black folk seem to have a kinship in how they have been both targeted\, hunted and consumed since the transatlantic slave trade. I have also come to know that some slave ships were used as whaling vessels.” In this present moment of continued environmental destruction caused by war and accelerated global warming\, brooks is asking\, “What light reaches us? What darkness welcomes the reckoning?” \nAfter four years of rigorous research and numerous iterations\, brooks’s ever evolving project Whale Fall continues to decompose itself. This iteration lives as a call to the wild parts of ourselves\, a denouement to complacent attitudes towards death and decay. How are we entangled in the ruse of romance with our compulsion to consume and our dependence on war machines? Why do we continue to kill? How can the whale fall reorient us to face our own mortality with more compassion? brooks considers the whale fall as a reckoning. They imagine their ancestor’s bones mingling with whale bones beckoning us to embrace interspecies care and relation beyond the human. Perhaps we can save the whales\, ourselves\, and the planet if we simply decompose. \nPerformers: mayfield brooks\, performer; Dorothy Carlos\, electric cellist; Camilo Restrepo\, performer \nmayfield brooks is part of LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nPresented in partnership with the South Street Seaport Museum. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/whale-fall-abyss-mayfield-brooks/2024-06-19/ LOCATION:Tall Ship Wavertree at the South Street Seaport Museum CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mayfieldbrooks_5_CherylynnTsushima_051-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240616T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240616T190000 DTSTAMP:20240514T172825Z CREATED:20240514T172825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T172825Z UID:10000080-1718560800-1718564400@lmcc.net SUMMARY:South Cove Song – John P. Hastings DESCRIPTION:June 16\, 4pm & 6pm\nSouth Cove\, Battery Park City\nFREE\, Drop-In \nSouth Cove Song is a site-specific music performance\, featuring a brass ensemble\, centered on the past(s)\, present(s)\, and future(s) of Lower Manhattan. The human interaction with the natural landscape and the built environment is questioned\, reframed\, and reassembled through sonic interventions in South Cove Park. \nPerformers: John P. Hastings; Aaron Meicht\, Music Director & Trumpet; 12-Piece Ensemble\, TILT Brass \nPresented in partnership with partnership with Battery Park City Authority. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/south-cove-song-john-p-hastings/2024-06-16/2/ LOCATION:South Cove\, Battery Park City CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Forest-Song-3-Hunter-Canning-photo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240616T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240616T170000 DTSTAMP:20240514T172825Z CREATED:20240514T172825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T172825Z UID:10000079-1718553600-1718557200@lmcc.net SUMMARY:South Cove Song – John P. Hastings DESCRIPTION:June 16\, 4pm & 6pm\nSouth Cove\, Battery Park City\nFREE\, Drop-In \nSouth Cove Song is a site-specific music performance\, featuring a brass ensemble\, centered on the past(s)\, present(s)\, and future(s) of Lower Manhattan. The human interaction with the natural landscape and the built environment is questioned\, reframed\, and reassembled through sonic interventions in South Cove Park. \nPerformers: John P. Hastings; Aaron Meicht\, Music Director & Trumpet; 12-Piece Ensemble\, TILT Brass \nPresented in partnership with partnership with Battery Park City Authority. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/south-cove-song-john-p-hastings/2024-06-16/1/ LOCATION:South Cove\, Battery Park City CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Forest-Song-3-Hunter-Canning-photo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240616T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240616T170000 DTSTAMP:20240514T171210Z CREATED:20240514T171210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T171210Z UID:10000077-1718539200-1718557200@lmcc.net SUMMARY:LMCC's Workspace Open Studios DESCRIPTION:Workspace 2023-24 Residency Cohort\nJune 15 & 16\, 12-5pm\n101 Greenwich Street\nFREE (RSVP Requested)\nDrop-Ins welcome and encouraged \nAccessibility: The building entrance is ADA/wheelchair accessible. Visitors would access the building by coming in from the Trinity Street side and enter the building by badging into the swing doors (not the revolving doors). A ramp is located near the corner of Rector and Trinity. \nOpen Studios offers a glimpse into the creative process and artistic development of LMCC’s Workspace artists-in-residence. Members of the public are invited into the studios of 11 multidisciplinary artists to learn about their practices and experience a wide range of artistic works in progress\, from theater based work to sculpture\, painting\, film\, photography\, and more. Held at the culmination of this nine-months program\, guests can engage in conversation with artists in their studios and experience live performances (readings\, screenings\, workshops and more). Daily event schedule to come! \nCurrent Workspace 2023-24 Artists-in-Residence: Francheska Alcántara\, Blanka Amezkua\, Lucas Baisch\, Elvira Clayton\, Francisco Donoso\, SaraNoa Mark\, Miriam Simun\, Corinne Spencer\, Alex Strada\, Cici Wu\, and Jessica Lagunas (On-Site Assistant\, Workspace ’22-23). \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! \nClick here to learn more about the Workspace residency program and our 2023-24 Artists-in-Residence. URL:https://lmcc.net/events/lmccs-workspace-open-studios-2/2024-06-16/ LOCATION:Workspace Studios at 101 Greenwich Street\, 2 Rector Street\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WorkspaceOpenStudios_2_JulietaCervantes_rr23_OpenStudios_Workspace_24.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240615T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240615T200000 DTSTAMP:20240514T173708Z CREATED:20240514T173708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T173708Z UID:10000081-1718478000-1718481600@lmcc.net SUMMARY:whale fall reckoning – mayfield brooks DESCRIPTION:Accompanied by electronic cellist\, Dorothy Carlos\, and performer Camilo Restrepo \nInstallation Activation\nJune 15\, 7pm\nThe Arts Center at Governors Island\, Upper Gallery\nFREE (Reservation Requested) \nInstallation\nJune 15\, 2-9pm\nJune 16\, 21 & 23\, 12-5pm\nJune 22\, 12-9pm\nThe Arts Center at Governors Island\, Upper Gallery\nFREE\, Drop-In \nAccessibility: The Upper Gallery can be accessed by elevator via the lower cafe space or stairs. All ferries to Governors Island are wheelchair accessible. Further accessibility information can be found here. \nChoreographer mayfield brooks presents two works–whale fall abyss in the cargo hold of the Tall Ship Wavertree\, calling up ghosts and ancestors from the intersecting histories of whalers and slave ships and whale fall reckoning in the Upper Gallery of The Arts Center at Governors Island. Using found objects\, sound\, light\, movement and projection\, brooks conjures an abyssal underwater world that transforms the formerly munitions storage warehouse into an imagined site of the decomposed whale. \nBoth presentations are a culmination of brooks’ project Whale Fall\, originally commissioned by Abrons Arts Center and virtually premiered as an experimental dance film in 2021 during the height of the Covid-19 epidemic. When Whale Fall (the film) premiered brooks wrote\, “This project was born out of a desire to sit with grief and rage in a world that discards too much and consumes too much. As a result\, the bodies of whales and the bodies of Black folk seem to have a kinship in how they have been both targeted\, hunted and consumed since the transatlantic slave trade. I have also come to know that some slave ships were used as whaling vessels.” In this present moment of continued environmental destruction caused by war and accelerated global warming\, brooks is asking\, “What light reaches us? What darkness welcomes the reckoning?” \nAfter four years of rigorous research and numerous iterations\, brooks’s ever evolving project Whale Fall continues to decompose itself. This iteration lives as a call to the wild parts of ourselves\, a denouement to complacent attitudes towards death and decay. How are we entangled in the ruse of romance with our compulsion to consume and our dependence on war machines? Why do we continue to kill? How can the whale fall reorient us to face our own mortality with more compassion? brooks considers the whale fall as a reckoning. They imagine their ancestor’s bones mingling with whale bones beckoning us to embrace interspecies care and relation beyond the human. Perhaps we can save the whales\, ourselves\, and the planet if we simply decompose. \nPerformers mayfield brooks\, performer; Dorothy Carlos\, electric cellist; Camilo Restrepo\, performer \nPlease note Installation contents involve loud sounds and video containing moments of nudity. \nmayfield brooks is part of LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/whale-fall-reckoning-mayfield-brooks/ LOCATION:The Arts Center at Governors Island\, 110 Andes Road\, New York\, NY\, 10004\, United States CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mayfieldbrooks_12_Robbie-Sweeny_small.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240615T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240615T190000 DTSTAMP:20240528T160732Z CREATED:20240514T171941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T160732Z UID:10000078-1718470800-1718478000@lmcc.net SUMMARY:Love for New York’s Waterways: Stories from the Stoop Organized in partnership with Billion Oyster Project DESCRIPTION:June 15\, 2-5pm\nNolan Park\, Governors Island\nRain location: The Arts Center at Governors Island\, Studio A4\nFREE\, Drop-In \nAccessibility: All Governors Island ferries and the grounds of the island\, are wheelchair accessible. Additional accessibility information is available on the Trust for Governors Island website. \nInspired by the often overlooked experiences of African-American maritime workers – Love for NY’s Waterways: Stories from the Stoop is a Moth-style storytelling and open mic event that celebrates the legacy of the African-American water stewards of New York. \nThe Stoop Stories event aims to celebrate Juneteenth\, while raising awareness about the Billion Oyster Project and highlighting the rich history of New York’s waterfront. Stoop Stories revolves around the intertwining narratives of the New York waterfront\, environmental activism\, cultural heritage\, and personal experiences. Through the diverse perspectives of our storytellers\, we aim to weave together a tapestry of stories that illuminate the past\, present\, and future of our city’s maritime landscape\, celebrating its resilience and diversity. We ground this event in the experiences and perspectives of individuals of color and indigenous water stewards but welcome everyone to share stories about their relationship to NY waterways. \nThrough the power of storytelling\, we seek to encourage more people to explore the maritime industry and view New York Harbor as a shared recreational space\, fostering a sense of community and connection to our ‘commons.’ \nPresented in partnership with Billion Oyster Project. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/love-for-new-yorks-waterways-stories-from-the-stoop-organized-in-partnership-with-billion-oyster-project/ LOCATION:Nolan Park\, Governors Island CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hydroids-may-2023-02197.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240615T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240615T170000 DTSTAMP:20240514T171210Z CREATED:20240514T171210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T171210Z UID:10000076-1718452800-1718470800@lmcc.net SUMMARY:LMCC's Workspace Open Studios DESCRIPTION:Workspace 2023-24 Residency Cohort\nJune 15 & 16\, 12-5pm\n101 Greenwich Street\nFREE (RSVP Requested)\nDrop-Ins welcome and encouraged \nAccessibility: The building entrance is ADA/wheelchair accessible. Visitors would access the building by coming in from the Trinity Street side and enter the building by badging into the swing doors (not the revolving doors). A ramp is located near the corner of Rector and Trinity. \nOpen Studios offers a glimpse into the creative process and artistic development of LMCC’s Workspace artists-in-residence. Members of the public are invited into the studios of 11 multidisciplinary artists to learn about their practices and experience a wide range of artistic works in progress\, from theater based work to sculpture\, painting\, film\, photography\, and more. Held at the culmination of this nine-months program\, guests can engage in conversation with artists in their studios and experience live performances (readings\, screenings\, workshops and more). Daily event schedule to come! \nCurrent Workspace 2023-24 Artists-in-Residence: Francheska Alcántara\, Blanka Amezkua\, Lucas Baisch\, Elvira Clayton\, Francisco Donoso\, SaraNoa Mark\, Miriam Simun\, Corinne Spencer\, Alex Strada\, Cici Wu\, and Jessica Lagunas (On-Site Assistant\, Workspace ’22-23). \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! \nClick here to learn more about the Workspace residency program and our 2023-24 Artists-in-Residence. URL:https://lmcc.net/events/lmccs-workspace-open-studios-2/2024-06-15/ LOCATION:Workspace Studios at 101 Greenwich Street\, 2 Rector Street\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WorkspaceOpenStudios_2_JulietaCervantes_rr23_OpenStudios_Workspace_24.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240614T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240614T200000 DTSTAMP:20240514T170053Z CREATED:20240514T160258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T170053Z UID:10000074-1718391600-1718395200@lmcc.net SUMMARY:lil BLK – NIC Kay DESCRIPTION:June 13\, 7pm\nThe Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center\nFREE (Reservation Requested) \nAccessibility: The Center is wheelchair accessible via a ramp on the front end of the building and the performance is located in a ground floor space. \nJune 14\, 7:30pm\nThe Monster Bar\nFREE (Reservation Requested)\nNote: This performance is 21+. \nAccessibility: Please note that The Monster Bar is not wheelchair accessible and the audience will have to navigate a narrow stairway to the lower level. \nlil BLK invites you into a deeply personal exploration of Black and queer identity through the lens of NIC Kay’s lived experiences. This live experimental solo performance delves into moments of pain\, loss\, and the quest for healing. Set against the backdrop of a twenty-year shift in public attitude toward the LGBTQ community\, everchanging queer cultures\, and the evolving and reimagined landscape of the dancefloor–NIC Kay’s narrative unfolds with raw honesty and vulnerability\, inviting reflection and connection with the audience. Prepare to be immersed in a journey that is equal parts intimate\, thought-provoking\, and deeply human. \nEmbark on a journey with lil BLK’24! This River to River presentation of NIC Kay’s first solo work will be a reimagined version of lil BLK\, which debuted at Links Hall in Chicago in 2015. Trace lil BLK’s path from the prestigious 2018 American Realness Festival at Abrons Arts Center\, New York\, to its feature in the OTV’s (opentv) Bronx Cunt Tour\, and captivating performances at AfroPunk Atlanta 2016\, Creating Change Conference 2016\, Buddies in Bad Times\, Dixon Place\, and beyond. Engage with the captivating narrative using #lilBLK. \n“Profoundly personal and heart-achingly familiar.” – Maura NGUYỄN Donohue\, culturebot \n“To be unmoved by Kay’s work is to fail to understand not only its relevance to current events\, but the power\, significance and breath it provides a swelling push for Black\, trans and queer freedom.” – Benji Hart\, radical faggot \nPerformer & Designer: NIC Kay \nNIC Kay is an artist-in-residence with LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nPresented in partnership with The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center) and The Monster Bar. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/lil-blk-nic-kay-2/ LOCATION:The Monster Bar\, 80 Grove Street\, New York\, 10014\, United States CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NICKay_Photo2_JuneCanedo-de-Souza_small.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240614T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240614T180000 DTSTAMP:20240514T170724Z CREATED:20240514T170724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T170724Z UID:10000075-1718380800-1718388000@lmcc.net SUMMARY:PlaceHolder – Kayla Hamilton and Kate Speer DESCRIPTION:Installation\nJune 15\, 2-7pm\nJune 16\, 21-23\, 12-5pm\nThe Arts Center at Governors Island\, Cafe\nFREE\, Drop-In \n\nInstallation Activation\nJune 14\, 4pm\nThe Arts Center at Governors Island\, Cafe\nFREE\, Drop-In \nAccessibility: The Arts Center Cafe and all ferries to Governors Island are wheelchair accessible. Further accessibility and health & safety information can be found here. \nKayla Hamilton and Kate Speer share an installation in dialogue with their performance project PlaceHolder–a collaboratively made experience that exposes how perception actualizes and strips identities. The installation will take up the themes of the performance project\, which asks guests to consider the ways they meet\, engage and “see” others. The installation draws attention to perception and perspective and the frequent disconnect between how we want to be perceived and how outside forces (people\, society\, strangers) impact perception. \nPerformers: Kayla Hamilton\, Instigator & Performer; Kate Speer\, Instigator & Performer; Azure Osborne-Lee\, Audio Describer & Performer; Tess Dworman\, Audio Describer & Performer\nDesigner: Sammie Amachree\nAdministration: Ellen Chenoweth\nDramaturg: Stephanie Acosta \nWith thanks to: Nicole J. Caruth\, Louise Martorano\, Crystal U. Davis\, Jesse Phillips Fein\, Simone Browne\, Molly Roy\, and everyone who has participated in showings and shared feedback on the experience. \nKayla Hamilton is an artist-in-residence with LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/placeholder-kayla-hamilton-and-kate-speer/ LOCATION:The Arts Center at Governors Island\, 110 Andes Road\, New York\, NY\, 10004\, United States CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/KaylaHamiltonandKateSpeer_3_Jonathan-Hsu-edited-by-Kate-Speer_Placeholder.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T200000 DTSTAMP:20240514T160058Z CREATED:20240514T160058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T160058Z UID:10000073-1718305200-1718308800@lmcc.net SUMMARY:lil BLK – NIC Kay DESCRIPTION:June 13\, 7pm\nThe Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center\nFREE (Reservation Requested) \nAccessibility: The Center is wheelchair accessible via a ramp on the front end of the building and the performance is located in a ground floor space. \nJune 14\, 7:30pm\nThe Monster Bar\nFREE (Reservation Requested)\nNote: This performance is 21+. \nAccessibility: Please note that The Monster Bar is not wheelchair accessible and the audience will have to navigate a narrow stairway to the lower level. \nlil BLK invites you into a deeply personal exploration of Black and queer identity through the lens of NIC Kay’s lived experiences. This live experimental solo performance delves into moments of pain\, loss\, and the quest for healing. Set against the backdrop of a twenty-year shift in public attitude toward the LGBTQ community\, everchanging queer cultures\, and the evolving and reimagined landscape of the dancefloor–NIC Kay’s narrative unfolds with raw honesty and vulnerability\, inviting reflection and connection with the audience. Prepare to be immersed in a journey that is equal parts intimate\, thought-provoking\, and deeply human. \nEmbark on a journey with lil BLK’24! This River to River presentation of NIC Kay’s first solo work will be a reimagined version of lil BLK\, which debuted at Links Hall in Chicago in 2015. Trace lil BLK’s path from the prestigious 2018 American Realness Festival at Abrons Arts Center\, New York\, to its feature in the OTV’s (opentv) Bronx Cunt Tour\, and captivating performances at AfroPunk Atlanta 2016\, Creating Change Conference 2016\, Buddies in Bad Times\, Dixon Place\, and beyond. Engage with the captivating narrative using #lilBLK. \n“Profoundly personal and heart-achingly familiar.” – Maura NGUYỄN Donohue\, culturebot \n“To be unmoved by Kay’s work is to fail to understand not only its relevance to current events\, but the power\, significance and breath it provides a swelling push for Black\, trans and queer freedom.” – Benji Hart\, radical faggot \nPerformer & Designer: NIC Kay \nNIC Kay is an artist-in-residence with LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nPresented in partnership with The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center) and The Monster Bar. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/lil-blk-nic-kay/ LOCATION:The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center\, 208 W 13th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NICKay_Photo2_JuneCanedo-de-Souza_small.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240609T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240609T200000 DTSTAMP:20240508T174211Z CREATED:20240506T181538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240508T174211Z UID:10000070-1717956000-1717963200@lmcc.net SUMMARY:The (chrysalis) Archives – jaamil olawale kosoko DESCRIPTION:Installation Activation\nJune 9\, 6pm\nExhibition\nJune 7-9\, 12-5pm\nJune 14 & 16\, 12-5pm\nJune 15\, 2-7pm\nJune 21-23\, 12-5pm\nThe Arts Center at Governors Island\, Lower Gallery \nAccessibility: The Lower Gallery is ground floor and fully wheelchair accessible. \nMultidisciplinary artist jaamil olawale kosoko presents an exhibition incorporating video installation\, photographic imagery\, sculpture\, and performance in the Lower Gallery at The Arts Center at Governors Island as part of their evolving visual performance practice that combines Black and queer theoretical\, literary and spiritual lineages with biographical and bodily knowledge. The exhibition will incorporate past works including the film Chameleon (A Visual Album)\, three-channel video and installation Syllabus for Black Love\, as well as photo and documentation of past performances. The multi-media installation will include a performance activation titled (chrysalis: activation 1)—a hybrid media performance work that integrates sculpture\, moving image\, original poetry\, and emergent choreographic strategies prompted by the audience. The work examines concepts of metamorphosis\, intergenerational knowledge\, blood memory\, negative space\, and the environmental grief that lingers in the aftermath of the living gesture. \nPerformers: jaamil olawale kosoko\, Black Maij\, Everett-Asis Saunders\nPerformance Doula: Song Tucker\nLighting Design: LD DeArmon\nCreative Producer: Michelle Daly \njaamil olawale kosoko is an artist-in-residence with LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/the-chrysalis-archives-jaamil-olawale-kosoko/2024-06-09/ LOCATION:The Arts Center at Governors Island\, 110 Andes Road\, New York\, NY\, 10004\, United States CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jaamilolawalekosoko_Photo2_CourtesyoftheArtist.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240609T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240609T180000 DTSTAMP:20240514T204938Z CREATED:20240508T175856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T204938Z UID:10000072-1717952400-1717956000@lmcc.net SUMMARY:Fallacies – Nattie Trogdon + Hollis Bartlett DESCRIPTION:Performance\nJune 8-9\, 7pm\nRockefeller Park\nFREE\, Drop-In \nWorkshop\nJune 9\, 5pm\nRockefeller Park\nFREE\, Drop-In \nFallacies blurs the lines between original source and personal interpretation\, constructing dance from a dancer’s perspective. Distorting referential choreography to reveal new patterns and physical possibilities\, the piece materializes as a Rorschach test of dance. When the movement is stripped down\, what do you see? By rendering movement through the lens of its performers\, Fallacies makes invisible embodied histories visible. \nIn addition to performances June 8 and 9\, audiences are invited to join a workshop with Nattie Trogdon + Hollis Bartlett at 5pm on Sunday\, June 9 to learn movement from Fallacies\, gaining insight into the piece’s various original sources before seeing the performance that evening. \nChoreography: Nattie Trogdon + Hollis Bartlett in collaboration with the performers \nPresented in partnership with Battery Park City Authority. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/fallacies-nattie-trogdon-hollis-bartlett/2024-06-09/ LOCATION:Rockefeller Park\, Battery Park City CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Nattie-Trogdon-Hollis-Bartlett_4_Whitney.Browne_1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T200000 DTSTAMP:20240514T204938Z CREATED:20240508T175856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T204938Z UID:10000071-1717873200-1717876800@lmcc.net SUMMARY:Fallacies – Nattie Trogdon + Hollis Bartlett DESCRIPTION:Performance\nJune 8-9\, 7pm\nRockefeller Park\nFREE\, Drop-In \nWorkshop\nJune 9\, 5pm\nRockefeller Park\nFREE\, Drop-In \nFallacies blurs the lines between original source and personal interpretation\, constructing dance from a dancer’s perspective. Distorting referential choreography to reveal new patterns and physical possibilities\, the piece materializes as a Rorschach test of dance. When the movement is stripped down\, what do you see? By rendering movement through the lens of its performers\, Fallacies makes invisible embodied histories visible. \nIn addition to performances June 8 and 9\, audiences are invited to join a workshop with Nattie Trogdon + Hollis Bartlett at 5pm on Sunday\, June 9 to learn movement from Fallacies\, gaining insight into the piece’s various original sources before seeing the performance that evening. \nChoreography: Nattie Trogdon + Hollis Bartlett in collaboration with the performers \nPresented in partnership with Battery Park City Authority. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/fallacies-nattie-trogdon-hollis-bartlett/2024-06-08/ LOCATION:Rockefeller Park\, Battery Park City CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Nattie-Trogdon-Hollis-Bartlett_4_Whitney.Browne_1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T170000 DTSTAMP:20240508T172928Z CREATED:20240508T172259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240508T172928Z UID:10000069-1717862400-1717866000@lmcc.net SUMMARY:Whole body in my ear – Jesi Cook DESCRIPTION:June 8\, 1pm & 4pm\nThe Arts Center at Governors Island\, Upper Gallery\nFREE (Reservation Requested) \nAccessibility: The Upper Gallery can be accessed by elevator via the lower cafe space or stairs. \nWhole body in my ear is a performance in which sound and body emerge as one fluid and dynamic textural form. The work sees performers splice and patch text\, movement\, and sound scores in creating new languages and porous realities. This endurance-based auditory fantasy pushes toward dissonance\, using it as a means to explore and amplify otherness. The scores build\, heighten\, and erode an ouroboric circuit—with patterns repeating\, leaking\, and breaking apart throughout a shifting sculptural landscape. \nPerformers: Jesi Cook\, Ayano Elson\, Amelia Heintzelman\, Mina Nishimura\nLive Sound Mixing: Jeff Aaron Bryant\nLighting Design: Daniele Sarti \nJesi Cook is an artist-in-residence with LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/whole-body-in-my-ear-jesi-cook/2024-06-08/2/ LOCATION:The Arts Center at Governors Island\, 110 Andes Road\, New York\, NY\, 10004\, United States CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/4_credit_-Daniele-Sarti-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T140000 DTSTAMP:20240508T172928Z CREATED:20240508T172259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240508T172928Z UID:10000068-1717851600-1717855200@lmcc.net SUMMARY:Whole body in my ear – Jesi Cook DESCRIPTION:June 8\, 1pm & 4pm\nThe Arts Center at Governors Island\, Upper Gallery\nFREE (Reservation Requested) \nAccessibility: The Upper Gallery can be accessed by elevator via the lower cafe space or stairs. \nWhole body in my ear is a performance in which sound and body emerge as one fluid and dynamic textural form. The work sees performers splice and patch text\, movement\, and sound scores in creating new languages and porous realities. This endurance-based auditory fantasy pushes toward dissonance\, using it as a means to explore and amplify otherness. The scores build\, heighten\, and erode an ouroboric circuit—with patterns repeating\, leaking\, and breaking apart throughout a shifting sculptural landscape. \nPerformers: Jesi Cook\, Ayano Elson\, Amelia Heintzelman\, Mina Nishimura\nLive Sound Mixing: Jeff Aaron Bryant\nLighting Design: Daniele Sarti \nJesi Cook is an artist-in-residence with LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/whole-body-in-my-ear-jesi-cook/2024-06-08/1/ LOCATION:The Arts Center at Governors Island\, 110 Andes Road\, New York\, NY\, 10004\, United States CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/4_credit_-Daniele-Sarti-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T180000 DTSTAMP:20240508T172844Z CREATED:20240430T192726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240508T172844Z UID:10000064-1717779600-1717783200@lmcc.net SUMMARY:THE POWER OF THE BOUNCE - Miguel Gutierrez DESCRIPTION:June 7\, 5pm\nRain Date: June 8\, 1pm\n28 Liberty Street\nFREE\, Drop-In\nParticipants are encouraged to wear fun and celebratory clothing. Get ready to dance! \nAccessibility: This performance will be accessible via a wide staircase and ramp from Pine Street to the south of the Plaza. \nMiguel Gutierrez presents an interactive\, high-energy dance performance complete with group choreography\, aerobics\, and costumes. Come in costume and learn the famous “Aerobicon” dance that Miguel created to Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon” in 2000. Way before TikTok\, this dance was a viral hit in the early days of YouTube that was then recreated by people all over the world in duos\, small groups\, and giant crowds. Miguel will revive this dance and create a powerful public spectacle reminiscent of the cardiovascularly challenging and spiritually charged but now defunct DEEP AEROBICS technique that he taught and disseminated for ten years. This participatory spectacle questions how we keep moving amidst the chaos of everyday life exuberant joy\, and systemic injustice. \n“Aerobicon” was originally created in collaboration with performer Howie Rigberg. It is performed to Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon.” Miguel Gutierrez is an artist-in-residence with LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/the-power-of-the-bounce-miguel-gutierrez/ LOCATION:28 Liberty CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Miguel-Gutierrez_3_InesSebalj_DEEP_Gothenburg_5.2014_005-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T170000 DTSTAMP:20240508T174211Z CREATED:20240506T181538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240508T174211Z UID:10000066-1717761600-1717779600@lmcc.net SUMMARY:The (chrysalis) Archives – jaamil olawale kosoko DESCRIPTION:Installation Activation\nJune 9\, 6pm\nExhibition\nJune 7-9\, 12-5pm\nJune 14 & 16\, 12-5pm\nJune 15\, 2-7pm\nJune 21-23\, 12-5pm\nThe Arts Center at Governors Island\, Lower Gallery \nAccessibility: The Lower Gallery is ground floor and fully wheelchair accessible. \nMultidisciplinary artist jaamil olawale kosoko presents an exhibition incorporating video installation\, photographic imagery\, sculpture\, and performance in the Lower Gallery at The Arts Center at Governors Island as part of their evolving visual performance practice that combines Black and queer theoretical\, literary and spiritual lineages with biographical and bodily knowledge. The exhibition will incorporate past works including the film Chameleon (A Visual Album)\, three-channel video and installation Syllabus for Black Love\, as well as photo and documentation of past performances. The multi-media installation will include a performance activation titled (chrysalis: activation 1)—a hybrid media performance work that integrates sculpture\, moving image\, original poetry\, and emergent choreographic strategies prompted by the audience. The work examines concepts of metamorphosis\, intergenerational knowledge\, blood memory\, negative space\, and the environmental grief that lingers in the aftermath of the living gesture. \nPerformers: jaamil olawale kosoko\, Black Maij\, Everett-Asis Saunders\nPerformance Doula: Song Tucker\nLighting Design: LD DeArmon\nCreative Producer: Michelle Daly \njaamil olawale kosoko is an artist-in-residence with LMCC’s Extended Life Dance Development Program supported\, in part\, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nAll River To River Festival events tickets go live on May 21! \nLearn more here! URL:https://lmcc.net/events/the-chrysalis-archives-jaamil-olawale-kosoko/2024-06-07/ LOCATION:The Arts Center at Governors Island\, 110 Andes Road\, New York\, NY\, 10004\, United States CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jaamilolawalekosoko_Photo2_CourtesyoftheArtist.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230619T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230619T180000 DTSTAMP:20230619T162024Z CREATED:20230605T175909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230619T162024Z UID:10000029-1687194000-1687197600@lmcc.net SUMMARY:River To River 2023 Closing Concert — Natu Camara DESCRIPTION:River To River Closing Concert\nNatu Camara \nJune 19\, 5:30pm – 6:30pm\nRockefeller Park\, Battery Park City \nAll events in the River To River Festival are free and all are welcome \nRSVP Here! \n–\n“Get your comfortable shoes ON my New Yorkers\, we are going to sing and dance together by the river!” – Natu Camara \nFor the closing concert of LMCC’s River To River Festival\, and in celebration of Juneteenth with Battery Park City Authority\, Guinean musician and activist Natu Camara will bring her vibrant band to Rockefeller Park and share songs from her new album. Her uplifting message is wrapped in a blend of afro-rock and soul that will inspire you to get up on your feet and dance. \nManagement: Team Natuwenta Productions\nPerformers: Natu Camara and Band\nOutfit designer and makeup artist: Cariam Fashion \nPresented in Partnership with Battery Park City Authority \n–\nNATU CAMARA is one of the country’s brightest musical stars and a committed activist for the empowerment and education of young women and children in West Africa. Originally hailing from Guinea\, Camara\, now based in NYC\, is a builder of bridges socially and culturally. Creating musical compositions that are powerfully constructed to bridge the global gap and bring people together\, Camara weaves a beautiful tapestry of musical stories and visions of her beloved home. URL:https://lmcc.net/events/river-to-river-2023-closing-concert-natu-camara/ LOCATION:Rockefeller Park\, Battery Park City CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Natu-camara-by-Brad-Bowie.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T170000 DTSTAMP:20230605T173407Z CREATED:20230605T173407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230605T173407Z UID:10000023-1687017600-1687021200@lmcc.net SUMMARY:Rabitah: Poetry in the Park DESCRIPTION:al Qalam: Poetry in the Park\nfeaturing New York Arabic Orchestra\nWASHINGTON STREET HISTORICAL SOCIETY \nJune 17\, 4 – 5pm\nThe Battery Labyrinth\nFDR\, Battery Pl \nAll events in the River To River Festival are free and all are welcome \nRSVP Here! \n–\nal Qalam: Poets in the Park will be performed by three musicians from the New York Arabic Orchestra who will collaborate with two reciters\, Hani Bawardi and Rita Elojail Zihenni\, to celebrate the literary contributions of the early Arabic-speaking community in Lower Manhattan. Predominantly Syrian and Lebanese\, these early writers formed a literary association called al Rabitah al Qalamiyah (the Pen Bond)\, among whose founders was famed author\, poet and artist Kahlil Gibran. The musicians will integrate their classical Arabic music with the poetry readings\, using traditional musical instruments. \nPresented in partnership with Washington Street Historical Society and The Battery Conservancy. \n–\nNEW YORK ARABIC ORCHESTRA has transformed Arabic music education in New York City and impacted thousands of students and concert-goers since 2007. The NYAO has swept the world with powerful performances and workshops\, from Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors\, Damrosch Park and Detroit Symphony Hall\, to Festival Musicas Do Mundo in Portugal and Taipei Silk Road Music Conference in Taiwan. Through concerts and classes\, the NYAO watched countless non-natives transform their lives toward the pursuit of Arabic music; and thousands of Arab-Americans\, inspired to revive the music of their upbringing and youth\, become forever changed by the experience of Arabic music. URL:https://lmcc.net/events/rabitah-poetry-in-the-park/ LOCATION:The Battery Labyrinth CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/musician_Insia-Malik.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T180000 DTSTAMP:20230605T175528Z CREATED:20230605T175528Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230605T175528Z UID:10000028-1687003200-1687024800@lmcc.net SUMMARY:LMCC’s Workspace Open Studios DESCRIPTION:LMCC’s Workspace Open Studios \nJune 17\, 12pm – 6pm\n101 Greenwich St.\nRSVPs Recommended \nAll events in the River To River Festival are free and all are welcome \nRSVP Here! \n–\nOpen Studios offers a glimpse into the creative process and artistic development of LMCC’s Workspace artists-in-residence. Members of the public are invited into the studios for the first time at the culmination of this nine-month program housed in donated office space transformed into artist studios on the 12th floor of 101 Greenwich. This is a unique opportunity to engage in conversation with our 11 multidisciplinary artists in their studios. Learn about their practices and experience a wide range of artistic work in progress\, from movement and theater based performance\, to fiction writing\, sculpture\, painting\, film\, poetry and more. \nThe Residency culminates in the Workspace Open Studios as part of the River To River Festival in Lower Manhattan. URL:https://lmcc.net/events/lmccs-workspace-open-studios/ LOCATION:Workspace Studios at 101 Greenwich Street\, 2 Rector Street\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/acgi22_TakeCareSeries_August2022_WhitneyBrowne_20-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230616T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230616T200000 DTSTAMP:20230605T174417Z CREATED:20230605T174417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230605T174417Z UID:10000026-1686942000-1686945600@lmcc.net SUMMARY:duel c — Andros Zins-Browne DESCRIPTION:duel c\nAndros Zins-Browne \nJune 16\, 7pm – 8pm\nOutlook Hill\, Governors Island \nAll events in the River To River Festival are free and all are welcome \nRSVP Here! \n–\nduel c is a performance where care and violence commingle\, stirring toward undoing. A dance of entanglement\, duel c inhabits an illogic of sentience and perpetual movement\, where agreement and disagreement\, with and against\, solidarity and solitary\, harmony and dissonance are free to assume each other’s properties. \nduel c is a movement piece in response to Charles Gaines’ Moving Chains\, a public art sculpture presented by Governors Island Arts\, Creative Time\, and Time Square Arts on Governors Island. \nCreated and Performed with Ley Gambucci \nDramaturgy by Anna Lublina \nPresented in partnership with Governors Island Arts and Creative Time. \nSupported by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. \n–\nANDROS ZINS-BROWNE (b. 1981\, New York City) is an artist working at the intersection of performance and dance. His work employs choreographic notions in interaction with dancers\, non-dancers\, singers\, objects\, and texts. Central to these pursuits is the exploration of the body as a site of exchange between embodied images and somatic experience. His works include Already Unmade—an unmaking of his own dance archive— at the ICA\, London; The Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York; the Rockbund Art Museum\, Shanghai; and Fondation Galeries Lafayette\, Paris. In collaboration with Karthik Pandian\, Atlas Unlimited\, a series of exhibitions weaving sculpture and vocal performance was featured at the PERFORMA19 Performance Biennial. Other works of his have been commissioned by KADIST Foundation\, The Museum of Modern Art\, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam\, the 10th Berlin Biennial and the Hammer Museum. Zins-Browne is the recipient of grants and awards from the Goethe Institute\, the Flemish Cultural Ministry\, New York State Council for the Arts\, and the Graham Foundation. He is currently artist in residence at Danspace Project New York. URL:https://lmcc.net/events/duel-c-andros-zins-browne/ LOCATION:Outlook Hill\, Governors Island CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_2196-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230616T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230616T170000 DTSTAMP:20230605T175209Z CREATED:20230605T175136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230605T175209Z UID:10000027-1686931200-1686934800@lmcc.net SUMMARY:Talk to Me About Water Amelia — Winger-Bearskin DESCRIPTION:Talk to Me About Water\nAmelia Winger-Bearskin \nJune 16\, 4pm – 4:45pm\nLower Gallery\, The Arts Center at Governors Island\n110 Andes Road \nAll events in the River To River Festival are free and all are welcome \nRSVP Here! \n–\nTalk to Me About Water is an immersive music experience to expand conversations about global water issues. Participants include a group of artists\, science storytellers\, water scientists\, artificial intelligence researchers\, data scientists\, and musicians who create immersive experiences at events open to the general public. \nCollaborators include Nour Batyne\, Devin Ronneberg\, Martha Bearskin\, and Eamon O’Connor. \n–\nAMELIA WINGER-BEARSKIN is a Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Chair and Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence and the Arts\, at the Digital Worlds Institute at the University of Florida. She is also the founder of the AI Climate Justice Lab\, the Talk To Me About Water Collective\, and the Stupid Hackathon. URL:https://lmcc.net/events/talk-to-me-about-water-amelia-winger-bearskin/ LOCATION:Lower Gallery\, The Arts Center at Governors Island 110 Andes Road CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/talktomeaboutwater.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T210000 DTSTAMP:20230605T174112Z CREATED:20230605T174112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230605T174112Z UID:10000025-1686859200-1686862800@lmcc.net SUMMARY:CEREMONIA — Antonio Ramos and The Gangbangers DESCRIPTION:CEREMONIA\nAntonio Ramos and The Gangbangers \nJune 15\, 8pm – 9pm\nLa Plaza\, The Clemente\nDoors open at 7:45pm \nAll events in the River To River Festival are free and all are welcome \nRSVP Here! \n–\nThe Gangbangers blossom and wilt in a dance-theatre performance conceived by Antonio Ramos. In a mixed-tape Latino extravaganza of cultural misappropriation and reappropriation\, Ramos calls on his ancestors and carries the audience on a journey to the bottom of the ocean and back again. This piece is a ceremony. \nPerformers include Paul Hamilton\, Saúl Ulerio\, Sarah White-Ayón\, Rebecca Wender\, Trevor Hansen\, Adele Loux-Turner\, and Molly Lieber. \nVideo art: Alex Romania\nCostume Designer: Claire Fleury \nPresented in partnership with The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center. \nSupported by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. \n–\nANTONIO RAMOS is an award-winning dancer\, choreographer\, and certified bodywork practitioner. He is the Artistic Director of Antonio Ramos and the Gangbangers. His work focuses on emotional and social themes as they manifest through his identity as a queer\, HIV+ artist\, and Puerto Rican artist who was born on the island. He takes this subject matter\, full of darkness and difficulty\, and creates joyous\, celebratory choreography that harnesses the beauty in life while confronting the audience with challenging themes such as sexuality\, the body\, and histories of colonization. Ramos holds a B.F.A. in Dance from SUNY Purchase. URL:https://lmcc.net/events/ceremonia-antonio-ramos-and-the-gangbangers/ LOCATION:La Plaza\, The Clemente CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/main-image-ceremonia.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230612T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230612T200000 DTSTAMP:20230605T173825Z CREATED:20230605T173656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230605T173825Z UID:10000024-1686596400-1686600000@lmcc.net SUMMARY:Zero Station — Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith DESCRIPTION:Zero Station\nMolly Lieber and Eleanor Smith\n\nJune 12\, 7:30pm – 8:30pm\nFlamboyan Theater\, The Clemente\nRSVPs recommended \nAll events in the River To River Festival are free and all are welcome \nRSVP Here! \n–\nZero Station works out shame\, citing a felt understanding as part of the experience of abjection. Confronting hypersexualization as the limp white feminine byproduct of capitalism\, we present movements derived from pregnancy\, lactation\, mental illness\, physical illness\, surgery\, and aging\, and then segment\, otherize\, and disappear these forms in trash. Through trauma we are greatly affected\, and our capacity to be affected\, to understand how we may affect one another\, is heightened. Within this gained fluidity is potential to think beyond ourselves. \nChoreography and Performance by Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith. \nPresented in partnership with The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center. \nSupported by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. \n–\nMolly Lieber & Eleanor Smith have collaborated somatically since 2006 to create feminist statements that strive to break down heteropatriarchal racism and sexism through abstract dances that denounce the hypersexualization of the white ciswoman and speak out through her. Our non-hierarchical methodology processes content by filtering information between us; feelings are recognized and recreated physically through energetic transference and psychoanalytically through communication and mirroring. Practices of reciprocal recognition combat shame\, reverse the subordinating impact of rape\, and work in conjunction with comrade feminist scholars and artists to disarm neoliberal capitalism’s upholding of the race and gender binary system. Our 7 collaborations premiered in NYC where we are committed to building sustainability for artists and directly serving marginalized families through lactation work\, reproductive justice\, and somatic improvisation workshops. URL:https://lmcc.net/events/zero-station-molly-lieber-and-eleanor-smith/ LOCATION:Flamboyan Theater\, The Clemente CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ME_Gloria_NYLA_Baranova-8348-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230611 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230618 DTSTAMP:20230605T173055Z CREATED:20230605T172922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230605T173055Z UID:10000022-1686441600-1687046399@lmcc.net SUMMARY:Little Syria\, New York: Walking Tours of Washington Street DESCRIPTION:Little Syria\, New York: Walking Tours of Washington Street\nWASHINGTON STREET HISTORICAL SOCIETY \nJune 11\, 13\, 15 Tours: 11am – 12pm\nJune 17 Tour: 3pm – 4pm\nJune 17 Event: 4pm – 5pm (see al Qalam: Poetry in the Park)\nMeeting Place: Washington Street and Battery Place (Park-side)\nRSVPs required \nAll events in the River To River Festival are free and all are welcome \nRSVP Here! \n–\nOne of the best-kept secrets of early New York is the presence of the first Arabic-speaking community in the United States\, located on Washington Street on the Lower West Side of Manhattan\, first settled in 1880. Almost no buildings remain on Washington Street from the nineteenth century. Linda Jacobs\, a scholar and historian will give in-person tours of the early Manhattan Syrian/Lebanese colony illustrated with stories\, historical photos\, and places of significance to the early Syrian colony. \nThe last three remaining buildings\, including the façade of St. George’s Melkite Church\, will conclude three of the tours. The fourth tour\, on June 17th\, will terminate in The Battery Labyrinth with a poetry recitation and performance of Arabic music celebrating the writers and poets of the colony. \nShould you want to take the tour but cannot attend during the group walking tour hours\, you can Beta-test the new app that walks you through Little Syria. \n\nDigging in\nStrangers in the West\nStrangers No More\, Syrians in the United States\, 1880-1900\nPresented in partnership with Washington Street Historical Society and The Battery Conservancy. \n–\nLINDA K. JACOBS\, PhD\, is an independent scholar\, is a historian of the early Lebanese/Syrian diaspora in the United States. She is the author of two books on the topic: Strangers in the West: The Syrian Colony of New York City\, 1880-1900 (KalimahPress 2015) and Strangers No More: Syrians in the United States\, 1880-1900 (KalimahPress 2019). A revised edition of Strangers in the West will appeared in 2023\, and her third book\, a collection of themed chapters about the earliest Syrian immigrants\, will also appear in 2023. URL:https://lmcc.net/events/little-syria-new-york-walking-tours-of-washington-street/ LOCATION:Washington Street and Battery Place CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/25-27-Washington-Moss001.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230619 DTSTAMP:20230605T170909Z CREATED:20230605T170801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230605T170909Z UID:10000021-1686355200-1687132799@lmcc.net SUMMARY:Archive Barchive – AUNTS DESCRIPTION:Archive Barchive\nAUNTS \nJune 10 – 18\, program of events at various times\nStudio A4\, The Arts Center at Governors Island \nAll events in the River To River Festival are free and all are welcome \nRSVP Here! \n–\nRiver to River Events hosted at the AUNTS BARCHIVE include special guest artist bartenders\, mini performances\, talks and gatherings. \nSat.6.10 4 – 7 pm OPENING A night of Toasts\, Hosted by Stephanie Acosta\nSun.6.11 2 – 5 pm SOUND at AUNTS\, Hosted by Rena Anakwe\nTues.6.13 4 – 7 pm MESSES at AUNTS\, Hosted by Cara Francis\nThurs. 6.15 4 – 7 pm WRITING & GLOSSARY at AUNTS\, Hosted by Mariana Valencia\nFri.6.16 4 – 7 pm ROVING at AUNTS\, Hosted by Leyya Mona Tawil\nSat 6.17 4 – 7 pm REFLECTIONS from the Personal Archive\, Hosted by jess pretty\nSun. 6.18 2 – 5 pm AUNTIE-INSTITUTIONAL\, Hosted by Travis Chamberlain \nAdditional Public Hours as part of The Arts Center at Governors Island. \nFri 6.23 4 – 7 pm\nSat 6.24 4 – 7 pm\nSun 6.25 2 – 5 pm \n–\nThe AUNTS Archive is a public facing community-centered hub for the collection\, organization\, and creation of an archive for AUNTS\, a raucous\, roving platform for dance and performance since 2005 based on the core values of inclusivity\, collectivity\, and resource sharing. \nPast AUNTS artists\, organizers and new visitors participate in the archive by contributing materials\, images\, oral histories\, or by witnessing. Collectively assembling an archive at our triangular sports bar – modeled after Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party – the BARCHIVE at LMCC’s Art Center at Governors Island will be open throughout June where visitors can visit the bar to view and participate in the archive-in-process. Look at photos and videos from past events\, attend live performances\, talks\, and joining your AUNTIES for a drink. \nCollaborators include Stephanie Acosta\, Biba Bell\, Laurie Berg\, past AUNTS artists + organizers\, public institutions that hosted AUNTS from 2005-present \nSupported by Van Cleef & Arpels and the National Endowment for the Arts URL:https://lmcc.net/events/archive-barchive-aunts/ CATEGORIES:River To River Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lmcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/AUNTSchive_websiteCoverPic.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR