Experience a wide range of art activities by supporting our Creative Engagement, Creative Learning and UMEZ Arts Engagement grantees and their events this month.

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Andrea Arroyo
Goddesses at the Palace (Formerly “Goddesses and SHeroes”)
June 29, 2023- July 10, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Grand Foyer, United Palace, 4140 Broadway at 175th St, New York, NY 10033

Andrea Arroyo’s site-specific installation transforms the Grand Foyer of the United Palace with a series of large-scale scrolls integrated with the unique architecture and decorative features of the historic theatre. The images, painted and hand-cut on the scrolls, are inspired by stories of real and imagined “goddesses,” the Sheroes, warriors, and leaders of yesterday, today and tomorrow, impacting communities at the local and global levels.

Find more information at www.andreaarroyo.com

Grant Program: Creative Engagement & UMEZ Arts Engagement

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Kevin Clark / Soluq Dance
Open Source
Tuesdays June 25th – July 27th, 2023, at 6:30 PM (except July 4th, which is switched to July 5th)
Arts on Site studio 3F, 12 St. Marks Place, NY, 10003

Join Kevin and the dance artists of Soluq Dance to explore the expressive potential of the body, find your groove, and learn to improvise in a group setting with other dancers! Open Source offers a deep, somatic, joyful, and groovy look into your dancing body through a guided class, and is followed by an open improvisation jam to explore the concepts we explored in class and to find your inner voice. Perfect for seasoned dancers and those new to dance alike.

Find more information at Join Kevin and the dance artists of Soluq Dance to explore the expressive potential of the body, find your groove, and learn to improvise in a group setting with other dancers! Open Source offers a deep, somatic, joyful, and groovy look into your dancing body through a guided class, and is followed by an open improvisation jam to explore the concepts we explored in class and to find your inner voice. Perfect for seasoned dancers and those new to dance alike.

Grant Program: Creative Learning

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24/6: A Jewish Theater Company
TELEPHONE PLAYS 2023
Monday’s 3 – July 31, 2023 at 12 PM
Telephone

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 16 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: Great Engagement & UMEZ Arts Engagement

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MS Opera Productions Inc
The Festival of Chinese Opera Opera 2020 – The Legend of Butterfly Shadow
Saturday, July 8th, 2023 at 1:00 PM
62 Mott Street

The 2023 New York Chinese Theater Festival will feature a special performance of the classic Cantonese opera “The Story of the Butterfly Shadow” by Tang Di Sheng and Ren Bai. The show will be staged at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (62 Mott Street) on July 8th. The performance will star renowned Hong Kong actress Liu Huiming, New York opera star Liao Mo Chou, and other top performers such as Chen Shaosheng, Yu Feng, Jing Xiaosheng, Lei Guodian, and Yan Wushuang. The Story of the Butterfly Shadow tells the story of the talented poet Zhao Ruzhou and the famous courtesan Xie Suqiu, who developed a deep emotional connection through exchanging poems. The plot is fascinating and gripping, depicting the fate and struggles of women in feudal society.

For inquiries and ticket purchases, please call 212-842-4849. The box office is located at 53 Mott Street, White House Winery.

Find more information at https://m.facebook.com/louisa.leo/

Grant Program: Creative Engagement

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Re-Entry Theater of Harlem
Re-Entry Theater of Harlem
Saturday, July 15, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Mt. Zion AME Church, 1765 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029

Reentry Theater of Harlem (RTH) is an independent nonprofit program developed, by and for people who have lived experience in the U.S. penal system. Our mission is to empower and support people in safe and creative spaces as they make the difficult transition from prison back to society and become positive contributors to their families and communities. RTH utilizes art, rituals, and theatrical rites of passage to help individuals address and overcome the shame, stigma, and trauma of incarceration. RTH culminates in a theatrical performance that represent a threshold crossing that is transformative for the participants, and healing for their families and for the wider community.

Find more information at http://www.Reentrytheaterofharlem.org

Grant Program: UMEZ Arts Engagement

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Keep Rising to the Top, Inc.
KR3TS 2023 Public Performance: Shake the Block Dance Festival
Sunday, July 16 2023 at 11 AM
99th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenue

KR3T’S presents, Shake the Block Dance Festival. Join KR3T’S and fellow performers such as Bomb Squad, Haz, Gil Vazquez, Hunter 2 Crafty, Noah Catala, Matt Robles, Estella Star, Yoshi, Kinsmen, Yenyere, Safire, and Didi.

Find more information at http://www.kr3ts.com

Grant Program : UMEZ Arts Engagement

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Rochelle Hoi-Yiu Kwan
Chinatown Records
Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Mott & Mosco Streets, New York, NY 10013

We’re back with another sunny season of Chinatown Block Party 夏日傾情 at the historic newsstand at Mott & Mosco Streets!

Pulling from the ever-growing archive of the Chinatown Records project, YiuYiu 瑶瑶 is back with some of her favorite Canto- and Mandopop records and CDs inherited from her family and neighbors. To fill the streets of Chinatown again with her, she invites fellow dancer Melissa Lyde of Alfreda’s Cinema to share the decks and take us on a journey across the decades of NYC dancefloors.

The DJ’s will be in a box filled with colorful and transparent acrylic tiles by Prisca Choe 최하연, featuring dancheong patterns in the style that was solidified in Korea’s Joseon Dynasty to adorn and physically protect important buildings as a wish for all of our protection and safety!

This is a party for the whole family! Let us know you’re coming ~ rain or shine!”

Find more information at https://www.thinkchinatown.org/happenings/2023/7/16/chinatown-block-party-with-yiuyiu-amp-melissa-lyde-alfredas-cinema

Grant Program: Creative Engagement

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TWEED TheaterWorks
Garden Variety
Saturday, July 18 – August 15, 2023 at 7:00 PM
6&B Garden, corner of E 6th Street and Avenue B

TWEED TheaterWorks presents Garden Variety, a free performance series at historic community space 6&B Garden in the East Village. This summer’s series will include music, dance, and performance by artists including John Kelly, David Greenspan, Unitard, Carol Lipnik, Gordon Beeferman, VickyKristinaBarcelona, and Bergman & Bloustein.

Find more information at https://www.tweedtheater.org/

Grant Program: Creative Engagement