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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Experimental Theatre Chicago NFP

Come Here To Me
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Thursday, November 2, 2023 to Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 3:00 PM
116 West 129th Street, 2F, New York, NY 10027

Aoife, a young Irish woman, and Grace, her American roommate, travel together from Dublin to London together, pursued by a ghost. Set in October 2018, this play offers a glimpse into the time after Ireland’s historic vote to repeal the eighth amendment of the Irish Constitution, making abortion legal in the Republic of Ireland, but before the law had come into effect. The play jumps back to the early 1990s, when we meet another young woman, Linda, traveling for an abortion, with the help of a welcoming guest in Liverpool, Ruth. Come Here to Me looks at cycles of grief, friendship, and autonomy, and the women’s lives that hang in the balance.

Find more information at: https://www.themilltheatre.org/comeheretome

Grant Program: Creative Engagement

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Jenny Boissiere

Red Brass Dream Project
Friday, November 3, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 7:30 PM
The Riverside Theater, 91 Claremont Ave, New York, NY 10027

Join DanceBoissiere for a night of big dance moves and delicious jazz tunes. Red Brass Dream is a 45-minute exploration of collective liberation. Collective liberation means we need each other: To build the world we want, express ourselves, live embodied (and in control of our bodies), and stay free. We all deserve rest, play, and dignity free from exploitation. We are intimately and intricately connected to each other’s struggles and we have to build together.

Find more information at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/red-brass-dream-tickets-728526581617?aff=oddtdtcreator

Grant Program: Creative Engagement and UMEZ Arts Engagement

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Finleigh Zack Dance, Inc

A Meaningful Moment Through A Meaningful Process
Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Arts On Site, 12 St Marks Place New York, NY 10003

Our bodies hold emotion, but how do we release them? A Meaningful Moment Through A Meaningful Process explores how the emotional wellbeing of humans react to the simplest form of movement. Dance is not only a form of entertainment but a way for people to discover feelings nonverbally. Watch as reaction, exploration, and healing all exist on the same plane together.

Find more information at: https://www.artsonsite.org/events-1/finleigh-zack-dance-a-meaningful-moment-through-a-meaningful-process

Grant Program: Creative Engagement

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Sky Syzygy

Gender Resistance
Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 11:00 AM
The Bureau, 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY

In this workshop we will discuss and share stories, materials, and memories with one another to expand the hirstory of trans, Two-Spirit, non-binary, and gender diverse communities and individuals in North America during the 20th century. This project is based on the belief that our hirstory is key to healing our communities from the scars of transphobia. We heal when we connect with ancestors and learn more about ourselves through them. We heal when we receive testament to our continued existence in this world. We heal when given the opportunity to repair the scars of past conflicts. Finally, we heal when we are able to grow from the wisdom of passing time. Gathering around oral histories and physical materials offers us the opportunity to engage with all these modes of healing.

Find more information at: https://gender.network/events

Grant program: Creative Engagement

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Center for Remembering and Sharing 

Crossing Boundaries
Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 6:30 PM
The Jazz Gallery (5th floor), 1160 Broadway, New York, NY 10001

Crossing Boundaries is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences, the traditional and contemporary, classical and experimental, and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are given the opportunity to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical, visual, and/or movement artists of their choosing.

Find more information at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crs-presents-crossing-boundaries-20-jen-shyu-sumi-tonooka-val-jeanty-tickets-678337304137?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_cid=8f417ca944&mc_eid=766b841810

Grant Program: Creative Engagement

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New Women New Yorker

Writing the Self – Immigrant Women Series
November 5, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Caveat, 21 A Clinton St, New York, NY 10002

Melting Pot Sunset by New Women New Yorkers Join New Women New Yorkers in celebrating the latest edition of our ‘Writing the Self’ storytelling program for immigrant women, as well as the strides we’ve made and the community we’ve built in 2023! This special evening, named Melting Pot Sunset, will showcase a range of talents from our community. Delight in readings from our newest storytellers, and immerse yourself in stories that resonate with the immigrant experience. And for those seeking a touch of art and rhythm, stay tuned for potential vocal and dance performances and other artistic showcases!

Find more information at: https://meltingpotsunset2023.eventbrite.com

Grant Program: Creative Learning

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Fatima Logan

Power & Grace
Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Riverside Theater, 91 Claremont Avenue, New York, NY 10027

Power & Grace is an evening of contemporary dance, live music, and film exploring the histories of power and grace, featuring new work, From the Same Clay, inspired by the myth of Lilith, and Urban Jeli, Traditional Priests Rooted in American Places, which traces African retentions of embodied spirituality and storytelling in African-American culture.

Find more information at: https://trtnyc.org/upcoming-shows

Grant Program: Creative Engagement and UMEZ Arts Engagement

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Prelude Opera

Fairy Tales in Opera, an Interactive Recital for Children
Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 3:00 PM
178 Bennett Ave, New York, NY 10040

We will meet a fairy who has lost her memory and cannot find her fairy tale! As we visit various opera fairy tales and hear some famous tunes, such as Nessun Dorma from Turandot and Song to the Moon from Rusalka, we will help our fairy find her fairy tale with some fun musical activities.

Find more information at: https://www.preludeopera.com

Grant Program: Creative Engagement

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BeComEnsemble

BeComEnsemble Presents: ORIGINS
November 16, 2023 at 8:00 PM
DiMenna Center For Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018

BeComEnsemble presents the works of Sofia Ouyang, Christian Frederic Bloquert and YoungJun Lee in a concert showcasing international composers that have elected to come and work here. These composers carry with them a musical history that is as personal as it is diverse. With these programs, we honour their musical origins by presenting the culmination of their influences as they work on this soil. We offer you a snapshot of the incredible artists they have become as a result of their journey, and the ones they are still becoming.

Find more information at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/becomensemble-presents-origins-the-works-of-ouyang-bloquert-lee-tickets-739467696787?aff=oddtdtcreator

Grant Program: Creative Engagement

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Ranardo-Domeico Grays/VISIONS Contemporary Ballet

Humility and Faith
Friday, November 17, 2023 and Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 3:00 PM
The Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave., New York, NY 10027

VISIONS Contemporary Ballet, based in Harlem NYC, performs three thought-provoking works choreographed by Founder/Artistic Director Ranardo-Domeico Grays in Humility and Faith, conveying messages greater than the artist, featuring the premiere of Backbone, inspired by a Black artist’s heartfelt journey, integrity and loving deeply, with music by Vir-Amicus and Queen Esther. “There are no words to describe the journey, the sweat, the blood, the war that is being a black artist” – Viola Davis. Also being performed are Tainted Bla’k, a celebration of the beauty of being Black, set to music that is inspirational, positive and has powerful messages of Blackness composed by artists of the African Diaspora, and Roots, rooted in prayer, about self-growth, a signature work that is spiritually uplifting and an audience favorite.

Find more information at: www.visionscontemporary.com/performances

Grant Program: Creative Engagement and UMEZ Arts Engagement

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Dominique

Personal Mythologies
Friday, November 17, 2023 at 9 AM
Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 9 AM
Monday, November 20, 2023 at 9 AM
109 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011

Personal Mythologies: The Neo-Renaissance of The Transgender is an immersive visual art show. The show will help fill in the gaps of the period in time where the cleansing of trans and gender non-conforming bodies through colonization and imperialism prevailed. An exploration of vital themes such as gender, identity, belongingness, and migration. Personal Mythologies will showcase the artist’s works of drawings, immersive paintings with digital art projections, fine art photographs, sculptural works, and a film that tells her story through the lens of Filipino folklore.

Find more information at: https://www.metransverse.com

Grant Program: Creative Engagement

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Wang Guowei

Soul: In Remembrance
Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Chatham Square Library, 33 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002

“Soul: In Remembrance” Concert with Wang Guowei Erhu artist Wang Guowei performs new arrangements of Chinese classical and folk repertoire written for mixed Chinese and Western instruments. Composed for this concert by Wang Guowei and given its world premiere, “Soul: In Remembrance” is a ground-breaking work featuring Mr. Wong performing live erhu solo accompanied by a sound track of an erhu ensemble written, played and recorded by himself.

Find more information at: http://wangguoweierhu.wordpress.com

Grant Program: Creative Engagement

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Sarah Paniyo

Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá
Monday, November 18, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Buunni Coffee, 4961 Broadway, New York, NY 10034

Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá: At Home Uptown is a free, intergenerational dance festival made by and for Upper Manhattan. On Saturday November 18th, we will share dance to bond our community around the universal language of dance. This powerful, storytelling event will include performances, workshops & special guests, helping us to all find a little bit of home among one another.

Find more information at: https://babelmovement.org/dance-festival

Grant Program: Creative Engagement and UMEZ Arts Engagement