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BIRDS: A FESTIVAL INSPIRED BY ARISTOPHANES

American premiere of Nikos Karathanos’s The Birds is a highlight of Greek arts festival in New York (photo by Kiki Papadopoulou)

St. Anns Warehouse, Metrograph, New-York Historical Society, Brooklyn Museum
Through June 16
onassisusa.org

In a classic Odd Couple episode, Oscar and Felix finally get on the same wavelength while on the game show Password when Oscar gives the clue “Aristophanes” and Felix responds, “Ridiculous!” However, there’s nothing particularly ridiculous about “Birds: A Festival Inspired by Aristophanes,” more than a month of film screenings, art exhibitions, panel discussions, a theatrical adaptation of Aristophanes’s The Birds, and more, produced by the Onassis Cultural Center New York and taking place at numerous locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn. “Democracy was under threat when Aristophanes presented his comedy The Birds as part of the Dionysia festival in Athens in the fifth century BC,” explains festival curator Violaine Huisman in a program note, continuing, “Oligarchy was jeopardizing Athenian democracy, while war and constant legal battles raised havoc among citizens. The festival itself offered a chance for the people of Athens to congregate and revel in equal parts, to address state affairs and be entertained — all together.” Sound familiar? The timing is certainly impeccable. The centerpiece of this third annual Onassis Festival begins tonight with the American premiere of Nikos Karathanos’s inventive adaptation of The Birds, presented by St. Ann’s Warehouse and the Onassis Cultural Centre–Athens. The play runs May 2-13 and is accompanied by the free audio and visual lobby and garden exhibit “Nature of Justice: On the Birds.” There will also be events at the Brooklyn Museum, Metrograph on the Lower East Side, and the New-York Historical Society. Actually, looking at some of the photos from the production of The Birds, it does have a “ridiculous” quality to it, but in a good way. απολαμβάνω!

Wednesday, May 2
through
Sunday, May 13
The Birds, American premiere of Nikos Karathanos’s adaptation of the Aristophanes comedy, in Greek with English supertitles, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn Bridge Park, $46-$66

Thursday, May 3
through
Sunday, May 13
“Nature of Justice: On the Birds,” multimedia exhibition, curated by Mari Spirito, with works by Machine Dazzle, Louise Lawler, Sofia Stevi, and Theo Triantafyllidis in conjunction with Nikos Karathanos’s adaptation of The Birds, St. Ann’s Warehouse garden and lobby, Brooklyn Bridge Park, free

Saturday, May 5
Pigeon Toes: Bird Walks, led by Paul Sweet of the American Museum of Natural History, Jane’s Carousel, Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, 1 Water St., free with advance registration, 8:00, 11:30, and 3:30 for adults, 10:00 and 2:00 for children six to twelve with adults

Alfred Hitchcock The Birds is part of Greek festival inspired by Aristophanes

Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds is part of Greek festival inspired by Aristophanes

Monday, May 7
“Nature of Justice: A Visual Arts Response to The Birds,” panel discussion and audience Q&A with artist Andreas Angelidakis, independent curator Reem Fadda, and Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak, moderated by Onassis Foundation director of culture Afroditi Panagiotakou, free with advance RSVP, 7:00

Thursday, May 10
“Voices on: Post-Show Artist Talk,” with director Nikos Karathanos and members of the cast, moderated by St. Ann’s Warehouse artistic director Susan Feldman, St. Ann’s Warehouse, free with show ticket, 9:30

Saturday, May 12
Meet the Fledglings, family-friendly programs by the Wild Bird Fund in conjunction with the exhibition “Feathers: Fashion and the Fight for Wildlife,” for ages five and up, New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, museum admission plus $5 per child, 2:00 – 4:00

Friday, May 18
through
Sunday, May 20
“Birds,” screenings of films relating to birds, including Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch, 1999), The King and the Mockingbird (Paul Grimault, 1980), Brewster McCloud (Robert Altman, 1970), and The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963), Metrograph, 7 Ludlow St., $15

Sunday, May 19
Birdheart, by Julian Crouch and Saskia Lane, family-friendly show with puppets, free with museum admission but advance RSVP required, 4:00

Wednesday, May 23
“Talk: David Levine,” performative lecture in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition “David Levine: Some of the People, All of the Time,” Brooklyn Museum, free with advance RSVP, 7:00

Saturday, June 16
Cool Culture Family Festival, with arts & crafts, storytelling, scavenger hunts, concert by Shine & the Moonbeams, and more, Brooklyn Museum, free with museum admission, 12 noon – 4:00 pm

ANISH KAPOOR: DESCENSION

Anish Kapoor’s “Descension” will continue swirling in Brooklyn Bridge Park through October 1 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Pier 1, Bridge View Lawn, Brooklyn Bridge Park
Daily through October 1, free, 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
www.brooklynbridgepark.org
www.publicartfund.org
descension slideshow

Mumbai-born, London-based artist Anish Kapoor has been creating crowd-pleasing works that alter the perception of viewers’ surrounding space for more than three decades. Such interactive large-scale pieces as Chicago’s “Cloud Gate,” affectionately known as the Bean, and New York City’s “Sky Mirror” draw people into their own reflections with shiny, highly polished colored surfaces, just as his smaller convex and concave sculptures provide warped views of reality, luring us in with mystery and awe. In addition, Kapoor questions the physicality of public spaces, as he did in his 2010 “Memory” exhibition at the Guggenheim, which included a giant bullet-shaped object that blocked one of the gallery entrances in addition to a dark rectangle that might or might not have been a way into the wall and beyond. Many of the ideas behind those works are evident in his latest intervention, “Descension,” a whirlpool twenty-six feet in diameter on view in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 through October 1. Near the center of the water is a beautiful but threatening swirling vortex that has taken on greater meaning in the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. But Kapoor, who calls it “a sculpture that’s not a sculpture,” places a fence around the water, preventing visitors from getting close enough to fall in or take pictures of themselves reflected in the pool, the way they do with most of his other works.

A railing protects viewers from getting completely sucked into Anish Kapoor’s “Descension” (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

“We live in a time when the symbolic object in public space is no longer relevant. We don’t have a triumphant arch or the great hero on the horse or whatever else it is,” Kapoor said in a promotional video about the project, referring to monuments prior to the current raging debate over reevaluating certain honorary statues. “We’ve got to reinvent this thing. What we do have is the earth and the sky. So how does a work sit in that space, hold its scale, and not just become a decorative edifice.” The piece creates an inviting, ever-changing communal area for people to just relax and marvel at the wonders of the planet. “Anish Kapoor reminds us of the contingency of appearances: Our senses inevitably deceive us,” Public Art Fund director and chief curator Nicholas Baume explained in a statement. “With ‘Descension,’ he creates an active object that resonates with changes in our understanding and experience of the world. In this way, Kapoor is interested in what we don’t know rather than in what we do, understanding that the limit of perception is also the threshold of human imagination.” Kapoor might not always be a favorite in the art world itself, at least not since his exclusive acquisition of the rights to the “blackest black,” but he knows how to satisfy his audience, and he has done so again with “Descension.”

NEW YORK OYSTER WEEK 2016

Oysters are on the menu at annual culinary festival featuring bivalve mollusks

Multiple venues
September 16 – October 3, $75-$125
www.oysterweek.com

“Do you consider the eating of oysters to be moral and the eating of snails to be immoral?” Marcus Licinius Crassus (Sir Laurence Olivier) asks Antoninus (Tony Curtis) in Stanley Kubrick’s sword-and-sandals epic Spartacus. Fortunately, you don’t have to answer that question during New York Oyster Week, which features numerous culinary, ecologically friendly events over the course of eighteen days. The fifth anniversary of this wonderfully slimy celebration begins on September 16 with the NY Harbor Regatta & Regatta Bash on Governors Island ($125-$1,000, 2:00), hosted by Willie Geist and with commentary by Gary Jobson, live reggae music, a full oyster bar, and seafood specialties from Betony, Blue Fin, Crave Fish Bar, and other restaurants. On September 17 in Brooklyn Bridge Park ($95, 5:00), the Brooklyn Oyster Riot boasts a collection of a dozen East and West Coast oysters curated by Master Mermmelier Kevin Joseph of the OysterHood, with dishes created by chef Marc Murphy of Ditch Plains and wine and Brooklyn Brewery beer pairings, along with live music by Jan Bell and the Maybelles and oyster education from the Billion Oyster Project. This year Oyster Week debuts the Big Gay Oyster Brunch, taking place September 18 at 12 noon at Lot 45 in Bushwick ($75), with six ultrapremium oysters, ten craft beers, oyster wine, a trio of special cocktails, and DJ music. Dorlan’s Tavern & Oyster Bar will be home to Cocktail Oysters on September 21 ($75, 5:00) for a lucky fifty people, three hours of five oyster varieties and accoutrements courtesy of Joseph and chef Rob McCue, drinks from mixologist and Dorlan’s owner Jeremy Dahm, and some history about cocktail oysters. On September 23 it’s back to Lot 45 for Shellebration (6:00), consisting of a dozen oyster varieties, sustainable seafood dishes from Lot 45 and chef Behaya Samia, craft beer, cocktails, oyster wine, and more. On September 24 at the Fulton Stall Market ($85, 4:00), the inaugural Old Seaport Oyster Revival honors the rebuilding of the area with oysters, a signature seafood showcase from five old Seaport restaurants, Spirited Pearls and Accoutrement Premier by Joseph and McCue, live music from Mama Juke, and live shucking at the Shuck Truck. The Merroir + Terroir dinner on September 28 is sold out, but you can continue your oyster extravaganza on September 30 with ShuckEasy, comprising a “rare and exotic” raw bar, Spirited Pearls and Accoutrement Premier, and craft cocktails and beer at a secret location. Oyster Week comes to a close on October 1 with OystoberFest at the South Street Seaport ($85, 4:00), with a raw bar of twenty oyster varieties, the Shuck Truck, a beer garden, a cidery, a wine bar, and specialty docktails. And there’s nary a snail in sight.

MARTIN CREED: THE BACK DOOR / UNDERSTANDING

A piano makes a different kind of music in “Martin Creed: The Back Door,” at the Park Ave. Armory through August 7 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

THE BACK DOOR
Park Ave. Armory
643 Park Ave. between 66th & 67th Sts.
Through August 7, $15 (free with IDNYC card)
212-933-5812
www.armoryonpark.org
www.martincreed.com

UNDERSTANDING
Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park
Through October 23, free, 6:00 am – 11:00 pm
www.publicartfund.org
understanding slideshow

Upon going through the front door of the Park Ave. Armory and entering the lobby to see “Martin Creed: The Back Door,” visitors are greeted by Creed’s recent music video “Understanding,” which features the multidisciplinary British artist playing multiple characters. “We were arguing / And I was saying, ‘I’m a victim’ / And you were saying, ‘I’m a victim’ / And I was saying, ‘I’m a victim,’” Creed sings to a bouncy pop tune. Meanwhile, to the right, a vertical white neon sculpture hangs from the ceiling, slowly turning, with the word “Other” on one side and “People” on the reverse. The pair of works serves as an excellent introduction to Creed, who over the course of his thirty-year career has worn numerous hats (and hairstyles), building an oeuvre that includes painting, sculpture, film, installation, music recordings, performance, and more that challenge the status quo and call into question political and social convention around the world. Given full rein in the first floor of the historic armory, Creed and big-time curators Tom Eccles and Hans-Ulrich Obrist have created a masterful display, emphasizing Creed’s wide diversity and whimsical nature. Doors and curtains open and close, lights go on and off, an object partially blocks entrance to a space, and a piano isn’t used quite as expected. A marching band leads a small procession, an abandoned bar invites curiosity, and short films show people puking, defecating, and, despite physical disabilities, crossing a New York City street without canes, crutches, walkers, or wheelchairs. One room is half-filled with balloons, while another features a wall of abstract portraits that call to mind the dignified paintings of military men that can be found throughout the armory; Creed’s sensibility so takes over that you might find yourself wondering whether certain of the military portraits aren’t pranks made by Creed. In the library, Creed has surreptitiously placed objects in the cabinets that display historical artifacts, exploring the very nature of labels and identification. Also in the library are small vitrines that contain exactly what their names explain they are or where they are: “Work No. 218: A sheet of paper crumpled into a ball,” “Work No. 158: Something on the left, just as you come in, not too high or low,” and “Work No. 74: As many 1″ squares as are necessary cut from 1″ masking tape and piled up, adhesive sides down, to form a 1″ cubic stack.”

Martin Creed’s “Work No. 2497: Half the air in a given space” allows visitors to play in a room half-filled with white balloons (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

In the Wade Thompson Drill Hall, Creed projects his “Mouth” series onto a massive screen, short videos of people (including his mother) chewing, followed by a surprise at the back of the hall that references, among other things, what eventually happens after one eats. In the bunkers to the side, eighteen of Creed’s videos are on constant loop in different spaces, including “Let Them In” and “Border Control,” which deal with immigration and basic human rights; “Flower Kicking,” in which a man kicks a plant as if it were a soccer ball; the romantic “You’re the One for Me,” in which Creed frolics on a beach and in the ocean; and “Fuck Off,” eighty-one seconds of Creed screaming the title words. “Martin Creed: The Back Door” is an endlessly inventive intervention that confirms once again that the armory is one of the city’s most unusual and exciting places to see exhibitions that can’t be held anywhere else. (On Thursday and Friday nights, the exhibition is open till 10:00, with a bar in one of the period rooms.)

Martin Creed asks for “Understanding” in Brooklyn Bridge Park (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

In a companion piece in Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Turner Prize-winning Creed, who was born in England, raised in Glasgow, and currently lives and works in London, has installed a giant revolving neon sign that very simply declares, “Understanding.” The ten-foot-tall letters, which sit atop a fifty-foot-long steel I-beam, spin around at varying speeds, sometimes coming to a brief stop, giving viewers a chance to reflect on the meaning of the word, whether seen frontward or backward. The kinetic sculpture, a project of the Public Art Fund, is visible from far away, mimicking an advertising sign, or can be viewed up close and personal, with steps that allow you to walk right up to it. As with most of Creed’s works, “Understanding” succeeds on numerous levels, particularly in a world torn apart by xenophobia, racism, hatred, and war. It is also the name of Creed’s most recent single and video, which, as noted above, can be seen in “The Back Door” (and here) and deals with victimhood. (“Understanding” can be found on Creed’s latest album, Thoughts Lined Up, which also includes such songs as “I’m Going to Do Something Soon,” “Everybody Needs Someone to Hate,” “Let’s Come to an Arrangement,” and “Difficult Thoughts.”) In addition, Lower Manhattan is visible through the letters and across the East River, where One World Trade Center has risen in the ashes of the Twin Towers. “Understanding” might seem somewhat quaint and obvious, but that’s part of the point, another thought-provoking work from an iconoclastic virtuoso who is finally getting his due.

FREE SUMMER FILMS 2016

Prince will pull into Brooklyn Bridge Park for free screening of PURPLE RAIN on July 21

There’s nothing quite like catching a free movie in the summer in New York City, lying on a blanket in a park, gathering on an aircraft carrier, or huddling in an air-conditioned theater. Here are the day-by-day listings of favorites as well as lesser-known festivals; keep watching this space as more are announced. So far, you’ll find the following festivals below: the Intrepid Summer Movie Series, Movies with a View in Brooklyn Bridge Park, SummerScreen in McCarren Park, Films on the Green, SummerStage, RiverFlicks in Hudson River Park, Celebrate Brooklyn! in Prospect Park, BAMcinématek’s FAB Flicks at Putnam Triangle Plaza, Alamo Drafthouse’s free series in Fort Greene Park, Rooftop Films (advance RSVP required), the always-packed HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival, Outdoor Movie Night in Randall’s Island Park, Outdoor Cinema in Socrates Sculpture Park, Movies Under the Stars in numerous parks, Summer on the Hudson and Hudson RiverFlicks in Hudson River Park, and Movies on the Waterfront in Astoria Park. (Films without exact start times generally begin around sunset.)

Tuesday, May 31
Rooftop Films: The Fits (Anna Rose Holmer, 2016), live music by the Q-Kidz, followed by a Q&A with Holmer, the Elevated Acre, 55 Water St., free with RSVP, 7:30

Movies Under the Stars: Happy Feet (George Miller, 2011), St. Mary’s Park

Wednesday, June 1
Movies Under the Stars: Creed (Ryan Coogler, 2015), Flynn Playground

Thursday, June 2
BAMcinématek: FAB Flicks — ’70s Black Cinema: Mahogany (Berry Gordy, 1975), Putnam Triangle Plaza, 22 Putnam Ave., 8:00

Friday, June 3
Alama Drafthouse Free Outdoor Movie Series: quote-along with Labyrinth (Jim Henson, 1986), Fort Greene Park

Movies Under the Stars: Captain America: The First Avenger (Joe Johnston, 2011), St. Mary’s Park

Arts, Culture & Fun: T-Rex (Drea Cooper & Zackary Canepari, 2016), followed by a Q&A with the producer, Tony Dapolito Recreation Center, 7:00

Tuesday, June 7
Films on the Green — A Summer in Paris: Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1961), preceded by The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, 1957), Cedar Hill, Central Park, 8:30

Thursday, June 9
BAMcinématek: FAB Flicks — ’70s Black Cinema: Cleopatra Jones (Jack Starrett, 1973), Putnam Triangle Plaza, 22 Putnam Ave., 8:00

Friday, June 10
Rooftop Films — Territory: Short Films about Turf Wars, preceded by live music and followed by a Q&A, Firefighter’s Field, Roosevelt Island, 8:00

Alama Drafthouse Free Outdoor Movie Series: Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich, 2003), Fort Greene Park

Movies Under the Stars: Inside Out (Pete Docter & Ronnie del Carmen, 2015), Crocheron Park

Films on the Green — A Summer in Paris: The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (Yves Robert, 1973), Washington Square Park, 8:30

Saturday, June 11
Rooftop Films: Sundance Short Films, live music by Alice Cohen, MetroTech Commons, 8:00

Wednesday, June 12
Rooftop Films — The Ties That Bind: Short Films about Families, preceded by live music, MetroTech Commons, 8:00

Monday, June 13
SummerStage: screening of Afripedia and music by DJ Hard Hittin’ Harry, Saratoga Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 16
BAMcinématek: FAB Flicks — ’70s Black Cinema: Claudine (John Berry, 1973), Putnam Triangle Plaza, 22 Putnam Ave., 8:00

Friday, June 17
Films on the Green — A Summer in Paris: Air of Paris (Marcel Carné, 1954), Washington Square Park, 8:30

Ferris Bueller will bring friends to several free outdoor screenings this summer in NYC

Ferris Bueller takes the day off so he can bring friends to several free outdoor screenings this summer in NYC

Monday, June 20
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (John Hughes, 1986), Bryant Park Lawn, gates open at 5:00, film at dusk

SummerStage: Screening of In My Father’s House (Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg, 2015), followed by Q&A with film subject Rhymefest, Saratoga Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 23
BAMcinématek: FAB Flicks — ’70s Black Cinema: Friday Foster (Arthur Marks, 1975), Putnam Triangle Plaza, 22 Putnam Ave., 8:00

Friday, June 24
Films on the Green — A Summer in Paris: Subway (Luc Besson, 1985), Transmitter Park, 8:30

Saturday, June 25
Rooftop Films: Living Stars (Mariano Cohn & Gastón Duprat, 2014), preceded by live music, Solar One, 8:00

Sunday, June 26
SummerStage: DJ Gringo and screening of Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess (Roy T. Anderson, 2015), Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Outdoor Movie Night: Remember the Titans (Boaz Yakin, 2000), Randall’s Island Connector, Randall’s Island Park, 8:00

Monday, June 27
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: East of Eden (Elia Kazan, 1955), Bryant Park Lawn, gates open at 5:00, film at dusk

Tuesday, June 28
SummerStage: Lisa Simone and screening of What Happened, Miss Simone? (Liz Garbus, 2015), Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 29
SummerStage: Screening of A Ballerina’s Tale (Nelson George, 2015), with Jeremy McQueen’s Black Iris Project and preshow panel discussion, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Thursday, June 30
BAMcinématek: FAB Flicks — ’70s Black Cinema: Shining Star: A Tribute to Maurice White, with Earth, Wind & Fire in Concert (Michael Schultz, 1981) and Earth, Wind & Fire Live on Soul!, Putnam Triangle Plaza, 22 Putnam Ave., 8:00

Friday, July 1
Films on the Green — A Summer in Paris: The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959), Transmitter Park, 8:30

Monday, July 4
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986), Bryant Park Lawn, gates open at 5:00, film at dusk

Wednesday, July 6
SummerScreen: Scream (Wes Craven, 1996), McCarren Park, live music at 6:00, film at dusk

Outdoor Cinema — The River (USA): The African Queen (John Huston, 1951), Socrates Sculpture Park, live performance at 7:00, film screening at sundown

Summer on the Hudson — Pier I Picture Show: The Walk (Robert Zemeckis, 2015), Pier I, Riverside Park South

Hudson RiverFlicks — Big Hit Wednesdays: Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015), Pier 63 lawn, Hudson River Park

J. J. Abrams’s STAR TREK reboot will land on the Intrepid on July 7

Thursday, July 7
Summer Movie Series: Star Trek (J. J. Abrams, 2009), the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, gates open at 7:00

Movies with a View: Singin’ in the Rain (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952), Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Movie Nights in the Rockaways: Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978), Beach 94th St. off Shorefront Pkwy, 8:00

Friday, July 8
Hudson RiverFlicks — Family Fridays: Minions (Pierre Coffin & Kyle Balda, 2015), Pier 46, Hudson River Park

Films on the Green — A Summer in Paris: April and the Extraordinary World (Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci, 2016), Riverside Park, Pier I at 70th St., 8:30

Saturday, July 9
Movie Nights in the Rockaways: The Goonies (Richard Donner, 1985), Beach Channel Park, 8:00

Sunday, July 10
SummerStage: DJ Kool Herc, Little Shalimar, and screening of Rubble Kings (Shan Nicholson, 2010), Crotona Park, 7:00

Outdoor Movie Night: Selena (Gregory Nava, 1997),Touchdown of the 103rd Street Footbridge, Randall’s Island Park, 8:00

Monday, July 11
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942), Bryant Park Lawn, gates open at 5:00, film at dusk

Wednesday, July 13
SummerScreen: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (Danny Leiner, 2004), McCarren Park, live music at 6:00, film at dusk

Outdoor Cinema — The River (France): L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934), Socrates Sculpture Park, live performance at 7:00, film screening at sundown

Summer on the Hudson — Pier I Picture Show: Baquiat (Julian Schnabel, 1996), Pier I, Riverside Park South

Hudson RiverFlicks — Big Hit Wednesdays: Jurassic World (Colin Trevorrow, 2015), Pier 63 lawn, Hudson River Park

Thursday, July 14
Summer Movie Series: Star Trek IV (Leonard Nimoy, 1986), the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, gates open at 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Music & Movies: Triplets of Belleville (Sylvain Chomet, 2003), Jessica Fichot, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Movies with a View: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (Danny Leiner, 2004), Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, July 15
Films on the Green — A Summer in Paris: Un Flic (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1972), Riverside Park, Pier I at 70th St., 8:30

Hudson RiverFlicks — Family Fridays: The Peanuts Movie (Steve Martino, 2015), Pier 46, Hudson River Park

Monday, July 18
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: The Omen (Richard Donner, 1976), Bryant Park Lawn, gates open at 5:00, film at dusk

Wednesday, July 20
SummerScreen: The Fast and the Furious (Rob Cohen 2001), McCarren Park, live music at 6:00, film at dusk

Outdoor Cinema — The River (Iran/UK): Sonita (Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, 2015), Socrates Sculpture Park, live performance at 7:00, film screening at sundown

Summer on the Hudson — Pier I Picture Show: Arthur (Steve Gordon, 1981), Pier I, Riverside Park South

Hudson RiverFlicks — Big Hit Wednesdays: Trainwreck (Judd Apatow, 2015), Pier 63 lawn, Hudson River Park

Thursday, July 21
Summer Movie Series: Galaxy Quest (Dean Parisot, 1999), the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, gates open at 7:00

Hudson RiverFlicks — Sing-Along Special: Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978), Clinton Cove, Hudson River Park

Movies with a View: Purple Rain (Albert Magnoli, 1994), Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, July 22
Hudson RiverFlicks — Family Fridays: Shaun the Sheep (Richard Starzak & Mark Burton, 2015), Pier 46, Hudson River Park

Films on the Green — A Summer in Paris: Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962), Tompkins Square Park, 8:30

Monday, July 25
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Three Days of the Condor (Sydney Pollack, 1975), Bryant Park Lawn, gates open at 5:00, film at dusk

Movies on the Waterfront: Big Hero 6 (Don Hall & Chris Williams, 2014), Astoria Park Great Lawn, 8:30

Claudette Colbert has a unique way to get to Brooklyn Bridge Park to see IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT on July 28

Wednesday, July 27
SummerScreen: 10 Things I Hate About You (Gil Junger, 1999), McCarren Park, live music at 6:00, film at dusk

Outdoor Cinema — The River (Germany/UK): Rivers and Tides (Thomas Riedelsheimer, 2001), Socrates Sculpture Park, live performance at 7:00, film screening at sundown

Summer on the Hudson — Pier I Picture Show: Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975), Pier I, Riverside Park South

Hudson RiverFlicks — Big Hit Wednesdays: The Big Short (Adam McKay, 2015), Pier 63 lawn, Hudson River Park

Thursday, July 28
Rooftop Films: Animation Block Party, preceded by live music and followed by a Q&A, Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, 8:00

Movies with a View: It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934), Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, July 29
Summer Movie Series: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Nicholas Meyer, 1982), introduced by Nicholas Meyer, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, gates open at 7:00

Movies Across from Golden Pond: Jurassic World (Colin Trevorrow, 2015), Crocheron Park

Hudson RiverFlicks — Family Fridays: Kung Fu Panda 3 (Jennifer Yuh Nelson & Alessandro Carloni, 2016), Pier 46, Hudson River Park

Films on the Green — A Summer in Paris: Boyfriends and Girlfriends (Eric Rohmer, 1987), Tompkins Square Park, 8:30

Saturday, July 30
Rooftop Films: In Pursuit of Silence (Patrick Shen, 2015), preceded by live music and followed by a Q&A with Shen, Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, 8:00

Sunday, July 31
Outdoor Movie Night: The Goonies (Richard Donner, 1985), Touchdown of the 103rd Street Footbridge, Randall’s Island Park, 8:00

Monday, August 1
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Harvey (Henry Koster, 1950), Bryant Park Lawn, gates open at 5:00, film at dusk

Movies on the Waterfront: Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, 1964), Astoria Park Great Lawn, 8:30

Wednesday, August 3
SummerScreen: The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001), McCarren Park, live music at 6:00, film at dusk

Outdoor Cinema — The River (Australia): Girl Asleep (Rosemary Meyers, 2015), Socrates Sculpture Park, live performance at 7:00, film screening at sundown

SummerStage: Screening of Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (Michel Ocelot & Bénédicte Galup, 2005), Orisha’s Journey, DJ Djib Sayo, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Summer on the Hudson — Pier I Picture Show: The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2003), Pier I, Riverside Park South

Hudson RiverFlicks — Big Hit Wednesdays: Creed (Ryan Coogler, 2015), Pier 63 lawn, Hudson River Park

Thursday, August 4
Celebrate Brooklyn! Music & Movies: Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1999) with U.S. premiere of live score by the Bays, Joan as Police Woman, Benjamin Lazar Davis, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Movies with a View: American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973), Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, August 5
Summer Movie Series: Big Hero 6 (Don Hall & Chris Williams, 2014), the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, gates open at 7:00

Movies Across from Golden Pond: Minions (Pierre Coffin & Kyle Balda, 2015), Crocheron Park

Hudson RiverFlicks — Family Fridays: Penguins of Madagascar (Eric Darnell & Simon J. Smith, 2014), Pier 46, Hudson River Park

Sunday, August 7
Movie Nights in the Rockaways: Goosebumps (Rob Letterman, 2015), Beach 17th St. & Seagirt Blvd., 8:00

Clint Eastwood is a mysterious man with a plan as he gallops into Bryant Park on August 8 for a screening of HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER

Monday, August 8
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: High Plains Drifter (Clint Eastwood, 1973), Bryant Park Lawn, gates open at 5:00, film at dusk

Coney Island Flicks on the Beach: Rooftop Shorts, West Tenth St.

Movies on the Waterfront: Minions (Pierre Coffin & Kyle Balda, 2015), Astoria Park Great Lawn, 8:30

Wednesday, August 10
SummerScreen: audience pick, McCarren Park, live music at 6:00, film at dusk

Outdoor Cinema — The River (China): Suzhou River (Lou Ye, 2000), Socrates Sculpture Park, live performance at 7:00, film screening at sundown

Celebrate Brooklyn! Music & Movies: Labyrinth (Jim Henson, 1986), Donny McCaslin Group, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Summer on the Hudson — Pier I Picture Show: audience vote, Mary and Max (Adam Elliot, 2009) v. Carol (Todd Haynes, 2015) v. The Warriors (Walter Hill, 1979), Pier I, Riverside Park South, 6:30

Hudson RiverFlicks — Big Hit Wednesdays: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (Francis Lawrence, 2015), Pier 63 lawn, Hudson River Park

Thursday, August 11
Movies with a View: Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014), Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, August 12
Summer Movie Series: Star Trek (J. J. Abrams, 2009), the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, gates open at 7:00

Movies Across from Golden Pond: The Avengers (Joss Whedon, 2012), Crocheron Park

Hudson RiverFlicks — Family Fridays: Goosebumps (Rob Letterman, 2015), Pier 46, Hudson River Park

Saturday, August 13
Movie Nights in the Rockaways: Zootopia (Byron Howard, Rich Moore & Jared Bush, 2016), Broad Channel Park, 8:00

Sunday, August 14
Outdoor Movie Night: The Good Dinosaur (Peter Sohn, 2015), Randall’s Island Connector, Randall’s Island Park, 8:00

Monday, August 15
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan, 1983), Bryant Park Lawn, gates open at 5:00, film at dusk

Coney Island Flicks on the Beach: Purple Rain (Albert Magnoli, 1984), West Tenth St.

Movies on the Waterfront: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (John Hughes, 1986), Astoria Park Great Lawn, 8:30

Wednesday, August 17
Outdoor Cinema — The River (Germany/Peru): Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972), Socrates Sculpture Park, live performance at 7:00, film screening at sundown

Summer on the Hudson — Pier I Picture Show: Auntie Mame (Morton DaCosta, 1958), Pier I, Riverside Park South, 6:30

Hudson RiverFlicks — Big Hit Wednesdays: The Martian (Ridley Scott, 2015), Pier 63 lawn, Hudson River Park

Thursday, August 18
Movies with a View: A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall, 1992), Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, August 19
Hudson RiverFlicks — Family Fridays: The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987), Pier 46, Hudson River Park

Monday, August 22
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Nicholas Meyer, 1982), Bryant Park Lawn, gates open at 5:00, film at dusk

Coney Island Flicks on the Beach: Creed (Ryan Coogler, 2015), West Tenth St.

Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: School of Rock (Richard Linklater, 2003), Marcus Garvey Park

Movies on the Waterfront: Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975), Astoria Park Great Lawn, 8:30

Tuesday, August 23
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: The Last Dragon (Berry Gordy, 1985), Marcus Garvey Park

Wednesday, August 24
Outdoor Cinema — The River (Colombia): Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra, 2015), Socrates Sculpture Park, live performance at 7:00, film screening at sundown

Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: I Am Legend (Francis Lawrence, 2007), Central Park

Thursday, August 25
Movies with a View: public vote, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: Tootsie (Sydney Pollack, 1982), Central Park

Friday, August 26
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985), Central Park

Saturday, August 27
Movie Nights in the Rockaways: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (J. J. Abrams, 2015), Beach 59th St., 8:00

Sunday, August 28
Outdoor Movie Night: Inside Out (Pete Docter & Ronnie del Carmen, 2015), Randall’s Island Connector, Randall’s Island Park, 8:00

Thursday, September 8
Films on the Green — A Summer in Paris: Girlhood (Céline Sciamma, 2014), Columbia University, 116th St., 7:30

FREE SUMMER THEATER 2016

You can catch New York Classical rehearsing MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM in Central Park

It might be hard to top the naked version of The Tempest that was recently staged in Central Park by the Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society, but New York Classical Theatre, Smith Street Stage, Hudson Warehouse, the Manhattan Shakespeare Project, Hip to Hip, the Public Theater, River to River, SummerStage, and others will be presenting clothed works in honor of the four hundredth anniversary of the death of the Bard. Don’t miss out on this city tradition or, as Will wrote in Sonnet 65: “O, how shall summer’s honey breath hold out / Against the wreckful siege of batt’ring days, / When rocks impregnable are not so stout, / Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays?” (Keep watching this space as more shows are announced.)

Daily through May 30
New York Classical Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, open rehearsals, Central Park, 103rd St. & Central Park West, 12 noon – 5:30 pm

Tuesday, May 24
through
Sunday, June 26
Shakespeare in the Park: The Taming of the Shrew, starring JCandy Buckley, Donna Lynne Champlin, Morgan Everitt, Rosa Gilmore, Judy Gold, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Cush Jumbo, Teresa Avia Lim, Janet McTeer, Adrienne C. Moore, Anne L. Nathan, Gayle Rankin, Pearl Rhein, Leenya Rideout, Jackie Sanders, Stacey Sargeant, and Natalie Woolams-Torres, directed by Phyllida Lloyd, Delacorte Theater, Central Park, 8:00

Tuesday, May 31
through
Sunday, June 5
New York Classical Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Central Park, 103rd St. & Central Park West, 7:00

Thursday, June 2
through
Sunday, June 5
Hudson Warehouse: Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, 6:30

Tuesday, June 7
through
Sunday, June 12
Manhattan Shakespeare Project: Al’ukhraa: A Study in Othello, directed by Sarah Eismann, Astoria Park, 6:00

Wednesday, June 8
through
Saturday, June 11
Inwood Shakespeare Festival: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Moose Hall Theatre Company, directed by Ted Minos, Inwood Hill Park Peninsula, 7:30

Wednesday, June 8
through
Sunday, June 12
Shakespeare in Carroll Park: The Tempest, Smith Street Stage, directed by Beth Ann Hopkins, bring your own seating, Carroll Park, 7:30

Thursday, June 9
through
Sunday, June 12
New York Classical Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Central Park, 103rd St. & Central Park West, 7:00

Thursday, June 9
through
Sunday, June 12
Hudson Warehouse: Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, 6:30

Wednesday, June 15
through
Saturday, June 18
Inwood Shakespeare Festival: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Moose Hall Theatre Company, directed by Ted Minos, Inwood Hill Park Peninsula, 7:30

Wednesday, June 15
through
Sunday, June 19
Shakespeare in Carroll Park: The Tempest, Smith Street Stage, directed by Beth Ann Hopkins, bring your own seating, Carroll Park, 7:30

Kaneza Schaal will GO FORTH on Governors Island in June (photo by Maria Baranova)

Thursday, June 16
through
Sunday, June 19
River to River Festival: Go Forth, by Kaneza Schaal, Arts Center, Governors Island, Building 110, advance RSVP required, 2:30 or 4:30

Thursday, June 16
through
Sunday, June 19
New York Classical Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Central Park, 103rd St. & Central Park West, 7:00

Thursday, June 16
through
Sunday, June 19
Hudson Warehouse: Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, 6:30

Wednesday, June 22
through
Saturday, June 25
Inwood Shakespeare Festival: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Moose Hall Theatre Company, directed by Ted Minos, Inwood Hill Park Peninsula, 7:30

Wednesday, June 22
through
Sunday, June 26
Shakespeare in Carroll Park: The Tempest, Smith Street Stage, directed by Beth Ann Hopkins, bring your own seating, Carroll Park, 7:30

Thursday, June 23
through
Friday, June 24
Manhattan Shakespeare Project: Al’ukhraa: A Study in Othello, directed by Sarah Eismann, Summit Rock, Central Park, 6:00

Thursday, June 23
through
Sunday, June 26
Hudson Warehouse: Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, 6:30

Thursday, June 23
through
Sunday, June 26
New York Classical Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Central Park, 103rd St. & Central Park West, 7:00

Saturday, June 25
River to River Festival: Open Studios with Kaneza Schaal, Arts Center, Governors Island, Building 110, advance RSVP required, 2:30

Saturday, June 25
and
Sunday, June 26
Manhattan Shakespeare Project: Al’ukhraa: A Study in Othello, directed by Sarah Eismann, Morningside Park, 6:00

Wednesday, June 29
through
Saturday, July 2
New York Classical Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nelson A. Rockefeller Park in Battery Park City, 7:00

Wednesday, June 29
through
Sunday, July 17
New York Classical Theatre: The Winter’s Tale, open rehearsals, meet at Castle Clinton, Battery Park, 12 noon – 5:30 pm

Thursday, June 30
through
Sunday, July 3
Hudson Warehouse: Lysistrata: “Let’s Make America Great Again,” by Aristophanes, adapted and directed by Susane Lee, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, 6:30

a study in othello

Wednesday, July 6
through
Sunday, July 10
New York Classical Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Prospect Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 7
Broadway in Bryant Park (Wicked, Stomp, The Color Purple, Matilda), Bryant Park lawn, 12:30

Thursday, July 7
through
Sunday, July 10
Manhattan Shakespeare Project: Al’ukhraa: A Study in Othello, directed by Sarah Eismann, Summit Rock, Central Park, 6:00

Thursday, July 7
through
Sunday, July 10
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Drilling Company, directed by Cathy Curtiss, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, 114 Norfolk St., 8:00

Thursday, July 7
through
Sunday, July 10
Hudson Warehouse: Lysistrata: “Let’s Make America Great Again,” by Aristophanes, adapted and directed by Susane Lee, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, 6:30

Friday, July 8
through
Sunday, July 31 (excluding Mondays)
SummerStage: The Classical Theatre of Harlem presents Macbeth, directed by Carl Cofield and starring Ty Jones, Marcus Garvey Park, 8:00 (Fridays 8:30)

Tuesday, July 12
Thursday, July 14
through
Sunday, July 17
New York Classical Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Carl Schurz Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 14
Broadway in Bryant Park (Chicago, The Fantastiks, Motown, Finding Neverland), Bryant Park lawn, 12:30

Thursday, July 14
through
Sunday, July 17
Manhattan Shakespeare Project: Al’ukhraa: A Study in Othello, directed by Sarah Eismann, Morningside Park, 6:00

Thursday, July 14
through
Sunday, July 17
Hudson Warehouse: Lysistrata: “Let’s Make America Great Again,” by Aristophanes, adapted and directed by Susane Lee, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, 6:30

Thursday, July 14
through
Sunday, July 17
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Drilling Company, directed by Cathy Curtiss, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, 114 Norfolk St., 8:00

Smith Street Stage will present THE TEMPEST in Carroll Park (photo by Chris Montgomery)

Monday, July 18
through
Sunday, August 7 (excluding Thursdays)
New York Classical Theatre: The Winter’s Tale, meet at Castle Clinton, Battery Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 19
through
Sunday, August 14
Shakespeare in the Park: Troilus and Cressida, directed by Daniel Sullivan, Delacorte Theater, Central Park, 8:00

Thursday, July 21
Broadway in Bryant Park (Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables, Fuerza Bruta, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Paramour), Bryant Park lawn, 12:30

Thursday, July 21
through
Sunday, July 24
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Drilling Company, directed by Cathy Curtiss, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, 114 Norfolk St., 8:00

Thursday, July 21
through
Sunday, July 24
Hudson Warehouse: Lysistrata: “Let’s Make America Great Again,” by Aristophanes, adapted and directed by Susane Lee, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, 6:30

Wednesday, July 27
through
Sunday, August 28
Hip to Hip Theatre Company: As You Like It and Julius Caesar, performed in repertory in parks across the city, including Agawam Park, Crocheron Park, Cunningham Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Fort Greene Park, Gantry Plaza State Park, Harlem Meer, Socrates Sculpture Park, Sunnyside Gardens Park, and Van Cortlandt Park, preceded by Kids & the Classics, Wednesday – Sunday at different times

Thursday, July 28
Broadway in Bryant Park (Waitress, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Kinky Boots, Fun Home, Himself & Nora), Bryant Park lawn, 12:30

Thursday, July 28
through
Sunday, July 31
Hudson Warehouse: Othello, directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, 6:30

Thursday, July 28
through
Sunday, July 31
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: The Merchant of Venice, the Drilling Company, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, 114 Norfolk St., 8:00

Thursday, August 4
Broadway in Bryant Park (Beautiful, An American in Paris, Avenue Q, Holiday Inn), Bryant Park lawn, 12:30

Thursday, August 4
through
Sunday, August 7
Hudson Warehouse: Othello, directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, 6:30

Thursday, August 4
through
Sunday, August 7
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: The Merchant of Venice, the Drilling Company, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, 114 Norfolk St., 8:00

Monday, August 8
through
Sunday, August 14 (excluding Thursdays)
New York Classical Theatre: The Winter’s Tale, meet at Bargemusic on Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 11
Broadway in Bryant Park (Phantom of the Opera, Something Rotten!, Cagney, Ruthless!), Bryant Park lawn, 12:30

Thursday, August 11
through
Sunday, August 14
Hudson Warehouse: Othello, directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, 6:30

Thursday, August 11
through
Sunday, August 14
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: The Merchant of Venice, the Drilling Company, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, 114 Norfolk St., 8:00

Thursday, August 18
through
Sunday, August 21
Hudson Warehouse: Othello, directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, 6:30

Wednesday, August 31
SummerStage: Chicago the Musical: 20th Anniversary Concert, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:0

PUBLIC ART FUND TALKS AT THE NEW SCHOOL: JEPPE HEIN

Jeppe Hein will be at the New School on September 29 to discuss his interactive Brooklyn Bridge Park installation (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Jeppe Hein will be at the New School on September 29 to discuss his three-part interactive Brooklyn Bridge Park installation (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

PUBLIC CONTEXT, PRIVATE MEANING
The New School, Tishman Auditorium
63 Fifth Ave. between 13th & 14th Sts.
Tuesday, September 29, $10, 6:30
www.publicartfund.org

Jeppe Hein invites people to experience his work in tactile ways in “Please Touch the Art,” a three-part installation spread across Brooklyn Bridge Park. For the Public Art Fund project, the Danish artist, who lives and works in Berlin and Copenhagen, has created “Appearing Rooms,” a dancing water sculpture that visitors are encouraged to walk through and play in; “Modified Social Benches,” sixteen brightly colored red and orange uniquely shaped benches that people can sit on and climb; and “Mirror Labyrinth NY,” a circular maze of mirror-polished stainless-steel vertical planks that offers fun and fascinating reflections as you make your way in and around it, including mimicking the downtown Manhattan skyline across the river. (“Appearing Rooms” is on view until October 4, while the other two will remain in the park through April 17 of next year.) “People can use it; they don’t need to know it’s art or not,” Hein explains in a promotional video. “It’s just something twisting everyday life.” On September 29, Hein will give a participatory talk at the New School as part of the Public Art Fund series “Public Context, Private Meaning,” combining performance, audience interactivity, and interview. The Fall 2015 Public Art Fund Talks at the New School continue October 21 with Hank Willis Thomas and November 18 with Fiona Banner.