Upcoming Events
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Opera at Home: Dr. Cowin brings opera alive at your home through personalized lectures and discussions. "On the Deathbed of the Consumptive Heroine" or "The White Plague": This multi-media lecture is an operatic journey through the history of Tuberculosis. "In the Abyss of Madness": An exploration of mental disease as portrayed in opera. |
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October 15, 2008:
Wednesday |
La Damnation De Faust (Berlioz) or "the Sublime and the Grotesque" - Lecture Time: 6:00 pm Location: The New York City Public Library, 58th Street Branch, East 58th Street, between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue Information: This lecture will take you on a journey from medieval Faust legends to operatic pacts with the Devil. Dr. Cowin will analyze the polarization of good and evil, discuss the romantic definition of the "Eternal-Feminine", and examine Faust's decent to hell. |
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October 26, 2008:
Sunday |
"Jewish History through Music."Multi-Media Concert Lecture Time: 9:30-10:30 am Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Information: This prestigious program invites you to study with and learn from the world's finest scholars and thinkers. Engage your mind in critical study, and explore the essence of Jewish thought, philosophy and text. Appropriate for beginners as well as those well-versed in Jewish study. All texts are in English translation. Financial assistance is available. Please call Scholarship Services at 212.415.5699 or stop by the Customer Service desk. Light breakfast fare included. Journey through the rich traditions of Jewish music and history. Discover Ladino, Hassidic and Sephardic love songs and Polish shtetl music. Relive the dream of Jewish emancipation and assimilation though the lives of Jewish composers, conductors and musicians. Study the musical traditions of the 20th-century ghettos. Experience Israeli folk songs, and take a closer look at Israeli classical music. Please visit the following pages for more information Location & Directions Departments Centers Programs |
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November 6th
Thursday |
Harp meditation Time: 11:15 am Location: VNS CHOICE Adult Day & Community Services Tel: 718-397-2048 |
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November 12th
Wednesday |
30th anniversary celebration Time: 6:00 - 8:30 pm Location: Ronald McDonald House, 405 East 73rd Street, New York, NY. 10021 Tel: (212) 639-0195 |
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November 19, 2008:
Sunday |
The Barber and The Merry WidowMulti-Media Concert Lecture Time: 2:30 pm Location: Half Hollow Hills Community Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills, NY 11746 Telephone: 631-421-4530 x 329 Information: "To eat, to love, to sing, to digest; in truth, these are the four acts in the opera buffa we call life." - Gioacchino Rossini. Take a closer look at the workings of opera buffa, operetta, and the Savoy operas. |
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November 20, 2008:
Monday |
Renaissance Dinner Private Event |
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December 3rd
Wednesday |
Hannukah Music Time: 5:30 pm Location: Ronald McDonald House, 405 East 73rd Street, New York, NY. 10021 Tel: (212) 639-0195 |
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December 10th
Wednesday |
Faculty Concert: Teachers College/Columbia University Time: 6:00 pm Location: Cowin Hall, 525 W 120th St, New York, NY |
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January 22nd - 2009
Thursday |
"A Day in the Life of Tosca" Time: 11:15 am Location: Half Hollow Hills Community Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills, NY 11746 Tel: 631 421 4530 x 329 Information: A closer look at the play and Puccini's opera Tosca through a historic-topographic panorama. Multi-media event |
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