JUST ONE WEEK UNTIL THE FRIENDS OF THE ARTS
PARTY!
Please join us on November 18th
from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Christie's in Rockefeller Center for the Alliance's
Friends of the Arts Party to benefit the Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Fellowship and to
support the advocacy work of the Alliance. For more information, to join the
Party Committee and to buy tickets, click
here.
On November 20, New York City's most popular online resource for information on the arts --NYC-ARTS.org and NYCkidsARTS.org--will launch with a new look and in depth profiles on nearly 1,000 New York City arts organizations. New offerings include subscriptions to RSS feeds of upcoming events and the ability to sign up for weekly highlights, while simple-to-navigate built-in maps allow users to zoom in on hidden cultural gems in their neighborhoods throughout New York City. The sites will launch during beta testing, so we invite you to take part and send us your feedback.
NEW TKTS BOOTH OPENS IN TIMES SQUARE
New Yorkers and visitors can now buy same-day discount tickets and relax and enjoy the energy of Times Square thanks to a new $19-mllion structure which combines a new TKTS booth and a 65-foot-long glowing red glass staircase. The structure is a joint project of the Times Square Alliance and the Theatre Development Fund; it was designed by Perkins Eastman after a concept by the Australians John Choi and Tai Ropiha. The TKTS booth offers tickets to Broadway, Off- and Off-Off-Broadway, and music and dance productions throughout the city. For more information click here.
CULTURAL GROUPS PLAN NEW CONSTRUCTIONDespite economic uncertainty, some cultural building projects are moving forward. In recent weeks, the New York Public Library selected Norman Foster and his London firm, Foster & Partners to renovate its historic 1911 building on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street. The renovation is the centerpiece of a $1 billion plan announced in March to transform the entire NYPL system, including branches and research libraries in Staten Island, Manhattan and the Bronx. For more information click here.
The Signature Theater also announced that Frank Gehry will design its new space at the base of a 58-story hotel and residential building on West 42nd Street and Tenth Avenue. The $60 million Signature Center will include two theaters, rehearsal studies, a cafe, a bookstore and offices. For more information click here.
MAYOR BLOOMBERG CONFIRMS BUDGET REDUCTION
PLAN
On Wednesday, November 5, Mayor Michael R.
Bloomberg confirmed his September statements that cuts must be made to the City
budget to account for decreased revenues during the economic downturn. Under the
plan, the Department of Cultural Affairs budget will be reduced by 2.5 percent
in the current fiscal year and by an additional 5 percent in fiscal 2010,
beginning July 1, 2009. DCA will inform cultural groups directly of their
projected reductions in the coming days. For more information click
here.
NYC PUBLIC
ARTS
MTV 44 1/2, the outdoor screen
located in the heart of Times Square, will continue its video exhibition series
curated by Creative Time with early works by Gilbert & George, through
November 14. The films shown, A Portrait of the Artists As Young Men
and The Nature of Our Looking, are from 1970 and 1972, respectively.
For more information, click here. The
Creative Time presentations are timed to correspond with the artists' major
retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum, on view from October 3
to January 11.
PEOPLE
Jeffory Lawson has been appointed managing director of the Atlantic Theater Company effective December 1, 2008. He was previously director of development at the Roundabout Theatre Company.Stephanie French has been named director and CEO of the Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation effective October 20, 2008. She is also a trustee of the Alliance for the Arts.
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