WELCOME
Alumni & Friends of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
CONGRATULATIONS TO LAGUARDIA CLASS OF 2021
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You may contact us at info@alumniandfriends.org. All paper correspondence and contributions may be mailed to our P.O. Box:
Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia
P.O. Box 230015
Ansonia Station
New York, NY 10023
We hope to see you soon!
ALUMNI & FRIENDS HIGHLIGHTS
Sunday August 1st, 2021
Calling all incoming LaGuardia families! If you have been accepted to LaGuardia for fall 2021 and are interested in a tour of LaGuardia, sign up for the "Getting to Know Our Building" event on Thursday, August 5. You must register in advance and registration will close at the end of the day on August 2. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScC_iv2DlGKb3IyepwHAtffAxtM6Uxu4Ku6vgqJk_KsGz6lHg/viewform
Please see the LaGuardia home page for more information for incoming families! www.laguardiahs.org/
"Getting to Know Our Building"
docs.google.com
This form is for current LaGuardia students entering grades 9, 10, 11, or 12. It has been a while since many of us have visited our building; for some, you may be seeing our building for the very firs...Rosa Salimeni
Im an alumni of PA '58 Ive never been to La Guardia Id love to see it too
Friday July 30th, 2021
If you're in the Provincetown, MA area, check out "Tidal Motion" - the art exhibit by the late artist David Wojnarowicz (M&A '73).
“David Wojnarowicz: Tidal Motion" is an exhibit of artwork by Wojnarowicz in conversation with contemporary emerging artists
Fridays, 6 to 8 p.m., through Aug. 31, and by appointment; email zackery@joesheftel.com
445 Commercial St., Provincetown
The exhibit is called “Tidal Motion,” which comes from a line in Wojnarowicz’s indelible 1991 book, Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration, published a year before his death from AIDS at age 37: “If I were to leave this country and never come back or see it again in films or sleep I would still remember a number of different things that sift back in some kind of tidal motion.”
provincetownindependent.org/david-wojnarowicz-from-downtown-to-our-town/
David Wojnarowicz: From Downtown to Our Town - The Provincetown Independent
provincetownindependent.org
Walking by 445 Commercial St. in Provincetown when the shades are pulled down, you’d hardly know there’s a priceless link to queer history inside. Once home to the Kiley Court […]Thursday July 29th, 2021
#ThankfulThursday
🎼 Alumni & Friends is thankful that we were able to facilitate the gifting of a beautiful violin and bow to one of our 2021 Instrumental graduates, Athena Wilkinson.
The violin comes from artist Jeanne Heifetz, the daughter of two 1948 alumni (Elaine and Simon Heifetz) who met at Music and Art. The violin belonged to her father and was sitting unused for decades. Jeanne brought it to a luthier to make sure it was in great shape, and asked us to find the right recipient. With the help of the incredible LaGuardia string teachers, a deserving student was found. Athena will be pursuing music education in the fall at SUNY Stonybrook. Music - the gift that keeps on giving! 🎼
Athena is a wonderful student and person. I’m so happy about this kind gesture.
This is incredible!
Beautiful. <3
This is AMAZING. And Stonyrbook is fabulous- congratulations!
Awesome!!!!!!
Blackness
LaGuardia is family.
How wonderful!
May she enjoy many years of playing.
Wonderful
👏👏👏
Monday July 26th, 2021
#MusicMonday
If you're looking for a job in the music world, here's a great resource for music related job opportunities at all levels: jobs.musicalamerica.com/jobseeker/search/results/
Recent Jobs - Musical America Career Center
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View jobs available on Musical America Career Center. Search for and apply to open jobs from Musical America Career Center.super 👍✨✨🌻
Tuesday July 20th, 2021
Read a great NY Times profile of Vera Fox Jiji (M&A '44).
Jiji says, "Music is a perfect language; it’s like a conversation between people who never misunderstand each other and never get bored. When you play music with people, it’s a kind of friendship. Music is a world of pleasure. It has given me a way to communicate without using words. It gave me a next step in life."
She is also the author of the book “Cello Playing for Music Lovers.”
www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/arts/adult-cello-lessons.html
It’s Never Too Late to Play the Cello
www.nytimes.com
Vera Jiji’s beloved cello, tucked away in the back of her closet, remained untouched, almost forgotten, for over 40 years. It’s been like a second life for her.Monday July 19th, 2021
Check out Zazie Beetz (LaG '09) in her new film "Nine Days" - www.marieclaire.com.au/zazie-beetz-nine-days
Zazie Beetz 'Nine Days' interview: Meet the star leading the new guard of Hollywood
www.marieclaire.com.au
In this exclusive interview, Zazie Beetz talks starring in the new film, Nine Days, what it was like attending the prestigious New York performing arts high school LaGuardia and how she’s using her ...Friday July 16th, 2021
Happy #fiorellofriday! Check out this installation at Lincoln Center's Hearst Plaza through July 30, 2021. Dramaturg Iyvon E. (LaG '09), portrait performer Elijah Schreiner (LaGuardia Technical Theater teacher), and dance performances by GALLIM dancers including Nouhoum Koita (LaG '20)!
www.lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/page/you-are-here-sound-installation
and additional details at: www.playbill.com/article/in-the-news-brian-stokes-mitchell-will-receive-key-to-the-city-elaine-ma...
Monday July 12th, 2021
Read this great feature on Lillian Colon (Performing Arts '73) - the oldest dancer in the new film 'In the Heights' - she's 66 and amazing!
www.nbcnews.com/know-your-value/feature/meet-only-dancer-over-50-who-auditioned-got-cast-heights-...
Meet the only dancer over 50 who auditioned for — and got cast in — 'In the Heights'
www.nbcnews.com
Lillian Colón, 66, is no stranger to finding success in her own time. She became the first Latina Rockette at the age of 32, gave birth to her daughter at 46 and is currently writing a memoir.Too bad the article doesn’t display/lead with a photo of the actual dancer 🙄
Amazing life! God Bless
Monday July 12th, 2021
Shoutout to Adrien Brody (LaG '91) and Timothee Chalamet (LaG '13) on the red carpet at Cannes premiering Wes Anderson's "The French Dispatch!" Our alumni are everywhere!
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May just head to a theater down the autumn road for this one
WOW !!!
BRAAAAAVO, Guys!! 🤗🌷💗❤️💕 🛸🛸🛸✨✨✨✨✨✨
Wednesday July 7th, 2021
⭐We have 40 FREE tickets to see the new documentary "Ailey" at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park on Monday, July 12, 8pm, thanks to our partnership with Film at Lincoln Center! Visit
tickets.lincolncenter.org/booking/production/bestavailable/22303 and enter the code LaGuardia. The code will be valid through Friday, July 9.
Watch the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e14XoL2D99c
Wish i was here that day
Oops i was too late! 😜next time!❤️
Friday July 2nd, 2021
Don't miss the stunning LaGuardia Senior Graduation Dance Concert viewable only through July 5!
The concert features choreography by the following alumni artists: Michael Greenberg (LaG '14), Meagan King (LaG '16), Damani Pompey (LaG '08), Amanda Krische (LaG '12), Mayte Natalio (LaG '01), and Darrell Moultrie (LaG '95).
vimeo.com/566262534/de5374fee3
vimeo.com
This is "Graduation Dance Concert 2021" by LaGuardia Dance on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.The dances and choreographies are all very well done.
Friday July 2nd, 2021
Congratulations to Zora Howard (LaG '10) for being the 2021 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Drama for "Stew," an intimate, tightly constructed drama about three generations of Black women over the course of one day, and the violence they are forced to live with, absorb and attempt to overcome. www.pulitzer.org/finalists/zora-howard
"Zora Howard is a Harlem-bred writer and performer. Plays include STEW, Bust, AtGN, and In Good Faith. Her work has been developed by Page 73 Productions, SPACE at Ryder Farm, Pipeline Theatre Company, Yale University, and Collaborative Artists Bloc, among others. As a performer, she has appeared on HBO, TV One, PBS, and NBC. In 2019, her feature film Premature, which she co-wrote and starred in, had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by IFC Films in early 2020. She was a member of the 2019 Interstate 73 Writers Group and Pipeline PlayLab. She holds a BA from Yale University and an MFA from UCSD."
Chloé Hayat, have you heard of this writer?
Congratulations!
She is one of my favorite poets from years ago. I didn’t even know she went to LaG!
Bravo!
Congrats to this celebrated author and fellow alumna!
Friday July 2nd, 2021
More #fiorellofriday!
Congratulations to all of the talented LaGuardia students who navigated virtual performances! Please enjoy LaGuardia Opera Workshop's Opera Scenes - Mary Ann Swerdfeger, Musical Director.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cx7lwaW04A&t=1s
Friday July 2nd, 2021
Happy #fiorellofriday! Mayor LaGuardia would be so proud of our amazing students! Enjoy the LaGuardia Senior Chorus performing "Afternoon on A Hill" by Eric Barnum, Jana Ballard - Choral Director.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV6OHyc9sc
If you ever wanted to know what angels sounded like❤️
Thursday July 1st, 2021
Congratulations to John Jalandoni (LaG '07, Technical Theater), who does set design for music videos for pop artists, including Olivia Rodrigo's #1 trending video on YouTube! Follow him on Instagram - @John_Doni
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9syCTdjUhCA
Congratulations, John! It was at LaGuardia where he learned tech. theatre first! Congrats to LaGuardia,too!
Thursday July 1st, 2021
Enjoy this gorgeous piece performed by LaGuardia's 2021 Senior Chorus: "Dies Irae" from Mozart's Requiem, Jana Ballard - Choral Conductor.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAEhCR59Bxw
Bravo!
Hooray Jana Ballard!!🎶
Wow! Truly fantastic!
Beautiful!!!
Fantastic!
Thank you!!!! This is incredible ❤️🙌
I remember when we did the Mozart Requiem in chorus. M&A '65 ❤
This was amazing! Congratulations to the senior chorus and Ms. Ballard. Can we also give it up for the editing? Wow!
Brava Jana Ballard and this year's wonderful Sr. Chorus.
👏🏾 Bravo!
Soul-stirring....
Thursday July 1st, 2021
Congratulations to soprano Reri Grist (M&A '49), who received an honorary doctorate from Juilliard! She was the voice of "Somewhere" in the original Browadway production of "West Side Story."
www.juilliard.edu/news/148811/juilliard-hold-its-116th-commencement-ceremony-friday-june-18-2021-...
"Coloratura soprano Reri Grist was born in New York City and debuted on Broadway at age 14 with Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. In 1957, as Consuelo in West Side Story, she was the voice of “Somewhere.” Grist then recorded Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with Leonard Bernstein. She debuted with the Santa Fe Opera in 1959, and then joined the Cologne Opera (1960), the Zürich Opera (1961-64), the Vienna State Opera (1963), and the Munich State Opera (1970). Her career included a 1966 debut (with return performances over 12 years) at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, and 73 performances at the San Francisco Opera, including L’elisir d’amore opposite Luciano Pavarotti in 1969."
Lovely woman. Was her daughter's room mate in college and met her briefly.
Wow!!! What a career. Congratulations!
One of the best parts of being alumni director for 17 years was getting to know some of the guest artists I recruited for master classes. Reri Grist and I became close friends and the article here tells a good part of her story. The last work Reri performed was a one woman opera by the late M&A alumnus, Morton Feldman. Her dear friend and M&A classmate, the late Coleridge Taylor Perkinson's compositions have been performed frequently. I was thrilled to attend the Juillliard ceremony which may still be available on live-stream. You can also find "Somewhere" on the 50th anniversary of West Side Story on youtube; it brought the house down! (This photo convinced me to get a phone with a better camera.) She will be thrilled that so many folks appreciated this post!
What took Juilliard so long??? What a fabulous performer! And what an amazing HS we went to!
Amazing !! What a singer !!
l love Reri Grist !! She sang Blondchen under Karl Boehm in 1980, when l was fresh in Vienna on a Fulbright, with Gruberova as Constanze. I had only just arrived in 1979, and they flew me to Hamburg and Munich that preceding fall to audition to be her understudy! l didn't get it 🙂 .. But l then later SAW her, with Boehm in the pit, on TV!!
Bravissima Divinetta!!
Friday June 25th, 2021
Happy #fiorellofriday!
Please enjoy some wonderful LaGuardia culture today!
The beautiful Semi-Annual Art Show is online and viewable: www.lagartstudiopa.org/semiannual-art-show-spring-2021
The stunning Senior Graduation Dance Concert video will be up until July 5: vimeo.com/566262534/de5374fee3
FAME LIVE FROM LONDON'S WEST END IS"HEART-STOPPINGLY BRILLIANT!" DON'T MISS IS IT STREAMING NOW ON BROADWAYHD.ORG
I am suitably impressed! What a spectacular presentation of the current talent from my Alma mater!
Monday June 21st, 2021
Monday, June 21 and Tuesday, June 22 at 7pm enjoy the stunning work of the LaGuardia Dance Department at the
2021 Graduation Dance Concert. vimeo.com/566262534/de5374fee3
The concert features choreography by the following alumni artists: Michael Greenberg (LaG '14), Meagan King (LaG '16), Damani Pompey (LaG '08), Amanda Krische (LaG '12), Mayte Natalio (LaG '01), and Darrell Moultrie (LaG '95).
Monday June 21st, 2021
Enjoy the gorgeous artwork in the online Semi-Annual Art Show, opening today! www.lagartstudiopa.org/semiannual-art-show-spring-2021
Monday June 21st, 2021
Monday, June 21, 2021 at 12pm enjoy LaGuardia's wonderful Solo Voice Spring Showcase #1!
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 822 8727 5752
Passcode: 872727
Monday June 21st, 2021
We say goodbye to prolific writer Janet Malcom (M&A '51), "a longtime writer for The New Yorker who was known for her piercing judgments, her novel-like nonfiction and a provocative moral certainty that cast a cold eye on journalism and its practitioners." www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/business/media/janet-malcolm-dead.html
Janet Malcolm, Provocative Journalist With a Piercing Eye, Dies at 86
www.nytimes.com
Her subjects ranged widely, but she took special aim at journalism itself, writing that every journalist “knows that what he does is morally indefensible.”Janet Malcolm's yearbook photo
🙏
🕯️🌟❤️
Friday June 18th, 2021
Tonight, June 18 at 7:30pm, make sure to tune in to LaGuardia's New Music Ensemble June Premiere!
New Music Ensemble (NME) provides a space for talented young artists to write, produce, perform, and record contemporary music. Under the direction of Mr. Robert Apostle, the songwriters' collective has traditionally held three performances per school year, one of which takes place at the Rockwood Music Hall on the lower east side.
NME musicians have always mastered the vital skills of collaboration, creativity, leadership, and responsibility. The ensemble is structured as an independent study, which is paired with the guidance and mentorship of Mr. Apostle.
Check out our Instagram for more frequent updates and content on the class! (@newmusiclag)
We would also like to thank Alani Smith for creating our new music thumbnail as well as our new music logo!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=poQvtvwveQw
Thursday June 17th, 2021
Tonight, June 17 at 7pm, enjoy the amazing Spring Musicale #2 on Vimeo! vimeo.com/event/1073359
Thursday June 17th, 2021
#ThankfulThursday
“I met my husband and my best friends for life at LaGuardia. And while I didn’t continue on to be a musician, the academic education I received there (thanks, Dr. Rowes!) helped pave the way for me to become a writer. Right now, I am writing with Faure’s Requiem in the background, and I can thank LaGuardia for this gift.” - Danielle Braff Karpinos, LaG ’97.
⭐️ Fill out our quick form at alumniandfriends.org/thankful/ and tell us why YOU are thankful for your FREE high school arts education at M&A, PA, and LaGuardia! And read why others are thankful. ⭐️
I loved Dr. Rowes! She was tough but she made you a better writer!
Wednesday June 16th, 2021
Tonight, June 16 at 7pm, enjoy the amazing Spring Musicale #1 on Vimeo! vimeo.com/event/1064308
See all details and the program of tonight's performances here: alumniandfriends.org/laguardia-calendar-of-performances/
Tuesday June 15th, 2021
Congratulations to Victoria Platt (LaG '90) on her Daytime Emmy nomination for her role as Dr. Amanda Raynor on "Days of Our Lives!" In addition to her first time Daytime Emmy nomination, Platt has also been nominated for an Ovation Award for her portrayal of the character “Emilia” in the Kirk Douglas Theatre’s run of the hip-hopera Venice in 2011 and reprised her role in The Public’s production of Venice the following summer.
The 48th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be air on Friday, June 25, 2021 (8PM – 10PM ET/PT) on the CBS television network and streamed on Paramount +.
www.prweb.com/releases/victoria_platt_nominated_for_48th_annual_daytime_emmy_award/prweb17980991.htm
woohoo
Go Vicky!!!!!!
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Tuesday June 15th, 2021
Congratulations to LaGuardia Fine Arts senior Nadine Zhan, whose photographs appear in the New York Times Magazine!
"Nadine Zhan is an artist from Brooklyn whose work is inspired by film and friends. She is part of the ICP Teen Academy Imagemakers program." See her photographs here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/09/magazine/nyc-reopening.html
And the accompanying article here: www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/insider/new-york-young-photographers.html
"For Sunday’s issue of The New York Times Magazine, which focuses on the city as it searches for its post-pandemic life, the publication enlisted 15 photographers ages 25 and under to capture the city’s reawakening. For 31 days in May, they fanned out across the five boroughs to capture the hope and excitement of a cultural rebirth, but also the anxiety and uncertainty of what might happen next."
A Recharged New York, Through Young Eyes
www.nytimes.com
For a special project of The Times Magazine, 15 photographers ages 25 and under captured an electric, joyous, anxious city slowly becoming itself again.Congratulations Nadine! The photographs are amazing!
Monday June 14th, 2021
Save the date for the fabulous LaGuardia Solo Voice Spring Showcase #1!
Monday, June 21, 2021, 12pm EST
Join Zoom Meeting
us02web.zoom.us/j/82287275752?pwd=c3hvVVNoZVVlTFgxTVJCejZKSy9wQT09
Meeting ID: 822 8727 5752
Passcode: 872727
Please join us on Monday, June 21, at 12 Noon! 😊
Saturday June 12th, 2021
Check out Jasmine Cephas Jones (LaG '07, Vocal) who stars in “Blindspotting” on June 13 on Starz - an eight-episode series based on the film from Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal.
Cephas-Jones starred with Diggs in "Hamilton" and originated the dual roles of Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds. In 2020, Cephas Jones won a Primetime Emmy for portraying Tyisha in the Quibi series #freerayshawn.
www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/arts/television/blindspotting-jasmine-cephas-jones-starz.html
In ‘Blindspotting’ Series, Jasmine Cephas Jones Steps Into Full View
www.nytimes.com
After nailing her small role in the 2018 film, the actress takes the lead in a new spinoff Starz series, centered on the people left behind when their loved ones are imprisoned.FAME LIVE FROM LONDON'S WEST END IS "HEART-BREAKINGLY BRILLIANT!" DON'T MISS IT STREAMING NOW ON BROADWAYHD.ORG
CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🎉🎉
Saturday June 12th, 2021
The LaGuardia Spring Drama Festival productions are streaming on-demand June 12 - 13 AND June 19 - 20 (12am - 11:59pm ET)! www.broadwayondemand.com/series/VyS7vlLeu8hi-spring-drama-festival-season--fiorello-h-laguardia-h...
Friday June 11th, 2021
Happy #fiorellofriday! Enjoy Spring Drama Festival (SDF) #4 tonight at 7:30pm! WAR OF THE WORLDS, (H.G. Cast), Friday, June 11th at 7:30 PM, Directed by Jonathan Davidson.
Get the link, cast, and playbill here: laguardiahspa.org/sdf-war-of-the-worlds/
And see listings for ALL SDF shows here: laguardiahspa.org/SDF/
In 1938, Orson Welles utilized a new type of media to entertain, manipulate and subvert. In the shadow of World War II, he convinced an anxious and exhausted American public that Martians had invaded Earth. In 2021, who says it can’t happen again?
It was SO good!!!!
Friday June 11th, 2021
Read a great piece from Colorado Public Radio written by M. Roger Holland, II (PA '82), Teaching Assistant Professor of African American Music and Theology at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music, and Director of DU’s Spirituals Project Choir.
Professor Holland’s monthly musical selections and commentary can be heard throughout the year on CPR Classical, including Sunday mornings on the choral music show Sing!
www.cpr.org/2021/06/10/m-roger-holland-reflects-on-judgement-escape-and-release/
M. Roger Holland Reflects On Judgment, Escape and Release
www.cpr.org
Recently, I shared with some of my colleagues memories of childhood; elementary school, junior high and high school. I was bussed into a white neighborhood starting in the second grade.Great writing... sensitive and historic and musically aware!
Thursday June 10th, 2021
Tonight! Spring Drama Festival (SDF) presents "THE TEMPEST"
Thursday, June 10th at 7:30pm, directed by Stacey Cervellino
Get the link, cast, and playbill here: laguardiahspa.org/sdf-the-tempest/
And see listings for ALL SDF shows here: laguardiahspa.org/SDF/
Twelve years ago, Prospero, rightful CEO of Milan Corp and a powerful magician, fled to an island off the coast of Manhattan after a hostile takeover by her sister, Antonia. As her enemies return from a wedding, Prospero and her spirit, Ariel, use magic to create a powerful storm, pulling the plane out of the sky and right to her doorstep.
Thursday June 10th, 2021
Enjoy this article and amazing video premiere from Curtis Stewart (LaG '04 and teacher at LaGuardia for a decade).
"Have you ever wondered what would happen if Paganini met trap beats and 8-bit heart emojis? This combo was the quarantine brainchild of violinist Curtis Stewart, and the resulting 'Improvisation on Paganini Caprice #11' is one of 17 new tracks on his forthcoming album Of Power, which features music of resistance and resilience.
Grammy nominated violinist Curtis Stewart enjoys an eclectic career bouncing between various realms of music: from sold out shows at Madison Square Garden with Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, and Seal, to stints at the Kennedy Center with the Jimmy Heath Big Band and performance installations at the Whitney Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, and Museum of Modern Art."
www.icareifyoulisten.com/2021/06/video-premiere-curtis-stewarts-improvisation-on-paganini-caprice...
Video Premiere: Curtis Stewart's Improvisation on Paganini Caprice #11
www.icareifyoulisten.com
I CARE IF YOU LISTEN premieres the video for "Improvisation on Paganini Caprice #11" by Curtis Stewart from his forthcoming album, Of Power.Tuesday June 8th, 2021
You may now enjoy 2021 Rising Stars: Behind the Mask online after an incredible weekend airing on All Arts television!
Our students continue to amaze us!!
allarts.org/programs/all-arts-performance-selects/rising-stars-2021-behind-the-mask-7zymp7/
Rising Stars 2021: Behind The Mask | ALL ARTS Performance Selects
allarts.org
Students from LaGuardia, the renowned NYC public arts "FAME" school, transcend the pandemic with their music, dance, vocals, drama, art and tech skills - turning dark stages into a screen debut that s...The performances were amazing!!
Friday June 4th, 2021
Happy #fiorellofriday!
Today at 4pm EST, tune in to WNET's ALL ARTS channel to watch the televised production of LaGuardia's "Rising Stars: Behind the Mask!" Rising Stars 2021 features nearly 200 performers, 24 pieces of art, 4 short films, as well as countless students working behind the scenes. Also airing Saturday, June 5 at 1pm and Sunday, June 6 at 9am.
allarts.org/schedule/?program=44989
I just ran into a group or parents they have a big screen set up in stone park In park slope snd they are watching it!!! Stop by! 3rd street and 5th ave
Friday May 28th, 2021
Happy #fiorellofriday!
Enjoy the beauty of LaGuardia's Senior Art Show #3 - OVATION!
lagartstudiopa.org/senior-art-show-3
OVATION — A SUSTAINED AND ENTHUSIASTIC SHOW OF APPRECIATION FROM AN AUDIENCE, ESPECIALLY BY MEANS OF APPLAUSE.
ARTISTS HAVE DIFFERENT DRIVES FOR MOTIVATION, BUT REGARDLESS, A SHOW OF APPRECIATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT GOES A LONG WAY. WE WANT TO COMMEND ALL SENIOR ARTISTS FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK THROUGHOUT THEIR LAGUARDIA CAREER. WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY, SKILL, AND CREATIVITY OF ARTISTS, FROM THE PATIENT PRINTMAKERS TO THE PROLIFIC PAINTERS. WE HOPE TO END ON A HIGH NOTE, AND THEREFORE WE NOW PRESENT TO YOU THE LAST SENIOR ART SHOW OF 2021: OVATION.
Curated by Cathy Li, Kailin Cedeno, & Kristen Lew
Thursday May 27th, 2021
LaGuardia's 'Rising Stars 2021' is in the NY Times list of Theater to Stream! Tune in June 4, 5, 6 on allarts.org
"LaGuardia High School is usually introduced as the inspiration for the 1980 movie “Fame,” but younger generations might favor more up-to-date references: The New York City arts school’s many alumni include Awkwafina and Ansel Elgort. This year, LaGuardia is taking its “Rising Stars” variety showcase online; so now you can try to spot the next Timothée Chalamet. Premiering June 4; allarts.org"
www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/theater/streaming-theater.html?referringSource=articleShare
Theater to Stream: Concert Sets and Reimagined Classics
www.nytimes.com
Highlights include “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Shakespeare’s Globe, the rising stars of LaGuardia High School and “Uncle Vanya” on PBS.Yea!!!!
Wednesday May 26th, 2021
Yoruba Richen (LaG '90) is one of the directors for this new Netflix docuseries "High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America."
"The docuseries hosted by Stephen Satterfield and based on Jessica B. Harris' book gives African American cuisine the deep dive it deserves. Buried in the final chapter of author and historian Jessica B. Harris’ book High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America is a simple wish: Black American food should be acknowledged for its influence on American cuisine.
“African Americans have a long love affair with food, one perhaps unequaled in the history of the country,” she wrote. “For centuries we’ve brought the piquant tastes of Africa to the New World.”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/high-on-the-hog-how-african-american-cuisine-transformed-...?
Netflix’s ‘High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America’: TV Review
www.hollywoodreporter.com
A new docuseries hosted by Stephen Satterfield and based on Jessica B. Harris’ book gives African American cuisine the deep dive it deserves.Wednesday May 26th, 2021
Please read this book review of "Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice," written by one of the Exonerated Five, Dr. Yusef Salaam - who should have graduated LaG in 1992.
"Despite this horrific miscarriage of justice, Salaam's compelling memoir, Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice, is one of astounding warmth.
While Better, Not Bitter addresses the case and his time in prison, the story Salaam most wants to tell is "about the foundation laid by both [his] family and [his] faith, which ensured that [he] would not only survive this awful injustice but thrive in the midst of it."
www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997792060/in-better-not-bitter-one-of-the-central-park-five-tells-his-own-...
One Of The Falsely Accused Central Park Five Tells His Story In 'Better, Not Bitter'
www.npr.org
In 1989, five kids were falsely accused of the brutal rape of a Central Park jogger. Yusef Salaam writes about systemic racism — and how his family and faith got him through seven years in prison.Wednesday May 26th, 2021
Check out the amazing items at the LaGuardia Parents Association Annual Auction through May 31 at 10pm! Items like tickets to SNL, vacation rentals, Mets tickets, NYC Opera tickets, Rosanne Pugliese Jewelry, and so much more! Auction sales will support the Parents Association production budget for Rising Stars and the Senior dance.
www.givergy.us/laguardiahs/?controller=home
www.givergy.us
Bid on exclusive money can't buy items & experiences with LaGuardia HS. Enter into one of our charity auctions, prize draws or buy exclusive items now.Tuesday May 25th, 2021
The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents the world premiere of re-entering by choreographer Matthew Neenan (LaG '93), Thursday, May 27 at 7pm. This live event will be streamed online for a remote audience. annenbergcenter.org/event/matthew-neenan
Called “fresh, touching, musical, original,” Matthew Neenan’s choreography makes “dancers look vulnerable, openhearted and, above all, marvelously free.” (The New York Times) A former dancer and Choreographer in Residence with Pennsylvania Ballet as well as the co-founder of BalletX, Neenan brings re-entering, a site-specific world premiere exploring our return to life as it once was, promising the “wonderful immediacy and vibrancy” (Dance Magazine) for which he’s known.
Purchase access now through 7:30 PM on May 27.
Watch live at 7pm on May 27 to participate in the chat and artist Q&A. Available on-demand through May 29.
Friday May 21st, 2021
In celebration of Rising Stars 2021, take a trip down memory lane and enjoy these videos from LaGuardia's Rising Stars 1995 (thanks to Felix Olivieri - LaG '95 Art).
Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwYOhtFsv-0
Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Jg6cru6BI
Friday May 21st, 2021
Happy #fiorellofriday!
We have very exciting news! LaGuardia's 2021 "Rising Stars" will be televised on June 4, 5, 6 on WNET's All Arts Channel!
"Rising Stars 2021: Behind the Mask is a smorgasbord of original acts, artwork, films and house band tracks. It spotlights some of New York City’s most talented and resilient student artists, who rely on their passions to transcend the heartache and limitations of the past year.
There are 47 segments in Rising Stars 2021, featuring the work of more than 200 student performers, fine artists and musicians, supported by the production planning, audio/photo/video, design, musical/composition, website and social media skills of a student team assisting the directors, parent volunteers and production company. Brief student interviews add context."
View all details about the show (including promo videos) here:
laguardiahspa.org/rising-stars-2021-behind-the-mask/
And for information about how to access the All Arts TV Channel, visit: allarts.org/everywhere/
Exciting
Thursday May 20th, 2021
Check out two alumni on Netflix in "The Baker and the Beauty" (originally on ABC) - Lisa Vidal (PA '82) and Madelyn Sher (LaG '12)!
www.netflix.com/title/81267239
The Baker and the Beauty | Netflix
www.netflix.com
A Miami baker and a fashionista try to make romance work despite the heat they face from jealous exes, prying family members and invasive paparazzi.Thursday May 20th, 2021
Tune in on Sunday, May 23 at 7pm EST on CNN to see LaGuardia’s Show Choir and students from the Dance Studio featured in “Graduation 2021: A CNN Special Event," with Kamala Harris giving the 2021 commencement speech!
news.yahoo.com/kamala-harris-2021-commencement-speech-002600352.html
(Photo of students rehearsing for the filming at Lincoln Center's Green Space)
"CNN will honor the millions of students graduating from high school or college this weekend with a star-studded prime-time special airing on Sunday."
Sarah Boyd Moran, Antonietta McGoey
Wow! So cool!
Amazing!!!
WOW!!!
"Now upward in wonder!"
SO proud to be a part of this wonderful heritage...
Waf Er
<3
Amazing that the Vice President has time to give a speech at this wonderful event,but no time to go to the southern border where a humanitarian crises occurs every day.
Akiko Nishimae Taku Nishimae Wow!!!
Wow
Gypsy Kann Jill S. Gabbe Janice Davis Jessica Sabat
Wow!!! Congrats Laguardians!!! So happy to be part of this school. Keep doing great things!!
🤩 OMG
Does anyone know if it’s live on Sunday ?
Thanks Nina. We just found out today that Grace got into LaGuardia! Happy day!😊
Thursday May 20th, 2021
Read a great piece about Philadelphia artist Gail Kotel (LaG '88), who has been painting portraits of local restaurant owners inside their take-out containers. "Kotel, who is also a Pilates-based physical therapist, conceived of the series as a way to generate buzz for suffering restaurants while calling attention to the mounds of packaging that are at once a health safeguard and an environmental hazard. For years, Kotel has used found objects—window frames, bubble wrap, glass bricks—as her canvas. As she piled up her own take-out boxes during 2020 while watching beloved restaurants limp through the pandemic, she decided to render images of the owners inside those repurposed containers."
www.broadstreetreview.com/wnwn/drawing-new-lines-for-philly-restaurants-and-environmentalism-with...?
Friday May 14th, 2021
#FiorelloFriday
Enjoy the amazing work of LaGuardia art students in the Senior Art Show #2 "Iridescence" - opening today! www.lagartstudiopa.org/senior-show-2-home
IRIDESCENCE — THE PHENOMENON OF CERTAIN SURFACES THAT APPEAR TO GRADUALLY CHANGE COLOR AS THE ANGLE OF VIEW OR THE ANGLE OF ILLUMINATION CHANGES
THROUGH EVERY ARTIST’S EYES, WE INTERPRET OUR ARTWORK DIFFERENTLY, CHANGING WITH EVERY VIEW AND ANGLE.
THIS SHOW’S DIVERSITY IN THEMES AND MEDIUMS PRESENTS A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW NOT JUST IN COLOR, BUT IN THOUGHT. WE PRESENT TO YOU THE SECOND SENIOR ART SHOW: IRIDESCENCE.
Curated by Cathy Li, Kailin Cedeno, Kristen Lew
Thursday May 13th, 2021
Arden “Keyz” Altino (LaG '93), who has worked with Busta Rhymes, Alicia Keys, Wyclef Jean, Estelle, Justin Bieber, and so many more, breaks down seven songs from his songwriting and production catalog and recalls his studio experience working with a variety of R&B artists.
"He attributes most of his genreless mindset to his studies at LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. Through the various fluid academic divisions to breed talented young minds in the universal spectrum of music, arts, and culture, Altino gained an appreciation and an understanding for diverse groups of creatives, no matter the genre or the person behind the artist."
ratedrnb.com/2021/05/board-pen-arden-keyz-altino/
Board + Pen: Arden 'Keyz' Altino - Rated R&B
ratedrnb.com
No real musician can say that they haven’t bitten from the palatable apple tree of musicality that the legendary Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis planted in a fruitful R&B-pop garden some 30-plus years ago...Tuesday May 11th, 2021
Check out this exhibit by Linus Coraggio (M&A '80)
"My Art (Also) Goes Here" through May 28
at Paul Calendrillo Gallery, 547 West 27th St., Suite 514
Reception With Artist on May 29, 2pm - 5pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 12pm - 6pm, Thursday 12pm - 8pm
www.paulcalendrillo.com/linus-coraggio
"Coraggio is best known for inventing a genre of Street Art he termed ''3-D graffiti” or “Outstillations,” These being welded, detritus constructions emblazoned with “socio-political” graffiti bolted to no-parking signposts across the United States. These are the sculptural equivalent of the spray paint subway art of the early graffiti masters who Coraggio cites as hugely inspiring.
In the 70s New York’s Lower East Side was the slummy, dangerous haunt of hookers, dealers, addicts, along with bohos – artists, writers, performers - looking for cheap spaces. With the 80s though came the propulsive energy of the Neo Exes and Graffiti, along with budding galleries, clubs, hipster restaurants, vaulting rents, namely the Big Bad G of gentrification. By which time the art world had hugely changed, the world of graffiti most especially, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat moved their work off the wall onto canvas and paper. And Linus Coraggio took Street art into sculpture."
www.paulcalendrillo.com/linus-coraggio
Tuesday May 11th, 2021
Enjoy this great educational coloring book 'The Secrets of Hattie Brown' by M&A '70 classmates Audrey “Sala Adenike” Jeter-Allen and Barbara Brown Gathers. www.barbarabrowngathers.com/books
"These beautiful historical images were hand-drawn by Audrey “Sala Adenike” Jeter-Allen and reflect the history and culture of African Americans during the years between 1870 and 1940. Indulge in effortless relaxation coloring for all ages. Relieve stress as you learn about history and culture. The drawings are ornamented by the Adinkra Symbols of Ghana, West Africa.
Great for all skill levels, all ages."
Monday May 10th, 2021
Calling all musicians for this FREE virtual program through NYPL Riverside:
"Making Money with Music: A Professional Talk on Getting Live and Virtual Shows"
Monday, May 24, 3:00-4:30 pm
This FREE virtual program is for anyone 18+ and for high school seniors accompanied by parents/guardians. In this talk, learn the basics of how to book a performance or set up a livestream event with Mehmet Dede, a professional music curator and tour producer. Advanced registration required: www.nypl.org/events/programs/2021/05/24/making-money-music-professional-talk-getting-live-and-vir...
Monday May 10th, 2021
Enjoy this interview with MC Serch (Michael Berrin) - M&A '85 - on
“Drink Champs." A product of Far Rockaway, Queens, the rapper was a founding member of the group 3rd Bass. Listen to his stories of watching the Kangol Crew in the cafeteria at Music & Art and so much more!
When asked why he was thankful for his free public school education at M&A, he said:
"It gave me my direction in what I wanted to do for a career.
I met life long friends.
I was allowed to explore the arts and to focus my passion and make it my life.
I witnessed some high school classmates become legends in the entertainment industry.
I was not allowed to fail. Mr. Cooney made sure I did not flunk out of school and I owe him a great deal for that."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnBJpOzhZ6U
And read the article here -
www.revolt.tv/drink-champs/2021/5/8/22425563/nas-owns-jay-z-catalogue
Friday May 7th, 2021
Michael Che (LaG '01, Art) has a new series on HBO! "That Damn Michael Che" is a six-episode original comedy series starring Michael Che (“Saturday Night Live,” “Michael Che Matters”). Each episode follows a theme or incident - racial profiling, unemployment, falling in love and more - and uses sketches and vignettes to illustrate what it feels like to experience them, from his perspective. Tune in!
www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYG8_bgHgxWvDIwEAAACA?
That Damn Michael Che | HBO Max Originals
www.hbomax.com
Stream That Damn Michael Che on HBO Max. That Damn Michael Che is a six-episode original comedy series starring Michael Che (“Saturday Night Live,” “Michael Che Matters”). Each episode follows...Friday May 7th, 2021
Check out the work of a group of LaGuardia juniors and seniors in the Art department (BWAC Crew) who are exhibiting at Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (481 Van Brunt St. between Reed Street and the water in Red Hook, 718-596-2506, www.bwac.org).
Opens Saturday, May 8, 1 to 6 pm, on the second floor near the stage
Every Saturday and Sunday through June 20, 2021 — 1 to 6 pm
Coordinated by LaGuardia art teacher and BWAC member Ingrid Butterer.
bwac.org/exhibitions_visit/bwac-crew-exhibition/
bwac.org
BWAC Crew Exhibition -- featuring the work of BWAC interns from LaGuardia High SchoolThursday May 6th, 2021
Tonight at 7pm EST (May 6, 2021) join Guggenheim winning artist Katy Schneider (M&A '82) on Zoom for Poetry Reading + Q&A. RSVP for this FREE event at www.concordart.org/silverlinings
Katy Schneider and Jim Armenti began a collaboration at the beginning of the pandemic. Each day, Katy created a tiny exquisitely rendered painting of an object found in her home and emailed an image of the completed work to Jim. In return, he sent her a poem inspired by the painting. Their collaboration is still going!
Katy Schneider’s 500 and counting 3×4 inch paintings of everyday objects as well as a group of 6×6 inch paintings are on view in the Main Galleries at the Concord Art Gallery in Concord, MA. Follow Katy: www.instagram.com/katyschneiderpainter/
Video of the art talk is available here: youtu.be/s2f5ekIuIN8
Thursday May 6th, 2021
Today from 4-5pm (Thursday, May 6, 2021) join LaGuardia's wonderful Opera Workshop on Zoom for their Afternoon of Opera and Operetta!
Zoom Meeting ID: 747-168-039
Phone Number: 646-558-8656
Monday May 3rd, 2021
See Marlene Siff's (M&A '53) artwork in Bridgeport, CT at the URSA Gallery (Arcade Mall, 1042 Broad Street - www.ursa.gallery/), as part of the exhibit "Here Comes the Sun" - an illuminating exhibition that celebrates a new chapter with our community––a time of revival and hope. Drawing parallels between the uplifting transition from winter to warmth and the pandemic to a new normal, Here Comes the Sun serves not only as an opportunity to reflect but also look forward. The presentation showcases the works of fourteen contemporary artists whose dynamic visions will uplift and restore our perspectives in a variety of ways. Exhibit through July 31, 2021. www.marlenesiff.com/
"Marlene Siff’s paintings, sculptures, and works on paper––often rendered in multi-dimensions with multilayerings––convey a sense of harmony, balance, order, and spirituality. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States and abroad, including the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.; B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C.; Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield; and Galerie Musée in Nagoya, Japan. www.marlenesiff.com/
Friday April 30th, 2021
#FiorelloFriday
Enjoy the amazing artwork of LaGuardia art students in the Senior Art Show #1 "Kalopsia" - opening today! www.lagartstudiopa.org/senior-show-1-home
KALOPSIA — A COMBINATION OF THE GREEK ROOTS KALLOS (BEAUTY) AND OPSIS (SIGHT), KALOPSIA MEANS BEAUTIFUL SIGHT OR WITH BEAUTIFUL EYESKALOPSIA PERFECTLY ENCAPSULATES THIS FEELING THAT WE AS ARTISTS FEEL TOWARDS OUR ART AND TOWARDS THE WORLD. WE VIEW BOTH WITH BEAUTIFUL EYES. INSPIRED BY THE IMPRESSIVE WORK OF THE SENIOR STUDENT BODY, AND THE VIVID DREAM-LIKE IMAGERY PRESENT IN MANY OF THE ARTWORKS YOU WILL SEE, WE PRESENT TO YOU THE FIRST SENIOR ART SHOW: KALOPSIA.
Friday April 30th, 2021
Vote for 4 LaG students who are currently competing in the BroadwayWorld Next on Stage high school competition so they can advance into the Top 30! Voting closes on May 4 and you can vote for each person once.
The LaG kids are:
Ruby Griffin - www.broadwayworld.com/nextonstagehighschool/ruby-griffin
Eason Rytter - www.broadwayworld.com/nextonstagehighschool/eason-rytter
Lucy Lewis - www.broadwayworld.com/nextonstagehighschool/lucy-lewis
Julia Marshall - www.broadwayworld.com/nextonstagehighschool/julia-marshall
Nominations Open For BroadwayWorld's NEXT ON STAGE
www.broadwayworld.com
Nominations are now open for College and High School students across the country! Submit by September 27th for a chance to win our incredible prizes! Click to learn more.Thank you, LaG Alumni & Friends, for supporting these current students! If voting, be sure to check your email and click to “confirm” your vote. The email might go to spam/junk. This is a system BroadwayWorld set up to prevent voting using bots. Need to confirm to be counted! Thank you for voting and sharing!
Friday April 30th, 2021
Congratulations to Billy Dee Williams (M&A '55), who will be honored at the Harlem Hall of Fame's inaugural debut in August 2021.
"The Harlem Hall of Fame will honor the legends and icons that have made significant contributions to Harlem's iconic and historic reputation around the globe. The Hall of Fame is set to make its inaugural debut in August 2021, with a stellar line-up of inductees, via a multimedia execution that will include a virtual induction ceremony/documentary looking at the impacting lives of some of Harlem’s Living Legends (set for broadcast in August) as well as a physical Harlem Hall of Fame exhibition - featuring replicas and personal defining items of the honorees, set for Black History Month February 2022."
www.einnews.com/pr_news/539791807/bet-executive-jon-marc-sandifer-launching-harlem-hall-of-fame
BET Executive Jon Marc Sandifer Launching Harlem Hall of Fame
www.einnews.com
Veteran Black Entertainment Television (BET) programming executive Jon Marc Sandifer (American Gangster: Trap Queens, Ruff Ryders Chronicles, A Thousand WordsFriday April 30th, 2021
#FiorelloFriday
Friday, April 30, 2021 watch the LaGuardia Show Choir Senior Cabaret at 8:15pm on YouTube! The video will remain after tonight's "live" performance. Enjoy the amazing talent of our LaGuardia Vocal students!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=muk-cMkbRQs
Monday April 26th, 2021
Congratulations to vocal junior Tess Biberaj (LaG '22) who won Top Prize from The International Grande Music Competition - igmcompetition.com/winners-2021/
Watch her performance of Mozart's "Voi Che Sapete." www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0R2Dicn_Y4
Monday April 26th, 2021
Save the date! Senior Art Show #1 will be Friday, April 30th, 2021 and viewable at www.lagartstudiopa.org/. Don't miss this beautiful show! Poster by Gabrielle Arica (LaG '21).
Monday April 26th, 2021
Check out Linus Brant Coraggio's (M&A '80) exhibit "My Art (Also) Goes Here" at Paul Calendrillo Gallery in Chelsea, May 3-28, 2021. 547 West 27th St., Suite 514
Reception With Artist: May 6, 6pm – 8pm, May 29, 2pm – 5pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12pm – 6pm, Thursday 12pm – 8pm - www.paulcalendrillo.com/linus-coraggio
"Coraggio is best known for inventing a genre of Street Art he termed ''3-D graffiti” or “Outstillations,” These being welded, detritus constructions emblazoned with “socio-political” graffiti bolted to no-parking signposts across the United States. These are the sculptural equivalent of the spray paint subway art of the early graffiti masters who Coraggio cites as hugely inspiring.
In the 70s New York’s Lower East Side was the slummy, dangerous haunt of hookers, dealers, addicts, along with bohos – artists, writers, performers - looking for cheap spaces. With the 80s though came the propulsive energy of the Neo Exes and Graffiti, along with budding galleries, clubs, hipster restaurants, vaulting rents, namely the Big Bad G of gentrification. By which time the art world had hugely changed, the world of graffiti most especially, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat moved their work off the wall onto canvas and paper. And Linus Coraggio took Street art into sculpture."
Monday April 26th, 2021
THE LYRIC LAB for those 65 years and older - tentative Start Date: Monday, May 3, 2021. www.thelyriclab.org/su-casa-2021-programming
The Lyric Lab is offering a free workshop series for Manhattan seniors, ages 65 and older, called “My Favorite Song Project.” Project participants would meet once a week in a virtual social space and discuss music, lyrics, life, and the memories that powerful songs can evoke. This project will culminate in an online exhibit of selected songs and participants' reactions/reflections.
www.thelyriclab.org/su-casa-2021-programming
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Friday April 23rd, 2021
Congratulations to sophomore art student Nate Rosan (LaG '23), who has launched a surf and skate apparel company! Article here: www.digitaljournal.com/pr/5049062
Check out the website: www.dinosurfandskate.com/
www.dinosurfandskate.com
Dino Surf And Skate is an online apparel store selling lifestyle clothing for adventure seekers. With designs ranging from surfing, skateboarding, fishing, racing and even skiing we have you covered f...Thursday April 22nd, 2021
Happy Earth Day! The LaGuardia Student Green Team is premiering FIVE Earth Day 2021 videos including interviews and clips of Green Team members celebrating. Please tune in and do your part to save the planet!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KDuIRqkj-k&list=PLCk-RF-GKT7vSsjuDlxWngtZi-EDbC710
Follow the Green Team on Instagram @laggreenteam
Check out their site at bit.ly/323limY
Subscribe to their bi-weekly newsletter here: bit.ly/2IeZLRH
Wednesday April 21st, 2021
Congratulations to Yoruba Richen (LaG '90) who directed "The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show," part of the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival. tribecafilm.com/films/sit-in-harry-belafonte-hosts-the-tonight-show-2020
"While the country was embroiled in a divisive election with racial tensions flaring, Civil Rights activist and trailblazing performer Harry Belafonte guest hosted The Tonight Show for one week in 1968. By then, Johnny Carson had turned this pioneering late night show into one of the most powerful platforms of communication. In an unprecedented move, Belafonte took a predominantly white institution, The Tonight Show, and transformed it into a multicultural and political experience.
Award-winning director Yoruba Richen examines the importance of this lost broadcast history through vibrant interviews with Belafonte, Whoopi Goldberg, Questlove, and guests who appeared that week including Petula Clark, Dionne Warwick, and Freda Payne. The Sit In features rare archival footage, including interviews with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, which are among the last television appearances before both were assassinated."
Yoruba Richen is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has been featured on PBS, The New York Times, and Frontline. Her latest film, Green Book: Guide to Freedom, premiered on the Smithsonian channel. She is the founding director of the documentary program at the Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
For a complete list of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival films: www.indiewire.com/2021/04/tribeca-film-festival-2021-film-lineup-1234631537/
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | 2020 Tribeca Film Festival | Tribeca
tribecafilm.com
While the country was embroiled in a divisive election with racial tensions flaring, civil rights activist Harry Belafonte guest hosted The Tonight Show for one week in 1968 transforming it into a mul...I heard it’s terrific
Wednesday April 21st, 2021
Congratulations to dancer Alanna Morris-Van Tassel (LaG '03) who was named Gibney/Bard Teaching Artists for Spring 2021. www.bard.edu/news/dance-program-announces-new-faculty-teaching-artists-for-spring-2021-01-28
Morris-Van Tassel is artistic director of Alanna Morris-Van Tassel Productions (AMVTP), founded in 2017.
"The mission of AMVTP is to produce solo dance works and global commissions that uplift and inspire our humanity; to produce educational programs that utilize the creative arts as a tool for self-development; and to spearhead community building initiatives that assist mid-career women Creatives with resources to thrive.
AMVTP is a Black-led arts organization, launched in 2017 with spheres of influence in dance performance, education and community-building. AMVTP has been developing and producing provocative and soulful arts programs that center the creative genius of the African Caribbean archive, bringing people together from all walks of life, employing Minnesota artists of color, and building bridges and partnerships with arts organizations that share a similar vision. In 2018 AMVTP launched a coaching/mentorship program for pre-professional female dancers of color to address racial inequities in access to dance education."
"Morris Van Tassel was named one of Dance Magazine's “25 to Watch!” for 2018 and City Pages’ Artist of the Year for 2018. She was a featured dancer with Minnesota-based dance company TU Dance (2007-2017), a TU Dance Artistic Associate (2020), and is a current advisor to Springboard Danse Montreal. Her self-produced solo project, “Yam, Potatoe an Fish!” was named Star Tribune’s Best of Dance (2018) and earned her City Pages’ Best Choreographer (2019).
She was a 2015 McKnight Dance Fellow. Morris-Van Tassel is a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City and holds a BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School. She is currently building a performance art project, Black Light, which explores the nobility of black-ness, divine feminine expression, and primordial creativity."
More about Alanna at: www.alannamvt.com/
Wednesday April 21st, 2021
Read a touching story about Lana Solinsky Noone (PA '64), Vietnam's Operation Babylift, and her play "Children of the April Rain" - www.liherald.com/stories/breakfast-club-honors-operation-babylift-mother,128701?
More at www.vietnambabylift.org/
Breakfast Club honors Operation Babylift mother
www.liherald.com
As the Vietnam War dragged on in the fall of 1974, Lana and Byron Noone were fighting a battle of their own at home in Garden City South, struggling to deal with two miscarriages and having given up ...Many thanks,Zoe... I appreciate your support and encouragement very much. Logo art for the Vietnam Babylift play, Children of the April Rain. The play's available as at no fee. The co-authors were all involved in Operation Babylift, including the last woman out of Vietnam on the final day of the War on that final helicopter. She is Sally Vinyard who is now 97 years Young!
Monday April 19th, 2021
Enjoy this new release by Nouhi's Nomad (Zachary Tirgan, LaG '16). He sang the title character of Orpheus in their production of "Orpheus in the Underworld" by Offenbach.
Read the press release and watch his music video at: www.digitaljournal.com/pr/5037693#ixzz6sVYAtWLf
His website: www.tirganrecords.com/nouhis-nomad
Award-winning Screenwriter Fronts Iranian-American Indie Rock Project Nouhi’s Nomad
www.digitaljournal.com
The NYC-based musician will release a new single, video this Friday. “Number 4” is from his self-titled debut album.Monday April 19th, 2021
Check out Jack Brandfield's (LaG '16) debut album release, "I'll Never Be The Same" on Gut String Records.
Jack Brandfield - Saxophone
Randy Napoleon - Guitar
Rodney Whitaker - Bass
Jack was the recipient of the Alumni & Friends Fred Klein Jazz Award in 2016.
“Jack Brandfield makes me happy. He knows the history of his instrument and yet he wants to carve out his own path keeping an eye on all the greats in his rear view mirror. I know they are smiling!” -John Pizzarelli
https://www.jackbrandfield.com/i-ll-never-be-the-same
www.jackbrandfield.com
“Jack Brandfield makes me happy. He knows the history of his instrument and yet he wants to carve out his own path keeping an eye on all the greats in his rear view mirror. I know they are smiling!...