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ALUMNI NEWS
Friday June 21st, 2019
Tonight! June 21 at 7pm the LaGuardia Senior Jazz Band will be performing for the Make Music New York celebration with Gail Brewer, Manhattan Borough President, at Carl Schurz Park, 86th Street and East End Avenue (use the 84th or 87th St. entrance for wheelchair access) FREE.
www.manhattanbp.nyc.gov/event/make-music-new-york
Thursday June 20th, 2019
The LaGuardia Dance Ensemble will be performing this Friday, June 21 at Bryant Park at 6pm! Free and no tickets necessary! Choreography by Tommy Tibball, Thomas Hogan and Darrell Grand Moultrie.
Four dance companies will be performing.
www.nycgovparks.org/events/2019/06/21/contemporary-dance
Monday June 17th, 2019
We're getting excited for the remake of "West Side Story" starring Ansel Elgort (LaG '12) as Tony, with Adriel Fly Flete (LaG '16) as a Shark and Corey Stoll (LaG '94) as Lieutenant Schrank! LaGuardia representing! The movie is scheduled to arrive in theaters December 2020.
www.playbill.com/article/get-a-first-look-at-tony-maria-and-the-sharks-and-jets-from-the-new-west...
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Steven Spielberg directs the upcoming adaptation of the musical, slated to premiere in December 2020.I love this. We continue to be active in our country’s cultural life. I think it’s neat that Tony will be played by a LaGuardia grad… Since the “new” school is on the site of the locations where the first film version was made!
Looking forward although some films shouldn't be remade!
I'm very curious to see how Spielberg is going to do justice to the original material in the current cultural climate.
good afternoon. I'm looking for a friend who use to go to this school about 10 years ago. by the name of laquanda hollandsworth does anybody no her ?
One of my favorite movies- especially the dance and musical scenes!
Love that we as alumni here are so represented in this most current remake!! And with all the collaboration involved, let’s hope it’s a good one!!!🌈🎵🔮
Let’s see if it’s as good as the December 1998 LaGuardia presentation of West Side Story
I wonder if Spielberg will get the voices right. Not only did Marni Nixon do quite a bit of singing for Natalie Wood, she even did some of Rita Moreno’s.
Mario Castro Paul Reggio
Not to forget Nat Divatoro (Natalie Toro), M&A class of '82!!!
Michael Patrick Coughlin Antonia Russo Madeline Saint-Cyr Ali Babu Che Johnson - hopefully they are taking notes from our production. 😉
Looking forward although some films shouldn't be remade!
Dr. Mars should watch it and then justify her plans to prioritize A+s in academics above auditions.
♥️♥️
Luis Moret
Monday June 17th, 2019
Check out M&A '71 alum Lloyd Green's books about M&A: 'AUDITION STORIES – I Got Accepted To The High School of Music and Art' - www.amazon.com/dp/1717870171
"Regardless of the year, every student had to go through THE AUDITION in order to be accepted. These are the stories from alumni who experienced the anxiety of being tested and soon found that that glorious feeling of getting in was only the beginning."
And 'PRECIOUS MEMORIES – Audition Stories and More From The High School of Music and Art.'
In Kindle and Paperback (Black & White or Full Color)
www.amazon.com/dp/1092215298
www.amazon.com/dp/1092783881
"Again, The Castle beckons. Book Two of Audition Stories - More talented students reminisce and share their experiences. Filled with anxiety and joy from those who dreamed of becoming part of a very special place."
Monday June 17th, 2019
This Saturday, June 22 at 2pm catch the amazing LaGuardia New Music Ensemble at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 (196 Allen Street). Showtime is 2pm, doors at 1:30pm. All ages invited. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. It'll be a great show! www.eventbrite.com/e/laguardia-high-school-new-music-ensemble-tickets-61177951901
Monday June 17th, 2019
The school year is almost over but there are many great events featuring LaGuardia students!
Sing4PR is a benefit concert featuring the voices of NYC's LaGuardia High School and all proceeds will be donated to the non-profit Teens4PR, to be channeled directly towards hurricane relief and reconstruction in Puerto Rico.
Organized by Teens4PR volunteer and LaGuardia student, Gabriela Veciana (LaG '20), the event will take place at the Laurie Beechman Theater, 407 W. 42nd St on June 23, 6-8pm.
Tickets are $20 and are available both online and at the door: web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10419096
There is an additional $20 food/beverage minimum.
Xiomara Menendez
Friday June 14th, 2019
Today we had our end of year award ceremonies for all studio departments at LaGuardia (art, dance, drama, instrumental music, vocal music, and technical theater). Congratulations to over 200 LaGuardia students who were recipients of 2019 Alumni & Friends' monetary awards, established by generous alumni (and friends) to honor the students' hard work and dedication to their craft.
See how your tax-deductible contributions to Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia are helping make a difference for LaGuardia's current students! Please consider a donation to Alumni & Friends: alumniandfriends.org/give/annual-fund/ Thank you!
Tuesday June 11th, 2019
Don't miss your reunion and other great alumni events! If you do NOT currently receive emails from Alumni & Friends that means you are not up to date in the alumni database. Please fill out our alumni contact form: alumniandfriends.org/connect and hope to see you soon!
Alumni Forever🎼🥀🎨🎭💚
Tuesday June 11th, 2019
Don't miss your reunion and other great alumni events! If you do NOT currently receive emails from Alumni & Friends that means you are not up to date in the alumni database. Please fill out our alumni contact form: alumniandfriends.org/connect and hope to see you soon!
youtu.be/NqUe3M9TxWk A joyous celebratory birthday month of June to all the amazing young artists, and faculty . past present and future at the world renown Laguardia High School of Music and Art and the Performing Arts in NYC
Tuesday June 11th, 2019
THIS is how we welcome our alumni at the Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia HS of Music & Art and Performing Arts reunion!
The Senior Jazz band performed for 2 hours and could be heard as far as Broadway and all the way up to 69th Street. Wow is right!
Awesome job guys!! Love the couples joining in to dance!
LOVE LaGuardia Arts ❤️
One of the most vivid and enduring memories i I have of my days at M&A (class of ‘67) was music everywhere.... and the smell of linseed oil.... to this day if I go into the studio to paint the first thing I do is turn on some music.... very rarely do I use linseed oil anymore, as I paint almost exclusively with watercolor or acrylics, but I keep a bottle of it around and open it now and then.... music & linseed oil the sound and smell of creativity!
Looking forward to going.
Looking forward to going to the reunion for my graduating class 🎉🎉
Wish I was there dancing up a storm!!! And of course....Great Jazz Band!!!🎷⭐️🎸💎
👍 LaGuardia Senior Jazz Band.
They sound fantastic!!
How do we find out about reunions?
Beautiful 🎶
Sweet!
Love this
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Anyone there from 1976?
Tuesday June 11th, 2019
More photos from the alumni reunion, from our photographer Jesi G Kelley (M&A '84)!
Please note that these are preliminary and once we have them all edited they will be on our website and reposted (these links below only last 3 weeks):
2019 M&A LaG Reunion Scenes:
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2019 M&A LaG Class Photos:
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2019 M&A LaG Reunion Dinner Scenes:
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2019 LaG Student Work:
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Monday June 10th, 2019
What an incredible reunion weekend!! Our alumni are truly the BEST! Here are some preliminary photos from Friday's event at Music & Art, courtesy of our alumni photographer Jesi G Kelley (M&A '84). So many more photos to come.
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SO PROUD OF MY SISTER!
Wonderful photos. Thank you Jesi.
Fantastic weekend! Thanks for the photos! M&A'64
Fabulous photos!! Great memories. Thx for posting & go M&A!!!🌈🎶⭐️
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing
Where are the PA pics?
Love these pics, Jesi G Kelley
Beautiful 👍
Thanks Jesi!
many many more... working on them right now.
Looking for Lakisha Kiki Wolfe-Medina. '84.
Friday June 7th, 2019
Enjoy this 13-minute video from about 20 years ago, showing "The Magic of LaGuardia," which of course means the magic of the high schools of Performing Arts and Music & Art!
Maybe you'll recognize some of your teachers and classmates!
vimeo.com/59510419?fbclid=IwAR3MEGHbRE2hnn-OhANFtpUdxYCSnYJ1ntvYPV2nhGd9DyNhSNzfk973w4gThis is "Magic of LaGuardia Thirteen Minutes" by LaGuardia on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Vicky Golbraykh amazing! So many great memories! And I actually saw my face 😃
Wow, seemed like a lifetime ago, only when I watched it, these kids became so vivid in my memory as if this was very recent. So much talent, so much passion. It would be great to see where these people are now.
Those four years at M&A were precious! Class of ‘75
Class of '77. Looking back, the hour plus commute was worth every moment, now memories of my time at M&A. It's great seeing that creative spirit thriving.
Class of 1987 (but left in 1986) — got to move to LaGuardia from Times Square my sophomore year. I’m not a dancer anymore but I’m an academic working in dance philosophy.
This video, produced 22 years ago, captures the spirit, passion and talent of the students that were fortunate to attend LaGuardia High School of Music and the Arts. It brings back so many memories. I absolutely loved my high school experience. 💖 Class of '72!
This is a wonderful video and truthful portrayal of the LaGuardia experience. Most of all how studying any of the arts is a life-long enriching experience. I am a graduate of Music & Art, music major, became a dancer, painter, playwright, author and storyteller, all because of my life at Music & Art.
Class of '94...this brought warm memories. I am a very proud alum
What a great video. Way back in the Class of ‘63 we sang in the subway on our way from M&A! Wonderful memories!!
Thank you for sharing this. And supporting the school. I truly didn't realize how precious my time spent there was. At 72 I'm still a practicing sculptor and architect. Please continue the good work. Alan Binstock M&A 64.
I remember singing on the subway like these kids! Hasn't changed much! Wonderful short film. So proud to be an alum of M&A/LaGuardia😊
Omg, my graduating class of 98. I recognized so many people! This is exactly LaGuardia I remember. Thank you for sharing! Julia Guberman Anastassiya Nova Marina Mazin Dmitry Angelinka Veronica Bakhrakh Julia Ch I saw you and many others I can’t tag!!!
The magic of bringing these kids together to weave their dreams into art is profound.... as a graduate of M&A, this is the way it was, is, and hopefully will always be....
Class of 1980 #FAME the best 4 yrs of my life.
Aw! Great memories!!! Class of ‘90🎶
My bus/ferry/train commute was worth it everyday of the four years I spent at LAG. I’m so happy that I can say I’m in this video ❤️ Class of 1997
I'm so proud to have been a part of this magic at Music & Art!
Ahh! I began my freshman year in 2001, and I remember this from the old website!
Class of 98... amazing experience. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Aw man, this is beautiful, these were my classmates. Danny Agostini Dennis Bell
Class of 97 ...amazing and magical it was
Excellent video! I started in 2001 and this is exactly how I remember LaG. I wonder if the spirit and atmosphere there is still like this nowadays.
The current principal should watch this. She seems to have forgotten.
Nothing but great memories except when I would pass out on the D train and wake up in Coney Island. Class of ‘96.
Loved this
Friday June 7th, 2019
Reunion weekend begins today! We are so excited to see our alumni and celebrate our amazing schools!
On Saturday, please try to arrive between 1 and 2pm so you have a chance to see and hear live music as you enter the building, view amazing art on display throughout the school, and enjoy the 2-3pm dance and drama showcase in the Little Flower Theater!
alumniandfriends.org/reunions/
Tuesday June 4th, 2019
Show your love of the arts and LaGuardia artists at the Semi Annual art opening on Friday, June 7 from 4:15-7pm! Artwork will be displayed in the lobby, mezzanine, 2nd floor gallery, and 7th floor showcases! Suggested donation of $5 for students/$15 adults.
Free light refreshments served.
There will also be a raffle with amazing prizes and live art experiences -you can get your portrait drawn by a talented LaGuardia student and purchase student made jewelry. All proceeds benefit the LaGuardia art department.
Tuesday June 4th, 2019
A great way to show support for LaGuardia students is to attend a performance and see an exhibit!
This weekend 700 alumni will be coming back to LaGuardia for our annual alumni reunion! And you can see the Semi-Annual Orchestra and Choral Concert both Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30pm. Over 350 alumni have already purchased tickets to Saturday's concert!
The major work for the Semi-Annual is Elgar’s "The Music Makers."
Senior Chorus will perform works by Samuel Barber, Eric Whitacre, and Levente Gyöngyösi.
Tickets are available online and at the door: laguardiahs.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=699
Tuesday June 4th, 2019
Congratulations to LaG '97 alumna Camille A. Brown
on her Tony nomination! Tune in Sunday, June 9!
www.forbes.com/sites/brittanychambers/2019/06/03/the-first-black-woman-choreographer-nominated-fo...
The First Black Woman Choreographer Nominated for a Tony in Over Two Decades: Camille Brown
forbes.com
For the first time in over twenty years, a Black Female choreographer has been nominated for Best Choreography Tony Award. Her name is Camille Brown and she has been propelled to the forefront of the ...Congrats🎉🎉
Tuesday June 4th, 2019
Please watch the recently released Netflix four-part limited series "When They See Us" about the Central Park Five, which included LaGuardia's own Yusef Abdus Salaam.
Recent alum Jharrel Jerome (LaG '15) portrays Korey Wise in the series.
www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-jharrel-jerome-when-they-see-us-20190529-story.html
After breaking out in ‘Moonlight,’ Jharrel Jerome channels the horrors of the Central Park Five case
latimes.com
You know him from Barry Jenkin's Oscar-winning film "Moonlight." Now, Jharrel Jerome explores the Central Park Five case in Ava Duvernay's "When They See Us."Tuesday June 4th, 2019
Read a wonderful piece on Performing Arts alum Joseph Joubert.
"As a pianist, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, and musical director, his genius has anchored several hit Broadway productions, including Billy Elliot, Motown: The Musical, and Caroline, Or Change. As a composer, his songs have been recorded by everyone from Sylvester to Nancy Wilson while his two solo albums Total Praise: Classic Hymns for Piano (2009) and A Mighty Fortress is Our God (2017) brought classical flourishes to sacred music, a lifelong endeavor that will soon include a new recording of spirituals."
www.popmatters.com/joseph-joubert-2019-interview-2638582954.html?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3
The Maestro Speaks: An Interview with Musical Virtuoso Joseph Joubert
popmatters.com
Did you foresee yourself pursuing a particular role, e.g. "I want to play in symphonies"?That's a good question. When I was young, I wanted to be an architect. The New York Times had th...Friday May 31st, 2019
A sneak peek at this weekend's LaGuardia Graduation Dance Concert! 3 New productions by Arthur Mitchell, Bob Fosse, and Darshan Bhuller & 3 world premieres by Chanel Dasilva, Joey Smith, and Blakeley White-McGuire! $20 adults $15 students.
Dance at LaGuardia HS
THIS WEEK!!! GRADUATION DANCE CONCERT 2019!!! May 31st 7:30, June 1st 7:30, June 2nd 5:00. A Performance Not To Be Missed! 3 New Productions by Arthur MITCHELL, Bob FOSSE and Darshan BHULLER & 3 World Premiers by Chanel DASILVA, Joey SMITH and Blakeley WHITE-MCGUIRE! $20 adults $15 students. Click The Link for TKTS!!!! laguardiahs.tix.com/m/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=699 Don’t Miss This Incredible Evening of DANCE! #thefameschool 🎥 @ispagano
Good luck to the current students! I hope alumni speak up about these ridiculous academic admissions standards and make sure the school continues to be a space for amazing talent to thrive. www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/I-Team-New-Academic-Standards-Sparks-Controversy-at-Top-NYC-Per...
Good luck to alll
Wonderful video:)
Although this relates to younger children it has a direct bearing of consideration of the priorities of our school. musiceducationworks.wordpress.com/2016/06/19/a-childs-brain-develops-faster-with-exposure-to-musi...
Friday May 31st, 2019
Tonight is opening night of the LaGuardia Graduation Dance Concert and tickets are available at the door! Featuring Bob Fosse's "Sing, Sing, Sing" with live accompaniment by the LaGuardia Senior Jazz Band! And works by Arthur Mitchell, Darshan Bhuller, Blakeley White-McGuire, Chanel DaSilva, and Joey Smith.
Showtimes are:
Friday, May 31 at 7:30pm
Saturday, June 1 at 7:30pm
Sunday, June 2 at 5pm
Friday May 31st, 2019
The LaGuardia High School Parents Association auction is on through June 2 at 10pm and you can bid on amazing items including Broadway and concert tickets, great restaurants, salons, services, camp, and so much more! All proceeds support the LaGuardia Parents Association. www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/browse.action?auctionId=341693056It’s LaG Auction Foodie Friday! Want great deals on your favorite restaurants? Check out the listings on Bidding For Good - including certificates to Wafels & Dingees, Trattoria L’Incontro, Starbucks and more! Auction ends this Sunday.
m.biddingforgood.com/auctions/341693056
Thursday May 30th, 2019
Tonight is opening night of LaGuardia Spring Drama Festival's Musical Production: "Two Gentlemen of Verona," directed by Robert Krausz. Tickets are available at the door.
Showtimes are:
Thursday, May 30th at 7:30pm
Friday, May 31 at 7:30pm
Saturday, June 1 at 7:30pm
Sunday, June 2 at 2pm
Wednesday May 29th, 2019
See the program for Reunion 2019! Can't wait to see you there! www.playbillder.com/show/vip/Alumni_Friends_of_LaGuardia_HS/2019/Reunion_2019_56417
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June 08 - June 08, 2019 at LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing ArtsThursday May 23rd, 2019
Next weekend at LaGuardia (May 30-June 2) will be amazing! You can see both the Graduation Dance Concert and the Spring Drama Festival's Musical "Two Gentlemen of Verona."
June 7 and 8 is the Semi-Annual Art Show and Orchestra and Choral Concert.
Tickets are available online at: laguardiahs.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=699
Can’t wait to see Two Gentlemen - my son is in it We will both be alumni soon!!!
Wednesday May 22nd, 2019
GET YOUR REUNION TICKETS - TODAY IS THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER. Don't miss this amazing weekend of fun!
alumniandfriends.org/reunions/
Thursday May 16th, 2019
Mark your calendars for a wonderful LaGuardia event at Lincoln Center Out of Doors! Friday, August 2, 7:20pm, catch LaGuardia dancers performing "Sing, Sing, Sing" from Bob Fosse's DANCIN' (1978).
The dance performance will be followed by a rare screening of the Emmy- and Peabody Award–winning 'Liza with a Z' capturing a one-woman, one-night-only production Minnelli gave at the Lyceum Theater in 1972 (directed by Bob Fosse).
www.lincolncenter.org/out-of-doors/show/liza-with-a-z-caleb-teicher-and-company-and-the-verdon-fo...
Liza with a “Z”, Caleb Teicher & Company, and The Verdon Fosse Legacy
lincolncenter.org
Liza Minnelli fans young and old are invited to gather under the stars in Damrosch Park for a rare screening of the Emmy- and Peabody Award–winning Liza with a “Z”. Capturing a one-w...#LAGacy
Wednesday May 15th, 2019
Read a great interview with Tommy Bracco (LaG '08) featured in Broadway's "Pretty Woman."
www.broadway.com/buzz/195786/pretty-woman-standout-tommy-bracco-on-finding-his-confidence-to-step...
Pretty Woman Standout Tommy Bracco on Finding His Confidence to Step Into the Spotlight & More
broadway.com
Tommy Bracco Tommy Bracco may exert lovable confidence playing a bellop named Giulio in the Braodway hit Pretty&nbs...Wednesday May 15th, 2019
Don't miss the LaGuardia Graduation Dance Concert Friday, May 31 at 7:30pm
Saturday, June 1 at 7:30pm
Sunday, June 2 at 5pm
Featuring Bob Fosse's "Sing, Sing, Sing" with live accompaniment by the LaGuardia Senior Jazz Band! And works by Arthur Mitchell, Darshan Bhuller, Blakeley White-McGuire, Chanel DaSilva, and Joey Smith.
Tickets available online at: laguardiahs.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=699
Wednesday May 15th, 2019
Get your tickets to the wonderful LaGuardia Spring Drama Festival's Musical Production: "Two Gentlemen of Verona," directed by Robert Krausz:
Thursday, May 30th at 7:30pm
Friday, May 31 at 7:30pm
Saturday, June 1 at 7:30pm
Sunday, June 2 at 2pm
Tickets are available online at: laguardiahs.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=699
Tuesday May 7th, 2019
Congratulations to Melissa Freeman (M&A '43) and Ronnie Eldridge (M&A '48), two of the five recipients of the 2019 Clara Lemlich Award for Social Activism at the Museum of the City of New York.
www.mcny.org/event/ninth-annual-clara-lemlich-award?fbclid=IwAR2qi2TdGE9sNftW4I4gCeRXiuW-yY_SYoPT...
The Ninth Annual Clara Lemlich Award
mcny.org
The Lemlich Awards honor women who have been working for the larger good their entire lives, in the tradition of those who sparked so many reforms in the aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory F...I sang at this event with the NYC Labor Chorus!
Monday May 6th, 2019
Watch a wonderful sample of last week's LaGuardia Spring Musicale Series: Operetta/Musical Theatre Pit Orchestra "Brindisi Chorus" from La Traviata (Verdi) Alfredo and Violetta.
www.facebook.com/LaGPA/videos/405298800048969/
LaGuardia Arts H.S. Parents Association
LaGuardia Spring Musicale Series: Operetta/Musical Theatre Pit Orchestra "Brindisi Chorus" from La Traviata (Verdi) Alfredo and Violetta
Marvelous memories
Lovely! I'll drink to that.
I loved high school.
Monday May 6th, 2019
Last week's Gospel Choir concert at LaGuardia was amazing! Enjoy this video highlight of the concert, and come back and see a show at LaGuardia! www.facebook.com/LaGPA/videos/331658024128520/
Friday May 3rd, 2019
The alumni reunion is only 5 weeks away! Get your tickets before the May 24th deadline! So many amazing events are planned for this incredible weekend!
alumniandfriends.org/reunions/
Alumni & Friends Reunions | Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia
alumniandfriends.org
5-7pm: With enthusiastic requests from Music & Art alumni, we are happy to invite you back to “The Castle on the Hill.” The gathering includes music, appetizers, and self-guided tours ...Is there anyway to see who is registered from a specific graduating class? Thinking about going but don't want to be the only one there from my year
Friday May 3rd, 2019
"FAME - I'm gonna live forever!" And indeed David de Silva's masterpiece lives on and on almost 40 years after the movie was released, and 30 years after "Fame The Musical" was created.
"The approach will add topicality to this 1988 musical, which is based on the 1980 film “Fame,” known for its Oscar-winning title song. The movie was conceived, developed and produced by David De Silva, a theater enthusiast and sometime talent agent who realized that an arts-focused high school would be a promising setting for a tale about showbiz hopes, socioeconomic tensions and coming-of-age angst."
www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/theater-dance/fame-the-musical-gets-an-added-latin-accent/20...
‘Fame the Musical’ gets an added Latin accent
washingtonpost.com
Dreamers will be central to Luis Salgado’s new production at GALA Hispanic Theatre.Nice! #originalM&AandFametheMovie
Nice💃#originalPAandFametheMovie
Clara Ceccanti!
Clara Ceccanti!
Wednesday May 1st, 2019
Read a fun interview with Cecil Castellucci (LaG '87) about her upcoming graphic memoir, "Girl on Film," scheduled to be released in November 2019. Cecil tells us that much of the book takes place at LaGuardia!
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/79926-castellucci-to-publish-gr...
Castellucci to Publish Graphic Memoir ‘Girl on Film’ in November
publishersweekly.com
Noted YA novelist and comics writer Cecil Castellucci will team with Boom! Studios to publish Girl on Film, a graphic memoir, in November 2019Can't wait for all you alums to see both old and new buildings!
Wednesday May 1st, 2019
Check out the new book by David Hamilton Golland (LaG '89): "A Terrible Thing to Waste: Arthur Fletcher and the Conundrum of the Black Republican" (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2019).
From the publisher:
"Arthur Fletcher (1924–2005) was the most important civil rights leader you've (probably) never heard of. The first black player for the Baltimore Colts, the father of affirmative action and adviser to four presidents, he coined the United Negro College Fund’s motto: “A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste.” Modern readers might be surprised to learn that Fletcher was also a Republican. Fletcher’s story, told in full for the first time in this book, embodies the conundrum of the post–World War II black Republican—the civil rights leader who remained loyal to the party even as it abandoned the principles he espoused."
kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-2764-6.html
kansaspress.ku.edu
Arthur Fletcher (1924–2005) was the most important civil rights leader you've (probably) never heard of. The first black player for the Baltimore Colts, the father of affirmative action and...Wednesday May 1st, 2019
Our alumni are all over the 2019 Tony Awards! Congratulations to Lilli Cooper (LaG '08) for her Best Featured Actress nomination for "Tootsie," which received 11 nominations! LaG parent Paula Leggett Chase is also in the ensemble.
Congratulations to Camille A. Brown (LaG '97) for receiving a nomination for choreography for "Choir Boy."
Congratulations to Ben Perowsky (M&A '84) - drummer for "Hadestown," which received 14 nominations!
And congratulations to Margot Astrachan (M&A '56 and Alumni & Friends board member) one of the producers of "The Prom," which received 7 nominations!
Did we miss anyone? If so, pass along in the comments or to info@alumniandfriends.org
www.tonyawards.com/nominees/
Ain’t Too Proud nominated for 12 Tony Awards: Kenny Seymour, Laguardia graduate - don’t know year - conductor of ain’t too proud orchestra. And current lag parent Dan Levine plays trombone in the Ain’t too proud orchestra.
Michaela Diamond LAG ‘17 performing with the Cher Show. Danny Burstein HS of performing arts - presenter tonight at the Tony awards.
THANK YOU!
Monday April 29th, 2019
Friday, May 3 at 7:30pm is the amazing New Music Ensemble directed by Robert Apostle, and the Symphonic Band conducted by Dr. Richard Titone. Tickets are available online for the next couple of days and then will be available at the door; $20/$15 students. laguardiahs.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=699
Saturday April 27th, 2019
Four nights of amazing music at LaGuardia this week!
Spring Musicales: April 29 at 6pm and April 30 at 6pm
Gospel Choir Spring Concert: May 1 at 7:30pm
New Music Singers/Symphonic Band: May 3 at 7:30pm
Tickets available at the door.
Thursday April 25th, 2019
A great piece on Grace Van Patten (LaG '14), who stars in the new film "Under the Silver Lake,' described as "a conspiracy theory fever dream." www.moviemaker.com/archives/news/flash-forward-grace-van-patten/
moviemaker.com
Growing up on the sets of iconic TV series, Grace Van Patten learned how to make every role memorable, no matter how large or small.Thursday April 25th, 2019
Get your tickets to Reunion 2019!!
Friday, June 7, 5-7pm at the former M&A "Castle on the Hill" and Saturday, June 8 at LaGuardia. Enjoy a weekend you'll never forget! alumniandfriends.org/reunions/
I graduated in 67.
Wednesday April 24th, 2019
Save the date Saturday, July 27 to see Slick Rick (aka Richard Walters, M&A '83) performing a FREE concert at Bronx's Soundview Park, 6-9pm through City Parks Foundation Summerstage Series.
"One of hip-hop’s great storytellers, Slick Rick has put on narrative clinics ever since his first appearance on Doug E. Fresh’s “La Di Da Di” in 1985. With a trademark eyepatch, clever raps and a vault’s worth of loud jewelry, Rick the Ruler’s inimitable style is often imitated but rarely equaled. His oft-sampled classics, like “Children’s Story” from The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, have reverberated through several generations of MCs in his wake. He’s joined by WBLS DJ Chuck Chillout, who’s worked with Run-D.M.C. and Public enemy and is one of the first DJs to play Rick’s music."
cityparksfoundation.org/events/slick-rick/?date=20190727
Slick Rick / DJ Chuck Chillout
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One of hip-hop’s great storytellers, Slick Rick has put on narrative clinics ever since his first appearance on Doug E. Fresh’s “La Di Da Di” in 1985. With a trademark...Lauren Peterson
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That shit is going to be the bomb.
Wednesday April 24th, 2019
Catch Lily Santiago (LaG '14) in the Off Broadway production of "Mac Beth" directed by Erica Schmidt. May 7-June 2 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher St.
"Hauntingly beautiful...good men, or in this case
good girls, are capable of appalling things.” -Broadway World
On an autumn afternoon, in an empty lot outside the city, seven girls meet up to do a play. School uniform tartan transforms in this American urban wasteland. The girls are witches, ghosts, and kings. They hurl headlong into the unchecked passions of Macbeth—in Shakespeare’s original text—as the line between real life and blood fantasy quickly blurs. Through prophecies and smartphones, unexpected resonances emerge from Shakespeare’s dark nightmare of ambition gone awry. These young women discover what's done cannot be undone.
www.redbulltheater.com/mac-beth
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Shakespeare's Macbeth, adapted and directed by Erica Schmidt for a limited Off-Broadway May-June, 2019 at the Lucille Lortel TheatreTuesday April 23rd, 2019
KISS guitarist and M&A '70 art major Paul Stanley discusses his birth defect, saying "I was born deaf on my right side ... I had what's called a Microtia, which is basically not having an ear." The legendary rock band is now in the midst of their farewell tour.
www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6947881/KISS-guitarist-Paul-Stanley-shares-physical-deformi...
KISS guitarist Paul Stanley shares that he has a physical deformity
'I wasn't very socially adept and when you have something physical that sets you apart from people it makes you really a target of unrelenting scrutiny and sometimes ridicule,' he confessed.
Patrick Emery, Paul Stanley is a graduate of my high school. 👍🏻 Great article. Maybe Emery would find it interesting. 😀
Didn’t know a member of KISS was an alum.
Great show—- saw them at Nassau!
Tuesday April 23rd, 2019
Great things come in threes! LaG alum Corey Stoll is the 3rd alumnus to be cast in Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner's remake of "West Side Story," playing Lieutenant Schrank, alongside Ansel Elgort and Adriel Fly. Can't wait to see it!
www.playbill.com/article/brian-darcy-james-and-corey-stoll-tapped-for-new-west-side-story-movie?f...
Brian d'Arcy James and Corey Stoll Tapped for New West Side Story Movie | Playbill
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The two join a cast that includes fellow theatre vets Rita Moreno and Ariana DeBose.Thursday April 18th, 2019
So many wonderful shows springing up at LaGuardia!
Spring Musicales: April 29 at 6pm and April 30 at 6pm
Gospel Choir Spring Concert: May 1 at 7:30pm
New Music Singers/Symphonic Band: May 3 at 7:30pm
Tickets available online and at the door:
laguardiahs.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=699
Thursday April 18th, 2019
Congratulations to Adriel Flete (LaG '16), who was cast as a 'Shark' in Steven Spielberg's upcoming remake of "West Side Story." He recently finished the national tour of "On Your Feet" - The Emilio and Gloria Estefan Musical.
Thursday April 18th, 2019
Congratulations to M&A '82 alumna Lynn Nottage, who is on Time Magazine's list of most influential New Yorkers of 2019. Nottage is a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient.
www.crainsnewyork.com/news/new-yorkers-times-list-most-influential-people-2019
Monday April 15th, 2019
Adam Barruch (LaG '04) will present a World Premiere piece with '10 Hairy Legs,' the male repertory dance company, which holds its 7th consecutive New York Season with a return to New York Live Arts June 27-29.
Adam Barruch currently creates and performs work with his own company, Anatomiae Occultii. He has also created works for companies such as The Limón Company, Ailey II, Keigwin + Company, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, River North Dance Chicago, BalletX, Whim W'Him Seattle Contemporary Dance, Graham II, GroundWorks Dance Theater, Gina Gibney Dance Company and Minnesota Dance Theatre, as well as for dance icons Margie Gillis and Miki Orihara.
www.broadwayworld.com/bwwdance/article/10-Hairy-Legs-Announces-7th-New-York-Season-20190415
10 Hairy Legs Announces 7th New York Season
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10 Hairy Legs, the male repertory dance company, holds its 7th consecutive New York Season with a return to New York Live Arts June 27-29. Presented are World Premieres by Larry Keigwin and Adam Barru...Friday April 12th, 2019
Photo booth from Reunion 2018 @ LaGuardia
Hi My name is Charlene Michelle Biton , I am a Alumni I graduated Theatre Department Class if 1998- LaGuardia Arts please add my face book for my friends! Thank you 🙂 happy blessed Passover and Easter Holiday !!
Friday April 12th, 2019
Planning a trip to NYC this June? Coming to the reunion and need a hotel?
Alumni & Friends has reserved a block of rooms at the EMPIRE HOTEL, across the street from Lincoln Center on West 63rd Street. If you are planning to be in town any night between June 5th and June 11th, we hope you can take advantage of these discounted hotel rates at a very well located hotel!
For more details go to:
alumniandfriends.org/2019-reunion-hotel/
Friday April 12th, 2019
Spring is in the air and the LaGuardia Spring Musicales are here!
April 15 at 6pm
April 29 at 6pm
April 30 at 6pm.
Tickets available online and at the door: laguardiahs.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=699
Friday April 12th, 2019
Last night was opening night of LaGuardia's Spring Drama Festival #2, "Pride and Prejudice," in LaGuardia's Little Flower Theater!
Remaining performances of this amazing show are:
Friday, April 12: 7:30pm
Saturday, April 13: 7:30pm
Sunday, April 14: 2pm
Tickets are available at the door: $25/$15 students.
Hey Jason O'Connell! Look at this: my students are performing your partner’s adaptation of Pride & Prejudice! Small world!
Wednesday April 10th, 2019
A nice profile on saxophonist Albert Rivera (LaG '01), who will be playing April 19 in Waterbury, CT at The Spring Jazz Series, Palace Theater Poli Club. This is the first show in the NFuego Latin Jazz Collection. The article calls Albert Rivera, “a modern Jazz Messenger with one of the most exciting and sought-after saxophone sounds in today’s jazz scene."
www.registercitizen.com/entertainment/article/Palace-Theater-Poli-Club-presents-Albert-Rivera-137...
Palace Theater Poli Club presents Albert Rivera, the Curtis Brothers in concert
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WATERBURY - The Spring Jazz Series at the Palace Theater Poli Club continues Friday, April 19 with Albert Rivera and The Curtis Brothers. This is the first show in the NFuego Latin Jazz Collection. In...Thanks guys!
Tuesday April 9th, 2019
Catch M&A '82 alumna Natalie Toro in the new musical "Benny & Joon," which opened this week at the Paper Mill Playhouse in NJ and runs through May 5, 2019.
Based on the 1993 film starring Johnny Depp and Mary Stuart Masterson, this new musical is a smart, funny, tender-hearted celebration of love: between children and parents; romantic partners; friends; and, most of all, siblings.
papermill.org/show/benny-joon/
Benny & Joon - Paper Mill Playhouse
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Based on the 1993 film starring Johnny Depp and Mary Stuart Masterson, this new musical is a smart, funny, tender-hearted celebration of love: between children and parents; romantic partners; friends;...Monday April 8th, 2019
Congratulations to Rabbi Arnold Saltzman, M&A '66, on the North American Premiere of "A Choral Symphony: Halevi."
In one of American University’s most ambitious musical performances, more than 200 artists took the stage yesterday in front of 800 audience members for the North American premiere of Arnold Saltzman’s "A Choral Symphony: Halevi." The combined forces of the AU Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, and Chamber Singers joined the Strathmore Children’s Chorus and guest soloists mezzo-soprano Janice Meyerson and baritone Rob McGinness to perform the hour-long, six-movement choral symphony under the soaring stained-glass windows of the National Presbyterian Church.
www.american.edu/cas/news/Halevi-Premiere-a-Smash-Success.cfm
AU Delivers Dramatic North American Premiere of Halevi Symphony
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In one of American University’s most ambitious musical performances, more than 200 artists took the stage yesterday in front of 800 audience members for the North American premiere of Arnold Sal...Monday April 8th, 2019
A wonderful profile on LaG '96 alumnus Vadim Karpinos, Assistant Principal Timpanist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
"My parents immigrated to the United States as political refugees when I was in the 7th grade. Most of our luggage was a xylophone that my father had sawed in half to fit in the suitcase and a drum set. We moved to Brooklyn with those instruments and 400 dollars."Vadim Karpinos - Assistant Principal Timpani
I was 3 when I first noticed the percussion. I was sitting next to the small band at the circus and I spotted the drummer. I wanted to be just like him so my father created a tiny drum set out of an ironing board and some tin cans. In my free time, I played along with the Beatles and ABBA recordings next to our reel to reel player.
Unfortunately, I was deemed "too short" to play the percussion by the local Ukrainian music schools but one teacher took an interest in me. My father built a box for me so I could reach the instruments. Although he had no musical training, he sat with me at every lesson and copied the sheet music by hand. I dedicated every free minute to practicing and I began winning numerous competitions.
My parents immigrated to the United States as political refugees when I was in the 7th grade. Most of our luggage was a xylophone that my father had sawed in half to fit in the suitcase and a drum set. We moved to Brooklyn with those instruments and 400 dollars. I'm so grateful for all the support I have received from my family, teachers, and friends.
2nd photo credit: Todd Rosenberg
#csomusicians
#standwithyourmusicians
#talenttakeswork
So proud of my friend and fellow classmate!
Wonderful story. Wonderful family!!
Friday April 5th, 2019
Enjoy an interview with LaG '93 alum Matthew Neenan, choreographer-in-residence at The Pennsylvania Ballet. This weekend their all-Stravinsky program will feature four ballets set to the famed Russian-born composer’s music, including Matthew Neenan’s "Deco."
www.metro.us/things-to-do/philadelphia/the-pa-ballet-taking-igor-stravinskys-music-their-new-show...
The PA Ballet is taking on Igor Stravinsky's music in their new showcase this weekend
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The all-Stravinsky program runs from April 4-7.Thursday April 4th, 2019
Congratulations to current LaGuardia student Mikayla McClain, the 2019 Citywide August Wilson Monologue Competition winner. Along with 30 students nationwide, she will be competing in the National August Wilson Monologue Competition on May 6th, 2019 at NYC's August Wilson Theater.
www.broadwayworld.com/article/Brandon-J-Dirden-Leads-August-Wilson-Competition-20190310
Brandon J. Dirden Leads August Wilson Competition
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Broadway and TV star Brandon J. Dirden (All the Way, Jitney, The Americans) hosted the 11th annual New York City August Wilson Monologue Competition, sponsored by LEAP (Learning through an Expanded Ar...Yahoo - We're for YOU !
Wonderful!!!
Congratulations
Congratulations 🎉
Thursday April 4th, 2019
Tickets are on sale for LaGuardia's Spring Drama Festival #2, "Pride and Prejudice" in LaGuardia's Little Flower Theater!
Performances are:
Thursday, April 11: 7:30pm
Friday, April 12: 7:30pm
Saturday, April 13: 7:30pm
Sunday, April 14: 2pm
Tickets are $25/$15 students: laguardiahs.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=699
Don't miss it!
Can’t wait! I heard it’s one of the best SDF’s ever! Saturday night’s (April 13) tickets are going fast!
Thursday April 4th, 2019
This Friday, April 5, enjoy Senior Art Show #3! Artwork will be displayed in the lobby, 2nd floor gallery, and 7th floor showcases, from 4:15-7pm.
Then stay for LaGuardia's Concerto Concert at 7:30pm in the Concert Hall. Tickets will be available at the door, $20/$15 students. What a great way to spend a Friday night!
Wednesday April 3rd, 2019
A great piece about LaG '11 opera singer Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Countertenor, who you can see April 6-13 in the role of David in "Saul" with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in Berkeley, San Francisco and Palo Alto; and June 9-17 as Medoro in "Orlando" with the San Francisco Opera.
Cohen says: "There are very few Jewish opera singers. It’s not the most haimish industry. I know a few others, but no one who grew up as religious as I did. Even if I’m not davening and having Shabbos dinner regularly, it’s important to who I am."
www.jweekly.com/2019/03/20/young-jewish-opera-star-comes-to-bay-area-as-king-david-himself
Young Jewish opera star comes to Bay Area as King David himself – J.
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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen is quite sure he’s the only man working in opera today who spent seven years serving as a cantor for High Holiday services at a Conservative synagogue, starting when he was ...I grew up listening to recordings of some great cantors singing opera: notably, Richard Tucker and Jan Pearce.
He was fabulous last night singing with the San Francisco Ballet in the World Premiere of “....two united in a single soul...” BRAVO!!
Tuesday April 2nd, 2019
Check out LaG '94 alum Devin Ratray in episode two of "Russian Doll," the new Netflix series everyone's talking about!
Devin also played Buzz in "Home Alone." www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a26251081/russian-doll-netflix-buzz-home-alone-devin-ratray/
Did anyone else notice that Buzz from Home Alone is in Netflix’s Russian Doll?
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Yeah, you heard us - that's Devin Ratray in the second episodeMonday April 1st, 2019
This Friday, April 5 come see the work of our amazing art and music students! For Senior Art Show #3, artwork will be displayed in the lobby, 2nd floor gallery, and 7th floor showcases, from 4:15-7pm.
Then stay for LaGuardia's Concerto Concert at 7:30pm in the Concert Hall. Tickets will be available at the door, $20/$15 students.
Monday April 1st, 2019
A great piece about M&A '43 alumna Dr. Melissa Freeman, who is still working at age 92! The arts keep us young!
www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/03/28/nyc-92-year-old-doctor-profile-
No 'Practice' Needed For 92-Year-Old Doctor Still Hard at Work
ny1.com
At 92, she still works well into the night.Yes Yes! The arts keep us YOUNG! ❤️
Connie Boykan And she turns 93 this month! She really thought Alaysha Fox should have won at the Met National Council fInals yesterday. (She doesn't miss much at the Met either!)
Amen & Absolutely...M&A4EVER 🎉🎉
A few weeks ago I posted an inquiry about a piece of scratch art we found in a barn in Okeechobee County, Florida. This framed picture has behind it a label to Judith D. Marks, dated November 1954 from your institution. I would very much like to send this to someone of her family if anyone knows her or a family member. It's is a great piece of art. Would really appreciate someone responding.
Saw this on NY1. I didn't know she went to M&A. What was her major?
What was her major..
💜💜💜
Friday March 29th, 2019
Our alumni are sprouting up everywhere! The New York Botanical Garden just named the new Vanda hybrid orchid after LaG '06 alumna Nora Lum - aka Awkwafina!
Vanda Awkwafina is the first orchid NYBG has ever named after a public figure, and is on display in NYBG’s "The Orchid Show: Singapore Exhibition." The orchid Vanda Awkwafina will be on display through April 28, 2019.
Awkwafina says, "One of my first memories ever is of my mom taking me to NYBG. I'm truly honored."
www.nybg.org/event/the-orchid-show/orchid-conservation/
YAY Awkwafina !
Marie Rosenberg I need to get a cool photo shoot so I can look as good. Maybe after I die. I will be famous.
👏👏
Donna Steffen - Tell Nora.
Friday March 29th, 2019
Alaysha Fox, LaG '09, will be competing in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Finals this Sunday, March 31st! The Met Opera's National Council has launched the careers of many young opera stars. The Grand Finals Concert is open to the general public, so get your tickets and cheer on Alaysha!
www.metopera.org/season/2018-19-gala/national-council-auditions-grand-finals-concert/
Congratulations to Alaysha
Remember - You have LaGuardia H.S. of Music & the Arts CHEERING YOU ON - Best Wishes !
Sending her a prayer today, Joan-marie Zimmerman!!!
So happy for Alaysha who (with A&F assistance) studied with M&A alumna Catherine Malfitano at MSM!
Break a leg!!!!
MY PRIVATE VOICE STUUUUUUUUDENT FOR THREE YEARS !!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY, GIRL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
Congrats!
Thursday March 28th, 2019
So many great shows coming up at LaGuardia!
Friday, April 5th: Concerto Concert, 7:30pm and Senior Art Show #4 Opens
Tuesday, April 9th: Show Choir, 7:30pm
Thursday, April 11th thru Sunday, April 14th: Spring Drama Festival #2 - "Pride & Prejudice"
Get your tickets today: laguardiahs.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=699
Grace Wiederhold we out???
Wednesday March 27th, 2019
For those in the Cleveland area, check out PA '87 alumnus Carl Anthony Payne doing stand up comedy at Cleveland Improv, 1148 Main Ave., March 28-30.
An actor, producer, and director, comedian Carl Payne originally studied at the First All Children's Theater, a respected off-Broadway repertory theater company. He later attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. He'd subsequently get his big break when he landed the role of Theo Huxtable's best friend "Cockroach" on 'The Cosby Show.'
clevelandimprov.com.
Congrats carl!
so proud of him - I got to take a picture with him during my 1st year when he came back to visit...I should find it a post it here 😊
Nice guy... graduated a year before him!
You better work lil bro!
Wednesday March 27th, 2019
Add to your reading list! Check out the new autobiography: "Broadway, Balanchine, and Beyond: A Memoir" written by Performing Arts '60 alumna Bettijane Sills, former New York City Ballet soloist and professor of dance at SUNY Purchase, and Elizabeth McPherson, parent of two LaGuardia students and associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance and coordinator of the BA and MFA in dance at Montclair State University.
upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813056258
Can’t wait to receive my copy. BJ a wonderful person a wonderful dancer.
So blessed to be in his company!
Bettijane and I are being interviewed on the Leonard Lopate show, WBAI, 95.5fm on Friday, March 29 at 1pm!
Buying your book , gotta wemrite my book. Arthur Mitchell, first children
Tuesday March 26th, 2019
A wonderful piece on LaGuardia '18 alumna Athena Capo Battaglia, recipient of numerous Alumni & Friends awards and scholarships, and an all around outstanding human! www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6848061/Homeless-teenager-lands-spot-HARVARD.html
Homeless teenager lands a spot at HARVARD
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Athena Capo-Battaglia, 18, and her mother entered a homeless shelter in Jamaica, Queens, two years ago after struggling to pay rent.YOU are a GREAT Role Model !
Friday March 22nd, 2019
The artwork of Krystyna Printup (LaG '01) is featured in NYU Kimmel Windows Galleries Voices, on Display from March 24 - May 5, 2019. The exhibition features artwork from graduate students at NYU’s Program in Museum Studies and 11 indigenous and Native American artists
Printup is a curator and designer whose work investigates her identity as an Indigenous woman and the issues surrounding ideal representations of the Native American community. A member of the New York Tuscarora Turtle Clan, Printup references her tribal history throughout her paintings, sculptures and design work referencing American Indian folk art, pop culture stereotypes, and objects of everyday life which are then combined with her own traditions.
www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2019/march/nyu-kimmel-windows-galleries-presents-voices-...
NYU Kimmel Windows Galleries Presents Voices, on Display from March 24 - May 5, 2019
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The exhibition features artwork from graduate students at NYU’s Program in Museum Studies and 11 indigenous and Native American artistsFriday March 22nd, 2019
The 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival will be airing the pilot of the popular ’90s sketch comedy "In Living Color," starring Marlon Wayans (LaG '90) and family.
www.huffpost.com/entry/in-living-color-tribeca-film-festival-cast-reunion_n_5c9130d7e4b09b8d563a2463
'In Living Color' To Hit The Big Screen, With Cast Reunited 25 Years After Finale
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The pilot episode of the popular ’90s sketch comedy series will be screened at the 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival.I believe he was in the class of 91 though
David Steven Simon Class of 70: co-created The Wayans Brothers sitcom
Friday March 22nd, 2019
Kiss' Paul Stanley, M&A '70 (art major), talks about his alter ego "the Starchild," their farewell tour, and failing art at M&A!
nypost.com/2019/03/21/as-kiss-says-farewell-paul-stanley-reveals-why-the-band-is-taking-the-makeu...
As Kiss says farewell, Paul Stanley reveals why the band is taking the makeup off
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Kiss is giving a goodbye smooch to their fans with their End of the Road farewell tour, which hits Nassau Coliseum on Friday and Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. (The trek returns to the area in&he...Thursday March 21st, 2019
Here is a sample of the LaGuardia Choral Concert this past Tuesday at Riverside Church! Glorious!
LaGuardia Arts H.S. Parents Association
Here are the raw ingredients of our utopia. Oh! I wish that the days and nights of adults in this LaGuardia universe would be spent striving only to create the best environment, the best world and the best future forthese gems! How I love LaG kids. Always and forever. Ms. Jana Ballard is a magician... In my eyes she is practically a deity...
Thursday March 21st, 2019
Tonight is opening night of LaGuardia's Spring Drama Festival production of "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" in LaGuardia's Little Flower Theatre! The show is directed by LaGuardia '94 alumnus Jonathan Davidson! Come and enjoy!
Tickets are available at the door, $25/$15 students, and performances will be:
Thursday, March 21 at 7:30pm
Friday, March 22 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 23 at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 24 at 5pm
Monday March 18th, 2019
Tune in tonight to "The Voice" to watch current LaGuardia student Celia Babini, LaG '19, sing her heart out! Tonight at 8/7c on NBC. We're rooting for you Celia!
hollywoodlife.com/2019/03/18/who-is-celia-babini-the-voice-season-16-contestant/
Celia Babini: 5 Things To Know About The Singer, 17, Who Gets A 4-Chair Turn On ‘The Voice’
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The final blind auditions on ‘The Voice’ will air March 18. Celia Babini will be hitting the stage to perform for the coaches in hopes of becoming the next champion.Can't wait to see this and cheer for her!
Lag 19?!!! This makes me feel old 😩😩😩
You go girl....
You go girl
YES...... I love The Voice! Will be watching!
Excellent!!!
She was amazing! What a voice
Spectacular!!!
M&A '63 - Amazing!!!
So clearly Celia radiates beauty and art in multiple ways, with grace, and passion. To hear her is to be moved to a deeper connection to the soul. More!!
Watched it !
🙌🏾💕✊🏾
awesome!!!
Saturday March 16th, 2019
M&A '62 alum Brian O'Dwyer will be the Grand Marshall in the 2019 St. Patrick's Day Parade.
O’Dwyer is a civil rights activist and a senior partner in the law firm of O’Dwyer and Bernstein, a law office known for devoting tremendous amounts of hours pro bono to Irish causes.
“O’Dwyer and Bernstein was the first stop for any emigrant or Irish freedom fighter in trouble,” said Ciaran Staunton head of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform.
O’Dwyer is also a skilled political figure, especially close to the Clinton family and he would have been on a shortlist for ambassador to Ireland in a Hillary Clinton White House. He is a co-founder of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center set up to care for immigrants in need.
www.irishcentral.com/news/2019-new-york-st-patricks-parade-grand-marshal
Civil rights activist NYC St Patrick’s Parade Grand Marshal
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Senior partner in the law firm of O’Dwyer and Bernstein and proud of his Mayo roots Brian O'Dwyer has been named as the 2019 Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick’s Parade in New York.