In 1977, the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team prevailed over CSKA Moscow (known in the West as Red Army), a team that refused to play against Israel. Moments after this highly charged and historical win, Israeli-American basketball hero Tal Brody captured the heart of the nation when he famously said, "Israel is on the map, …
Vanessa Williams is one of the most respected and multi-faceted performers in the entertainment industry today. Having sold millions of records worldwide, Vanessa has also scored numerous #1 and Top 10 hits on various Billboard Album and Singles charts: Pop, Dance, R&B, Adult Contemporary, Holiday, Latin, Gospel and Jazz. Vanessa will perform her greatest hits and …
Learn all about Musical Theatre Comedy at this fun filled workshop led by Broadway Veteran John Treacy Egan (My Fair Lady, Sister Act, Bye-Bye Birdie, The Little Mermaid, The Producers). Broadway is famous for it’s musical comedies. Come learn about what it takes to be funny on stage at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center…And did …
Please join Hubbels Music of Bedford Hills, NY in a night that showcases just some of Hubbels’ hardworking and extraordinary young pianists. In addition to students performing the works of composers such as Bach, Chopin, Gottschalk, and Albéniz, they will be joined by faculty members Kate Demas, Jarod Kashkin (pianists) Andy Bhasin (violin). Ticket sales will be …
Outspoken, precocious, lovable Junie B. Jones stars in a colorful, funny, fast-paced musical about new friends, new glasses, sugar cookies, the annual kickball tournament, and other various first-grade angst-ridden situations. Follow her adventures as she writes down the story of her life in her “Top-Secret Personal Beeswax Journal.” This new musical is based on four …
Will President Trump Blow Up the Global Trading System? Richard Dye, Facilitator. Guest Speaker (Skype) Edward Alden is the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), specializing in U.S.economic competitiveness, trade, and immigration policy. He is the author of the book Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in …
A year after the shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Dave Cullen, the NY Times bestselling author of Columbine, offers an intimate,deeply moving account of the extraordinary teenage survivors who became activists and pushed back against Congressional leaders and the N.R.A. Cullen has written for Vanity Fair, Buzzfeed, Politico, New Republic, Newsweek, The …
From the Audition to Opening Night come learn about what it takes to make it on stage! The focus of this Workshop is to show you what you have on the inside and to show you how to bring it out! Let go of fear and doubt and get yourself on that stage and in …
Yale Alumni Series Psychology and the Good Life: Teaching the Most Popular Class at Yale Over the span of one week in January 2018, Psyc 157: Psychology and the Good Life, became the most popular course in Yale University’s 300-year history. Laurie Santos, professor of psychology and cognitive science, began developing the course after her …
Blood on the Fields Wynton Marsalis’s Pulitzer Prize winning oratorio on slavery and freedom, tells the story of two slaves, Jesse and Leona. It carries us along on their difficult journey to freedom. Baritone Gregory Porter, scat-singing legend Kenny Washington, and contralto Paula West join the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in this remarkable, ground-breaking work. Cosponsors: …