Scenes through the Cinema Lens event Moderator Krin Gabbard's father was eleven years old when he first saw Frankenstein’s monster in James Whale’s 1931 film. He was terrified. It may be safe to assume that today's eleven-year-olds are pretty blasé…
Scenes through the Cinema Lens event The first jazz recordings were made by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band in 1917. Today we’re much more likely to be celebrating the birthdays of three great jazz artists, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, and…
Scenes through the Cinema Lens Presents Trumpet Stories April 18, 2017 at 7:30PM; FREE This program features great jazz trumpet soloists such as Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Lee Morgan. We will also sample the strange…
Scenes through the Cinema Lens event Filmmakers don’t always get it right when they put jazz into their films, but when they do, we should celebrate. In fact, we should celebrate when all we get is a good opportunity to…
Women of Jazz Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 8PM $50 / students $45 Barbara Carroll Jay Leonhart Leonieke Scheuble René Marie & others
Treehouse Shakers’ Olive & Pearl Saturday, April 1 at 1:30PM; $21 BUY Centered on thematic elements of home, Olive & Pearl is the story of a young girl, Olive, who is lovingly being raised by her Granny, Pearl. The characters…
A young boy's love and a little nursery magic help transform the Velveteen Rabbit from a favorite plaything into a real rabbit. The Boy and Velveteen embark on exciting imaginary adventures, from deep dark caves to the wide open sea,…
The Monster Who Ate My Peas Thursday, March 30 at 10:15AM & 12PM $5 student or chaperone (Teachers Free) Call: (212) 346-8468 or (212) 220-1460 Based on the multi-award winning book written by Danny Schnitzlein and illustrated by Matthew…
Mammoth Follies explores the wonders of evolution in an old-fashioned revue of original songs, witty jokes, and earth-smashing dances performed by giant dinosaur puppets. This program dramatizes historic and scientific facts (as well as some myths) about the great age…
The Lightning Thief Sunday, March 19 at 1:30PM Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school…again. And that’s the least of his troubles! Zeus’s master lightning bolt has been stolen and Percy is the prime suspect. Now…
