Holiday Concert 2020 Live from The National Arts Club Holiday
The National Arts Club presents a live holiday performance by the Gramercy Brass Orchestra of New York. Sing along to the season's favorite songs and carols.
Buildings, Race, and History
Join Susanna Sirefman, the founder and president of Dovetail Design Strategists, the leading independent architect selection firm in the States, as she talks with prominent, contemporary architects Deryl McKissack, President and CEO, McKissack & McKissack and Mark Gardner, Principal, Jaklitsch/ Gardner Architects.
The Art of Dressing Barbie
If you’ve ever had a Barbie doll, or you know someone who did, chances are that Barbie was dressed in one of the thousands of designs created by Carol Spencer, author of “Dressing Barbie."
Cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing
A performance by young cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing, presented in partnership with the Sphinx Organization.
Today’s program:
- Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major
- Florence Price Three Spirituals
- Julie-O by Mark Summer
- Chonguri by Tsintsadze
- Mendelssohn Song Without Words
Essex Crossing
Architect Dana Getman explores Essex Crossing, the $1.9 billion, six-acre, mixed-use, mega-project on New York City’s Lower East Side.
Supreme Glamour
Mary Wilson of the legendary Supremes shares reminiscences and unique images from her book "Supreme Glamour."
“The Glorious American Essay”
Today’s event “The Glorious American Essay” a best-selling anthology featuring the books editor Phillip Lopate. Phillip Lopate, a celebrated essayist and professor of writing at Columbia’s School of the Arts, will discuss this quintessentially American art form with two of the book’s best-known contributors, essayists Vivian Gornick, author of "Fierce Attachments," and Wayne Koestenbaum, author of "The Queen’s Throat."
Old Friends: A Tribute to Phyllis Hyman
Alyson Williams and Nat Adderly, Jr. pay tribute to singer, songwriter, and actress Phyllis Hyman.
Relationships in Music
Dominic Cheli Cheli explores the turbulent musical and emotional relationships between Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, and the masterpieces that they produced.
Cellist Thomas Mesa
Enjoy a classical cello performance by Thomas Mesa.
Today’s program includes:
J.S. Bach
Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
- Prelude
- Sarabande
- Gigue
Scott Bradley Joiner
Schumann in New York
Lydia Jane Pugh
Carolina’s Jig
Saint-Saens
The Swan
Andrea Casarrubios
SEVEN for solo cello
Designing Hamilton
Meet Paul Tazewell, the Tony Award-winning costume designer behind the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton.”
Eve Kahn on Mary Rogers Williams
Project Runway
Join designers Marquise Foster, Geoffrey Mac, and Tyler Neasloney, contestants of Season 18 of Bravo’s Emmy-winning competition series, “Project Runway,” for a backstage look at the groundbreaking television show.
Poetry and Black Lives Matter
Poets Gregory Pardlo and Patricia Smith read from their poetry and discuss writing in the time of Black Lives Matter.
Cellist Sterling Elliott
Young cellist Sterling Elliott performs a classical program with songs by Czech composers Josef Suk, Antonín Dvořák, and Leoš Janáček.
Program:
Josef Suk: Ballade and Serenade for Cello and Piano Op.3
Leos Janacek: Pohadka
Antonin Dvorak: Silent Woods
Edouard Lalo: Cello Concerto - finale
Accompaniment on piano: Luis Ortiz
This performance is part of a series of classical concerts, presented in partnership with the Sphinx Organization, featuring outstanding young Black and Latinx musicians.
How to Slay
Join award-winning journalist and content creator Constance C.R. White for an inspirational journey through Black fashion in America.
American Dance at Jacob’s Pillow
The summer of 1942 was the inaugural season of the Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow, America’s oldest dance festival. Performances were organized around a central theme, "The American Dance." That landmark season offers inspiration for operating amidst today’s pandemic, with fascinating contrasts in addressing world culture.
The Pillow’s Director of Preservation, Norton Owen, will include rare archival films in this presentation with both historical significance and contemporary ramifications. Owen is a curator, writer, and archivist who has been associated with Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival since 1976, serving as Director of Preservation since 1990.
Linda Greenhouse
An interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse.
Worn on This Day
Dr. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell leads an exploration of garments worn on monumental occasions across centuries on every calendar day.
How Type Drives Culture
Charles Nix of The Type Directos Club (TDC) reveals how type and design connect people to ideas, culture, and each other.
Malta Celebrates
In recognition of International Archaeology Day, Ambassador Vanessa Frazier, the Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations, and curators for Heritage Malta discuss their nation’s 7,000-year-old architecture and culture.
Faces in Stone: A virtual journey to seek out the stone and terracotta ornamentation that abounds in New York City
Spree Wilson
Hip hop artist, songwriter, and producer Spree Wilson talks about his life and career in music.
An Evening with Heather Cox Richardson
A conversation with historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman.
Afternoon Jazz
A performance by jazz pianist Bijan Taghavi and friends.
The Quiet Americans by Scott Anderson
Authors Scott Anderson and Patrick Radden Keefe discuss Anderson's book "The Quiet Americans."
Film Noir Style
Historian and author Kimberly Truhler (GlamAmor) dives into the dark side of 1940s style and celebrates the film noir genre.
Cellist Christine Lamprea
A performance by young cellist Christine Lamprea, presented in partnership with the Sphinx Organization.
The program includes:
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Suite No. 6 in D Major (selections)
Prelude
Allemande
Gigue
Ernest Bloch:
Suite No. 1 in C minor
Prelude
Allegro
Canzona
Allegro
Omar Acosta:
Solo de Pajarillo
Cosmetic Queens
Author Elizabeth Kerri Mahon looks at the women entrepreneurs who created the beauty business.