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mayo 2025

¡hola, difus@s!

since i’m getting this out late, we’ll keep the focus forward and save any retrospection for the next issue...

music: sō percussion’s show (with caroline shaw!) is definitely one of this month’s highlights. for more new music, we’ve got meredith montk with alarm will sound, brooklyn rider’s three-day program of philip glass, simone dinnerstein with baroklyn (and more philip glass!), the nyphil’s program including glass and soper, and san cha’s experimental opera inebria me. among the early and classical music concerts of note are simone porter, evgeny kissin and friends, and julliard415. for even more music, check out the faraj abyad, me’shell ndegeocello, new york oud festival, and stitch.

performance + theater: while the tonys race heats up on broadway, why not venture farther afield with shows like alexandria, a(u)nts, bowl ep, bus stop, eurydice, jur*** itch park, lowcountry, the product,  stan: or the dinosaur play, or whose face is it anyway?

dance: among the dance shows that have my interest piqued are anna sperber, ballet hispánico, bill t. jones / arnie zane company, diffraction dance festival, the monthly “fast forward” showcase, julliard’s senior graduation concert, noche flamenca (inspired, in part, by a very timely goya aquatint), and nycb’s “contemporary choreography” and “eclectic nycb” programs.

film: i’m hoping to catch all three parts of dag johan haugerud’s trilogy, which begins with love this month. other features i have my eye on are a night at the adonis, e.1027 — eileen gray and the house by the sea, it’s all gonna break (i used to listen to a lot of broken social scene), jetty, the phoenician scheme, and television event (i was too young to watch the day after when it first aired but did later end up going to college in lawrence). we’ve also got several series worth exploring this month: “abc no rio: a culture of opposition,” “foreman’s favorites,” “his head was a sledgehammer: richard foreman in retrospect,” the new york african film festival, and “open roads: new italian cinema.” to keep up with what’s going on at cannes (and, thus, get a good sense of what’s ahead on screen for the next year), be sure to check out the film comment podcast coverage.

art: right now the city is awash in art fairs, with big-bucks frieze and tefaf accompanied by a wide range of equally worthwhile fairs (1-54, clio, esther, focus, fridge, future, independent, nada, the other, and spring/break). next week is the big auction week here, so now’s also a great time to check out the previews (which are open to the public), such as the 20th century, 21st century, and old masters & 19th century sales at christie’s or the “selections from the collection of barbara gladstone,” modern, and contemporary sales at sotheby’s. all of this fair and auction frenzy tends to bring out strong gallery shows, so now’s a great time stroll through your favorite gallery neighborhood and enjoy the weather.

one quick book recommendation before the full calendar: webb keane’s animals, robots, gods: adventures in the moral imagination is one of the best things i’ve read so far this year (and i’ve been reading voraciously, a bit to the detriment of my performing arts attendance). as always, you’re welcome to share this with anyone you’d like here.

un abrazo,
p

mayo / may
7-8: 8 1/2 (film)
7-8: asteroid city (film)
7-8: bottlerocket (film)
7-8: moorise kingdom (film)
7-9: aida (music)
7-9: schubert final sonatas + new commissions (music)
7-10: anna sperber (dance)
7-10: kweku sumbry (music)
7-10: the apologetics (theater)
7-11: gibney company (dance)
7-11: justin vivian bond: well, well, well (performance)
7-11: puppetopia 2025 (theater)
7-11: stan: or the dinosaur play (theater)
7-11: vanya (theater)
7-11: wonderful town (theater)
7-15: new york african film festival (film)
7-17: le nozze di figaro (music)
7-17: rheology (theater)
7-20: deneuve & téchiné (film)
7-24: salome (music)
7-25: irishtown (theater)
7-: bowl ep (theater)
7-: floyd collins (theater)
7-: glass. kill. what if if only. imp. (theater)
7-: goddess (theater)
7-: il barbiere di sivilgia (music)
7-: lights out (theater)
7-: the black wolfe tone (theater)
7-: the last bimbo of the apocalypse (theater)
7-: the united states vs. ulysses (theater)
8: abel and cain present: cain and abel (performance)
8: blake pouliot, violin; henry kramer, piano (music)
8: lollise x loboko (music)
8: marcella (film
8: no more water: the gospel of james baldwin (music)
8: the four seasons (music)
8: vivaldi's the four seasons (music)
8-11: the generator sessions (theater)
8-11: wrong place, wrong time: the early works of laura parnes (film)
8-17: so percussion (music)
8-18: chagall in new york (theater)
8-18: four evangelists walk into a fog (theater)
8-18: mater familias (theater)
8-24: a(u)nts (theater)
8-25: alexandria (theater)
8-: ada - my mother the architect (film)
8-: bus stop (theater)
9: a dance for birds featuring the bergamont quartet with special guest vocalist lucía pulido (music)
9: beethoven quartet cycle v (music)
9: ensemble connect (music)
9: night coffee (theater)
9: nina bernat, double bass & evren ozel, piano (music)
9: parker ramsay, harp (music)
9: stephane wrembel's django a gogo (music)
9-10: joseph keckler: a good night in the trauma garden (music)
9-11: an absolute turkey (theater)
9-11: black tea (film)
9-11: lilly (film)
9-15: forbidden games (film)
9-17: a night at the cinema with tyler mitchell (film)
9-: caught by the tides (film)
9-: friendship (film)
9-: little buddha (film)
10: celebrate bach with the bach virtuosi festival (music)
10: double feature: geo blake and kerosene jones (performance)
10: lakecia benjamin quartet with jazzmeia horn & gary bartz (music)
10: two dogs + wild hogs and saffron (film)
10-11: art gets what it wants (theater)
10-11: executioners (film)
10-11: the heroic trio (film)
10-: swamp dogg gets his pool painted (film)
11: agnese toniutti (music)
11: chamberfest (music)
11: the met orchestra chamber ensemble (music)
11-23: contemporary choreography (dance)
12: caught (film)
12: cinema for liberation, pgm 2: union (film)
12: deep asleep in the land of gone-away babies (theater)
12: mohammadreza akrami, halie bahr presents human resources/hr department, abbey mcbride (dance)
12: simone dinnerstein with brooklyn orchestra (music)
12-13: abc no rio: a culture of opposition (film)
12-25: to free a mockingbird (theater)
13: montgomery, widmann, and tan dun (music)
13: taylor raven, mezzo-soprano (music)
13: the oath (film)
13-24: parsons dance company (dance)
13-25: gertrude lawrence: a lovely way to spend an evening (theater)
13-: antony and cleopatra (music)
14: ben verdery & friends (music)
14: hot girls making out (performance)
14: mysteriosa (performance)
14-17: lincoln bio (theater)
14-17: ned rothenberg (music)
14-20: jetty (film)
14-25: all ravel (dance)
14-: between the mountain and the sky (film)
14-: eurydice (theater)
14-: lunar eclipse (theater)
14-: shellshocked (theater)
14-: summerworks 2025 (theater)
15: beethoven and onslow (music)
15: faraj abyad: my damascus (music)
15: the knights (music)
15: the product (performance)
15-17: betty buckley (music)
15-17: dhoka/betrayal/ (performance)
15-22: bill t. jones / arnie zane company (dance)
15-: whose face is it anyway (performance)
16: mambo night (music)
16: pedro fortunato (music
16: stitch (music)
16-18: focus on yôko yamanaka (film)
16-18: hung up on a dream: the zombies documentary (film)
16-18: inebria me (music)
16-18: renée fleming and rod gilfry sing kevin puts (music)
16-22: milisuthando (film)
16-24: eclectic nycb (dance)
16-24: you exist too loud (theater)
16-25: kira muratova: scenographies of chaos (film)
16-29: jack lemmon 100 (film)
16-: e.1027 – eileen gray and the house by the sea (film)
16-: goodfellas (film)
16-: love (film)
16-: sister midnight (film)
16-: the damned (film)
17: evgeny kissin, piano (music)
17: grayson earle with prompt: jur a** itch park (performance)
17: lmne (music)
17-18: the segal center film festival on theatre and performance (film)
17-24: final bell (theater)
17-: the kiss (film)
18: awadagin pratt, piano (music)
18: juilliard415 | corelli in chiquitos: music from the missions (music)
18: leon botstein and the orchestra now (music)
18-26: glauber rocha: of hunger and dreams (film)
19: atlas at liberty (theater)
19: benin gardner, zhangxinan wu 吴张心安, queer ci cohort: robin ekeya, leland hull, emily jones, and hannah krafcik (dance)
19: personal archive of home (film)
20: alisa weilerstein: fragments 3 (music)
20: ginza male chorus (music)
21: cécile mclorin salvant: ogresse (music)
21: dance senior graduation concert (dance)
21: musical treasures from bulgaria (music)
21: new born baby collective, spencer james weidie, the brooklyn motion capture dance ensemble (dance)
21-22: limón dance company (music)
21-23: brooklyn rider plays philip glass's complete string quartets (music)
21-23: fred firth (music)
21-23: white velvet (theater)
22: anthems of dialogue (music)
22: cimafunk and la tribu (music)
22: juilliard orchestra conducted by earl lee (music)
22-25: noche flamenca: the sleep of reason (dance)
22-28: his head was a sledgehammer: richard foreman in retrospect (film)
23: a night at the adonis (film)
23: cocktails, comestibles & callas (music)
23-25: lower east side festival of the arts (dance, music, performance, theater)
23-27: dudamel conducts stravinsky, glass & soper (music)
23-: bad shabbos (film)
23-: hardlove (theater)
23-: northern lights (film)
23-: ran (film)
25: andrew veyette farewell (dance)
25-: the queen of spades (dance)
26-27: third world newsreel: african spiritualities (film)
26-: la bohème (music)
27: beausoleil avec michael doucet (music)
27: the ballad of suzanne césaire (film)
27-: chiaroscuro (theater)
28: evgeny kissin and friends: the shostakovich sonatas (music)
28: fast forward (dance)
28-31: ben goldberg (music)
28-31: work in progress: colin heininger & hoi polloi (theater)
28-: a midsummer night's dream (dance)
29: ad tendo (music
29: axine m / amelia heintzelman (dance, music)
29: the rape of the sabine women (film)
29-31: chloe alexandra thompson + db amorin (performance)
29-31: marjani forté-saunders performing blondell cummings’ chicken soup (dance)
29-: a special relationship (theater)
29-: ayodele casel (dance)
29-: ballet hispánico (dance)
29-: dudamel leads mahler’s seventh  (music)
29-: foreman's favorites (film)
29-: love you more (theater)
29-: lowcountry (theater)
30: chamber orchestra of new york (music)
30: maiya blaney (music)
30: meredith monk & vocal ensemble with alarm will sound (music)
30-: adolfas mekas centennial (film)
30-: diffraction dance festival (dance)
30-: ghost trail (film)
30-: it's all gonna break (film)
30-: open roads: new italian cinema (film)
30-: pride & prejudice (theater)
30-: prince faggot (theater)
30-: shall we dance? (film)
30-: television event (film)
30-: the kingdom (film)
31: cinema for liberation, pgm 3: ghost hunting (film)
31: cinema for liberation, pgm 4: attica (film)
31: evgeny kissin and friends: a tribute to shostakovich (music)
31: jc maillard (music)
31: new york oud festival feat. duo al r007 and clarissa bitar (music)
31: troma's curse of the weredeer (film)
31-: the draw (theater)
31-: the phoenician scheme (film)