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The Drifting Encyclopedia
New York Press
August 17, 2010
Aug. 23, World Financial Center, 200 Vesey St. (betw. West St. & North End Ave.), 212-417-7050; noon-4, Free. Originally opened as a companion piece in July to a site-specific dance work, this popup museum features strange, charming, interactive exhibits that, according to press materials, is “part Victorian cabinet of curiosities and part roadside attraction.” And it’s also only open through Sept. 3, so if you want to get your weird installation on, time is ticking. Bottom Line: Even if this wasn’t the sad and barren end of August, this show would be exciting and interesting. Since it is, we’re calling this one out as can’t miss.
New York Press
August 17, 2010
Aug. 23, World Financial Center, 200 Vesey St. (betw. West St. & North End Ave.), 212-417-7050; noon-4, Free. Originally opened as a companion piece in July to a site-specific dance work, this popup museum features strange, charming, interactive exhibits that, according to press materials, is “part Victorian cabinet of curiosities and part roadside attraction.” And it’s also only open through Sept. 3, so if you want to get your weird installation on, time is ticking. Bottom Line: Even if this wasn’t the sad and barren end of August, this show would be exciting and interesting. Since it is, we’re calling this one out as can’t miss.
The Daily Dance, Never mind the heat wave, Paul-André Fortier will be dancing outside
New York Press
by Susan Reiter
July 16, 2010
The sights and sounds of the city are always in flux, the inhabitants perpetually on the move. But for 30 consecutive days beginning Friday, a lean, rugged man will be found in the same place each day at noon, performing a stark, purposeful half-hour solo. With no musical accompaniment aside from the neighboring sounds of that particular day and hour, Paul-André Fortier will stake his claim to One New York Plaza, as the lunchtime passersby observe, ignore—or possibly interact with—him. ...(more)
New York Press
by Susan Reiter
July 16, 2010
The sights and sounds of the city are always in flux, the inhabitants perpetually on the move. But for 30 consecutive days beginning Friday, a lean, rugged man will be found in the same place each day at noon, performing a stark, purposeful half-hour solo. With no musical accompaniment aside from the neighboring sounds of that particular day and hour, Paul-André Fortier will stake his claim to One New York Plaza, as the lunchtime passersby observe, ignore—or possibly interact with—him. ...(more)
New BPC market gets green thumbs up
Downtown Express
by Aline Reynolds
July 9, 2010
Residents and workers of Battery Park City can get fresh fruits, veggies and wine samplings at a local outdoor greenmarket that’s now right in their backyard.
The World Financial Center Greenmarket attracted over 500 residents last Thursday, its opening day in World Financial Center plaza in Battery Park City.
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Downtown Express
by Aline Reynolds
July 9, 2010
Residents and workers of Battery Park City can get fresh fruits, veggies and wine samplings at a local outdoor greenmarket that’s now right in their backyard.
The World Financial Center Greenmarket attracted over 500 residents last Thursday, its opening day in World Financial Center plaza in Battery Park City.
(more...)
Worlds Colliding but Never Clashing
The New York Times
by Steve Smith
June 29, 2010
Several times during this year’s Bang on a Can Marathon, presented at the World Financial Center in the Winter Garden in Lower Manhattan on Sunday, I deemed this particular edition the best-sequenced marathon of the handful I’ve attended from start to finish. (That tally includes 2007’s installment, all 27-and-a-half hours of it: a feat I’m still prone to bragging about.) The concert, presented free in a co-production with the River to River Festival and World Financial Center, started at noon and concluded at 1 a.m., an hour behind schedule. ...(more)
The New York Times
by Steve Smith
June 29, 2010
Several times during this year’s Bang on a Can Marathon, presented at the World Financial Center in the Winter Garden in Lower Manhattan on Sunday, I deemed this particular edition the best-sequenced marathon of the handful I’ve attended from start to finish. (That tally includes 2007’s installment, all 27-and-a-half hours of it: a feat I’m still prone to bragging about.) The concert, presented free in a co-production with the River to River Festival and World Financial Center, started at noon and concluded at 1 a.m., an hour behind schedule. ...(more)
Interactive spin on the Bard. "Hamlet" meets the interactive world of the 21st century.
Columbia Spectator
by Miriam Rosen
April 14, 2010
If Shakespeare was originally meant to be experienced in the round, few venues would be more appropriate than the World Financial Center.
The new production of “Hamlet” allows viewers to experience the Danish prince’s story by following the players throughout the center, stopping at designated spots to watch the action unfold. The effect is to transform the World Financial Center into Denmark’s Elsinore Castle, adding another dimension to the already deeply-layered tale....(more)
Columbia Spectator
by Miriam Rosen
April 14, 2010
If Shakespeare was originally meant to be experienced in the round, few venues would be more appropriate than the World Financial Center.
The new production of “Hamlet” allows viewers to experience the Danish prince’s story by following the players throughout the center, stopping at designated spots to watch the action unfold. The effect is to transform the World Financial Center into Denmark’s Elsinore Castle, adding another dimension to the already deeply-layered tale....(more)
Get thee to the Winter Garden for 'Hamlet'
Downtown Express
by Julie Shapiro
April 9, 2010
Director Stephen Burdman introduced his new production of “Hamlet” Thursday night with some friendly advice to his audience.
“You gotta stay on your toes,” Burdman told the crowd of people gathered in the World Financial Center for the play’s opening night. “The actors will be in front of you, behind you, to the side of you and right in the middle.” ...more
Downtown Express
by Julie Shapiro
April 9, 2010
Director Stephen Burdman introduced his new production of “Hamlet” Thursday night with some friendly advice to his audience.
“You gotta stay on your toes,” Burdman told the crowd of people gathered in the World Financial Center for the play’s opening night. “The actors will be in front of you, behind you, to the side of you and right in the middle.” ...more
"Hamlet" for the Starbucks crowd
NYUNews.com
by Julia Pugachevsky
April 6, 2010
To walk through the World Financial Center is to witness the pinnacle of wealth and consumerism in America. It's a glorified shopping mall, full of winding marble staircases and a number of designer clothing stores. The New York Classical Theatre's new production of "Hamlet" starts, technically, when the audience meets outside the Starbucks on the lower floor. Soon they are taken to the top floor and told to sit on the ground.
Suddenly, Hamlet (played by NYU alumnus Justin Blanchard) appears from behind a column, dressed in the finest dark clothing and reciting the one and only "To be or not to be" soliloquy. ..(more)
NYUNews.com
by Julia Pugachevsky
April 6, 2010
To walk through the World Financial Center is to witness the pinnacle of wealth and consumerism in America. It's a glorified shopping mall, full of winding marble staircases and a number of designer clothing stores. The New York Classical Theatre's new production of "Hamlet" starts, technically, when the audience meets outside the Starbucks on the lower floor. Soon they are taken to the top floor and told to sit on the ground.
Suddenly, Hamlet (played by NYU alumnus Justin Blanchard) appears from behind a column, dressed in the finest dark clothing and reciting the one and only "To be or not to be" soliloquy. ..(more)
All the World Financial Center Is a Stage for Hamlet
The Tribeca Trib
by Saki Knafo
April 3, 2010
"We’re going to have a real live tomb,” the theater director said, “so be careful.”
Stephen Burdman was standing in a World Financial Center lobby, watching a group of actors rehearse the gravedigger scene from “Hamlet.” What worried him was the marble floor. To create the illusion of a grave, the crew was building a three-foot-high platform and if one of the actors fell from it, well, that would be painful...(more)
The Tribeca Trib
by Saki Knafo
April 3, 2010
"We’re going to have a real live tomb,” the theater director said, “so be careful.”
Stephen Burdman was standing in a World Financial Center lobby, watching a group of actors rehearse the gravedigger scene from “Hamlet.” What worried him was the marble floor. To create the illusion of a grave, the crew was building a three-foot-high platform and if one of the actors fell from it, well, that would be painful...(more)
Open Rehearsals for 'Hamlet'
The New York Times Spare Times
Anne Mancuso
March 8, 2010
If you happen to be walking through the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan this weekend, or anytime in the next several weeks, be aware that a swordfight may erupt near you. If so, do not panic; you are actually seeing actors from the New York Classical Theater production of “Hamlet,” starring Justin Blanchard (“Journey’s End”) in the title role (above with Ginny Myers), who will be rehearsing at the 3.5-acre center through March 25....(more)
The New York Times Spare Times
Anne Mancuso
March 8, 2010
If you happen to be walking through the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan this weekend, or anytime in the next several weeks, be aware that a swordfight may erupt near you. If so, do not panic; you are actually seeing actors from the New York Classical Theater production of “Hamlet,” starring Justin Blanchard (“Journey’s End”) in the title role (above with Ginny Myers), who will be rehearsing at the 3.5-acre center through March 25....(more)
Unsettling Scores
The New Yorker, The Front Row blog
Richard Brody
February 12, 2010
New York is two-thirds of the way through a real event: the screenings of a trio of silent films by Yasujiro Ozu—“Passing Fancy,” “Woman of Tokyo,” and tonight’s offering, “That Night’s Wife”—at the World Financial Center Winter Garden. In addition to the movies (of which only “Passing Fancy” is available here on DVD), the series offers live performances of original scores by the composers and musicians Lori Goldston, Wayne Horvitz, and Robin Holcomb....
The New Yorker, The Front Row blog
Richard Brody
February 12, 2010
New York is two-thirds of the way through a real event: the screenings of a trio of silent films by Yasujiro Ozu—“Passing Fancy,” “Woman of Tokyo,” and tonight’s offering, “That Night’s Wife”—at the World Financial Center Winter Garden. In addition to the movies (of which only “Passing Fancy” is available here on DVD), the series offers live performances of original scores by the composers and musicians Lori Goldston, Wayne Horvitz, and Robin Holcomb....
Yasujiro Ozu, Big in Japan
The Village Voice – Film Picks
by Heather Baysa
February 2, 2010
When sound was introduced to Japanese film in 1931, iconic director Yasujiro Ozu notoriously rejected the innovation, deeming it too distracting. Seventy-nine years and several ADD-afflicted generations later, John Schaefer of WNYC is breaking the silence with an eclectic ensemble….
The Village Voice – Film Picks
by Heather Baysa
February 2, 2010
When sound was introduced to Japanese film in 1931, iconic director Yasujiro Ozu notoriously rejected the innovation, deeming it too distracting. Seventy-nine years and several ADD-afflicted generations later, John Schaefer of WNYC is breaking the silence with an eclectic ensemble….
At Winter Garden Performance, Castoff Clothing is Turned to Metaphor
TribecaTrib.com
by Carl Glassman
February 2, 2010
Performers spread out across the grand staircase at the Winter Garden last month.Old socks, t-shirts, baby blankets and garbage-bound curtains are not the usual stuff of art. But reconstituted in the hands of multidisciplinary artist MK Guth, such castoffs became the makings of an exhibition last month, and the props for three performances at the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden...
TribecaTrib.com
by Carl Glassman
February 2, 2010
Performers spread out across the grand staircase at the Winter Garden last month.Old socks, t-shirts, baby blankets and garbage-bound curtains are not the usual stuff of art. But reconstituted in the hands of multidisciplinary artist MK Guth, such castoffs became the makings of an exhibition last month, and the props for three performances at the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden...
Knickerbocker Orchestra w/Neil Gaiman
QuietColor.com
post and pics by Marc Evan (with Janina Stegmeyer)
January 20, 2010
This weekend at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden, the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra along with very special guests (author Neil Gaiman and tenor Jason Danieley) took the stage to provide a well rounded and highly ...
QuietColor.com
post and pics by Marc Evan (with Janina Stegmeyer)
January 20, 2010
This weekend at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden, the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra along with very special guests (author Neil Gaiman and tenor Jason Danieley) took the stage to provide a well rounded and highly ...
World Financial Center Weaves Art In The Name of Community
NY1
Stephanie Simon
January 14, 2010
"The Winter Garden at the World Financial Center is frequented by business people and many other kinds of New Yorkers, but artist M.K. Guth is displaying a performance art piece that is connecting those diverse populations. NY1's Arts reporter Stephanie Simon filed the following report..."
NY1
Stephanie Simon
January 14, 2010
"The Winter Garden at the World Financial Center is frequented by business people and many other kinds of New Yorkers, but artist M.K. Guth is displaying a performance art piece that is connecting those diverse populations. NY1's Arts reporter Stephanie Simon filed the following report..."
More than just kids' stuff, an interview with Neil Gaiman
am New York
by Emily Hulme
January 14, 2010
"Neil Gaiman became a star in the comic book world in the early '90s with his legendary series 'The Sandman.'
"He's also a successful novelist, screenwriter and children's book author. This weekend he'll be reading "Peter and the Wolf: at the World Financial Center...."
am New York
by Emily Hulme
January 14, 2010
"Neil Gaiman became a star in the comic book world in the early '90s with his legendary series 'The Sandman.'
"He's also a successful novelist, screenwriter and children's book author. This weekend he'll be reading "Peter and the Wolf: at the World Financial Center...."
this fable is intended for you
Culturebot.org
Andy Horowitz
January 7, 2010
"One of the only FREE events in Under The Radar is MK Guth’s This Fable Is Intended For You: A Work-Energy Principle co-presented by arts>World Financial Center. Guth will transform giant cords fashioned from New Yorkers’ donated clothing into geometric shapes inspired by the spectacular architecture of the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden."...
Culturebot.org
Andy Horowitz
January 7, 2010
"One of the only FREE events in Under The Radar is MK Guth’s This Fable Is Intended For You: A Work-Energy Principle co-presented by arts>World Financial Center. Guth will transform giant cords fashioned from New Yorkers’ donated clothing into geometric shapes inspired by the spectacular architecture of the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden."...
MK Guth
Artforum.com
As told to Stephanie Snyder
January 5, 2010
"THERE ARE DEEP CONNECTIONS between my current project, This Fable Is Intended for You: A Work-Energy Principle, which is part of Mark Russell’s 2010 Under the Radar Festival, and the installation I created for the 2008 Whitney Biennial, Ties of Protection and Safe Keeping––but there are a lot of departures as well. The similarities revolve around narrative structure and the amplification of collective voice and human presence, and also around the consideration of a particular site. But the two projects are significantly different."...
Artforum.com
As told to Stephanie Snyder
January 5, 2010
"THERE ARE DEEP CONNECTIONS between my current project, This Fable Is Intended for You: A Work-Energy Principle, which is part of Mark Russell’s 2010 Under the Radar Festival, and the installation I created for the 2008 Whitney Biennial, Ties of Protection and Safe Keeping––but there are a lot of departures as well. The similarities revolve around narrative structure and the amplification of collective voice and human presence, and also around the consideration of a particular site. But the two projects are significantly different."...
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