THIRTEEN Announces Weekly Listings for NYC-ARTS

"NYC-ARTS" UPDATED WEEKLY LISTINGS April 11 - June 20, 2013

NYC-ARTS provides arts lovers in the tri-state area with an all-access pass to the New York City area's myriad cultural offerings: from music and dance concerts, to the theater, museums and galleries-from the classic to the contemporary.

New York Emmy winners Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn co-host.

NYC-ARTS airs Thursday nights at 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN. Encore presentations will generally follow on Sundays at 12 noon on THIRTEEN; Fridays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. on WLIW21; and Sundays at 8:30 p.m. on NJTV. New episodes will also be available on NYC-ARTS.org every Friday morning. (The series was pre-empted on THIRTEEN on May 16 for special programming.)

Thursday, April 11
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #160
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Paula Zahn's interview with Bill T. Jones, Executive Artistic Director of New York Live Arts is the feature/profile. The Museum of Jewish Heritage featuring Museum Director David Marwell is the choice segment. News correspondent Christina Ha, based at the Japan Society, reports on various events around town, including the "Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints" exhibition there; as well as Christian Tetzlaff and Friends at the 92nd Street Y; New Victory Theater's "Le Grand C" and "Fragile," part of "Ricochet-Arts for All Ages";Ballet Hispanico at The Joyce Theater; "Hammer, Chisel, Drill: Noguchi's Studio Practice" at The Noguchi Museum; and the Tribeca Film Festival.

Thursday, April 18
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #161
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Season of Cambodia cultural arts festival is the feature/profile. "Roman Vishniac Rediscovered" at the International Center for Photography is the choice segment. News correspondent Christina Ha, based at the Japan Society, reports on various events around town, including the "Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints" exhibition there; as well as "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" at the Broadway Theatre; "Kinky Boots" atthe Al Hirschfeld Theatre; The Art League of Long Island's "Notations 21" project; "Plain or Fancy? Restraint and Exuberance in the Decorative Arts" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; "The Panoramic River: the Hudson and the Thames" at the Hudson River Museum; and Alexandre Arrechea's "No Limit" sculptures on Park Avenue.

Thursday, April 25
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #162
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Philippe de Montebello's interview with Louise Mirrer, President of the New-York Historical Society is the feature/profile. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity" is the choice segment. News correspondent Christina Ha, based at the Aquavella Gallery, reports on various events around town.

Thursday, May 2
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #163
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris is the feature/profile. The Brooklyn Museum's "Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui" featuring the artist is the choice segment.

Thursday, May 9
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #164
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky and the American Ballet Theatre's Spring Season is the feature/profile. The Museum of Arts and Design's "Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design" is the choice segment. News correspondent Christina Ha, based at the Aquavella Gallery, reports on various events around town.

Thursday, May 16
*Please note: the show will be pre-empted on THIRTEEN for special programming but will air on Friday at 7 p.m. on WLIW21; and on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. on NJTV.
NYC-ARTS #165
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners.

Thursday, May 23
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #166
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. The Irish Arts Center is the feature/profile. News correspondent Christina Ha, based at The Frick Collection, reports on various events around town.

Thursday, May 30
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #167
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Paula Zahn's interview with Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director of The Public Theater, is the feature/profile. News correspondent Christina Ha, based at The Frick Collection, reports on various events around town.

Thursday, June 6
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #168
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Career Transitions for Dancers is the feature/profile.

Thursday, June 13
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #169
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Dance Theater of Harlem is the feature/profile. The Museum of Arts and Design's "Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design" is the choice segment.

Thursday, June 20
8-8:30 p.m.
NYC-ARTS #170
Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. Musician and composer Tyondai Braxton is the feature/profile.

NYC-ARTS is a production of THIRTEEN in association with WNET, one of America's most prolific and respected public media providers. For 50 years, THIRTEEN has been making the most of the rich resources and passionate people of New York and the world, reaching millions of people with on-air and online programming that celebrates arts and culture, offers insightful commentary on the news of the day, explores the worlds of science and nature, and invites students of all ages to have fun while learning.

Executive Producer: David Horn. Editorial Director: Joan Hershey. Supervising Producer: Mitch Owgang. Senior Producer: Bob Morris. For the digital platforms, General Manager: Dan Greenberg. Director of Digital Strategy: Joe Harrell.

NYC-ARTS is Made possible in part by First Republic Bank. Funding for NYC-ARTS is also Made possible by Rosalind P. Walter, Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown, Jody and John Arnhold, Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional funding provided by members of THIRTEEN.

Visit the NYC-ARTS Web site at NYC-ARTS.org for additional information.

About WNET
In 2013, WNET is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of THIRTEEN, New York's flagship public media provider. As the parent company of THIRTEEN and WLIW21 and operator of NJTV, WNET brings quality arts, education and public affairs programming to over 5 million viewers each week. WNET produces and presents such acclaimed PBS series as Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, Need to Know, Charlie Rose and a range of documentaries, children's programs, and local news and cultural offerings available on air and online. Pioneers in educational programming, WNET has created such groundbreaking series as Get the Math, Oh Noah!and Cyberchase and provides tools for educators that bring compelling content to life in the classroom and at home. WNET highlights the tri-state's unique culture and diverse communities through NYC-ARTS, Reel 13, NJ Today and MetroFocus, the multi-platform news magazine focusing on the New York region.

About NYC-ARTS
NYC-ARTS aims to increase awareness of New York City's nonprofit cultural organizations, whose offerings greatly benefit residents and visitors-from children to adults, and teenagers to senior citizens. NYC-ARTS promotes cultural groups' activities and events to tri-state, national and international audiences through nonprint media, using new technologies as they develop. Through television, Web sites, mobile applications and social media, NYC-ARTS nurtures New York City's position as a thriving cultural capital of the world, one that has both world-renowned institutions and those that are focused on local communities.