Arthur Ross News

New Brunswick, NJ – The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers welcomed a new appointment and announced two promotions to key museum positions in February. Amanda Potter, most recently Educator for Public and University Programs at the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University in Columbus, joined the Zimmerli staff as Curator of Education and Interpretation on February 1. Christine Giviskos, Ph.D., and Julia Tulovsky, Ph.D., both associate curators at the Zimmerli since 2007, have been promoted to curator and head of their respective departments. Giviskos now serves as Curator of Prints, Drawings, and European Art, and Tulovsky as Curator of Russian and Soviet Nonconformist Art.

ELF The Musical is playing at the Theater at Madison Square Garden for a limited three week engagement from December 9 through December 27, 2015. Tickets are available attheateratmsg.com/elf. The company celebrated the official New York opening night on Wednesday, December 9 at Pennsylvania 6. Check out photos below!

This Thursday, December 10th, BROADWAY SESSIONS welcomes cast members from ELF THE MUSICAL at MSG as well as cast members from THE RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR and more.

Today, stars of ELF, Eric Petersen Veronica Kuehn, paid a visit to the Empire State Building, in honor of the monument being lit in green and gold for the musical's opening night toninght at Theater at Madison Square Garden. The production runs through December 27.

The holiday production of ELF The Musical plays the Theater at Madison Square Garden as part of the 2015 national tour for a limited three week engagement from tonight, December 9, through December 27, 2015.

BSL Enterprises, LLC and MSG Entertainment announced today casting for the upcoming holiday production of ELF The Musical, which will play the Theater at Madison Square Garden as part of the 2015 national tour for a limited three week engagement from December 9 through December 27, 2015. Tickets are on sale now at theateratmsg.com/elf.

The American Museum of Natural History will be kicking off its 2015–2016 social season in October with the annual Family Party, a favorite event of children and parents alike. Other highlights of the coming year will include the Museum Gala and a range of fun gatherings for young professionals. Highlights include: 

New Light Theater Project and Access Theater present REX, a new musical playing from tonight, March 19th thru 28th at Access Theater.

New Light Theater Project and Access Theater present REX, a new musical playing from March 19th thru 28th at Access Theater. Tickets start at only $10. For information and tickets, visit NewLightTheaterProject.com

The American Museum of Natural History will be kicking off its 2014–2015 social season in October with the annual Family Party, a favorite event among youngsters. Other highlights of the coming year will include the dazzling Museum Gala; the annual Museum Dance, consistently one of New York City's most popular junior events; the 25th Annual Environmental Lecture and Luncheon; and a range of fun gatherings for young professionals. Highlights include:

Morning Fall Bird Walks in Central Park Eight Tuesdays, September 2–October 21, 7–9 am Eight Wednesdays, September 3–October 22, 7–9 am Eight Thursdays, September 4–October 23, 7–9 am Eight Fridays, September 5–October 24, 9­-11 am $85 per person Observe the exciting fall migration of birds in Central Park with Ornithologists Paul Sweet (Tuesdays,7am and Fridays, 9am) and Joseph DiCostanzo (Wednesdays and Thursdays, 7 am). Learn how to use field marks, habitat and behavior as aids to identification of “confusing fall warblers”, thrushes, sparrows and raptors as they pass through Central Park en route to their homes. Birder field cards included.

3-D Theatricals' production of 9 to 5: The Musical plays now through February 24th, 2013 at The Plummer Auditorium, followed by a run at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, March 1st-3rd. BroadwayWorld was there for the musical's February 8th opening, and brings you photos from the festivities below!

Human languages first appeared between 30,000 and 100,000 years ago but the question of how languages spread and evolve is still under investigation. Join Museum Curators Peter Whiteley and Ward Wheeler to learn how advanced computational techniques, typically used in genetic analyses, are also being used to help understand anthropology, language shifts, and key patterns in human social evolution.

Winged Tapestries: Moths at Large, an exhibition of 34 striking images featuring dramatic images of moths, opens today, September 29 at the American Museum of Natural History. On view in the IMAX Corridor on the first floor through September 29, 2013, the exhibition displays the arresting beauty and surprising diversity of moths from Ottawa-based photographer Jim des Rivières.

This rock opera based on the opera La Boheme, RENT tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. During the year, follow the group as they deal with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story.

Winged Tapestries: Moths at Large, an exhibition of 34 striking images featuring dramatic images of moths, opens Saturday, September 29 at the American Museum of Natural History. On view in the IMAX Corridor on the first floor through September 29, 2013, the exhibition displays the arresting beauty and surprising diversity of moths from Ottawa-based photographer Jim des Rivières.

On Thursday, August 23rd, City Parks Foundation's SummerStage Presented by AT&T presents the Two Boots 25th Anniversary Concert featuring the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars.

AMNH has announced the following summer public programs.

AMNH has announced the following upcoming events.