August FREE Shows & Events Set For David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center

An August line-up of FREE events at David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center includes urban folk for families, a film screening highlighting legendary Stax Recordings soul and R&B artists of the 1960s/70's, evening concerts by rising American singer/songwriters and the Louisiana-generated stylings of one of today's leading Cajun music groups, excerpts from Bertolt Brecht's play Life of Galileo in an evening of music-theater, and a stylish evening of dance served up by Ballets With a Twist.

Target Free Thursdays takes place year-round, every Thursday night at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. Meet the Artist Saturdays is an outgrowth of Lincoln Center's long-running Meet the Artists School Series and takes place on the first Saturday of each month at 11 a.m. last approximately 60 minutes and include opportunities for questions and answers; most involve audience participation. The free series gives young audiences and their families the opportunity to experience the arts firsthand with world-class performers.

ADMISSION to all events IS FREE. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. The David Rubenstein Atrium is located on Manhattan's Upper Westside at Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets. The ‘wichcraft cafe, serving food and drinks, is open. For more information, visit www.LincolnCenter.org/Atrium.

Thursday, August 4 at 8:30 pm
Target Free Thursdays
A NIGHT UNDER GALILEO'S STARS
Fordham University Alumni Theatre Company
Presented in collaboration with Fordham University
Following their July 14-July 31 run at the Veronica Lally Kehoe Theatre at Fordham College at Lincoln Center, cast members of Fordham Alumni Theatre Company's production of Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo will take the Atrium stage in A Night Under Galileo's Stars. The evening's program, directed by Ian Crawford, will feature selections from the production's vibrant original score by Nate Weida, influenced by both madrigals and cabaret. Through the new music and selected scenes, a young, brash Galileo comes to life in Brecht's dark and witty world. Life of Galileo is a WITH SALT collaboration. For more information visit: www.facebook.com/galileoplay; http://lifeofgalileoplay.tumblr.com/; http://www.fordham.edu/theatre

Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 11:00 am
Meet the Artist Saturdays
TRES LECHES
Tres Leches creates world-infused urban folk music for people of all ages with exquisite harmonies and accompaniment. The trio's sublime voices combine beautifully to create a harmonic synergy that draws in any listener. They have become known for their dynamic performances with hip-swingin'-glove-flingin' dance moves and their inventive arrangements of original and traditional songs. This Brooklyn-based trio was formed in spring 2007 singing songs that organically emerged from the musical merry-making of three mamas-Havalah Collins, Renée Skuba, and Jessie White, all professional singers and new mothers-and their babies. Since their first show in March 2008, they have performed in a wide range of venues including Brooklyn Children's Museum, Philadelphia Jazz Festival, and Tribeca Film Series for Kids. The groups first recording, Tres Leches: Songs, Chants & Lullabies for All Our Relations (May 2009), consists of originals, re-envisioned traditional songs, and sacred chants that span the globe. Audiences of all ages, but especially 3-7 years old will enjoy listening-and participating. For more information on the artists visit: www.tresleches.us

Tuesday, August 9 at 7:30
Film Screening presented by Lincoln Center Out of Doors
WATTSTAX
"Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get," says the opening song, and Wattstax, the dynamic film of the 1972 Los Angeles event attended by over 100,000 concertgoers and first billed as the "black Woodstock," will getcha plenty. Its performances burn with vitality. Its forays into the neighborhood are a time capsule of pride and pain. And the Richard Pryor comedy riffs that provide the film's running commentary are a treasure all by themselves. The film includes live performances by Isaac Hayes, the Staples Singers, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, the Bar-Kays, Carla Thomas, Little Milton, Luther Ingram, and other artists of the Stax family, and intros by emcee, a young Jesse Jackson.

Thursday, August 11 at 8:30 pm
Target Free Thursdays
NEWSONG MUSIC: IN THE ROUND
featuring Maureen Andary, Farewell Milwaukee/Ben Lubeck, and Rose Polenzani
Presented in collaboration with NewSong Music
The artists of In The Round all participated in the Mountain Stage competition, an annual performance and songwriting event, now in its tenth year, which is an outgrowth of NewSong Music and National Public Radio's show, "Mountain Stage." Maureen Andary is one half of the Washington, DC based folk/pop/jazz duo The Sweater Set that just finished a tour performing with folk legend Michelle Shocked. Farewell Milwaukee/Ben Lubeck, front man of the Minneapolis Americana/indie band Farewell Milwaukee focuses on the power of honest, confessional songwriting with no pretense or ulterior motives. Rose Polenzani is a Boston based folk/pop singer-songwriter. NewSong Music, whose two-fold mission is to build a supportive community of performers and songwriters across all genres of music and levels of skill, and to identify exceptional artists in order to develop their careers and introduce their music to a broad audience, partners with Lincoln Center for the first in a series of concerts. For more information on the artists visit: www.thesweaterset.com; www.farewellmilwaukee.com. For information on NewSong Music go to: www.newsong-music.com/
Thursday, August 18 at 8:30 pm
Target Free Thursdays
Steve Riley AND THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS
The band is called Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys. The guy in the middle holds a button-box that squeezes like an accordion, but shouts hallelujah like a big brass band. The fiddle cracks wise and warm, the guitar falls off The Edge of the earth, and the rhythm section purrs. It all flows as a smooth groove, topped with three heartfelt voices harmonizing in 17th-century French from the sub-tropics. Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys began over twenty years ago. Their clean and cohesive performance of Cajun French music from the backwaters of Southwest Louisiana propelled them into the world music limelight early on, and by their third release had garnered them a Grammy nomination, with a second nomination in 2004, and another in 2009. For more artist information, visit: www.mamouplayboys.com

August 25 8:30 pm
BALLETS WITH A TWIST: COCKTAIL HOUR
Cocktail Hour is a clever, sumptuous suite, which promises to seduce new and seasoned audiences alike. This collection of dances celebrates cocktail culture with an irreverent, pop sensibility. The New York Times has called it "witty and fantastic." Ballets with a Twist serves up original choreography by Marilyn Klaus, music by the Grammy-nominated Stephen Gaboury, and costume design by Catherine Zehr. Klaus's dance influences range from Isadora Duncan to Busby Berkeley to the great dance instructor Carmelita Maracci with whom she studied. The program opens with a performance of Return to Normalcy which Dance Magazine compared to "Twyla Tharp's wonderfully convoluted madcap dances for the Joffrey and ABT." For more about the artists and program, visit "Guide to Cocktails" at: www.balletswithatwist.com/guideto.html

The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, the new community, visitors and ticketing facility, is home to an array of programs, services and amenities designed for area residents, out-of-towners and visitors to Lincoln Center. This new public space is named in honor of the philanthropist, financier and Vice Chairman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in recognition of his $10 million gift to the Bravo Campaign. Serving as a gateway to Lincoln Center and the entire Upper West Side community, the Atrium offers-for the first time in Lincoln Center history-day-of discount tickets to available performances across the campus in addition to access to full-prIce Tickets via onsite kiosks and telephone services. Along with free performances, including Target Free Thursdays every Thursday night of the year, and Meet the Artist Saturdays-free, family-friendly participatory programs at 11 a.m. on the first Saturday of every month-other attractions and amenities in the Atrium include: a ‘wichcraft café, a departure point for expanded Lincoln Center tours, a staffed Information Desk, free Wi-Fi, and restrooms. For more information visit:
LincolnCenter.org/Atrium

Launched in November 2009, Target Free Thursdays offers free public performances by a wide-range of artists every Thursday night throughout the year at the new David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, a vibrant new public facility on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is partnering with Target to sponsor the series. Curated by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., Target Free Thursdays performances feature national and International Artists as well as local artists. The series also features artists from Lincoln Center's

resident organizations including The Juilliard School, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Chamber Music Society, among others, along with artists curated by community-based partners. The series presents a diverse cross-section of musical genres, including pop, Latin, rock, soul, country, jazz, world, classical and new music, as well as spoken word, multi-media and dance performances.
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About Lincoln Center
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Meet the Artist is a presentation of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA), which serves three primary roles: presenter of superb artistic programming, national leader in arts and education, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. As a presenter of more than 400 events annually, LCPA's programs include American Songbook, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival, White Light Festival, Tully Scope Festival, and Live From Lincoln Center. In addition, LCPA is leading a series of major capital projects on behalf of the resident organizations across the campus.

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