NYC-ARTS Announces Upcoming Offerings

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 from the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center.

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 WLIW; and Sundays at 8:30 p.m. on NJTV. New episodes will also be available on NYC-ARTS.org every Friday morning.

Thursday, March 29

8-8:30 p.m.

NYC-ARTS #107 -- 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. In the Feature/Profile, we go behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Opera with Maestro Fabio Luisi as he prepares for performances of Wagner's Ring Cycle. The Choice spotlights The Frick Collection's "Renoir, Impressionism and Full-Length Painting." News correspondent Christina Ha, based at the Jewish Museum currently featuring the exhibition "Kehinde Wiley/World Stage: Israel," reports on various events including "Jesus Christ Superstar" at Neil Simon Theater; Sylvie Guillem at the Koch Theater; Cindy Sherman at MoMA; and "The Ungovernables" at the New Museum. 

Thursday, April 5

8-8:30 p.m.

NYC-ARTS #108 -- 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 Feature/Profile segment focuses on The Emerson String Quartet. The Choice spotlights the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' exhibit, "Star Quality: The World of Noel Coward." At The Whitney Museum of American Art, currently celebrating "The Whitney Biennial, News Correspondent Christina Ha reports on various events around town: "The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant Garde" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; "Gertrude's Paris" at Symphony Space; "Regrets" at the Manhattan Theatre Club; Gotham Chamber Opera's "Il Sogno di Scipione" at Gerard Lynch Theater; Alexander Beller Dances at Joyce Soho; and Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meiere" at the Museum of Biblical Art.

Thursday, April 12

8-8:30 p.m.

NYC-ARTS #109 -- 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 Feature/Profile looks at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Education Programs for Young People. The "Choice" segment explores the Museum of Arts & Design's exhibit "Glasstress: New Art from the Venice Biennale at MAD." At The Whitney Museum of American Art, currently celebrating "The Whitney Biennial, News Correspondent Christina Ha reports on various events around town: the Tribeca Film Festival; "Gatz" at The Public Theater; Ballet Hispanico at The Joyce Theater; "Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan" at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World." 

Thursday, April 19

8-8:30 p.m.

NYC-ARTS #110 -- 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. There will be featured segments focusing on the work of three living American artists: Kiki Smith and her "Visionary Sugar" show at the Neuberger Museum; Kehinde Wiley's "The World Stage: Israel" exhibit at the Jewish Museum; and James Rosenquist "F-111" at MoMA. News correspondent Christina Ha, based at The Guggenheim Museum's "John Chamberlain: Choices" exhibit, reports on various events TBA around town. 

Thursday, April 26

8-8:30 p.m.

NYC-ARTS #111 -- 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 Feature/Profile is Zahn's interview with baritone Thomas Hampson. The Choice segment spotlights American Folk Art Museum's exhibition "Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined", with a focus on the portrait of David and Catherine Stolp Crane. News correspondent Christina Ha, based at The Guggenheim Museum's "Francesca Woodman" exhibit, reports on various events TBA around town. 

Thursday, May 3

8-8:30 p.m.

NYC-ARTS #112 -- 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 Feature/Profile is Rafael Pi Roman's interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan. The Choice segment looks at American Folk Art Museum's exhibition "Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined", with a focus on sculptures made by husband and wife Clarence and Grace Woolsey. News correspondent Christina Ha reports on various events TBA around town from Japan Society. 

NYC-ARTS is a production of THIRTEEN in association with WNET, one of America's most prolific and respected public media providers. For nearly 50 years, WNET has been producing and broadcasting national and local arts programming to the New York community.

                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 Product Management: 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, The Paul and Irma Milstein Foundation, Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown, Jody and John Arnhold, and The Lemberg 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.