Events http://www.york.cuny.edu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. ZORA Returns To Harlem http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/zora-returns-to-harlem-evening A one woman show about the life and times of Zora Neale Hurston starring NAACP Award Winner Antonia Badón In 1925 Zora Neale Hurston moved to Harlem and became the first black woman to study at Barnard College and attend Columbia University. Zora gained fame as a writer, pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance literary movement, and secured a Guggenheim Fellowship Award to study in Haiti, Jamaica and the Gulf Coast. Ultimately Zora became one of the world’s greatest literary figures.

NAACP winner and New Orleans-actress’ Antoniá Badón, brings Zora to life in this unique one-woman production which transcends time and place with fifteen character portrayals, music and song.

 

Saturday, February 11, 2012 • 3:00pm & 7:00pm $20.00 Adults / $10.00 Students & Seniors

]]> No publisher Rafael Nunez Current Student Performance Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Public 2011-08-22T15:10:00Z Event ZORA Returns To Harlem http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/zora-returns-to-harlem A one woman show about the life and times of Zora Neale Hurston starring NAACP Award Winner Antonia Badón In 1925 Zora Neale Hurston moved to Harlem and became the first black woman to study at Barnard College and attend Columbia University. Zora gained fame as a writer, pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance literary movement, and secured a Guggenheim Fellowship Award to study in Haiti, Jamaica and the Gulf Coast. Ultimately Zora became one of the world’s greatest literary figures.

NAACP winner and New Orleans-actress’ Antoniá Badón, brings Zora to life in this unique one-woman production which transcends time and place with fifteen character portrayals, music and song.

 

Saturday, February 11, 2012 • 3:00pm & 7:00pm $20.00 Adults / $10.00 Students & Seniors

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]]> No publisher Rafael Nunez Performing Arts Current Student Performance Performing and Fine Arts Public 2011-08-22T16:25:00Z Event York College Prosody Workshop http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/york-college-prosody-workshop-2 Music and Poetry Events by Faculty and Students No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing and Fine Arts Current Student 2012-02-02T20:10:00Z Event York College Music Club Dance '11 http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/york-college-music-club-dance-11 Live music by the York College Big Band!!! Food. Masks! DANCING!!! No publisher Thomas Zlabinger Alumni Performance Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Public Student Government Visitors 2011-04-28T12:17:39Z Event York College Gospel Chorus Concert http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/york-college-gospel-chorus-concert1 Come and enjoy the sounds of Gospel as the York College Gospel Chorus performs in their Annual Spring Concert. The performance will include music from a variety of genres including Spirituals, Traditional and Contemporary Gospel, and Spoken Word.

]]> No publisher Jonathan Quash Current Student Performing and Fine Arts 2011-01-31T19:50:00Z Event York College Gospel Chorus Concert http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/york-college-gospel-chorus-concert.1 Celebrating the history of Gospel Quartet Music!! No publisher Jonathan Quash Performing and Fine Arts 2011-04-15T21:32:29Z Event York College Gospel Chorus & Community Choir http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/york-college-gospel-chorus-community-choir Don't miss the holiday event of the season as the York College Gospel Chorus and the York College Community Choir join together to perform excerpts from Handel's Messiah, as well as other favorites. No publisher Jonathan Quash Current Student Performing and Fine Arts 2010-06-22T17:50:00Z Event York College Gospel Chorus http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/york-college-gospel-chorus-1 Join the York College Gospel Chorus on their "Back to Our Roots" tour. This is the first performance on campus this semester debuting some of the songs from their upcoming album, "Church Folk." No publisher Jonathan Quash Current Student Performing and Fine Arts 2010-06-22T17:50:00Z Event York College Creative Ensemble http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/york-college-creative-ensemble Music and Poetry Events by Faculty and Students No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing and Fine Arts Current Student 2012-02-02T20:25:00Z Event York College Blue Notes http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/york-college-blue-notes Performing the music of Louis Armstrong, Charles Mingus, and more! No publisher Thomas Zlabinger Current Student Faculty/Staff Performance Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Prospective Student Public Visitors 2010-12-14T16:15:00Z Event York College Big Band Spring Concert http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/york-college-big-band-spring-concert-1 Live music by York College students! No publisher Thomas Zlabinger Alumni Performance Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Prospective Student Visitors 2011-05-09T19:37:10Z Event York College Big Band Spring Concert http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/yc-big-band-spring-concert10 The York College Big Band is the college-level jazz ensemble at York College/CUNY in Jamaica, Queens. The Big Band is a product of the Jazz Workshop, which is a two-credit class. The band performs periodically throughout the semester and is an integral part of the York College Jazz Forum. Rehearsals are held on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. Please contact the York College Big Band director Tom Zlabinger at tzlabing@york.cuny.edu or (718) 262-2412 if you are interested in attending a rehearsal or would like further information on the York College Big Band.

In addition to performances on campus, the York College Big Band has performed at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, Medgar Evers College, the Poppenhusen Institute, Queens College, and annually at the CUNY Jazz Festival at City College. In April of 2006, the York College Big Band was featured in Weltreisen on the German television station ARD.

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student Performance Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Public 2009-07-27T18:05:00Z Event York College Big Band http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/york-college-big-band-1 Atribute to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers No publisher Thomas Zlabinger Current Student Faculty/Staff Performance Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Prospective Student Public 2010-12-14T16:10:00Z Event Yo Soy Latina http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/yo-soy-latina-mar25 Six “Latina” women of differing backgrounds meet in a classroom that becomes a forum for their life experiences, fears and dreams. This moving comedy/drama features a fascinating and diverse ensemble of Latinas and challenges perceptions of homogenization and cultural stereotypes.  March 19, 20, 21, 23 and 25.
Immediately following the performance on March 25, please join us, the playwright Linda Nieves-Powell, and a panel of other Latina artists for a talk back. Light refreshments will be served.

Cast of Characters:

  • Lisette Davila Rivera: 20-something wannabe actress/poet
  • Soledad Tejeda: Dominican; mother of three; divorced; late 30’s
  • Migdalia Rivera: Nuyorican; pregnant with second child; married to an African-American man; late 30’s
  • Jennifer Barriquena: 19 year-old Chicana college student
  • Alicia Blanca: Colombian; 20-something; B-List actress; the white Latina
  • Maria Elena Gonzalez: Panamanian; late 20’s; the black Latina
  • Louisa O’Brian: Cuban-Irish; corporate attorney; late 20’s
  • Casting Agent: Offstage character.
]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student Foreign Languages, ESL and Humanities Performing and Fine Arts 2010-02-25T22:50:00Z Event Yo Soy Latina http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/yo-soy-latina-mar23 Six “Latina” women of differing backgrounds meet in a classroom that becomes a forum for their life experiences, fears and dreams. This moving comedy/drama features a fascinating and diverse ensemble of Latinas and challenges perceptions of homogenization and cultural stereotypes.  March 19, 20, 21, 23 and 25.
Immediately following the performance on March 25, please join us, the playwright Linda Nieves-Powell, and a panel of other Latina artists for a talk back. Light refreshments will be served.

Cast of Characters:

  • Lisette Davila Rivera: 20-something wannabe actress/poet
  • Soledad Tejeda: Dominican; mother of three; divorced; late 30’s
  • Migdalia Rivera: Nuyorican; pregnant with second child; married to an African-American man; late 30’s
  • Jennifer Barriquena: 19 year-old Chicana college student
  • Alicia Blanca: Colombian; 20-something; B-List actress; the white Latina
  • Maria Elena Gonzalez: Panamanian; late 20’s; the black Latina
  • Louisa O’Brian: Cuban-Irish; corporate attorney; late 20’s
  • Casting Agent: Offstage character.
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