The Beat

Directed by Lauren Burns (The Groundlings)

Press Invitation/Coverage Request: Wednesdays - Saturdays at 7pm through 2/24

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A week filled with women-empowering events across the Finger Lakes

Auburn, N.Y - Brave Women FLX is thrilled to introduce the first-ever Brave Women Week, a week, Mar. 3-10, filled with local events and activities meant to celebrate women, past and present. Brave Women FLX is a tourism campaign made up of the tourism offices in Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, and new this year - Onondaga and Cortland counties, which honors the female pioneers that once called the Finger Lakes region home and highlights the brave women that continue to pave the way for others.  

Highlights include solo exhibition by artist, and author Michael Lindsay-Hogg, director of Let it Be (April 20 – June 2), plus a screening of his iconic music extravaganza, THE ROLLING STONES ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS, May 4

Hudson, NY (February 15, 2024) – Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House announces a spring season of music, visual art, film, circus, theater, and community programs for the whole family. Highlights include a solo exhibition by legendary director, writer, author and artist Michael Lindsay-Hogg (opening April 20) and a special screening of his iconic 1968 music documentary The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (May 4); contemporary circus from Canada’s Femmes du Feu Creations with a high-flying homage to firefighters, In the Fire (June 15); and a duo exhibition by father/daughter artists Allan and Ara Osterweil (June 8 – July 28).

Season highlights include works by John Rutter, premieres by Marc-André Bougie, Reginal Wright, Terre Johnson, a Memorial Day concert of American Folk Hymns, the Crystal Children’s Choir, and more

New York, N.Y. — MidAmerica Productions Inc. today announced programming for its 2024 season at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, marking the 40th anniversary of the company. At present, MidAmerica Productions has presented “more choral concerts at Carnegie Hall than any other (over 1,400 concerts to date)” according to Sir Clive Gillinson CBE, Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall. The season includes captivating performances from March through June, featuring works by Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, and contemporary composers such as Dan Forrest, Karl Jenkins, and Eric Whitacre.

Campground Improvements, New Park Office and Restrooms, Preservation of Historic CCC Buildings to Begin September 2024

Projects Will Improve Accessibility and Energy Efficiency

 View Renderings Here

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a comprehensive $9 million upgrade to the campgrounds and facilities at Selkirk Shores State Park in Oswego County will begin in September 2024. The project is part of an ongoing reinvestment in New York’s State Park system as it celebrates its 100th anniversary. …

Newburgh, NY – February 15, 2024) Come to Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site and help us celebrate George Washington’s Birthday!!! The three-day event will be held February 17th, 18th and 19th, from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm each day. Admission is free for all those three days, though donations are welcomed.

Sing “Happy Birthday” to General Washington (reenactor John Koopman) as he cuts into his birthday cake, officially starting the day’s festivities.

A free program on Black Americans at Staatsburgh State Historic Site, March 2 and 16, at 2:00pm

Staatsburg, N.Y. (2/10/24) — Stephen. Belinda. Mary. William. Dinah. Those are the known names of the nine people New York State governor Morgan Lewis enslaved at his country estate, Staatsburgh. What do we know of their lives in the Hudson Valley and the legacy of slavery within New York today?

Staatsburgh State Historic Site is offering their free, one-hour program “Slavery, Segregation & Staatsburgh” on Saturdays, March 2 and 16 at 2:00 p.m. Staatsburgh’s founder, Morgan Lewis, enslaved people of African descent at Staatsburgh. Yet, when his great-granddaughter, Ruth Livingston Mills, lived at Staatsburgh at the turn of the 20^th century, the staff was exclusively White and of European descent. At the same time, a free Black community was able to grow and thrive in the surrounding hamlet.

Africa & Byzantium presents nearly 200 artworks, including many that have never before been exhibited in the United States

Exhibition Dates: Through March 3, 2024

Exhibition Location: The Met Fifth Avenue, Gallery 199

New York, N.Y. – The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Africa & Byzantium, a seminal exhibition of nearly 200 works that explores the tradition of Byzantine art and culture in North and East Africa from the 4th through the 15th century and beyond. On view through March 3, 2024, Africa & Byzantium sheds light on an underrepresented area of art history. Even though Byzantium was a vast empire that spanned parts of Africa, Europe, and Asia, its extensive connections to Africa have previously been understudied. Bringing together art, religion, literature, history, and archaeology, this innovative exhibition highlights artworks from the multicultural communities of northern and eastern Africa.

New York, NY (February 14, 2024) — The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York’s leading cultural venues, presents Dancing the 92nd Street Y: A 150th Anniversary Celebration, welcoming three legendary companies whose founders made these halls their home — Ailey II, Martha Graham Dance Company, and José Limón Dance Company. Bridging generations of pioneering dance makers, the evening pairs these dance companies with leading contemporary artists — Omar Román De Jesús, Jamar Roberts, and Hope Boykin — for a one-night-only celebration of the legendary choreographers and performers who shaped modern dance, and the stage that first welcomed them.

New York, N.Y. (February 13, 2024) – The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today GO PUBLIC! A Festival of Free Shakespeare in the Park, featuring a suite of free summer programming taking place across all five boroughs. From the return of The Mobile Unit’s joyful, bilingual musical adaptation of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS to outdoor screenings of the acclaimed 2019 production of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, and opportunities to enjoy encore performances at home, GO PUBLIC! offers an array of free programming for all as Free Shakespeare in the Park’s home at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park undergoes its most significant revitalization in its 62-year history.