The Beat

Three Days of Music, Food, Art, and Entertainment in New York City

Friday, June 5th - Sunday, June 7th

Tickets on Sale Friday, January 17^th At 12:00 PM ET via Govball.Com

New York, NY (January 16, 2020) – Founders Entertainment is proud to announce the lineup for the 2020 Governors Ball Music Festival, taking place Friday, June 5th through Sunday, June 7th on beautiful Randall’s Island Park. New York City’s very own homegrown fest will celebrate the major 10-year milestone with a stellar lineup featuring performances from Tame Impala, Missy Elliott (first major NYC headline show in over a decade), Flume, Vampire Weekend, Stevie Nicks, Solange, Miley Cyrus, Ellie Goulding, H.E.R., RÜFÜS DU SOL, Portugal. The Man, Foals, Summer Walker, Jon Bellion, Khruangbin, Carly Rae Jepsen, Maren Morris, Of Monsters and Men, Milky Chance, Bleachers, BANKS, and many more.

Partnership with tour operator Funway Holidays offers new program of itineraries, adding beach and country excursions to New York City vacations

New York, NY (January 15, 2020) – The New York State Division of Tourism (I LOVE NY) has launched NYC+, a series of four itineraries that encourage British visitors to add nearby New York State destinations to their next New York City visit. Developed through I LOVE NY's UK office, NYC+ is available through British tour operator partner Funway Holidays, with itineraries focused on combining New York City with short visits to other areas of the state, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, the Finger Lakes and the Greater Niagara region.

As the 42nd season comes to a close, the Big Apple Circus enlists an all-inclusive celebrity line up that has something for everyone!

NEW YORK, N.Y. (January 2020) – The Big Apple Circus is thrilled to announce their guest ringmaster lineup for the month of January. Keeping true to their New York City theme, they will be calling on quintessential New Yorker Christie Brinkley, famed children’s author Mo Willems and RuPaul Drag Race’s Alexis Michelle sponsored by Manhattan Mini Storage.

Five stories… a little bit funny, a little bit sexy, a little bit dark. All true.

Tickets are now on sale for TRUE STORIES, playing at the Cherry Lane Theatre from April 28 to May 17, 2020

New York, N.Y. – In a trip to Hell and back… a struggling actor decides God wants him to be a monk; a woman’s birth is the result of 1960’s wild key parties, martinis, and Manhattans leaving her with one burning question: Who is her biological father?; a psychiatrist divorces his wife and religion to find his authentic self only to learn that escaping daddy issues is more daunting; a girl from out West finds that the search for perfect love has turned her into a wandering, reckless cowboy; and an actor goes back to his roots after a career that has been a series of encounters of escalating surreality. These are stories told with heart, humor, and the searing honesty that can only happen when your past catches up with you and all that is left is the truth.

Weekly matinees of 2001: A Space Odyssey, monthly 70mm screenings with special guests, a series on the films that influenced 2001, See It Big! Outer Space, and Science on Film/Outer Space Speculators featuring scientists introducing sci-fi films

January–February, 2020

Astoria, New York, December 19, 2019—Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) will present the exhibition Envisioning 2001: Stanley Kubrick’s Space Odyssey, an in-depth exploration of the story, design, and visual effects of the landmark film that, more than 50 years after its release, continues to influence, confound, and inspire. As part of its presentation, MoMI has programmed a wide-ranging series of screenings and events, anchored by weekly screenings of 2001: A Space Odyssey on Saturdays at 12:00 p.m. and monthly 70mm screenings of the film accompanied by special guests.

Works inaugurate new series of contemporary commissions in the Museum's Great Hall

Exhibition Dates:              On view through April 9, 2020

Exhibition Location:         The Met Fifth Avenue, The Great Hall

New York, N.Y. (December 17, 2019) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art today unveiled two monumental new works by Cree artist Kent Monkman in the Museum's main entrance hall. The Great Hall Commission: Kent Monkman, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) consists of two paintings—Welcoming the Newcomers and Resurgence of the People—that will be on view through April 9, 2020. The installation is part of a new series of contemporary commissions at The Met in which the Museum invites artists to create new works of art to establish a dialogue between the artist's practice, The Met collection, the physical Museum, and The Met's audiences. Monkman's paintings reappropriate images, motifs, and techniques from art history to express Indigenous people's experiences and histories, subverting the predominate narratives of Euro-American culture, while also addressing present-day issues.

Highlights include a rare theatrical presentation of Beyoncé’s Homecoming and special guests including Ari Aster, Brett Story, Kent Jones, Alex Ross Perry, Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar, and others

December 20, 2019–January 12, 2020

Astoria, New York, December 12, 2019—Museum of the Moving Image will present 36 films in Curators’ Choice, an annual series showcasing some of the best films of the past year and favorite films as selected by Curator of Film Eric Hynes and Assistant Curator of Film Edo Choi, from December 20 through January 12. The series also serves as a celebration of the vibrancy and elasticity of the cinematic arts.

Press Screening: Tuesday, December 3, 12:00 P.M.

Queens, N.Y. – From December 13–22, Museum of the Moving Image will present the exclusive New York theatrical engagement of Chinese Portrait, a personal snapshot of contemporary China in all its diversity from Wang Xiaoshuai, the acclaimed director of Beijing Bicycle and So Long, My Son. Shot over the course of ten years on both film and video, the film showcases carefully composed tableaus of people and environments, each one more extraordinary than the last.

Plus, annual Curators’ Choice series; theatrical runs of Feast of the Epiphany, Downtown 81, and Chinese Portrait; and a special live performance event relating to Andy Kaufman

December 2019–January 2020

Astoria, N.Y. — Museum of the Moving Image has announced that the major exhibition Envisioning 2001: Stanley Kubrick’s Space Odyssey will open January 18, 2020, accompanied by a series of films that influenced Kubrick and co-writer Arthur C. Clarke; regular screenings of 2001: A Space Odyssey, in DCP and 70mm; plus additional to-be-announced events. In addition, the annual Curators’ Choice series returns in December and January and features some of the past year’s best films, and curators’ personal favorites, with some filmmaker appearances. Below is an overview of programs from late-November through January 2020; additional programs will be announced as they are confirmed.

A New Musical Based on the True(?) Story of the Cardiff Giant, Discovered in 1869

New York, NY (Nov. 19, 2019) – With performances beginning tonight on Theatre Row, IndieWorks Theatre Company, Inc., and Visceral Entertainment are pleased to announce that $18.69 rush tickets are available for each performance of The Giant Hoax, a new musical based upon the true(?) story of New York’s famous Cardiff Giant. In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Cardiff Giant’s discovery, rush tickets are available at the door one hour prior to each performance with a maximum of two tickets per person, subject to availability. Sixteen performances will be staged on a varying scheduling at Theatre Row’s Theatre One (formerly The Lion Theatre) 410 West 42nd Street in New York City from November 19-December 7, 2019. The Giant Hoax is recommended for ages six and up.