Interesting. Unusual. Uniquely NYC. Highlights of this week’s top events include Doug Varone at BAM, Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, the String Trio of New York, and more. Get the NYC-ARTS Top Five in your inbox every Friday and follow @NYCARTS on Twitter to stay abreast of events as they happen.

in the shelter of the fold / epilogue
BAM Fishman Space
Brooklyn
Wed, Jun 05, 2019 - Sat, Jun 08, 2019
Doug Varone and Dancers returns to BAM with the New York premiere of in the shelter of the fold / epilogue, an evening-length work of seven interconnected vignettes that considers and questions faith. Varone contemplates our private and public relationships to faith and belief in an intricately-woven tapestry of sound, shape, momentum, and stillness. Within this intensely intimate work, Varone and his 13-member ensemble explore the physicality of fulfillment and disappointment, and the tension between ...

Angel’s Share at Green-Wood Cemetery: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Tue, Jun 04, 2019 - Sat, Jun 08, 2019
Henry Purcell wrote Dido & Aeneas in 1680, but this tragic meditation on destiny, love, and death resonates just as powerfully today. Director Alek Shrader interweaves excerpts from Christopher Marlowe’s play based on the same story, infusing a sense of agency and dignity back to the character of the wounded queen, and the terrible decision she faces when abandoned by the love of her life. The production features opera stars Daniela Mack as Dido and Christopher Herbert ...

String Noise with String Trio of New York
Roulette
Brooklyn
Thu, Jun 06, 2019, 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
For this very special performance, The String Trio of New York (S3NY) will feature James Emery (guitarist and founding member); Rob Thomas (violin); and Tony Marino (bass), who will perform vignettes of notable early works by S3NY co-founders, including Billy Bang’s Bang’s Bounce and John Lindberg’s Twixt C & D, plus a new version of a piece they commissioned from the legendary Muhal Richard Abrams, Strings and Things. Taking a World Music view of this stunning work, S3NY will be joined by percussionist ...

LIVE FREE, LOVE FIERCE – A Series of PRIDE events at the Educational Alliance
Theater at the 14th Street Y
Manhattan
Sat, Jun 01, 2019 - Fri, Jun 28, 2019
The first PRIDE event series hosted by the 14th Street Y -- LIVE FREE, LOVE FIERCE -- reaches across multiple Educational Alliance sites while celebrating PRIDE, diversity, love, and acceptance. The organizers will honor the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall and celebrate the first-ever WorldPride in NYC by inviting the LGBTQIA+ community to the events at various Educational Alliance sites across Downtown Manhattan. At the 14th Street Y and Educational Alliance, truly everyone is welcome. For a full list ...

The Importance of Being Earnest: Two Ways
New York Classical Theatre
Manhattan
Tue, May 28, 2019 - Sun, Jun 30, 2019
New York Classical Theatre, New York City’s all-free Off-Broadway equity theatre company, brings back its critically acclaimed production of The Importance of Being Earnest: Two Ways, Oscar Wilde’s comic masterpiece, for a tour of three New York City parks. The production, which is the centerpiece of NY Classical’s 20th Anniversary season, as well as the perfect summer entertainment for Pride Month in New York City, is playing in Central Park through June 16, Brooklyn Bridge Park from ...
in the shelter of the fold / epilogue
321 Ashland Place
Brooklyn N.Y. 11217
Doug Varone and Dancers returns to BAM with the New York premiere of in the shelter of the fold / epilogue, an evening-length work of seven interconnected vignettes that considers and questions faith. Varone contemplates our private and public relationships to faith and belief in an intricately-woven tapestry of sound, ...
Angel’s Share at Green-Wood Cemetery: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Fifth Avenue and 25th Street
Brooklyn N.Y. 11232
7187687300
Henry Purcell wrote Dido & Aeneas in 1680, but this tragic meditation on destiny, love, and death resonates just as powerfully today. Director Alek Shrader interweaves excerpts from Christopher Marlowe’s play based on the same story, infusing a sense of agency and dignity back to the character of the wounded queen, and ...
String Noise with String Trio of New York
509 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn N.Y. 11217
9172670363
For this very special performance, The String Trio of New York (S3NY) will feature James Emery (guitarist and founding member); Rob Thomas (violin); and Tony Marino (bass), who will perform vignettes of notable early works by S3NY co-founders, including Billy Bang’s Bang’s Bounce and John Lindberg’s Twixt C & D, plus a new version of a ...
LIVE FREE, LOVE FIERCE – A Series of PRIDE events at the Educational Alliance
344 East 14th Street
new york N.Y. 10003
2127800800
The first PRIDE event series hosted by the 14th Street Y -- LIVE FREE, LOVE FIERCE -- reaches across multiple Educational Alliance sites while celebrating PRIDE, diversity, love, and acceptance. The organizers will honor the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall and celebrate the first-ever WorldPride in NYC by inviting the LGBTQIA+ community to the ...
The Importance of Being Earnest: Two Ways
64 Fulton St Suite 1108, New York, NY 10038
new york NY 10038
(212) 233-6496
New York Classical Theatre, New York City’s all-free Off-Broadway equity theatre company, brings back its critically acclaimed production of The Importance of Being Earnest: Two Ways, Oscar Wilde’s comic masterpiece, for a tour of three New York City parks. The production, which is the centerpiece of NY Classical’s 20th Anniversary season, as ...