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Description
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is proud to announce a series of free weekly online programs designed to connect audiences with new ideas and artistic expressions. On Tuesdays, the “Virtual Salon Series” explores the coronavirus pandemic through in-depth conversations between an artist and a leading expert. Online reservations are required. Please visit rattlestick.org for more information.
“New Songs Now” is an unplugged concert series that gives inventive songwriters the opportunity to test out new material in a low-key, fun environment. Each night, composers share selections of their work, followed by a conversation with the artists to demystify the songwriting process.
There are over 33 million unemployment claims since the pandemic began. What is the current global outlook for economic trade? What is the financial situation in the artistic community? What is the role of philanthropy? What is the take of the artists and theater organizations? Please join JasonBenowitz, Senior Portfolio Manager of Roosevelt Investments; Raz Golden, theater director; and Laura Aden Packer, Executive Director of the Howard Gilman Foundation, to breakdown the current situation in the wake of this pandemic. Facilitated by Mei Ann Teo
Produced in partnership with Rosalind Productions, Inc., New Songs Now is an unplugged concert series that gives inventive songwriters the opportunity to test out new material in a low-key, fun environment. Each night, composers share selections of their work, followed by a conversation with the artists to demystify the songwriting process.
Facilitated by Reimagine NYC Co-Director Andrew Ingall and featuring Harlem pastor Rev. Dr. Lisa D. Jenkins and funeral director Robert Lomison, this salon will address how we mourn lives during the pandemic and shine a light on the “last responders”– clergy and death care professionals who are navigating the challenges of virtual end-of-life ceremonies in a time of social distancing.
Produced in partnership with Rosalind Productions, Inc., New Songs Now is an unplugged concert series that gives inventive songwriters the opportunity to test out new material in a low-key, fun environment. Each night, composers share selections of their work, followed by a conversation with the artists to demystify the songwriting process.
Health workers are some of the heroes of this moment. Let’s appreciate the role they play in this fight and talk with nurse/theater artist Shannon Burkett, playwright/respiratory therapist Stacey Rose, and Internal Medicine Physician Deborah Topol.
Produced in partnership with Rosalind Productions, Inc., New Songs Now is an unplugged concert series that gives inventive songwriters the opportunity to test out new material in a low-key, fun environment.
Produced in partnership with Rosalind Productions, Inc., New Songs Now is an unplugged concert series that gives inventive songwriters the opportunity to test out new material in a low-key, fun environment. Each night, composers share selections of their work, followed by a conversation with the artists to demystify the songwriting process.
