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Gallim- Andrea Miller
Jacob's Pillow
Aug 7-11
Jacob's Pillow
For more than a decade, Brooklyn-based Gallim has embodied human connection through bold, raw, transformative works. A former dancer with Batsheva Dance Company and, most recently, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's first choreographic Artist-in-Residence, Artistic Director Andrea Miller has established herself as a perpetually groundbreaking artist who brings unbridled vulnerability and sensitivity to her work.

Music
Eli Degibri Quartet
Aug 6 | 730pm
Smalls Jazz Club
As described by the legendary Herbie Hancock, Eli Degibri (el-ee deh-jeeb-ree) "is a very talented composer, arranger, and performer whose music treads uncharted waters." His latest album, Cliff Hangin', was given a perfect 5-star review from DownBeat Magazine, praising Degibri's "virtuosic melodic purity" and recognizing the album as a masterpiece. He is currently working on his next release, a special tribute to legendary saxophonist and one of Degibri's first inspirations, Hank Mobley.

Dance
The Day
Jacob's Pillow
July 31- August 4
Jacob's Pillow
World-renowned cellist Maya Beiser, legendary dancer Wendy Whelan, and seminal choreographer Lucinda Childs join forces to present the highly-anticipated world premiere of THE DAY, with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang.
This momentous melding of multi-genre creative genius, created collaboratively by Beiser and Childs, explores memory, life's journey, resilience, and survival of the soul through the shared language of music and dance. THE DAY was co-commissioned by Jacob's Pillow.

Dance
Art Omi
Dance Showing
Aug 3 |2pm
Art Omi
Every summer, Art Omi: Dance brings together ten accomplished dance artists from around the world for three weeks of creative exchange.
Gilad Jerusalmy is an independent dancer and creator for stage and media from Tel Aviv, Israel. He studied at SEAD- Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in Austria; Maslool - Professional Dance Program in Tel Aviv-Jaffa; Hakvutza (The Group) - School for Movement and Dance for Adults, Tel Aviv-Jaffa; and the Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts in Giv'atayim as a theater major
Residents experience each other's creative process and the freedom to play in this collaborative residency program.
Join us this Saturday at 2 p.m. for the annual Dance Showing, when the dance artists-in-residence present unique pieces created in collaboration over the past three weeks. This showcases features site-specific dance pieces which engage the artworks and landscape at Art Omi.

Music
Classical Bridge
Aug 1-11, 2019
Cary Hall | Merkin Hall
Classical Bridge is proud to present a series of concerts and ensembles featuring Michael Katz on the cello and Shmuel Ashekenazy on the violin.
For more information and tickets click here

Music
So&So Sunset Opera
Aug 24 | 730PM
Brooklyn Army Terminal
Greatest hits of opera accompanied by a symphony orchestra with the sunset as a backdrop.
So&So is a collective of international musicians focused on producing symphony experiences. Founded by violinist, conductor Daniel Zinn, the group now brings opera scenes to the Brooklyn Army Terminal.
Daniel Zinn is a classical violinist who was born in Jerusalem. Currently studying for his Master's in New York, he holds a B.A in music from the Jerusalem Academy of Music.
Free admission.

Theater
Hanna Senesh
(a play with music and song)
Previews July 24 - 28
Opening night July 28 | 6:30pm
Performances July 29 - August 18, 2019
Museum of Jewish Heritage
An award-winning play.
Written and Directed by David Schechter.
Developed in collaboration with Lori Wilner.
Based upon the diaries and poems of Hannah Senesh, translated from the Hungarian by Marta Cohn and Peter Hay
Music composed and arranged by Steven Lutvak.
On the eve of the Holocaust, many left Europe for Palestine to save themselves.
Very few went back to save others.
This one-woman show tells the true story of Hannah Senesh, the heroic young Jewish woman who escaped from Axis-allied Hungary in 1939 to the safety of British Mandate Palestine. There she joined Haganah and then bravely volunteered for a daring Special Operations mission to parachute back into Europe to save Jews from the Holocaust. Hannah's story and indomitable spirit, along with the moving diary and poetry that she left behind, serve as an enduring inspiration to people everywhere standing up to the powers of hatred and oppression.


Art
Mika Rottenberg : Easypieces
June 26- September 15
New Museum
This exhibition marks the first New York solo museum presentation of work by New York-based artist Mika Rottenberg.
Employing absurdist satire to address the critical issues of our time, Rottenberg creates videos and installations that offer subversive allegories for contemporary life. Her works interweave documentary elements and fiction, and often feature protagonists who work in factory-like settings to manufacture goods ranging from cultured pearls (NoNoseKnows, 2015) to the millions of brightly colored plastic wholesale items sold in Chinese superstores (Cosmic Generator, 2017).

Exhibition
ZAZ10TS presents:
Nature of Wonder
Artist Shony Rivnay
June 13- September 2
10 Times Square
Titled "Nature of Wonder" by Shony Rivnay provides a glimpse into obscurity, freedom, and a natural curiosity that we all experience in our creative lives. It is an opportunity to think, but also to let go of thinking. It is a pathway into joyous viewing and a simple understanding of how things work.
OPENING RECEPTION
June 13, 6-8PM


Art
Lili Almog Studio
Watersheds Moments- selection from the Jerusalem Bienale
thru August 14
The Laurie M. Tisch Gallery