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Itzhak Perlman to Perform at Lincoln Center to Help Rotary Eradicate Polio

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Pakistan, Asia, Nigeria, Avery Fisher Hall, India, Southeast Asia, New York City, Afghanistan, Europe, Rotary International, Indian National PolioPlus Committee, Global Citizens, Western Pacific, Jim Luce, World Health Organization, Uttar Pradesh, Islam, John Kenny, New York Philharmonic, Africa, Unicef, Lincoln Center, Itzhak Perlman, Karen F. Dimanche Davis, Polio, Eastern Mediterranean, Ulema Council for Polio Eradication, Concert to End Polio, Carol Pandak, Thought Leaders, Gates Foundation, Bopv, Polioplus, Americas, New York News
Jim Luce

"Polio is only a plane ride away." So began my sobering interview with Carol Pandak, Manager of PolioPlus for Rotary International about polio, a cr...

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The Art of Collaboration and the Meaning of "Pictures Reframed"

Albert Imperato | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: EMI Classics, Lincoln Center, Robin Rhode, New York Concerts, Alice Tully Hall, Leif Ove Andsnes, Mussorgsky, New York News
Albert Imperato

I had a really disturbing dream: I woke up to a headline in the Times proclaiming that I had led my client, the celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, down the wrong path.

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New York Renames Street For "Sesame Street" (Photos)

Matt Rodigheri | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: 123 Sesame Street, Sesame Street Characters, Slideshow, Sesame Street New York, Lincoln Center, Jim Henson, Sesame Street, Sesame Street 40th Anniversary, New York City, New York News
Matt Rodigheri

2009-11-10-sesame2.jpg On the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, New York declared Nov. 10 "Sesame Street Day" with a temporary street naming near Lincoln Center.

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City Opera's 'American Voices' Gala Already Raises Record-Breaking $2 Million

Crain's New York Business | Miriam Kreinin Souccar | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Opera, NYC Opera, Lincoln Center, NYC Opera Gala 2 Million, American Voices, American Voices Opera Gala, New York, New York City, New York News

Defying the naysayers who thought it wouldn't survive, New York City Opera is opening its season Thursday night with a record-breaking gala....

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Ronson, Chapman Receive Arts Leadership Award

Michael Rudoy | Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mark Ronson, Harvey Weinstein, Yplc, Georgina Chapman, Slideshow, Music Unites, Lincoln Center, Entertainment News
Michael Rudoy

On October 29, Mark Ronson and Georgina Chapman received the Arts Leadership Award presented by Music Unites and the Young Patrons of Lincoln Center at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.

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Big Apple Circus Returns to the Big Apple

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Clowns, Big Apple Circus, Flying Trapeze, Acrobatics, Big Top, Contortionists, Circus, Trampoline, Lincoln Center, New York News
Thane Rosenbaum

Lincoln Center will be the setting for genuine fun with the return of the Big Apple Circus, which for 32 years has become not only a seasonal mainstay but also an annual rite of passage.

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Michael Brunner, 'South Pacific' Lincoln Center Stage Manager, Fired For Making Video Of Star Undressing

nypost.com | Jamie Schram | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Michael Brunner Stage Manager, Michael Brunner Fired, South Pacific, Michael Brunner, Lincoln Center, Michael Brunner Ipod, South Pacific Stage Manager Fired, New York, New York City, Lincoln Center Theater, New York News

A married Lincoln Center stage manager busted for making a spy video of an actress changing had wanted to go out with her even though he had been rebu...

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Leonard Leibowitz, Lawyer, Charged With Stealing From American Ballet Theatre Dancers, Stagehands

AP | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York

Read More: American Ballet Theater, Ballet Lawyer, Ballerina Lawyer, New York, Lincoln Center, American Ballet Theatre, Stephen Flamhaft, Leonard Leibowitz, New York News

NEW YORK (AP) -- A veteran Manhattan lawyer was charged Tuesday with stealing from a small union representing 80 dancers and stagehands with the Ameri...

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Top 10 New York Summer Concerts

Cyndi Lauper | Posted 08.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Lincoln Center, Tracy Chapman, Pet Shop Boys, Concerts, Beastie Boys, Mandela-Day, New York News
Cyndi Lauper

Summer concerts recommended by Cyndi Lauper.

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Chubby Checker Celebrates Lincoln Center's 50th Anniversary

Jane Levere | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Lincoln Center, Chubby Checker, 50th-Anniversary, New York News
Jane Levere

Lincoln Center's 50th anniversary celebration last night brought back a blast from the past: singer Chubby Checker, who made "The Twist" famous.

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Dancing and Singing Holiday Hosannas Through Movie Musicals

Brad Balfour | Posted 08.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Gene Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Walter Reade Theater, American Musicals, July 4th, Lincoln Center, Film-Soundtracks, Film, Prince, New York News
Brad Balfour

The Film Society of Lincoln Center celebrates this July 4th weekend with "All Singin' All Dancin' All Weekend!"-- a marathon of American musicals spanning six decades

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Amnesty Salutes Its Secret Policemen

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 07.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Paley Center for Media, Peter Gabriel, Larry Cox, Lincoln Center, Sting, Bono, John Cleese, Amnesty International, Monty Python, Martin Lewis, Bruce Springsteen, Secret Policeman’s Ball, Entertainment News
Gregory Weinkauf

The Secret Policeman's Film Festival celebrates three decades of comedy and music in service of Amnesty's efforts round the world.

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Rockefeller, Drucker Look Back as Lincoln Center Turns 50

Jane Levere | Posted 06.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lincoln Center, Audra McDonald, Yo Yo Ma, Alan Gilbert, Stanley Drucker, David Rockefeller, Entertainment News
Jane Levere

The recent kick-off of the 50th anniversary celebration of New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts brought back memories to some of the complex's 1959 ground-breaking ceremony.

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Let Us Rejoice (And Rock Out): The Jews On Vinyl Revue

Tony Sachs | Posted 06.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Miami Beach, Idelsohn Society, Sammy Davis Jr., Los Angeles Dodgers, Ron Cey, Roger Bennett, Lincoln Center, Jews on Vinyl Revue, Burton Sisters, Johnny Yune, Reboot Stereophonic, Irving Fields, They Call Me Bruce?, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, Hava Nagilah, Josh Kun, Bagels and Bongos, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

As the 93-year-old pianist and the Korean singer launched into a high-octane take on "Hava Nagilah," the sold-out crowd went wild, swaying, shimmying and stomping to the beat.

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Art Knows No Race

Sherman Yellen | Posted 05.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Josephine Tonight, Lincoln Center, New York Times, August Wilson, Bartlett Sher, African Americans, Pulitzer Prize, Playwright, Time Out, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Entertainment News
Sherman Yellen

We are so blessed by our capacity to get beyond our own skins, our own sexuality, and our own fortunes, that all of us can enter into the world of the other and find that their world is our own world, after all.

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Park Avenue's Nichibei Exchange - and the Japanese Flute

Jim Luce | Posted 05.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall, Kaufman Center, L Things Considered, Brooklyn Museum, Nichibei Exchange, Lincoln Center, Park Avenue, Shakuhachi, Philadelphia Museum, Edo Period, Diane Simpson, SONOS Chamber Orchestra, Metropolitan Museum, James Nyoraku Schlefer, Keiko Tsuyama, Jim Luce, Mujuan Dojo, Zen Buddhism, Michael McKenna, Youtube, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Merkin Concert Hall, Kyo Shin an Arts, Meiji Restoration, Japanese Flute, Kennedy Center, Japanophile, Honkyoku, Japan, Entertainment News
Jim Luce

The Nichibei Exchange tries to bring interesting people from all facets of the U.S.-Japan relationship together with a group of people who are intimately familiar with the other.

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Sister's Death Leads to Support of Young Artists

Jim Luce | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Agma, Metropolitan Opera, American Guild of Musical Artists, University of the Philippines, Orphans International Worldwide, Banaue Miclat, Lincoln Center, National Philippines Folkloric Dance Troupe, Maningning Miclat Art Foundation, New York Film Academy, Philippines, Brooklyn College, World News
Jim Luce

From a very young age, Banaue demonstrated a riveting talent on the stage. Banaue is that rare multifaceted artist working in several disparate genres simultaneously.

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New York Fashion Week Moving From Bryant Park

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 03.05.2009 | Style

Read More: Fashion, Fashion Week, Lincoln Center, Bryant Park, Style News

Update: Some designers are unhappy about the schlep, according to WWD: "I hate the idea," said Anna Sui, a stalwart of the Bryant Park tents. "One of...

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Beacons of Hope Glimmer in Dark Financial Times

Vicky Ward | Posted 07.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Lincoln Center, Multiple Sclerosis, David Koch, Philanthropy, Charity, Economy, Blackstone Group, Charity Organizations, Donating to Charity, Living News
Vicky Ward

Just as our billionaires still go on their boats, so also, in New York, often criticized by outsiders for its shallowness and greed, authentic gestures of friendship and generosity endure.

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Confessions of a South Pacific groupie?

Abigail Pogrebin | Posted 06.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: South Pacific Paul Szot, South Pacific, South Pacific Revival, South Pacific Reviews, Lincoln Center, Theater, Some Enchanted Evening, Love, Paul Szot, Lincoln Center Theater, Entertainment News
Abigail Pogrebin

Beneath my New York armor, I'm as corny as Kansas; The recent revival of South Pacific reminded me of all the lovers kept apart by this endless war and how atypical it is to love blatantly, putting devotion ahead of all else.

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