Our second annual evening of fresh interpretations of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Incorporating Guggenheim award-winning composers as well as up and coming theater professionals, the evening exemplifies West Park’s commitment to open artistic exchange. The artists will use spoken-word, music, dance, video and comedy to present Shakespeare’s sonnets in a whole new light.

FEATURING

Carman Moore and Jessica Crandall
Matt and Rafferty of Evolfo
Jason Trachtenburg
Joel Gold
Stairwell Theater
Ariana Karp and Levi Morger
Samantha Lee Blinn
James Sutton
Pastor Robert Brashear
Jon Deak and the Young Composers
…and More!

 SUGGESTED DONATION $10

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MAKE MUSIC NEW YORK 2016

West Park Presbyterian Church

165 W. 86 ST
Upper West Side
Rain or Shine 

TUESDAY, JUNE 21 3PM – 8PM

Performance Program

Make Music New York is a live, free musical celebration on June 21, the longest day of the year, with over 1,200 concerts on streets, sidewalks, and parks across the five boroughs.

THE BREAD & PUPPET THEATER RETURNS! Thursday, May 5th in McAlpin Hall (please use the 86th Street entrance)
The Bread & Puppet Theater returns to West Park with The Public Access Center for the Obvious Presents: The Situation, a new work written and directed by founder Peter Schumann. This musical and dark clown-show features cardboard horses, an anti-extinction angel, proletariat broom dancers, a 100 watt light bulb, a ship of fools, and a swinging brass band: all of whom are urging the Not-Yet-Existing-Upriser-Masses into reality. Straight from New Orleans, “the singing, dancing and imaginative qualities of the show is appropriate for children…the audience is inspired by its social message.Tickets are $0-$25, sliding scale. For more In go to BREAD AND PUPPET EVENTS

Wednesday 4/13 7-8:30pm; Monday 4/25 8pm; Monday 5/2 8pm

The Open Choir is a free, public event, where everyone is welcome to participate. A core of artists leads participants and guests, both new and returning, through a flow of songs, looking for the possibility of a simple and alive kind of experience and interaction. Everyone is invited to join through dance and song, or find his or her own way to support what happens. During these non-sectarian encounters through songs of the African diaspora, participants of different backgrounds become co-authors of the meeting, creating an artwork that respects and embraces cultural variety. Created by the world-renowned theatre group the Open Program of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards and developed with the West Park-resident NYC Seed Group, the Open Choir appears periodically at West-Park for just a few evenings every few months. Come sing with us while you can! Wednesday 4/13 7-8:30pm; Monday 4/25 8-9:30pm; Monday 5/2 8-9:30pm

The Open Choir at West-Park is part of the NYC OPEN CHOIR MOVEMENT 2016, which also includes a host of events at the Andrew Freedman Home in the Bronx. For the full program and updates, check out: www.facebook.com/openprogram or www.theworkcenter.org

For information write to: nycprojects@theworkcenter.org

February 2016 Events at
West Park Presbyterian Church

Monday, February 8 at 7pm

FILM SCREENING:  TRIGGER:  The Ripple Effects of Gun Violence –  Whenever an act of gun violence occurs, communities are fractured at every level.  This is what makes TRIGGER such a powerfully moving film.  It shares the stories of individuals that encounter gun violence in various sectors of our communities: parents, children and siblings of victims, school teachers, trauma surgeons, law enforcement, legislators, pastors and grief counselors.  Although we often think of a bullet as being an end, for those affected, it is only the beginning.  Click HERE for some of the stories, or “ripple” highlighted in the film.  There is a $10 requested donation.