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Thursday, February �� • �pm

Laurie Anderson All the Things I Lost in the Flood

A rea d in g and perform ance wi t h mu si c v i s ua l s a n d e lectronics in cele b r a t i on of he r new book “ T h e p a c e of the br eaking n e w s sto r ie s a c c e l erated until ther e was a n e w sto r y e v e r y c o u pl e of hour s an d people be ga n to lo se t h e i r b a l a nce, fall behind. It w a s a cr isis— a n em e r genc y—o f stor ies. It was n o lo n ge r a po l i t i c al s i t ua tion. It was an exi ste n tia l o n e . ” La u r i e And erson’s new book Al l th e Th i n g s I L o s t i n the F lood is a ser ies of e ssa y s a bo u t s t o ri es and l anguage. In cele br a tio n o f th e pu b l i c ati o n of the book ( r eleas e d by Rizzo li in Feb r u ary ’ 18 ) th e ar tist will pre se n t a spe cia l pe r f o r mance of Al l the Thi ng s I L o s t i n th e F l o o d , i ncl ud i ng visu al images- - m a n y o f th e m pr e v i ousl y unpu blished--as we ll a s in tim a te pe r f o r mances with commentar y o f so m e o f h er i c o ni c wo r k with voice, electr o n ics, co de s, n a rra t i ve s t yl e s and digital la n gu a ge . T h e ev en i ng al so in cludes accou n ts o f m a n y o f t h e a rti s t ’ s p rojects, oper as, insta lla tio n s a n d i n v e n ti o ns as well as an in sid e lo o k a t th e a r t i s t ’s met hods, str ategies, fa ilu r e s a n d P la n B ’ s . A b oo k about per for mance co m e s to life a ga i n a s a p erfor man ce.

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Monday, March � • �pm

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER U n ma s k e d

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Glenn Close

An dr e w L l oyd W e b b e r i n t r od u c e s a n d discu sse s h i s n e w m e m oi r , UN M A SKED , i n th is e xclu siv e l i t e r a r y e ve n t on M on d a y M a r c h 5 a t T h e T ow n H a l l . J oi n i n g A n d r e w L l oyd W e bbe r in c on ve r s a t i on i s s p e c i a l g u e s t h os t a n d a w a r d- w i n n i n g a c t r e s s G l e n n C l os e . T h e e v e n t ce le b r a t e s t h e p u b l i c a t i on of A n d r e w L lo y d We bb e r ’ s l on g - a w a i t e d a u t ob i og r a p h y, Un mas ked , t o b e r e l e a s e d on M a r c h 6 b y H a r pe r C o llin s , c oi n c i d i n g w i t h t h e l e g e n d a r y co m po se r ’s 7 0 t h b i r t h d a y. W r i t t e n e n t i r e l y in h is o w n w or d s , i n t e r n a t i on a l l y- a c c l a i m e d co m po se r A n d r e w L l oyd W e b b e r r e c ou n t s h is fa scin a t i n g l i f e a n d r e m a r k a b l e c a r e e r in Un mas ke d , a n d t h e “op e n i n g n i g h t ” f or th is r e m a r ka b l e m e m oi r w i l l f e a t u r e a u n i q u e a n d fr e e - w h e e l i n g c on ve r s a t i on b e t w e e n t h e co m po se r a nd on e of h i s m os t i c on i c s t a r s . tic k e t p u r c h a s e i n c l u d e s a h a r d b a c k c o p y o f UNMASKED

Saturday, March �� • �pm

FAMILIA HABICHUELA: LEGENDARY DYNASTIES

Saturday, March �� • �pm

THE CHIEFTAINS

with PADDY MOLONEY S i n c e 1962, th ey have been six- tim e G r a m m y A wa r d wi nners an d h ave been high ly r e co gn ize d f o r rei nvent i ng tr aditional Ir i sh m u sic o n a c o n t e mp ora ry and Inter nationa l sca le . T h e ir a b i l i t y to tran scend musical bo u n da r ie s to bl e n d tra d i t i o n with moder n mu sic h a s n o ta bly h a i l e d t hem a s on e of th e mos t r e n o w n e d a n d re v e r e d mus i cal gr oups to this da y .

A s c u l tural ambassador s, their pe r fo r m a n ce s h a v e b een l i nked with seminal h isto r ic e v e n ts, s u c h a s b ei ng th e fir st Weste r n m u sicia n s t o perfo rm on th e Gr eat W a ll o f C h in a , pa r t i ci p a ti ng in R oger Wate r ’s “ T h e Wa ll” perf o rma nce in Ber lin in 1 9 90, a n d be in g th e f i rs t ensemb l e to per for m a co n ce r t in th e C a p i t o l Bui l d in g in Washington D C . I n 2 0 10 , t h ei r ex p eri men tal collabor atio n s e xte n de d t o o u t of t hi s wor ld, wh en Paddy Mo lo n e y ’s w h i s t le a nd Matt Molloy’s flu te tr a v e lle d w i t h NASA astr on aut, Cady C o le m a n , to th e I n t erna ti o na l Space Station .

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PEPE HABICHUELA & JOSEMI CARMONA with special guests

ARTURO & ADAM O’FARRILL PART OF FLAMENCO FESTIVAL NEW YORK

T h e gr e a t f l a m e n c o g u i t a r m a s t e r P e p e H a bich u e la i s t h e p a t r i a r c h of on e of t h e m o st r e v e r e d f a m i l i e s i n G yp s y f l a m e n c o, L o s H a bich u e l a . Bor n i n G r a n a d a , a m e c c a of fla m e n co , h e c e l e b r a t e s 6 0 ye a r s of f l a m e n c o gu ita r r o o te d i n t r a d i t i on a n d i n n ova t i on . P e p e is r e n o w n e d f or h i s h i s t or i c c ol l a b or a t i on s w ith E n r iqu e M or e n t e , a n d a s a t r a i l b l a z e r of “ n u e v o fla m e n c o. ” He i s j oi n e d b y h i s s on , gu ita r ist Jo s e m i C a r m on a , w h o i s k n ow n f or h is w o r k in t h e g r ou n d b r e a k i n g K e t a m a b a n d ; r isin g v o ca l s t a r K i k i M or e n t e , s on of E n r i q u e Mo r e n te ; Javi e r C ol i n a , on e of t h e f i n e s t ba ss pla y e rs i n f l a m e n c o; t h e ou t s t a n d i n g pe r cu ssio n is t B a n d ol e r o; a n d d a n c e r A l b a H e r e dia , o f on e of t h e m os t f a m ou s f l a m e n c o fa m ilie s, lo s M a ya , n i e c e of M a n ol e t e , M a r i o Ma y a a n d Jua n M a ya M a r ot e .

Appe a r in g a s s p e c i a l g u e s t a r t i s t s a r e t w o m e m be r s o f t h e c e l e b r a t e d O ’ F a r r i l l f a m i l y kn o w n fo r it s r e m a r k a b l e i n f l u e n c e i n A f r oC u ba n ja zz : G r a m m y- w i n n i n g p i a n i s t / co m po se r A r t u r o O ’ F a r r i l l , s on of C h i c o O ’F a r r ill a nd b a n d l e a d e r of t h e A f r o L a t i n Ja zz Or ch e s t r a , a n d h i s s on , t r u m p e t e r / co m po se r A d a m O ’ F a r r i l l , w h o h a s b e e n h e r a lde d a s a n e w voi c e i n A f r o- C u b a n j a z z .

Thursday, March �� • �pm

CRY CRY CRY Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell and Dar Williams

A c c l a i med si n ger -son gwr iter s L u cy K a pla n sky , R i c h a r d Shi nd ell an d Dar William s h a v e r e u n ite d t h ei r c el eb ra ted folk-pop col la bo r a tio n , C r y C r y Cry . T he ban d made th eir de bu t in 1998 w i t h a s el f-ti tled r elease an d w e r e a m a in sta y o n r ad i o d urin g th e late 1 990 s a n d e a r ly 2 0 0 0 s. The Washington Post r a v e d, “ Cr y Cr y Cr y i l l us t ra tes the advan tages o f ta kin g th e bes t wo rk s of con tempor ar y fo lk m u sicia n s a n d f l es hi ng them ou t with lo v e ly , th r e e - pa r t h a rm oni es ” a nd th e New Yor k T im e s ch e e r e d f o r t he t ri o’ s “gor geous har mo n ie s. ” C r y C r y C r y ret urns t o per for m at Tow n H a ll, tw e n ty y e a rs after the ir sold-out per for m a n ce h e r e .

Saturday, May � • �pm

DJANGO A GOGO 2018

Stephane Wrembel

Saturday, April � • �pm

CARLOS DO CARMO w it h s p e ci a l g u e s t

Celeste Rodrigues PAR T O F F ADO F ES T I V AL NEW YORK I t is a h isto r i c n i g h t f or f a d o m u s i c w h e n P o r tu ga l’s m os t f a m e d a r t i s t s , C a r l os d o C a r m o a n d C e l e s t e R od r i g u e s , p e r f or m to ge th e r fo r t h e f i r s t t i m e i n N e w Y or k C i t y.

C a r lo s do Ca r m o, a l i vi n g l e g e n d f or t h i s ico n ic P o r tu g u e s e t r a d i t i on , c e l e b r a t e s m or e th a n fifty y e a r s a s t h e l e a d i n g m a l e voi c e of fa do . An in c om p a r a b l e m a s t e r of s on g , d o C a r m o ’s v o ca l m a s t e r y e x e m p l i f i e s t h e l on g i n g , u n r e qu ite d lo ve , s ol i t u d e , a n d op t i m i s t i c h op e fo r th e fu tu re t h a t d e f i n e s f a d o. F a d o’ s ot h e r liv in g tr e a su r e , C e l e s t e R od r i g u e s , 9 3 - ye a r o ld y o u n ge r s i s t e r of l e g e n d A m a l i a , e m b od i e s fa do ’s sa u da d e . S h e j oi n s C a r l os d o C a r m o f or a n u n fo r ge ttab l e a n d h i s t or i c e ve n i n g .

Accla im e d g u i t a r i s t S t e p h a n e W r e m b e l pr e se n ts a ce l e b r a t i on of t h e m u s i c a n d s p i r i t o f D ja n go R e i n h a r d t . T h e a n n u a l c on c e r t fe a tu r e s th e m os t p r ol i f i c g u i t a r i s t s a n d m u sicia n s, in c l u d i n g S t oc h e l o R os e n b e r g , P a u lu s S ch a f f e r , O l l i S oi k e l l i a n d S i m b a B a u m ga r tn e r p l u s s p e c i a l g u e s t s . S t e p h a n e Wr e m be l, a vi r t u os o g u i t a r i s t f r om F r a n c e , h a s be e n r e le a s i n g a s t e a d y s t r e a m of m u s i c sin ce 2 0 0 6 a n d h a s t r u l y m a d e h i s m a r k a s o n e o f th e m os t or i g i n a l g u i t a r voi c e s i n co n te m po r a r y m u s i c . T h e N e w York O b s e r v e r sa id, “ S te ph a n e W r e m b e l r e p r e s e n t s t h e l i vi n g fa ce o f G y psy j a z z . ” R ollin g S t on e M a g a z in e h a s ca lle d h i m “a r e ve l a t i on ”. W r e m b e l i s w ide ly kn o w n f or B is t ro Fa d a , t h e t h e m e s on g fr o m th e 2 0 1 1 W ood y A l l e n O s c a r w i n n i n g film , M i d n i g h t In P a ris .

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BEAUT Y AND T HE BI ZARRE

Sunday, May �� • �pm

JOSHUA REDMAN & BROOKLYN RIDER E s t e e med s axoph on ist Josh u a Re dm a n j o i n s fo rces w ith th e game ch a n gin g str in g qu a rt e t Broo k lyn R ider , for an e n tir e ly u n iqu e c o n v erg enc e of th eir r espective w o r lds. T h e ir j o i n t reco rd i ng, featu r ing com po se r P a tr ick Z i m m erl i ’ s mu lti-movement su ite A s p ec ts o f D a rkne ss and Li ght, is s e t to r e le a se o n N o nesuch/War ner in 201 8. On e o f th e m o s t esteemed an d char ismatic a r tists o f h i s generati on , th e ceaselessly in n o v a tiv e s a x o p ho ni st Joshu a R edman “is u n pa r a lle le d a m o ng horn player s today” (J azzTi mes ) .

H a i l ed a s “the futur e of ch a m be r m u sic” (S t r i ngs), Brooklyn Rider offe r s e cle ctic re pert o i re i n gr ippin g per fo r m a n ce s th a t c o n t i n ue t o a ttr act legions of fa n s a n d dr a w ra v e revi ews fr om classical, w o r ld a n d r o ck c ri t i c s a l i k e.

Wh e n An a nd V a r m a t a k e s a p h ot og r a p h of a pa r a sitic w as p c on s u m i n g a c a t e r p i l l a r f r om th e in side , h e d oe s n ’ t w a n t t o you t o b e disgu ste d. H e w a n t s you t o b e a s t on i s h e d .

Afte r a ll, h e ’ s d e vot e d ye a r s of h i s l i f e t o pe r fe ctin g hi s t e c h n i q u e s t o c r e a t e d r a m a t i c , biza r r e — a n d beautiful—images of the m in ia tu r e w or l d a r ou n d u s . I n t h e s e t r u l y u n iqu e im a g e s , h e r e ve a l s t h e s e c r e t l i f e c yc l e o f th e h o n e yb e e , c a p t u r e s t h e l i g h t n i n g - f a s t be h a v io r s o f h u m m i n g b i r d s , a n d of f e r s a r a r e glim pse a t o u r w or l d ’ s s m a l l w on d e r s .

T UE MAR 2 7

DAVID GUTTENFELDER |

A RARE LOOK: NORT H KOREA T O C UBA

I n 2 0 11, Da vi d G u t t e n f e l d e r m a d e h i s t or y w h e n h e h e l p e d t h e A s s oc i a t e d P r e s s op e n a bu r e a u i n N or t h K or e a — t h e f i r s t - e ve r We ste r n n e w s a g e n c y i n t h e p ol i t i c a l l y iso la te d co un t r y. F or t h e f i r s t t i m e i n N or t h K o r e a n h ist or y, i m a g e s of d a i l y l i f e t h e r e w e r e se n t t o t h e w or l d , w h i l e G u t t e n f e l d e r h im se lf a cte d a s a n u n of f i c i a l a m b a s s a d or .

I n 2 0 16 , h e b r ok e t h r ou g h a n ot h e r w a l l w h e n h e bo a r de d t h e f i r s t c r u i s e s h i p i n d e c a d e s to tr a v e l fr om t h e Un i t e d S t a t e s t o C u b a , a n d r e tu r n e d t o t h e i s l a n d t o c ove r F i d e l C a str o ’s fou r - d a y f u n e r a l p r oc e s s i on . H i s ta le n t fo r c r os s i n g l on g - c l os e d b or d e r s h a s le d to so m e of N a t i on a l G e og r a p h i c ’ s m os t r e v e a lin g ge op ol i t i c a l p h ot o e s s a ys , a s w e l l a s co n n e ctin g p e op l e a r ou n d t h e w or l d t h r ou g h so cia l m e dia p l a t f or m s l i k e I n s t a g r a m .

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ANNIE GR I FFI THS |

PHOT OGRAPHY WI T HOUT BO RD E R S

S P E A KE R SE R IES E xp e ri e nce National Geogr ap hi c Li v e !

M ee t N a ti onal Geograph i c e xp lo r e r s a s t he y sh are t heir behin d - t he - s c e ne s sto r ie s str aight from the f r o nt li ne s o f exp l o rati o n—illus trat ed wi t h s t unni ng im a g e s and video live ons t age at t he T o w n Hall. Audience Q&A and d i s c us s i o n fo l l o ws e ach live pres ent at ion.

I n th e E n glis h c ou n t r ys i d e , c e l e b r a t e d ph o to gr a ph e r A n n i e G r i f f i t h s p r od u c e d a w itty sto r y o n t h e C a l d e r V a l l e y M ou s e C l u b sh o w in g th e a r t of s t a g i n g a b e a u t y p a g e a n t fo r r o de n ts. I n N a m i b i a , s h e s p e n t t i m e w i t h a tr ibe su r v iv i n g i n t h e K a l a h a r i D e s e r t d e s p i t e se v e n y e a r s of d r ou g h t . B u t a f t e r a c a r e e r co v e r in g a ll of t h e w e i r d a n d w on d e r f u l f a c e t s o f h u m a n it y i n m or e t h a n 1 0 0 c ou n t r i e s , sh e h a s tu r ne d h e r c r e a t i ve e n e r g i e s t ow a r d su ppo r tin g p r og r a m s t h a t e m p ow e r w om e n a n d ch ildr e n i n d e ve l op i n g w or l d .

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