Monday, November 29, 2010, 5:30pm, Rain, Snow or Shine!
Festival Location: Broadway from Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle to 68th Street
Tree Lighting at 5:30: Dante Park, located at Broadway & 63rd Street
Subway: 1, A, B, C, or D train to 59th St/Columbus Circle; 1 to 66th St & Broadway
(212) 581-3774
Cost: Admission is free, but bring a canned food donation for CityHarvest at Dante Park, Broadway and 63rd Street and help feed the hungry. For all ages
On Monday, November 29, 2010 the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District and presenting sponsor Time Warner will host the Eleventh Annual Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square—New York City’s largest holiday festival!
Winter’s Eve kicks off with a neighborhood tree lighting ceremony and features free entertainment, food tastings, in-store activities and shopping around and about this colorful and vibrant neighborhood. Stores, restaurants, cultural organizations and public spaces in the district will be buzzing with activities for both children and adults.
At the same time, sidewalks along Broadway from Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle to 68th Street will be alive with performers, street musicians, jugglers, stilt-walkers and more, making for a festive fun-filled stroll through the streets of this dynamic Upper West Side neighborhood.
Enjoy free world-class musical performances, street festivities and more at great spaces throughout Lincoln Square! As you walk along the streets of the neighborhood, you will hear music resonating from the unique instruments and voices of a variety of talented performers as this Upper West Side neighborhood is transformed into a winter wonderland!
This year's line-up includes the following:
Neighborhood Tree Lighting Ceremony
Winter's Eve will kick off at 5:30pm with a neighborhood holiday tree lighting ceremony at Dante Park - Broadway at 63rd Street. Join WABC-TV's Sade Baderinwa, special guest John Pizzarelli, Eileen Ivers, Chia's Dance Party and others as we welcome the holiday season and light up the Upper West Side.
Our 27 foot Balsam Fir is generously donated by McNulty Outdoors and installed by the City of New York Parks & Recreation Department. This year’s tree decorations have been created by Glitterlimes and Debbie Tuch with generous donations from Hammonds Candies and Soutine Bakery in partnership with the American Folk Art Museum.
Location: Dante Park - Broadway between 63rd and 64th Streets
Time: 5:30pm
KIDS ACTIVITIES
Winter's Eve buzzes with music, activities and FREE entertainment for children of all ages! Be sure to bring the whole family to one of the following locations for a memorable experience!
KiDROCKERS
Kidrockers/Madrockers produces concerts that feature some of the most engaging and vital artists in indie music and comedy. This all-ages show is designed to bring families together to enjoy new music. Artists will perform original (not specifically made for children) songs in a manner that is both authentic and kid-friendly. "We love to hear great new music—and so do our kids," says Kidrockers founder Beth Lorge. "We want to create an opportunity for kids and parents to discover artists and get to see them play live in a fun, safe and comfortable environment."
This year's entertainment will include DJ Craig Baldo, Emcee Seth Herzog, and the following two bands:
The Beets: a Jackson Heights trio that was named one of 8 NYC bands that you need to hear by The L Magazine. The magazine lauded the band’s “effortless take on 60s garage-rock, less of the poppy, Beatles-aping variety that’s typically associated with the era, but more of a rhythmic, plodding variety, with guitars that seem every bit as percussive as the drums, and snotty, joint vocals that are almost chanted more than sung.” A fixture on the NYC DIY scene, the band recently opened for Pavement at Central Park Summerstage.
Twin Shadows: "With an elaborate coiff, '50s threads and an ultra-smooth voice, Twin Shadow's George Lewis Jr. calls to mind a poetic James Dean. He has the style of the rebel but the subtle sensuality of a soulful R&B star." Prefix. "Forget" (Terrible Records), produced by Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear, continues to gather momentum and is considered by many to be album of the year. Pop Matters called the record "a near-flawless album and certainly one of the most impressive debuts we’ve ever seen. . . . With a steady gaze fixed on the 1980s, Twin Shadow cherry-picks key elements from the last four decades of popular music and compresses them into something that will likely sound exciting for as long as people continue to listen to music." "All in all, a magnificently accomplished debut." BBC Music.
All audience members can sign up to receive an annual subscription to Time Out New York Kids, get treated to bite-sized cupcakes for kids from Magnolia Bakery and have a chance to win a copy of Yo Gabba Gabba Music is Awesome, Volume 2 featuring Weezer, MGMT, and The Ting Tings.
Location: Kids' Central at the American Bible Society - Broadway at 61st Street
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Billy Elliot
Experience the joyous celebration of one boy's journey against the odds to make his dreams come true at a special free sampling of BILLY ELLIOT on Winter's Eve! The spectacular show on Broadway now has the heart, humor and passion to be named Tony's Best Musical in 2009 and TIME Magazine's "Best Musical of the Decade!" Set in a small town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a surprising talent that inspires his family and his whole community, and changes his life forever.
Location: Time Warner Center, 2nd Floor
Time: 6:00pm
Circus to Go Clowns presented by the Big Apple Circus
Exciting, thrilling, moving, suspenseful and breathtaking are just a few of the words that have been used to describe Big Apple Circus performances. From the big top to the back yard, Big Apple Circus' Circus to Go Clowns combine side-splitting comedy, mesmerizing magic, stupendous skills and amazing audience participation to create a good old fashioned fun filled family show.
Location: Time Warner Center, 2nd Floor
Time: 6:30 & 7:00pm
Arm-of-the-Sea
With a crew of four puppeteers and two or three musicians Arm-of-the-Sea will present four different roving scenes throughout the evening. Each scene will involve larger-than-life mask characters and puppet figures together with live music. Scenes may include a 12' tall Rip van Winkle accompanied by a pair of wolves and a dancing bear, Henry Hudson's ship The Half Moon propelled by the West Wind and accompanied by Lenape Indians in canoes, a school of trout swimming down the street pursued by a stilt-walking fisherman, an 18' long Feathered Serpent slithering through the air over people's heads, a puppet called Big Eyes, which stands about 14' tall and has hands larger than a compact car, or a swirling Cosmic Galaxy accompanied by quirky one-celled beings with silk tongues.
For over twenty years Arm-of-the-Sea has been developing a style of magical realism that marries the mythic and the everyday, humanity and the earth, visual arts and natural science, poetry and politics.
Location: Throughout Lincoln Square
Time: All evening
The Hungry March Band
Roaring out of Brooklyn comes the Hungry March Band, NYC's legendary street brass march band in the anarchic style that has become their trademark and a Winter's Eve staple. Put on your dancing shoes and break out the fancy threads because they’ve got a party going on - a blazing parade of flesh, blood, steel, brass and wood. They are the music of the people!
Location: Throughout Lincoln Square
Time: All evening
ACTIVITES FOR ALL AGES
John Pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli, the world-renowned jazz guitarist and singer, will perform at the Winter's Eve Tree Lighting Ceremony. John has been called “Hip with a wink” by Town & Country, “madly creative” by the Los Angeles Times and “the genial genius of the guitar” by The Toronto Star. When he performs with his wife, singer/actress Jessica Molaskey, and his father, guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli, they were labeled “the First Family of Cool” by the San Francisco Chronicle and “the von Trapps on Martinis” by The New Yorkery.
Last year, Pizzarelli received the 2009 Ella Fitzgerald Award from the Montreal International Jazz Festival, joining a select group of past winners including Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett and Harry Connick, Jr Pizzarelli performs annual engagements at the Café Carlyle with Jessica Molaskey and at Birdland with his jazz combo. Pizzarelli will be appearing at Birdland from December 14-18, 2010, right after Winter’s Eve
Location: Winter's Eve Tree Lighting at Dante Park - Broadway and 63rd Street
Time: 5:30pm
Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul
This year, the Winter's Eve Dance Tent is back! Kick up your heels and join fiddler Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul for what promises to be an exciting evening of tradition and dance. Fiddler Eileen Ivers, who has been called "the Jimi Hendrix of the violin" by The New York Times, will change the way you think about the violin. Eileen is hailed as one of the great innovators and pioneers in the Celtic and World Music genres, and has established herself as the pre-eminent exponent of the Irish fiddle in the world today.
Location: Winter's Eve Dance Tent - 62nd St between Broadway and Columbus Ave
Time: 6:15 and 7:30pm
Chia's Dance Party
CHIA’s Dance Party is a New York City-based Quartet featuring members of the Colombian band La Cumbiamba. The band delivers a unique musical experience that inspires the ear and satisfies the soul...where infectious danceable grooves mix harmoniously with highly technical and passionate jazz influences. The band performs original material inspired by the Colombian rhythmic tradition, yet explores different compositional approaches. CHIA’s Dance Party has a distinct sound as a result of the diverse background of its musicians. Ben Stapp, a master tuba player brings his vast experience in experimental, classical and rock music. Alex Terrier on soprano saxophone delivers the best virtuosic sounds of modern jazz, and Justin Wood on alto sax and flute adds adventurous and fearless avant-gardesounds and techniques. The group’s sounds are catalyzed by the inspired drumming of musical director, Martín Vejarano.
Location: Dante Park - Broadway and 63rd Street
Time: 6:00, 7:00 & 8:00pm
Anat Cohen Quartet with Avishai Cohen and special guest John Pizzarelli
Anat Cohen is an established bandleader and prolific composer, idiomatically conversant with modern and traditional jazz, classical music, Brazilian choro, Argentine tango, and an expansive timeline of Afro-Cuban styles, Anat Cohen has established herself as one of the primary voices of her generation on both the tenor saxophone and clarinet since arriving in New York in 1999. The Anat Cohen Quartet consists of Anat Cohen on Clarinet & Saxophone, Jason Lindner on piano, Joe Martin on Bass, Daniel Freedman on Drums and special guest Avishai Cohen on Trumpet.
Location: American Folk Art Museum's Lincoln Square Branch - Columbus Avenue between 65th and 66th Streets
Time: 6:45pm and 7:45pm
Holiday Bhangra Party at the Atrium: Featuring Red Baraat
This Winter’s Eve, warm up with the Holiday Bhangra party at Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium. Led by Sunny Jain, Red Baraat is the first and only dhol ’n’ brass band in the United States, melding the infectious North Indian rhythm Bhangra with brass funk, expressing the human spirit through improvisation and a powerful live sound. Comprised of dhol (a double-sided, barrel-shaped North Indian drum slung over one shoulder), drumset, percussion, sousaphone, and five horns, this high-energy group plays fresh originals and Bhangra classics with an explosive stage presence.
Location: David Rubenstein Atrium on Broadway between 62nd & 63rd Streets
Time: 7:00pm
Jane Seymour signs Among Angels
In celebration of Winter's Eve, award-winning actress Jane Seymour will sign copies of her latest book, Among Angels.
Angels have universally appeared throughout history in folklore, art and many religions. Now multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner and one of our most beloved actresses, Jane Seymour, has put together a wonderful inspirational gift book that celebrates the role of angels - Among Angels.
Location: Borders, Time Warner Center, 2nd Floor
Time: 7:00pm
Naturally 7
In celebration of Winter’s Eve, Naturally 7 will be live at the Upper West Side Apple Store for a special holiday performance. With their rich harmonies, an incredible ability to replicate instrument sounds with their voices, and a stage presence that’s felt in every seat in the house, Naturally 7 is certain to charm. Today, Naturally 7 are Roger Thomas (musical director, arranger, 1st Baritone, Rap), Warren Thomas (percussion, guitar, clarinet, 3rd tenor), Rod Eldridge (1st tenor, scratching, trumpet), Jamal Reed (4th Tenor, electric guitar), Dwight Stewart (2nd baritone), Garfield Buckley (2nd Tenor, Harmonica) and “Hops” Hutton (Bass). Don't miss this great performance from the world's first R&B "Vocal Play" group. !
Location: Apple Store, Upper West Side - 1981 Broadway at 67th Street
Time: 7:00pm
Harlem Samba
The Harlem Samba Brazilian percussion ensemble is a group of students and alumni from the Frederick Douglass Academy, a performing-arts public middle and high school in Harlem. Modeled after the samba schools of Rio de Janeiro, Harlem Samba performs the traditional rhythms of the Brazilian carnival. Its mission is to teach personal and academic discipline through the study of music. Many of the group’s college-bound members have traveled to Brazil as part of an exchange program with a Brazilian high school. Harlem Samba is directed by Dana Monteiro.
Location: Richard Tucker Park - Broadway and 66th Street
Time: 6:00, 7:00 & 8:00pm
Rose Rutledge Trio presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center
Rose Rutledge is a New York based multi-instrumentalist, specializing in performance on flute, oboe, clarinet, and saxophones. Ms. Rutledge, originally from Seattle, first came to New York when she was in high school as a participant in Jazz at Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington Competition and Festival. Since then, she has performed with artists such as Chris Potter, The Cab Calloway Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Eddie Daniels, The Seattle Symphony, Jimmy Owens, Ralph Lalama, and more! Rose currently resides in New York where she teaches and performs music.
Location: Time Warner Center, 2nd Floor
Time: 7:30pm
Alice Farley Dance Theater
The New York-based Alice Farley Dance Theater creates indoor and outdoor Theater of Gesture and Transformation performances. Bessie Award-winning choreographer/designer Alice Farley’s outdoor performance at Winter’s Eve will involve creating imaginary landscapes for public spaces that combines sculptural costuming, circus arts, dance and puppetry, a dream life for architectural and natural environments. They describe themselves as “surrealist street theater.”
Location: In front of Alice Tully Hall
Time: All Evening
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Music All Around
All evening throughout Lincoln Square enjoy the sounds and styles of the Hungry March Band, street musicians and much more.
The Hungry March Band Roaring out of Brooklyn comes the Hungry March Band, NYC's legendary street brass march band in the anarchic style that has become their trademark and a Winter's Eve staple.
Mariachi Real de Mexico Founded in 1991 by New York City trumpet player Ramon Ponce, Sr. and his son Ramon Jr., Mariachi Real de Mexico keeps traditional Mariachi music alive.
Arm-of-the-SeaFor over twenty years Arm-of- the-Sea has been developing a style of magical realism that marries the mythic and the everyday, humanity and the earth, visual arts and natural science, poetry and politics.
Raya Brass BandRaya Brass Band is the newest fiery Balkan band to come out of the village of Brooklyn, NY. This mighty quintet of tuba, bass drum, accordion, trumpet and clarinet exuberantly delivers the swirling, dynamic music of northern Greece, the southern Balkans and the Romany people.
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Okamoto Studio: New York Ice Sculpture Live ice sculpting and demonstrations in front of Time Warner Center and at Columbus Avenue and 65th St.
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Student Showcase From 6:00 to 8:00pm, TD Bank at 68th Street and Broadway, will host student Chamber groups from Kaufman Center's Lucy Moses and Special Music Schools.
Stop in Best Buy at 62nd Street and Broadway for a special performance by the West Side Y's Kids Company, the resident youth company of the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, who will be singing and dancing to holiday showtunes.
Visit Samsung Experience on the third floor of Time Warner Center for a musical treat featuring some of New York City's most talented students, including: La Guardia High School’s Show Choir, Professional Children’s School Performers, and Youth Pride Chorus presented by Big Apple Performing Arts and the LGBT Community Center.
At the Professional Children's School, located just west of Columbus Avenue on 60th Street, student singers, dancers and instrumentalists will delight all with a Classical and Popular sampling.
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Holiday Singalongs
Don't miss the holiday singalongs by ASCAP at 1900 Broadway between 63rd and 64th Streets and at the Church of St Paul the Apostle at Columbus Avenue and 60th Street.
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Festival of Lights
On Winter's Eve, the New York Institute of Technology will present Festival of Lights - a religious and spiritual festival where holiday traditions unite as one through the significance of LIGHT. Holidays include Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Eid, and Diwali. The celebration will take place at NYIT's Auditorium on Broadway at 61st Street and will feature performances and food from different cultures.
Dozens of shops and institutions will offer discounts and holiday cheer. See offers online.
From 6:00 to 8:30pm, some restaurants and eateries will offer food tastings either for free or at a nomimal price in front of the Time Warner Center. See list online.
http://www.winterseve.org/
