Events for March 2012

The Greene Space

Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Radio Play

Thursday, March 1, 2012

7:00 PM

Set in the 1920s, Their Eyes Were Watching God is the story of Janie Crawford free-spirited and in search of life and her authentic self as she undertakes an unexpected journey that includes marriages to three different men, challenging the morals and social expectations of the small Southern ...

The Greene Space

Battle of the Boroughs: Queens

Friday, March 2, 2012

7:00 PM

Be a part of New York City’s emerging music scene at the Battle of The Boroughs in The Greene Space. Come hear great music and inspiring stories from a wide range of talented up-and-coming artists.

The Greene Space

In Conversation with Anne Bogart

Monday, March 5, 2012

7:00 PM

Anne Bogart, one of today’s most important theatre directors, interviews major cultural figures in front of a live audience. Join us for an evening with Anne Bogart in conversation with Paula Vogel and Sarah Ruhl.

The Greene Space

Super Tuesday with It’s A Free Country

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

8:00 PM

Join political reporter Anna Sale as she hosts our Super Tuesday event brought to you by It’s a Free Country. Author and comedian Baratunde Thurston will share the stage with Anna as will a stellar cast of contributors to It's a Free Country, including WNYC's Brian Lehrer.

WNYC Events

New Jersey Nets vs. Los Angeles Clippers

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

8:00 PM

The New Jersey Nets take on Blake Griffin and the Clippers in this math-up featuring some of the biggest names in the NBA. 

WNYC Giveaways

Boston Pops

Thursday, March 8, 2012

8:00 PM

The Boston Pops returns to Carnegie Hall under the direction of Keith Lockhart with a program that includes the New York premiere of Chris Brubeck's Travels in Time for Three, featuring the groundbreaking Time for Three trio, as well as a tribute to the legendary Benny Goodman.

The Greene Space

The International Association of Culinary Professionals

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

7:00 PM

Pre-Conference Event: Food Policy Talk, March 13th, 2012 at 7pm
Venue; The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY 10014
Annual Conference: March 29-April 2, 2012, NYC


The Greene Space

A Music and Literary Salon

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

6:00 PM

Carl Hancock Rux. Singers Toshi Reagon, Nona Hendryx, Martha Redbone, Marcelle Lashley and KimberlyNichole will perform. Full Series Information and Videos.  

WNYC Events

Poetic Pastimes: Japan and the Art of Leisure

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Poetic Pastimes: Japan and the Art of Leisure brings to life the Japanese passion for play and its long-held affinity with nature through more than 100 pieces of fine and decorative arts spanning the last two and a half centuries.  The pursuit of pleasure and self-cultivation has been central to Japanese ...

The Greene Space

Broadway’s A Streetcar Named Desire

Monday, March 19, 2012

7:00 PM

Check out our exclusive conversation with the cast of Broadway's A Streetcar Named Desire, the new take on Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece.

The Greene Space

‘THE NEWS QUIZ USA’ with Lewis Black

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

7:00 PM

Join Lewis Black (The Daily Show, Root of All Evil) as he challenges comedian panellists Andy Borowitz, Kathleen Madigan and Ted Alexandro to dissect the week’s news, in a special panel show recording for BBC Radio 4.

The BBC hit topical comedy show from the UK, ‘The News Quiz’, is ...

The Greene Space

Artists and the Business of Art

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

7:00 PM

On Wednesday, March 21 at 7pm, WNYC’s Leonard Lopate will convene two panels of gallery owners and artists to discuss the ecosystem of the New York art world in 2012.

The Greene Space

W.H. Auden’s "The Sea and The Mirror"

Friday, March 23, 2012

7:00 PM

W. H. Auden's The Sea and the Mirror is a lively consideration of theater, nature, life through the struggles and imaginings of the individual characters in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

WNYC Giveaways

John Pizzarelli

Friday, March 23, 2012

8:00 PM

John Pizzarelli, the world-renowned jazz guitarist and singer, was 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 ...

The Greene Space

American Mavericks: Music and Conversation with Michael Tilson Thomas

Monday, March 26, 2012

7:00 PM

Q2 Music celebrated America’s great iconoclastic composers when San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas brought his “American Mavericks” tour to New York. In anticipation of their Carnegie Hall concerts, composer John Adams and Meredith Monk, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, pianist Jeremy Denk, and other guests joined Tilson Thomas ...

WQXR Events

San Francisco Symphony

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

8:00 PM

Summary or description of event/book/movie: The San Francisco Symphony begins its American Mavericks residency at Carnegie Hall with a spectacular, ground-shaking ode to our country from the 1920s by a Frenchman who found creative sustenance right here in the Big Apple. Also on the program is music from John Cage’s ...

The Greene Space

Women Writers on the Horizon

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

7:00 PM

She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net.  Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulders.  So much of life in its meshes!  She called in her soul to come and see.” – Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

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WNYC Events

Meet @ WQXR: 40 & Under Singles Event at the New York Philharmonic

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

6:45 PM

WQXR hosts Elliott Forrest and Naomi Lewin welcome single music lovers 40 and under to a Rush Hour concert and post-performance private reception. Christoph von Dohnanyi conducts the New York Philharmonic in Schnittke's (K)ein Sommernachtstraum and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, Pathetique.

The Greene Space

Andrew Bird performs "Orpheo" Live on Soundcheck

Friday, March 30, 2012

2:00 PM

Chicago-based film score composer, multi-instrumentalist and lyricist Andrew Bird joins John Schaefer in The Greene Space to play songs from his new album, "Break It Yourself" live on Soundcheck.