Events for November 2011
The Greene Space
Brian Lehrer Live Engagement Party
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
10:00 AM
Join Brian Lehrer live for two special hours. In hour one, the issues at the heart of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement. And in hour two, Brian will lead a public brainstorm session on how to turn around the city's low voter turnout. Come and participate.
The Greene Space
STICK FLY: A Conversation in The Greene Space
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
7:00 PM
The Greene Space welcomed you to the world of STICK FLY, a sharply funny, endlessly surprising new play by Lydia Diamond.
The Greene Space
The Battle For the White House: A Preview of Election 2012
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
7:00 PM
Farai Chideya, WNYC political contributor, and guests from across the ideological spectrum to discussed the themes and tactics that will shape the Presidential election one year from now. Will the election be a referendum on jobs, Wall Street, moral leadership, and taxes?
The Greene Space
Studio 360 Live: Tim Minchin, Cintra Wilson & Colson Whitehead
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
7:00 PM
Join Kurt Andersen for a night of comedy, music and storytelling, featuring novelist Colson Whitehead, raconteur Cintra Wilson, and musical comedian Tim Minchin, an Australian phenomenon about to break out in America.
The Greene Space
The Global Salon: Cities in Sweden
Thursday, November 10, 2011
7:00 PM
The Global Salon: SWEDEN takes an astonishing look at multiculturalism and how the country’s evolving pluralistic landscape is a reimaging unto itself.
WQXR Events
WQXR 40 and Over Singles Event at the New York Philharmonic
Thursday, November 10, 2011
6:00 PM
WQXR host Terrance McKnight welcomes music lovers in their 40s, 50s and 60s to a New York Philharmonic concert and pre-performance private reception.
Note: Check back this spring for a WQXR Singles Events for men and women in their 20s and 30s.
Reception: 6pm - At P.J. Clarke's - 44 West 63rd Street, New York, NY 10023
Concert: 7:30pm sharp with dessert at internission
WNYC Giveaways
The Music of Astor Piazzolla
Friday, November 11, 2011
8:00 PM
When the great Argentinean tango master Astor Piazzolla died in 1992, there were few musicians keeping his music alive. But thankfully (and in time to celebrate Piazzolla's 90th birthday) multi-instrumentalist and jazz ambassador Paquito D'Rivera has brought an unprecedented focus on tango's relationship to jazz, and on Piazzolla's central role ...
WNYC Giveaways
My Sinatra
Saturday, November 12, 2011
7:30 PM
Cary Hoffman turns his celebrated PBS special into a very true, hilarious, and poignant one-man musical play about his love and idolization for his hero Frank Sinatra. Hoffman authentically sings just like his hero, as he weaves over 20 classic Sinatra songs, creating a musical score about his lifelong obsession.
WNYC Giveaways
ADAM GYORGY The Island
Sunday, November 13, 2011
8:00 PM
- LISZT Sonata in B Minor, Rigoletto Paraphrase, La Campanella, and Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
- CHOPIN Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
The Greene Space
The Work of Alan Ayckbourn: A Four-Part Series
Monday, November 14, 2011
7:00 PM
The Greene Space will present a series of plays by distinguished playwright, Sir Alan Ayckbourn, in celebration of the enormous breadth of his work.
WNYC Giveaways
She Loves Me: A Benefit Concert Reading
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
7:30 PM
With a melodic and witty score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof) and a wonderful book by Joe Masteroff (Cabaret), She Loves Me is based on a play by Miklos Laszlo that also became the basis of the classic film The Shop Around the Corner and ...
The Greene Space
Manhattan Theatre Club’s After Words: “Venus in Fur”
Thursday, November 17, 2011
5:00 PM
Get an inside and behind the scenes look at the Broadway premiere of David Ives’ “Venus in Fur,” starring Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy.
WNYC Giveaways
The 5 Browns
Saturday, November 19, 2011
7:30 PM
The 5 Browns have released 3 CDs that each went to #1 on Billboard Magazine's Classical Album Chart. The quintet has toured extensively exciting audiences around the world performing onstage individually and together in various combinations from duo to complex five-piano arrangements.
The Greene Space
WQXR Beethoven 32-Piano Sonata Marathon PART SIX
Sunday, November 20, 2011
9:00 PM
Hosted by WQXR Radio Hosts, Midge Woolsey and Terrance McKnight. Can’t get enough Beethoven? Don’t suffer in silence. Join us for this extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime event at The Greene Space, as WQXR presents all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in a special 12-hour marathon.
The Greene Space
WQXR Beethoven 32-Piano Sonata Marathon ALL DAY PASS
Sunday, November 20, 2011
11:00 AM
Hosted by WQXR Radio Hosts, Midge Woolsey and Terrance McKnight. Can’t get enough Beethoven? Don’t suffer in silence. Join us for this extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime event at The Greene Space,
The Greene Space
WQXR Beethoven 32-Piano Sonata Marathon PART THREE
Sunday, November 20, 2011
3:00 PM
Hosted by WQXR Radio Hosts, Midge Woolsey and Terrance McKnight. Can’t get enough Beethoven? Don’t suffer in silence. Join us for this extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime event at The Greene Space, as WQXR presents all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in a special 12-hour marathon.
The Greene Space
WQXR Beethoven 32-Piano Sonata Marathon PART FOUR
Sunday, November 20, 2011
5:00 PM
Hosted by WQXR Radio Hosts, Midge Woolsey and Terrance McKnight. Can’t get enough Beethoven? Don’t suffer in silence. Join us for this extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime event at The Greene Space, as WQXR presents all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in a special 12-hour marathon.
The Greene Space
WQXR Beethoven 32-Piano Sonata Marathon PART FIVE
Sunday, November 20, 2011
7:00 PM
Hosted by WQXR Radio Hosts, Midge Woolsey and Terrance McKnight. Can’t get enough Beethoven? Don’t suffer in silence. Join us for this extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime event at The Greene Space, as WQXR presents all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in a special 12-hour marathon.
The Greene Space
WQXR Beethoven 32-Piano Sonata Marathon PART ONE
Sunday, November 20, 2011
11:00 AM
Hosted by WQXR Radio Hosts, Midge Woolsey and Terrance McKnight. Can’t get enough Beethoven? Don’t suffer in silence. Join us for this extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime event at The Greene Space, as WQXR presents all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in a special 12-hour marathon.
The Greene Space
WQXR Beethoven 32-Piano Sonata Marathon PART TWO
Sunday, November 20, 2011
1:00 PM
Hosted by WQXR Radio Hosts, Midge Woolsey and Terrance McKnight. Can’t get enough Beethoven? Don’t suffer in silence. Join us for this extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime event at The Greene Space, as WQXR presents all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in a special 12-hour marathon.
WNYC Giveaways
The Descendants
Monday, November 21, 2011 through Wednesday, December 21, 2011
A land baron tries to re-connect with his two daughters after his wife suffers a boating accident. Starring George Clooney.
WNYC Giveaways
Moise et Pharaon
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
8:00 PM
This opera-in-concert presentation is Rossini’s enthralling French-language setting – replete with romance, intrigue, jealousy, vengeance, and acts of God – of Moses and his brother Eliezer leading the Jews out of the land of Pharaoh and into freedom, with the help of plagues and the parting ...
WNYC Giveaways
Henry V
Friday, November 25, 2011
8:00 PM
Henry V is part of the 1599 Project, a series of fast and furious chamber productions of Shakespeare classics performed by the ensemble of eight actors