Arts at St. John’s
June
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
ONGOING: STONEWALL50 (Gallery) LGBTQ
Stonewall50 at Revelation is a group show of LGBTQ artists working in a wide variety of media and expression. The exhibtion runs through the month of June. Normal Gallery opening hours are 10am to 3pm Mon-Wed. The Gallery is also the venue for many receptions following over 20 LGBTQ arts events in St John's in the Village during the month of June
Artists include:
Doug Blanchard, Eileen Burgess, Kathy Cantwell, Alton Christensen, Michael Elsasser, Doug Meyer, Alexis Pace, Paul Reitz, Sean Watters
Saturday, 1 June - 3:45 PM
CONCERT: FERRARA FESTIVAL STUDENTS
Saturday, 1 June - 7:00 PM LGBTQ
OPERA: THE TELEPHONE (Gallery)
Join VPNYC in Musical Celebration with the Music of LGBT Icons Kurt Weill, Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti at Saint John's in the Village!
Enjoy a program of excellent music, crafted with care and paying tribute to a community that shines ever the brighter through adversity!
$10 - $20
For information and booking click here.
Sunday, 2 June - 3:00 PM
CONCERT: BRAHMS!
FFRCC Youth Chorus; Frank Mathis, baritone; and Jonathan DePeri, organ & piano
A program of choral music and art songs focusing on compositions of Brahms plus Bach, Schubert and others.
$10 - $20
For information and booking click here.
Sunday, 2 June - 8:15 PM
CONCERT: FESTA ITALIANA!
Faculty members, alumni and upcoming students will perform together for the presentation concert.
Included: singers, pianists and string players in chamber music ensembles.
A light refreshment will be served at the end of the concert. $30
For information and booking click here.
Tuesday, 4 June - 7:00 PM
CONCERT: JAKE HOLTZMAN, PIANO
PROGRAM:
Robert Schumann’s Humoreske
J. S. Bach: English Suite No.3 in G minor, BWV 808
Robert Schumann: Arabeske in C major, Op. 18
Robert Schumann: Humoreske in B flat major, Op 20
$10 - $20
For information and booking click here.
Thursday, 6 June - 8:00 PM LGBTQ
CONCERT: PINK NOISE
PinkNoise presents a concert exploring the connections among technology, sound, and improvisation in a unique collaboration with the jazz pianist Elias Stemeseder. The concerts will feature compositions by Claude Vivier (LGBT), Pauline Oliveros (LGBT), Iannis Xenakis, Kaija Saariaho, Joan Tower, and Zosha Di Castri interspersed among collective improvisations with Stemeseder.
$10
For information and booking click here.
Friday, 7 June - 8:00 PM
CONCERT: SIMON FERRARESI, PIANO
PROGRAM
R. Schumann: Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 11
F. Chopin: Four Ballades
Tickets $15 - $30
For information and booking click here.
Saturday, 8 June - 2:00 PM (Gallery) LGBTQ
WORKSHOP: BODIES IN MOVEMENT(S)
Sometimes words alone are not enough! Learn how to analyze situations, reflect theologically , and explore new possibilities, using the simple movement and visualization techniques of TO ("Theatre of the Oppressed'). Developed in Latin America and practiced around the world, TO offers participants tools to think about spirituality, social justice, and individual / community-based activism in critical and creative new ways.
To register for this event click here.
Saturday, 8 June - 7:00 PM LGBTQ
CONCERT:ART MUSIC BY LGBTQ COMPOSERS
You are cordially invited to the DaCapo Salon Series ”Pride”. Celebrating LGBTQ month in partnership with St John’s In the Village. DaCapo Salon Series is formed by Katty Mayorga (guitar), Chantal Balestri (piano), and Ti Chung (Flute), who are active musicians and educators in NYC. With our musician friends, we would like to present you various chamber music. This concert includes Jamie Lee (flute) from the JKLM Duo, Suki Guerrier (Piano) and Chié Yoshinaka (violin).
$8 - $15
For information and booking click here.
Sunday, 9 June - 3:00 PM
CONCERT: MAURIZIO CASA, TENOR
Maurizio Casa, tenor, with sopranos Asuka Uchida and Lesley Middlebrook, presents a delightful Sunday afternoon concert of art song, opera arias, Broadway songs, and more.
Tickets $20
For information and booking click here.
Tuesday, 11 June - 7:00 PM
CONCERT: BRAHMS VIOLIN SONATAS
ARTISTS: Brian Bak, violin; Hsin-Chiao Liao, piano
PROGRAM:
Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major
Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100--"Thun" or "Meistersinger"
$10 - $20
For information and click here.
Tuesday, 11 June - 7:30 PM (Gallery) LGBTQ
CONCERT: OPUS 87 - LOOKING OUT!
Chamber works by Lou Harrison and Aaron Copland, openly gay American composers and avid writers of dance music. Their lives present two fascinating models of what it meant to be a queer artist in the time of Stonewall.
Tickets: to be sold at the door, on a pay-what-you-wish basis. All proceeds go towards the fully-staged project, and surfeit profit will be donated to the Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBTQ youth.
Time: 7:30 pm
Wednesday, 12 June - 7:30 PM
CONCERT: SOLANGE MERDINIAN
Music around the world, from celebrating the 150th anniversary of Armenian composer Komitas Vartabed, to songs from Argentina from folk to classical, to American composers like Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, and more, come to enjoy an evening of music arranged for Voice and Guitar and Voice and Piano.
From folk to classical, from tango to cabaret, its a concert for all music lovers.
Solange Merdinian, singer/ mezzo-soprano
Federico Diaz, guitarist/ arranger
Pablo Zinger, pianist / arranger
$20 - $30
for information and booking click here.
Thursday, 13 June - 7:30 PM LGBTQ
CONCERT: CONFLUSS + SPARK DUO
confluss joins forces with Spark Duo to present a night of LGBTQ+ composers during Pride Month!
$15 - $20
For information and booking click here.
Friday, 14 June - 7:30 PM
CONCERT: CHARU SURI TRIO
Come and celebrate Charu's birthday through a live performance of beloved standards and new pieces featuring two world-renowned singers, Apoorva Mudgal and Danielle Erin Rhodes. Cake and Champagne reception to follow.
The concert itself is free but a donation to the band is suggested in lieu of gifts.
Register to attend: click here.
Saturday, 15 June - 7:30 PM
CONCERT: SOHYUN AHN, PIANO
The Complete Mozart Piano Sonata Series 1
Mozart Piano Sonata in E flat Major KV 282
Mozart Piano Sonata in G Major KV 283
Mozart Piano Sonata in C Major KV 330
Mozart Piano Sonata in F Major KV 332
Alan Hovhaness Sonata for Piano " Mt.Katahdin" Op.405 (1987)
Michael Korsch "Asparagus" from The Festival of the Vegetables (2010)
$20 - $30
for information and booking click here.
Saturday, 15 June - 7:00 PM (Gallery)
FILM: FACTS & FALLACIES ON FILM
Utility companies around the world have been replacing electric, gas and water analog meters with pulsed radiation smart meter networks. According to thousands of scientists, these devices have never been adequately tested by the industry or government agencies for safety to humans as well as the ecosystem. Currently, our local NY City utilities are deploying smart meters throughout the boroughs and 5G cells are being installed on Governors Island. Come learn what you need to know at a screening of the award-winning documentary “Take Back Your Power”. Discussion will follow. Admission free.
Sunday, 16 June 3:00 PM
CONCERT: MARK STEVEN DOSS, BASS
The great North American bass-baritone Mark Steven Doss will perform an evening of operatic arias, art songs, and spirituals with pianist Reed Tetzloff.
$25 - $35 (Children free)
For information and booking click here..
Monday, 17 June - 7:00 PM LGBTQ
CONCERT: EVERETT SUTTLE & FRIENDS
Tenor Everett Suttle and pianist Daniel Kirk Foster present a recital of folksong arrangements from America and British isles, arranged by Benjamin Britten and Aaron Copland.
$15 - $25
For information and booking click here.
Tuesday, 18 June - 7:30 PM (Note time change) LGBTQ
CONCERT: STONEWALL CHORALE
An evening of choral music with a PRIDE focus, including works by Harold Arlen, Ann Hampton Callaway, selections from the NY premiere of Quiet No More, commemorating the Stonewall Riots, sung by the nation’s first LGBTQ chorus.
For booking click here.
Tuesday, 18 June - 7:00 PM (Gallery) LGBTQ
SYMPOSIUM: SEX IN THE (ANCIENT) CITY
Join Professor David Sider (NYU), actor Theodore Bouloukos, singer Nektarios Antoniou, Mia Theodoratos (orphic lyre), and Professor Constantina Rhodes in an illustrated and dramatic examination of sex, gender, sexuality, and love in the ancient Greek world.
Professor Sider, an expert on gender and sexuality in the ancient world, will compare ancient and modern concepts of sexual identity.
Rhodes will present Sappho’s most famous poem in Greek. Bouloukos will deliver love poetry from Greek antiquity.
NB: Olympia Dukakis, who was due to perform in this event, had had to withdraw for medical reasons.
$10 - $20
For information and booking click here.
Wednesday, 19 June - 7:30 PM LGBTQ
CONCERT: GAI PARIS!
Gai Paris! Singer Emma Lavandier joins forces with composer & pianist Ellen Mandel for an evening of French songs and chansons. Poetry of Verlaine and Baudelaire set to music by Mandel and Hahn, songs by Poulenc and Ravel, and chansons by various artists: Charles Trenet, Juliette Gréco, Joséphine Baker... Come celebrate Pride Month à la française!
$10 - $15
For information and booking click here.
Thursday, 20 June - 6:15 PM
THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI
The Thursday after Trinity Sunday is the Feast of Corpus Christi: Thanksgiving for the Institution of the Eucharist. The professional Choir of St John’s in the Village is joined by St John’s Choristers (a boy and girl choir) singing music by César Franck, Giovanni Croce, along with plainsong (Gregorian chant) and other music. The music of plainsong fills the streets as the procession moves round W 11th , W 4th, and Perry Streets, and Waverly Place. Following Benediction in the church there is a catered Cook-Out in St Benedict’s Courtyard. (In the event of heavy rain the Procession will take place within the church and dining will be in Revelation Gallery).
Free, but registration is very helpful for catering purposes. Register here
Thursday, 20 June thru Monday, 24 June LGBTQ
RATTLESTICK THEATER: PLAY READINGS
PRIDE PLAYS is an upcoming festival of play readings at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. We will be presenting a series of play readings from June 20-24 that capture the prideful spirit of the LGBTQ community, celebrating 50 years of theatrical voices since that turning point.
For full information, schedule and booking click here.
Friday, 21 June - 10:00 PM
CONCERT: GIANETTA’S VENDETTA
This triple-threat female powerhouse plays, pocket trumpet, sings & composes while leading her much acclaimed combo: Ginetta's Vendetta (c.) around the world. This one time appearance in the intimate garden setting will present a rare opportunity to meet & greet Ginetta, in person, as she signs any one of her 4 CD's! (3 of which were on the Grammy Ballots!!) B.Y.O.B. and enjoy the longest night of the year with world class jazz & pop!! Seating is very limited so be sure to purchase tickets early!!
$15 - $20
For information and booking click here.
Saturday, 22 June - 1::30 PM
CONCERT: GUITARS GALORE!
New York City Guitar School
presents a concert by players young and old.
Free admission, but for large groups please contact Rob by clicking here
Saturday, 22 June - 8:00 PM LBGTQ
CONCERT: BLACK BOX ENSEMBLE
Leonard Bopp and the Blackbox Ensemble performs works by Sarah Hennies and Julius Eastman as part of the Church of St. John's in the Village's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.
For information and booking click here.
Sunday, 23 June - 3:00 PM
CONCERT: SCHILLER INSTITUTE CHORUS
The Mission of the Schiller Institute NYC Chorus is to create a beautiful and inspiring culture, which brings together the communities of the New York City metropolitan area, through bel canto-based Classical music at the Verdi tuning of approximately C=256Hz. Our annual benefit concert will feature chorus members and friends performing music of Mozart, Bach, Brahms and Negro American Spirituals to raise funds to continue our work bringing great Classical music to every community in the New York Metropolitan Area.
Tickets from $100 click here.
Sunday, 23 June- 8:00 PM LGBTQ
EVENSONG: THE NATIVITY ST. JOHN BAPTIST ECUMENICAL PRIDE WEEK SERVICE
Plainsong service with St. Johnsmas fire and cook-out.
The event is free, but registration is required for catering purposes.
To register click here.
Monday, 24 June 6:15 PM
EVENSONG: THE NATIVITY ST. JOHN BAPTIST
CHURCH CLUB OF NEW YORK
Plainsong service with blessing of Johnsmas Fire and cook-out.
Evensong open to all. Cook-out is an event of the Church Club of New York. (To join see churchclubny.org)
Tuesday, 25 June - 8:00 PM LGBTQ
CONCERT: THE LOST KEYS
Celebrate summer with some joyful and pride-filled melodies by TLK!
Going up - on a Tuesday? Join The Lost Keys for a soulful summer jam session at St. John's in the Village. They'll be singing some of their classic arrangements along with some brand-new songs. You won't want to miss this performance!
For information and booking click here.
Tuesday, 25 June & Saturday, 29 June - 7:30 PM LGBTQ
CABARET: WHAT THE FANDANGO? (Gallery)
Celebrate Stonewall50 in style at St John's in the heart of the West Village with the American premiere of WHAT THE FANDANGO?! A musical-comedy cabaret featuring international performance artist, Robert Hofmann who brilliantly embodies four powerful personas in his stunning blend of comic genius and musical versatility creating a wild multi-gendered romp that has already taken Australia by storm.
$10 - $60 FOR BENEFIT OF ADS-UP REFUGEES
For full information and booking click here.
Wednesday, 26 June - 7:30 PM LGBTQ
CONCERT: IF LOVE WERE ALL
Playwright, singer, song-writer, raconteur, and wit, Noël Coward is justly honored in the month of June in New York City as it plays host to World Pride 2019.
This enchanting soirée, curated by the Noël Coward Society, is presentedon a balmy summer's evening (the church is fully air-conditioned!) in the very heart of Greenwich Village. Interpreted by a talented line-up of performers, the master's songs and verse and wit sparkle through the night.
The recital is followed by a Reception in the beautiful St Benedict's Courtyard.
For information and booking click here.
Thursday, 27 June - 7:30 PM LBGTQ
CONCERT: WALTZING ON THE WILD SIDE
The Strathmere Ensemble, St John's resident string group, presents a varied program of waltz music: from the traditional strains of the Johann Strausses (father and son) to less well-known expeditions into this toe-tapping triple-time dance by LGBTQ composers such as Petr Tchaikovsky, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and Benjamin Britten.
$20 standard. FREE TO SENIORS (but registration is necessary).
For information and booking click here.
Thursday, 27 & Saturday, 29 June - 2:00 PM LGBTQ
PLAY: ELECTRICITY (Gallery)
Sex, drugs and booze make up the life of Brad Burke, while ex-seminary student Gary Henderson is so closeted that he hides his sexuality behind an invented wife. This unlikely pair hook up in a motel room after their 10-year high school reunion and it's a monumental clash of worlds that sparks an "electricity" between them that lures them back to that same motel room after each reunion for the next 3 decades.
ELECTRICITY is a very funny, sexy and surprisingly emotional journey through the immense changes that happened to the LGBTQ community between 1983 and 2013. It navigates a world where gay life was hidden in bars and sex clubs to one where equality might just be a reality--if Gary and Brad can only believe that they deserve it.
For information and booking click here.
Friday, 28 June - 7:30 PM LGBTQ
CONCERT: MARIO AREVALO, TENOR
A showcase of Latin American/ Worldwide LGBT Writers/Composers!
Come together to celebrate World Pride NYC Stonewall50
Performers: Mario Arevalo, tenor
Guest Performers: TBA
This concert will feature a variety of Poetry, Stories, Art Songs, Arias and Broadway Songs from the most popular composers in our community including some Latin American Composers such as Jorge Martin, Reynaldo Hahn, Jake Heggie, Felix Jarrar, Juan Gabriel, Ernesto Lecouna many more.
Admission: $20
For information and booking click here.
Sunday, 30 June - 11:00 AM LGBTQ
PRE-PRIDE PARADE FESTIVAL EUCHARIST
BOOKING
Booking, both for free and for charging events, is chiefly via our website. A link within the event description will take you to online ticketing. In some cases online ticketing will not become available until a month or so before the event. Those who cannot access the internet are encouraged to ask friends or family for assistance and to book in that way. Tickets can, however, be purchased in cash on the door (except when an event has sold out).
SENIORS
St John’s is aware that many residents of Greenwich Village, particularly those on fixed incomes, find access to the arts a challenge. That is why St John’s events are typically economically priced or simply free. We offer, however, further access in two ways.
⦁ Unless otherwise stated each event has an allocation of free seniors’ places which can be booked in advance. Bookings open, by email or phone, one week prior to the event and close at noon on the day before the event.
⦁ In our ‘Senior Standby’ scheme seats unsold at the time of the event can be given to seniors at the door free on a first-come first-served basis. This would typically be a few minutes before the event begins. There is no guarantee of admission.
Website: stjvny.org
Email: admin@stjvny.org
Phone: 212 243 6192