Arts at St. John’s
November
Friday, 1 November - 6:15 PM
SPECIAL SERVICE: ALL SOULS’ REQUIEM
The Commemoration of the Faithful Departed. The Requiem is sung to plainsong at 6.15pm in the church and followed by prayers and candle-lighting in St Benedict's Memorial Garden. If attending this service and wishing for departed loved ones to be commemorated by name, please give their full name/s to the Rector (rector@stjvny.org).
1November through 17 November (Theater)
PLAY: MONSOON SEASON
It's monsoon season in Phoenix, and recently separated couple Danny and Julia are spiraling into chaos. A strip club's flashing neon sign is keeping Danny awake at night, and Julia's Adderall addiction has only gotten worse since her dealer moved in. Danny is suffering from micro-blackouts and Julia keeps seeing a giant bird in her backyard. Is anyone watching their kid? This romantic comedy for a toxic world by 2019 AFO Artist In Residence Lizzie Vieh comes alive with biting humor and blinding insight.
For information and booking click here.
Saturday, 2 November - 2:00 to 4:00 PM (Gallery)
EXHIBITION OPENING: HARA SELTZER
Artist Hara Seltzer presents an exhibition of watercolors of birds in wintertime.
The exhibition runs until the end of November. Gallery opening hours are:
Mon-Wed from 10am to 3pm.
This opening reception (from 2pm on Saturday 2 November) is free, but registration is necessary for catering purposes.
For registration click here.
Saturday, 2 November -4:00 PM
CONCERT: MAGDALENA GARBALINSKA, VIOLIN
Magdalena Garbalinska presents a concert of music for solo and accompanied violin.
Admission free.
Sunday, 3 November - 3:00 PM
CONCERT: MARYAM KHEIRBECK, PIANO
A piano recital of Schumann études and Chopin nocturnes.
$20 in advance. $25 on the door. $10 off for students. Free to children.
Monday, 4 November
CONCERT: AIRBENDER
Featuring friends, colleagues and musicians from the Juliard school, bassoonist Matthew Kneale showcases the diversity and different combinations of excellent bassoon chamber music In New York. Featuring compositions of Saint-Säens, Tansman, Greenbaum and Holly Harrison, it is a 70 minute program that showcases the progressions of works from the 20th-21st century in an interesting, unique and colourful way. We hope to see you here at St John‘s In The Village, New York.
$10-$20 on the door only (no advance booking).
Tuesday, 5 November - 6:15 PM
SPECIAL SERVICE: GUY FAWKES DAY
Evensong with 'Gunpowder Propers' followed by the Burning of the Guy, Bonfire, Sausage Sizzle, and a word about student welfare.
Guy Fawkes, along with other conspiritors, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on 5 November 1605. His attempt was foiled and he was executed. Since then bonfires have been lit on 5 November to celebrate this deliverance of democracy. Evensong is sung simply to plainsong using the special provisions of the Book of Common Prayer of 1662. It is then followed by the lighting of the fire in the courtyard and the Burning of the Guy (symbolizing the rejection of terrorism). Sausages are cooked on the outdoor grill and served with wine, beer, and soft drinks.
Free; but registration is necessary for catering purposes
For registration click here.
Friday, 8 November - 12:00 PM (Gallery)
MOVEMENT CLASS: REVEL
An hour out of wholesome movement patterning and creative physical exploration, for personal nourishment. Facilitator Jonathan Matthews utilizes St. John’s Revelation Gallery to respond physically to visual artworks in tandem with abstract concepts from the liturgical calendar. Every Friday at noon. Register by email (mattjw92@gmail.com)
Friday, 8 November - 7:30 PM
PLAYS: HELLENIC DRAMA
The Greek-American Writer's Association presents an evening of short plays.
The Furniture Play by Penelope Karageorge
Comfortable by Nicholas Vasilios Pappas
The Greek Helicopter Mother by Mary Perifimos
The Arranged Matrimony by Anwar N. Suleiman
A Musical Performance by Nektarios Antoniou
A wine reception follows in Revelation Gallery.
For information and booking click here.
Saturday, 9 November - 5:30 PM (Gallery)
PRESENTATION: TALKING DIRT
Talking DIRT in the Village: Soil Stewardship, Climate Action, Community Mobilization - a special evening with author Aaron William Perry.
This special event, curated by author and Y on Earth Community founder Aaron William Perry, along with Joanie Klar and Special Friends, is a not-to-miss experience for the Grenwich Village community! Look for Aaron's article "Talking Dirt in the Village" in the November issue of the WestView News - this event is co-sponsored by the WestView News and the Y on Earth Community, a 501(c)3 educational non-profit organization.
For information and booking click here.
Saturday, 9 November - 7:00 PM
CONCERT: CIVIL DISCOURSE
EMBER presents their concert “Civil Discourse”
In our noisy world of high decibels and unrelenting electronic input, listening may be a lost art – and a necessary key to Civil Discourse. Commissioned world premiere: “Mending Wall” by Bill Heigen.
East Coast premiere of “Singing Together” by John Muehleisen.
For information and booking click here.
Sunday, 10 November - 3:00 PM
CONCERT: MUSIC FROM THE ALPS
Jeffrey Palmer (countertenor) and Irena Portenko (piano) bring their acclaimed program of music performed at the Music in the Alps Festival in Austria this summer to the ‘Sundays at Three Concert Series’ at St John’s in the Village. Featuring selections from Austria’s own Franz Schubert, this eclectic program also includes music by Handel, Debussy, Schumann, Björk, Huang Ruo, and new arrangements of traditional folk songs.
For information and booking click here
Tuesday, 12 November - 8:00 PM (Gallery)
SINGER/ SONGWRITER NIGHT
Greenwich Village's singers and songwriters gather to share their work, new and old, with one another and with the public. Bring a bottle of wine, sit at table, and listen; or, if you would like to perform, contact Hannah (reimann.musicandfilm@gmail.com)
Admission $10 (Free to performers)
Tuesday, 12 November - 7:30
Partner Event at Baruch College
CONCERT: DAEDALUS QUARTET
Renowned Israeli pianist Renana Gutman joins the award-winning Daedalus Quartet to present a sonic exploration of the human response to repression and exile. The program with the defiantly joyful third string quartet of Viktor Ullman, written in Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1943, prior to the Austrian-born composer’s murder at Auschwitz. This is followed by Babel, a New York premiere string quartet by the composer Gabriel Bolaños, whose family fled Nicaragua in the 1990s. In this piece, Bolaños uses the sound of string instruments to explore the nature and variety of human languages, revealing both cultural differences and our fundamental similarity. The program closes with Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s monumental piano quintet, composed in Moscow after his escape from the Nazi invasion of Poland. It celebrates the centenary of this rarely programmed artist’s birth.
For information and booking click here.
Thursday, 14 November - 8:00 PM
CONCERT: PINK NOISE
Kevin Kay - duality ii, for ensemble & electronics (2019)
Yifan Guo - Fragile Balance, for violin & cello (2019)
Simon Kanzler - random/control, for ensemble & live electronics (2019)
Zosha Di Castri - La forma dello spazio, for ensemble (2013)
Chaya Czernowin - Duo Leat, for 2 bass clarinets (2009-2010).
Ticket price includes entrance to reception following the concert.
For information and booking click here.
Friday, 14 November - 12:00 PM
MOVEMENT CLASS: REVEL See 8 November
Friday, 14 November - 7:30 PM
CONCERT: HOMAGE TO FEODOR CHALIAPIN
Nick Hay will perform works that were sung by the great Russian bass, Feodor Chaliapin. He will also show film clips of Chaliapin from the movie Don Quixote to showcase Chaliapin‘s incredible acting ability. Other performers include pianist, Amir Farid, violinist, Jose Pietri-Coimbre, and a small men’s chorus.
For information and booking click here.
Saturday, 16 November - 3:00 PM
CONCERT: JKLM DUO
Katty Mayorga, guitar, and Jaimie Lee, flute, present a concert of repertoire for, or arranged for, their instruments.
From $10: on the door only (no advance booking)
Saturday, 16 November - 7:00 PM
REGGAE AND SOULS BLOC PARTY
Andrew Jones, Jamaican-born NYC tenor, curates a concert celebrating American and Jamaican popular songs: reggae, souls, and rocksteady music.
Sunday, 17 November - 3:00 PM
CONCERT: ‘PETERSBURG’ AND RUSSIAN SONGS
Frank Mathis, baritone, with, Jonathan DePeri, piano, performs Sviridov's masterful song-cycle, along with other Russian art song.
For information and booking click here.
Sunday, 17 November - 8:00 PM
CONCERT: BEETHOVEN FOR VIOLIN & PIANO
The project is dedicated to Beethoven’s 250th Anniversary in 2020. it will present all of his compositions for violin and piano. This first concert features Natasha Lipkina, violin, and Vladimir Rumyantsev, piano.
$25 - $30
Booking information to follow.
Tuesday,19 November - 7:00 PM
CONCERT: GERLACH & TETZLOFF DUO
Alexia Pia Gerlach, cello, and Reed Tetzloff, piano, perform repertoire by Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, and Piazolla.
For information and booking click here.
Thursday, 21 November - 7:30 PM
CONCERT: STEVE SANDBERG
"Shape Shifting and Time Traveling with Classical Music, World Music and Jazz" - an Evening Recital. Liszt, Ravel, Chopin, Bach and Steve's Classical World Jazz compositions, featuring Steve Sandberg on piano and Windham Hill artist Sean Harkness on guitar. http://stevesandbergmusic.com/
For information and booking click here.
Friday, 22 November - 12:00 PM (Gallery)
MOVEMENT CLASS: REVEL See 8 November
Friday, 22 November - 8:00 PM
CONCERT: CHAMBER MUSIC FROM NYU
Marilyn C Nonken curates a program of chamaber music performed by some of the most talented of New York University's up-and-coming classical musicians.
Free admission.
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Saturday, 23 November - 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM (Gallery)
PROGRAM: MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER
Making Music Together, a community-based musical encouragement program, gathers in Revelation Gallery for a day of learning and collaboration, culminating at a concert at 8pm.
Suggested donation of $50.
Registration by email (Craig Shepard - craig@craigshepard.net) is advised.
Saturday, 23 November - 7:30 PM
CONCERT: OLSON/DE CARI DUO
Gioia De Cari and John Olson will perform new music for soprano and guitar, including the world premiere of Benjamin Verdery's What God Looks Like: Three Stories, as well as compositions and arrangements by David Leisner, Frank Wallace, João Luiz, and Clarice Assad.
For information and booking click here.
Sunday, 24 November - 3:00 PM
CONCERT: OLA RAFALO
Opera Angelo presentsfavories of opera and musical theater from Carmen to south Pacific sung by internationally acclaimed soloists: Ola Rafalo, mezzo-soprano, Phil Alongi, tenor, and baritone Charles Schneider.
Booking information to follow.
Tuesday, 26 November - 7:30 PM (Gallery)
MUSICAL: THE PASS
THE PASS, a musical starring Denise Marsa with the effervescently talented Tracy Stark at piano & vocals premiered in London at the Playground Theatre 9/27/18 and 9/29/18 and received outstanding reviews. The piece will have its first NYC performance on Tuesday, November 26 at Revelation Gallery in the West Village, where Denise calls home.
When Giving Up Is Not An Option: The Pass is an honest and intimate look at the ups and downs of a musician working in the music business through four decades. NYC's singer-songwriter Denise Marsa tells her story through 18 vignettes with her original music intertwined.
For information and booking click here.
Thursday, 28 November - 10:00 AM
SPECIAL SERVICE & REFUGEE THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving Eucharist (to which those all all faiths and of none are welcome) is sung in church at 10am. Drinks follow in the Common Room at 11am, and a traditional Thanksgiving Lunch is served in Revelation Gallery at about noon. We welcome refugee friends whom we have come to know through Ads-Up (ads-up.org).
For information and lunch booking click here.
Friday, 29 November - 12:00 PM (Gallery)
MOVEMENT CLASS: REVEL Cancelled this week
Friday, 29 November - 6:45 PM (Common Room)
SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Enter through Church)
Remembering Trans* Lives
Hear, in attentive silence, the names of the transgender and gender non-conforming souls lost this year. The names of those lost will be read alongside readings attendees may wish to contribute. These may be personal testimonials or something you find holds importance and relevance: a poem, an excerpt from a novel, words that help center the importance of identity, or a short piece of piano music (the room has a quality grand piano). This is a time and space of mourning, but also of hope and healing.
Free.
Register in advance on Face Book by clicking here
or simply attend without registration.
Saturday, 30 November
CONCERT: SOHYUN AHN, PIANO
Virtuoso musician Sohyun Ahn is returning to Saint John’s in the Village to perform the third recital in her Complete Mozart Piano Sonata Series. Four delightful sonatas will cheer your heart and warm your soul:
Sonata in D Major K.284
Sonata in C Major K.309
Sonata in A Minor K.310
Sonata in D Major K.311
Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance: $20 ($10 for student & seniors)
For information and booking click here.
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. 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