NYC, Film, and Art in June
- Chicken and Egg Pictures is an organization dedicated to female filmmakers – promoting their voices and stories with funding and support and creating a space to mentor female filmmakers in a still relatively male-dominated field. As a part of their mission, they are offering up three grants (totaling $30,000 - $45,000) and two film funds this summer. Visit their website for more information on how to apply – the first deadline is July 1st! A great opportunity from a group with a great mission.
- Saturday, June 15th, on Staten Island is LUMEN. Over the course of 6 hours will be a variety of performance art and video pieces scattered all around Lyons Pool. All of the art is free-form and happens simultaneously – the audience is encouraged to wander through the area on their own accord. This massive night-long installation will display some great up-and-coming artists in their respective media.
- After more than 50 years, Shakespeare in the Park is a New York City institution. Every The Public Theater stages one production of a Shakespeare classic during the end of May to the end of June and then another, original production at the end of July into August for free. This year’s Shakespeare play is The Comedy of Errors (running until June 30th) and the original production is a musical adaptation of Love’s Labours Lost (running from July 23rd to August 18th). Did we mention tickets are free? This is the schedule – just be sure to get there early and be prepared to wait in line. But remember, free!
- How can you not love Gene Wilder? From his work in films like Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Producers, and Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to his friendship and partnership with Richard Pryor and his writing credits – Gene Wilder is one of the most influential people in comedy in the past 70 years. He is headed to the 92nd Street YMCA on Thursday, June 18th to discuss his life and career. More info over at the website.
- Performance artist Marina Abramovic has been doing her groundbreaking and boundary-pushing pieces for nearly 40 years. After the 2010 retrospective of her work at the Musuem of Modern Art, along with the popularity of The Artist is Present documentary about that retrospective as well as her performance piece in the MoMA - where she sat in the museum’s atrium silently inviting vistors to sit opposite from her - Abramovic has been mainstreamed like never before. GO check her out at the 92nd Street YMCA for a Q&A and discussion of her newest work The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic.