A warm breeze from Okinawa opens the season with traditional dance from Japan’s southern islands. A group of leading dancers and musicians, who are also alumni and faculty members of the prestigious Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, perform refined court dances developed during the period when Okinawa was an independent kingdom (Ryukyu Kingdom, 15th-19th centuries), (more…)

Saturday Morning Cartoons Continuing our family-friendly Saturday Morning Cartoons series, we encourage you to come in pajamas, grab some pancakes, and snuggle up on the Donaghy Theatre stage to enjoy the best feature films, TV shows and short (more…)

The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance Presents Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra In JAZZ ACROSS THE AMERICAS: VENEZUELA October 2, 2015 @ 8pm Symphony Space “The idea that jazz is an American invention is no longer viable. Pan American and Afro Latino roots are inextricably woven throughout this music that we love and (more…)

The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance Presents Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra In JAZZ ACROSS THE AMERICAS: VENEZUELA October 1, 2015 @ 8pm Symphony Space **Pre-performance discussion on Thursday, October 1 @ 7pm.** “The idea that jazz is an American invention is no longer viable. Pan American and Afro Latino roots are inextricably (more…)

kiss me just once more Michael Breslin A boy, or a young man, retires to his bedroom but cannot sleep. He awaits his mother’s goodnight kiss. She does not come. He attempts a ritual to summon her presence. He fails. A meditation on the relationship(s) between a queer son and his mother(s), this piece raises (more…)