Hailed as “the alt-classical world’s main showcase” (The New York Times) and “a kind of heaven for show-goers in search of the ever-elusive, one-of-a-kind live music experience” (The Village Voice), Kaufman Music Center’s Ecstatic Music Festival returns for its sixth year, bringing together composers and performers from different musical genres or scenes for collaborations leading (more…)

More than 55 artists from across the sonic spectrum come together for nine collaborative, one-night-only performances, including three presented with WNYC’s New Sounds Live Hailed as “the alt-classical world’s main showcase” (The New York Times) and “a kind of heaven for show-goers in search of the ever-elusive, one-of-a-kind live music experience” (The Village Voice), Kaufman (more…)

Showtime @ 12:30 PM Doors open @ 11:00 AM Accomplished singer and entertainer Beverly Taki brings her exciting mix of pop, Broadway classics, and R&B to The Highline Ballroom, backed by a 12-piece band of top musicians and performers under the music direction of David Shenton. Beverly Taki is an accomplished singer, entertainer, clothing designer, (more…)

New York Times Critics’ Pick! “Hitler, here called Noble Wolf (which is what “Adolf” means), is played hilariously by Layla Khoshnoudi with a combination of stridency and idiocy that would fit a lot of world leaders, then and now.” -The New York Times The Offending Gesture is a humorous and poetic indictment of American foreign (more…)

New York Times Critics’ Pick! “Hitler, here called Noble Wolf (which is what “Adolf” means), is played hilariously by Layla Khoshnoudi with a combination of stridency and idiocy that would fit a lot of world leaders, then and now.” -The New York Times The Offending Gesture is a humorous and poetic indictment of American foreign (more…)