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Twyla Tharp—On the Limit
by Susan YungTwyla Tharp. Photo: Gjon MiliTwyla Tharp's new Cornbread Duet, danced by New York City Ballet principals Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild, premieres at BAM on April 10 on a bill with...
View ArticleLifetime Lear—A pass to every King Lear produced at BAM and Theatre for a New...
Limited quantity available beginning April 2, 10am April 1, 2014, Brooklyn—Brooklyn Academy of Music and Theatre for a New Audience will offer a special pass that includes a pair of seats to every...
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Fresh Hamm: A Prima Donna and Schnapps
When the BAM building at 176-194 Montague Street was destroyed by fire in 1903, many programs and playbills dating from our incorporation in 1861 to 1901 were lost. In an effort to rebuild some of the...
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Fresh Hamm: Small Finds From Large Collections
Processing the papers of former executive director Harvey Lichtenstein and the BAM prints collection as part of the Leon Levy Digital Archives grant is no small task for the archivists here at the BAM...
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BAM Board Chairman's Dinner
Last Thursday, we were honored to host the 13th annual BAM Board Chairman's Dinner, a celebration of the work of BAM's most passionate advocates. Hosted by Board Chairman Alan Fishman and his wife,...
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Christian Rizzo on love, doubt, and David Bowie
French choreographer Christian Rizzo has a professional background in rock music, fashion, and visual art, and draws from all these experiences and more in his work. The following is a selection of his...
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Fresh Hamm: Do You Recognize this Building?
Do you recognize this building?It's the BAM Fisher, our newest location and performance space at 321 Ashland Place. When this photo was taken in the 1930's, the site was home to the Salvation Army...
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Record Store Day 2014 Contest: The Music of William Onyeabor
Tomorrow is Record Store Day, and we're honoring a record collector's favorite: 70s Nigerian psychedelic funk artist (/enigma) William Onyeabor, whose music will be celebrated at BAM on May 2 & 3...
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How Green is BAM Fisher?
by Rebekah Gordon BAM's newest building, the Fisher, is also our most eco-friendly, meaning we worked with the architects to build and run a building that uses less materials and energy. Here's what...
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Eat (Sandwiches), Drink & Be Literary: Daniel Alarcón
Illustration by Nathan GelgudIn the second of our popular series on the favorite sandwiches of Eat, Drink & Be Literary authors, we present Daniel Alarcón, featured on April 23. This Peruvian-born,...
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Red Shoes: from Louis XIV to Christian Rizzo
by Raphaele de BoisblancRed high heel shoes cover the set of Christian Rizzo’s ni fleurs, ni-ford mustang performed by the Lyon Opera Ballet (May 7—9 at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House). Many stories and...
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Remembering Pianist Otto Gruenbaum
by Jan CarrHolocaust Remembrance Day 2014 runs from the evening of April 27 through April 28. As we at the BAM Hamm Archives catalog the years during and leading up to WWII, we’re struck by the number...
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David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti's Industrial Symphony #1
by Sarah GentileBAM is very excited to welcome David Lynch back to the stage tonight for a conversation with New York Public Library’s Paul Holdengräber. While processing former BAM President Harvey...
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Ellen Burstyn—Up from the Depths
by Dan CallahanEllen Burstyn in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Courtesy Photofest.When she attended her first acting class with Lee Strasberg in 1964, Ellen Burstyn was 32 years old and was working...
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Dispatch from the Brooklyn Reads 2014 Poetry Contest
For the first time ever, BAM offered two Brooklyn high school students the opportunity to perform on the BAM Harvey Theater stage alongside some of today's most acclaimed spoken-word and hip-hop...
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In Context: Lyon Opera Ballet
Photo by Michel CavalcaThe Lyon Opera Ballet performs Christian Rizzo's ni fleurs, ni ford-mustangat the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House from May 7—9. Context is everything, so get even closer to the...
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The Troubadour of Madagascar
by David HsiehMadagascar Slim. Photo: Jason DickinsonMalagasy blues singer and guitarist Madagascar Slim has not played much in the US, but he is known in Canada, where his Malagasy-style blues has...
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BAM & WNYC Archives—Shared Histories
Badge; WPA New York Civic Orchestra label; Chester Nimitz and Fiorello LaGuardia. WNYC Archive.WNYC is in residence at BAM for RadioLoveFest (June 4—8), when eight of New York public radio’s most...
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About Last Night: Lyon Opera Ballet Opening Night Party
Yorgos Loukos, artistic director, Lyon Opera Ballet Company (second from R); choreographer Christian Rizzo (second from L), and company members celebrate opening night.BAM members didn’t have far to go...
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About Last Night: BAM Art Auction Closing Party
BAM took a trip to downtown Manhattan on Monday for the closing party of the 10th annual BAM Art Auction.The auction was held at the Whitebox Art Center in the Bowery, and featured the work of 90...
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