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SUMMARY:WoodFest 2026: Tree Medicine Workshop with Herbalist Clare Pierson
DESCRIPTION:Tree Medicine Workshop with Clare Pierson\nwith Herbalist Clare Pierson\nDate & Time (@ WoodFest 2026): Saturday\, May 2\, 2026 1-2:30PM\nFee: $5.00 (entry to WoodFest not included)\nAll Ages! \nJoin Herbalist Clare Pierson for this incredible walk and lecture about tree medicine & all that our trees have to offer! \nOur wise elders\, the trees\, have much to teach us. I have always found the Pines to be especially giving of their medicine. We’ll take a walk around the woods surrounding Bethany to meet the Trees that live in that place\, and then sit and talk about them some more as well as some of their brother and sister Trees that live further away. Bring a notebook and sturdy shoes to walk around in.
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/tmwoodfest26/
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SUMMARY:Open Rehearsal & Open Conversation with Nubian Néné / A Lady In The House Dance  
DESCRIPTION:Open Rehearsal & Open Conversation\nwith Nubian Néné / A Lady In The House Dance \nSaturday May 9\, 2-3:30PM\n*Content Transparency: This program contains mature themes and topics. Parental discretion advised.*\n \nThe open rehearsal format allows the choreographer and dancers to simply exist in the space while audiences witness how the work is created. I invite viewers to keep an open mind\, not just observing rehearsal\, but also how we relate to one another.  \nThis cast of Black W*ackers/Punkers is here to express our contemporary movement within this culture. The conversation centers on sharing process and exchanging what the audience perceives\, understands\, or questions. This is not a performance.  \nWe invite you into our space of Punkness—to witness\, be inspired\, and see how W*acking/Punking has shaped us. We hope to encourage more Black bodies\, especially younger generations\, to find themselves in this practice.  \nWacking/Punking is activism: a tool against oppression\, and a force of resistance. Dare to Wack. Dare to fight back. Dare to be a Punk. Dare to protect one another.  \nThis event is open to all\, and we intentionally invite Black bodies to be present —Queer\, Cis\, Women\, Men\, Trans\, teenagers\, and multiple generations. This is not exclusionary\, but about being both the representation and the represented.    \nhttps://bethanyarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Black-Waackers-Promo-BAC.mp4\n  \nInitial Ideation [circa 2024]\nW*acking/Punking\, an American social justice dance form\, emerged in the gay clubs of Los Angeles during the disco era and was predominantly expressed by Black bodies. The DJ Michelangelo\, a central force in its formation\, cultivated it as something shared among those who needed it—never for sale. Today\, the erasure of Black bodies within this dance form is both flagrant and violent. Its global evolution has created space for expression\, visibility\, and livelihood elsewhere—opportunities that remain largely unseen and under-supported in the United States.  \nWith this work\, I’m interested in exploring how different Black bodies connect with W*acking—what it means to us now\, more than 40 years after its inception. I ask: what is the Queer\, Black\, American evolution of this movement today? How can this dance form help us confront the challenges we face as Black Queer bodies? How do we reclaim its power and have it recognized and celebrated on American soil?  \nAt its core\, this work is about visibility—centering Black bodies\, and in particular Black Queer bodies\, while holding space for Black women and non-queer Black bodies whose contributions and presence remain essential. It is about how we use W*acking to express\, to take up space\, and to empower. There is also an opportunity to reach both teens and adults—to use this movement as a force against prejudice\, queerphobia\, racism\, and more.  \nThrough dance and conversation\, this work unfolds in three parts: a performance\, a film\, and a graphic novel. At its center is the question: what happens when W*ackers and Punkers are imagined as super-humans? What are the superpowers we carry that allow us to express\, activate\, and empower? And how can this dance form support us in meeting the challenges of the present moment?  \nPresent Day Flow [circa April 2026]\nNow that the residency process has begun\, the exploration is taking shape through the imagining of W*ackers and Punkers as super-humans.  \nThe quest: to find personal and collective freedom. To build an army of Black W*ackers and Punkers. To examine our specific strengths—how they have been used\, misused\, or exploited—and how they can live fully in our expression of W*acking/Punking. What defines our personal and collective arsenal of superpowers within this culture?  \nTheir powers emerge from the elements of our culture. Poses and stances become sites of protection\, confidence\, and armor. We are Punking our way through—digging deeper to understand what we give to the culture\, and what it has given to us.  \nWe invoke our ancestors in the way we walk; the vibration of our weight meeting the earth. A return to self unfolds through 360-degree motion: spinning\, turning\, pivoting\, pirouetting. The W*acks call us to strike with force\, these are our weapons\, a vital part of our arsenal.  \nThe villain remains uncertain. Is it erasure? Internalized belief—buying into the hype? Is it the tension of yin and yang\, or the imbalance between them? Can a world of super-humans\, of super W*ackers and super Punkers\, exist without a villain\, or is oppression an ever-present force we must continually name and resist?  \nAlongside this\, we are developing a film with filmmaker Kristina Moorer\, and envisioning a graphic novel as a lookbook\, featuring Punkers posed in bold\, fashionably outrageous forms.  \nThis is the flow we stepped into just days ago. By the time we arrive at Bethany in May\, more questions will emerge; some answered\, some abandoned\, some tested\, failed\, or held for another time.  \n——–  \nThis event is an Artist Residency Community Program. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partner. \nThis Residency and Community Program are made possible through BAC’s partnership with Works & Process at the Guggenheim. BAC is proud to partner with Works & Process\, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim to support creators of the performing arts and incubate new works. As two organizations committed to supporting artists across disciplines and in various stages of their artistic process\, the partnership is a natural fit.  \nImage Credit: Courtesy of Nubian Néné / A Lady In The House Dance\, Credit: Jerick ‘Anyo’ Collantes  \nVideo Credit: Courtesy of Nubian Néné / A Lady In The House Dance\, Video credit: The Nubian Dancers: Cruella\, Jennuine\, NYX\, Amethyst at Queens College through the CUNY Dance Initiative 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/orocnubiannene/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:Work-In-Progress Showing: A Side Of The World For A Canvas with SLMDances 
DESCRIPTION:Work-In-Progress Showing: A Side Of The World For A Canvas \nBased on the work of Zora Neale Hurston\nwith SLMDances\nSaturday May 16\, 2026\, 2-4PM\nOpen to all ages \nWHAT TO EXPECT: \nJoin SLMDances for a public offering as the culmination of their Works & Process Residency at Bethany Arts Community for their new work in development\, A Side Of The World For A Canvas\, based on the work of Zora Neale Hurston.   \nThis informal sharing will include a performance of their work-in-progress developed during their residency week\, and invite participation and feedback from witnesses. Open to all ages.   \nThis program will be hosted outside with masking encouraged. In the case of inclement weather\, we will move inside\, and masks will be required for attendees. Please bring a mask of your own; we will have masks available onsite.  \nA SIDE OF THE WORLD FOR A CANVAS: \nThe primary focus of this residency is to develop A Side of the World For A Canvas through rehearsal\, dramaturgy\, embodied research\, collective practice\, and reflection. A Side Of The World For A Canvas is a site-responsive dance-theater work crafted to highlight Zora Neale Hurston’s legacy as a dance and theater maker\, a foremother of Black feminism\, and an artist whose work across media amplified the stories of everyday Black folks. The title is a quote drawn from her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God that describes the ease with which men could shoot the breeze and tell stories to one another crafting their own version of reality. In this work\, women and femmes assume this agency through story telling creating their own possibilities.  \nKey questions the artists will investigate include: How do we continue to honor Zora throughout the creative process? How does each place inform the performance work?  \nHow does ethnography live in this creative process and work?  \nSYDNIE L. MOSLEY \nSydnie L. Mosley is an award-winning choreographer and writer renowned for socially aware creative work with her collective SLMDances. Her repertoire including her critically acclaimed evening length dances PURPLE: A Ritual In Nine Spells (world premiere Lincoln Center 2023\, two-time Bessie nominated)\, The Window Sex Project\, and BodyBusiness—as well as their creative processes—are a model for dance-activism. She was one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2024 and recognized by former NYC Mayor de Blasio in 2017 for using dance to fuel social change. Sydnie was part of the Bessie Award-winning skeleton architecture\, the future of our worlds\, curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa. In addition to her own work—which she has performed from Lincoln Center to the legendary Apollo Theater—she performed with Christal Brown’s INSPIRIT (2010-2013) and Brooklyn Ballet (2009-2019). She has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard University. Her writing has appeared in ESSENCE\, Dance Magazine\, and The Washington Post. SLMDances has danced across the US\, including the Brooklyn Museum\, Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State\, Dance Brigade (San Francisco)\, Dance Place (Washington DC)\, Joyce Soho\, Harlem Stage\, Judson Church\, and many more. She recently served as Assistant Choreographer for the first-ever full staging of Zora Neale Hurston’s Spunk presented by Yale Repertory Theatre\, a play that was lost to time until the Library of Congress uncovered the drama in 1997.  \nFind SLMDances: https://www.sydnielmosley.com/  \n—————   \nThis event is an Artist Residency Community Program. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partner.  \nThis Residency and Community Program are made possible through BAC’s partnership with Works & Process at the Guggenheim. BAC is proud to partner with Works & Process\, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim to support creators of the performing arts and incubate new works. As two organizations committed to supporting artists across disciplines and in various stages of their artistic process\, the partnership is a natural fit.  \nImage Credit: Courtesy of SLMDances; Photograph by Effy Grey
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/wipslmdances/
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SUMMARY:All American Composers Piano Program with Pianist Brenda Quattrini
DESCRIPTION:All American Composers Piano Program\nwith Pianist Brenda Quattrini\nDate & Time: Sunday\, May 17\, 2026 2PM\nTickets: $25 Adult / $20 Student/Senior\nFor all ages! \nJoin us for a captivating evening celebrating the rich tapestry of American music through a unique blend of works by renowned composers and those from historically underrepresented backgrounds. This concert highlights the profound contributions of women and African American composers\, showcasing their voices alongside celebrated figures in American music. \nFeatured Artists & Works\nMargaret Bonds (1913-1944): Troubled Water\nGeorge Gershwin (1898-1937): Prelude for Piano: I. Allegro\nEarl Wild (1915-2010): From 7 Virtuoso Etudes – Etude No. 3 “The Man I Love”\nAmy Beach (1867-1944): 3 Piano Pieces\, Op. 128\nTania Léon (b. 1943): Tumbáo\nLeonard Bernstein (1918-1990): “Maria” from the musical “West Side Story”\nPhilip Glass (b. 1937): Etude No. 6\nFlorence Price (1887-1953): Fantasie Negre n.1 in E minor\n \nAbout Brenda Quattrini\, Pianist and Composer\nBorn in Johannesburg\, South Africa\, Brenda Quattrini is an Italian pianist originally from Northern Italy. She started studying piano at the age at 5 and grew up between Turin and Udine. At the age of 12 she studied with renowned concert pianist Maria Golia and obtained a degree in Music history at the Conservatory of Music in Torino\, Italy. After taking part to a series of piano competitions and concerts all over Italy such as Stresa\, Albenga\, Pinerolo\, Bobbio\, Udine etc. and winning several first prizes\, she took a performing hiatus and refined her teaching skills. Ten years ago\, in 2015\, she moved to New York City and has worked as a Music teacher at La Scuola d’Italia\, a bilingual Italian-American school located on the Upper East Side and collaborated with many chamber ensembles and opera singers. She loves exposing herself to New Music and working with young living composers. In May 2024\, she took part to a concert dedicated to the music of French living composer David Chaillou and in March 2025 she collaborated with American composer and soprano singer Stephanie Susberich who presented her song cycle based on the poetry of cuban Juana Borrero. In the meantime\, she has refined her studies in Piano\, Music theory and Composition\, obtaining a Music\ndegree from Hunter College in June 2024\, while taking part to several Masterclasses and Workshops\, including an intensive week in Composition at the Juilliard School in June 2023. Because of her international identity\, Brenda is presenting two distinct but nevertheless interconnected piano programs which aim at promoting American and Italian composers both in Europe and the\nUnited States; her goal is to popularize less known musicians such as Anna Bon\, Teresa Procaccini\, William Grant Still\, Florence Price\, Tania Leon (winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Price in Music and Kennedy Center Honoree) and many more\, including her own piano compositions.
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/allamericanwithbrendaq/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert,Music,Performance,Program,Storytelling,Talk
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SUMMARY:The Artist's Circle: Art as the Disruptor - Hosted by ENU Builds
DESCRIPTION:The Artist’s Circle: Art as the Disruptor\nDate & Time: Thursday\, May 21\, 2026 7-8:30PM\nRSVP Recommended. Walk-Ins Welcome. \nArtist are welcome to join in this incredible peer-led discussion hosted by ENU Builds. Each month of March\, April\, and May will have a different topic of discussion. Whether a Studio Artist\, Local Artists or Creative. All are Welcome to join the conversation. Share experiences\, outlooks\, and information. \nMarch 19 – We Made Art… Now What?\nApril 16 – For the Love of Art or Money?\nMay 21 – Art as the Disruptor (You’re on this page now!)
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/artistcirclemay21/
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