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SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ Music Listening Library with The Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance and Hudson Valley Queer Collective
DESCRIPTION:The Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance and Hudson Valley Queer Collective \nLGBTQ+ Music Listening Library\nOn Display June 1 – July 31\, 2024 \nExperience an interactive LGBTQ+ Listening Library at Bethany Arts Community\, in collaboration with The Ossining LGBTQ Alliance and Hudson Valley Queer Collective\, June 1st to July 31st. Dive into the legacy of queer musicians through vinyl\, CDs\, and cassettes on multiple sound mediums. Opening celebration on June 5th! Calling all queer musicians\, record stores\, labels\, and music enthusiasts: Donate vinyl\, cassettes\, or CDs featuring LGBTQ+ artists of any era to be a part of this immersive journey. Reach out at ossininglgtbq@gmail.com to donate! \nListening Hours (Starting June 1):\nMonday-Friday: 10AM-4PM\nWednesday\, June 5\, 2024: 10AM-9PM (Join us for our opening celebration at 7PM!)\nMore dates and hours TBA! \nOpening Celebration: Wednesday\, June 5\, 2024 7-9PM\nJoin us to launch 2 incredible months of LGBTQ+ Music Listening Library! \n Curator\, Christina Picciano \nAbout The Curator\nChristina Picciano is a queer musician\, activist\, and community organizer from Ossining\, New York. Her work explores the intersection of art and advocacy\, using her music and organizational efforts to inspire and empower the LGBTQ+ community in Westchester and beyond. A self-taught multi-instrumentalist\, she leads the band All My Friends\, using music to explore themes of queerness and identity.  A recipient of the Creatives Rebuild NY Artist Employment Grant she has spent the last two years with The LOFT LGBTQ+ Community Center in White Plains\, implementing arts programming such as Queer Voices\, a group that supports LGBTQ+ musicians of all ages\, and  LOFT Night Out\, a monthly community nightlife event celebrating queer art and culture.  In 2018\, she established the Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance\, working with elected officials\, non profit organizations and local businesses to amplify visibility and advocate for the queer community in Ossining. In 2021\, Christina was a recipient of the New York State Senate SD 38 LGBTQ Hero award\, which recognized her various contributions to LGBTQ+ causes here in Westchester\, including her creation of the Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance.” Currently\, she is developing the Hudson Valley Queer Collective to support queer artists and inclusive arts events across the region. \nLearn more about The Ossining LGBTQ+ Alliance here! \nLearn more about the Hudson Valley Queer Collective here!
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/lgbtqmusiclibrary/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:LGBTQ+ Pride,Music,Performance,Poetry,Program,Reading,Sculpture,Storytelling,Talk,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:The Camp of Witchcraft and Wizardry
DESCRIPTION:The Camp of Witchcraft and Wizardry\nPresented by Theater O!\nJuly 8 – July 26\, 2024 – Three One-Week Sessions \nRegister Here!\nTheater O is back at Bethany in the Summer of 2024 with our much-loved Harry Potter-themed\, arts-based camp.  Participants will be sorted into houses\, and participate in a House Cup competition. Each day participants will do a creative writing assignment with their house\, play Harry Potter improv games\, create a work of art\, and play quidditch!  The Camp runs Monday-Friday\, 9 am – 3 pm.  Campers bring their own NUT-FREE lunch and snack\, and lunch and snack are refrigerated.  Campers must bring water bottles. \nFAQ\nQ: My child is not yet 7\, but they love Harry Potter!  Can they attend?  \nA: If your child knows that Dumbledore dies\, or you think if they find out at camp it will not turn into an existential crisis\, yes. \nQ: Are the activities different from week to week?\nA: The structure of each week is the same in that every week campers carve wands\, write and illustrate Quibbler articles\, create Patronus puppets\, and participate in daily House challenges.  The activities themselves are projects that are kid-driven.  So while they will write a Quibbler article each week\, their partners and prompts will be different. \nQ: How much time do you spend outside?\nA: About 50/50 in pre-covid times.  During the pandemic\, we spend as much time outside as possible. \n 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/witchcraftandwizardry24/
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SUMMARY:byContrast – NY/NJ Studio Art Quilt Associates Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:byCONTRAST\, a NJ+NY regional exhibition\, comes to Ossining thanks to the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) [About | SAQA – Studio Art Quilt Associates]. Juried by mixed media artist\, Merill Comeau\, it features quilts created by thirty-three textile artists. The show already garnered praise when shown at View Center for Arts and Culture in Old Forge\, NY September 30\, 2023–November 25\, 2023\, and then at the Broome County Arts Council\, Binghamton\, NY April 2\, 2024–April 27\, 2024. See the review at Pipe Dream [BCAC puts on ‘byCONTRAST’ exhibition – Pipe Dream (bupipedream.com)]. Join the opening reception from 6-8 p.m. on July 12 at Bethany Arts Community. \nShow Period: July 12 – August 2\, 2024\nOpening Reception: Friday\, July 12\, 2024 6-8PM\nGallery Hours (Starting July 15)\nMonday – Friday: 10AM-4PM
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LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:HOMEGROWN SHAKESPEARE:  A Midsummer Night’s Dream - River's Edge Theatre Co.
DESCRIPTION:PURCHASE TICKETS HERE! \nHOMEGROWN SHAKESPEARE:\nA Midsummer Night’s Dream \nDirected by Jessica Irons \nShakespeare never looked so sustainable! Earth conscious actors are assigned their roles 30 days before the performance. Forbidden to rehearse with one another\, each actor must craft their own character\, costume\, and props in the privacy of their own home with sustainability in mind. Nothing can be purchased. Use of recycled materials is encouraged. Coming together for the first time on the weekend of the show\, these actors perform onstage in front of a live audience. NO HOLDS BARD! \n Recommended for ages 8 and up. \nJuly 20th at 4pm and 7pm\nJuly 21st at 4pm and 7pm \nBethany Arts Community\n40 Somerstown Road\,\nOssining\, NY 10562 \nTickets: $20 Seniors & Students/$25 General Admission \n10% of Ticket sales go to Groundwork Hudson Valley. a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating sustainable environmental change in urban neighborhoods through community based partnerships. \nLearn more about River’s Edge Theatre Co. here!
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/homegrownshakes07214/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance,Program,River's Edge Theatre Co.,Storytelling,Theater,Theater Makers
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SUMMARY:HOMEGROWN SHAKESPEARE:  A Midsummer Night’s Dream - River's Edge Theatre Co.
DESCRIPTION:PURCHASE TICKETS HERE! \nHOMEGROWN SHAKESPEARE:\nA Midsummer Night’s Dream \nDirected by Jessica Irons \nShakespeare never looked so sustainable! Earth conscious actors are assigned their roles 30 days before the performance. Forbidden to rehearse with one another\, each actor must craft their own character\, costume\, and props in the privacy of their own home with sustainability in mind. Nothing can be purchased. Use of recycled materials is encouraged. Coming together for the first time on the weekend of the show\, these actors perform onstage in front of a live audience. NO HOLDS BARD! \n Recommended for ages 8 and up. \nJuly 20th at 4pm and 7pm\nJuly 21st at 4pm and 7pm \nBethany Arts Community\n40 Somerstown Road\,\nOssining\, NY 10562 \nTickets: $20 Seniors & Students/$25 General Admission \n10% of Ticket sales go to Groundwork Hudson Valley. a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating sustainable environmental change in urban neighborhoods through community based partnerships. \nLearn more about River’s Edge Theatre Co. here!
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/homegrownshakes07217/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mindful Meditation with Tracy Cochran - July 23
DESCRIPTION:Mindful Meditation with Tracy Cochran\nDates & Times: 4 individual sessions (buy a pack of all 4 below!); July 9\, 23\, August 6\, 20\, 2024 6:30-8PM\nFee: $25 Per Class / $90 for all 4 \nJoin Tracy Cochran for Mindful Meditation on select Tuesdays from 6:30-8PM:\nJuly 9 \nJuly 23 (You’re on this page now!)\nAugust 6\nAugust 20\nALL 4 DATES (Discounted!) \nMindfulness meditation is a way of quieting the mind and opening the heart. It is the art of bringing kind\, interested attention to our thoughts\, feelings\, and sensations and the world around us\, allowing us to live a more centered\, authentic life. \nAbout Tracy\nTracy Cochran is a writer and meditation teacher. She is the author of Presence: The Art of Being at Home in Yourself\, which is available on the Shambhala Publications website and on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Presence-Art-Being-Home-Yourself \nShe has taught and led workshops at the Rubin Museum of Art\, the Getty Museum\, New York Insight Meditation Center\, the Jacob Burns Film Center\, and at corporations\, schools\, and medical facilities. She is the founder of the Hudson River Sangha\, which meets online and in-person. She also offers one-on-one mindfulness mentoring and teaching. \nPodcasts of her teachings can be found on her website\, on Insight Timer via the Rubin Museum of Art and on SoundCloud via Parabola Magazine and the Getty Museum. \nShe is the editorial director of Parabola\, an acclaimed quarterly magazine that draws on the world’s cultural and wisdom traditions to explore the questions that all humans share. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Psychology Today\, O Magazine\, New York Magazine\, Boston Review\, and in many book anthologies and podcasts. \n 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/mmwtc0723/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Mindful Meditation,Program
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SUMMARY:Drink and Draw with Peter Leeds - July 25
DESCRIPTION:Drink & Draw is a modern take on the classic artistic practice of life drawing. In this non-instructional event\, we aim to create a relaxing\, social and inclusive environment for the community to come together for a fun night of drawing. Artists of all experience levels and from all backgrounds are welcome. We also encourage those who have never tried\, but always wanted to try their hand at life drawing\, to attend.  \nWe will have a (nude) figure model for 2.5 hours posing for the group. Bring your own art supplies. BYOB. Any and all mediums are encouraged! \nThursdays\, July 25\, August 29\, September 19\, October 31\, November 21\, December 19\, 2024  7 PM – 9:30 PM\nAges: 21+\nCost: $20  \nAbout Peter\nPeter Leeds is a New York traditional artist based out of Westchester. His primary focus is anatomical studies with contemporary color theory. His work has been a range of murals\, still life\, landscape\, and portraits. 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/drinkanddrawjul25/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Drink and Draw,Workshop,Workshops
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SUMMARY:“Limitless” a Work-in-Process Showing with Ivvy
DESCRIPTION:“Limitless” a Work-in-Process Showing with Ivvy\nDate & Time: Friday\, July 26\, 2024 7-8PM\nFee: FREE! Community Program\nRegistration encouraged\, walk-ins welcome! \nStep into Ivvy’s enchanting world of Flexn\, where each movement tells a tale of resilience and grace. Her fluid motions weave together a symphony of emotion and raw energy\, blending contemporary dance with a touch of magic. With every twist and turn\, Ivvy invites you to join her on a journey through a captivating landscape of storytelling and expressive movement\, where the boundaries of reality blur and imagination takes flight\, and life is spoken with her body. \nAbout Ivvy\nBrooklyn native\, Infinite “Ivvy” Johnson has always had a knack for dance since she was a child growing up in the early 90’s\, dancing around her house to anything with a catchy beat or a rhythmic tune. Since then\, dance has always been a part of Ivvy’s life\, self-taught\, she studied styles such as hip hop\, belly dance\, and street dances called Bruk up and Flexn. One of Ivvy’s missions is to spread women empowerment through expression and movement with an unapologetic attitude and creativity. As of now Ivvy has worked with Elton John\, Sean Paul and Tanisha Scott. She has also done freelance modeling\, merging her personality with fluid movement and daring Japanese hip hop street fashion. She has performed in Monochromatic Light at the Park Avenue Armory\, Life at Larocks\, Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Tour\, and at the Guggenheim Museum. \nThis event is a 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.
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/limitless/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Program,Dance,Performance,Program,Residencies,Talk
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SUMMARY:Following the Road to Ose Tura with Adia Tamar Whitaker and Àṣẹ Dance Theater: Open Rehearsal & Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Following the Road to Ose Tura with Adia Tamar Whitaker and Àṣẹ Dance Theater: Open Rehearsal & Discussion\nDate & Time: Saturday\, July 27\, 2024 4-5:30PM\nCost: FREE! Community Program \nBethany Arts Community invites you to an informal discussion and open rehearsal of Following the Road to Ose Tura with Adia Tamar Whitaker and Àṣẹ Dance Theater. During the open rehearsal experience\, Àṣẹ will share what they’ve been working on and lab the third section of the work with an audience. Adia and Àṣẹ are interested in exploring the use of props\, and the immersive theater devices they intend to activate during the  “That Day That …” section of a 90-minute dance theater performance ritual that features the dance films of their ancestral collaborator Iyanifa Omo Osun Ifadayo Olaberinjo Efeya Makala Sampson. \n \n \nAncestral Collaborator | Iyanifa Omo Osun Ifadayo Olaberinjo Efeya Makala Sampson\nRoad to Ose Tura Dance Films | Iyanifa Omo Osun Ifadayo Olaberinjo Efeya Makala Sampson\nFollowing the Road to Ose Tura | Artistic Director | Adia Tamar Whitaker\nFollowing the Road to Ose Tura | Musical Director | Guy de Chalus\nFollowing the Road to Ose Tura | Lead Vocalists | Tilishia Goveia\, Tossie Long\nFollowing the Road to Ose Tura | Dancers: | Jovan Clay\, Stephanie Bastos\, Rosa del Carmen Machuca\, Rochelle Jamila\nSupporting Musician | Miles Lassi \nAbout Adia & Àṣẹ Dance Theater\nAdia Tamar Whitaker | IG: @ase_dance | IG: @ase_adiawhitaker | Artistic Director of the 24-year old Brooklyn based dance theater ensemble Àṣẹ Dance Theater EAST and bay area based dance theater ensemble Àṣẹ Dance Theater WEST\, has performed contemporary dance\, vernacular movement\, Afro-Haitian\, and Haitian dance in the U.S. and abroad for 22 years. Whitaker has traveled to Haiti\, Cuba\, Brazil\, France\, Germany\, Spain\, the Netherlands\, Belgium\, Ghana\, Jamaica\, Trinidad\, Tobago\, and Antigua to study\, perform\, and teach dance. Whitaker received an MFA in Dance from Hollins University\, a BA in Dance from San Francisco State University\, and attended The Ailey School. She was an Urban Bush Women Apprentice\, a Maggie Allesee Choreographic Fellow\, and an Isadora Duncan Award recipient. In 2019\, Whitaker’s company performed at ODC\, she received the NYSCA/NYFA Award in Choreography\, and completed her first residency at the Kennedy Center.  In 2021\, Whitaker’s choreography was featured in the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Virtual Dance Africa\, she completed a second residency at the Kennedy Center\, became a Gerbode Foundation Special Awards in the Arts Grant recipient\, and curatorial artist for Albany Symphony Orchestra and Brooklyn Children’s Museum. In 2022\, Whitaker and Dance Mission Theater received a Kenneth Rainin Foundation New Program Grant. In 2023\,  Adia was awarded a Brooklyn Arts Council Creative Equations Fund; Justice\, Equity\, Sustainability\, + Performing Arts Grant and a NEFA National Dance Project Production and Touring Grant. \nAbout The Road to Ose Tura & Following the Road to Ose Tura \n\n\n\nThe Road to Ose Tura | Efeya Sampson\nOn August 6\, 2020\, Efeya Ifadayo Olaberinjo Makala Sampson a Brooklyn native\, Ifa priestess\, dancer\, choreographer\, scholar\, educator\, folklorist\, and beloved member of Àṣẹ Dance Theater EAST (Adia’s Brooklyn based dance theater ensemble) transitioned into the ancestral realm. Before she made her transition\, she created the beginning of a dance film called The Road to Ose Tura. As Efeya got closer to transitioning\, she sent Whitaker and some members of her Brooklyn dance community all the videos of the movement she was dreaming into life and her rehearsal footage in a Google drive. In her human form\, she did not finish setting her work on dancers. This task has been passed along to Adia; (1) Set Efeya’s ancestral dance prayers on dancers\, and (2) Complete the dance film she began. In 2022\, Adia Tamar Whitaker\, Renee Kimberly Smith (an Executive Leader\, Strategist\, Cultural Curator\, Efeya’s spiritual family\, and Research/Development Partner for both The Road to Ose Tura and Following the Road to Ose Tura)\, and Photographer/Cinematographer Ralston R. Smith were able to complete the 2nd section of The Road to Ose Tura dance film. \nFollowing the Road to Ose Tura | Adia Tamar Whitaker \nFollowing The Road to Ose Tura is the landing pad/container for Whitaker’s personal reflections while building her friend’s film\, and navigating her own grief. It is Whitaker’s journey to express her story and place it in conversation with Efeya’s story. It’s the story of Adia being diagnosed with a far less life-threatening cancer and having excellent health insurance while supporting the health needs of a friend and artist fighting to stay alive with standard health insurance. It’s the story of Adia still being here on earth\, still dancing with Efeya in their new relationship. It’s the story of listening and not being listened to. The story of how Adia and so many others are different because of Efeya’s life and transition. The story of visible invisible people … Black women …  POC … Artists … Undocumented essential workers … Elders … And many more weathering\, living\, and dying. It is the story of Adia finding healing and speaking her truth through fully realizing her friend’s work and her own. \nFollowing the Road to Ose Tura | The Premiere | San Francisco\, CA | 2024 | Following the Road to Ose Tura is a series of four different 25-minute-long ritual dance theater performances/ceremonies. Each day features a different 25-minute-long performance ritual. Each ritual will be repeated four times on the day it is performed. Each 25-minute performance ritual will happen in four different locations. Two of the performance ritual locations will be outside in two visible invisible spaces. Two performance ritual locations will be inside in two visible invisible spaces. The entire series of performances will happen over four days. Creative projections and/or screenings of Efeya’s dance film be featured on each performance ritual day. \nFollowing the Road to Ose Tura | The Tour | 2025 – 2027 | After the premiere\, the performance structure of Following the Road to Ose Tura will need to be modified and adjusted for the concert stage. The presenters listed below have expressed an interest and commitment to booking Following the Road to Ose Tura. In addition\, they have also expressed an interest and commitment to booking Adia as a lecturer and to teach master classes in Afro-Haitian dance\, Contemporary\, Vernacular\, and Dunham Technique-based movement to their graduate students\, undergraduate student university dance ensembles\, and community based youth ensembles. \n\n\n\n\nThis event is a 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.
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/asedance/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Program,Dance,Music,Performance,Program,Storytelling,Talk,Theater,Theater Makers
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