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NEWS ABOUT: Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - Julia Roberts brought quite the potty mouth to a Tom Hanks tribute in New York yesterday, Us reports. “Alright well, it’s late and I’m paying my babysitter overtime and I have to pee,” the actress said as she took the stage. “So Tom, everybody fucking... More »

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film • Julia Roberts • profanity • Tom Hanks • Lincoln Center • tribute • movie star

White Director for Black Play Puts Race Center Stage

Violates playwright Wilson's wishes

Apr 23, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The selection of a white director for the Broadway revival of an August Wilson play has sparked racial tension, the New York Times reports. Before his death in 2005, Wilson refused to let white directors oversee productions of his work, partially out of racial solidarity, partially because he felt black... More »

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theater • Broadway • racism • Lincoln Center • playwright • August Wilson

ARCHITECTURE REVIEW

 Lincoln Center's
 Concert Hall Dazzles 

Renovation at Lincoln Center slices open old building

Feb 20, 09 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - While cities from LA to Copenhagen have unveiled stunning new concert halls in recent years, New York's Lincoln Center complex "seemed mired in indecision." But Alice Tully Hall, one of the center's smaller spaces, reopens to the public Sunday with a bold new design by the architects Diller... More »

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architecture • classical music • Lincoln Center • renovation • Diller Scofidio & Renfro

Troubled NYC Opera Names Dallas Conductor New GM

Company names Steel new GM after chaotic year

Jan 15, 09 7:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The New York City Opera, the deeply troubled company based at Lincoln Center, has named Dallas-based director and conductor George Steel as its new general manager. The announcement comes after last fall's departure of Gerard Mortier, the Belgian iconoclast who promised a shake-up of the opera but quit before he... More »

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New York • classical music • opera • New York City Opera • Metropolitan Opera • Lincoln Center • Gerard Mortier • George Steel

How an Amateur Made Classical Cool in NYC

Chamber rock series invites young fans to hear old masters

Jun 7, 08 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ronen Givony is no musician, he can’t read music, and had never organized a concert—until recently. Now the 28-year-old is considered one of New York’s top impresarios, thanks to his “Wordless Music” series, which puts top indie rock and electronica bands on the same bill as... More »

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New York City • classical music • concert • Lincoln Center • indie pop • rock music

Landmark NY Library to Be Renamed for Donor

Wall Street financier donates $100 million

Mar 11, 08 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Following the style of sports stadiums, Manhattan's stately beaux arts library on Fifth Avenue will be renamed for a key contributor to a billion-dollar expansion of the library system. Private equity king Stephen Schwarzman is giving the library $100 million from his several-billion-dollar fortune, reports the New York Times. Schwarzman,... More »

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Stephen Schwarzman • Blackstone Group • New York City Ballet • Museum of Modern Art • expansion • Lincoln Center • New York Public Library • Beaux Arts • Landmarks Preservation Commission • John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts • Frick Collection • Astor Hall • refurbishing • rebuilding • Mid-Manhattan library

TRAVEL

Take a Bite Out of the Big Apple

Spending the Christmas season in New York City is an adventure for the whole family

Nov 25, 07 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - New York doesn't slow down just because the weather gets nippy. If anything, there's even more to do in the city that never sleeps. TimeOut recommends catching the Washington Square Tree Lighting Dec. 4. Those seeking a little more flexibility in their plans can check out the origami Christmas tree... More »

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New York City • New York • Grand Central Station • fall travel • Lincoln Center • Central Park • holiday travel • Washington Square • Rockefeller Center

Houston, MoMA Tops in Arts $$$

Tops in donations: Houston's Museum of Fine Arts, NYC's MoMA

Oct 29, 07 9:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - A surge in private arts funding boosted the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston last year with $185.8 million, making it the top US recipient of private arts donations. Runners-up were New York's MoMA, with $133.5 million; the Smithsonian, with $131.2 million; and Boston's MFA, with $130.... More »

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donation • MoMA • arts organizations • Lincoln Center • Smithsonian

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