RIVER TO RIVER

Brian Stokes Mitchell
The Brian Stokes Mitchell concert on Wednesday, June 3 at 7:00 pm is currently scheduled to go ahead as planned in Rockefeller Park. However, there is still a likelihood that it will be moved indoors; please check back here after 3 pm for a final decision. Thank you.



Brian Stokes Mitchell is the premier male star of the Broadway stage over the last two decades. Also a star of TV and film, his Broadway credits include Mail (1988), an all-black revival of George Gershwin's Oh, Kay! (1990), Jelly's Last Jam (1992), the 1999 revival of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate, King Hadley II (2001) and Man of La Mancha (2002). He is a four-time Tony Award winner - three for Best Leading Actor in a musical (Ragtime, Kiss Me Kate, and Man of La Mancha) and one for Best Leading Actor in a Play (king Hedley II). In 2007, Brian Stokes Mitchell made his acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut.



website: www.batteryparkcity.org
phone: 877.R2R.R2R9





Co-presented by arts>World Financial Center and Women's Project THEATER
WOMEN’S PROJECT
Global Cooling: The Women Chill
Performances

Wednesday–Friday, June 3–5, 2009
1:00 & 7:00 pm

Saturday, June 6, 2009
1:00, 4:00 & 7:00 pm
WFC Winter Garden


Global warming–do you find it chilling? Let the artists of the Women’s Project Lab lead you on a journey through the World Financial Center. Global Cooling: The Women Chill explores environmental awareness through six short theater pieces that use spoken word, song, dance, yoga and repurposed garbage.
In Green We Trust!

Pathmark Latin Dance Spectacular
Hosted by comedian Rich Ramirez. Top ensembles from the Metro area, perform nonstop Mambo, Tango, Merengue, Salsa, and Flamenco routines.location: The Seaport map
dates: June 07, 2009 - 12:00pm
June 07, 2009 - 5:00pm

POETRY WALK ACROSS THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Hettie Jones, Galway Kinnell, Thomas Lux, Natasha Trethewey and Kevin Young lead a pilgrimage across the Brooklyn Bridge with poetry readings on route, followed by dinner.location: Begins at 1 Centre Street, base of the Brooklyn Bridge
dates: June 08, 2009 - 6:30pm add to your Google calendar embed Widget

price: $250
website: www.poetshouse.org
phone: 212.431.7920


"Women of Wall Street" Exhibit
The Museum of American Finance's groundbreaking new exhibit showcasing several notable women in the world of finance and Wall Street, both historically and in modern times.location: Museum of American Finance 48 Wall Street
dates:

price: $8
website: www.moaf.org
phone: 212-908-4110


DR.C (or How I Learned to Act in Eight Steps)
Juxtaposing The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari against new text created from eight of history’s leading acting theorists, Dr.C asks why in this digital, disposable age—doeslocation: 3LD Art & Technology Center, 80 Greenwich St. @ Rector St.
dates: June 02, 2009 - 8:00pm June 03, 2009 - 8:00pm
June 04, 2009 - 8:00pm
June 05, 2009 - 8:00pm
June 06, 2009 - 8:00pm
June 07, 2009 - 8:00pm
June 08, 2009 - 8:00pm
June 09, 2009 - 8:00pm
June 10, 2009 - 8:00pm
June 11, 2009 - 8:00pm
June 12, 2009 - 8:00pm
June 13, 2009 - 8:00pm
June 14, 2009 - 8:00pm

price: $18
website: www.3ldnyc.org
phone: 212.352.3101


POETIC CITY: A CELEBRATION OF POETS HOUSE
The music of Meredith Monk performed by Don Byron, Vijay Iyer and Joy Askew, and poetry readings by Jane Hirshfield, Ed Sanders, Brenda Shaughnessy and Major Jackson in Rockefeller Park, just steps away from the future home of Poets House. Literary tours at 6:00pm.

website: www.batteryparkcity.org
phone: 877.R2R.R2R9
see full event page

June 10 7:00pm Rockefeller Park

Cool Music for Warm Summer Days sponsored by Rudin Management Company, Inc.
World renowned jazz vibrist Warren Chiasson and His Quartet performing his own compositions as well as some of the jazz greats. location: 24 State Street (aka 1 Battery Park Plaza)
dates: June 11, 2009 - 12:30pm

phone: 212 407-2429