Benny Goodman 75th Anniversary Tribute

June 26th, 2013 by Maurice

Saturday, October 12th, 2013 8:00PM $43-$68 Goodman’s groundbreaking appearance at Carnegie Hall brought big-band jazz to the concert hall. Relive a great moment in musical history! Featuring Ken Peplowski and the Capitol Center Jazz Orchestra For more information visit the Tilles Center for Performing Arts or call (516) 299-2752.

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Friday, October 11th, 2013 8:00PM $30-$60 A gathering of 5-string masters — Béla Fleck, Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, Richie Stearns, Eric Weissberg, and Noam Pikelny — with full acoustic bluegrass band. Don’t miss the NY Banjo Summit! For more information visit the Tilles Center for Performing Arts or call (516) 299-2752.

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Saturday, October 5th, 2013; Dinner at 6:00PM, Show at 8:30PM $50-$250, $700 Benefactor tickets One of the most popular singers of her generation, and among the best-selling artists of all time, with more than 15 million albums worldwide, Diana Krall makes her long-awaited Tilles Center debut this fall. The two-time Grammy Award winner will be [...]

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Sunday, August 25th, 2013 7:00PM $10 Filmed during his “Black Album” era, Jay-Z looks back on his career as one of rap music’s most successful emcees and entrepreneurs. Rated R; 109 minutes For more information visit the Tilles Center for Performing Arts or call (516) 299-2752.

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Alex Katz: What about Style?

June 24th, 2013 by Maurice

June 29 through October 13, 2013 Daily showings at 11AM,12PM, 1PM & 3PM Free with admission Alex Katz (b.1927) is one of the most important American artists alive today. For more than 50 years, painter Alex Katz has resisted trends in modern art to pioneer and refine his own style of flat, elegant, and realistic [...]

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June 29 through October 13, 2013 Admission:$10 for adults, $8 for seniors (62 and above) and $4 for students and children Alex Katz (b.1927) is one of the most important American artists alive today. The exhibition includes landscapes and collages from early in Katz’s career and continues through the 1960s and beyond with his hallmark [...]

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AftermodernisM 2013: “A.M.”

May 15th, 2013 by Maurice

June 29th-October 13th 2013 Admission: $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (62 and above) and $4 for students and children Work by five contemporary artists is showcased in focused installations in all of the Second Floor Galleries. Featured are artists Nina Chanel Abney, Justin Craun, Wendell Gladstone, Erik Parks and Tom Sanford. The exhibition is [...]

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The Lyon, The Which and The Warhol: The Sequel

March 20th, 2013 by Charlotte

Monday, May 28, 2013 –Sunday, September 15, 2013 Celebrating Fifty Years of the Hofstra University Museum  a “sequel” to The Lyon, the Which, and the Warhol exhibition follows the format of highlighting photography from the Museum’s permanent collection by Danny Lyons and Andy Warhol and includes works in other media by Diane Arbus, Oskar Kokoschka, Alfred Maurer, and [...]

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