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Sunday, November 4
 | Thalia Kids' Book Club: Rebecca Stead Liar and Spy Thalia Kids’ Book Club
The Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me discusses her achingly real and laugh-out-loud funny new novel about the challenges of seventh grade with fellow author Adam Gidwitz (A Tale Dark and Grimm, In a Glass Grimmly), featuring a mysterious neighbor; a new friend named Safer, a twelve-year-old coffee-drinking loner and self-appointed spy; and his SweeTart-loving sister, Candy. Actor Tom Byrn reads an excerpt.
This delicious and complex story is "as close to perfect as middle-grade novels come" - Publishers Weekly. Ages 9-12. See More... |
 | The Turandot Project Walter Scheuer Film Festi
Part of The Walter Scheuer Film Festival: A Celebration Chronicles the extraordinary production of Puccini's opera, beginning in Florence, Italy, and culminating in a spectacular outdoor performance in Beijing's ancient Forbidden City. The Oscar-winning director Zhang Yimou directs both productions in collaboration with world-renowned conductor Zubin Mehta. See More... |
 | Masters of Indian Music & Dance: Aruna Sairam World Music Institute
One of the great classical music voices of India, Padma Shri Aruna Sairam is the most sought-after vocalist of Carnatic (South Indian) music today. Her style "celebrates life in all its colors and all its emotions," and is rooted in the devotional songs from the temples of South India. With her deeply moving performances, she has created a large Western audience for Carnatic music. See More... |
 | Itzhak Perlman: Fiddling for the Future & Perlman in Shanghai Walter Scheuer Film Festi
Part of The Walter Scheuer Film Festival: A Celebration Itzhak Perlman: Fiddling for the Future Itzhak Perlman, one of the world's leading virtuosos, shares his artistry and love of teaching with a new generation of young musicians. In compelling coaching and rehearsal sessions at the Perlman Music Program and at the Juilliard School, Perlman demonstrates the same energy, dedication and mastery that audiences have come to expect from his performances. screened with: Perlman in Shanghai In August 2002, world-renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman and his wife, Toby, traveled to Shanghai with 30 high school-aged musicians and 10 faculty members from their Long Island-based Perlman Music Program. There, the American group spent three weeks with their Chinese counterparts at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where Perlman organized chamber groups, offered lessons and coaching sessions, and conducted them in a joint orchestra. See More... |
