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Music and Art for City Greens - May 2016
"Our mission - to promote awareness and financial support for the flourishing of city green spaces."

 
   

Music and Art for City Greens - May 2016
Dear Friends:

MUSIC AND ART FOR CITY GREENS begins Season 9 of Concerts to benefit Tudor City Greens. This free, outdoor concert series resumes on Wednesday, May 25th at 6:30 pm (Rain date: Thursday, May 25th at 6:30pm.) at Tudor City Greens.    
This award winning series will once again feature professional performers from Broadway and the New York City cabaret, jazz, classical and opera scene.  More information can be found on our website at:  www.musicandartforgreen.org .
The May 25th concert will feature guest performances by:
EVA KANTOR - MetroStar Finalist
JONATHAN KANTOR  - Louis Armstrong & Barry Manilow Award Winning Reeds Player
LAUREN STANFORD - MetroStar Winner, MAC Award Nominee
JACOB STORMS - TV: Red Oaks, Carnegie Hall, Off-B'way: "Heather Smiley for President"
MARK VITALE - International tours: Jesus Christ Superstar - Jesus, West Side Story - Tony
And this seasons Series Regulars:
Host RAISSA KATONA BENNETT , Broadway's "Christine" in Phantom of the Opera and MAC & Bistro Award Winner
 
Bistro & Multiple MAC Award Winning Vocalist -  TANYA MOBERLY
 
Broadway Veteran (Original Sandy in Grease) & Star of TV's Magic Garden - CAROLE DEMAS  
 
Sound Design by Stuart J Allyn of A.D.R Studios
 
Musical Direction will be provided by JEFF CUBETA , MARK JANAS   & ERIC SEDGEWICK on piano
Last seasons final concert on September 2nd featured guest performances by:
  • Broadway Veteran (Original Sandy in Grease) & Star of TV's Magic Garden - CAROLE DEMAS
  • Broadway Veteran (Ragtime, Jesus Christ Superstar, Finian's Rainbow) - BERNARD DOTSON
  • Dynamic Vocal Group FORTE (Thomas Dieter, Johnny Hagar, Skie Ocasio & Michael Osso)
  • Bistro, Nightlife & Multiple MAC Award Winner - LORINDA LISITZA
  • Broadway Veteran (Original Johanna in Sweeney Todd) and Bistro & MAC Award Winner - SARAH RICE
  • Bistro & Multiple MAC Award Winner - AMY WOLK 

Why we do this:
Research shows that time spent in nature makes people healthier, happier and more creative, and that communities flourish where green spaces thrive. But staying green requires green! City greens need constant attention, repair and upkeep.  Music and Art for City Greens helps by producing free professional music and art events to build community awareness and increase donations to spaces which otherwise might go wanting.
 
Since 2008, when Broadway actress and award winning cabaret veteran Raissa Katona Bennett first brought the joy of live music to Tudor City, thousands of people have enjoyed these concerts under the trees and have come away with new appreciation for and dedication to the green spaces in their midst.
 
Music and Art for City Greens is a 501c3 non-profit, and all performers and support people generously donate their time and talent for these events.  100% of all donations given by attendees at this summer concert series are collected directly by the Tudor City Greens organization for the upkeep of these spaces. 
 
Where:
MUSIC AND ART FOR CITY GREENS invites you to join us again in the South Park at Tudor City (41st street between 2nd and 1st avenues - top of the hill turn left). The organization will continue to produce at Tudor City Greens, while actively promoting creative and inclusive uses of other public green spaces. 
Weather Concern Hotline:  347-868-7563
For more information, visit our website at: www.musicandartforgreen.org 
 
Let's hope that this month, the weather is going to be gorgeous, but even if the weather looks good or bad where you are, always check MUSIC AND ART FOR CITY GREENS webpage or our Facebook Fan Page . These are THE only places to check for sure, that will have the proper weather update information in a timely fashion. 
  

Special thanks to Russ Weatherford and Magda Katz, of the Time Square Chronicles, who shares these wonderful musical collages from past seasons. *


 

The Parks Concert Series 2014
The Parks Concert Series August  2014

 

 

The Concerts for City Greens - Large 1.m4v Neil Sedaka@Tudor City Green Concert
The Concerts for City Greens salute Amanda McBroom and Neil Sedaka- Large 1.m4v

 (*these recordings were not commissioned or authorized by our series  - they are publicly available at the Times Square Chronicles.)

 

Because you all asked for it, we have been 

posting the songlist from each of this seasons concerts on MUSIC AND ART FOR CITY GREENS FAN PAGE, so be sure to:   

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Producer:  Raissa Katona Bennett 
Associate Producer:
   Stage Manager:
Tanya Moberly
 

  

 
Many thanks to our new and ongoing supporters for the Concerts to Benefit Tudor City Greens.  We hope you will show your appreciation by patronizing them whenever you can, and letting them know you heard about them because of the Concerts at Tudor City!
 
Ideas


 

1. If you can't wait to find out more about what's  happening with the artists you see or are about to see at the Concerts,
become a fan of MUSIC AND ART FOR CITY GREENS and/or follow us on Twitter by clicking the links below- this is also the easiest way for us to keep you posted in the event of a rain delay along with our Weather Hotline: 347-868-7563

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2. Bookmark our newly launched  "Recommended Events"  to see the dates and venues of the artists who have appeared in our series for the past 5 seasons - we can highly recommend them all as being among the best in NYC live performance.

3. Bring a folding chair if you have one! 


 

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For information about everything happening for and at the Greens:

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Please support the performers who have donated their time and talent to the Greens.  You can find their shows at one of the following venues: 
 
 Iridium, 1650 B'way @ 51st, NYC 212-582-2121 
 
  Don't Tell Mama ,   343 W. 46th, NYC, 212-757-0788
 
  Metropolitan Room  - 34 W. 22nd, NYC 212-206-0440

54 Below 254 W. 54th Street, NYC, 646-476-3551  
 
  Beechman Theatre , 407 West 42nd Street @ 9th, NYC 212-695-6909

The Duplex -  61 Christopher Street at 7th Ave., NYC 212-255-5438 

  

Host Mark Janas and producer Tanya Moberly, present THE SALON,  at Etcetera, Etcetera, 352 W. 44th - open mic with special co-hosts and guest stars appearing every Sunday from 7 to 10 pm.


 

  Links to support and be informed of all things Cabaret, Broadway, Jazz, & Folk

Broadway World 


 

 


 

 


 

    Tudor City Greens is one of a small number of privately maintained public spaces in New York.   They were saved, designed, planted and maintained by the neighborhood.  The fight to save them is a classic urban struggle covered by the NY Times about 25 years ago.    The non-profit tenants group,  continues the tradition of park preservation.  www.tudorcitygreens.org

 

The performers you see at these concerts, donate their time and talents to benefit this cause of keeping urban green spaces green - any donation you can make, helps. 

You may donate anytime you wish, by mailing to the address listed at the bottom of this newsletter.  Thank you for your support.
 
Tax deductible donations may be made, payable to:
MUSIC AND ART FOR CITY GREENS
c/o Bennett
2 Tudor City Place, #15ES
New York, NY  10017