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to TURKISH CONNECTION Art shows, concerts, cultural events, and conventions by artists and scholars from Turkey and by Turkish Americans that you may have missed :-(
December 2, 1999
through January 8, 2000
Opening reception on December 2 from 6 to 8 pm
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11 am to
6 pm. For further info call (212) 741-1149
Batu's whimsical abstract paintings are packed with
vibrant colors and swirling forms. They are often made
with non-traditional materials, including pom-poms,
costume jewels and glitter. The resulting pieces are
kitschy, idiosyncratic works that reflect, in a slightly
twisted fashion, the traditional art of Batu's native
Turkey.
December 7, 1999 at 7:30 pm.
Free Admission.
Film directed by Basar Sabuncu, Cast: includes Tarik Akan, Mujde Ar, Halil Ergun, Berhan Simsek. 108 minutes, In Turkish with English subtitles.
Campagna-Kerven Turkish Film Series in collaboration with Turkish Student Association of Boston University
November 6, 1999 at 8pm
Tickets $25, All proceeds will go to Turkish Earthquake victims. For reservations call 905 863 2251, 905 272 0896, 905 306 5489, 905 542 9870, 905 863 3895, 905 450 3475.Conductor: Irfan Dogrusoz.
October
28, 1999 at 8 pm
A Benefit Concert for Turkish Earthquake Victims
For further info call (212) 751-4000 ext 212
October 10, 1999 at 2 pm
October 10, 1999 at 7:30 pm
Tickets $35 and $30, For info call box office (212) 774-4448
or Soon Productions (212) 674-4694
October 8
1999 at 7 pm
Tickets $30, For info call American-Turkish Assoc. of
Washington, DC (301) 330-3449
Opening
reception at 7 pm on September 9, 1999
Gallery talk with slides at 7 pm on September 23, 1999 at
Sommer Center for Worship and Performing Arts
Gellery hours Mon-Thu 8 am-10 pm, Fri 8 am -4 pm, Sat 1
pm -5 pm, Sun 2 pm- 10 pm
Tel (914) 337-9300 ext. 2185, Fax (914) 395-4500
September
11 through 30, 1999
Opening reception on September 12, 1999 at 2 pm
September 26, 1999 at 3:30
pm
September 26, 1999 at 7 pm
Tickets $40 and $35, For info call (212) 370-4300 box
office or Soon Productions (212) 674-4694
Program includes Al di Meola, Ara Dinkciyan, Arto
Tuncboyaciyan, Atilla Engin & Turquoise, Badal Roy
Trio, Ilhan Ersahin Trio, Mordy Ferber Quartet, and Yasin
Uygunca.
September 23, 1999 at 8 pm
Tickets $30, reserved seating $75. For info call (212) 662-2133 or CityTix (212) 581-1212
Program includes traditional Turkish music by Omer Faruk Tekbilek and Ensemble, folkloric dances by Tayyar Akdeniz and group, and Middle Eastern dance by Sabah Shayat.
All of the proceeds of this event will go to The International Red Cross for humanitarian aid.
July 9 through 24. Opening reception on July 9, 6 pm
For info call (212) 941-8602
An Italian designer arrives in Istanbul to find that his aunt's legacy to him is a traditional steam bath. There he meets other men who need to escape and to reinvent their lives. In Italian and Turkish, with English subtitles. (No rating)
Atilla Engin's new group Turqoisie: Dan Jordan -Sax, Adam Klipple -Keyboards, Ray Ippolito -Guitar, Gilad -Percussion, Emanuel -Bass
Conceived, adapted, directed and performed (in Turkish) by Genco Erkal.
Tickets $45, $35, $30. Reservations and more info 212-979.7910, 212-772.5207, 212-772.4448
March 28, 1999 at 8 pm
Tickets $20 at box office 212-5013330
Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by Lanny Meyers
Atilla Engin's new group Turqoisie: Dan Jordan -Sax, Adam Klipple - Keyboards, Ray Ippolito - Guitar, Gilad - Percussion, Emanuel - Bass
Tickets $20. Box office 212-501.3330, For info and fax 212-307.1990
Program:
- Mozart -- Fantasy in C minor K.475
- Schumann -- Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26
- Cemal Resid Rey-- Seven Popular Folk Songs
- Prokofiev -- Sonata Nr.8
Play in two acts performed in Turkish directed by U.B. Ugural, music by Tamer, written by U.B. Ugural and Ibrahim Yazici, production by Guler Yazici, performers: Ugur & Ibo, Ali Aris, Irem Greenfield, Gullu, Gonca, and others.
$13 donation to Synod Memorial Fund
The program includes Sevgi Topyan playing Debussy and Prokofiev, and other performers: Peter Martin Weimar, Heidi Modr Weimar, Irina Mozyleva, and Paul Schwarz.
Tickets $15 and $20. Call Nur at 212.218.6991 for more info.
After a very successful run at Toronto-Canada theatre festival, the play will be presented for the first time in New York in Turkish for two performances only. Based on a story by Gogol
Set & multimedia design by Cem Aydogan
Lighting design by Harry Feiner"While the sight of rampant insanity is horrifyingly sad, witnessing delusional torment can provoke a ghastly kind of laughter. Moreover, delusional behavior mocks the orderly surface of daily life. It is absurdism in action. Turkar Coker, an internationally known Turkish-American actor, director, playwright is starring in his play, "A Madman" which he has written based on a short story by Nikolai Gogol. His superb portrayal of a contemporary middle class working man's gradual descent into dementia -by the absurd and petty nature of everyday human relations that surround him- finds some humor in the agony of madness.... The play has a strong comment on the condition of individual in our postmodern age. It also brings up, although indirectly, the questions about cultural relativity of mental condition of an individual in different societies and power relations, as those questions once asked by philosophers Deleuze-Guattari and Foucault" --The Fringe, Toronto's Theater Festival
Admission: $ 5, Reservation not required. Call 212-838.8044 for more info
Tickets $20. For reservations call the Merkin Hall box office 212-501.3330.
Tickets $15 at the door.
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