Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Of particular note is the
Next Wave Festival,
September through
December, this country's foremost showcase for new experimental
works. The
BAM Rose Cinemas
show first-run independent films,
and there's free live music every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night
at
BAMcafé,
which can range from electronica by cornetist Graham
Haynes to radical jazz from the Harold Rubin Trio to the tango band
Tanguardia!
30 Lafayette Ave. (off Flatbush Ave.), Brooklyn.
&
718/636-4100.
www.bam.org. Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, M, N, Q, R, W to Pacific St./Atlantic Ave.
Carnegie Hall
Perhaps the world's most famous performance
space (How
do
you get there?), Carnegie Hall offers everything from
grand classics to the music of Ravi Shankar. The
Isaac Stern Audi-
torium,
the 2,804-seat main hall, welcomes orchestras from across
the country and the world. Many of the world's premier soloists and
ensembles give recitals. The legendary hall is both visually and
acoustically brilliant; don't miss an opportunity to experience it if
there's something on that interests you.
There's also the intimate 268-seat
Weill Recital Hall,
usually used
to showcase chamber music and vocal and instrumental recitals.
Carnegie Hall has also, after being occupied by a movie theater for
38 years, reclaimed the ornate underground 650-seat
Zankel Con-
cert Hall.
881 Seventh Ave. (at 57th St.).
&
212/247-7800.
www.carnegiehall.
org. Subway: N, Q, R, W to 57th St.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
New York is the world's
premier performing-arts city, and Lincoln Center is its premier
Lincoln Center Renovates for its 50th
The massive performing arts complex is turning 50 in 2009,
and marking the anniversary with renovations that will add
new performing spaces, a restaurant, visitor center, and
redesign its open spaces.
Alice Tully Hall
is closed for an 18-
month renovation (it will reopen in 2009). Construction has
also blocked off some of the entrances and public spaces, and
may displace some of the companies for all or part of their
2008-09 seasons. For a description of the entire project, com-
plete with videos, timelines and illustrations of what it will
all look like, visit
www.lincolncenter.org/load_screen.asp?
screen=transforming
. You can also call
&
212/LINCOLN
for
current prerecorded information and speak to a live person
by calling Customer Service at
&
212/875-5456,
Monday
through Friday from 9am to 8pm.
