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The Actors Fund Arts Center is a community center for artists located in Downtown Brooklyn. Operated by The Actors Fund, a nationwide human services agency for professionals in the arts, AFAC's mission is to serve as a resource for Brooklyn-based performing artists and arts groups. It also serves as a venue for integrating the residents of The Schermerhorn, including persons living with special needs, with the surrounding community through the arts.
For more information, visit www.actorsfund.org/afac.
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Performances & Workshops at AFAC
September 2013
Dance Artist Ben Munisteri (with guest choreographer Rebecca Stenn)
Thursday and Friday Evenings, Sept 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, and 27 at 7:00pm
Born and raised in Brooklyn, inveterate choreographer Ben Munisteri presents new work for the first time in two years. Performed by an eight-dancer ensemble, his Time Remaining: Less Than a Minute will feature choreographic microstructures re-sequenced and re-cast in brief permutations, each lasting less than 60 seconds. A study in fleeting iterations, the dance refers obliquely to the way we experience the passage of time, the recall of memory, and the constancy of our mortality. Also, the title is the same as the message Ben gets on his Macbook each time he downloads something. The program will also include excerpts from a new solo by choreographer/dancer Rebecca Stenn. Ben's cast is Shane Rutkowski, Angela Maffia, Patra Jongjitirat, Blaine Horton, Martha Dobbs, Shomeiko Ingham, Robert Maynard, and Ben Follensbee. Family night is Friday, September 20: Bring your kids!
"complex, arresting...remarkable."--Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times
Tickets are $18.00.
Photo credit: Lois Greenfield
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Sarke (The Mirror)
Saturday, Sept 14 at 6:00pm
A classic Georgian woman tries to marry-off her daughter to a “rich” Georgian-American. The story revolves around an elderly lady “Veriko”, a Tbilisi woman who has fallen on hard times and tries to marry her daughter to a NY Georgian man she believes to be rich. This play will be performed in Georgian with English Supertitles. Dancing Crane Georgian Cultural Center strives to provide an environment to combine professional level performance in Georgian traditional arts with an all around education for children through the study and practice of these arts, and to provide opportunities for the growing Georgian immigrant community to establish healthy roots within New York City and American society.
Tickets are $40.00.
To Purchase tickets in advance contact vsirelson@gmail.com / 347-257-2741 or 914-522-3888
www.dancingcrane.org
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AMERICAN CANDY: Back to School!!
Saturday, Sept 21 at 8:00pm and Sunday, Sept 22 at 7:00pm
AMERICAN CANDY, a cheeky and irreverent Brooklyn based sketch comedy show, starts its 5th season with a saucy look at how Americans go back to school each fall. AMERICAN CANDY is the love child of ‘In Living Color’ and ‘The Carol Burnett Show.’ Combining the sass and edge of "Color" with the intelligence and heart of Burnett, AMERICAN CANDY celebrates the deliciousness of American pop culture. Founded in 2009, AMERICAN CANDY is the vision of Creative Director Hollie Harper and Michael Pauley, Artistic Director of the Hyperion Theatre Project.
Tickets are $20.00.
For Tickets Contact: reginaphelangi@gmail.com
http://americancandytv.com/American_Candy/Welcome.html
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Health Care Reform for Small Businesses and Sole Proprietors
Tuesday, September 24 at 6:30pm
Everyone's talking about The Affordable Care Act, but how will "Obamacare" affect sole proprietors and small businesses in the arts? With the implementation of Exchanges, premium subsidies for the low to middle income, and the availability of small business tax credits, the health insurance options for people working in the performing arts should increase immensely over the next year. Renata Marinaro, the Eastern Region Director of Health Services for The Actors Fund, will provide individuals with clear guidance on steps to take, and small businesses an understanding of how to navigate the new landscape at this free workshop.
Questions answered include:
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What will the options be in 2014? What is the new SHOP Exchange for small businesses?
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I’m a freelancer – what are my options?
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What are the penalties if you don’t have insurance?
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What is the small business tax credit?
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What if I can’t afford to insure my employees –what are their options?
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How will people afford insurance in the new system?
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Who is eligible for Medicaid?
To register for this free workshop, please email rmarinaro@actorsfund.org.
http://www.actorsfund.org/services-and-programs/workshops/health-care-reform-small-businesses-and-sole-proprietors
Shelter Repertory Dance Theatre Presents “Environs”
Saturday, Sept 28 at 8:00pm and Sunday, Sept 29 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
“Environs” is an exploration through movement of different naturally occurring environments. The spaces are linked based on physical characteristics and metaphorical possibilities. Included with this powerful performance by seven dancers will be live accompaniment by violinist Hajnal Pivnick performing “Pupa” composed by Dorian Wallace, and by cellist Astrid Schween performing excerpts from “Rhapsody” by Gordon Green. This concert will be Shelter’s debut performance in New York and will present choreography by artistic director Kim Neal Nofsinger.
Tickets are $25 at the door or $20 with advance reservation.
Cash only.
For Ticket Info Contact: kimnealn4@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shelter-Repertory-Dance-Theatre/153507824661751
And please save the date for...
The Actors Fund Arts Festival
Friday, October 24 – Monday, October 28
We are looking forward to October for our first ever Actors Fund Arts Festival! We hope you can join us as we celebrate the role that AFAC has come to play in the community over the last two years. The Festival will welcome back artists who have performed at AFAC in the past, as well as look to the future with exciting new work from emerging artists. Performances and events over the weekend will include film screenings, dance, live music, raffles, receptions and will culminate with a special concert, Broadway in Brooklyn: The New Brooklyn Songbook, featuring some of Broadway’s finest singers performing new and classic songs about our beloved borough. More information to come!
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