HOWL and Free Films In Tompkins Presents "Chico and Rita" on Thursday August 8th!

A very special tribute to the legendary Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés
, in collaboration with Spain Culture New York-Consulate General of Spain: a Member of the network Spain Arts and Culture, and Pragda and its CineArt Spain program...

CHICO and RITA

"Lushly scored and magical; the best music film in any genre in a long time!"

Michael Phillips, The Chicago Tribune

Thursday, August 8, 2013  

On the Lawn in Tompkins Square Park, NYC 

Free Admission

Gates open at 6 PM. 

Live Music By The Rebeca Vallejo Trio at 7 PM. 

Film at sundown.

Free Churros sponsored by La Churreria from Socarrat Paella Bar

Oscar®-winning director Fernando Trueba and Spain’s legendary illustrator Javier Mariscal celebrate their passion for the music and culture of Cuba with an epic story of love, passion, and heartbreak. Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams... and each other...  from Havana to New York to Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. With an original soundtrack by legendary five-time Grammy®-winning composer Bebo Valdés, one of the greatest Cuban Jazz musicians of all time who inspired the story of Chico.

Chico & Rita captures a defining moment in the evolution of history and jazz, featuring the music of Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, and others. Recipient of multiple awards such as the Goya Award, the European Film Award, a Gaudi Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Film. 

Before the film, enjoy the sounds of the Rebeca Vallejo Trio with its Andalusian roots soaked in funk, bossa nova, soul, jazz and flamenco. Equal parts nomad and musician, Rebeca Vallejo's life has led her across several continents and infused her music with an awareness and understanding of a multitude of cultures. 

"Hailing from Spain, using her own body to incorporate percussive accents, she is an earthy grounding rod for some powerfully streaming wattage."  --Katie Bull The NYC Jazz Record. 

Churros y chocolate

Free Churros, the perfect movie-watching food,
will be offered by La Churreria
from Socarrat Paella Bar. These mouth-watering fried
 bits of sweet dough are often dipped in
or filled with chocolate or guava
or sprinkled with sugar, and nick-named the Spanish donut. 

HOWL! & Free Films In Tompkins Presents 'THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW' ON THURSDAY AUGUST 1ST!

Free Films In Tompkins: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

The ultimate in audience participation films returns to the Village! Jim Sharman's 1975 musical comedy horror film didn't do very much for audiences and critics alike when it was first released... UNTIL 1976, when it was shown at midnight at the old Waverly Theater on Sixth Avenue. Twice a week, audiences began to participate in the onscreen action and dialogue, and show up dressed for the occasion...

Thursday August 1

  Gates Open At 6 PM, Film at Sundown

FREE Admission

The Lawn In Tompkins Square Park

Enter Through South-West Entrance, Avenue A and East 7th Street

Thursday August 1st: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW... The ultimate in audience participation films returns to the Village! Jim Sharman's 1975 musical comedy horror film didn't do very much for audiences and critics alike when it was first released... UNTIL 1976, when it was shown at midnight at the old Waverly Theater on Sixth Avenue. Twice a week, audiences began to participate in the onscreen action and dialogue, and show up dressed for the occasion. In honor of this cross-dressing phenomenon and the fact that it is being shown tonight at the very same venue where WIGSTOCK got its start, HOWL Arts and Free Films in Tompkins is proud to present the Glam Rock God himself, MICHAEL T. performing his legendary rendition of "Sweet Transvestite" AND a costume contest with a $100. cash prize, sponsored by HOWL Arts. Your host for the evening is none other than that über-gothic eminence, Hattie Hathaway. Price-Waterhouse' Rikki Colon operates the absolutely famous and infallible Applause-O-Meter, and Torin Co-MC's with a vampish flair

THE GREAT ROCKY HORROR COSTUME CONTEST... $100. GRAND PRIZE... WORK THE LOOK OF YOUR FAVE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW CHARACTER...  SIGN UP AT THE HOWL HELP TABLE, JUDGING COMMENCES AT 8 PM!

 So... come dressed as Brad, Janet, Rocky, Little Nell or, best of all-- Dr. Frank N Furter-- and vie for a chance to walk away singing, with some cold, hard cash! The film stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Nell Campbell, and Meatloaf...PLUS before these wild antics occur, The mellifluous sounds of JASON TRACHTENBERG and THE PENDULUM SWINGS will get your heels a-tappin' to their boozy brand of Swing-time music!

Whether or not you enter the costume contest-- and believe me, one hundred smackers is nothing to sneeze at today (just as it was in 1975,) EVERYONE is encouraged to dress up in their own wildly interpretive versions of Rocky Horror cast members. Be as creative as you dare. You could walk home a winner!

The late Tim Curry: "So why don't you stay for the night? Or maybe a bite?"

HOWL 2013: Art Around the Park Saturday 6/1 & Sunday 6/2

Art Around the Park 2013

A live action, weekend-long event connecting Festivalgoers with more than 140 artists of all ages as they turn an 8 foot high, 900 foot long blank "canvas" encircling the exterior of Tompkins Square Park into an explosion of color and creativity. Go ahead, schmooze!

Among the multitude of wonderful artists participating this year, we can only mention in any 'depth' but a few!

Antonio "Chico" Garcia

There is, of course, the world-reknown CHICO, a local guy from the LES who has parlayed his incomparable artistic talent into a tri-coastal and international career. He is a legend! AND an Art Around the Park institution!

CHICOARTNYC site

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Mackenzie Younger

photo by Margay Kaplan

Mackenzie Younger is a young American artist,  born and raised in New York City.  His work is deeply rooted in and inspired by urban environments, forces of nature, and the crossroads of creative minds . 

Along with his personal work, Mackenzie Younger professionally paints murals for Lantern Organization and is an Art Director for Voices of Black (Music Group).

His oeuvre ranges from traditional painting-on-canvas, fine art and murals, to comic book-inspired art, journal pages, multi-media, and beyond.

Mackenzie's website 

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Anca Barbu

Anca Barbu is a New York based artist originally from Romania . She is an expressionist, abstract surreal painter and is inspired by the beautiful things in life.

Anca's Brush

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David Greene

photo:  Jim Radakovich, Art Around the Park 2012

Native New yorker, David Greene, is a professional artist living and working in his Manhattan studio for the past twenty five years. His portfolio of work consists primarily of larger than life portraits of celebrity icons. David's dramatically oversized 8 foot square celebrity portraits have always been the highlight of ART AROUND THE PARK.  (AND David's birthday IS Sunday, June 2nd!)

DavidGreenePaintings

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Darryl LaVare

Darryl LaVare left Memphis in 1986 and went to Rhode Island School of Design and began visiting New York . She moved here in 1990 and quickly immersed herself in the art, film, and music scene on the Lower East Side . 

 "I make art  to explore the meanings of life. I use my subject matter: the Tompkins Square Park riots, punks, homeless people, children, as a starting point..." 

darryllavare.com

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And MORE, so much more!

Artists include: Anca Barbu Frank Barrett, Victor Batorksy, Andres Bella, Billy the artist, Perola Bonfanti, Ian Brennan, Teresa Brown, Irma Cannovo, Simon Cardwell, Nicki Carrico, Alberto Carvalho, David Caudle, Chico, Susan Conrad, Kate Conroy, Chris Cooper, James Cornwell, Steve Cox, CRAM CONCEPTS, Emilio Cuilan, Ethan Cyr, Chauncey Dandridge, Patrick Daugherty, Taiyo De Jong, Onno De Jong, Alicia Degener, Vito Luca DiTomaso, Sophia Domeville, Peter Dougherty, Launa Eddy, Kevin Farley, Walker Fee, Luke Felisbert, Martie Flores, Alexandre Fortier, Amy Gissen, Tasha Goldblum, Mario Gomez, David Greene, Thomas Hames, Brian Harris, Jere 'JEX' Harshman, Edward Herman, Jhonatan Hernandez, Bruce Hlavna, Brianna Holley, Sam Ita, Shuri Jackson, Jeffrey Jameson, Case Jernigan, Nicolina Johnson, Ebi Kagbala, Gulnara Karpuchok, Nina Katan, Lola Katan, Ingrid Kelleman, Patrick Keyes, Darryl LaVare, Un Lee, Kevin Leong, Viveca Licata, Kerri Lindstrom, Daniel Litt, Philip Lombardo, Leslie Lowe, Andrea Lynn, Aimee Margolis, Marthalicia Matarrita, Tim McCarthy, Stephen McCombe, Fran McGee, Michael Meade, Martin Medina, Kwue Molly, Danny Mota, Michelle Nappi, Michael Natale, Jake Nelson, Alison Nolan, Daniel Olshansky, Dennis Os, James Peterson, Robert Petrick, Alex Price, David Pullman, Hannah Quirk, Jeff Richman, Frankie Roche, Doug Rochelle, Freddie Rodriguez, Kai Salvatore, Kennyray Scallon, Simon Scott, Simon Scott, Steven Shryock, Nathaniel A. Siegel, Kristen Singer, Stephen Skinner, Edward Snyder, Sok Song, Raymond Sosa, Meghan Spitzer, Bjorn Strigel, Richard Surmacz, Brett Thompson, John Trembo, Jiro Ueno, Nina Valazquez, Rolando Vega, Charles David Viera, Jonathan Weiser, Joff Wilson, Javier Winnik, Allen Yeager, and of course, Mackenzie Younger!...

Special thanks to Michele Halabura and the Bob Perl Army for making this happen!