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The World Music Institute (WMI) presents
Morocco to Brooklyn: Hassan Hakmoun / Malika Zarra
8:00 p.m.
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue (Corner of 3rd Avenue), Downtown Brooklyn, NY
Tickets: $25; $21 for WMI Friends
Call 212.545.7536 for tickets or buy online
After-party with DJ following show!
An extraordinary artist from Marrakech, Hassan Hakmoun (sintir – lute, vocals, dance) is the premier exponent of Moroccan Gnawa music in America and a commanding artist in world music circles. He performs acrobatic dances and ecstatic music from Gnawa trance ceremonies — a spellbinding blend of North African and Arab melodies with West African rhythms. Singer and composer Malika Zarra, born in Morocco and raised in Paris, is a pioneer in Maghreb jazz, incorporating Berber, Gnawa and chaabi traditions in her music. Called “Morocco’s jazz jewel” (CNN International), she has been noted for her sultry mezzo-soprano vocals in Berber, Moroccan Arabic, French and English.

Story Sundays at the Glen Sanders Mansion
Certainties: Other than Death and Taxes
Kate Dudding and Margaret French
5-8 p.m.
Glen Sanders Mansion, 1 Glen Avenue, Scotia, NY
Make Reservations NOW: (518) 384-1700 or sc@katedudding.com
Cost: $31 (includes entertainment, 3 course dinner, tax and tip) per person
Bring someone new and you save $3 (only one discount/person).
Do your taxes early, then come enjoy Kate and Margaret telling stories of the gutsy, klutzy, amazing, hell-raising, resilient human spirit.

Arts Advocacy Day
The 2012 National Arts Action Summit
Washington, DC
Register at the Americans for the Arts website
For more information about this program or any Americans for the Arts programs and services, call 202.371.2830
The 25th annual Arts Advocacy Day is the only national event that brings together a broad cross section of America’s cultural and civic organizations, along with hundreds of grassroots advocates from across the country, to underscore the importance of developing strong public policies and appropriating increased public funding for the arts.

• LEARN new ways to make the best case for the arts to decision-makers.
• NETWORK with other attendees from your state and across the country.
• BE HEARD by your members of Congress when you visit them to make the case for the arts and arts education.

The World Music Institute (WMI) presents
Senegalese Sufi Troubadour: Cheikh Lô
10:00 p.m.
Carnegie Hall Zankel Hall, 57th Street and 7th Avenue, New York, NY
Tickets: $34, $40; $30.50, $36 for WMI Friends
Call CarnegieCharge 212/247-7800 for tickets
Cheikh Lô is one of the great mavericks of African music. A superb singer and songwriter—as well as a distinctive guitarist, percussionist, and drummer—he has personalized and distilled a variety of influences from West and Central Africa.

The World Music Institute (WMI) presents
Soul of Cuba: Sierra Maestra
8:00 p.m.
Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, New York, NY
Tickets: $45, $55; $40, $50 for WMI Friends
Call 212.545-7536 or buy tickets online
Cuba’s famed Sierra Maestra, founded in 1976, has played a key role in Cuban traditional music. A leading guardian of the Cuban son tradition, the musical soul of Cuba and foundation of modern salsa, the ensemble has been instrumental in reviving and now redefining this infectious dance music for new generations and reintroducing it into the Cuban mainstream. Its repertoire ranges from classics of the Golden Age to stirring new works and includes selections from its Latin Grammy-nominated album Sonando Ya (World Village).

The World Music Institute (WMI) presents
Masters of Indian Music: Pandit Jasraj
7:00 p.m.
Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway @ 95th Street, New York, NY
Tickets: $30, $40; $25, $35 for WMI Friends
Call 212.545-7536 or buy tickets online
The legendary vocalist Pandit Jasraj is one of the last great masters of classical Indian music from the older generation. Internationally acclaimed for his remarkable 31/2 octave range, he is noted for his rich renditions of khyal, the highly improvised classical style that has become the main form of North Indian vocal music over the past 200 years. He is the foremost exponent of the Mewati gharana (school) and has received India’s major honors for his contribution to Indian music, including Padma Vibhushan and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Pandit Jasraj was introduced to New York audiences at a concert presented by the Alternative Museum (the precursor of WMI) in 1982.

Museumwise and the Museum Association of New York announce
MUSEUMS IN CONVERSATION CONFERENCE
Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Road, Albany, NY, (518) 458-8444
See schedule online
Registration opens February 1, 2012
For more information, call 800-895-1648, or email conference@museumsinconversation.org
How Do We (Re)Vision our Museums? Museums are institutions steeped in tradition but surrounded by constant change. Not everyone knows what a museum is anymore, but some certainly think that whatever it is, it’s not for them. After the 2011 conference conversation around “How Do We Prove the Value of Museums?” it seems that the next logical step in the discussion must explore how museums rethink their roles and functions to make or enhance value in the 21st century. We’ll be talking about ideas for and examples of transformation, asking and answering questions like “why should we redefine ourselves and what will happen if we don’t?” and taking on Nina Simon’s challenge “should museums be generous and greedy?” We are happy to announce of 2012 Museums in Conversation Keynoter is Ron Chew! Ron is principal of Chew Communications and the former executive director of Seattle’s Wing Luke Asian Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience. Known as an innovator using cutting-edge presentation with a locally oriented-emphasis, Chew helped redefine museums by melding cultural identity, civic participation, and museum programs into a new tool in the fight for social justice.

The World Music Institute (WMI) presents
Sound of a Hundred Colors: Pandit Ramesh Misra
7:30 p.m.
Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway @ 95th Street, New York, NY
Tickets: $30; $25 for WMI Friends
Call 212.545-7536 or buy tickets online
Pandit Ramesh Misra is one of India’s most popular maestros of the sarangi (literally “of a hundred colors”), an ancient bowed lute that evokes the sounds of the human voice and is one of the most difficult of Indian instruments to master. He is the son and disciple of the sarangi virtuoso Pandit Ramnath Misra, and is currently studying with Pandit Ravi Shankar. A highly respected soloist and a sought after accompanist to many of India’s most esteemed vocalists, he is the recipient of many of India’s most prestigious awards. His program interweaves acoustic music with informal talk.

Fort La Présentation Association presents
War of 1812 Symposium
8:45 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Freight House, 20 Market St. Ogdensburg, NY
For information, contact: 315-394-1749, fort1740@yahoo.com
Cost: max. $110
The War of 1812 symposium features eight expert speakers, equally divided between Canada and the United States, presenting seminars on strategies, campaigns and battles, Native allies, archaeology, artifact conservation, medical practices, research challenges and teaching the War of 1812.

The Ward Museum presents its
42nd Annual Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition and Art Festival
Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Award ceremony, 5 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Roland E. Powell Convention Center, Ocean City, MD
For more information call 410-742-4988, ext. 120
Admission: Multi-Day Pass: $18, Single-Day Pass: Adults - $10, Seniors & Students - $8 , Children under 12 free (with adult), Group rate for 6 or more: $6 per person
The World Championship is an international event where carvers, collectors, and visitors convene each year. Over 150 varieties of bird carvings from highly decorative works of art to functional hunting decoys can be viewed at the premiere, most prestigious competition in the world.
*See the World’s best wildfowl art!
*Attend seminars given by master carvers.
*Buy carvings at the Carver’s Art Shop.
*Shop at over 100 exhibitors’ booths selling fine art work, home decorating items, folk art, jewelry, sporting goods, and carving and art supplies.
*Bid on carvings at the Saturday afternoon auction.
The event features Educational Conference seminars and workshops on various aspects of carving for all skills levels and on related topics. The Kids’ Corner offers children many make and take projects. See event schedule and class schedule online.

MASS MoCA presents the exhibition:
The Workers: Precarity/Invisibility/Mobility
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, 1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247
Museum Hours: Every day from 10 a.m-6 p.m.
Call 518.463.4478 for more details
Admission: Adults, $15; Students, $10; Children, 6-16: $10; Children under 6: Free. Members are always Free
For information, call 413/662-2111
The timing, and the place, could not be more fitting: Once the site of a bustling factory itself — whose closure in the face of intense international competition left nearly a third of its community out of work — MASS MoCA is perhaps uniquely positioned to present this timely show. The history of North Adams’ workers mirrors that of many in the United States and abroad today who have lost a way of life to the perennial hunt for cheaper labor, even while the low-wage workers who replaced them have just begun to organize for more rights and better working conditions. The exhibition will include nearly 40 works by 25 emerging and established international artists including Claire Beckett, Osman Bozkurt, Camel Collective, Mircea Cantor, Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar, Susan Collis, Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre, Jason Dodge, Sam Durant, Harun Farocki, Yevgeniy Fiks, Anthony Hernandez, Oded Hirsch, Hugo Hopping, Emily Jacir, Laboratorio 060 with York Chang, Mary Lum, Yoshua Okon, Adrian Paci, Jaume Pitarch, Oliver Ressler, Stephanie Rothenberg, Tyler Rowland, Allan Sekula, and Santiago Sierra.

May 29, 2011 —April 14, 2012

El Museo del Barrio presents
VOCES Y VISIONES: Gran Caribe
Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Curator
Las Galerias, El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street, New York, NY 10029
This exhibition features works that explore the vast diversity and complexity of the Caribbean basin, as an accompaniment to El Museo’s upcoming exhibition, Caribbean: Crossroads of the World, presented in collaboration with Studio Museum in Harlem and Queens Museum of Art. The Caribbean has been both a subject and a source for visual expression prior to its relationship with Europe. This history, marked by a constant flow of people, objects, ideas, and images into and out of the region, has affected artistic development and practices in the Caribbean basin as well as in its counterparts in the Diaspora. This installation of Permanent Collection objects takes a narrative approach to some of the themes developed in the larger exhibition, exploring the connections between personal experiences and visual expressions. The works seen here explore the human need to move from one place to another, the urge to make epic narratives from personal stories, and the desire to share one’s love for a homeland with others. As the title implies, the islands, the coastlines and the waters that unite them are all part of this study. The exhibition explores four related themes that focus on the connections between spirituality and daily life, the shifting of people into and out of urban spaces, the persistence of abstraction as a visual language, and the constant presence of the water. Among the featured works is a large-scale painting on hand-made paper by Puerto Rican artist Rossana Martinez. This work considers islands: small, golden, irregularly shaped forms that cover the rich cobalt blue of an endless sea. Other featured objects include a selection of Haitian paintings, featuring a work by Prefet Duffaut; Puerto Rican and Guatemalan masks; sculptures by Charles Juhasz -Alvarado and Federico Ruiz; photographs by Ana Mendieta and a trio of En Foco artists, Charles Biasiny Rivera, Roger Cabán and Felipe Dante; and a costume worn by Coco Fusco in a performance as Queen Isabella, created by Pepón Osorio.

December 20, 2011 —December 9, 2012

The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library presents
Odetta — The Queen of Folk
Monday-Wednesday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday-Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m to 5 p.m.
Folklife Gallery, Crandall Public Library, 251 Glen Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801
Free to the public.
For more information, call 518-792-6508
This exhibition of original paintings, prints, and drawings by Stephen Alcorn celebrates the life and times of Odetta Holmes (1930–2008), and is occasioned by the publication of the critically acclaimed picture book titled Odetta—The Queen of Folk, conceived and illustrated by Stephen Alcorn; poem by Samantha Thornhill; and published by Scholastic Press. Produced by the Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library, this exhibition is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts Folk Arts Program, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

January 15, 2012 —June 15, 2012

The Strong National Museum of Play presents a
New Whimsical Art Trail
Saturday, February 18, 1-4 p.m. Meet the artists, learn about their craft, and purchase art
The Strong National Museum of Play, One Manhattan Square, Rochester, NY 14607, 585-263-2700
Museum Hours: Monday–Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
Admission Fees: General Admission: Adults $13, Seniors $12, Children (2–15) $11, Children younger than two free, Museum members free.
Pick up a trail guide and discover amazing glass flowers, imaginative playscapes, vividly colored African animals, and teeny tiny puppets and soft sculptures when you take the Whimsical Art Trail at the National Museum of Play. The continuing series of displays offers fresh and original works by contemporary artists on view at various locations throughout the museum galleries. Among the participating artists along the trail: Nancy Gong , a notable Rochester glass works artist, who says her creations are inspired by the temperament of her Asian background. As she describes it, her curving, graceful steel and glass flowers fuse “line, color, texture, balance, and the silent beauty of glass and metal.” Ingrid Hess , an illustrator and designer, uses flattened, simplified shapes to create bright and happy monkeys, hippos, zebras, and other African animals. She says that the simplicity of her work comes from her Amish/Mennonite roots and the bright colors and patterns are inspired by art from Costa Rico, her childhood home. David Carlson, a Southern California native, has watched the famous orange grove landscapes killed off and replaced with suburban neighborhoods. These themes fuel the creativity of his ongoing body of work called “Play-Scapes,” imaginative scenes created from old toys, small motors and gears, wood, wire, clay, and objects headed for the trash. Amy Brand, the artist behind Sweet Pea Felts, creates one-of-a-kind art toys using earth-friendly wool. Brand brings her puppets and soft sculptures to life through needle and wet felting and says she strives to create playful toys that provide a connection to the natural world. Whimsical Art Trail displays are included with general museum admission fees.

February 18, 2012 —May 20, 2012

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