Friends of ASF Events
IAIN FAULKNER ONE-MAN EXHIBITION
MAY 6 - JUNE 6, 2010
119 Spring Street, Ground floor, New York NY 10012
Tel: (212) 925-7474
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THE BRITISHSCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES CLUB
OF NEW YORK and its SISTER SOCIETIES
invite you to a Reception to celebrate the
COMMONWEALTH
at the historic
INDIA HOUSE
ONE HANOVER SQUARE
Downtown, Manhattan
from 6.30 – 9.00 p.m.
on
Wednesday May 19, 2010
to which the Commonwealth Consuls General have been invited
in accordance with tradition
John Robertson, Director of Development & Alumni Relations, Cardiff University, Wales will give a short address entitled:
“The Importance of Close Relations Amongst Commonwealth Countries”
Prior to the reception we invite guests to visit the BritishGarden in Hanover Square. The reception, catered by Bayards, commences at 6.30 p.m. in the Hanover Room which looks over the Garden
Hot & Cold Hors D’Oeuvres - Open Bar
($55 per person)
If you would like to attend, please contact the ASF by May 16th
Click here to download directions to India House
SANDRA BROWN: "ONE OF OUR AIN"
Download a PRESS RELEASE here
A powerful personal testimony, "One of our Ain" is based on true events. The award winning Sandra Brown OBE and former Scotswoman of the Year tells her amazing story of growing up in the small 1950's Scottish town of Coatbridge- a community profoundly affected by the disappearance of a little girl, Moira Anderson.
In what has been described as groundbreaking theatre, in a unique performance Sandra shares with the audience a superbly evoked portrayal of her childhood, and the pain of confronting her father's behaviour. Derived from her UK and European bestseller "Where There is Evil" Sandra's story of how she came to be convinced of her own father's part in a child's abduction and murder cannot fail to touch all who see it. The one woman play hurtles from glimpses of humour which are typically Scottish, to gutwrenching revelations that bring gasps.
"From the moment she stepped onstage, Sandra had the first night audience eating out of her hand. She shocked them, she made them laugh, and brought them close to tears as she recreated her family life." - Glasgow Evening Times
"Humorous...harrowing...heartstopping." - Janey Godley, writer and comedienne
"I was totally captivated - it's mindblowing" - Carol Laula, award winning Scottish singer/songwriter
PRAISE FOR SANDRA'S BOOK "WHERE THERE IS EVIL":
"Explosive, and evocative. A remarkable story that climbs into your mind and stays there" - Scotland Online
"Sandra Brown's past has come back to haunt her in an extraordinary way... it rocks many fondly held assumptions about the warmth of working class culture in the 1950's " - Sunday Times, UK
Discount Ticket codes:
FF15 = $15
FF241 = two tickets for $20 (only $10 each!)
Single Tickets regularly $20
Codes are based on limited availability and may be discontinued at any time so book today and save!
The codes can be entered here: http://www.ps122.org/performances/one_of_our_ain.html
Used via phone at 212-352-3101
And mentioned at Box Office window
http://www.ps122.org/performances/one_of_our_ain.html
http://www.facebook.com/lauren.j.brown#!/event.php?eid=116864694990611
http://www.moiraanderson.org/
TARTAN DAY BALL, WASHINGTON DC
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WALES WEEK NEW YORK
Celebrating the very best of Welsh talent
Have you seen 'A Little Night Music' yet at the Walter Kerr Theatre? Welsh actress and Academy Award winner Catherine Zeta-Jones and five-time Tony Award® winner Angela Lansbury star in the first Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Tony Award® winning masterpiece, directed by Tony Award® winner Trevor Nunn. www.nightmusiconbroadway.com
Dylan Thomas fans will want to visit The Morgan Library & Museum, March 2- 7. There's a special exhibition of some rare Dylan Thomas letters and photos including drafts of an untitled poem beginning "Too proud to die, Broken and Blind he died," which Thomas sent to the recipient the day before he died. Admission to The Morgan is $12 for adults, although it's free on Friday from 7pm to 9pm. www.themorgan.org
The Morgan is also celebrating Wales Week by offering Welsh afternoon tea each day including Welsh cakes, Welsh Rarebit and Glengettie Tea in the Morgan Cafe.
On Friday March 5th, the St. David's Society of the State of New York is holding its 175th annual St. David's Day Dinner and Dance at the prestigious Yale Club. Welsh composer Karl Jenkins will be the 2010 William R Hopkins Bronze Medal recipient at the dinner, and the evening will include a performance by BBC Number One contemporary choir Only Men Aloud. Tickets are $150 and available from James Thomas (212) 422-5456
or Email: jwthomas@amergeog.org.
Saturday March 6 at 3pm: It’s Alec Templeton Time! at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Born in Wales, the blind composer-pianist Alec Templeton was brought to America by the bandleader Jack Hylton in the mid 1930s. Templeton soon had his own weekly radio show ‘Alec Templeton Time' and then toured widely in America, earning himself a personal star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This show combines archive film footage, broadcasts and recordings with superb live performances of Templeton’s classical, jazz and blues compositions from acclaimed pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips Free entry; no reservations required.
Saturday March 6 at 8.00 pm: Music Masters of Wales at Carnegie Hall. Voted Britain’s seventh best composer of all times by listeners to Classic FM Radio, Karl Jenkins will conduct the US premiere of his Euphonium Concerto with internationally renowned fellow Welshman David Childs performing on the euphonium. The concert will also include Jenkins’s Sacred Songs and the premiere of Dewi Sant (St. David) by Arwel Hughes.
Be sure to join city guide Ianto Roberts and Professor Peter Stead on Sunday March 7th at 9.30am as they lead a one-off Dylan Thomas Walking Tour of Greenwich Village. The two-hour tour takes in ten places associated with the poet, his life and his work, and costs $25 with all proceeds going to the non-profit organization "The Dylan Thomas Prize for Young Writers." The tour will include a pint of beer in the White Horse Tavern and the gift of a book by prize-winning Welsh author Simon Van Booy. As numbers are limited, booking is required by emailing: catrin.brace@wales-uk.com
And just a train journey from New York:
WASHINGTON DC
Make a trip to the nation's capital between now and April 25th to see National Museum Wales' fascinating Davies Sisters Collection as it takes up residence at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. "Turner to Cezanne" is a collection of 53 Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings from the full set usually housed in National Museum Cardiff.www.corcoran.org/turnertocezanne
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania
Check out the "Wales in America" exhibition at the Anthracite Heritage Museum in Scranton from March 1st through May this year. It tells the story of Welsh immigration into the USA and the contribution that the Welsh have made to America throughout its history. www.anthracitemuseum.org
BOSTON
March 1st: launch of the Dylan Thomas Prize for young writers 2010 - an annual prize of £30,000 (c $46,000), awarded every November to a published writer under 30 years of age for poetry, short stories, a play, a novel or a screenplay. Evening is for members of the literary and publishing world and includes a lecture on Dylan Thomas by Professor Peter Stead Chair of the Dylan Thomas Prize followed by a launch event with the British Consul-General Dr Phil Budden and special guests Tessa Dahl and Robert Pinsky. Contact catrin.brace@walesuk.com if you would like to attend.