Lincoln Center Announces January Events Lineup

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Lincoln Center unveiled its events schedule for January and many of the events will be free admission. The events, which will all be hosted in the David Rubenstein Atrium, will include shows featuring Cuban music, jazz favorites and a puppet show using nothing but household objects.

Eight of the nine events that will be hosted by Lincoln Center at the David Rubenstein Atrium will be free admission.

Here is the full event calendar taken from a Lincoln Center press release:

Thursday, January 5 – FREE – at 7:30 pm

Atrium 360°
Burnt Sugar Arkestra Chamber: Rise of the Mojosexual Cottilion | Our Groidest Schizznits (1999-2017) Parte Dos
Celebrate 18 years of genre-exploding music with founder/guitarist/conductor Greg “Ironman” Tate, monster groove bassist Jared Michael Nickerson, and a sprawling band of musicians whose prodigious personnel and adherence to Butch Morris's “Conduction” system allows it to freely juggle a wide swath of the soul-jazz-hip-hop-rock, and avant-garde spectrums.
Commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
David Rubenstein Atrium, Frieda and Roy Furman Stage (Broadway bet. 62nd & 63rd St.)
FREE Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, including program updates, visit LincolnCenter.org/Atrium.

Saturday, January 7 – FREE – at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm
LC Kids Artists at the Atrium
JoJo and the Pinecones
Inspired by the jazz classic “Night and Day,” JoJo and the Pinecones celebrate the craziness of our days and the joys of falling asleep through their fresh kid-friendly mix of classic jazz favorites and clever originals.
Recommended for ages 2?5
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David Rubenstein Atrium, Frieda and Roy Furman Stage (Broadway bet. 62nd & 63rd St.)
FREE Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, including program updates, visit LincolnCenter.org/Atrium.

Thursday, January 12 at 7:30 pm
Atrium 360°
Great Performers: Complimentary Classical
PUBLIQuartet
Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls
Marc Mellits: String Quartet No. 3: Tapas
PUBLIQuartet: MIND | THE | GAP—Fantasy on Bach Adagio, BWV 1001
Matthew Brown: Great Danger, Keep Out
PUBLIQuartet: MIND | THE | GAP—“What is American?”
Improvisations on Dvorak’s String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (“American”)
David Rubenstein Atrium, Frieda and Roy Furman Stage (Broadway bet. 62nd & 63rd St.)
FREE Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, including program updates, visit LincolnCenter.org/Atrium.

Saturday, January 14 – 11:00 am and 2:00 pm
LC Kids presents
Argus
Step into a whimsical wonderland where table tops grow grass and water bottles become the depths of the ocean. Using nothing but household objects and the performers’ hands, Argus tells the story of an endearing little creature trying to find a home in a world where he just doesn’t fit in, brought to life with stunning creativity by Dead Puppet Society, one of Australia’s premier puppet companies.
Recommended for ages 6 and up
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Clark Studio Theater, 165 West 65th Street, Samuel B. and David Rose Bldg., 7th Floor
TICKETS: Available at the Alice Tully Hall and David Geffen Hall Box Offices, by calling CenterCharge 212.721.6500, or visiting Kids.LincolnCenter.org.

Thursday, January 19 – FREE – at 7:30 pm
Atrium 360°
Aurelio
Singer-songwriter, guitarist and percussionist, Aurelio Martinez is one of Central America’s most gifted performers. Born in Honduras, the artist is known for his powerful and evocative voice. He is a major tradition-bearer of the Garifuna culture and music and has been hailed as the Cultural Ambassador of the Garifuna nation—people of Amerindian and West African descent who live along the coasts of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In 2008, Aurelio was selected as a musician by Afropop legend Youssou N’Dour, as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.
David Rubenstein Atrium, Frieda and Roy Furman Stage (Broadway bet. 62nd & 63rd St.)
FREE Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, including program updates, visit LincolnCenter.org/Atrium.

Friday, January 20 – FREE – at 7:30 pm
¡VAYA! 63
Ola Fresca
Opening Set by DJ Bongohead at 7:00 pm
With undeniable Cuban soul at the heart of their music, 10-year-old, Brooklyn-based Ola Fresca creates a tropical sound that bridges traditional and modern Cuban dance music with, salsa, funk, and world beat rhythms. Led by Miami-raised, Cuban-American singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer Jose Conde, Ola Fresca, a trombone-driven trombone octet, has garnered high praise for its three albums and thrilled audiences at Montreal Jazzfest, Santa Monica Twilight Dance Series, and New Orleans Voodoofest. The Montreal Gazette said of the band, ““Brilliant. Thrilling. The groove never stops.”
Presented in collaboration with the NYU Music and Social Change Lab
David Rubenstein Atrium, Frieda and Roy Furman Stage (Broadway bet. 62nd & 63rd St.)
FREE Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, including program updates, visit LincolnCenter.org/Atrium.

Saturday, January 21 – FREE – at 11:00 am
LC Kids presents
Storytime at the Atrium
Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
Jean-Michael Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe’s vivid text and bold artwork, echoing Basquiat’s own, introduce young readers to the powerful message that art doesn’t always have to be neat or clean—and definitely not inside the lines—to be beautiful.
Recommended for ages 2?5
LC Kids Storytime at the Atrium is presented in collaboration with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Sign up at Kids.LincolnCenter.org for more information about family events at Lincoln Center.
David Rubenstein Atrium, Frieda and Roy Furman Stage (Broadway bet. 62nd & 63rd St.)
FREE Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, including program updates, visit LincolnCenter.org/Atrium.

Wednesday, January 25 – FREE – at 7:30 pm
Talks
Philharmonic Insights at the Atrium
Beloved Friend: Tchaikovsky and His World
On the eve of the New York Philharmonic’s three-week festival dedicated to Tchaikovsky and composers close to him (January 24–February 11, 2017), conductor Semyon Bychkov discusses the inspiration behind the festival’s programming and music with moderator Edward Yim. They will also explore what can be learned from Tchaikovsky’s closest confidants.
Presented in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic
David Rubenstein Atrium, Frieda and Roy Furman Stage (Broadway bet. 62nd & 63rd St.)
FREE Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, including program updates, visit LincolnCenter.org/Atrium.

Thursday, January 26 – FREE – at 7:30 pm
Atrium 360°
Forró in the Dark
One of the most exciting bands to come out of the wild late night Nublu scene in the East Village, Forró in the Dark combines the driving dance rhythms of forró from Northeastern Brazil with rock, jazz, psychedelia, folk, and more. Together since 2002, the collective of New York-based Brazilian ex-pats Mauro Refosco (zabumba, percussion), Guilherme Monteiro (guitar) and Jorge Continentino (pífanos, flutes, saxophones) have collaborated and performed with a wide range of artists, including David Byrne, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Thom Yorke’s Atoms for Peace, Bebel Gilberto, Gal Costa, and many others.
David Rubenstein Atrium, Frieda and Roy Furman Stage (Broadway bet. 62nd & 63rd St.)
FREE Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, including program updates, visit LincolnCenter.org/Atrium.

Photo by Chun-Hung Eric Cheng via Flickr/Creative Commons