By Roger Costa
@Miller Theater
The Columbia University’s Theater will kick of fits Jazz 2025/2026 season to the sound of Brazilian rhythms. On October 4th, acclaimed and prolific Grammy-nominated clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen brings her expressive artistry and magnetic stage presence back to Miller. Named “Clarinetist of the Year” by the Jazz Journalists Association every year since 2007 and a perennial favorite in DownBeat’s critics and readers polls, Cohen and her vibrant quartet perform an evening of music rich with swing, Brazilian rhythms, and adventurous improvisation. Anat Cohen’s Quartetinho artists are Anat Cohen, clarinet, Vitor Gonçalves, piano, Tal Mashiach, bass and James Shipp on drums. Saturday October 4th at 7:30pm at Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street. Subway 1). Tickets start at $25. INFO: https://www.millertheatre.com/events/anat-cohen-quartetinho
@The Joyce Theater
Presented in partnership with The Gerald Arpino Foundation, The Joyce Theater (175 Eighth Avenue) will host a 2-week tribute to the legacy of choreographer Gerald Arpino, co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet, from September 30 thru October 12. The Arpino Dance Festival features some of the hottest dancers selected from companies across the country, such as Dance Theatre of Harlem, San Francisco Ballet, Houston Ballet, Ballet West, Oklahoma City Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet and AVID Dance. The 2 programs show includes favorite pieces “Light Rain” and “Sea Shadow” as well as some rarely performed, “Birthday Variations” and “Valentine” among others. Tickets start at $17. INFO: https://www.joyce.org/performances/arpino-dance-festival-rlc7
@New York Film Festival
The 63rd annual New York Film Festival kicks off on September 26 and runs thru October 13 at Film at Lincoln Center. Considered as the most important festival on the East Coast and showcasing the most celebrated and Awards-buzz projects of the year, the NYFF 2025 opens with “After the Hunt” starring Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield and closes with Bradley Cooper’s third directorial effort “Is This Thing On?”. Other highlights include Free Talks with professionals, shorts and revivals, and Currents, a sidebar line up of bolder and inventive worldwide works screening gems such as Radu Jude’s “Dracula” and Lucio Castro’s “Drunken Noodles”. Tickets $15-$35. INFO: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff/
@NJPAC
Three-time Grammy winner, an Oscar and Golden Globes nominee, R&B iconic superstar Raphael Saadiq has been among the greatest artists of his generation, consolidating his career since he rose to fame as the vocalist of the group “Tony! Toni! Toné!”. On Thursday, October 2 at 8pm he will land at Newark’s NJPAC (1 Center Street) for an intimate, soulful primetime show featuring some of his hits and new compositions. Get ready for unforgettable moments to the sound of “If I Had Not Loot”, “Anniversary” and many others, making this a special smooth dancing evening. A lyric after-party will follow the show featuring live poets, Djs and singers. Tickets start at $59. INFO: https://www.njpac.org/event/raphael-saadiq-2/
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