{"id":60485,"date":"2025-05-06T19:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T23:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/?p=60485"},"modified":"2025-05-06T19:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T23:19:11","slug":"agenda-cultural-may-6th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/2025\/05\/06\/agenda-cultural-may-6th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Agenda Cultural: May 6th, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Roger Costa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

@NJPAC<\/strong><\/p>\n

The great and incomparable Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to NJPAC, 1 Center Street in Newark, for their annual Mother\u2019s Day Special Celebration, showcasing the best in African-American rhythms and movements.<\/p>\n

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Formed by exuberant, athletic and vibrant young dancers (including Rio\u2019s Leonardo Brito and Rio Grande do Sul\u2019s Dandara Veiga, and two New Jersey natives, Christopher Taylor and Chalvar Monteiro) the company will celebrate the legacy of the late artistic director Judith Jameson while inspiring audiences with their highly emotional techniques. The program includes audience favorite \u201cRevelations\u201d, Elisa Monte\u2019s sculptural duet \u201cTreading\u201d and Ronald K. Brown\u2019s \u201cGrace\u201d among others. Friday thru Sunday, May 9-11. \u00a0Photo by Dario Calmese. Tickets start at $25. INFO: https:\/\/www.njpac.org\/event\/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater-25\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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@Film at Lincoln Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bringing the most exciting new titles in Italian cinema, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2025 will be held at Film at Lincoln Center from May 29 thru June 5. Now in its 24th<\/sup> edition, the festival is co-presented by Cinecitt\u00e0 and will feature 14 New York Premieres, including Opening Night selection, Francesca Comencini\u2019s latest film, \u201cThe Time It Takes\u201d, which is nominated for six David di Donatello awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor for its star, Fabrizio Gifuni, who will be present for a Q&A. Other highlights are Francesco Costabile\u2019s suspenseful family thriller \u201cFamilia\u201d; Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio\u2019s documentary \u201cCanone effimero\u201d, which received a Special Mention Award at Berlinale; and Gianni Amelio\u2019s \u201cBattleground\u201d, a portrait of WWII. Tickets $17. INFO: https:\/\/www.filmlinc.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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@MoMA<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Museum of Modern Art just announced its next Photography exhibition in homage to celebrities from Hollywood\u2019s golden era. \u201cFace Value: Celebrity Press Photography\u201d, is the first major exhibition of Hollywood studio portraiture to be drawn from the Museum’s film stills archive since 1993. The exhibition will offer a revisionist look at the Department of Film’s photographic archive, examining the evolution of editorial practice before the digital age, AI technology, and social media reshaped the experience of celebrity. Face Value will feature over 200 works from 1921 to 1996, including studio photography of Louis Armstrong, Harry Belafonte, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Katharine Hepburn, Dennis Hopper, Lena Horne, Bela Lugosi, Carmen Miranda, Elvis Presley, Diana Ross, Barbara Stanwyck, Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy, Oprah Winfrey, and many others. On view from June 28 thru Summer 2026. INFO: https:\/\/www.moma.org\/calendar\/exhibitions<\/a><\/p>\n

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@The Joyce Theater<\/strong><\/p>\n

The exuberant and marvelously energized Parsons Dance is among the best contemporary dance companies in the world. Led by artistic director David Parsons, the company returns to The Joyce Theater (175 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan) for a two-week engagement that features some eclectic and vibrant works including the mesmerizing \u201cCaught\u201d which is Parsons\u2019 signature piece, and \u201cWolfgang\u201d which brings a Mozart score. Audiences will also be introduced to the premiere of a Rena Butler\u2019s work created in collaboration with composer Darryl J. Hoffman. Tuesday, May 13 thru Saturday May 24. Tickets start at $10. INFO: https:\/\/www.joyce.org\/performances\/158\/\/parsons-dance<\/a><\/p>\n

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@Cinema Village<\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of the 3rd<\/sup> NY Brazilian Film Series, fashion designer Mercia Braga (Nordeste Coutore) will present her new summer collection set to the trends, textures, colors and sounds of Northeast Brazil. Five models will dress her latest stylish creations, conceived during her recent visit to Brazil and finalized in her atelier in Queens, New York. Sunday, May 18 at 4:30pm. INFO: https:\/\/www.cinemavillage.com\/Now-Playing\/luiz-melodia-within-the-heart-of-brazil.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Roger Costa @NJPAC The great and incomparable Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to NJPAC, 1 Center Street in Newark, for their annual Mother\u2019s Day Special Celebration, showcasing the best in African-American rhythms and movements. Formed by exuberant, athletic and vibrant young dancers (including Rio\u2019s Leonardo Brito and Rio Grande do Sul\u2019s Dandara Veiga, and two New Jersey natives, Christopher Taylor and Chalvar Monteiro) the company will celebrate the legacy of the late artistic director Judith Jameson while inspiring audiences with their highly emotional techniques. The program includes audience favorite \u201cRevelations\u201d, Elisa Monte\u2019s sculptural duet \u201cTreading\u201d and Ronald K. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[],"views":1119,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60486,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60485\/revisions\/60486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brazilianpress.com\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}