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Shen Wei Dance Arts to Create a Site-Specific Dance Work in The Charles Engelhard Court in the American Wing of The Metropolitan Museum of Art June 6 & 13, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
The Metropolitan Museum's First Site-Specific Dance Work
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Sam Waterston, Brian Murray, Star June 20 and 27 at the Metropolitan Museum in Staged Readings of Brenson-Duveen Drama, The Old Masters
Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
(New York, May 5, 2011)—Simon Gray's intense drama of friendship, ethics, and doom involving two leading luminaries of the pre-World War II European art world—The Old Masters—will be revived for an exclusive, two-evenings-only staged reading at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on consecutive Mondays, June 20 and June 27, at 7 p.m.
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Patti and Everett B. Birch Foundation Funds Two New Galleries and Education Programs at Metropolitan Museum
Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
Emphasis on Islamic Culture of Morocco, Spain, North Africa, and Western Mediterranean Honors Memory of Longtime Supporter
Patti Cadby Birch
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Met Celebrates Senses of Springtime with Family Festival Highlighting Art and Culture from the Islamic World and the Ancient Near EastSunday, April 28, 2013
Monday, April 25, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
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Metropolitan Museum Lectures in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
May and June 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
For tickets, call the Concerts & Lectures Department at 212-570-3949 or visit
www.metmuseum.org/tickets, where updated schedules and programs (including additional lectures that are free with Museum admission) are available.
Tickets are also available at the Great Hall Box Office, which is open
Tuesday–Saturday 10–5:00, and Sunday noon–5:00.
Student discount tickets are available for some events; call 212-570-3949.
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Limor Tomer Named New Concerts & Lectures General Manager at Metropolitan Museum
Sunday, March 27, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
(New York, March 28, 2011)—Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today the appointment of Limor Tomer as the Museum's General Manager of Concerts & Lectures, effective May 2. She currently holds the dual positions of Executive Producer for Music at radio station Classical 105.9 FM WQXR and Adjunct Curator for Performing Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. At the Metropolitan Museum, Ms. Tomer—whose prolific career in the arts encompasses more than 20 years of experience as producer, programmer, administrator, and musician—will head the renowned Concerts & Lectures series, which is in its 57th season and presents more than 200 events to the public each year.
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Metropolitan Museum Concerts
May 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
Menahem Pressler & the Emerson String Quartet; Simone Dinnerstein in Recital;
Sharon Isbin & the Salomé Chamber Orchestra;
Tiempo Libre Performing from a New CD My Secret Radio;
Dan Zanes & Friends; and Nimet Habachy's Chat with Deborah Voigt
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Metropolitan Museum Adds New "Spring Break" Holiday to Roster of Met Holiday Mondays
Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 4:00 a.m.
Guitar Heroes and Other Special Exhibitions on View Monday, April 25
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Irish Singer-Songwriter Duke Special Debuts Original Songs at Metropolitan Museum Inspired by Photographs in Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand
Sunday, March 6, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
Irish musical sensation Duke Special will debut all-new songs on March 24, 2011, at
7 p.m. in a performance presented by Spectrum at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this concert conceived specifically for the Met, Duke Special has been inspired by the Museum's current exhibition Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand, which features masterpieces of photography from the early 20th century. Duke Special's signature atmospheric sound will take listeners back to a bygone era of steam trains, tycoons, grandes dames, and artists—a world of foggy city streets and tranquil country scenes.
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Metropolitan Museum Concerts
April 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011, 5:00 a.m.
Chanticleer's Monteverdi, Mahler, and New Works by Mason Bates & Erika Lloyd, Pianists Paul Lewis and Jon Nakamatsu in Recital, Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert, Musicians from Marlboro, Steve Ross's Tribute to Fred Astaire, and John Lithgow's Children's Program