Cabaret

An evening-long indoor and outdoor program of music, readings, art installations, multimedia performances, and participatory stargazing will take place in the Academy’s Gallery and Bass Garden.

The event will include performances by Culture Brothers, Huck Hodge (Luciano Berio Rome Prize recipient) with Karen Yasinsky (Joseph H. Hazen Rome Prize recipient); Paul Rudy (Elliott Carter Rome Prize recipient) with Erika Eckert; and also Dava Sobel, author of Galileo’s Daughter.

Presenting installations throughout the American Academy will be Enzo Aronica, N[ever]land (projections on Casa Rustica exterior); Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil, Villa Medici, Rome (“I Will Keep a Light Burning”); Helidon Gjergii (intervention in the sixteenth-century basement levels of Casa Rustica); Giovanna Latis, AAR Italian Affiliated Fellow in the Arts (“Brancusi 03″ in Gallery); Luigi Ontani (“GalileoChiniLei”, in Gallery); Paola Pivi, AAR Italian Affiliated Fellow in the Arts (“Leoni”, in Gallery); Marco Raparelli, AAR Italian Affiliated Fellow in the Arts (collectible event t-shirts); Adrian Van Allen, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize recipient (replica of Galileo telescope, to be exhibited in the Gallery and also for stargazing). Stargazing is provided by the Musei Scientifici Roma.

Tickets are limited. Preregistration is necessary.

Each of these Galileo-related events at the American Academy in Rome is made possible through the generous support of Finmeccanica.

The Academy’s Rome Sustainable Food Project and associated vendors will cater the event with food and drink. Generously offering wine for the event is Consorzio Tutela Vino Bardolino DOC; offering coffee is Caffè Haiti; and Madi is offering artisan olive oil. Also featured are Domus Birrea and La Tradizione.

Join us for an evening with American Academy in Rome Fellows, Residents, Affiliated Fellows, Trustees, and friends as we bring the long tables of the Academy’s Cortile in Rome to New York for the 2012 Cabaret. This gathering is an opportunity to connect with new and old friends and to support the Kieran-Timberlake Permissions Associate Endowment, listen to wonderful performances by Laurie Anderson (2006 Resident) and Don Byron (2010 Fellow) and experience a delicious meal prepared by Mona Talbott, the founding chef of the Rome Sustainable Food Project. Please purchase tickets by Monday, November 26 (a limited number will be available at $50 each).

What is the Stephen J. Kieran and James Timberlake Permissions Associate?

Nearly five years ago, the architects Stephen J. Kieran (1981 Fellow) and James Timberlake (1983 Fellow)—of the Philadelphia-based firm KieranTimberlake—contacted the Academy with an idea. The kernel of this vision stemmed from a box of sketches that they keep in their office. They realized that these drawings, all done during their time at the Academy, continued to inspire their work nearly a quarter of a century later. Like many members of the Academy community, their experience was enhanced by the access they gained to archives, sites, and monuments all made possible by the work of the permissions associate at the AAR.

Wine provided by Vino Fino at Grand Vin, Principe Pallavicini, and Mandrarossa.

Come to the Cabaret! We will open the doors at 6:00pm to the Angel Orensanz Foundation for Contemporary Art at 172 Norfolk Street, and you will find Rome in New York with long tables for dinner evocative of the evening meals in Rome. As always, the evening will be equal parts reunion, cocktail party, and opportunity to connect with Fellows and friends.

A brief program will include a reading of new work by the playwright John Guare (2013 Resident) and a musical performance selected by Bang on a Can cofounder and artistic director David Lang (1991 Fellow) featuring Mark Stewart, Robert Black, and Ken Thompson.

Mona Talbott, the founding chef of the Rome Sustainable Food Project, will prepare a seated Italian feast.

An Academy store will be selling items such as Rome Sustainable Food Project cookbooks, tea towels, pasta, and more.

There are one hundred specially priced tickets—$65 each—for Fellows, Affiliated Fellows, and their guests, so that they may attend at a lower price. By purchasing any ticket of $150 or more you are automatically entered in a raffle to win the three American Academy in Rome cookbooks: Biscotti, Zuppe, and Pasta.

It’s time for the fifth annual Cabaret, a gathering of Fellows, Residents, and friends.

Please join the American Academy in Rome for our annual downtown benefit event that celebrates the work of Fellows, while providing critical support for Academy programs. As always, the fifth annual Cabaret will be equal parts reunion and dinner party.

The program features Academy Trustee Laurie Anderson (2006 Resident) along with a special performance of Bodycast by Suzanne Bocanegra (1991 Fellow) starring Kate Valk. Exploring topics as disparate as Roman art, rose queens, and Texas drill teams, Bodycast mines details of Bocanegra’s life to create a meditation on art-making and shifting ideals of feminine beauty.

Doors open at 7:00, followed by a Roman dinner prepared by Chef Sara Jenkins of Porsena and Porchetta.

In honor of the McKim, Mead & White Building’s centennial anniversary, we are offering a limited number of $100 tickets to Fellows, Affiliated Fellows, and their guests. We look forward to seeing you at this unique gathering and thank you for your continued support of the Academy.

On October 26, 2010, the American Academy in Rome will host a Cabaret in New York.

Tuesday October 26, 2010
Doors open at 7:00pm
Tickets: $150 per person
Sponsorships available

Part of our Centenary Celebration

Performances by Lisa Bielawa (2010 Fellow), Molissa Fenley (2008 Fellow), John Kelly (2007 Fellow), Nico Muhly, David Sanford (2003 Fellow), the Pittsburgh Collective, and more.

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