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Florence Vandamm was one of the greats of black and white photography, capable of modulating infinite gradations of greys. The Vandamm Theatrical Photograph Collection, and the prints elsewh…
[AUDIO] An evening of songs that have been cut from this season's new Broadway musicals, including songs from The Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, and Rocky featuring performance and comm…
With all of my past allusions to time travel, the fictional trope, I thought it was time that I accounted for my flippancy with some hard time travel news. Who wouldn't want a time machi…
One of my colleagues, speaking of our collection of unique recordings at the Library for the Performing Arts, has said that, “all of our recordings are made by professionals, but recor…
Last week, LPA hosted a public program on The Beatles and their circle as an influence on fashion in England and here. Phyllis Magidson, Curator of Costume and Textiles for the Museum of the…
Last week, LPA hosted a public program on The Beatles and their circle as an influence on fashion in England and here. Phyllis Magidson, Curator of Costume and Textiles for the Museum of the…
This month the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts celebrates composer David Amram with three free public programs: a screening of the film David Amram: the First 80 Years &ndash…
You can't help it, you are just so jazzed that it is The Beatles' 50th Anniversary of their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show that you've grown your moptop, dusted off your Hofn…
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is thrilled to celebrate the acquisition of composer David Amram's archive. Amram was the paramount musician to the Beat Generation, h…
When you enter the exhibition and walk past the stage set-up (accompanied by the sound of screaming girls), you see a line-up of microphones and a video clip of the Beatles landing in NYC fo…
The Jerome Robbins Dance Division's latest Annual Report FY 2013 is now online on the Library's website documenting another full and active year for the Dance Division. The number of public …
The Jerome Robbins Dance Division's latest Annual Report FY 2013 is now online on the Library's website documenting another full and active year for the Dance Division. The number of public …
Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles will be on view at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) from February 6 through May 10, 2014. A project of The GRAMMY Museum® at L.…
Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles will be on view at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) from February 6 through May 10, 2014. A project of The GRAMMY Museum® at L.…
The representation of the professional and artistic career of Florence Vandamm has a major gap, which we are doing our best to fill in. Her London scrapbook goes from 1908"1915. The Vandamm …
The representation of the professional and artistic career of Florence Vandamm has a major gap, which we are doing our best to fill in. Her London scrapbook goes from 1908"1915. The Vandamm …
Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles will be on view at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) from February 6 through May 10, 2014. A project of The GRAMMY Museum® at L.…
Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles will be on view at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) from February 6 through May 10, 2014. A project of The GRAMMY Museum® at L.…
They figured the two of you weren't perverts.Barbara: Right, exactly. Because photographers had a really bad reputation, and these kids, they don't know. They'd walk around the city and go s…
They figured the two of you weren't perverts.Barbara: Right, exactly. Because photographers had a really bad reputation, and these kids, they don't know. They'd walk around the city and go s…
You are invited to join us here at the Library for the Performing Arts for a Kinokophone Recording Workshop on Thursday, May 15th at 6 p.m. in the 3rd Floor Screening Room. We will explore i…
You are invited to join us here at the Library for the Performing Arts for a Kinokophone Recording Workshop on Thursday, May 15th at 6 p.m. in the 3rd Floor Screening Room. We will explore i…
The return of Daylight Saving Time means that we have all just experienced a temporal displacement. Let's set Time Machine back by a small increment and briefly revisit the VHS f…
The return of Daylight Saving Time means that we have all just experienced a temporal displacement. Let's set Time Machine back by a small increment and briefly revisit the VHS f…
By the time that you read this post, the exhibition Pioneering Poet of Light: Florence Vandamm & the Vandamm Studio will have been de-installed. The photograph and key sheets will …
