LAURIE ANDERSON, CHRIS THILE, AND MORE HIGHLIGHTED IN 10TH WEEK OF NY PopsUp – PHOTOS & VIDEO
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FOR RELEASE ON APRIL 27, 2021
10th WEEK OF
NY PopsUp
HIGHLIGHTED
WEEK ENDING APRIL 25
LEGENDARY AVANT-GARDE ARTIST
LAURIE ANDERSON
THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF JAZZ CLUBS
CURATED BY CÉCILE McLORIN SALVANT
AND
GRAMMY AWARD® WINNER CHRIS THILE
LOUIS CATO
SULLIVAN FORTNER
EMILY KING
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New York, NY – NY PopsUp, the statewide initiative designed to celebrate and reinvigorate the arts in New York, presented an eclectic array of performances this weekend. Performances from avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson, the inaugural jazz club in a series curated by Cécile McLorin Salvant, Grammy Award® winner Chris Thile, Louis Cato, Jazz Pianist Sullivan Fortner, and Singer-Songwriter Emily King were all a part of this weekend’s programming.
On Thursday, April 22, legendary artist Laurie Anderson performed excerpts from her album, “Big Science,” for healthcare workers and recently vaccinated New Yorkers at the Javits Center.
On Friday, April 23, Jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant curated the first in a series of Jazz Clubs at the Brooklyn Bridge Park. The inaugural performance was led by Jazz artist Kyle Poole and featured Patrick Bartley, Russell Hall, Mathis Picard, and Vuyo Sotashe.
On Saturday, April 24, Artistic Council member and Grammy Award winner Chris Thile once again brought together an all-star roster of performers for the second variety show as part of NY PopsUp. The performance featured polymath instrumentalist Louis Cato (for a second time), Jazz Pianist Sullivan Fortner, Singer-Songwriter Emily King, and renowned poet Camille Rankine.
The performances were live streamed on the festival’s Instagram feed: @NYPopsUp.
NY PopsUp is an unprecedented and expansive festival featuring hundreds of pop-up performances (many of which are free of charge and all open to the public) that intersect with the daily lives of New Yorkers, as announced by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. The series of events is intended to revitalize the spirit and well-being of New York citizens with the energy of live performance while jumpstarting New York’s live entertainment sector in coordination with the New York State Council on the Arts and Empire State Development. The programming for NY PopsUp is curated by stage director Zack Winokur, in partnership with a hand-selected council of artistic advisors who represent the diversity of New York’s dynamic performing arts scene and artistic communities.
NY PopsUp launched on Saturday, February 20 and will run through Labor Day, coinciding with the 20th Anniversary of the Tribeca Film Festival and The Festival at Little Island at Pier 55. NY PopsUp is being coordinated in lock step with state public health officials and will strictly adhere to New York State Department of Health COVID-19 protocols and guidelines. NY PopsUp’s model for delivering safe performance experiences helps provide a reopening roadmap for New York’s cultural institutions, including Lincoln Center, in the planning of their new outdoor performing arts complex, “Restart Stages.” “Restart Stages,” boasting a total of 10 outdoor performance and rehearsal spaces, is set to open April 7.
Please note that, given the impromptu nature and surprise element of the pop-up format, not all performances will be announced in advance. Please follow @NYPopsUp on Twitter and Instagram for the latest.
Collectively, NY PopsUp, the Tribeca Film Festival, and The Festival at Little Island brings a total of more than 1000 performances to New York State between February 20 and Labor Day, signaling an event unmatched in scale and unrivaled in scope.
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