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Antoinette Montague’s Here’s To The Ladies Who Swing & Bling

Join us for an unforgettable evening as Jazz Power Initiative proudly presents the Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam: Antoinette Montague’s “Here’s to the Ladies Who Swing and Bling,” a vibrant homage to iconic jazz women including Carrie Smith, Etta Jones and Mary Lou Williams, all of whom Ms. Montague had the honor to work with in real time. Featuring the mesmerizing vibes of Nikara Warren and the rhythmic artistry of tap dancer Karen Callaway Williams. Accompanied by Eli “Dr. E” Yamin on piano, Jerry Weldon, saxophone, Lonnie Plaxico on bass, and David F. Gibson on drums. Prepare for an electrifying celebration of jazz’s legendary women. Don’t miss this fusion of talent and tribute!

United Palace: “Rebel Without a Cause” and 50s Sock Hop

Friday, March 15, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm, Show: 8:00pm
United Palace
4140 Broadway, NY, NY 10033

This 1955 James Dean classic follows a rebellious young man with a troubled past as he comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies. Starring James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo. Directed by Nicholas Ray and written by Stewart Stern, Irving Shulman, and Nicholas Ray. The movie is 1 hour and 51 minutes, rated PG-13, and will be screened on DCP.

We continue to honor our past as a vaudeville house with live entertainment before the main feature on the big screen. Come early for a sock hop on stage and photographs with James Dean himself (or at least a life-size cut out of him). We’re expecting to see lots of poodle skirts and pomade!

Rebel Without a Cause kicks off the Movies at the Palace Season of Friendship. We chose that theme after asking ourselves what we need most to get through 2024. Our supporters and fans helped us select the movies in the series, including:

  • Duck Soup (1933): May 19
  • The Producers (1967): Date TBD
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977): Date TBD
  • The Breakfast Club (1985): Date TBD
  • Thelma & Louise (1991): Date TBD
  • Finding Nemo (2003): Date TBD
  • Hidden Figures (2016): Date TBD
  • Little Women (2019): Date TBD

Please note: The Season of Friendship is a different series than Movies at the Palace with Lin-Manuel Mirand, who is not scheduled to be at this screening. 

UNITED PALACE HISTORY

The ornate United Palace opened in 1930 as the Loew’s 175th Street Theatre, a deluxe movie theatre and vaudeville house, the last of the five Wonder Theatres in New York City and New Jersey. Its first act as a movie theatre ended in April 1969 with a screening of “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

With a groundswell of community support and our good friend, patron, and neighbor Lin-Manuel Miranda, movies returned to the United Palace in 2013. Since then we have screened over 100 feature films, from world premieres (“In the Heights” and “Halftime” as part of the Tribeca Festival) to all-time classics (“It’s A Wonderful Life”), to community favorites (the documentary “Mad Hot Ballroom” about local school children winning a citywide dance contest).

Our goal is to have the cinematic experience come alive for audiences too used to watching movies on their phones or TVs.

One of our highest compliments came from Robert DeNiro who, speaking before a 50th anniversary screening of “The Godfather,” described watching a movie at the United Palace as: “The moviegoing experience doesn’t get any better.”