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United Palace: Twelfth Night

Date: Wednesday, October 23 | Time: 7–8:30pm | FREE
Twelfth Night

David Belkovski and Rachell Ellen Wong, directors

Nola Richardson, soprano
Roderick Williams, baritone
Ximenez & Handel

Twelfth Night presents a night of unforgettable music in a spectacular venue. Divided by an ocean and living more than a century apart, Pedro Ximenez and George Frideric Handel represent the two vibrant cultures of Peru and Italy. In spite of any differences, they eagerly drew on the artistic traditions buzzing around them. Ximenez’ music deftly weaves folk song around classical structures while Handel derived his inspiration from ancient Roman stories. Join Twelfth Night at the United Palace for this special night!

Based in NYC, Twelfth Night is an ensemble of historical performance specialists led by David Belkovski and Rachell Ellen Wong, formed with the firm belief that art is best explored as a meeting place of the past, present, and future. Twelfth Night projects and engagements range from small chamber music (2-5 musicians) to larger orchestral and operatic productions. Inspired by Shakespeare’s play of the same name, the ensemble strives to invoke a spirit of boundless revelry, celebration, and community in their programming. The two co-founders are regarded as key young representatives of early music: Rachell is the only baroque artist to receive an Avery Fisher Career Grant and David is the only recipient in the field of early music to receive the Levinson Arts Achievement Award.

 

This program is supported by the United Palace of Cultural Arts, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

United Palace: Little Women

Sunday, December 15 | Doors & Book Swap: 2:00pm | Pre-Show Caroling: 2:30pm | Screening: 3:00pm | $5 Tickets 

In 19th century Massachusetts, while the March sisters – Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth – enter the threshold of womanhood, they go through many ups and downs in life and endeavor to make important decisions that can affect their future.

We continue to honor our past as a vaudeville house with live entertainment before the main feature on the big screen. This holiday season screening of Little Women (2019) will include pre-show caroling on stage, led by the talented young performers of Statement Arts, and a medley of songs from the musical version of the story, performed by Ridgefield High School thespians who mounted the show earlier this year.

Also before the main feature, we will honor the literary roots of Little Women with a “book swap” in the Grand Foyer. In collaboration with Word Up Community Bookshop, we encourage you to contribute gently loved books and take home new reads. Please bring a book if you wish to participate.

 

DETAILS

Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, and Eliza Scanlen. Directed by Greta Gerwig. Written by Greta Gerwig and Louisa May Alcott. The movie runtime is 2 hours and 15 minutes, Rated PG, and will be screened on DCP.

Little Women (2019) continues 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 Rebel Without a Cause, The Producers (1967), Duck Soup, Hidden Figures, Finding Nemo, Thelma & Louise, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Please note: The Season of Friendship is a different series than Movies at the Palace with Lin-Manuel Miranda, 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.”

United Palace: Silent Movie Day Mini-Festival

Title: Silent Movie Day Mini-Festival

Link: https://unitedpalace.boletosexpress.com/silent-movie-day-mini-festival/78365/

Description:

SILENT MOVIE DAY MINI-FESTIVAL:
LAUREL & HARDY, CHAPLIN, & KEATON

Sunday, September 29th @ 6:30pm

Thanks to 33 recent donors, we are very close to restoring our original Wonder Morton Organ to the point of having it make sound. We will celebrate this accomplishment on September 29 with a mini-festival of silent films accompanied by live organ as part of National Silent Movie Day. The lineup features Laurel and Hardy’s short “Battle of the Century,” Charlie Chaplin’s short “The Adventurer,” and Buster Keaton’s classic “Sherlock Jr.” With a little luck, NYTOS will also present a demonstration of the Palace’s theatre organ, the first time it’s made sound in decades.

Tickets to this special event are only $25, with all proceeds supporting the theatre organ campaign.

Unite Palace – The Muse Presents: Offerings to the Ancestors

The Muse Presents: Offerings to the Ancestors

Link: https://unitedpalace.boletosexpress.com/the-muse-presents-offerings-to-the-ancestors/79035/

FREE with registration

Friday, November 1, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm, Show: 7:00pm

The Grand Foyer of the United Palace will be become an ancestral altar on Friday, November 1, 2024.

As humans, we are each deeply connected to the people that came before us, our ancestors.  Whether you have met them during your lifetime or not, your connections to them run deep not only genetically & geographically, but also spiritually.  Join us as we intentionally connect with the ancestors, honoring them, celebrating them & sending them messages of gratitude & love.

We invite you to bring any photos that you may like to contribute to the ancestral altar of your loved ones who have passed on &/or any food offerings that you would like to leave on the altar.  You will also be invited to write out a message to your ancestors, both known & unknown, to acknowledge their presence, ask for guidance or to tell them anything at all that is on your mind or in your heart.

Offerings to the Ancestors is an annual event presented by The Muse, the United Palace of Spiritual Arts’ a monthly program celebrating inspiration, the arts & community, challenging participants to reimagine what’s possible in art & in life.

The event will culminate with a group meditation & other creative offerings to infuse the evening with more meaning & purpose.

United Palace: Comedy with Morir Soñando (6:30 & 9pm Shows)

Tickets $20-$50 (6:30pm Show only) (For accessible seats call 212-568-1157.)

Glorelys Mora and Sasha Merci of Morir Soñando return to the United Palace for another uproarious night of stand-up comedy in the Grand Foyer with two shows, at 6:30pm and 9pm. Have a drink or two with the funny primos/primas in our community as we laugh, heal, and cry together!

Tickets are extremely limited – order today.

About Glorelys Mora – @GLORELYSMORA

Glorelys “The Legend” Mora is a Dominican-American stand-up comedian, writer, and actress hailing from Washington Heights. Known for her hilarious observations, honest storytelling, and relatable “homegirl” humor (as well as inadvertently launching her career by telling her advertising boss to “suck it” in 2018), she has quickly become a rising star in the comedy scene. Recently, she made the big move from the Big Apple to the Golden state and is now one of the co-hosts of the Girl Let Me Tell You Podcast on Mitú (a John Leguizamo company). Notably, she has opened for comedians such as Aida Rodriguez, Erik Rivera, Yvonne Orji, Ralph Barbosa, and more.

About Sasha Merci – @SASHMERCI

Second-generation Dominican American comedian, actress, and digital creator Sasha Merci is a Bronx native now based in Los Angeles. Sasha can be seen starring in the feature film De Lo Mio (HBO), her very own series Like, Subscribe Demilo (FUSE), and in the popular web-series Group Therapy (COMPLEX). Sasha has amassed a social media following of over 180k and has collaborated with brands like Bumble, AT&T, Heineken, Old Spice and many more. Last year Sasha was selected as one of Freeform TV’s #YoungBlackAndFreeform inaugural honoree’s which celebrates diverse content creators and thought leaders, and this year you can catch her starring in the feature film SHELTER opposite Lisa Vidal and Cam Gigandet.