NYC Performing Arts Spaces Blog

Working Artists: Reducing your Debt and Managing Credit

Posted by Emily Bowles, 2 weeks ago - 0 comments

Tags: free event, financial advice

Have you used credit cards to fund one of your projects and now find yourself struggling to pay off the debt?

You are not alone.  And the good news is there is free and objective, one-on-one financial advice available.

The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) and Department of Consumer Affairs Office of Financial Empowerment are hosting a day of FREE one-on-one financial counseling and workshops designed to help working artists and arts administrators in all disciplines, as well as independent workers, reduce debt and manage credit.

"The Art of Money: Personal Finance Resources for Artists"

Date: Saturday, March 6
Time: 12 PM - 5 PM
Location:  Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue (at 123rd Street), NYC
Directions: Take the A, B, C or D train or M10 bus to 125th Street. Walk two blocks south on St. Nicholas Avenue. Turn left onto 123rd Street.

"Arts for All" Seminar 11/17: Free Admission

Posted by Emily Bowles, on November 13, 2009 - 0 comments

Tags: free event, advocacy, lobbying

"Arts for All" is an informational seminar sponsored by The NYS Cultural Equity Group, in collaboration with Americans for the Arts.

 

The topics will include:

 

• * Advocacy Strategies
• * Lobbying for Cultural Equity at the National Level
• * Making the Case for the Re-creation of Expansion Arts at the NEA
• * Creative Economy in Communities of Color

 

The seminar will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 10 AM - 3 PM at Pregones Theater in the Bronx.  Admission is free.  

 

More information is available on the official flyer (PDF). 

Happening TODAY: 'A Free Night of Theater' All Afternoon (10/15)

Posted by Emily Bowles, on October 15, 2009 - 0 comments

Tags: theatre, free event

Over on Twitter, everyone is all abuzz (atweet?) about the all-day event taking place in Union Square today.  From 11:45 AM to 6:00 PM-ish, hundreds of NYC artists, theatre companies and service organizations will take part in a festive celebration: "Free Night of Theater Day".  There will be performances, music, costumes, booths, celebrities, politicians and much more.  Check the full schedule of events and head on over!

 

UPDATE (11:45 AM 10/15): Breaking News: NYC FREE NIGHT OF THEATER MOVED INSIDE to Union Sqr Theatre @ 17th St. (and still fun!)

Grab Your Shades and Some Good Walking Shoes, it's the FAB Festival and Block Party

Posted by David Johnston, on September 24, 2009 - 0 comments

Tags: dance companies, nonprofit organizations, discounts, east village, free event, theatre groups, arts service orgs, fourth arts block, lower east side, theater service orgs

Our friends at Fourth Arts Block are throwing a party this weekend, with performance previews from groups like Eva Dean Dance, Metropolitan Playhouse, and the New York Neo-Futurists, along with a lively indoor/outdoor program from DanceNOW.  You can silk screen t-shirts, take beginning salsa lessons and enjoy discounted Block Party shopping.  So head down there this Saturday from 1 to 7 PM, and enjoy the free stuff and street life.  And months from now, when your friends are talking about the great show they saw, you can be ultra-hip and supercool and talk about seeing the free preview last September.

Summer's Here and the Time is Right, for Music in the Streets!

Posted by Emily Bowles, on June 9, 2009 - 0 comments

Tags: make music new york, free event

It bears repeating: Make Music New York is just two weeks away (June 21)!  There's no better way to celebrate the summer solstice than to make a joyful noise!

 

With over 860 music performances taking place in public spaces in all five boroughs, the whole city will come alive with a festival of live (and FREE) music-making.

 

The official Make Music New York website is chock full of music schedules and maps, so you'll know the full who-where-when.