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Fourth Edition Of The Live In Your Living Room NYC Festival Featuring iET

 

photo: Courtesy of the Artist

 

Friday, September 12, 2012 at 8:00PM
David Petu – 10 stratford Road #9E, Brooklyn, NY
Suggested donation $10, refreshments included

Saturday , September 15, 2012 at 8:00PM
Pablo Medina – 231 East 11th Street #2R, New York, NY
Suggested donation $10, refreshments included

Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 7:00PM
Brooklyn Indie Music Fest – Brooklyn, NY
$5 in advance – $8 at the door

Monday, September 17, 2012 at 7:00PM
The Living Room – New York, NY
Tip concert

Tuesday September 18, 2012 at 8:00PM
Rolling Orange – Brooklyn, NY
Suggested donation $10, refreshments included

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 7:00PM
Sidewalk Cafe – New York, NY
Tip concert

Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 8:00PM
The Gershwin Hotel – New York, NY
Donation at the door $ 10

Friday, September 21, 2012 at 7:00PM
Ariel Hyatt – 389 12th Street, Brooklyn, NY
Suggested donation $10, refreshments included

Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 4:00PM
Helen Engelhardt – 805 East 21st Street, Brooklyn, NY
Suggested donation $10, refreshments included

Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 8:00PM
Besiki Kutateladze – 2787 Kennedy Boulevard, Apt. 202, Jersey City, NJ
Suggested donation $10, refreshments included

From Friday Sep 14 – Saturday Sep 29, the fourth edition of the Live in Your Living Room NYC Festival will be held. This year, the Live in Your Living Room Festival consists of nine concerts. The Live in Your Living Room NYC Festival is part of the Live in Your Living Room NYC-NL Connection, international house concert network Live in Your Living Room has been working on for six years now. That has resulted in three successful editions of the Live in Your Living Room NYC Festival in the past three years, with concerts at great locations such as The Chelsea Hotel, the hip 255Canal Art Gallery, a number of venues like Piano’s, The Sidewalk Cafe, Googie’s Lounge, Northeast Kingdom) and – of course – lots of living rooms at private homes ranging from studios to villas, and from Harlem to Brooklyn.
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August 28th, 2012 by

Dutch DJ’s Electrify Labor Day Weekend at Electric Zoo New York

 

photo: Courtesy of the Artist

 

Friday, August 31 – September 2, 2012
Randall Island – New York, NY

Dutch line-up
Friday: Laidback Luke, Hardwell, Nicky Romero and Ferry Corsten
Saturday: Sander van Doorn and The Bingo Players
Sunday: Tiësto, Dash Berlin and Bart B More

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August 28th, 2012 by

Jaap van Zweden & Dallas Symphony Orchestra

 

Jaap van Zweden, Photo: Courtesy of the artist

Saturday, Septempber 8, 2012 at 8:45PM (Opening Gala with cellist Yo-Yo Ma)
Meyerson Symphony Center – Dallas, TX

Thursday – Sunday, September 13-16, 2012 at 8:00PM & 2:30PM (Pines of Rome with pianist Joaquin Achúcarro)
Meyerson Symphony Center – Dallas, TX

Thursday – Sunday, September 20-23, 2012 at 8:00PM & 2:30PM (Philip Glass’ Pictures At An Exhibition)
Meyerson Symphony Center – Dallas, TX

Musical America Conductor of the Year 2012, Amsterdam-born Jaap van Zweden has risen rapidly in little more than a decade to become one of today’s most sought-after conductors. He has been Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra since 2008, and in September 2012 he took up the position of Music Director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, for an initial contract of four years.

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August 23rd, 2012 by

Screening Of Baby Peggy: The Elephant In The Room By Vera Iwerebor At MoMA

 

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 6:30PM
MoMA – New York, NY

Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 4:00PM
MoMA – New York, NY

Friday, September 7, 2012 at 7:00PM
MoMA – New York, NY

Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 7:30PM
MoMA – New York, NY

Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 2:00PM
MoMA – New York, NY

Author and ex-child star Diana Serra Cary and Vera Iwerebor will come to the Museum in person on September 5 to introduce the New York premiere of Vera Iwerebor’s documentary Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room (2010) and a selection of Diane Serra Cary’s newly restored silent comedies. » Read more «

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August 13th, 2012 by

US Premiere Of 3 Millones By Yamandú Roos At Film Society Lincoln Center

 

photo: Courtesy of the Artist

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 8:15 PM
Film Society of Lincoln Center – New York, NY

Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Film Society of Lincoln Center – New York, NY

3 MILLONES

In this joyous documentary about the passion of soccer, the iconic Uruguayan musician Jaime Roos and his (Dutch) photographer son reunite to embark on a “relentless journey” to the South African World Cup with the Uruguayan national soccer team.  » Read more «

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August 7th, 2012 by

World Music Group K.i.T (Kuenta i Tambu) Makes US debut

 


Saturday, August 11, 2012 program starts at 12.00PM and K.i.T at 3.15 PM
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Lincoln Center, NY

Sunday, August 12, 2012  at  3:00 PM
Teatro Pregones, The  Bronx, NY

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at  6PM
The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Washington, DC

The music of Kuenta i Tambu is inspired by traditional Afro Caribbean Music from Curaçao and European Dance, Kuenta i Tambú has created a brand new sound! They cleverly found a balance between electronic sound samples, singing and chanting and the infectious rhythms played by ritual tambú drums. Some call it Global Bass, others prefer labeling it Tambutronic but one thing is for sure: it’s a wild and colorful explosion of energy, and always seems to set off some serious movements on the dancefloor! Curator Bill Bragin first heard the world music group ” Kuenta i Tambu (K.i.T) when he attended the Dutch Jazz and Music Conference in Amsterdam (DJWM2010) This year he was able, together with Teatro Pregones in the Bronx, to bring K.i.T.  to the US.

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July 25th, 2012 by

US Theatrical Premiere Of The Charming And Revealing Documentary MEET THE FOKKENS At Film Forum On August 8

 
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Wednesday, August 8 through Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 1:00PM, 2:45PM, 4:30PM, 6:15PM, 8:10PM and 10:10PM
Film Forum – New York, NY

Film Forum is pleased to present the US theatrical premiere of MEET THE FOKKENS, a new documentary by Dutch directors Rob Schröder and Gabriëlle Provaas, on two of the oldest practitioners of the world’s oldest profession. Louise and Martine Fokkens are 70-year-old identical twins, working residents of Amsterdam’s notorious Red Light District for the past 50 years. » Read more «

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July 23rd, 2012 by

Performances By Dash Berlin In The US

 
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Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Sutra – Orange County, CA

Friday, July 20, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Tao – Las Vegas, NV

Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Marquee – Las Vegas, NV

Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Lavo – New York, NY

Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Marquee – Las Vegas, NV

Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Tao Beach – Las Vegas, NV

Dash Berlin (born 8 November 1979) is a Dutch progressive-trance project created in 2007 in The Hague by Jeffrey Sutorius, Eelke Kalberg and Sebastiaan Molijn. The front man of the group is the DJ Jeffrey Sutorius a.k.a Dash Berlin. Kalberg and Molijn have been contributing to the international dance scene for over ten years, with award-winning and platinum-selling hits for dance acts such as Alice Deejay, Vengaboys, Candee Jay, Pronti & Kalmani and Solid Sessions. They also have been working together with DJ Sander Kleinenberg on classic tracks like “This Is Miami” and “The Fruit” and remixes for major artists such as Justin Timberlake (‘Rock Your Body’ Remix winning the award for ‘Best Remix’ at the Dance Star USA Awards), Janet Jackson, BT, Usher, N.E.R.D., Lenny Kravitz, Junkie XL, Röyksopp, Mylo, and Annie Lennox.

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July 19th, 2012 by

R3HAB tours the US

 

 

photo: Courtesy of the Artist

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 (special event ages 14-18)
Pacha – New York, NY

Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Surrender – Las Vegas, NV

Thursday, August 2, 2012
Beta – Denver, CO

Friday, August 3, 2012
Pacha – New York, NY

Saturday, August 4, 2012
Yost Theater - Santa Anna, CA

Saturday, August 4, 2012
Wavehouse – San Diego, CA

Friday, August 10, 2012
XS – Las Vegas, NV

Saturday, August 11, 2012
LIV – Miami, FL

Friday, September 28, 2012
Counterpoint Music Festival – Atlanta, GA

Fadil El Ghoul, born 2 April 1986 and commonly known by his stage name R3hab, is a Dutch DJ and record producer. Alongside Afrojack and Chuckie, R3hab is one of the proponents of the modern “dutch house” subgenre, although his style and sound are usually much more darker and reminiscent of early psytrance and gabber compositions. During the 2012 WMC in Miami USA R3hab won the IDMA Best Breaktrough Artist Award. 2012 brings us the new concept INEEDR3HAB which consists of club nights and radioshows filled with his signature musical style, “Chainsaw Madness”.

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July 17th, 2012 by

Mightyfools Return To The US

 

photo: Courtesy of Dennis Bouman

Thursday, July 19, 2012
Metronome – Burlington, VT

Friday, July 20, 2012
Dimension – Naples, FL

Thursday, July 26, 2012
The Belasco - Los Angeles, CA

Friday, July 27, 2012
Temple Nightclub – San Francisco, CA

Mightyfools, you must have heard of them. That crazy Dutch DJ-Duo that is praised by their positive high energy on stage, and their big room sound with heavy basslines. A couple of years ago the two made a quick welcome start in the global dance scene, quickly ganing airplay and massive support from DJ’s worldwide which resulted in a jetset lifestyle of nonstop international touring.

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July 16th, 2012 by