Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts’ Season Wrap Party May 23, 2013

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC) will host a Season Wrap Party, celebrating its 2012-2013 performance season, on Thursday, May 23, 2013 from 6pm-8pm. The party will take place on the stage of the magnificent Walt Whitman Theatre on the Brooklyn College campus and include hors d’oeuvres and a complimentary martini bar provided by The Brownstone, fabulous door prizes including Broadway theater tickets, and a special performance by the flamenco trio Flamenco: inside/out. Business festive attire requested.

“Brooklyn continues to be viewed more and more as an arts destination,” says Yvonne Riley-Tepie, event co-chair and Vice President, U.S. Field Marketing for TD Bank, “and nowhere is the incredible diversity of the borough better represented than at Brooklyn Center.” Co-chair Toni Yuille-Williams, Director of Public Affairs for Con Edison, adds, “This has been a great year of transition at Brooklyn Center, and we have much to celebrate. From fantastic concerts by jazz great Freddy Cole, showbiz royalty Lucie Arnaz, and the University of the West Indies’ University Singers to the New York premiere of the ballet Amadeus, plus our outstanding family and educational performances, we’ve been able to bring lots of joy to Brooklyn in a year where we really needed it!”

Tickets to the event are $100 and may be purchased at www.BrooklynCenterOnline.com/specialevents.asp or by calling 718-951-4600 x 3326. All proceeds from the evening will benefit Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts’ programming.

About The Brownstone
Co-owned by Tommy Manzo and Albert Manzo, The Brownstone is a banquet hall that specializes in elegant events and provides gourmet food for all occasions. Located in Paterson, NJ, in a historic building with a storied past including its part in the Underground Railroad, The Brownstone caters events throughout the tri-state area. The Brownstone has received national attention because Tommy and Albert’s wives are featured on the television reality show “The Real Housewives of New Jersey”.

About Flamenco: inside/out
Flamenco: inside/out was founded by Peter Basil Bogdanos and Lia Ochoa to further explore the meaning and possibilities of New York specific flamenco in various theatrical settings, whether in a warehouse, a black box theatre, a museum, or lounge. The company enlists the talents of other artists who are open to breaking and bending rules while staying rooted in the flamenco music and dance tradition, creating multi-media avant-garde pieces as well as traditional shows. Flamenco: inside/out has performed at the Bleecker Street Theatre, The Dumbo Dance Festival, Big Screen Plaza, Monkey Town, many schools, and for over 16,000 people in the summer of 2011 at the New York Botanical Garden. In 2011, they released their first CD, featuring guitarist Cristian Puig, vocalist David Castellano, and percussionist Peter Basil.

About Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
Founded in 1954, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College presents outstanding performing arts and arts education programs at affordable prices, embracing the diverse communities that define Brooklyn. Brooklyn Center welcomes over 65,000 people to the 2,400 seat Walt Whitman Theatre each season and boasts one of the largest arts education programs in the borough, serving 46,000 schoolchildren from over 300 schools annually with its SchoolTime series.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts’ Season Wrap Party
Thursday, May 23, 2013, 6pm-8pm
Tickets: $100

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts
Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College
2 train to Brooklyn College/Flatbush Avenue

Online orders: www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org/specialevents.asp
By phone: Manager of Individual Giving, Lianne DiFabbio, 718-951-4600 x 3326
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts’ Season Wrap Party is sponsored by Brooklyn College, Con Edison and TD Bank.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts’ programs are supported, in part, by public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Major support for the 2012-2013 season is provided by: Brooklyn College; Target; Con Edison; Macy’s Foundation; Mertz Gilmore Foundation; TD Charitable Foundation; National Grid; the Herman Goldman Foundation, Kings Plaza Shopping Center, Modell’s Sporting Goods, and The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Additional support provided by CNG Publications and The Brooklyn Eagle. The Sheraton Brooklyn New York Hotel is the official hotel of Brooklyn Center’s 2012-2013 season.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges generous support from New York State Assemblywoman Helene E. Weinstein; New York City Councilman Albert Vann and the Department of Youth & Community Development; New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn; and Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Kate Levin.

Official Website: http://www.BrooklynCenterOnline.com/specialevents.asp