Come Cry (& Fly) with Me! Rubin R&J 3/12
Ellen Kushner
becoming my favorite Friday night date! The bar (with snacks) is
hopping, the whole museum's open to wander beforehand... Right now
they're running the New Cosmic Cabaret Cinema Series in conjunction
with a new exhibit, "Visions of the Cosmos." Which is how I got
picked for:
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RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART presents
CABARET CINEMA
Where Movies and Martinis Mix
Ellen Kushner introduces Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet"
Friday, March 12
9:30 p.m.
Free with a $7 Bar minimum
1968, Franco Zeffirelli, UK/Italy, 138 minutes
Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey
play the star-crossed lovers.
"When he shall die, cut him out into little stars... all the world
will be in love with night, and pay no worship to the garish sun."
"Zeffirelli has managed to make the play alive and wholly
contemporary without having had to transfer the action to a modern
setting.” – Time magazine, 1968
Novelist, performer and public radio personality Ellen Kushner is the
host and writer of the national series *PRI's Sound & Spirit. * Her
award-winning novels include the mannerpunk cult classic Swordspoint,
and Thomas the Rhymer (World Fantasy Award). Kushner's children's
story, The Golden Dreydl: A Klezmer 'Nutcracker', has been produced as
a CD (with Shirim Klezmer Orchestra), a picture book, and was just
produced onstage by New York's Vital Theatre. She is a co-founder of
the Interstitial Arts Foundation, and lives in New York City.
RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
150 WEST 17TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY 212.620.5000 www.rmanyc.orgx344
Upcoming films in the New Cosmic Cabaret Cinema Series:
***TONIGHT! - Jack Womack introduces Earth vs. the Flying Saucers!***
March 5 - S. C. Butler introduces It Came from Outer Space!
March 19 - Brett Helquist introduces Contact
March 26 – Thelma Schoonmaker introduces A Matter of Life and Death
April 2 – Henry Chalfant introduces La Strada
April 9 – John Guare introduces Things to Come
April 16 - Peter Minchiello introduces Galileo
April 23 – Earth Girls are Easy
April 30 - Kurt Andersen introduces Destination Moon
May 7 – Larry Doyle introduces The Day the Earth Stood Still
THIS NEW FILM SERIES WAS INSPIRED BY:
Visions of the Cosmos
Through May 10, 2010
Visions of the Cosmos juxtaposes Eastern and Western conceptions of
the universe through approximately 70 works, including sculptures,
paintings, illuminated manuscripts, rare books and prints from
American and European collections, and photographs of the galaxies
taken largely by the Hubble Space Telescope. This exhibition marks the
first opportunity for visitors to compare European works with the
museum's Himalayan art collection.
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I've got a lot to say about R&J, which changed my life when I was a
teen - I'll try to keep my remarks short, so we can all revel in the
utter gorgeousness of Zeffirelli's Italian Renaissance on the BIG
Screen - trust me, it's much better than your home TV. Just bring
extra hankies - there aren't enough cocktail napkins in the world for
that ending!
Ellen