Philip Glass and Lou Reed speak at Occupy Lincoln Center - Dec 1, 2011

Occupy Museums protests the anti-democratic policies of Lincoln Center and Bloomberg at Satyagraha

Occupy Museums to protest the anti-democratic policies of Lincoln Center and Bloomberg on the last performance of Satyagraha Thursday December 1, 2011 at 10:30PM.

It is no doubt timely that Philip Glass' opera 'Satyagraha'--which depicts Gandhi's early struggle against colonial oppression in South Africa--should be revived by the Metropolitan Opera in 2011, a year which has seen popular revolutions in North Africa, mass uprisings in Europe, and the emergence of Occupy Wall Street protests in the United States.

Yet we see a glaring contradiction in ‘Satyagraha’ being performed at the Lincoln Center where in recent weeks protestors from Occupy Wall Street have been arrested and forcibly removed for exercising their First Amendment rights to peaceful public assembly.

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OCCUPY BROADWAY!

CONTACTS:
Benjamin Shepard 917.586.7952
Monica Hunken and Benjamin Cerf 917.215.0163

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SUNDAY, 11/20: Yes Men lab drum circle at Bloomberg's personal townhouse: 17 East 79th Street.

Massive 24-hour DRUM CIRCLE and JAM SESSION party starting tomorrow, Sunday at 2pm, outside Mayor Bloomberg's personal townhouse: 17 East 79th Street.

Tie-dye, didgeridoo, hackeysack welcome! No shirt, no shoes, no problem! And if you don't have talent, don't worry: FREE DRUM LESSONS offered! Also on offer: collaborative drumming with the police!

Even though this is a 24-hour drum circle, don't be late! The mayor loves evictions. Who knows what'll happen? In any case, there'll be an afterparty in world-famous Central Park right afterwards.

Please spread this announcement (www.yeslab.org/drumcircle) as far and fast as you can!

This Wednesday Occupy Museums once again stands in solidarity with the art handlers at Local 814 who have been locked out of their jobs for three months. Despite pulling in record profits last year, Sotheby's is demanding wage and benefit cuts and has hired unskilled replacement art handlers at a lower wage. The union has stood vigilant on the picket lines against these injustices for twelve weeks, but are still without a fair contract. Join us Wednesday November 9th, on the picket line outside of Sotheby's contemporary art auction to show your support and solidarity for Teamsters Local 814!

Schedule of Events:

Wednesday November 9th, 2011

4PM Meet in Liberty Park

4:45 Occupy the Subway

5:30 Meet with Teamsters Local 814 and Hunter College Students and March to Sotheby's!

Occupy Union Square - SUNDAY, Nov 6, 1PM

Public Movement will be performing in Union Square at 1PM, followed by a GA initiated by several members of the Arts & Culture Working group at 1:30PM.

We will be meeting at Libery Plaza at 10AM to make signs and discuss agenda items for Occupy Union Square, and heading over to Union Square around noon. Performance starts at 1PM, the GA will begin at 1:30PM. Join in and bring your friends.

"Positions" by Public Movement and teach-in on non violence disobedience - Friday 11/4 1PM

Positions - An Action by Public Movement

Positions (NYC, Washington Square, 11/4/11) Friday, November 4, 1 p.m., Washington Square Park

**Following this performance the #OWS Direct Action group will hold a rally and a teach-in on non- violence disobedience at 1:30PM**

Positions (NYC, Union Square, 11/6/11)
Sunday, November 6, 1 p.m., Union Square South

This week, the action and research group Public Movement presents Positions, a choreographed demonstration that invites people to take a stand on any number of urgent issues. Presented in Warsaw, Holon, Bat-Yam, Eindhoven, Heidelberg, Stockholm, and now New York, the Movement invites the public to embody their preferences, aspirations, and beliefs—manifesting political and philosophical ideas as physical positions in Washington Square Park and Union Square South. This will be Public Movement’s first presentation in the United States.

In February 2011, Public Movement leader Dana Yahalomi began her research toward a project for New York, meeting with artists, historians, urban planners, memorial designers, politicians, government officials, and NYPD officers. The residency continues from January–April 2012, during which time Yahalomi will present bi-weekly salons as part of the 2012 New Museum Triennial, “The Generational.” The salons will culminate in a newly commissioned action for New York City in April 2012.

Public Movement is a performative research body that investigates and stages political actions in public spaces. The Movement explores the political and aesthetic possibilities that reside in a group of people acting together. It studies and creates public choreographies, forms of social order, and overt and covert rituals. Public Movement was founded in November 2006 and was led by Omer Krieger and Dana Yahalomi until August 2011, when Yahalomi became the sole group leader. Visit their website for more information.

“L’histoire du Soldat” At Zuccotti, Nov. 3rd, 5-6pm

Stravinsky’s timeless and haunting “L’histoire du Soldat” (“The Soldier’s Tale”), a parable for three actors and seven musicians, will be performed for Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park by Broadway actors and New York musicians on Nov. 3rd from 5-6pm, with a possible additional performance on Nov. 4th.

*(NOTE: Nov. 4th is our back-up rain delay date!  We’ll keep you posted!)*

Stravinsky and C.F. Ramuz’s hour-long tale/ballet/oratorio tells the story of a Soldier on leave to see his sweetheart.  Nearly home, he is sidetracked by the Devil.  In an infernal insider-trading scheme, the Soldier gains a magic book that tells the future of the economy, but, in return, must give up his precious violin.   Imprisoned - by the Devil, his newfound wealth, and his own delusions - this veteran is separated from his loved ones and true happiness.  This fairy tale, spoken in sparkling verse to some of Stravinsky’s most charming and memorable music, is about the complex nature of greed, and the meaning and price of freedom. Its themes resonate effortlessly with the aims and ideals of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Starring famed New York actors Erik Liberman (Broadway, “LoveMusik,” Helen Hayes-Award Winner for “Merrily We Roll Along”), Elizabeth Stanley (Broadway, “Company,” “Cry-Baby,”), and Nick Choksi (“Invasion” at The Flea, “Twelfth Night” with Sonnet Rep, regular on “One Life to Live”), and with some of New York’s finest contemporary music performers conducted by Ryan McAdams, this one-time-only performance explores the relationships between money, love, and happiness through a fairy tale that is, like all great fairy tales, beautiful, terrifying, funny, and deeply moving. 

Art Action: About Falling

Artist Ehud Darash presented his planned intervention at 16 Beaver last night.

Please join him in making this action happen:

What: About Falling in OWS

Where: The red cube, across from Zuccotti park

When: Sunday, October 30th, 12PM.

Description: We are going to fall, very slowly - from standing to laying down, in the vicinity of Zuccotti Park. It is an artistic action that is adressed *to* OWS, celebrating the diversity of this movement by introducing to it a temporary "otherness" - a different way of being.

We will meet at the red cube for a short teach-in and an explanation of the background of this gesture and practice.

The following is an example of previous renditions of the action:

Occupy Halloween-PLANNING UPDATE!

Occupy Wall St. has been invited to join the largest public halloween parade in the nation!
For more information about OWS's participation the Halloween parade, visit: http://occupyhalloween.typepad.com/occupyhalloween/

If you're interested in paraticipating, there are several meet-ups in the next few days:

For puppet building, please contact Joe or Alma with questions or days and times you're planning on coming by!  Our contact info can be foudn at the bottom of the post.  The studio is in Joe's name and he is the mind behind the puppets we are building. 

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 
Build puppets and paint banners 6pm to midight 
20 Jay Street, Brooklyn (A or F) 

Friday 
Build and paint all day! 
20 Jay Street, Brooklyn (A or F) 

Saturday 
1pm - Battery Park 
Participation and Info Meet Up! 
Come by the park to take a look at the puppets, meet some of the 
people involved and let us know if and how you'd like to participate 
the day of Halloween!  We will have a few choreographers, make up 
artists and others there if you need some assistance organizing and in 
general want to hear your plans for the parade. 

Sunday 
1pm - Battery Park 
Rehearsals and Report Backs! 
People who want to be in the Superheroes v Supervillains morning event 
or want to be in the parade, come to the park so we can settle any 
last minute logistic questions and check in on the various projects 
culminating on Halloween. 

Monday - Halloween! 
9am - Superheroes v. Economic Supervillains 
Contact Gan at gangolan@gmail.com, for more details.  We will have 
costumed crusaders, such as the Master of Degrees, there to fight the 
social and political inequities of our system.  Watch for an all out 
battle and contact Gan if you want to participate! 

7:30pm - Parade! 
We will begin meeting for the parade!  Please get in touch for more 
details on where to meet and how the blocs will be arranged. 

Conact info:

General email - powertothepuppets@gmail.com 
Joe - loucrimson@yahoo.com 
Gan - gangolan@gmail.com 
Alma - wafflesushi@gmail.com