WWW.QNS.COM RIDGEWOOD TIMES MARCH 30, 2017 19 Maspeth welcomes Red Bull’s music, arts and culture festival to the Knockdown Center BY ANTHONY GIUDICE [email protected] @A_GIUDICEREPORT The Knockdown Center in Maspeth is going to get its wings, as the fi ft h annual Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York is coming to the event space for its fi nal stop in May. Starting on April 29 and running through May 21, the Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York will take over some of the city’s biggest and most notable venues to feature performances by some of today’s biggest musical artists, conversation sessions with creative trailblazers, tributes to iconic New York City musicians, and celebrations of the many cultural infl uences on NYC nightlife. The yearly festival will bring its legacy of original programming to the Knockdown Center on May 21 to honor the life and work of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, an American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, singer, composer, and the wife of the famed saxophonist John Coltrane. Ten years aft er her death, artists — including her son Ravi Coltrane — will Photo courtesy of Bushwick Daily celebrate her music in a two-part performance. The fi rst part of the performance will be a musical piece inspired by the Sunday ceremonies Turiyasangitananda held at her Sai Anantam Ashram in California. The music will be timed to coincide with sundown, and the powerful, spiritual music will be performed by an ensemble led by music director Surya Botofasina, who grew up at the Ashram. For the second half of the performance, Ravi Coltrane will lead a concert featuring an all-star band playing music from throughout his mother’s career. Other shows will be held at venues across the city including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Artists whose work will be featured through the festival include Solange, Gucci Mane, Zaytoven and Moodymann. Lectures will feature filmmaker Werner Herzog and experimental music composer Alvin Lucier. The festival will also bring a wide range of global and gay underground music scenes to the city with a night of Brazilian funk known as “proibidão,” house music from South Africa, and DJ crews from across the country. Tickets for all shows during the Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York are currently on sale at the Red at http://nyc.redbullmusicacademy. com. Tickets for the May 21 event at the Knockdown Center can be purchased through the Red Bull website or the Knockdown Center’s website at https://knockdown.center/event/ alicecoltrane/. The Knockdown Center will host a night of the 2017 Red Bull Music Academy Festival. Middle Village honors Triangle fi re anniversary The Triangle Fire Memorial Association held its annual tribute to those who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in Manhattan in 1911 with a ceremony on March 25 at Christ the King Regional High School in Middle Village. The fi re claimed the lives of 146 people, many of whom were Jewish or Italian immigrants working in squalid conditions. The tragedy led to nationwide labor safety reform. The March 25 reception honored several local residents including Eugene Burch (posthumously), Anthony Como, Mary Ann Hacker (nee Lauletti), Rose Imperato, Annie Lanzillotto, Andrew S. Maltese and Ed Vargas. Pictured above are (back row, left to right): Serphin R. Maltese, Chairman, TFMA; Assemblyman Michael Miller; Gabrielle Sfera, mistress of ceremonies for the ceremony; Anthony Como, honoree; State Senator Joseph Addabbo; and (front row, left to right), son of the late Eugene A. Burch, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, honoree; Mary Ann Hacker, honoree; Rose Imperato, honoree; Andrew Photo courtesy of Margaret Tapalaga Maltese, honoree, Heriberto Vargas, honoree and Vincent C. Maltese, president, TFMA.
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