Month: January 2019

OR…What is the exciting new cultural center opening on the west side called?

Yes…it is, indeed, called The Shed and it’s opening April 5. Here’s what I learned…from their website. It describes it much better than I could. 

But first… a photo. This unique building moves!

Here is what this amazing structure is bringing to our City.

A HAVEN FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION

Opening in spring 2019, The Shed will be New York’s first multi-arts center designed to commission, produce, and present all types of performing arts, visual arts, and popular culture. Driven by experimentation, innovation, and collaboration, The Shed will be a center for artistic invention bringing together leading artists working in every art form with leading minds in the humanities and sciences. The program will be international, created with co-commissioning partners around the globe, and local, with early-career artists in residence in The Shed’s free creative lab. Located on the west side of Manhattan where the High Line meets Hudson Yards, the unique and flexible building can physically transform to support artists’ visions and the work they create—from hip hop to classical music, visual art to literature, film to theater and dance—with collaborations across these disciplines and beyond, welcoming the broadest range of art forms and audiences, all under one roof.

I’ve yet to go, but you can bet your sweet patootie, I will be there in the very near future. I also bet it will quickly become one of those wonderful places for New Yorkers and visitors alike to identify as a must see…not once but as often as they can. I’ll write another post on my take of this new exciting destination as soon as I can get there…just need cooperating weather. 

LOVE THIS EVER CHANGING CITY!

KAY’S NOTES:
IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Check out their website for upcoming events, more photos and information about The Shed located in part of Hudson Yards, west side of the City. Huge complex of apartments, offices, stores, restaurants, parks. .hudsonyardsnewyork

GOOD TO KNOW: The phrase, “bet your sweet patootie” is very familiar to some, especially us older folks. When I write my posts I always do research on the subject and other related material.(Hence my disclaimer that I try for accurate info but no promises.) I thought it would be fun to Google the “patootie” phrase to see what I could discover. Couple of things, first of all it came about around the 1920’s and used to describe a pretty girl and/or an animal’s backside…hmmm. However, most interesting to me was to find out that Fats Domino ( love his music) recorded a song he wrote,”Sweet Patootie”. Check it out and more about “Fats”: pianist, songwriter, singer and one of the pioneers of rock and roll”.www.fatsdominoofficial.com/

Photo and excerpts from the websites of The Shed and Fats Domino.

Disclaimer: I try for correct info  on my posts, but no guarantees people.