A free series inviting audiences to share the power of the big screen at no cost to attendees, often with filmmakers in attendance for a discussion.

A free series inviting audiences to share the power of the big screen at no cost to attendees, often with filmmakers in attendance for a discussion.

A free series inviting audiences to share the power of the big screen at no cost to attendees, often with filmmakers in attendance for a discussion.

Drawing on Harlem’s rich musical past and featuring some of today’s hottest jazz stars, take a journey on the A Train to Minton’s Playhouse and Carnegie Hall, paying homage to Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, and Charlie Parker along the way. Catch this outstanding octet before they head off to headline the New Generation Festival with Catskill Jazz Factory in Florence, Italy.

Making its New York premiere directly from its critically acclaimed production on London’s West End, Club Helsinki is proud to present Lee Tannen’s I LOVED LUCY. Starring Sandra Dickinson recreating her role as America’s iconic comedienne Lucille Ball. And Lee Tannen portraying himself.

Few people knew Lucy the way Lee did. Distantly related by marriage Lee met Lucy as a child but cemented their close and enduring friendship as an adult; during the last decade of Lucy’s life—years mostly spent out of the spotlight and around a backgammon table. Lee was lucky enough to be sitting across from her during that time and the laughs and tears and stories they share paint an intimate portrait of arguably the most familiar face in the world. This is the side of Lucy we rarely got a chance to see—the private side–the way she really was and the way she chose to live her life toward the end of her life.