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City Parks Foundation's 25th Anniversary
SUMMERSTAGE Gala

 


 

City Parks Foundation’s 25th Anniversary SUMMERSTAGE Gala

Songbook of Simon & Garfunkel
performed by 30 artists



Photos by:  Alan Roche

           

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Art Garfunkel and City Parks Foundation’s Executive Director David Rivel

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Art Garfunkel and City Parks Foundation’s Executive Director David Rivel

                       

Livingston Taylor, Diana Taylor, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Padma Lakshmi, David Barse and David Moore

Livingston Taylor, Diana Taylor, Mayor Michael Bloomberg,
Padma Lakshmi, David Barse and David Moore

 

Art Garfunkel and Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Art Garfunkel and Mayor Michael Bloomberg

 

On June 8, 2010, City Parks Foundation hosted the 25th Anniversary SummerStage Gala, a special fundraising event held at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, in association with Michael Dorf Presents and City Winery.

Numerous guests enjoyed a cocktail reception, including special guests Padma Lakshmi, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Zach Braff, followed by an elegant open-air gala dinner which set the stage for the evening’s concert. 

The SummerStage Gala concert celebrated the timeless music of Simon & Garfunkel -- two musicians closely associated with Central Park -- as performed by an eclectic group of well established musical legends and up and coming stars. 30 artists paired up to perform 15 classic duets from Simon & Garfunkel’s beloved archive of songs. The performance component of the gala was co-produced by Michael Dorf, who has successfully produced a series of similar tribute concerts at Carnegie Hall over the past decade.

Concert artists included Aimee Mann, Shawn Colvin, St. Vincent, Joan Osborne, Paula Cole, David Hinds (Steel Pulse), Loudon Wainwright III, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Alejandro Escovedo, John Forte, Dar Williams, Ricky Skaggs, Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), Cory Chisel, Stephen Kellogg, The Holmes Brothers, Dean & Britta, Valerie June, John Roderick, Marc Cohn, Jorma Kaukonen, Larry Cambell and Ollabelle, who supported the event as the house band.

Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon each made surprise guest appearances at the event.  Garfunkel attended and commenced the start of the evening performances with an introduction from Mayor Bloomberg and a short address to the audience stating, “You should know that our versions…were not necessarily the definitive versions, we just did the first versions.” Meanwhile, Simon, also in attendance during the evening’s concert, completed the gala concert by standing and waving to the crowd prior the final encore performance of “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”

About SummerStage

In June, 1986, Central Park SummerStage was launched with a free performance from Sun Ra and

the Omniverse Jet Set Arkestra. In 1990, City Parks Foundation began programming free concerts in neighborhood parks under the name CityParks Concerts.  In 2006, City Parks Foundation began CityParks Dance and CityParks Theater. Today, City Parks Foundation is combining all of these initiatives under the banner of SummerStage, a city-wide festival of over 100 music, dance and theater events in 16 parks in all five boroughs. It will be one of the largest, most geographical diverse and thematically broad festivals in the nation. The SummerStage Gala raises funds to support City Parks Foundation’s free year round arts programming in parks citywide.         

SummerStage showcases world-renowned and emerging talent from around the globe and from New York City’s own backyard.   This summer, as part of the 25th anniversary season, City Parks Foundation launched a major re-branding of the festival to include music, dance, film and theater performances in all five boroughs of NYC, allowing more New Yorkers than ever before to enjoy the quality free programming that SummerStage provides.

About City Winery

City Winery, the innovative 20,000 sq ft mixed-use winery, music venue and event space founded

in 2008 by Michael Dorf in Soho, will be creating a special commemorative wine for the SummerStage gala. The award winning wines produced at City Winery are handcrafted in the only commercial custom-crush facility in New York City.

About City Parks Foundation

City Parks Foundation (CPF) is the only independent, nonprofit organization to offer park programs throughout the five boroughs of New York City. CPF works in over 750 parks citywide, presenting a broad range of free arts, sports, and education programs, and empowering citizens to support their parks on a local level. Programs and community building initiatives reach more than 600,000 people each year, contributing to the revitalization of neighborhoods throughout New York City. 

 

 
Drawing of all the 25th Anniversary SummerStage Gala artists

 

Drawing of all the 25th Anniversary SummerStage Gala artists
 by Michael Arthur
 

www.cityparksfoundation.org
 

 

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