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COMING Up At The ABRONS The ABRONS ARTS CENTER: People Are Talking! Performances, exhibitions, arts training and education — the Abrons Arts Center does it all, and New Yorkers can’t get enough. From rave theater reviews in The New York Times Basil Twist and Joey Arias: Arias with a Twist Deluxe and The New Yorker, to sold-out performances, waiting lists for summer camp, expanded September 14–October 16 arts training programs and exhibitions, there’s a lot happening at the Grand Street Fitzgerald and Stapleton: The Smell center. of Want (World Premiere) The fall season kicks off with a five-week run of the madcap musical revueArias with October 6–8 a Twist, followed by the newest incarnation of Third Rail Project’s phantasmagorical Ben Allison Steampunk Haunted House. In November, Performa 2011 will feature commissioned October 16 works by three international visual artists venturing into the realm of performance, and Steampunk Haunted House: Justin Bond’s ever-popular holiday concert returns. Through the Looking Glass The AIRspace residency program for visual artists saw a 45 percent increase in October 21–23 | October 26–31 applications this year and its first curator-in-residence, Miguel Amado, was recently hired New York City Players: by the Tate Galleries in London. Dreamless Land (World Premiere) Even the facilities have garnered attention: Christopher Gray of The New York Times November 1–20 featured the Abrons in his “Streetscapes” column in December, and this spring the Nutcracker on the Lower Playhouse was designated a New York City landmark. November 26–December 4 “We are thrilled to be leading the arts renaissance on the Lower East Side,” said A Christmas Carol or Dickens: Jay Wegman, Artistic Director of the Abrons Arts Center. The Unparalleled Necromancer (World Premiere) WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING December 1–December 20 ABOUT ABRONS PERFORMERS Mx Justin Vivian Bond’s Austerity Measures Arias With A Twist: December 8–17 “ Eat your heart out, Madonna. The chanteuses who play Madison Underground at the Abrons Square Garden and football December 16 stadiums have never experienced American Realness: the imaginative heights of spectacle Festival of New Dance with which Basil Twist surrounds and Contemporary Joey Arias.” Performance —Ben Brantley, The New York Times January 5–15 Eve Beglarian: The River Steampunk Haunted House: Project (New York Premiere) “ A lavish delight for the senses.” January 20–28 —The Village Voice

For more information about Justin Bond’s Christmas Spells: performances or arts training “ A performance that helped italicize classes (in music, theater, one of the primary reasons we go visual arts and dance), please to the theatre: to watch bodies, call 212.598.0400 or visit and thus truth, unfold as they tell abronsartscenter.org. stories.” — Hilton Als, The New Yorker AMERICAN REALNESS: “ Spunky, smart… some of the 3 brightest and most provocative Clockwise, from top right: lights on New York’s contemporary A scene from Steampunk Haunted House, Ben Allison, scene.” Mx Justin Vivian Bond. — Claudia LaRocco, The New York Times Henry Street UNIVERSITY, HENRY STREET Class of 2011 This past summer, 100 lucky high school seniors were enrolled in a unique “university” — one designed happenings to help them get into college. These Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents students were lucky because they got a coveted spot in Henry Street and all New Yorkers through innovative social services, arts programs and health University (HSU), the summer care services. Here’s a snapshot of some current programs: program of the agency’s Expanded Horizons College Preparation Services. HSU served 48 students last Henry Street DISHES IT OUT year but was able to expand this year, Henry Street is known for its social services, arts thanks to a generous grant from the and health care programs, but did you know that the Xerox Corporation. Settlement serves as many as 2,100 nutritious meals a The six-week intensive teaches the day to keep clients well-nourished? students how to fill out applications, Henry Street’s Meals on Wheels program delivers how to secure recommendations, 1,000 meals each weekday to home-bound Manhattan how to write the all-important college residents, and the Good Companions Senior Center essay, and offers SAT prep courses (located at 334 Madison Street) provides as many as and visits to college campuses. 180 meals a day — lunch, dinner and, on Sunday, “Every summer, students come breakfast and lunch — in a lively communal setting. to HSU because they know they’ll In the Youth Services division, the Day Care program learn how to successfully navigate provides 100 children with breakfast and lunch every day, the college application process,” and 140 students at two After-School sites are served an said Matthew Phifer, Director of after-school snack and dinner. (In the summer, the 260 Adolescent Education Services at youth attending the Settlement’s day camps are given Henry Street. “There are even weekly breakfast and lunch as well.) group trips to nearby colleges, including Fordham, SUNY Albany, Henry Street’s Third Street Women’s Residence provides and Hofstra.” 237 meals per day to its residents, and the Community Consultation Center’s Psychiatric Day Treatment Program The students are enthusiastic. “It’s serves its clients about 130 meals a day. a great opportunity,” says Sabrina Mezar. “Other programs just seem “We believe in promoting good health among members expensive; the teachers at HSU are 1 of our community, and proper nutrition is an essential Top: Children in day care enjoy awesome,” adds Gaby Cordero. component,” said David Garza, Executive Director of healthy snacks; above: A Meals Each year, Expanded Horizons serves on Wheels delivery. Henry Street. more than 400 students ages 14 to 24 and last year 119 high school seniors A New HOMELESS CHALLENGE at Henry Street and BEYOND were accepted to college. The goal of Henry Street’s Transitional and Supportive Housing division is not only to shelter individuals, but to help them move to permanent housing. For many years, this was achieved, in part, because of rent subsidies provided by the government. However, in March the subsidy program was eliminated — and its effects are being felt at Henry Street and beyond. “The elimination of the subsidy makes our already challenging work even more difficult,” said Geniria Armstrong, Deputy Program Officer for Transitional and Supportive Housing. “The lack of affordable housing, a volatile economy and rising unemployment in New York City make the transition to permanent housing especially daunting.” To combat these challenges, Henry Street maintains a roster of full-time housing specialists to assist shelter residents, and recently added an on-site employment specialist to help connect residents to jobs that pay a living wage. “We are committed to providing the resources to help our residents access employment and education so they have a better chance of finding a home of their own,” said David Garza, Executive Director of Henry Street. “This latest challenge underscores the value of our purpose more than ever, and we will continue to work toward opening doors for our clients.” 1 7 SAT prep classes at Henry Street University Henry Street shelters many families while they look for permanent housing. prepare youth for college admission.

7 The Youthmarket farm stand The 2012 ART SHOW provided jobs for youth and fruits and vegetables for the Please join us at the 24th annual Art Henry Street neighborhood. Show! The Art Show Gala Preview will be held at the Park Avenue Armory on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, and the show will be open to the public from March Parent Center NEWS 7 to 11, 2012. Lauded by The New York The Parent Center has been a Times and other media as a “young beehive of activity: some 158 in spirit” show not to be missed, the parenting groups and workshops Art Show is organized annually by the were presented this year and the Art Dealers Association of America to Center recorded 648 visits! In benefit Henry Street Settlement’s vital addition to weekly workshops programs. on topics like self-esteem, child Last year’s Art Show was a huge development, healthy eating, success, with 2,400 people at the gala Lower East Side discipline and postpartum preview and 12,000 attending the depression, the Center offers run-of-show. Among several generous Youthmarket group sessions leading to an Administration for Children’s artist’s gifts sold in the silent auction = GREENS and JOBS were a Matisse drawing and an Ai Weiwei New York City’s newest Youthmarket — a Services-approved parenting sculpture; the proceeds from these sales GrowNYC farm stand — opened at Henry certificate and referrals to other benefited Henry Street this summer. Some of the workers at Henry Street programs. the stand were graduates of Henry Street’s For more information, please Street’s programs. Young Adult Internship Program, a 14-week call 212.962.0729 or visit For more intensive program to prepare them for the henrystreet.org. information, call job market. 212.766.9200 “Youthmarket provided an excellent x247 or visit first employment opportunity for these henrystreet.org/ graduates,” said Gregory Rideout, Deputy artshow. Program Officer for Youth and Workforce Development at Henry Street. GALA Dinner Dance With MICROSOFT’s HELP, Henry Street The hottest ticket “ELEVATES AMERICA” in town last April When Zoraida Nunez, 25, walked into Henry Street’s Workforce Development Center was Henry Street’s (WDC), she was simply looking for a job. Instead, she got the tools – extensive Spring Dinner Dance, a sold-out event computer training — to launch a career. Zoraida is one of hundreds of individuals who to honor Richard S. Abrons, President of have been helped by the WDC thanks to a $250,000 grant from Microsoft’s Elevate The Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation America program. and Vice Chairman of Henry Street; This generous award and partnership with Microsoft will enable the WDC to reach Ursula M. Burns, Chairman and CEO of even more vulnerable individuals, including women and residents in our homeless Xerox Corporation, who participated in shelters, as well as disadvantaged youth ages 18 Henry Street’s programs as a child; and to 25 who have greater barriers to employment Lauren Bush, Co-Founder and CEO of and re-employment than the broader population. FEED Projects. Selected through a competitive funding Co-chairs of the Dinner Dance, held process, the grant will help Henry Street fund at the Grand Ballroom at the Plaza Hotel, a comprehensive set of resources — career were Veronica Bulgari, Eva Jeanbart- counseling, technology skills training, job Lorenzotti, Kalliope Karella, Angela placement and additional support services such as childcare and transportation — to help people Mariani, Anna Pinheiro, Pilar Crespi be successful in today’s workplace. Robert and Lesley Schulhof. The evening is an important “We are grateful to Microsoft for this generous financial support which will allow Henry Street fundraiser to support Henry Street’s to serve even more community members, vital social service, arts and health care providing them with essential skills in today’s programs. And raise money it did: Burns competitive marketplace,” said David Garza, announced that the Xerox Foundation 1 Executive Director of Henry Street. Zoraida Nunez hones her computer had approved a $250,000 grant to Henry skills in Henry Street’s ATTAIN Street’s Expanded Horizons college prep For more information, call 212.478.5400 or Computer Lab with help from teacher visit henrystreet.org Emani Harris. program. STEPHEN and PILAR CRESPI They CAME, They VOLUNTEERED, They CONQUERED: ROBERT Recognized in Digitas Community Service Day at Henry Street The Wall Street Journal They came, they built, they painted, they installed, they did it all. More than 600 employees from the New York offices of Digitas renovated spaces in nine of Henry Stephen and Pilar Crespi Robert, two of Street Settlement’s facilities on August 3, 2011, as part of the advertising agency’s Henry Street’s most generous supporters, annual Community Service Day. The volunteer group was the largest the Settlement were featured in The Wall Street Journal’s has ever seen. “Donor of the The Digitas employees’ many projects included refurbishing and renovating Day” column both indoor and outdoor spaces, designing and painting murals, and providing fun on July 11. Pilar, activities for Henry Street’s youth and adult clients. who is a vice “Time and effort are as valuable as money, and our corporate sponsors at president on Digitas bring all three to the table,” said David Garza, Executive Director of Henry Henry Street’s Street. “This comprehensive approach increases the value of their volunteer effort Board of exponentially. Their generosity allows us to continue to provide our essential Directors, and programs more effectively, programs which have an enormous impact in our her husband, community and the city at large.” Stephen, founded the Source of Hope Joanne Zaiac, President of Foundation. The Settlement has informed Digitas, New York Region, said their foundation’s philanthropy efforts, it was “an honor” for her agency and their leadership has inspired others to to volunteer at Henry Street. “We support Henry Street’s vital programs. Pilar maintain partnerships with several told the newspaper that Henry Street is one local organizations and chose to of the organizations “closest to my heart” work with Henry Street this year to because it has “one of the most interesting support their efforts to develop a holistic approaches” to helping people. She dynamic community through diverse is particularly involved with the Settlement’s initiatives such as supportive and work with children and women who are transitional housing to youth and victims of domestic violence. Volunteers from Digitas refurbished a rooftop senior development,” she said. playground used by Henry Street’s day care center.

Henry Street Settlement is a member agency of Officers Scott L. Swid Directors Edward S. Pallesen Honorary Directors Advisory Directors Philip T. Ruegger III Jeffrey H. Tucker Eulie H Bayne Anna P. Pinheiro Lorraine K. Albritton Lydia Fenet Chairman Jane R. Lockshin Melissa R. Burch Isabel R. Potter Nancy P. Aronson Godfrey Gill Treasurer Catherine Curley Frances L. Primus Julio Colón Liz Ho-Bagley Richard S. Abrons William P. Rayner Vice-chairman Laurie Weltz Margaret Chi Helen R. Hauge Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti Secretary Sebastian Echavarria Michael D. Ryan Walter Maynard Jr. Richard Neiman Dale J. Burch Ian D. Highet Lesley Schulhof George B. Munroe Elizabeth F.G. Reid President Robert S. Harrison Sue Ann Santos Hoahng Ilicia P. Silverman Max Pine Keith Solomon Vice Presidents John Morning Honorary Chairmen Henrietta C. Ho-Asjoe Harry Slatkin Mary Louise Reid Deborah A. Zoullas Editor: Susan LaRosa Anne Abrons Bruce Jackson Lawrence I. Sosnow Andrew N. Schiff Writers: Ryan Wenzel, Susan LaRosa Christopher C. Angell Design: Melanie Roberts.Design Gil E. Ahye Roy M. Korins Neil S. Suslak Laura Slatkin David Garza Honorary President Photos: p.1 clockwise from top right: Darla Frederic S. Papert Joanne Mack C.J. Wise Phebe Thorne Executive Director Douglas L. Paul Winn, Todd Chalfant, Bobby Miller; p. 2 top Robert F. Mancuso Michael Wolkowitz and bottom right, Will Deitz; center, David Pilar Crespi Robert Angela Mariani Grossman; p. 3 top left, Ryan Wenzel; right, Michael A. Steinberg top, George Hirose, bottom, Ken Wittenberg; Kathryn B. Medina p. 4, Ryan Wenzel.

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