With an emphasis on commissioned works, site-specific installations and premieres, Arts Brookfield is the largest year-round, free performing arts and cultural presenter on the East Coast.
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Brookfield Place’s Holiday Lights Wow NYC
New York’s most spectacular new holiday lighting display is wowing crowds – and the media – at the Brookfield Place Winter Garden.
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Theatre for One in NY Times, New Yorker, AP
Arts Brookfield’s presentation of I’m Not the Stranger You Think I Am, a collection of six new five-minute plays.
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Sharon Jones Rocks Lowdown Hudson Blues
The New Yorker previewed this week’s Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival at Brookfield Place Plaza.
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Global Beat Fest in New York Times
Today’s New York Times features a wonderful review of DakhaBrakha and Poor Rich Boy at the closing night of the Global Beat Festival.
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Canstruction Charms NYC
Canstruction, the world’s coolest art competition and food drive, once again transformed Brookfield Place into pop art wonderland.
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Lowdown rises with B.B. King, Los Lobos
The third annual Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival at Brookfield Place featured two days of free music with the legendary B.B. King.
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Major feature on Arts Brookfield in NY Times
PKPR secured a front page Arts section feature on our longtime client Arts Brookfield – an in-depth piece by culture reporter Allan Kozinn.
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Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival hits NYC, Letterman
Arts Brookfield’s second annual Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival, with headliners Buddy Guy and Neko Case, had an estimated of 20,000 attendees.
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From the White House to Lowdown Hudson Blues
Blues legend Buddy Guy will join celebrated chanteuse Neko Case to headline a free two-day blues music festival in Lower Manhattan.
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Silent Films/Live Music at World Financial Center
Arts Brookfield at World Financial Center shined a spotlight on the modern master of archival and experimental film.
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Canstruction NYC Makes National Headlines
For the second year in a row, PKPR handled publicity for Canstruction, the annual design competition which helps feed hungry New Yorkers during Thanksgiving.
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Jules Feiffer Celebrated at World Financial Center
Jules Feiffer’s was celebrated by Arts World Financial Center in a series of special events during River To River Festival.
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Tweets, Texts, and Theater
In “The Attendants” by The Nerve Tank, audience members were invited to send text messages and tweets to influence the actions of two performers.
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The Rover “roves” the World Financial Center
The sound of Carnival carousing and swordfights filled the World Financial Center this March when it presented a production of The Rover.
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New York Times: A Musical About Robert Moses?
Highlights from a forthcoming full-length musical exploring the controversial life and legacy of urban planner Robert Moses.
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Canstruction Dazzles NYC
Over 100,000 full cans of food were transformed into epic eye candy when they were assembled into fanciful, mind-boggling sculptures.
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Shepard Fairey Mural at World Financial Center
Celebrated artist Shepard Fairey guided more than 100 young New Yorkers in creating a powerful 40-foot long mural that just made its public debut.
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Chopin Festival Garners Worldwide Coverage
To celebrate Frederic Chopin’s 200th birthday on March 1st, Arts World Financial Center mounted one of the most ambitious tributes in the world.
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Hamlet in the New York Times
As featured in today’s New York Times, the bustling World Financial Center will be transformed into Elsinore Castle next month.
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