George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars, Alexander String Quartet to Headline CUNY Arts Festival during "November is CUNY Month"
George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars, MOMIX, and the Alexander String Quartet will be featured along with many more dance, drama and music presentations are headliners for the CUNY Arts Festival running throughout "November is CUNY Month."
The Festival will be presented by CUNY Stages, one of the largest theater consortia in the nation, with over 30 stages on 16 CUNY campuses in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and State Island.
For a complete schedule of events visit www.cuny.edu/cunystages.
Aiming to organize the resources, talents and shared goals of the performing arts centers throughout the CUNY system, CUNY Stages promotes multidisciplinary artistic collaborations among its members. It also fosters participation and creativity through the integration of the performing arts into campus life and the surrounding communities. CUNY Stages encourages and supports artistic excellence both at the local and international level, promotes diversity among both artists and audiences and provides affordable access to the arts by sharing and leveraging financial support. Another important aim is to promote a dialogue between artists and contemporary scholars.
The City University of New York is the nation's leading urban public university. Founded in New York City in 1847 as The Free Academy, the University's 23 institutions include 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY, the Graduate School and University Center, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, the CUNY School of Law, the CUNY School of Professional Studies and the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education. The University serves 260,000 credit students and 269,808 adult, continuing and professional education students. College Now, the University's academic enrichment program for 32,500 high school students, is offered at CUNY campuses and more than 300 high schools throughout the five boroughs of New York City. The University offers online baccalaureate degrees through the School of Professional Studies and an individualized baccalaureate through the CUNY Baccalaureate Degree. More than 1 million visitors and 2 million page views are served each month by www.cuny.edu, the University's website.
Contact: Siobhan Glennon
Phone: 347-522-1175
E-mail: sglennon@gc.cuny.edu
