Upcoming Events

Draw and a Reading of
Easy to Slip by Cal Hoffman

Fri, July 11,
from 3-6pm

About this Event
On Fri, July 11, from 3-6pm, Jane St. Art Center will be doing something a little different. Join us for a typical drawing class with a guest model. Author Cal Hoffman will be our live model — posing nude, just like in a traditional figure drawing class — while reading from his book “Easy to Slip.” This is a unique opportunity to draw from life while hearing the words straight from the author. After class, feel free to pick up your own copy of his book from Inquiring Minds. This class is free of charge! We have a capacity of 15 so please sign up below.

About “Easy to Slip”
Winter, 1976, Columbia University. Hearing voices and seeing hateful writing on walls, early admission Sam Kovner walks the New York streets, sleepless thirty-six hours. Through the radiant specificity of memory, he reckons with a hard- driving father, a caring, sometimes careless mother, a generous, self-involved uncle who’s just become a movie star, and star-struck grandparents. Sam fears the undertow of feelings: he’s not quite spent the night with someone he’s fallen for. Home for high-school graduation, a prom night affair reminds Sam of how he once knew love, freeing him to face his encroaching psychosis. Entering a hospital, he confronts traumatic, repressed memories with unflinching courage. With irrepressible humor and pathos, Easy to Slip recalls an era when youth mattered, and people healed from psychiatric illness.

About Cal Hoffman
Cal Hoffman is a writer, educator, and actor. He graduated from Catholic University and attended Webber- Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London and the MFA Fiction Writing Program at Columbia University. He has taught English and creative writing to children of immigrants, private school students, and young people in foster care. As an actor, he has performed in regional theater across the country and starred in the acclaimed New York revival of Jules Feiffer’s “Elliot Loves.” Cal lives with his wife, Victoria Leacock Hoffman, and their son, Harry, in Washington, DC.

Performance by the Biryani Boys

Sat, July 19, 2pm

Join us for an afternoon of Indian Classical Music featuring Mustafa Bhagat on the sitar and David Freeman on the tabla.

Two Performances: 2-2:30pm and 3-3:30pm

About Mustafa Bhagat
Mustafa Bhagat is a musician, composer and filmmaker based in New Paltz, NY. Mustafa plays the sitar in the style of the Vishnupur Gharana under the guidance of Pandit Manilal Nag and Mita Nag of Kolktata, India and Prasanna Kumar of Impal, India.

About David Freeman
David Freeman is a percussionist, composer and educator based in NY. David plays the tabla in the Farukkhabad tradition under the guidance of Ustad Shabbir Nisar of Hyderabad, India, and Prasanna Kumar of Impal, India.

Artist Talk with Kate Dodd

Sat, Aug 2, 1pm

This will be a talk with artist Kate Dodd discussing her artistic practice regarding the works in her current exhibition ‘Outerwear/Omnipresent’. The talk will provide insights into her work and offer a chance for questions and engagement with the artist. It will take place on Saturday, Aug 2, at 1pm in the gallery alongside her works.