Gold Standard Arts Festival

Live jazz  and a Zabar’s Brunch!

Mingle with the festival team, friends of the fest, special guests & accepted artists as we get this week celebration started.

Tickets: $20 includes jazz & brunch

2 drink minimum (2 for 1 Mimosas)

Special Guests Scheduled to appear thus far include: Council Member Gale Brewer

Located: Standupny – 236 W 78th St, New York, NY 10024

In partnership with Encore Ovation.

Cabaret Artists
Steve Ross
Marta Sanders Cooper
Leah Finnie
Cynthia Kaplan
Sandra Rodriguez
Anthony Santalmo, Jr.
Nancy Simpson Moore

Located: Da Marino – 220 W 49th St, New York, NY 10019

Judy Gold hosts a night of stand up comedy from some of the funniest 50 + comics.

Comedians
Greer Barnes
Karen Bergreen
John Fugelsang
Gary Gulman
Lizz Winstead
Eddie Brill

Located: Standupny – 236 W 78th St, New York, NY 10024

Gold Standard Arts Festival presents two blocks (2 PM & 7 PM) of short plays from some of the region’s most accomplished older playwrights.

2:00pm Program – Jammie Patton (Director)​
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD – Marc Acito & Sheldon Harnick (Playwright)
OLD TIMERS DAY – Marc Acito (Playwright)
I KNOW – Jacquelyn Reingold (Playwright)
HAIR UNDONE  – Cheryl Davis (Playwright)
SKIN DEEP – Tina Howe (Playwright)
FIGHT THE POWER – Caytha Jentis (Playwright)

7:00pm Program – Kathryn Markey (Director)​
CENSUS – Susan Miller (Playwright)
MIRACLE OF THE MALL – Frederick Stroppel
HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN – Alex Dinelaris (Playwright)
TRUTH AND SEX – Susan Cinoman (Playwright)
DOWN THERE – Lucy Wang (Playwright)
FIGHT THE POWER – Caytha Jentis (Playwright)

Located: Goddard Riverside’s Bernie Wohl Center – 647 Columbus Ave

This ticket is good for one or both blocks

12:30pm Block: Great Jewish ‘Plotz’

Films Include:

• The Violin – Academy Award Nominated Short
• Saving the Iraqi Jewish Archives: A Journey of Identity

2:00pm Block: Talmudic Tenders

Films Include:

• Neshamah
• Kinderland
• The Day Before Creation

Borscht Belters – so good, they could have headlined at Grossingers – followed by talkback with the filmmakers

Films Include:

• Chemistry Read
• Julie Leaves the Nest
• Quarantween
• The Trust

Otherworldly & very real short films!

Films Include:

• Cosmic Playster
• The Old Rogue
• Innocent Chat
• Dignity

Big powerful stories in small packages!

Films Include:

• Dog Walker
• Mum
• The Lingering
• Heartbeat
• Mislead

Powerful personal true stories!

Films Include:

• New Voice In Mississippi
• Beneath the Surface: Water Polo
• Married To Math

Documentary feature about four centenarian and almost centenarian women living in New York who unravel their courage, strength and zest for life in unique and inspiring ways. An homage to aging without regrets.

Event starts with a viewing of the music video Falling Directed by Melissa Hacker and The New Abolitionists film trailer directed by Christina Zorich.

Learn how to shoot a professional feature film on your iPhone with award winning filmmaker Paige Morrow Kimball.

You know that film idea you have that you’ve been wanting to make for years? But you felt it was: too expensive, too time-consuming, not good enough, too late, nobody cares, and a list of other reasons you have and have convinced yourself that it just cant be done. Filmmaker Paige Morrow Kimball is here to debunk those self-limiting beliefs!

Documentary Feature about the fabulous Sandi Marx, a fixture in the NYC storytelling scene. Followed by Q/A with Sand and perhaps a story!

Event starts with a viewing of the short Chemistry Read Directed by Norm Lang.

Ruthless Comedy Live, Hey Lady trailer & FX’s Hysterical Screening!

Night includes:

• A Taste of the Ruthless Comedy Hour – with Karen Bergreen, Cynthia Kaplan & Corey Kahaney
• Hey Lady Trailer (sneak peak)
• Hysterical Special Event Screening

With humor and grace, filmmakers use art to get through the pandemic.

Films Include:

• Remotely Learning
• The Trust
• April Showers
• QUARANTWEEN
• Kurtis on Zoom

The incredible story of Oleg Vidov. Followed by Q/A with the filmmakers.

Based on his soon to be published autobiography, OLEG tells the incredible life story of Oleg Vidov. Born in communist Russia to a teacher, by the age of 25, Oleg had become one of the Soviet Union’s most celebrated actors of his time. However, no amount of fame could save him from the political system that tried to control his life. He married into General Secretary Brezhnev’s inner circle only to wind up blacklisted, threatened with death, and forced to defect to the West. Reinventing himself in Hollywood, his efforts to counter anti-Russian stereotypes were attacked by the same forces that ruined his career decades earlier. Finally, in October 1991, with Oleg’s fears of persecution calmed by rise of perestroika, he returned to Moscow to star in a Danish film. Two months later, on Christmas Day 1991, President Gorbachev resigned from office and the USSR collapsed.

Thrillers and Biting Satire for you Saturday Afternoon.

Films Include:

• Tiffany Brittany Brooke
• Greetings from Sarajevo
• The Pepper Project

Coming of age can happen at any age.

Films Include:

• The Clam Kid
• 40 Years From Now
• How Am I Doing?
• Full Circle

Gold Standard Cult Classics hosted by our favorite Drag Queen Stella D’Oro!

Films Include:

• The Libby Show: Lunch with the Ladies
• Son of the Seed
• Driftwood III – Baby Alien
• Driftwood II – Lizard Mom

Between Two World and the documentary feature Light Years. Follow by a Q/A with writer/director Claire Panke of Light Years.

Films Include:

• Between Two Worlds
• Light Years

These seniors show how art enhances and extends life.

Films Include:

• Powers
• The Violin – Academy Award Nominated Short
• Shu Box featuring the Human Listening and Talking Machine

The Gold Standard of Gold Standard Shorts Followed by Q/A with Tracy Semmler & director Neil Leifer.

Films Include:

• Hey Lady
• Playing with Matches

The cast/creators of TOFW reunite for a once in a lifetime celebration of the hit web series, an unforgettable evening filled with iconic memories, uncontrollable laughter, happy tears and special guests because… fun never gets old.

Free to the Public. RSVP Today!