BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34195@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250411T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250411T183000 DTSTAMP:20250318T174731Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/zikrayat-the-golden-age-of-arab-mus ic/ SUMMARY:Zikrayat: The Golden Age of Arab Music DESCRIPTION:NEW YORK\, NEW YORK\n\nCelebrate Arab American Heritage Month\n \nPresenting\n\nZikrayat featuring Mariyah\n\nAbout Zikrayat\n\nFounded in 2006 by Arab violinist\, Sami Abu Shumays and dancer Robin Dameshe Shumay s\, Zikrayat quickly became the foremost representative of Egyptian music and dance in New York\, specializing in repertory from the "Golden Age" of Egyptian movie musicals (the 1940's-60's).\n\nZikrayat has performed at L incoln Center\, Joe's Pub\, City University of New York’s Elebash Hall\, the American Folk Festival\, the Lowell Folk Festival\, and the Global Fi lm &\; Music festival at William and Mary\, the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, Alwan for the Arts\, Drom\, and many other venues.\n\nMusical direct or Sami Shumays teaches classes and workshops on Arabic music across the c ountry\, in person and remotely. He has given lectures at Yale University\ , Wesleyan University\, The New School\, and William &\; Mary. He has a lso developed unique online resources to teach Arabic music at www.maqaml essons.com and is co-author of the book Inside Arabic Music with Johnny F arraj.\n\nAbout Mariyah\n\nMariyah is a bellydancer\, choreographer and in structor based in NYC. Distinguished by her graceful and evocative dance s tyle\, she is highly regarded as a leading dance artist in the New York ar ea. In 2008\, Mariyah began dancing with NYC’s premier Arabic music and dance ensemble Zikrayat and began choreographing and dance directing for the group in 2010. She has performed with the ensemble at numerous cultur al and theater events\, including the prestigious Lincoln Center Out of D oors festival in New York\, NY.\n\nZikrayat Performers\n\n Sami Abu-Shum ays - violin\n Zafer Tawil - oud\n John Murchison - qanoon\n Nezih Anta kli - darbuka\n Alber Baseel - riqq\n\nFeatured Dancer\n\nMariyah\nTicket s &\; Attendance\n\n RSVPs are first come\, first served.\n RSVPs are required of all attendees\, including children. All children must be acco mpanied by an adult.\n An RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Free events are oversold to accommodate drops.\n Same-day walkups will be accepted\, Rem aining seats will be released prior to the start of the show as space perm its.\n\nVenue Policies\n\n This venue is accessible to wheelchairs\n Lar ge items including strollers and carts are not permitted in the hall\, but can be left in the lobby at the owner's discretion. Third Street does not assume liability for any theft or damages.\n No food or drinks are permi tted in the Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall\n No pets allowed\, service an imals only\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-18-105342.jpg LOCATION:Third Street Music School Settlement\, 235 East 11th St\, New York \, NY\, 10003\, United States GEO:40.730876;-73.986972 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=235 East 11th St\, New York \, NY\, 10003\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Third Street Musi c School Settlement:geo:40.730876,-73.986972 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR