Now in its 19th year, the festival was founded in 2003 by comedians Dean Obeidallah and Maysoon Zayid to showcase the talents of Arab-American performers, writers and filmmakers. This year’s lineup includes folks who’ve been featured on HBO, Netflix, and more. The festival runs through Saturday, Nov. 19, at Gotham Comedy Club in Chelsea, andOw! Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Thrillerin Midtown, where rooms will be transformed to resemble scenes from music videos of MJ’s greatest hits .
Yale Strom composed a cantata about the horrific 1911 “Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire” in Greenwich Village.In 1911, a fire ripped through a factory housed in a 10-story building in Greenwich Village. The blaze killed more than 100 workers, many of them young Italian or Jewish immigrants. One hundred years later, Yale Strom composed a cantata about it – “Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.