Press release

Media contacts:
Sarah Hearn / Barbara Lynch Gruppo
339-225-0488 or shearn@blgruppo.com

Colette Randall / ICA/Boston
617-478-3181 or crandall@icaboston.org

Better than Dinner and a Movie! Chef Barbara Lynch, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and World Music/CRASHarts partner to offer prix-fixe theater AND DINING EXPERIENCE

New brunch option added before Sunday performances at the ICA

Boston, MA—The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, World Music/CRASHarts and chef Barbara Lynch are excited to bring back their popular theater + prix-fixe menu offer. The prix-fixe menu will be available exclusively at Lynch’s Italian-inspired Fort Point restaurant, Sportello, before performances in the ICA theater. The partnership highlights the vibrancy of Boston’s new waterfront neighborhood, where visitors can enjoy one of the city’s best restaurants before experiencing exciting new dance, music or theater at the ICA. This year, Sportello is also offering a prix-fixe brunch menu prior to Sunday performances at the ICA.

Dinner Offer
The pre-performance dinner menu features three courses for $35 per person (excludes beverages, taxes and gratuity).

Brunch Offer
The pre-performance brunch menu features three courses for $25 per person (excludes beverages, taxes and gratuity).

Reservations
Reservations may be made on www.sportelloboston.com or by calling 617-737-1234. Guests should mention that they are attending the ICA performance that day when making reservations and present performance tickets to the server at Sportello. Reservations for the dinner menu are available from 5-6 p.m. for all performances beginning at 8 p.m. or earlier. Reservations for the brunch menu are available from 11 a.m.-1p.m. for all Sunday performances.

ICA Performance Tickets
Guests can take advantage of these special menus before attending these upcoming performances at the ICA. Tickets are available by calling 617-478-3103 or visiting www.icaboston.org.

Performance Dates
(all performances begin at 7:30pm unless otherwise noted)

DANCE
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Friday, 2/4
Saturday 2/5
Sunday 2/6 @ 2pm
Fresh off a Kennedy Center Honors and three Tony Award wins, Bill T. Jones continues to be one of the most powerful forces in contemporary dance. The ICA presents the world premiere of Body Against Body, a program that revives the groundbreaking duets and solos that launched Jones and the late Arnie Zane.

DANCE
DOUG VARONE AND DANCERS
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts
Friday, 2/18
Saturday, 2/19, (start time 8pm)
Sunday, 2/20, (start time 3pm)

the internationally celebrated Doug Varone and Dancers, which has been honored with 11 Bessie Awards, will perform the Boston premiere of Chapters from a Broken Novel.

MUSIC
Celestial Septet: Rova and Nels Cline Singers
Friday,2/25
The Septet will take you on a trip as they blur the boundaries between jazz, rock, and 21st-century postmodern fusions.

DANCE
Philadanco
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts
Friday 3/11
Saturday 3/12 (start time 8pm)
Sunday 3/13 (start time 3pm)
Blending African-American dance with ballet, jazz and modern dance, Philadanco presents the Boston premiere of By Way of the Funk, a new work by founder and artistic director of Urban Bush Women, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, set to the music of Funkadelic and Parliament, as well as other works.

MUSIC
Washed By Fire
Thursday 3/17
New music ensemble Either/Or performs the work of Keeril Makan, “an arrestingly gifted young American composer” (The New Yorker).

THEATER
Chautauqua!
The National Theater of the United States of America
Friday 4/1
Saturday 4/2
Sunday 4/3 @ 2pm
Step right up for an event that’s part history lesson, part variety show, and pure entertainment. Chautauqua! brings the tradition of the traveling lecture circuit into the 21st century, straddling “high” and “low” culture as it combines informative lectures with Broadway-style song-and-dance numbers, joke telling, and feats of strength.

DANCE
David Dorfman Dance
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts
Friday 4/8
Saturday 4/9 (start time 8pm)
Sunday 4/10 (start time 3pm)
David Dorfman Dance has been celebrated for its exuberant, gorgeous and slightly oddball style. The company’s newest project, Prophets of Funk—Dance to the Music, is a dynamic engagement of movement driven by the popular, and populist, funk sounds of Sly and the Family Stone.

DANCE
Barak Marshall
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts
Friday, 4/22
Saturday 4/23 (start time 8pm)
Sunday 4/24(start time 3pm)
Barak Marshall creates intensely athletic dances, heightened by surreal theatrical vignettes. Marshall presents the Boston premiere of Monger, a dynamic performance set to a score of Gypsy, Balkan, classical and rock music.

THEATER
Bellona, Destroyer of Cities
Friday 5/13
Saturday 5/14
Sunday 5/15 @ 2pm
Jay Scheib, named one of 25 artists who will shape the next 25 years of theater by American Theater Magazine, returns to the ICA stage. Bellona, a once illustrious city, has been decimated by a mysterious cataclysmic event, leaving it all but forgotten. Based on Samuel R. Delaney’s novel Dhalgren, Bellona, Destroyer of Cities is a parable of the dangers facing the modern American city.

MUSIC
Terminals
Friday 5/27
New music by Bobby Previte performed by SO Percussion and Previte with special soloists Zeena Parkins, DJ Logic, John Medeski, and Jen Shyu.

MUSIC
Keren Ann
Presented with World Music/CRASHarts
Thursday, 6/9 (start time 8pm)
Keren Ann has a gift for channeling mood into song. With a predilection for romantic tragedy, her intimate melodies overflow with a slow-burning melancholy and wistful heartache.

About Sportello
A modern interpretation of a classic diner, Sportello (Italian for counter) offers a menu of trattoria-inspired dishes along with a wine list comprised of incredibly food-friendly artisanal Italian wines. A bakery and retail area features house-made Italian breads and sweets, coffee & espresso, and freshly prepared sandwiches, soups, and salads. Sportello is open daily and serves lunch and dinner during the week and brunch on the weekends. For more information, please call 617.737.1234 or visit www.sportelloboston.com.

About the ICA
An influential forum for multi-disciplinary arts, the Institute of Contemporary Art has been at the leading edge of art in Boston for more than 70 years. Like its iconic building on Boston’s waterfront, the ICA offers new ways of engaging with the world around us. Its exhibitions and programs provide access to contemporary art, artists, and the creative process, inviting audiences of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the excitement of new art and ideas. The ICA, located at 100 Northern Avenue, is open Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 am – 5 pm; Thursday and Friday, 10 am – 9 pm; and Saturday and Sunday, 10 am – 5 pm. Admission is $15 adults, $10 seniors and students, and free for members and children 17 and under. ICA Free Admission for Youth is sponsored by State Street Foundation. Free admission on Target Free Thursday Nights, 5 – 9 pm. Free admission for families at ICA Play Dates (2 adults + children 12 and under) on the last Saturday of the month. For more information, call 617-478-3100 or visit our Web site at www.icaboston.org.

About World Music/CRASHarts
World Music, a non-profit organization established in 1990, is New England’s premier presenter of global culture, featuring music and dance from the far and near corners of the globe. In 2001, World Music launched CRASHarts as a division of World Music dedicated to presenting a contemporary performing arts series in greater Boston. World Music/CRASHarts strives to offer audiences an opportunity to share in many different cultural and artistic expressions and seeks to foster an atmosphere of discovery and exploration. The organization presents approximately 70 concerts and 15 educational programs per year. For more information, call (617) 876-4275 or visit www.WorldMusic.org