Dissecting Light: A Conversation and Demonstration with Lighting Designer Beverly EmmonsTony Award-winner Beverly Emmons has created lighting designs for dance, theater, and opera, including such noteworthy productions as Einstein on the Beach at the Metropolitan Opera, Broadway shows from Amadeus to Annie Get Your Gun, as well as with dance performances by Merce Cunningham, Bill T. Jones, and the Martha Graham Company. On Saturday, December 12, 10:30am to 12:00pm, Emmons comes to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, LPA Café, to talk about her craft and to offer a live demonstration of her tools. Attendees will participate in a closeup exploration of how theatrical lighting instruments work. Reservations are now open. (If assistance is needed with online reservations, please visit the welcome desk at the Library for the Performing Arts' Lincoln Center Plaza entrance, where volunteers will make a reservation for prospective attendees, even if they do not use email. All registered seats are released 15 minutes before start time, so it is recommended that prospective attendees arrive early.) To reserve, visit the URL below. This event takes place in the Library for the Performing Arts' Cafe, on the first floor, Lincoln Center plaza level. Enter via the Cafe entrance by ascending the stairs at the corner of Amsterdam Ave. and West 65th St. Mobility impaired people may enter via 111 Amsterdam Ave. 
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