Danny Weinkauf
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Danny Weinkauf
Performs Family Concert at the Jewish Museum
Sunday, January 25
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NEW YORK, NY – Grammy-winning musician and composer Danny Weinkauf (bassist for They Might Be Giants) and his Red Pants Band will perform a concert for families at the Jewish Museum on Sunday, January 25 at 2 pm. The band will play songs from their popular album, No School Today, including “Archaeology” and “The Moon is Made of Cheese,” as well They Might Be Giants favorites like “Where Do They Make Balloons?” and “I Am a Paleontologist.” No School Today won a 2014 Parents' Choice Award.
Tickets are $18 per adult; $13 per child; $15 adult Jewish Museum family level member; and $11 child Jewish Museum family level member. This concert is for children age 3 and up. Adults are asked to accompany their children. For further information regarding family programs at The Jewish Museum, the public may call 212.423.3337. Tickets for this concert can be purchased online at TheJewishMuseum.org/programs/families#concerts. The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue and 92nd Street, Manhattan.
Danny Weinkauf records and tours with the multi-Grammy winning/platinum selling band They Might Be Giants (TMBG). His work with TMBG includes writing songs for their children's albums, No!, Here Come the 1,2,3s, and Here Comes Science. During his 15 years with the band, he has recorded several albums and performed extensively throughout America, Europe, and Australia. TV appearances include late night shows with Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Kilborn, Craig Ferguson, and Jon Stewart. Weinkauf is also a Grammy-winning composer whose work in the field of film and television music includes writing and producing for shows such as Malcolm in the Middle, Sex and the City, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
The Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Education’s school and family programs are supported by endowed funds established by the Bronfman Family, the Muriel and William Rand Fund, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Helena Rubinstein Foundation, Rosalie Klein Adolf, the Kekst Family, and Mrs. Ida C. Schwartz in memory of Mr. Bernard S. Schwartz. Family programming is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
About the Jewish Museum
Located on Museum Mile at Fifth Avenue and 92nd Street, the Jewish Museum is one of the world's preeminent institutions devoted to exploring art and Jewish culture from ancient to contemporary, offering intellectually engaging, educational, and provocative exhibitions and programs for people of all ages and backgrounds. The Museum was established in 1904, when Judge Mayer Sulzberger donated 26 ceremonial objects to The Jewish Theological Seminary as the core of a museum collection. Today, the Museum maintains a collection of over 30,000 works of art, artifacts, and broadcast media reflecting global Jewish identity, and presents a diverse schedule of internationally acclaimed temporary exhibitions.
The Jewish Museum is located at 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York City. Museum hours are Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, 11 am to 5:45 pm; Thursday, 11 am to 8 pm; and Friday, 11 am to 4 pm. Museum admission is $15.00 for adults, $12.00 for senior citizens, $7.50 for students, free for visitors 18 and under and Jewish Museum members. Admission is Pay What You Wish on Thursdays from 5pm to 8pm and free on Saturdays. For information on The Jewish Museum, the public may call 212.423.3200 or visit the website at TheJewishMuseum.org.
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The Jewish Museum
212.423.3271 or pressoffice@thejm.org