We are getting ready for MayFest 2003 – our fifth annual month-long arts and culture festival. Called the “most ambitious cultural project that Turks living outside of Turkey have ever undertaken”, MayFest was the Moon and Stars Project’s first foray into building cultural bridges between the United States and Turkey and remains the heart and soul of our organization’s endeavors.

In our fifth year, MayFest 2003 is poised to follow in the footsteps of the successes of our first four years and has grown into something bigger than any of us could have ever imagined.

This year, join us at Central Park for a free concert, see award-winning puppets tell Nasreddin Hoca tales, listen to Anatolian folk songs where baglama and opera meet, give yourself a night on the town with jazz, watch Turkish talent in an off-off-Broadway production, or visit an art exhibition (or two) and enjoy the show!

NASREDDİN HOCA, Puppet Theater for Young and Old
Saturday May 3, 2003, 11:00 am
Sunday May 4, 2003, 11:00 am
Sunday May 4, 2003, 5:00 pm

KIM BOCK QUARTET, featuring Sıla Çevikçe
Saturday, May 3, 2003 8:00 pm
Thursday, May 8, 2003 8:00 pm

ERRATIC LINES, an Exhibition by İnci Eviner
May 6-17, 2003, Tuesdays through
Saturdays, 11:00am - 6:00pm
Opening Reception:
Tuesday, May 6, 2003, 5:00 – 7:30 pm

MASKS AND ACTION HEROES, a new exhibition by Julie Mardin
Co-presented by the manhattantheatresource
May 8-June 15, 2003, daily 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Opening Reception:
Friday, May 16, 4:00 pm-7:00 pm

ASIA MINOR, “ethno-jazz” in Central Park
Sunday, May 11, 2003, 2:00 pm

OUR SONGS, Anatolian Folk Songs at the Opera with Tuncer Tercan and Ömer Yılmaz
Saturday, May 24, 2003, 8:30 pm

DREAM’IN NEW YORK and MAHMUD AND YEZIDA (AN EXCERPT), two plays by the New Repertory Theatre
Wednesday, May 28, 2003, 8:00 pm
Thursday, May 29, 2003, 8:00 pm
Friday, May 30, 2003, 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 31, 2003, 3:00 pm
Saturday, May 31, 2003, 8:00 pm
Sunday, June 1, 2003, 3:00 pm