Greenwich Library,
recognized as one of the nation’s premier libraries
and the most visited library in the state of
Connecticut, is thrilled to announce its Opening
Night Celebration, featuring
a very special performance by Music
from the Sole. The fundraising event on Friday,
October 3, 2025, includes a dance performance in
Greenwich Library’s Berkley Theater at 7:00 p.m.,
followed by a celebratory cocktail party and grazing
dinner by Marcia Selden Catering in the Library's
Reading Room. Event co-chairs Bey-Shan
Liu and Jun
Brumberg will
host the evening. Dancers from the company will also
join the festivities! Tickets are available at: greenwichlibrary.org/support/opening-night.
Funds raised from the October 3
Opening Night Celebration event will support the
upcoming season of performing arts programming at
Greenwich Library's Berkley Theater. This includes
two free performances by Music from the Sole on
Saturday, October 4, plus a yearlong array of
extraordinary cultural and educational experiences.
Greenwich Library prides itself on providing, in
addition to its author events and signature lecture
series, additional world-class performing arts and
cultural programs, which are all free and accessible
to the entire Greenwich Library community.
“We are thrilled to be able to
feature the amazing artistry and compelling
performance by Music
from the Sole for
this year’s Opening Night Celebration,” noted Jun
Brumberg, co-chair of the Friends of Greenwich
Library Opening Night Celebration committee. “This
is our only event that helps raise critical funds
for performing arts programming for the Library.
Through the community’s support, the Library is able
to continue to offer world-class performances and
programming free of charge all year long.”
Music from the Sole is
a dynamic dance and live music company that features
Afro-Brazilian tap dancing that celebrates tap's
Afro-diasporic roots, particularly its connections
to Afro-Brazilian dance and music, and its lineage
to forms like house dance and passinho (Brazilian
funk). Led by Brazilian choreographer Leonardo
Sandoval and by composer Gregory Richardson, Music
from the Sole’s work embraces tap’s
unique nature as a blend of sound and movement,
incorporating wide-ranging influences like samba,
passinho, Afro-Cuban, jazz, and house. Recent
credits include appearances at Lincoln Center,
Kaatsbaan, Jacob’s
Pillow, The Yard, Caramoor Jazz Festival, Battery
Dance Festival, and Tap in Rio. They were recently
commissioned to create new pieces by Works And
Process at the Guggenheim Museum, and have received
support from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, The
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New England
Foundation for the Arts, and the Jerome Foundation.
Driven by a firm belief in the transformational
power of both dance and music, the company has also
partnered with organizations like the National Dance
Institute and Lincoln Center Education, highlighting
a deep commitment to community engagement,
inclusivity, and social impact.
In addition to the Opening Night
Celebration, two free performances by Music
from the Sole will
be held on Saturday, October 4, at 2:00 and 7:00
p.m. Tickets for those performances will be
available later this summer. For more information
about Greenwich Library and the Opening Night
Celebration, please visitgreenwichlibrary.org/support/opening-night.
To learn about possible sponsorship opportunities
for this event, please contact Lisa Mandel at lmandel@greenwichlibrary.org.
About Greenwich Library
The Greenwich Library
system consists of the Main Library and its Byram
Shubert and Cos Cob branches. The mission of
Greenwich Library is to provide exceptional
resources, programs and services that promote the
joy of lifelong learning and discovery, and to offer
a welcoming place to gather and share experiences.
With 1,800 programs and events per year, the Library
seeks to serve as the cultural and intellectual
crossroads of the community. Greenwich Library’s
circulation is among the highest of public libraries
in Connecticut and has been named a five-star
library by Library Journal for11 of the past 12
years for the high number of patron visits,
circulation, use of public computers and program
attendance. Greenwich Library is located at 101 West
Putnam Avenue in Greenwich. Cos Cob Library is
located at 5 Sinawoy Road in Cos Cob. Byram Shubert
Library is located at 21 Mead Avenue in Greenwich.
More information is available online at www.greenwichlibrary.org or
by calling 203-622-7900.