This work-in-progress performance features excerpts from A Beast That Came Apart Mid-Air, a new dance-theater production. It follows three Black femmes of the diaspora as they navigate history and reimagine […]
Take a trip back in time to learn about the evolution of travel luggage from the Gilded Age through the Roaring Twenties. This lecture follows the transformation of long-distance luggage from wood-and-leather trunks weighing over 50 pounds to suitcases with synthetic shells, light enough to lift and store in an airplane’s overhead compartment. Learn about […]
After the 9/11 attacks, once the smoke was gone and the rubble cleared away, New Yorkers had a city to rebuild. In response to fast-tracked redevelopment plans, more than 5,000 people gathered in the largest town hall in American history. They came to vote on the city’s six proposals for rebuilding Ground Zero. But instead, […]
This immersive two-hour poetry workshop invites participants into a practice of slow looking, deep listening, and creative response. Led by Westchester Poet Laureate Phylisha Villanueva, the session begins with a guided walk through the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center gallery, offering close engagement with Shen Wei: Still/Moving. Participants will be encouraged to notice gesture, breath, […]
Participants in the March 2026 Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop will read their original poems alongside the landscape paintings from Shen Wei: Still/Moving that inspired their writing. This gallery tour and poetry reading differs from a traditional seated reading; it will invite gentle movement, collective attention, and deep listening. Poems will be heard where they were written—in […]
Trumpeter and flugelhornist Mark Morganelli and the Jazz Forum All-Stars will celebrate the iconic Miles Davis by performing selections from their recent CD, For Miles, recorded in Torino, Italy. This concert, like the recording, will focus on Miles’ 1950s work and includes Miles’ own compositions as well as cherished standards that he helped popularize. All […]
Ballet Hispánico New York presents excerpts from MUJERES: Women in Motion, its 2026 season led by three consequential choreographic voices. This landmark program will feature world premieres by Cassi Abranches […]
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