Today
@ 12 PM | Creative Aging Experience the vibrant rhythms and graceful movements of Indian dance at the Baychester Library's upcoming program featuring Sloka Iyengar, a talented dancer and dedicated instructor. For the past two months, Sloka has been guiding enthusiasts through the intricate steps of Indian dance during her classes at the library. Now, she's ready to showcase her hard work in a captivating performance for both the class and the Baychester community.
The event will be held in the Bartow Community Center,… First come, first served | Baychester Library | Adults |
Today
@ 6 PM | Poetry Programming Join author (and NYPL employee) Mya Matteo Alexice for a reading and book signing and celebration from their debut poetry collection, A Shape We've Yet to Name. There will be light refreshments.
About the author: Mya Matteo Alexice is a non-binary, Black and white graduate of the Rutgers-Newark MFA. Cave Canem fellow and pseudo-librarian, their poems can be found in or are forthcoming in publications such as Pleiades, Black Warrior Review, Copper Nickel, Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Bennington Re… Registration required: Online | Hudson Park Library | Adults,
Book Lovers |
Thu, May 2
@ 6 PM | Register
Hildegard, Reborn, a new show by Rocky Duval, is a unique look at the life and work of the extraordinary personality, Hildegard von Bingen. Despite the immense challenges of life in the 12th century, von Bingen made her mark as a musical composer, writer, spiritual leader, the first German naturalist scientist, and is today considered a pioneer of feminism and holistic healing.
Using personal and professional correspondence as a primary source of inspiration, Hildegard, Reborn elevate… | New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium | Adults |
Thu, May 9
@ 4 PM | Free Shakespeare Join us for a special performance to celebrate Jewish-American Heritage Month. NYC-based ISLE of KLEZBOS & Friends approaches tradition with irreverence and respect. The soulful, fun-loving powerhouse all-women’s klezmer ensemble has toured from Vienna to Vancouver since 1998, and will bring a quartet special for this performance. Band repertoire ranges from rambunctious to entrancing: neo-traditional folk dance, mystical melodies, Yiddish swing & retro tango, late Soviet-era Jewish drin… Registration required: Online | St. Agnes Library | Adults |
Thu, May 9
@ 6 PM | Register
Culminating an intense semester of research and creative experimentation, students from the New School's College of the Performing Arts, led by acclaimed saxophonist and composer Jane Ira Bloom, present new music collaborative works inspired by and incorporating the Library's archives. The concert will be followed by a Q&A with the four composers to discuss their process from research to performance.
Photo Credit: Rebecca Littman
SEATING POLICY | Programs are free and open to… | New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium | Adults |
Wed, May 15
@ 6 PM | Join us for live music in the lobby, Wednesday, May 15 at 6pm with Mary Edwards:
Everywhere We Are is the Farthest Place
Mary Edwards is a composer and sound artist whose interdisciplinary practice encompasses themes of temporality, impermanence, nostalgia and the natural world that recur throughout her work. Everywhere We Are is the Farthest Place is her "ode rather than an elegy” to the transforming Arctic landscape, climate vulnerability, elemental sensuality and terrestrial connectivi… | Jefferson Market Library, First Floor | Adults |
Sat, May 18
@ 2 PM | Before his untimely passing, Talib Rasul Hakim (1940-88) was already becoming a widely influential composer, one who suffused his music for chamber and orchestral forces with intense deliberation, considered improvisations, dynamic rhythmic profiles, and purposeful silences. Hakim saw his compositions as more than just music: he saw music performance as the equivalent to an almost religious awakening. In the 1978 book The Black Composer Speaks, Hakim maintained, “It is hoped that whenever [my] m… | New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium | Adults |
Sat, May 18
@ 3 PM | This program will take place in person at George Bruce Library.
Short Plays to Nourish the Mind & Soul presents:
The Limitations of Sin -- And What About the Children?
Written and directed by Cesi Davidson
Featuring Elizabeth Acosta and Jose Febus
There will be a post-show conversation and prizes. No registration necessary -- first come, first seated until we reach capacity. | George Bruce Library, Auditorium | Adults |
Thu, May 23
@ 7 PM | 7 Stories Up at SNFL Join the TRANScend Ambassadors & Community Chorale as they present "Hear My Voice," a concert celebrating shared human experiences with music from composers new and old.
This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 7th Floor.
Join SNFL for a special choral concert with the TRANScend Ambassadors & Community Chorale. TRANScend is a New York-based trans / gender-expansive vocal ensemble whose focus is on creating inclusive, supportive perform… | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), Event Center | Adults,
50+ |
Sat, June 22
@ 3 PM | Legendary theatre artist and queer icon Eva Le Gallienne lives again in THE QUEEN OF FOURTEENTH STREET, an original audio drama by Barrie Kreinik. On June 22nd at 3 pm, join us at the Jefferson Market Library for a live reading by the actors who recorded the audio drama, followed by a Q&A with the writer, actors, and director.
In 1926, at the age of 27, Broadway star Eva Le Gallienne left the commercial theatre behind to establish the Civic Repertory Theatre on West Fourteenth Street. With… | Jefferson Market Library | Adults |
Thu, July 11
@ 6 PM | Register
For decades, The American Tap Dance Foundation has shared the joy of tap dance through engaging dancers, teachers, choreographers, and tap dance enthusiasts of all ages in year-round training programs for kids, teens, and adults, premiere concert performances such as Rhythm in Motion, an Artists in Residence Program, and more..
This special event, A Celebration of the American Tap Dance Foundation at the Library for the Performing Arts, presents video and tap dance performances, alo… | New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium | Adults |
Sat, July 13
@ 1:30 PM | Stories inspired by the extraordinary life experiences of a group of Chinese ladies who get together weekly for an art class at the Homecrest Bensonhurst Community Center in Brooklyn, New York. Through object manipulation, shadow play, music and dance, this show brings their adventures to life.
這齣戲故事的靈感來自一群中國女士的非凡生命經歷，她 們每週都會聚集在紐約布魯克林的松柏之家社區服務中心
參加藝術課。偶戲藝術家鄭淑芸(Spica Wobbe)和舞蹈家袁 鳳蘭(Margaret Yuen)透過物件、光影、音樂和舞蹈，將她
們的故事重新展現在舞台上。
Conceived & Designed by構思/設計: Spica Wobbe.
Developed &am… | Seward Park Library | Adults,
50+,
Families,
Immigrants,
Young Adults/Pre GED (16-24 years) |
Sat, July 13
@ 3 PM | Stories inspired by the extraordinary life experiences of a group of Chinese ladies who get together weekly for an art class at the Homecrest Bensonhurst Community Center in Brooklyn, New York. Through object manipulation, shadow play, music and dance, this show brings their adventures to life.
這齣戲故事的靈感來自一群中國女士的非凡生命經歷，她 們每週都會聚集在紐約布魯克林的松柏之家社區服務中心
參加藝術課。偶戲藝術家鄭淑芸(Spica Wobbe)和舞蹈家袁 鳳蘭(Margaret Yuen)透過物件、光影、音樂和舞蹈，將她
們的故事重新展現在舞台上。
Conceived & Designed by構思/設計: Spica Wobbe.
Developed &am… | Seward Park Library | Adults,
50+,
Families,
Immigrants,
Young Adults/Pre GED (16-24 years) |