Welcome to an intimate forum led by the musical legend and technological savant Nona Hendryx. Together, with a panel of creative minds and futurist spirits including Kate Freer, Mimi Lien, Miles Regis, and more to be announced, we'll explore the threshold spaces between analog craft...
Originally from Venezuela, the GRAMMY-nominated bassist Álvaro Benavides is now based out of NYC, where he regularly performs with some of the world's most renowned Cuban bands. Famed for his unshakeable timing and unerring instinct, Benavides' beats and grooves combust alongside the cajón into an...
Afro-Latin ensemble QUITAPENAS—one word, all caps; four syllables, all claps!—gives you a taste of their rhythmic contagion. Born under the warm California sun, these irresistible musicians celebrate the (almost) forgotten rhythms of Afro-Indigenous communities across Latin America. With call and response rhythms and pulsating beats...
Presented in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic Experts explore the economy of philanthropy and patronage in American culture, and how they shape the performing arts and cultural institutions. They will refer to The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith’s seminal text on economics and value, as well...
The New York Times called the American Modern Opera Company's Summer for the City 2025 season "a milestone" both for the performers and for Lincoln Center. This spring, AMOC* returns to Lincoln Center for a series of one-night-only presentations of new and foundational compositions. The March program spotlights...
Performed in American Sign Language (ASL) by a full Deaf Broadway cast and accompanied by the original Broadway cast album, Jeanine Tesori’s Violet tells the story of a young woman’s quest for beauty amidst the image-obsessed landscape of the 1960s. Facially disfigured in a childhood accident, Violet...
Groundbreaking musician, producer, author, and revolutionary creative force Nona Hendryx leads an innovative salon featuring artistic luminaries working at the intersection of art, technology, and Black imagination. This immersive evening of performance and conversation centers ancestral wisdom alongside cutting-edge innovation, where the boundaries between human...
Black Girl Magic Ball, founded by Mahogany L. Browne, Lincoln Center's inaugural Poet-in-Residence, is an annual celebration honoring Black women and their allies who uplift the community through creativity, activism, and innovation. Its mission is to create an intergenerational nexus of joy and recognition and...
GRAMMY Award-winning producer, composer, and choir master Donald Lawrence has been one of the most prominent and celebrated voices in contemporary gospel music for over 30 years. Alongside his choir, the Tri-City Singers, Lawrence's talent has been instrumental in the work of The Clark Sisters,...
*Please note: This performance contains adult themes and strong language. Audience discretion is advised; this show is intended for ages 13+. Ntozake Shange’s enduring, epochal choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf celebrates its 50th anniversary with a reimagined musical treatment....