San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood is an hour-long documentary directed by Emmy Award winner Stanley Nelson, preeminent documentarian of the African American experience. In the first half of the twentieth century, the area where Lincoln Center now stands was known as San Juan Hill. Predating...
Join us for our Accessible Community, Culture, and Technology Fair on Friday, October 17th, from 11 AM to 4 PM at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) on 5th Avenue and 40th Street. This fair precedes NYPL’s Accessible Technology Conference 2025: Connect - Innovate - Act...
Created by composer Etienne Charles, San Juan Hill: A New York Story is an immersive multimedia creation that celebrates a vital chapter of New York's past. Through music, visuals, and first-person accounts, this powerful work shines a light on the historic communities of the area...
Jazz ensembles, Latin bands and Mambo Nights were star entertainment in and around the historic San Juan Hill community at venues like the Lincoln Square Center, the St. Nicholas Arena, and the nearby Palladium Ballroom. Join us on the dance floor at the David Rubenstein...
SLP & The Joyful Noise is a nine-piece band, led by the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Suzan-Lori Parks, that serves as her musical workshop for original songwriting and new storytelling. The Tune Up!, directed by Bessie Award-winning Artistic Director of The Flea Theater Niegel Smith, puts SLP...
Lincoln Center’s 2025 Visionary Artist and two-time Tony winner Jeanine Tesori and Emmy nominee Tazewell Thompson (creators of Blue) are joined by author Susan Sturm (What Might Be: Confronting Racism to Transform Our Institutions) and poet Bryonn Bain for an interactive exploration of bridge-building across divides, inspired...
Join us for an evening of music, film, and conversation centered on the US Premiere screening of actress-filmmaker María Valverde’s El Canto de las Manos, a documentary about the power of music to change people's lives. The 2025 film follows Jennifer, Gabriel, and José — three Deaf musicians...
Samantha Coleman was a remarkable force in both theatre and disability advocacy. As an adult, an autoimmune condition led to her becoming increasingly deaf and blind. She remained an active part of the Broadway community, turning her passion into fierce advocacy work for theatre accessibility....
Cuchifritos Gallery is pleased to present a new project by AAI’s LES Studio Program residency alum Shanzhai Lyric. Designed in collaboration with architectural collective common room, Canal Street Research Association (market) will be on view at Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space from November 15, 2025 through February 7, 2026....
*Please note: This performance contains adult themes and strong language. Audience discretion is advised; this show is intended for ages 14+. Presented in collaboration with Lincoln Center Theater and The Metropolitan Opera Experience a staged concert of Blue, the award-winning contemporary opera from Lincoln Center’s 2025 Visionary...