Lincoln Center Moments - Cynthia Sayer's Hot Jazz Party
2025-06-04 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, 165 West 65th Street, New York, NY , NY, 10023, United States
Join us for a fun, upbeat program of hot jazz, American Songbook, tango, and more at our spring season finale: Cynthia Sayer’s Hot Jazz Party! An American Banjo Hall of Famer and Steve Martin Banjo Prize winner, Cynthia and her all-star Joyride band just might get you swinging, clapping, and even singing along!
This event is part of Lincoln Center Moments, a free performance-based program specially designed for individuals with dementia and their caregivers.
Performances at 11:00 am are Relaxed Performances, designed for a neurodiverse audience. In addition to audiences impacted by dementia, these performances are also open to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Performances at 1:00 pm are followed by an hour-long workshop specially designed for audiences impacted by dementia—facilitated by educators and music therapists that explore the work through discussion, movement, music, and art-making.

Guggenheim Mind's Eye: Deep Thinkers
2025-06-04 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-09 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-06-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10128, United States
The Guggenheim New York celebrates the ideas, people, and art at the core of its mission by offering virtual and in-person Mind’s Eye programming for participants who are blind or have low vision. Join us for a tour of the exhibitions A Year With Children and Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers.
We’ll invite you to consider the artistic connections between select artworks by Rashid Johnson alongside work by student artists participating in Learning Through Art, the Guggenheim’s artist-in-residence program in New York City public elementary schools. Think deeply with us as we engage in a shared exploration of the themes, materials, and mediums found in both exhibitions.
This month’s Mind’s Eye programming will be led by Guggenheim educators through verbal description and conversation. The virtual sessions will be accessible by web link or by dial-in phone number, depending on your preference.
The program is repeated both online and in person. Please let us know which date you prefer to join us:
Virtual Programs:
Monday, June 2, 6:30-8:30pm
Wednesday, June 4, 2:00-4:00pm
In Person Programs:
Monday, June 9, 6:30-8:30pm
Wednesday, June 11, 2:00-4:00pm
Free, but space is limited. RSVP is required three days before the program. To RSVP, call 212 360 4355 or email access@guggenheim.org.

Series: Social History of Jewish Food: Co-Hosted by JBI Library and ACB, led by Rabbi Andrew Goodman
2025-06-04 15:00 - 16:00 | https://macaccess.org/program/series-social-history-of-jewish-food-co-hosted-by-jbi-library-and-acb-led-by-rabbi-andrew-goodman/2025-06-04/
Join us and members of the ACB for the last two parts of a three-part series, “Social History of Jewish Food,” facilitated by Rabbi Andrew Goodman on Wednesday, June 4 and June 18 at 3 pm EDT. Dive into the rich culinary traditions and cultural significance of Jewish cuisine, as we explore the historical and social contexts that have shaped these beloved dishes. Using the book “Eat and Be Satisfied,” this program promises to be a delightful journey through the stories and importance of Jewish food. Part two of the series will focus on chapters 3 and 4: food during the Talmudic Era (also known as the first millennium of the Common Era), and part three of the series will discuss chapters 5 and 6: food during the Medieval Era. Feel free to join us for either or both remaining programs in this series!
Register using the following form. The Zoom information will be provided 24 hours in advance of the program with The American Council of the Blind’s (ACB) credentials: https://forms.office.com/r/iF1gFHeQcF
Please note: The book “Eat and Be Satisfied” is available to request at JBI Library. If you are not a patron with us, please feel free to reach out to our library at 212-545-8025 or library@jbilibrary.org and they will be happy to help you access the book.

ACCESS JRM: Sensory-Friendly Hours
2025-06-06 15:00 - 18:00 | Jackie Robinson Museum, 75 Varick Street, New York, 10013, United States
Join us for sensory-friendly hours at the Jackie Robinson Museum, held on the first Friday afternoon of each month and specially designed for neurodivergent visitors, including youth and their families, teens, and adults. ACCESS JRM Fridays will feature limited general admission for reduced crowds and quieter gallery spaces with exhibit audio reduced or silenced.
In addition to our KultureCity resources available at all times, ACCESS JRM hours will include availability of a dedicated quiet zone and interpretive offerings such as tours, picture book readings, and tactile learning opportunities for inclusive exploration. All age groups are welcome!
ACCESS JRM is mostly a self-guided experience and not designed as a drop-off activity. All children and youth ticket holders must be accompanied by an adult.

Picture This!—Superfine: Tailoring Black Style
2025-06-06 18:00 - 19:30 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Mellissa Huber, Associate Curator, The Costume Institute, The Met
Monica Miller, Guest Curator, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, and Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University
Kaelyn Garcia, Assistant Conservator, The Costume Institute, The Met
Kai Marcel, Research Assistant, The Costume Institute, The Met
For adults who are blind or partially sighted. Join us for a tour to enjoy works of art through detailed descriptions and discussion.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.
For updates on upcoming programs, connect with us on Facebook or contact us at access@metmuseum.org.
See our visitor guidelines.

Book club with Joan: Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
2025-06-09 16:00 - 17:00 | https://macaccess.org/program/book-club-with-joan-golem-and-the-jinni-by-helene-wecker/
Book: Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic, created to be the wife of a man who dies at sea on the voyage from Poland. Chava is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York harbor in 1899. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free.
Ahmad and Chava become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection. Marvelous and compulsively readable, Helene Wecker’s debut novel The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale.
This book is available from NLS as DB76801 for audio. Download it through BARD at nlsbard.loc.gov, the BARD Mobile app, or request them from your local NLS library. This book is also available in digital braille if you are a Bookshare member, and we can emboss it for you if you would like it in hard copy braille.
To register, or if you have any access needs or require ASL interpretation, contact us at register@jbilibrary.org or 646-616-3929.

ASL Tour: Breaking the Mold
2025-06-10 13:00 - 2025-06-21 14:30 | Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY, 11238, United States
Visitors from the D/deaf community are invited to experience Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200 in an American Sign Language (ASL) tour, led by a Deaf teaching artist. After a brief meet-and-greet, explore the evolution of the Brooklyn Museum from a small library to the encyclopedic institution it is today. Discover both legendary masterpieces and cutting-edge contemporary works, and take an inside look at the Museum’s architectural history.

Memoir Series Part Two: “My Childhood in Pieces” with Edward Hirsch
2025-06-11 16:30 - 17:30 | https://macaccess.org/program/memoir-series-part-two-my-childhood-in-pieces-with-edward-hirsch/
Join us on Wednesday, June 11 at 4:30pm EST for part two of JBI Library’s memoir series, as acclaimed poet Edward Hirsch reads excerpts from his newly released memoir “My Childhood in Pieces”, followed by a discussion of the writing process, the peculiarities of memoir writing, and questions from the audience. In “My Childhood in Pieces”, dark comic microbursts of prose deliver a whole childhood, at the hands of an aspiring middle-class Jewish family whose hard-boiled American values and wit were the forge of a poet’s coming-of-age.
Register with Zoom at https://jbilibrary-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/0apde6jaQ1mw7hmvI6trlA
Note: If you have any access needs, require ASL interpretation, or prefer to register via email or phone, please reach out to us at register@jbilibrary.org or 646-616-3929.

Robert Glasper + Alain Pérez
2025-06-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, 62nd St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
This can’t-miss opening night of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City features two performances from major contemporary superstars, offering a vision of a spectacularly full musical future defined by genius and limitless possibility. Over an already storied 20-year career, the multiple GRAMMY Award-winning producer, composer, pianist, and culture creator Robert Glasper has seamlessly reintegrated the intersecting spirits of modern jazz, R&B, and Hip-Hop. Glasper’s Black Radio album project ushered in a generation of listeners for whom genre means far less than musicality. Next to hit the stage is Cuban bassist and polymath musician Alain Pérez, who joins us as part of his Bingo summer tour. The Latin GRAMMY Award winner, Alain Pérez & La Orquesta, has earned an international reputation as a creative innovator whose Latin roots provide a foundation for bold expression and expansion.

Met Signs in the Studio—Sargent and Paris
2025-06-14 14:00 - 16:30 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Explore the exhibition Sargent and Paris with teaching artists Debra Cole and Hollie Ecker. Then, create your own work of art in the studio. For visitors of all ages.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Sargent and Paris.
Free, though advance registration is required. Space is limited.
For updates on upcoming programs, connect with us on Facebook or contact us at access@metmuseum.org.
See our visitor guidelines.

In American Sign Language only, without voice interpretation. Programs with Sign Language are intended primarily for the Deaf community.

Tea Dance at the Intrepid Museum
2025-06-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Intrepid Museum, 12th Avenue and 46th Street, New York, 10036, United States
Put on your dancing shoes and join the Intrepid Museum for an afternoon of dancing and engagement with music from Intrepid’s years of service (1943-1974), led by Rhythm Break Cares!
Free parking and free transportation to and from the Museum by car service is available for all participants in New York City. Free with advance registration.

Series: Social History of Jewish Food: Co-Hosted by JBI Library and ACB, led by Rabbi Andrew Goodman
2025-06-18 15:00 - 16:00 | https://macaccess.org/program/series-social-history-of-jewish-food-co-hosted-by-jbi-library-and-acb-led-by-rabbi-andrew-goodman/2025-06-18/

A Sensory Friendly Free Family Art Day with Spellbound Theatre
2025-06-18 15:30 - 16:45 | Bedford Library, 496 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, 11238, United States
Join Spellbound Theatre for a FREE sensory friendly pop-up show called “Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please” and an art activity around our theme, “A Subway Adventure!”
Where? Bedford Library, 496 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
When? Wednesday June 18 @ 3:30-4:45pm
Who? Children ages 2-8 years old and their families
Here is a link to the sensory friendly information and the visual guide: June 18 Bedford Library – Sensory Friendly Page (ENG/SPA)
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please is a one-of-a-kind storytelling performance that follows a lost toy, Catbear, as they travel through the tunnels of New York City on six different subway lines, looking for their owner. Each train has its own story, and Catbear experiences all the sights and sounds of New York City before landing home again.
Free Family Art Days are opportunities for the whole family to play, create, and explore through a variety of art forms. These events are free for the public thanks to the generous donations from Spellbound supporters and institutional grants.
Spellbound Theatre is New York’s award-winning theater for very young children and their families. We bring original theater, storytelling and puppetry performances and workshops to schools, libraries, and performance venues in New York and across the country.

June 18, 3:30-4:45pm
https://www.spellboundtheatre.com/free-family-art-days.html

An Afternoon of Jazz at the Jackie Robinson Museum
2025-06-19 12:00 - 15:00 | Jackie Robinson Museum, 75 Varick Street, New York, 10013, United States
Join us to celebrate African American Music Month with a special tribute to the Robinson family’s legendary An Afternoon of Jazz concerts. This intergenerational program will include tours, interactive workshops, and hands-on activities that honor the legacy of the concerts and explore African American music, past and present.
What’s Happening
Interactive Jazz Workshop and Performance – great for all ages!
Museum Tours – Enjoy a custom-designed gallery tour that will highlight the intersections between Jackie Robinson’s life and legacy and African American music in the 20th century.
An Afternoon of Jazz Collection Showcase – Get a peek at posters, buttons, photos, and video clips from the famed Robinson An Afternoon of Jazz concerts.
Hands-on activities, including making musical instruments
Sensory-friendly Quiet Zone available
The Jackie Robinson Museum is Sensory-Inclusive Certified in collaboration with KultureCity®. Learn more about resources available and how to prepare for your visit on our website: https://www.jackierobinsonmuseum.org/visit/.

Inclusive Pride Family Day at the Intrepid Museum
2025-06-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Intrepid Museum, 12th Avenue and 46th Street, New York, 10036, United States
Families of all ages and identities are invited to celebrate Pride through hands-on art and storytelling activities. Guests will explore celebrations of identity aboard Intrepid and learn about the history of LGBTQ+ communities in the Navy.
Activities are designed for learners of all ages and abilities. All registrants will receive a social narrative in advance to help prepare for the event.
Teens are encouraged to visit the Teen Corner to create art, hang out and make friends.
Current and former service members and their families are invited to enjoy a special Military Family Lounge, featuring light beverages and snacks.

Create Ability (ages 18+)
2025-06-22 14:00 - 16:00 | The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY, 10019, United States
Create Ability is a monthly program welcoming individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with their families and friends, to explore works on view and create artwork together. In each session, participants focus on a different theme during interactive activities in the Museum’s galleries and classrooms.
To receive updates about upcoming Create Ability programs, fill out our contact form.
Create Ability is offered free of charge. Space is limited and preregistration is required. Registration opens one month before the program date. For more information, email AccessPrograms@moma.org or call Access Programs at 212-408-6447.

Guggenheim ASL Tour: Beatriz Milhazes - Rigor and Beauty
2025-06-22 18:00 - 20:30 | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128 United States, NY, United States
The Guggenheim New York welcomes visitors from the D/deaf community for an in-person American Sign Language (ASL) tour on Sunday, June 22, from 6 to 8:30 pm. Join us at the museum to explore our Collection in Focus exhibition Beatriz Milhazes: Rigor and Beauty.
This after-hours program will be led by educator Joyce Hom. We’ll begin with a tour of the galleries followed by a light reception and art-making activities in the education center.
Designed for the D/deaf community, the tour will be conducted entirely in ASL, without voice interpretation. Due to limited capacity, we cannot accommodate ASL students at this time.
Free, but space is limited. Please RSVP at least three days before the program. To RSVP, click here or email access@guggenheim.org.

Meet Me at MoMA
2025-06-26 14:30 - 16:00 | The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY, 10019, United States
Please join us for MoMA’s monthly program for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia and their family members or caregivers. Meet Me at MoMA provides a forum for dialogue through looking at art. Specially trained Museum staff educators highlight themes, artists, and exhibitions during an interactive program in the Museum’s galleries.
Meet Me at MoMA is offered free of charge. Space is limited and preregistration is required. Registration opens one month before the program date. For more information and to register, please email AccessPrograms@moma.org or call Access Programs at (212) 408-6447.

Jungle Cat Comedy
2025-07-02 20:00 - 22:00 | The Underground at Jaffe Drive, Jaffe Dr, New York, 10023, United States
Introducing New York’s hottest new comedy show: Jungle Cat Comedy, curated and hosted by the up-and-coming stand-ups Abby Govindan (New York Comedy Festival) and Mohanad Elshieky (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Conan), returning to Lincoln Center for the summer. Paste Magazine says that Jungle Cat prioritizes “space for comedians with a diverse range of lived experiences to perform as their authentic selves,” but it’s also funny, we promise! Venture into the jungle with an impressive roster of nationally and internationally acclaimed comedians.
Tickets and more info available here.
Accessibility
ASL – American Sign Language interpretation
ALD – FM assistive listening devices with headsets and neck loops

The Rhythm Reset: Body Percussion for Mind and Body (Hybrid Event)
2025-07-05 11:00 - 12:00 | David Rubenstein Atrium, 61 W 62nd St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Come together to celebrate tap, America’s original vernacular dance form, as we explore its Afro-diasporic roots and lineage in this inspiring workshop led by dancers from Music from the Sole, Brazilian artist Ana Tomioshi and American artist Sterling Harris. Learn the basics of body percussion and build a short poly-rhythmic percussive piece featuring Afro-Brazilian rhythmic patterns. Bring your comfortable clothes and shoes and get ready to move; experience not required.
Livestream, tickets, and more info available here.
Accessibility
CC – Live captioning available on personal devices by scanning a QR code
ALD – FM assistive listening devices with headsets and neck loops

Big Umbrella Festival Silent Disco
2025-07-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
The Big Umbrella Festival centers our audiences by sharing unique approaches to multi-sensory, interactive, and engaging artistic experiences, designed with and for neurodiverse audiences. This summer, the celebrated festival returns as a free day-long campus takeover full of relaxed spaces with multi-sensory experiences, performances, installations, and workshops specifically welcoming neurodivergent audiences and their families. You and your family will have access to a full roster of programming, with the ability to drop-in throughout the day, experiencing as much or as little as you’d like. The full schedule will be announced soon!
Event is general admission; more info here.

Accessibility
ALD – FM assistive listening devices with headsets and neck loops
Haptics – Music: Not Impossible, a Vibrotextile™ wearable technology that translates sound onto the skin through vibration. Inspired by the Deaf community, this technology provides all users a unique and nuanced music experience. Suits available on first-come, first-served basis.

Test
2025-07-07 08:00 - 17:00

Virtual Verbal Description Tour: The Mad MAD World of Jonathan Adler
2025-07-09 15:00 - 16:30 | The Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY, 10019, United States
People who are blind or have low vision are invited to join us online for a virtual verbal description tour of The Mad MAD World of Jonathan Adler.
The Mad MAD World of Jonathan Adler is an invitation into the glamorous, witty, and wonderful universe of celebrated potter and designer Jonathan Adler. In his first curatorial role, Adler presents more than 60 works from the Museum’s permanent collection alongside his own iconic designs. A playful and irreverent perspective on craft history, the exhibition illuminates the designer’s love of objects, materials, and the makers whose legacies precede his own

NYLaughs
2025-07-09 20:00 - 22:00 | The Underground at Jaffe Drive, Jaffe Dr, New York, 10023, United States
Comedy goes underground at Jaffe Drive on July 9, as NYLaughs celebrates women in comedy with a special tribute to the powerhouse ladies behind Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary. Expect big laughs, trailblazing humor, and a night of comedy as legendary as the women who made it all happen! Join us for an unforgettable evening with SNL writer KC Shormina and four other incredible women comics. No cover, just great vibes and even better laughs—don’t miss out!
Tickets and more info here.

Accessibility
ASL -American Sign Language interpretation
ALD – FM assistive listening devices with headsets and neck loops

Event test
2025-07-10 08:00 - 17:00

Untitled/DEI Memorial Service
2025-07-11 20:00 - 22:00 | The Underground at Jaffe Drive, Jaffe Dr, New York, 10023, United States
*Please note: This performance contains adult themes and explicit language. Audience discretion is advised.
Interdisciplinary artist Perel, whose creative work is centered on disability and queerness, presents Untitled/DEI Memorial Service, a participatory “assisted solo” performance, where those who come are welcome to share their personal experiences. Rooted in personal storytelling of love and grief, Perel invites audience members to perform acts of care for their body throughout the theatrical performance.
