This tour, led by an NYBG Tour Guide accompanied by an American Sign Language interpreter, gives visitors who are Deaf an enhanced experience exploring plants in the Garden that have Chinese roots. You will learn stories of their discovery and their cultural significance. To better serve...
Join us for a crafty and fun-filled, soccer-themed afternoon designed by Kid Koala! Bring your DIY skills and build your very own working cardboard foosball table! All materials will be provided. Kid Koala’s Creatures Crew will be in on the action and some fun surprises! This...
Presented in collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian, the Official Hospital of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Join Raymond Li, founder of Manhattan Tai Chi, for a restorative workshop rooted in the ancient Chinese practice of Tai Chi, brought to life with live traditional music. Accompanied by the...
Don’t miss a behind-the-scenes peek into the extraordinary creative collaboration between the five iconic NYC dance companies that join Summer for the City annually for the BAAND Together Dance Festival—now in its sixth year at Lincoln Center! This free panel discussion features the artistic leaders of all five...
This is a relaxed open rehearsal, open to all ages and designed for people with autism, sensory or communication disorders or learning disabilities. To learn more about relaxed performances, visit this page. Jonathon Heyward, conductor Abel Selaocoe, cello William Grant Still Mother and Child Jessie Montgomery These Righteous Paths (Co-Commission, US Premiere) Abel Selaocoe,...
Presented in collaboration with The Flea Theater The always fabulous and often outrageous DJ and performance duo of Monstah Black and Black! (fka Manchildblack), better known as The Illustrious Blacks, have become the go-to life of the party at venues across the country and around the...
Tamisha A. Guy’s new work In the Depths of Blue invites audiences to explore the multifaceted emotions evoked by the color blue—a hue that resonates with both melancholy and resilience. In this exploration, blue becomes a character of its own, embodying the weight of history while...
globalFEST is renowned for opening hearts and minds to new musical discoveries. For this year’s Summer for the City, they’re bringing a triple bill that highlights the tremendous musical diversity of the African continent. The extraordinary singer Elida Almeida creates joyful music through the rhythms of...
The hallowed halls of academia have long captured the imaginations of writers. With their exclusivity, insularity, and at times cultish devotion to knowledge, they lend themselves to richly drawn atmospheres of darkness and mystery and incisive explorations of access, adolescence, and power. In Naomi Novik’s Scholomance series, magically gifted...
Dancers, actors, and musicians from The Juilliard Green Club are thrilled to take the stage to present a multi-genre, immersive concert experience. We ask our audience to consider our collective futures in the face of climate change amidst differences in background, class, resources, and geographical...