Three gigantic, stilt-walking puppets resembling birds from prehistoric times roam New York City, capturing your imagination and delighting you with their antics. Launched in 2018, the Big Umbrella Festival centers our audiences by sharing unique approaches to multi-sensory, interactive, and engaging artistic experiences, designed with and for...
The interactive installation by The Urban Conga invites participants to manipulate the movement and reflection of light, while each unit becomes a different musical instrument, thereby encouraging the public to engage with each other and create sparkling interactions. Launched in 2018, the Big Umbrella Festival centers our...
Join Manhattan Tai Chi founder Raymond Li and experience the ancient Chinese practice of Tai Chi accompanied by live traditional Chinese music. Launched in 2018, the Big Umbrella Festival centers our audiences by sharing unique approaches to multi-sensory, interactive, and engaging artistic experiences, designed with and for...
Visit The Grove at Damrosch Park and dig in while planting flowers and experiencing small plants and botanical elements throughout the day. Launched in 2018, the Big Umbrella Festival centers our audiences by sharing unique approaches to multi-sensory, interactive, and engaging artistic experiences, designed with and for...
For adults who are blind or partially sighted. Join us for a tour to enjoy works of art through detailed descriptions and discussion....
Meets at the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center This tour, led by an NYBG Tour Guide accompanied by an American Sign Language interpreter, gives visitors who are Deaf an enhanced experience investigating alien plants. What are they? Are they harmful to the environment? To better...
Meets at the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center This tour, led by an NYBG Tour Guide accompanied by an American Sign Language interpreter, gives visitors who are Deaf an enhanced experience investigating alien plants. What are they? Are they harmful to the environment? To better...
This tour, led by an NYBG Tour Guide, gives visitors who are blind or partially sighted an enhanced 90 minute sensory experience through the Jane Watson Irwin Perennial Garden at the New York Botanical Garden. This rich collection combines a vast palette of scents, textures,...
Presented in collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Lincoln Center celebrates summer in New York City as our free Storytime series returns to The Garden at Damrosch Park—and this year due to popular demand, we have scheduled a second event every...
Join us for a concert for all ages featuring GRAMMY-nominated performing artist Mykal Kilgore. A singer/songwriter/actor/creator/artivist and change agent for civil rights, he was nominated for the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards for “Let Me Go,” from his A Man Born Black album, and made history...