The works of Brooklyn-born author and historian Howard Zinn (1922–2010), particularly the classic bestsellers A People's History of the United States and Voices of a People’s History of the United States, continue to shine a light on the extraordinary history of those engaged in struggles for freedom and...
It's a family affair at Lincoln Center when the acclaimed Venezuelan trombonist and bandleader Oscar Dudamel—father of the New York Philharmonic's Music & Artistic Director, Gustavo Dudamel—takes the stage with his Orchestra for a free concert and social dance event at the David Rubenstein Atrium....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Presented in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic An evening of exploration into Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated investigates the revolutionary spirit and how political and social change manifests from the international to the local. This world premiere of a newly commissioned orchestration of...