A spectacular new Space Show, Journey to the Stars, narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, in the Hayden Planetarium at the Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space. Journey to the Stars is an engrossing, immersive theater experience created by the Museum's astrophysicists, scientific visualization, ... (more)

More than 20 sets of large-format images showcase the wide range of research being conducted at the Museum as well as how various optical tools are used in scientific studies.

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Marking the first in a series of yearly rotations, nearly twenty works of art add new dimensions and context to Gateway to Himalayan Art. Visitors will notice a greater emphasis on Hindu works, with beautiful examples from India and Nepal ranging from 12th to 19th centuries, as well as intricately-detailed thangka paintings, manuscript pages, and t... (more)

On October 22, 1953, Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright opened in New York on the site where the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum would eventually be built. Two Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings were constructed specifically to house the exhibition: a temporary pavilion made of glass, fiberboard, and pipe columns; an... (more)

This panel and object exhibition highlights Native people who have been active participants in contemporary music for nearly a century. Musicians like Russell "Big Chief" Moore (Gila River Indian Community), Rita Coolidge (Cherokee), Buffy Sainte-Marie (Cree), and the group Redbone are a few of the Native performing artists who have had successful ... (more)

This selection of late Roman and Byzantine period objects from the Metropolitan Museum's excavations at the Kharga Oasis includes textiles, ceramics, and grave goods from an intact tomb.

Witness the arresting beauty and surprising diversity of moths in a presentation of more than 30 large-format prints by Canadian photographer Jim des Rivieres. Des Rivieres creates these larger-than-life images by scanning each moth at high resolution to reveal unexpected colors and intricate patterns.

To mark the centennial of the Arms and Armor Department, this exhibition surveys the career of Dr. Bashford Dean (1867-1928), the department's founding curator.

A five-year exhibition that presents Native dance as a vibrant, meaningful, and diverse form of cultural expression. Featuring ten social and ceremonial dances from throughout the Americas, the exhibition illuminates the significance of each dance and highlights the unique characteristics of its movements and music.

Bachelor Saturday: "Scotch, Sinatra At Cigar Bar + Steakhouse" Tasting The Gentleman's Bachelor Party Saturdays! Set The Tone For The Evening: Pure Class All The Way! The Perfect Fit For An Upscale Evening Learn About Scotch As You Relax & Sip During An Entertaining Presentation In Tribeca. Enjoy an evening rife with flavors and arom... (more)

Gordon Parks: A Harlem Family 1967 honors the legacy and the work of late iconic artist and photojournalist Gordon Parks, who would have turned 100 on November 30, 2012. The exhibition, organized by Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden and Assistant Curator Lauren Haynes, will feature approximately thirty black and white photographs of the Font... (more)

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, MAKE MEANING and Baby Buggy are joining forces to help families affected by the storm. Come and create a custom soap for free and drop off a package of diapers for families in need. Soaps, diapers and 50% of proceeds from any yearly memberships purchased will be donated to Baby Buggy's relief efforts.

Food celebrates cultures and cooking, historic meals and markets, and moments in our lives that we mark with food -- as well as the ingredients that we have discovered and shaped over the course of thousands of years. As this exhibition takes visitors on a journey of growing, transporting, cooking, tasting, and celebrating, it also examines contemp... (more)

MAD celebrates the 50th anniversary of the birth of the American Studio Glass movement with Playing with Fire: 50 Years of Contemporary Glass, which will feature more than 100 works of glass from the collection, as well as promised gifts, and additional contemporary works on loan. Ever since 1962, when a legendary workshop led by renowned glass ar... (more)

This exhibition highlights the specific African artifacts acquired by the New York avant-garde and its most influential patrons during the 1910s and 1920s. Reflecting on the dynamism of New York's art scene during the years that followed the 1913 Armory Show, the exhibition brings together African works from the collections of many key individuals ... (more)

Barings Bank provided financial backing in the US from the nation's beginning through the industrial revolution. This exhibition explores five of the firm's US investments, some good and some bad. Barings chose to invest in the fledgling government and its industry. Would you have done the same?

The Sau-Wing Lam collection of violin-family instruments is one of the most important collections of bowed Italian stringed instruments ever assembled by a private individual. Sau-Wing Lam (1923-1988) was born in Shanghai, China, where he graduated with a degree in economics from the prestigious Saint John's University. In 1948 he moved to New York... (more)

Beginning in the late 1870s, tobacco producers used inventive imagery of actresses, athletes, politicians, animals, flags, and world capitals -- to name only a few of the hundreds of categories -- to advertise their brands.

American Legends: From Calder to O'Keeffe showcases the Whitney's deep holdings of artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by the eighteen leading artists: Oscar Bluemner, Charles Burchfield, Paul Cadmus, Alexander Calder, Joseph Cornell, Ralston Crawford, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, Edward Hopper, Gasto... (more)

An exhibit that uses engaging imagery, video, music, and imaginative design to tell the little-known history of the wordless melody from Ukraine that became the theme song for Jewish celebrations around the world.

Flight of the Butterflies, a breathtaking new giant-screen adventure takes viewers on the epic 3,000-mile journey traveled every fall by half a billion monarch butterflies. The film is the awe-inspiring story of two unlikely heroes that share a common strength. Based on true events, it follows the perilous journey of the iconic monarch butterfly in... (more)

The Frick Collection has one of the most important public collections of European timepieces in the United States, much of it acquired through the 1999 bequest of the New York collector Winthrop Kellogg Edey. This extraordinary gift of thirty-eight watches and clocks dating from the Renaissance to the early nineteenth century covers the art of horo... (more)

A showcase for innovative design solutions to better accommodate New York City's changing, and sometimes surprising, demographics, including a rising number of single people, and will feature a full-sized, flexibly furnished micro-studio apartment of just 325 square feet -- a size prohibited in most areas of the city.

The exhibition focuses on the Museum's statue of Sleeping Eros, one of the finest of the few surviving ancient bronze statues from antiquity. It will explore a number of topics associated with this work, including the issue of originals and copies in Greek and Roman sculpture, new research that suggests it is a Hellenistic bronze that was restored ... (more)

This exhibition presents approximately 150 works in various media from medieval times to the present. Highlights include a unique, early seventeenth-century pair of ink-painted screens showing a flock of 120 mynah birds in flight or strutting on the shore; and a set of four enormous paintings of birds of prey by the nineteenth-century master Kawana... (more)

A showcase of some of the finest works of art from the museum's collection while highlighting the stylistic diversity and relationships between different strands of Himalayan and neighboring cultural and artistic traditions.

The first solo exhibition in a New York museum by the globally renowned contemporary artist El Anatsui, this show will feature over 30 works in metal and wood that transform appropriated objects into site-specific sculptures. Anatsui converts found materials into a new type of media that lies between sculpture and painting, combining aesthetic trad... (more)

Featuring photographs of sacred landscapes in northwestern China by New York-based artist Lisa Ross. In and around the Taklamakan Desert, Ross photographs Muslim shrines, or mazars, often adorned with recycled flags and fabrics. Ross's remarkable images are largely without the presence of the human figure, allowing the viewer to inhabit a space tha... (more)

Type. Swipe. Search. Upload. Download. Post. Stream. These are the new verbs of desire. Our most intimate thoughts, fantasies, and urges are now transmitted via electronic devices to rapt audiences all over the world. These transmissions—from sexts to webcam masturbation feeds—are anonymous yet personal, individual yet collective, everywhere and no... (more)

The artistic practice of Dieter Roth (Swiss, b. Germany, 1930-1998) encompassed everything from painting and sculpture to film and video, but it is arguably through his editioned works -- prints, books, and multiples -- that he made his most radical contributions. These experiments include the use of organic materials in lieu of traditional mediums... (more)

This exhibition presents ten works by the contemporary Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich (born 1971), who lives and works in Phnom Penh. Pich works principally in rattan and bamboo, constructing organic open-weave forms that are solid and ethereal, representational and abstract. Much of his work is inspired by elements of the human anatomy or plant lif... (more)

Modernism was not the first movement to cast a shadow on ornament and adornment, though it was the most effective one. This exhibition contrasts austere works of art with ornate ones, encouraging viewers to examine their own responses and to consider them in the light of different stylistic imperatives of the past. Drawn from the Museum's collectio... (more)

This exhibition comprises select pieces from Asia Society's Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. The show explores the role of patrons of wealth and rank as dominating figures in the production of artistic creations. Approximately fifty examples of sculptureand ceramic from South, Southeast, and East Asia. The selection includes religio... (more)

The Met presents the work of this idiosyncratic artist, whose influences are drawn from disparate if surprisingly complementary sources -- from Walker Evans and Henri Cartier-Bresson in photography to Bach and late Baroque music. Many of Eggleston's most recognized photographs are lush studies of the social and physical landscape found in the Missi... (more)

A masterpiece of early 20th-century art and technology, the Woolworth Building celebrates its centennial year in the process of conversion, with office space remaining below and luxury residences planned for the upper tower. Still radiant on the lower Manhattan skyline, the landmark heralds both the past and future of New York.

There are still people who think that design is just about making things, people, and places pretty. In truth, design has spread to almost every facet of human activity, from science and education to politics and policymaking, for a simple reason: one of design's most fundamental tasks is to help people respond to change. A designer today can choos... (more)

Bill Brandt is a founding figure in photography's modernist traditions, and this exhibition represents a major critical reevaluation of his heralded career. Brandt's distinctive vision -- his ability to present the mundane world as fresh and strange -- emerged in London in the 1930s, and drew from his time in the Paris studio of Man Ray. His visual... (more)

To celebrate Grand Central's 100th birthday, MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design present an exhibition featuring the work of more than a dozen contemporary artists who capture and reimagine moments in Grand Central Terminal - the site of the beginning and end of countless journeys for millions of travelers over the past century - and connect them... (more)

Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light, the first solo exhibition of Labrouste's work in the United States, establishes his work as a milestone in the modern evolution of architecture. The exhibition includes over 200 works, from original drawings -- many of them watercolors of haunting beauty and precision -- to vintage and modern photographs... (more)

Since the early 20th century, abstraction has been associated with so many artistic movements, from Suprematism and Constructivism to Abstract Expressionism and Op art, that it can no longer be defined by any one style or tradition. Indeed, abstraction exists now as a rich and varied trove of formal languages and ideas -- an open source of inspirat... (more)

"Workt by Hand": Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts showcases approximately thirty-five American and European quilt masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum's renowned decorative arts collection. The exhibition examines the impact of feminist scholarship on the ways historical quilts have been and are currently viewed, contextualized, and interpreted.... (more)

This selection of thirteen rarely displayed prints by German Expressionist artist Kathe Kollwitz, from the Brooklyn Museum's collection, focuses on works relating to the impact of war. The exhibition features the artist's most famous print cycles, War (Krieg) and Death (Tod), created between World War I, when her son was killed in Flanders, and Wor... (more)

Artist Barbara Bloom has devoted her career to questioning the ways we perceive and value objects. With a light touch and subtle wit, she divines the meanings encoded in the things with which we surround ourselves. The Jewish Museum invited Bloom to create an installation drawn from its more than 26,000 works of ceremonial, decorative, and fine art... (more)

Artist Barbara Bloom has devoted her career to questioning the ways we perceive and value objects. With a light touch and subtle wit, she divines the meanings encoded in the things with which we surround ourselves. The Jewish Museum invited Bloom to create an installation drawn from its more than 26,000 works of ceremonial, decorative, and fine art... (more)

Over the course of two years, from 2008 to 2010, the artist Mateo Lopez traveled through his native Colombia, from Bogota to Cali to Medellin. Crisscrossing vast expanses of territory via Vespa, Lopez made drawings, rendering the ordinary objects he encountered in precise detail. In a country occupied by government forces and paramilitary rebels, t... (more)

The texts and images on the back of Tibetan art objects reveal clues to their meaning, function, and historical context. For the first time ever both sides of a select group of scroll paintings (thangkas), sculptures, and initiation cards will be explored in detail. Chosen for the beauty, exceptional content, and complexity of their backs, these wo... (more)

Featuring more than 75 installations, sculptures, furniture, and objects, Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Craft and Design explores some ofthe most cutting-edge conceptual and technical trends in woodworking today. The exhibition emphasizes the way artists, designers, and craftspeople have incorporated postmodernist approaches and strategie... (more)

LaToya Ruby Frazier: A Haunted Capital uses social documentary and portraiture to create a personal visual history of an industrial town's decline. Through approximately 40 photographic works of her family and their hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania, Frazier offers an intimate exploration of the effects of deindustrialization on the lives of indiv... (more)

Stephen Burrows: When Fashion Danced is the first major examination of the work of the designer The New York Times called in 1977 the "brightest star of American fashion." It looks at the period spanning the 1970s when Stephen Burrows's meteoric rise to fame made him not only the first African-American designer to gain international stature, but a ... (more)

A new exhibition that transports visitors to the vibrant underwater world of the mightiest animals on Earth. Whales explores the latest research about these marine mammals as well as the central role they have played for thousands of years in human cultures. From the traditions of New Zealand's Maori whale riders and the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples of th... (more)

Color photographs, sculptures and a video installation by Chicago-based conceptual photographer David Hartt (b. 1967) reflecting on the iconic headquarters of the Johnson Publishing Company in downtown Chicago.

For the first time since its exhibition in 1993, the Studio Museum will be presenting conceptual artist Fred Wilson (b. 1954)'s installation Local Color, originally created for the Studio Museum exhibition Artists Respond: The "New World" Question.

Photographs, drawings, sculptures and paintings from the Studio Museum's permanent collection that explore the ways in which certain works are dependent on site, and the viewer's conceptual and perceptual experience of that locale through the artist's intervention.

This collection of over 200 slides documents the artist and avant-garde jazz musician's murals through image and sound, providing an intimate glimpse into the domestic lives of an African-American community on the cusp of cultural transformation. This project marks Aton's first solo museum presentation.

This show takes as a starting point works on paper by twentieth-century painter Beauford Delaney (1901-1975). This cross-generational exhibition examines the relationship between Delaney's paintings and prints made between 1958 and 1969 in Paris and works in the Studio Museum's permanent collection by African-American artists continuing and expandi... (more)

Harlem Postcards is an ongoing project that invites contemporary artists of diverse backgrounds to reflect on Harlem as a site of cultural activity, political vitality, visual stimuli, artistic contemplation and creative production. Representing intimate and dynamic perspectives of Harlem, the images reflect the idiosyncratic visions of contemporar... (more)

The Studio Museum presents a site-specific iteration of a suite of projects that respond to American stories about race and DNA by the intermedia artists Mendi and Keith Obadike (both b. 1973).

More than two hundred of the finest and most poignant photographs of the American Civil War have been brought together for this landmark exhibition. Through examples drawn from the Metropolitan's celebrated holdings of this material, complemented by important loans from public and private collections, the exhibition will examine the evolving role o... (more)

Conservators and conservation scientists made many exciting and interesting discoveries as they and the curators re-examined the Museum's collection of Islamic art prior to the reopening of the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia in November 2011. This exhibition will trace their investigati... (more)

This landmark exhibition unites for the first time the John Singer Sargent watercolors acquired by the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in the early twentieth century. The culmination of a yearlong collaborative study by both museums, John Singer Sargent Watercolors explores the watercolor practice that has traditionally been vi... (more)

Hands -- a part of the human body through which we communicate, sense, measure, and interact with the material world -- are explored in this selection of 20th-century posters and graphic ephemera drawn from the Museum's collection. Individual identities are mapped on the palm of every hand; a digit is a unit of linear measurement derived from the b... (more)

This exhibition features 33 screenprints from a suite of 50, created by the internationally celebrated painter and graphic artist, R. B. Kitaj in 1969. The portfolio, In Our Time, was acquired by the Museum in 2010. For this series, Kitaj reproduced from his personal library the covers of books that had a profound meaning for him. The images offer ... (more)

Featuring artists including Beckmann, Corinth, Otto Dix, Klimt, Kollwitz, Schiele, and many others.

Ballou is the eighth artist in the continuing Raw/Cooked series, presented with support from Bloomberg and highlighting the work of under-the-radar Brooklyn artists. The Museum offers each of the participating artists a variety of unconventional spaces in which they may make art interventions, creating projects that draw inspiration from the archit... (more)

In the early 1960s, Claes Oldenburg redefined the concept of sculpture. This exhibition offers the most comprehensive overview of Oldenburg's early career to date, including The Store, the artist's best-known body of work from this period. In December 1961, Oldenburg rented a small storefront on East Second Street in New York City and filled it wit... (more)

The exhibition includes three sculptures -- Wayfinder, located across from the New Leaf Cafe, and Third Portal and Trance Ender, found along the Stan Michels Promenade. Made of resin, shattered tempered glass and steel, all three pieces appear to be tools offering direction or pathways to discovery and (inner) navigation.

Among the most distinctive portraits by Diego Velazquez is one he painted of Francesco I d'Este (1610-58), the Duke of Modena, during the duke's visit to Madrid in 1638 to secure the support of Philip IV. The duke is shown in armor, wearing a red sash, his head turned toward the viewer. It is a work that conveys a quality of arrogance and sensualit... (more)

Addressing art and ritual practices of the Northern dynasties (420-589) and the Tang dynasty (618-907) with excavated art works, high relief clay figures, wooden sculptures, silk banners, and molded bricks. A group of treasured Buddhist sutras from the famous Cangjingdong (The Hidden Library Cave) will illustrate the story behind Dunhuang's histori... (more)

This mixed media exhibit by artist Iandry Randriamandroso is created from discarded, crushed aluminum cans found on the streets, and cardboard and burlap from local grocery, along with wordless hand-made books about a fish and a crushed can. It illustrates how growth is disrupted by invasive species. The exhibit is on display at the Visitor & Adm... (more)

The first major survey of works on paper by leading American sculptor Alice Aycock (born 1946), who is best known for her room-scale installations and outdoor sculptures that span the divide between art, architecture, and science. The exhibition focuses on Aycock's preparatory studies on paper, which she employs as laboratories for developing the ... (more)

I, you, we: three very commonplace words. These pronouns -- with all their implied complexities of meaning -- provide an unexpected guide for assessing the works of art from the 1980s and early 1990s in the Museum's collection. What becomes apparent in this survey of paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, and photographs is how the personal, socia... (more)

The newest in the renowned BODY WORLDS series, which has presented the human body in groundbreaking ways for discovery to more than 36 million people around the world.

Naga describes a group of culturally and linguistically linked, but distinct tribes living on the border between India and Burma. Because the Naga had the reputation for being fearsome headhunters, they were somewhat isolated and evolved a distinctive material culture. They produce decorative ornaments, expressive wood carvings, and vividly colored... (more)

Front Row traces and celebrates the rise of Chinese American designers who decided to make their marks in New York. In the 1980s, designers such as Anna Sui, Yeohlee Teng, Vera Wang and Vivienne Tam emerged in the New York fashion scene just as the city was transforming its identity from a garment center into one of the fashion capitals of the worl... (more)

Shanghai Glamour explores how Shanghai women and their fashionable dress epitomized the seduction and mystery of this legendary city as it was modernizing in the early 20th century. Shanghai was established as a treaty port in the nineteenth century and became a major modern metropolis by the 1920s, internationally known as "the Paris of the East."... (more)

An exhibition that brings together two of the 20th century's most prolific and inventive printmakers - Norwegian Edvard Munch and American Andy Warhol. Co-curated by Dr. Patricia G. Berman and Pari Stave and organized in honor of the 150th anniversary of Munch's birth, the exhibition closely examines four graphic images produced by Munch at the tur... (more)

New work by Maya Lin exploring her longtime interest in environmental issues, including rising currents and climate change, and expanding her engagement with natural and geographic forms.

This exhibition of nineteen works from the permanent collection surveys the ways in which artists have made marks upon the earth, or made images from humanity's marks upon it. In the late 1960s, with the emergence of Land Art, artists began making works that were inextricably bound to their site. These "Earthworks" artists worked on location and us... (more)

Featuring works by Degas, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, and Sisley.

Paolo Ventura's Infinite City is composed of sets of unique hand painted, 4" x 5" Polaroids. The works are groups of either 5 or 10 images, all framed individually, but hung together to create a skyline of an imagined city. Inspiration for the infinite skyline came from trips the artist took on the "Q" train, from Brooklyn to Manhattan with Ita... (more)

Erik Benson's new series of paintings, created with thousands of shapes hand-cut from dried sheets of acrylic paint, depict colorful but eerily abandoned playgrounds in stark urban landscapes. The Park expands on Benson's interest in playgrounds, particularly in the play structures' boldly unnatural and manmade coloring. The jungle gyms appear to s... (more)

The Tick-Borne Disease Alliance (TBDA), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness, supporting initiatives and promoting advocacy to find a cure for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, will hold its 2013 Annual Benefit on Thursday, May 2nd in New York City. During the event, TBDA will honor key supporters and patients who have... (more)

An exhibition of new work by Greek-born, Italian artist Jannis Kounellis. This exhibition incorporates the themes and concerns of Kounellis's best known work, while also reacting to and engaging with the gallery as a unique space.

The acclaimed Op-art master's first one-man exhibition in New York since 1976.

Learning Through Art, the pioneering arts-education program of the Guggenheim Museum, presents A Year with Children 2013, an exhibition that showcases selected artworks by New York City public-school students in grades two through six.

Pelham Art Center is pleased to announce Siobhan McBride as the winner of this year's Rutsch Award. Stop into the dream-like world of her paintings during her solo exhibition.

New work by the singular Tim Hawkinson, presenting sculptures that concentrate on issues of traction, gravity, motion, and surfaces, including works made from and inspired by elements found in the artist's California garden.

The exhibition explores a new direction in contemporary design through twenty-five projects -- presented through artifacts, objects, and films. In the place of standardized, industrialized perfection, the exhibition embraces imperfection as evidence of an emerging force of identity, individuality, and nonlinearity in design.

New work by the American photographer.

Henry Patrick Raleigh (1880-1944) was one of the most prolific illustrators of all time. His works appeared in numerous publications including San Francisco Examiner, Journal, New York World, and The Saturday Evening Post. He became famous for his illustrations of high society which appeared in a series of Maxwell House Coffee advertisements, and... (more)

In 1998 Saint John's University commissioned calligrapher Donald Jackson to produce a fully illuminated luxury manuscript of the Bible. Jackson and his team of artists completed The Saint John's Bible in May 2011, ensuring that the exquisite art of illumination -- so richly represented in the Morgan's collections of medieval and Renaissance manuscr... (more)

Featuring photographs from The Lost Album of the late Dennis Hopper. This historically significant body of work from the 1960s has not been exhibited in the United States since 1970. A selection of approximately 200 photographs reveals casual portraits of artistic luminaries (Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg), leading actors (Jan... (more)

A survey exhibition focused exclusively on Price's ceramic cups and unique works on paper involving the depiction of animals. The show includes examples of some of the artist's most iconic subject matter, ranging from sea turtles, squid, tree frogs, and Gila Monsters to a host of other amphibious and subterranean characters. This is the first exhib... (more)

Recent paintings by Cecily Brown, in her first solo exhibition in New York since 2008.

Since its beginnings, the MoMA Library has housed several collections of artists' files and subject files, which contain assorted printed ephemera like announcement cards, press clippings, posters, and flyers. These materials illustrate an elaborate range of artistic activities and can contain unique elements from an artist's practice. This two-par... (more)

For many artists, the print is an auxiliary artistic medium. Printmaking is the technique that permits multiple editions of a painting, drawing or collage -- substitutions for the original. Lenore Lim fortunately does not subscribe to this myopic viewpoint. Although the process is often laborious and challenging, printmaking is Lim's primary medium... (more)

An examination of punk's impact on high fashion from the movement's birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring approximately one hundred designs for men and women, the exhibition will include original punk garments and recent, directional fashion to illustrate how haute couture and ready-to-wear borrow punk's visual ... (more)

Jeff Koons's first major exhibition at Gagosian New York, following exhibitions at Gagosian London and Gagosian Los Angeles over the last decade. It takes the form of a rich sampling of several major bodies of work, demonstrating how Koons's themes and formal approaches continue to overlap and interpenetrate across time.

Bringing together more than 40 photographs depicting events from this watershed year. 1963 focuses on three major events: the treatment of civil rights protesters in Birmingham, Alabama, in May; Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C., in August; and the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas in November. In addi... (more)

This show is the first-ever museum exhibition devoted to Matthew Barney's drawings. It includes approximately 100 works, from his earliest drawings made in the late 1980s while Barney was an undergraduate at Yale to the more finished drawings created in conjunction with the Cremaster cycle and recent performances inspired by Norman Mailer's Ancient... (more)

This exhibition offers a critical assessment of photography's influential role in contemporary art through a selection of recent major acquisitions, comprised primarily of multipart and serial works by 19 artists. These works -- each of which is being presented at MoMA for the first time -- are grounded in diverse photographic traditions, suggestin... (more)

The first American retrospective of the Canadian-born artist Jack Goldstein (1945 - 2003) brings to light his important legacy. A teaching assistant for the esteemed conceptual artist John Baldessari and a contemporary of such artists as Cindy Sherman, Sherrie Levine, Laurie Simmons, Barbara Kruger, David Salle and Robert Longo, Goldstein spent his... (more)

Stewart Uoo and Jana Euler are emblematic of an emerging group of artists whose work interrogates how the social, technological, cultural forces at work today shape the contemporary "self." In this exhibition, Uoo's dystopic cyborg-mannequins are juxtaposed with Euler's multilayered figurative painting within an environment designed by Uoo. Seen to... (more)

The first exhibition of Nara's work at Pace, featuring new paintings and sculpture, including the artist's large-scale investigations in bronze.

Featuring a group of 11 paintings exploring the complex and often uncomfortable relationships between servants and masters, in which Toor transforms signs of poverty and commercial products into heroic symbols and absurdly idealized motifs through the metaphysical qualities of oil paint.

New Harmony: Abstraction between the Wars, 1919-1939 explores a rich facet of the Guggenheim's 20th-century collection, celebrating the spirited trends in abstraction embraced among international artists working in Europe between the World Wars.

Akram Zaatari (Lebanese, b. 1966) is a Beirut-based artist who works in photography, video, and performance to explore issues pertinent to the Lebanese postwar condition, specifically the mediation of territorial conflicts and wars though television and media. Zaatari collects and examines a wide range of documents that testify to the cultural and ... (more)

An exhibition of new sculptures by Ugo Rondinone.

The exhibition includes fourteen paintings and two sculptures made in the past two years. Kelly's recent work continues the rigorous exploration of line, form, and color he first established nearly seven decades ago, and features new compositions as well as variations on earlier themes.

A group exhibition curated by Drew Heitzler and Jan Tumlir.

A solo exhibition of Drew Heitzler.

The dance company's annual residency at the Met Opera house includes Onegin, Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes/A Month in the Country/Symphony in C, Don Quixote, an Alexei Ratmansky premiere, Le Corsaire, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Sylvia, and the Sleeping Beauty.

Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi has createed a site-specific work atop The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden this summer. Considered one of the leading figures in developing a "contemporary miniature" aesthetic, integrating motifs and techniques of traditional miniature painting with contemporary themes, Qureshi is t... (more)

Given by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in time for the opening of The Cloisters in 1938, the Unicorn Tapestries are its best-known masterpieces; yet, seventy-five years later, their history and meaning remain elusive. They have been seen both as complicated metaphors for Christ and as emblems of matrimony, and they are beloved as quaint indications of ... (more)

Predating both Central Park and Prospect Park, Green-Wood Cemetery was one of the most important public green spaces in 19th-century America. This exhibit marks the 175th anniversary of this significant national landmark, exploring how its carefully constructed bucolic landscape reflected changing notions not only of death but of nature, and how Gr... (more)

Featuring nearly sixty-five exquisitely illuminated manuscripts from France, Italy, and the Netherlands in the Morgan's collections, this exhibition will illustrate the Eucharist's powerful and sometimes cult-like hold on medieval life and medieval imagination. The bread and wine of Communion were understood to be the transubstantiated body and blo... (more)

Every three years, ICP's curators round up some of the most interesting contemporary photography and video works from around the world. The 2013 Triennial, A Different Kind of Order, focuses on artworks created in our current moment of widespread economic, social, and political instability. The exhibition will include 27 international artists who e... (more)

Valerie Hegarty: Alternative Histories is the second in a series inviting contemporary artists to activate the Brooklyn Museum's Period Rooms. Hegarty's site-specific artworks, which address themes of colonization, Manifest Destiny, and repressed history, are on display in the Cupola House parlor and dining room, and in the dining room of the Cane ... (more)

Back by popular demand, this delightful exhibition introduces visitors to the colorful and richly diverse world of frogs. More than 150 live frogs, from the tiny phantasmal dart-poison frog (which is less than an inch long) to the enormous African bullfrog (which can be as big as 8 inches in diameter), are shown in re-created habitats, complete wit... (more)

NYC's Number 1 tourist destination is Central Park! This guided tour gives a comprehensive look at the park and visitors get to every famous spot they want to see. From Bethesda Fountain to Strawberry Fields and the Dakota to the Jackie Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, guests see it all. Participants will also visit lesser-known sights like Cleopatra's N... (more)

In celebration of the recently published catalogue of Robert Lehman's collection of European sculpture and metalwork, this exhibition presents a selection of Italian bronze sculpture of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, displayed as a group for the first time. Featuring bronze casts after models created by masters such as Severo da Rav... (more)

Between 1933 and 1941, thousands of Jews in flight from Nazi persecution sought haven in the United States, reaching out to relatives, friends, and even strangers. Against the Odds tells the story of American Jews who answered their call for help. Working within the constraints of American laws that strictly limited immigration, these generous indi... (more)

CHR was an artist collective and curatorial platform in Johannesburg (2010-12) that explored social and political memory within postapartheid South Africa. The exhibition will present a site-specific response to New York, developed through their Museum as Hub residency.

Featuring more than 100 garments, accessories, and textiles from the Museum's permanent collection, Retrospective begins with a selection of fashions that references historical periods prior to the eighteenth century, including a 1981 gold lame ensemble by Zandra Rhodes and a 1999 painted silk chiffon gown by Alexander McQueen for Givenchy Couture,... (more)

The American Museum of Natural History and Google have teamed up to present and showcase this year's 2013 Doodle 4 Google winners. The annual Doodle 4 Google competition invites students (grades K-12) across the country to submit their designs of the Google logo based off this year's theme "My Best Day Ever..."

Jeffrey Gibson's work has drawn critical acclaim for its commentary on cultural hybridity and has established him as a leading artist of his generation. Gibson, who is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, explores notions of identity and modernism within a contemporary context.

Showcasing a selection of narrative prints from the Academy's collection, National Academician Andrew Raftery's examination focuses on how printmakers structured the representation of time as they created narratives that were comprehensible to their original audiences and compelling today.

This exhibition reveals the Academy's rich collection of work by the major landscape and marine specialist William Trost Richards. The majority of these oils, watercolors and graphite drawings have never before been on public view.

This monographic exhibition is devoted to the Austrian artist, designer, and Wiener Werksattte co-founder Koloman Moser (1868-1918). Organized by Neue Galerie decorative arts curator Dr. Christian Witt-Dorring, this comprehensive show will survey the entirety of Moser's career. Included in the exhibition will be important interior design commission... (more)

The first major museum exhibition to focus on the drawings and creative process of Edward Hopper (1882-1967). The exhibition will survey Hopper's significant and underappreciated achievements as a draftsman, and will pair many of his greatest oil paintings, including Early Sunday Morning (1930), New York Movie (1939), Office at Night (1940) and Nig... (more)

Centered around Pat Steir's enormous painting Blue River, this installation will also feature several of the artist's lyrical and highly-textured "waterfall" paintings.

This exhibition marks the U.S. premiere of Hockney's first video installation: The Jugglers (2012). Filmed using eighteen fixed cameras, this multiscreen tableau shows a group of jugglers as they move in a procession across a grid of eighteen screens.

The Japanese photographer's first solo show in the United States.

Tibet House US has announced their upcoming art exhibit, The Universe Within, which will showcase the masterful works of renowned Nepalese artist Govinda Sah "Azad". The exhibit will run from May 23, 2013 through July 24, 2013, with an opening reception to be held on May 23rd from 6-8pm ET. A portion of all sales will benefit Tibet House US and it... (more)

SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure will capture your imagination and take you on an incredible journey through thousands of years of maritime history. Experience hurricane-force winds, pick up treasure with a robotic arm, and explore the mysteries of the deep. This exhibit features over 500 authentic artifacts, including gold and silver treasures, as we... (more)

Organized in collaboration with Brooklyn-based artist Caroline Woolard as part of the Department of Education's Artists Experiment initiative, MoMA Studio: Exchange Cafe is a social space in the mezzanine of MoMA's Education and Research building that is dedicated to exchange-based practices. Taking the form of a cafe, the Studio encourages visitor... (more)

In celebration of Ellsworth Kelly's 90th birthday in May 2013, The Museum of Modern Art presents an exhibition of the first series of paintings the artist made after leaving New York City for Spencertown, in upstate New York, in 1970. His studio in the nearby town of Chatham was an abandoned theater, and it was more spacious than any the artist had... (more)

The new attraction will include a ride through the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods with more than two-dozen animatronic dinosaurs up to 40 feet long which move, snarl, roar, and spit. In anticipation of the new exhibit, the Bronx Zoo is offering New Yorkers a chance to vote for their favorite dinosaur species at bronxzoo.com/dino and win ticket... (more)

This major loan exhibition will explore how American artists responded to the Civil War and its aftermath. The exhibition follows the trajectory of the conflict: from the palpable unease on the eve of war to the heady optimism that it would be over with a single battle, to the growing realization that this conflict would not end quickly, to grappli... (more)

An installation that explores the interior and exterior tangles of thought.

4 Blocks will include images (photographs) taken within a 4 block radius of Walker's apartment on the lower east side of Manhattan.

Because it is unknowable and ambiguous, there is power in laughter. The motivation for this exhibition is to pursue research into laughter as a destabilizing force, emancipated from the joke and entering the realm of power relationships, reactions to political landscapes and human emotion.

A multi-media exhibition set entirely in the realm of KB's mythological world: The Theocratic Republic of Gaia (T.R.O.G).

Featuring new work from Mali and Libya by acclaimed artist.

Fred Torres and Alain Briscadieu-Farjas are very excited to present works by nine French masters. An opening reception will be held this Thursday, May 30th from 6-8pm. The exhibition marks a unprecedented demonstration of contemporary French talent, the first major New York exhibition of painter Jean-Claude Farjas, and an introduction to our ne... (more)

This year-long exhibition allows the museum to exhibit for the first time examples from far beyond the Himalayan region, including art from Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Korea, and Japan. The loan was made possible by the Brooklyn Museum's temporary closing of its Asian art galleries.

Old Masters, Newly Acquired explores the recent growth of the Morgan's collection of drawings made before 1900. The past three years have been an exceptionally robust period during which important gifts, bequests, and purchases have both augmented and transformed the museum's holdings. Visitors have a unique opportunity to view many of these new ad... (more)

MIDNIGHT MOMENT FEATURES NEW FILM FROM LOCAL ARTIST NEIL GOLDBERG CAPTURING SUBWAY RIDERS AS THEY EMERGE ONTO NEW YORK CITY STREETS. Shown on over fifteen of the largest digital screens in Times Square Monthly Program from the Times Square Advertising Coalition and Times Square Arts. June 2013, every night from 11:57pm – midnight. 3-minute S... (more)

Parsons Dance – praised around the world for its athleticism, energy and accessibility – presents the thirteenth annual New York City Summer Intensive Workshop for pre-professional and professional dancers from June 3 - 15, 2013. David Parsons’ Master Choreography Workshop will follow, taking place from June 17-21, 2013. Enrollment information for... (more)

Featuring two innovative contemporary artists -- Jason Potvin and Alexandros Megas.

June is an exciting month at Angora Gallery this year, with three memorable exhibitions to get the summer off to a great start. The Manifestation of Milieu shows artists taking the familiar and adding a sense of the unusual to it, with each work of art becoming a window into a world similar to ours, but where anything seems possible. In Pulse of Ab... (more)

The Noguchi's summer installation of highlights from the collection is organized around four instances in which Noguchi returned to an earlier body of work to rethink, redevelop, reproduce or restore it.

Ilona Szwarc is an award-winning photographer who lives and works in New York City. Her work examines gender, identity and beauty in the context of American culture.

Val Britton was born in Livingston, New Jersey. She currently lives and works in San Francisco.

An exhibition of recent paintings by Wolf Kahn.

This will be the first solo museum presentation of work by Erika Vogt. Within her installation, she will fuse elements of sculpture, drawing, video, and photography to produce multilayered image spaces.

Chrisa Biddy turns to Facebook and other social networks for inspiration for his oil and watercolor paintings. His subjects are self-represented, captured via their smart phones or digital cameras, and observed within the context of their respective lives. Biddy uses these vernacular images to transport the subject from its original common state--a... (more)

AIDS in New York: The First Five Years will explore the impact of the epidemic on personal lives, public health and medical practices, culture, and politics in New York City and the nation. Drawing from the archives of the New York Public Library, New York University, and the National Archive of LGBT History, the show will use posters, photographs,... (more)

This exhibition of American art, drawn from the New-York Historical Society's venerable collections, presents a chronological and thematic survey of masterworks ranging in date from 1720 to 1917. Included are Colonial, Federal and Gilded Age portraits; Hudson River School landscapes; marine and maritime paintings, with a focus on works inspired by ... (more)

To accompany AIDS in New York: The First Five Years, the New-York Historical Society will curate a visual arts exhibition and gallery show, featuring 30 breathtaking black-and-white photographs by noted photographer and social realist Claire Yaffa from her collection "The Changing Face of Children with AIDS."

Photographs from a critical moment in America's history by renowned documentary photographer Bruce Davidson. Charged with the emotion, the powerful images depict the struggle for justice and equality during a time of Freedom Rides, protests, marches, and police violence.

This exhibition will include approximately 63 drawings and paintings by self-taught Alabama artist Bill Traylor. Traylor began making art near the end of his life, and his works are notable for their flat, simply defined shapes and vibrant compositions in which memories and observations relating to African American life are merged. Traylor is recog... (more)

A tribute to the late children's book writer/illustrator (Where the Wild Things Are).

The exhibition is sponsored in part by Joyce Berger Cowin, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the Ford Foundation, the David Davies and Jack Weeden Fund for Exhibitions, and Laura and Richard Parsons. Lectures and symposia are supported in part by an award from the National Endow... (more)

Henry Patrick Raleigh (1880-1944) was one of the most prolific illustrators of all time. His works appeared in numerous publications including San Francisco Examiner, Journal, New York World, and The Saturday Evening Post. He became famous for his illustrations of high society which appeared in a series of Maxwell House Coffee advertisements, and ... (more)

This long-overdue retrospective marks the first New York museum exhibition of works by Llyn Foulkes and will feature over ninety works from the scope of his sixty-year career.

The seventh edition of El Museo's biennial exhibition. La Bienal features work by Latino and Latin-American artists, from newly-minted to mid-career, who live and work in the greater metropolitan area of New York City. The exhibition was designed to give opportunities to artists and to make the public aware of their work, and features new works by ... (more)

Union Square’s Summer in the Square is back this year and bigger than ever! Union Square Partnership’s FREE weekly summer entertainment series is held Thursdays in Union Square Park starting June 13th. The series offers a vibrant mixture of activities for everyone. This year we’ve partnered with Paragon Sports to start each morning with a heart-pum... (more)

Artists frequently think beyond the unique object, to work with a group of closely related images that together express an artistic vision in its entirety. This ongoing installation, drawn from the Museum's extensive holding of works on paper, presents examples of this creative process. Works by Dotty Attie, Mark Bradford, Carroll Dunham, Dan Flavi... (more)

SummerFest 2013 Events are FREE! • Concerts: Wednesdays, June 19 – August 21, 7PM. • Movies: Thursdays, June 13 and 27, July 11 and 25, August 8, 8PM. • Fireworks: Wednesday, July 3 (Concerts begin at 1PM, Fireworks at 9:30PM). • Sidewalk Chalk Art Expo: Saturday, August 10, 8AM – 5PM. • Children’s Art Entertainment: Fridays June 28, July... (more)

Featuring the work of approximately a dozen contemporary artists, this exhibition highlights books and, in some cases, series of individual pages, inspired by the Hebrew Bible and other sacred Hebrew texts.

Chelsea Music Festival is a series of classical and jazz chamber music concerts featuring emerging artists from around the world in galleries around Chelsea for a week and a half. From June 14-June 22, 2013, CMF will host events at Dillon Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Leo Baeck Institute, General Theological Seminary, Casa Italiana at NYU, Itali... (more)

This exhibition by artist Nathan Sawaya is a critically acclaimed collection of intriguing and inspiring works of art made exclusively from one of the most recognizable toys in the world: LEGO bricks. This is the world's biggest and most elaborate display of LEGO art ever and features brand-new, never-before-seen pieces by Sawaya.

MoMA presents its first major exhibition on the work of Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), encompassing his work as an architect, interior designer, artist, city planner, writer, and photographer. Conceived by guest curator Jean-Louis Cohen, the exhibition reveals the ways in which Le Corbusier observed and imagined landscapes thr... (more)

Set to Tchaikovsky's glorious score, this romantic tale of love and forgiveness is often considered the world's most beloved ballet. With breathtaking choreography, lavish costumes and visually spectacular sets evoking a lakeside Renaissance court.

The highly anticipated return engagement of Sherie Rene Scott. Music direction and arrangements by Todd Almond. Tickets on sale now.

OUTDOOR RISE is a brand new outdoor adventure festival hitting NYC June 17-23. Over 60 free activities include bike tours, hiking, kayaking, surfing, rock climbing, yoga, photography, film, and more. It's powered by the expert guides of Discover Outdoors with events held in all five boroughs. Get details and register at www.OutdoorRise.com.

While Paris may be known as The City of Light, New York should vie for the title. Ride around Central Park for a look at some of its most famous sights, especially beautiful when they are illuminated at night. See the iconic Belvedere Castle, Bethesda Fountain, Guggenheim Museum, Onassis Reservoir, and so much more!

This long overdue retrospective, the first major museum exhibition of Ken Price's work in New York, will trace the development of his ceramic sculptures with approximately sixty-five examples from 1959 to the present. The selection will range from the luminously glazed ovoid forms of Price's early work to the suggestive, molten-like slumps he has m... (more)

Under the direction of Savion Glover, Savion Glover's STePz is another exuberant celebration of tap dance to sound and sound to dance. In this production, Mr. Glover and his ensemble of dancers (TLHS) take tap dance to new heights while fusing traditional music selections of the past with his self-proclaimed tap style and energy of the future. The ... (more)

This exhibition combines drawings, prints, and objects from all over Europe and the United States as they were collected by the Metropolitan Museum over a period of more than a hundred years. It highlights the ingenuity, beauty, and wit often found in designs for the decorative arts, and follows the dynamic development of shapes, ornaments, and mat... (more)

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WE’RE GETTING OUT OF HERE! IT’S THE END OF AN ERA AND WE’RE MOVING ONTO GREENER PASTURES. COME SAY GOODBYE TO CRUMPLER WEST VILLAGE AND KEEP YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND FOR NEW STORE OPENINGS. 30% OFF THE ORIGINAL PRICE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2013 . MON-FRI 11:30AM-7:30PM

By adopting 17th- and 18th- century American folk motifs, Seattle-based Anne Siems' portraits and still life paintings emit a haunting awkwardness. With rosy cheeks, haunted gaze and flattened features, Siems' highly stylized figures inhabit a dreamy colonial landscape. As the world itself seems frozen in time, the transparent figures float in the ... (more)

The star of SyFy's Defiance, recently seen as Richard Burton in "Liz & Dick" opposite Lindsay Lohan, will be appearing the NBC Experience Store in Rockefeller Plaza.

Gallagher's first major US museum exhibition, bringing together twenty years of works including iconic paintings, drawings, prints, and film installations, as well as a new series of paintings.

This exhibition marks the first survey of drawings by Ken Price, an artist best known for his sculptural work. A selection of 68 works on paper will track Price's pursuit of drawing over 48 years and will demonstrate a wide range of characters and techniques.

At this special evening of Amateur Night, winners from the beginning of the 2013 season square-off at the Top Dog competition and compete for the chance to move one step closer to the winning title of Super Top Dog and the cash prize of $10,000 on November 27!

On Wednesdays, Late Night at 54 Below is the place to see up-and-coming New York talent: including comedians, musicians, songwriters and improv groups. No cover charge. $20 food & beverage minimum.

Lead Fugees rapper and sometime guitarist Wyclef Jean was the first member of his group to embark on a solo career, and he proved even more ambitious and eclectic on his own. As the Fugees hung in limbo, Wyclef also became hip-hop's unofficial multicultural conscience; a seemingly omnipresent activist, he assembled or participated in numerous high-... (more)

Indie Americana folk band BALTO kicks off their 2013 Summer Tour in June hitting 11 cities along the Mid-Atlantic region.  Formed by singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Dan Sheron in 2011, the band has been compared to Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, and Dawes and their music has been described as "goosebump-inducing gorgeous", "near folk perfection", a... (more)

Setting the stage as the perfect preshow for a Broadway matinee, Madame Tussauds New York (234 W. 42nd Street between 7th & 8th Avenues) is offering theatergoers free admission to the wax attraction for kids (ages 12 and under) when accompanied by a full-paying adult and presentation of a Broadway show ticket. The offer starts Wednesday, May 22, a... (more)

For kids ages 9-12. Come celebrate the first anniversary of the Reading into History Family Book Club and Juneteenth! We will enjoy some celebratory snacks and discuss this novel set in 1850s Seneca Village, a community of immigrants and free African-Americans that was destroyed to pave the way for Central Park. After our discussion, Book club fa... (more)

The Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist Jami Attenberg (The Middlesteins) is joined by Fiona Maazel (Woke Up Lonely) for an afternoon discussion about writing and their recent novels, which take on subjects from food obsession to a cult that promises to cure loneliness. In conversation with writer Teddy Wayne (The Love Song of Jonny Valentine). ... (more)

In the United States, cancer remains the leading cause of death amongst children under the age of 15 years old. In 2012 alone, the American Cancer Society estimated that there were about 12,500 children diagnosed with cancer. Within 12 months of being diagnosed, approximately 1,340 of those children will lose their battle with this disease. Childho... (more)

Thinking about planning a wedding or working in the bridal industry? Learn the ins and outs of planning, styling, and organizing from flower arrangements, invitations, cake designs, trendy colors, and more. Enjoy snacks and beverages along with a giftbags containing fun swag! RSVP to rsvp@janinejust.com or call 646-543-6301.

Born into a small town musical family, John taught himself to play the guitar while touring with his brother's rock band, Leva and in 2009 officially started Building Pictures with both the release of his debut EP Like Minded People and sophomore EP Joey and the Moon in the same year. His third EPClosing Doors was received favorably with considerab... (more)

The Grand Central Oyster Bar hosts the 33nd Annual Holland Herring Festival with Opening Ceremonies and Official First Tasting of "nieuwe maatjes" herring from Holland on June 19 at noon. Hosted by executive chef Sandy Ingber and general manager Kevin Farekin. Award-winning author Roy Finamore will participate in the ceremonies with other dignitari... (more)

Jack the Horse Tavern will serve a four-course tasting menu created based on pairings with Spanish wines on Wednesday, June 19 from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Cost is $70 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Seating is limited. Reservations are required and may be made by calling 718-852-5084 or emailing reservations@jackthehorse.com.

This is a FREE ART Seminar event presented by Joy Wai Gallery. JWG's ART TALKS presents world class and distinguished artists and guests in a dynamic powerpoint Symposium at the United Nations Plaza on 6.19 & 6.20,7-9PM. ART TALKS introduces art lovers to vibrant contemporary artists who will be sharing their innovative art and talk about th... (more)

Every Wednesday evening, Empire City Casino hosts Comedy Night, featuring some of the biggest names in stand-up. Performing tonight: Jessica Kirson (Last Comic Standing).

Join us in supporting Phys Ed Plus "PEP" at the Happy Hour Cocktail Party hosted by the Dalloway. PEP brings back Physical Education to kids at school with a goal of providing them with a healthier lifestyle. This fundraiser event will offer raffles, specialty cocktails and light snacks. Pre-purchased tickets will include a raffle ticket.

All NYPhil Open Rehearsals are "working" rehearsals and therefore the program may not be played in its entirety.

The virtuoso pianist and New York resident Emanuel Ax joins the Philharmonic as Artist-in-Residence for the 2012-13 season. As an Honorary Member of the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, he has performed with the Orchestra on 100 occasions. This season, Emanuel Ax will perform piano concertos and chamber music of the works of Brahms, Mahle... (more)

Midsummer is the longest day of the year, but Scandinavians know it as a day of non-stop celebration. Join us for our own fete, featuring music by roving ambassadors of popular Swedish music Roger Hinchliffe, Claes Dyberg, and Svante Engholm, extended gallery hours, and treats for purchase from Smorgas Chef.

Experience Happy Hour in glittering style! Cruise along New York Harbor aboard the luxurious ZEPHYR yacht and enjoy a Happy Hour like never before. Straight up or on the rocks, every drink is on the water! It's the hottest way to cool down! Enjoy: 90-Minute Harbor Cruise; Live DJs; 2 Cash Bars; Drink Specials; Sun Deck; Two Fully Enclosed, Climate-... (more)

Why spend your Thursday after work Happy Hour indoors when you take advantage of the warm fresh air and gorgeous New York City Sights. Come and indulge specialty cocktails on Circle Line Sightseeing's brand new spacious, outdoor deck and bar.

Pick a song and join the house pianist as you take your turn on the stage with pianist and host Brian Nash. See new Broadway talent perform on a whim, and perhaps take part in the ever-popular (and inevitable) audience sing-along. No cover charge. Drink Specials: $5 beer, $8 mixed drinks.

The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous surviving icons from the ancient world. Excavated at Babylon in 1879, the Cylinder was inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of the Persian king Cyrus the Great after he captured Babylon in 539 B.C. It marks the establishment of Persian rule and records how Cyrus restored shrines and allowed de... (more)

6-8 p.m. Express Tours: Thirty-minute tours of highlights of the Museum's collection. In English and en Espanol. 7-10 p.m. Dance Party: The Museum's inaugural Thursday night party features Brooklyn's own DJ collective I Love Vinyl celebrating the sixty-fifth anniversary of the LP with a mix of hip-hop, house, Afrobeat, funk, soul, and more. 7:30 ... (more)

Shanghai born painter SHI ZHIYING is known for her stark black-and-white paintings of rather uniform vistas -- the wide, open sea; Zen sand gardens; blades of grass -- all which occupy and fill viewers' horizons. This is the painter's debut exhibition in the US.

Virtuoso guitarist and singer Clay Ross traveled from South Carolina to New York to Brazil, developing an entirely unique sound that blends Native American folk songs with South American rhythms. Together with New York's master forro ambassador Rob Curto, he formed the six-member band Matuto (a Brazilian slang reference to a man from the backcountr... (more)

80s triple hip-hop treat.

Join Casa Lever Gardens for drinks and live music as Grupo Irek mixes the sounds of Cuba -- Son, Cha-Cha, Mambo -- with New York City flavor. Band members hail from all over the globe, representing Cuba, Columbia, Germany, and Brooklyn, for an international sound from the soul.

New York-based emerging artist Miya Ando debuts recent work in her first solo exhibition at Sundaram Tagore Gallery. A descendant of Bizen sword makers, Ando was raised among sword smiths and Buddhist priests in a temple in Okayama, Japan. Combining traditional techniques of her ancestry with modern industrial technology, Ando skillfully transforms... (more)

Sir Lucious Left Foot, Daddy Fat Sacks, General Patton, Hot Tub Tony, The Son of Chico Dusty: Big Boi is a man of many personae, and may be Southern rap's greatest ambassador. For nearly two decades—from the early days of Outkast through platinum albums to last year's collaboration-heavy Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors—he has remained "one of the... (more)

Ages 6 and up. Every Thursday in June. Drop in to try your skills at one of the oldest forms of embroidery in the world. Beginning cross stitchers and younger children will learn the basic stitch and create a bookmark with their new skill. More seasoned stitchers and older children and adults can continue working on their bookmark or branch int... (more)

join the city's funniest comedians to raise money for a great cause: the New York City Coalition Against Hunger's Craig Murphey Fellowship Fund, which helps bring healthy, sustainable food to the 1.4 million New Yorkers living in food-poor households. The Craig Murphey Fellowship continues the outstanding work of Craig Murphey, a young community o... (more)

NYC native and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Loren Benjamin will perform with his trio at Spike Hill on June 20th. Songwriting Magazine touts, "“Fans of the piano-driven pop of Keane and Billy Joel should check out this emerging 23-year old singer-songwriter from Brooklyn.” Loren is currently promoting his debut acoustic EP (out in August 2013... (more)

Los Angeles-based artist Cameron Gray's multimedia works straddle the line between traditional collage and futuristic technology, comfort and the disquieting uncanny. His large-scale installations are flashing, blinking, twirling, and pulsing walls of utter pandemonium. He overwhelms the viewer with the visual and auditory white noise of the vast I... (more)

In conjunction with Hopper Drawing, this program will highlight the distinctive voices of Anne Carson and Elizabeth Strout. These established writers will read selections of literature and poetry that are evocative of the mood and stylistic impulses in Hopper's art, and explore the lasting literary style some call "Hopper-esque."

The Wonderful Women's Summer Solstice Gathering is a chance to recharge from the negativity that plagues us in an environment of perfect love and perfect trust! Connect with Wonderful Women of like-minds and energies to receive and offer support to achieve our dreams! Delicious hors d'oeuvres & beverages included in admission. All in good... (more)

BOSI Contemporary is pleased to present 50 Grams, a solo exhibition by artist Elizabeth Jordan. This symbolic and powerful exhibition features photographs taken in Russia, and is intended to offer Jordan’s personal view into the country’s culture, its traditions, textures, faces and landmarks. Being an American of Russian descent, Jordan lived... (more)

Are you ready to be on the fast track to clear skin today? Stop by Clear Clinic, Thursday, June 20 from 6:00PM – 8:00PM for FREE cortisone shots for those pesky flare-ups, treatment tips for combating problem skin and to find out about the different insurance-covered treatments Clear Clinic offers. Take a dermatologist-lead tour through Clear C... (more)

This performance comes to you as part of ANT Fest, Ars Nova's month-long Festival of All New Talent! Being fat is actually hard and we want to tell you about it. So we made a show about being fat. And there are musical numbers. Interested? We’ll tell you more. But first, we need a snack. Created & Directed by Morgan Gould . Featuring Nate... (more)

This performance comes to you as part of ANT Fest, Ars Nova's month-long Festival of All New Talent! Four heiresses living in decadence during the Great Depression straddle 1930‘s feminine grace and 1980’s camp and opulence. This comedic show is a loving portrait of poor little rich girls coming of age as they’re presented to the world. Cre... (more)

Luna Park will be hosting a special event on Friday, June 21st at 8:30PM, where the historic Parachute Jump will be illuminated with over 8,000 colored LED lights. The event will include remarks from Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, who will be the first to flip the switch to illuminate the Parachute Jump, Council Member Domenic M. Recch... (more)

James Turrell's first exhibition in a New York museum since 1980 focuses on the artist's groundbreaking explorations of perception, light, color, and space, with a special focus on the role of site-specificity in his practice. At its core is a major new project that recasts the Guggenheim rotunda as an enormous volume filled with shifting artificia... (more)

With his calligraphic brushstrokes and densely cluttered, multi-figured compositions, Reginald Marsh recorded the vibrancy and energetic pulse of New York City. In paintings, prints, watercolors and photographs, he captured the animation and visual turbulence that made urban New York life an exhilarating spectacle. His work depicted the visual ener... (more)

Award winner Chucho Valdes has recorded over 80 CDs during his illustrious career, performing with countless jazz masters, including Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, and Chick Corea.

Experience Happy Hour in glittering style! Cruise along New York Harbor aboard the luxurious ZEPHYR yacht and enjoy a Happy Hour like never before. Straight up or on the rocks, every drink is on the water! It's the hottest way to cool down! Enjoy: 90-Minute Harbor Cruise; Live DJs; 2 Cash Bars; Drink Specials; Sun Deck; Two Fully Enclosed, Climate-... (more)

CD Release Concert for Outstairs, featuring Wallumrod's signature multi-dimensional chamber music inspired by the sonorities of Norwegian folk music, post-Cage avant-garde, and jazz's freedom of thought.

Every Friday, June 21 through November 22 from 8:30am to 4pm. Get fresh, local and seasonal produce, nuts, coffee, and nut butters from the Farmer's Market! Every Friday, June 21 to November 22, from 8:30am to 4pm on Dahlia Avenue off Main Street.

Just how funny is comedian and actress Loni Love? Ask both Variety and Comedy Central, both of which have named her among their Top 10 Comics to Watch, or Campus Activity magazine, which honored her as its Hot Comic for 2009. Love is not only one of the most hilarious and lovable comics performing stand-up on the comedy club and college circuits bu... (more)

Members of Power 105.1 FM Radio's "Breakfast Club," DJ Envy, Charlamagne and Angela Yee, will appear at Empire City Casino's "Alley 810" on June 21 from 9-11 p.m. The new ultra lounge featuring bowling lanes, live entertainment/music and a new twist on classic cocktails. From 9-11 p.m., fans of the show and casino-goers can dance the night away, en... (more)

6/7 Oblivions w/Ex -Cult 6/14 TBA 6/21 Fear of Men 6/28 Unknown Mortal Orchestra

The biggest monthly burlesque show in New York. Join us as Wasabassco's sexiest, and most innovative performers take to the stage in one of the city's most beautiful and elegant spaces. It's a night of tease, spectacle, and couple friendly risque fun. Starring: Jenny C'est Quoi, Evelyn Vinyl, Medianoche, Hazel Honeysuckle, Heather Holliday, Nast... (more)

Get fresh, local and seasonal produce, nuts, coffee, and nut butters from the Farmer's Market! Every Friday, June 21 to November 22, from 8:30am to 4pm on Dahlia Avenue off Main Street, outside the Garden fence. Every Friday, June 21 through November 22 from 8:30am to 4pm.

Back by popular demand! 54 Below is delighted to re-welcome two-time Tony winner, Norbert Leo Butz. The star of Wicked, The Last 5 Years, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Thou Shalt Not, Catch Me if You Can and the forthcoming Big Fish, Norbert reprises his dazzling cabaret debut (which went on to be the critically-lauded CD), in an evening featuring re-im... (more)

This absorbing documentary provides insight into Matthew Barney's work and his mythic Cremaster Cycle, as the artist guides the camera through this remarkable creation at the Guggenheim Museum, while being questioned by Michael Kimmelman of the New York Times. Free with admission; Tickets are available at the Admission Desk on the day of the scre... (more)

Amadou & Mariam's 2012 album Folila, which featured guest spots by Santigold and TV On The Radio among others, was hailed by Pitchfork as a "seamless synthesis of the music of their homeland and the music of the rest of the world." The evening begins with Tuareg guitarist Bombino's first NYC performance since the recent release of his critically la... (more)

Spend Friday Nights on the Flight Deck with Intrepid's FREE Summer Movie Series! Benjamin Franklin Gates descends from a family of treasure-seekers who've all hunted for the same thing: a war chest hidden by the Founding Fathers after the Revolutionary War. Ben's close to discovering its whereabouts, as is his competition, but the FBI is also h... (more)

Pacha NYC & RPM present… SULTAN &+ NED SHEPARD with Hook N' Sling. GET TICKETS - http://www.clubtickets.com/us/2013-06/21/sultan-ned-shephard-pacha-nyc. Doors 10pm. Table Reservations 212.209.7500

This season, Socrates invites you to tap into ancient Mayan energy! Participate in a special Solstice ritual performed by Urban Shaman Mama Donna, practice yoga at sunset, or take part in a community drum circle with Toca & Ale Ale Drummers... but not before the evening gets kicked off with an exhibition of action-packed, high-flying Lucha Libre (M... (more)

James Turrell joins Michael Govan, Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and cocurator of James Turrell: A Retrospective, in conversation about the different aspects of the artist's singular oeuvre on view in three concurrent exhibitions this summer in Houston, Los Angeles, and New York. $12, $8 members, free for students and interns with... (more)

Join Roogla for Free Coffee Friday on June 21 to celebrate the national debut of the Alpha Dominche Steampunk. The first 25 customers that tweet and then show the secret tweet, “@AlphaDominche Hello #ADSteampunk,” will get a free cup of coffee. The revolutionary, award winning Steampunk brewer is proficient in both coffee and tea, and crafts the ... (more)

La Roche-Posay is hosting “Parasols of Protection,” a FREE event to promote the importance of sun safety, on June 21st & June 22nd from 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. The “Parasols of Protection” event will feature an art installation of suspended umbrellas over Madison Square Park, offer FREE skin cancer screenings by doctors from the Women’s Dermatologic... (more)

After only a year into writing and recording music, industry veterans and music aficionados alike have positively received We Are The Wilderness. Using their background in classical music, WATW challenges today’s notions of indie pop/rock by mixing their various influences into each song. Their live shows include a mix of electronics, live instrume... (more)

NYC's Longest Running Beatles Show STRAWBERRY FIELDS featuring former members of Broadway's BEATLEMANIA Doors: 11am - Show: 12pm Ticket includes All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet, Show, Tax and Tip $40 adv, $42.50 door STRAWBERRY FIELDS is a look-a-like, sound-a-like Beatles tribute, dedicated to bringing you as close to a real Beatles concert a... (more)

Join us aboard Intrepid for this once in a lifetime overnight experience and learn what it takes to live onboard an aircraft carrier! Plus, tour the Space Shuttle Pavilion and get a close up view of space shuttle Enterprise. You'll train like an astronaut and imagine what it would be like to be a space explorer!

Cricket is the fastest growing sport in New York City and the NYC Mayor's Cup Cricket All-Star Games is the only event where you can see all of the City's best high school cricketers compete for title of "Best in the City." The action-packed day takes place on June 22nd at Van Cortlandt Park with the semifinals starting at 11AM and the championship... (more)

Slide aboard the ZEPHYR for a two-hour cruise with our resident DJ's spinning the latest jams! Groove on over to one of our two cash bars and enjoy one of our signature cocktails. With three levels -- indoor and outdoor -- the ZEPHYR provides a unique, glittering and glamorous venue for a truly spectacular evening! Enjoy a 2-Hour Harbor Cruise; Llv... (more)

Enjoy a 75-minute cruise to the Statue of Liberty with a kid-friendly, interactive live tour guide and band on board.

Asase Yaa School of the Arts' second annual performance will include dance (modern, hip-hop, ballet, African, and tap), Djembe drumming, and Martial Arts. The performance will showcase the creativity, growth, and passion that the youth of Brooklyn have for the performing arts.

The 100-minute tour tells the story of the USS Intrepid and her men during World War II. From 1943 to 1945, the Intrepid participated in the greatest naval campaign in world history. Armed with state of the art planes and crewed by over 3,000 sailors, the "Fighting I" won hard-fought victories against Imperial Japan in the Pacific Theater. From th... (more)

Cruise with Pride around Manhattan as we kick off New York Pride 2013 in style aboard the newest, sleekest, and sexiest yacht on the Hudson. Enjoy DJ entertainment, dancing, a cash bar, giveaways, and more! One hour dockside Three hour cruise Boarding cocktail Drinks for purchase Special guest DJ and dancing Read more: http://www.hornb... (more)

Juanes brings his highly-anticipated Loud & Unplugged Tour to Radio City Music Hall.

Since the beginning of their professional careers, Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi and Adrien "The Problem" Broner, two of the biggest talkers in all of boxing, have never been afraid to speak up. Now, the time has come to put up or shut as Malignaggi will defend his WBA Welterweight World Championship against undefeated Two-Division World Cha... (more)

Kick off Gay Pride week with POGO EVENTS and TheMenEvent.com for “The Amazing New York Scavenger Hunt” – part scavenger hunt, part obstacle course and ALL GAY NEW YORK”. A series of gay-themed clues that incorporates this year’s NYC Pride theme lead you around the city performing physical and mental challenges. The race also contains a fierce photo... (more)

Over 1,500 creative individuals from around the world march to celebrate "ancient mythology and honky-tonk rituals of the seaside" and the neighborhood of Coney Island.

Each and Every Saturday at Highline Ballroom. Guestlist Pricing: Ladies free til 12:30am, reduced after on Eric Virgil's guestlist; Guys reduced on Eric Virgil's guestlist. To rsvp, bottle packages, or birthday packages, text Eric Virgil at 917-664-2686, email info@ericvirgil.com or go to www.ericvirgil.com. Music by: Ross One sp... (more)

Indie folk-pop artist Natalie Gelman comes to Water mill to perform songs off her new EP Streetlamp Musician, which she just released on May 14th. A native of New York City, Natalie started her performing career busking in NYC subway stations and streets, which was the inspiration for the EP title and title track. She is best known for her vocal ... (more)

See the best of the Bronx Zoo on a unique scavenger hunt as kids and adults work together to find out why it’s hard to grab a degu, why your neck is like a giraffe’s, and how to look right through a grizzly bear. Bring a digital camera for our crazy Team Photo Challenges. This hunt is for kids ages 7 and up. Kids must be accompanied by an adult, an... (more)

Join Watson Adventures on a murder mystery scavenger hunt for adults at the Met Museum! Fans of murder mysteries and "The Da Vinci Code" will enjoy this scavenger hunt throughout the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A murdered curator has left behind a cryptic trail of clues connected with secrets in works of art. As your team gathers answers about... (more)

Join Watson Adventures on a unique scavenger hunt for adults at the Bronx Zoo! See the best of the zoo as you discover creatures you never suspected were there—or anywhere! Find out why it’s hard to grab a degu, why your neck is like a giraffe’s, what the Good Humor man might deliver to a tiger, and how to look right through a grizzly bear. St... (more)

When Malala Yousafzai was targeted in October for speaking out on girls’ education in Pakistan, it illuminated something about Shahrazad and One Thousand and One Nights. As the Royal Vizier’s daughter, she had unusual educational access. She tells King Shahryar stories drawn from an empire that spanned Asia and North Africa and into Western Europe.... (more)

On Saturday, June 22 at 8:30pm and Sunday, June 23 at 4pm, Caramoor kicks off the 68th Summer Festival with its first ever Broadway production, She Loves Me. The 50th anniversary of the award-winning and rarely performed musical will star critically acclaimed actress Alexandra Silber, Drama Desk Award-winner and Tony® nominee Santino Fontana, Tony®... (more)

Join Casa Lever Gardens for drinks and live music as Grupo Irek mixes the sounds of Cuba -- Son, Cha-Cha, Mambo -- with New York City flavor. Band members hail from all over the globe, representing Cuba, Columbia, Germany, and Brooklyn, for an international sound from the soul.

Back by popular demand! 54 Below is delighted to re-welcome two-time Tony winner, Norbert Leo Butz. The star of Wicked, The Last 5 Years, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Thou Shalt Not, Catch Me if You Can and the forthcoming Big Fish, Norbert reprises his dazzling cabaret debut (which went on to be the critically-lauded CD), in an evening featuring re-im... (more)

We now travel on subsonic airliners which take seven hours to cross the Atlantic, but from 1976 to 2003 it was possible to make the trip in half that time. This talk will touch on how Concorde came to be, the technological advances involved and the aviation records set by these aircraft.

America changed on December 7th, 1941, when Pearl Harbor was attacked. While 16 million men and women served in uniform in World War II, many more Americans worked to support those serving overseas. This discussion will look into how these events may have affected you and your family.

This talk offers visitors a look back at the life and accomplishments of astronaut Neil Armstrong, who passed away in 2012. Everyone knows he was the first man on the moon, but what could prepare him for the unknown?

Summer fun kicks off with a mega-crafting event hosted by our friends at Martha Stewart! A team of expert crafters will guide kids through projects from Martha's new book, Martha Stewart's Favorite Crafts for Kids! Ages 5 & up.

Pacha NYC & RPM present… ARTY with HELENA. GET TICKETS - http://www.clubtickets.com/us/2013-06/22/arty-with-helena-pacha-nyc. Doors 10pm. Table Reservations 212.209.7500.

For families with kids ages 6-10. In this tour, families will look closely at Hopper's masterful drawings and then experiment with techniques such as shading, cross hatching, and contour drawing.

Join NYC Parks and Backpacker Magazine as they turn the Big Apple into the country's largest urban adventure playground at the 9th annual Adventures NYC, a celebration of all things outdoors. This event offers a wide range of outdoor activities and exciting demonstrations for all ages to experience including kayaking, stand up paddle boarding, rock... (more)

The New York Book Festival is holding a FREE and open to the public daytime book fair and publishing seminar on Saturday, June 22, 2013 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Radisson Martinique on Broadway Hotel, 49 W 32nd St, New York, NY 10001 The seminar is focused on developments in the fast-changing world of independent and mainstream book publish... (more)

Born into a small town musical family, John taught himself to play the guitar while touring with his brother's rock band, Leva and in 2009 officially started Building Pictures with both the release of his debut EP Like Minded People and sophomore EP Joey and the Moon in the same year. His third EPClosing Doors was received favorably with considera... (more)

Flea to LIC! Long Island City is home to the newest flea and food market in NYC--LIC Flea & Food. Starting June 15, and running every Saturday and Sunday this summer, bring your friends and family to kick off a fun and vibrant weekend on the Long Island City waterfront. The inaugural LIC Flea & Food will feature the best in food vendors in Queens,... (more)

BORIS at New York's hottest new outdoor venue, LA MARINA. GET TICKETS - http://www.clubtickets.com/us/2013-06/22/boris-at-la-marina. Doors 12pm-12am. Table Reservations 646-942-8790.

WQXR’s Brad Balliett and The Declassified, a innovative and celebrated collective of young musicians focused on creating a meaningful role for classical music in communities around the globe, hosts this event alongside Festival Musicians and 2013 Culinary Artist-in-Residence Sonar Saikia. Join them on a quest to discover the essence of Italian musi... (more)

Imagine this: you're a Grammy-nominated singer, considered one of the best vocalists of your generation, who has scored major R&B hits and been invited to collaborate with the likes of Kanye West and R. Kelly, yet some folks consider you "underrated." This has been the plight of Syleena Johnson, acclaimed as one of the finest R&B voices to have eme... (more)

Spend an evening cruising New York Harbor under a full moon. Enjoy the spectacular sights of New York when the moon is at it's fullest, illuminating the city's skyline.

Join Marty Shore, urban historian, as he leads you through the sites of Jewish religious life in the remarkable urban settlement of Harlem, once the second largest Jewish community in the United States. In 1917, it was home to more than 175,000 Jews. Delight in the exteriors of grand synagogues that remind us of Harlem's Jewish past. Including the ... (more)

See some of the 3,000 gorgeous herons that fly from the South to nest on small islands in New York Harbor. Hosted by Audubon naturalists, this 90-minute cruise will take you "up close and personal" to see these majestic birds. Cruise under famous city bridges and past renowned monuments, take in views of the city's skyline and get to know some of i... (more)

With Ruth Goodman, director, Israeli Dance Institute Join us on Governor's Island to learn and experience the joys of the hora and other Israeli dances. Participants of all ages and levels are welcome. Free. Tickets are not required. Free ferries available. Visit govisland.com for information. Presented in conjunction with Hava Nagila: ... (more)

Children's Album is an original ballet created by Brighton Ballet's renowned choreographer Edouard Kouchnarev. This groundbreaking work is inspired by and dedicated to orphaned and adopted children around the world. It is the first ballet to be staged to the music of Tchaikovsky's celebrated Children's Album, offering a wonderful opportunity for th... (more)

Join Watson Adventures on a unique food scavenger hunt for adults in Chinatown and Little Italy! Discover the most unusual and enticing restaurants, cafes, markets and even food carts in Chinatown and neighboring Little Italy. You’ll not only answer our usual array of tricky questions, you’ll also be challenged to acquire and taste such foods a... (more)

While you enjoy a day at QBG, be sure to bring the kids over to the Children's Activity Table sponsored by TD Bank, from 2 to 5pm. Sundays, June 2, 9, 16 and 23rd.

Here comes the sun! Queens Botanical Garden invites all to attend our Summer Solstice Celebration, which will be held on Sunday, June 23rd from 11am to 4pm. This will be a day of workshops and activities and will feature a bird/nature walk, compost demonstrations, a community art project with Artist Iandry, and activities for children including c... (more)

Get ready to party with some of music's biggest stars every Sunday this summer at Empire City Casino as it announces its sizzling 2013 Summer Concert Series lineup which includes an exciting mix of musical talent. Country music megastar Travis Tritt continues the slate on Sunday, June 23. This year's lineup also includes musical legends Blues Trave... (more)

Join prominent religious, spiritual, and social leaders, authors and activists to explore how we can work together to foster peaceful, just and sustainable relationships with one another and with Earth. The panelists will offer insights from the world’s great religious traditions and spiritual teachers, science, and their daily experience. Together... (more)

Too hot outside? Join us for these family classic while you kick back and enjoy some popcorn. Come explore Manhattan with the silliest of mischief makers, the Muppets! Join Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, and the whole muppet crew as they work to get their new musical on the Broadway stage. After the film, see if you can spot a mup... (more)

For bacon lovers! Foodies will gather at Bowlmor Times Square indulge in bacon-inspired vodka and other drinks, treats and souvenirs. Have your bacon-loving cravings satisfied by unique vendors including Bare Burger, House of 'Que, Baconery, Bacon Bites and more featuring bacon prepared in a multitude of ways from the sweet to the savory! 21 an... (more)

Maverick American composer and new-music pioneer John Zorn will premiere EARTHSPIRIT and MADRIGALS, two new works for female voices, inside James Turrell's site-specific installation Aten Reign (2013). George Steel, General Manager and Artistic Director, New York City Opera, will moderate a discussion with Zorn.

Pelham Art Center helps kick off summer during Pelham’s Street Fair with the return of the popular Brazilian drumming and martial arts/dance demonstration of Capoeira. As part of the Art Center’s free Folk Art Series, members of Westchester Capoeira will perform the exciting traditional Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, dan... (more)

This performance comes to you as part of ANT Fest, Ars Nova's month-long Festival of All New Talent! Watch our first fifteen Presidents die serving their country, each in a different way. From absurd to poignant, join us for a warped pseudo-history of America in this epic short play cycle that puts a macabre twist on the nation’s highest office... (more)

A ravishing fast-paced fantasy set amid verdant forests and majestic temples, Sir Frederick Ashton's mythological love story unites the huntress Sylvia and a lovelorn shepherd with the divine intervention of the deity Eros. The splendid score by Leo Delibes was so admired by Tchaikovsky that he purportedly declared: had he known the music existed a... (more)

Tony winning lyricist Jack O'Brien has written for Hairspray, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty and many other shows. He sits down with Nathan Lane at 92nd Street Y to discuss his new memoir, Jack Be Nimble. O'Brien is currently directing Lane in The Nance.

The Greyboy Allstars -- frequenters of the scene surrounding the '70s soul-and-funk-spinning DJ Greyboy -- have extended their U.S. tour through the summer, including a three-night residency at New York's Blue Note Jazz Club. The tour comes in support of Inland Emperor (Knowledge Room Recordings, April 16), their first studio album in six years.

With Dimitri Kolensnic, Brandon Lewis, Anthony Wonsey.

Gotham Chamber Opera presents Daniel Catan's 1988 opera, La hija de Rappaccini (Rappaccini's Daughter), on Mondays, June 17 and 24, 2013 at 7pm at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (rain date June 25). Seating is by general admission on the lawn. Blankets and outside food will be permitted. Boxed picnic dinners will also be available for purchase. Tickets ... (more)

IDEASMYTH.com hosts a rare panel discussion for enthusiasts and aspiring creators of radio and podcast programming this 24 June 2013 at Iguana in NYC. Doors open at 6:30pm. Panel begins at 7pm. Laser critiques for 5 podcast proposals begins at 8pm. Cash bar & dinner service before and after the panel. Web: http://ow.ly/lN3Mi - Tickets... (more)

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! host Peter Sagal walk into a bar... No, it's not the start of a joke. It's the essence of Ask Me Another, a rambunctious hour that blends brainteasers and local pub trivia night with comedy and music. Host Ophira Eisenberg invites in-studio guests and listeners alike to stretch their noggins,... (more)

The highly anticipated tour is the first for Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, who will perform songs from their album Love Has Come for You. The remarkable new collaboration is set for release on April 23 on Rounder Records. Love Has Come for You features 13 eloquently rootsy compositions that combine Martin's inventive five-string banjo work wit... (more)

This performance comes to you as part of ANT Fest, Ars Nova's month-long Festival of All New Talent! Part puppet show, part zombie movie, this docu-drama/slasher flick mash-up combines first-hand accounts, newsreel footage and lo-fi charm to explore the 2010 Gulf Coast Oil Spill through the lens of George Romero’s original Night of the Living D... (more)

Lincoln Center's 25th anniversary edition of Midsummer Night Swing takes place every Tuesday through Saturday, with 16 dazzling nights of dancing that take place at the band shell in Damrosch Park, on West 62nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues.

Attention Gotham City: On Tuesday, June 25th from 11am to 1pm, Ripley's Believe It or Not! Times Square hosts the unveiling of the new Mez-Its Toy line, based on the classic 1960s Batman Classic TV Series, by Mezco Toys in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products. The first 200 people to come view the display at Ripley's Believe It or Not! T... (more)

These tours focus on the effects of Hurricane Sandy on the maritime industry and waterfront, and the region's planning for sea-level rise and other manifestations of global warming. This tour traverses the East River from Queens to Governors Island, including the East Side of Manhattan, Newtown Creek & Brooklyn Navy Yard & Gowanus Bay.

Featuring over 450 pieces of fashion jewelry by designers such as Miriam Haskell, Marcel Boucher, Balenciaga, Kenneth Jay Lane, and Gripoix, this exhibition will be an eye-opening display of necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, many of them one-of-a-kind, drawn from the world-renowned collection of Barbara Berger. The daughter of an American diamond... (more)

Anatomia explores the complexity of human relationships during times of physical and emotional struggles.

Each week, Broadway cast members and audiences alike gather to mix and mingle at 54 Below, Broadway's most intimate haunt, located in the heart of the theatre district. Musical Director Brad Simmons keeps the house jumping from the piano, while host Susie Mosher (the love child of Joanne Worley & Paul Lynde) guides the crowd through an evening of m... (more)

As modern day lifestyles become increasingly fast-paced and transient the distinctions between personal and public space, work and leisure have become blurred. Many of the works by the eight artists featured in the exhibition address issues of labor while others examine the resiliency of communities in the face of environmental changes, whether man... (more)

Presented in Collaboration with Made in the UK. With Soweto Kinch, alto sax; Nick Jurd, bass; Shaney Forbes, drums.

A classic, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra opens Midsummer Night Swing's 25th anniversary with a celebration of its own 25th. The JLCO formed when Wynton Marsalis and his septet joined forces with the surviving players of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, creating a group that knows that some jazz masterpieces are meant to be danced to. This beaut... (more)

SUMMER SPARKS, the city's first summer learning festival, will take place Tuesday evenings from June 25 - Aug 20, 2013. Free, one-of-a-kind classes will be held in diverse topics from iPhone photography, juggling, and salsa dancing, to origami and kimchi making, banjo, improv and more! Held outdoors at beautiful Pier 63 in Hudson River Park in Che... (more)

Listen to live music in the Museum garden, featuring the Wind Trio from LaGuardia Arts, the "Fame" School. Students from this internationally recognized school of performing arts will play classical and contemporary selections. Complimentary beverages and Museum tour are included.

Come see Kassini, cinematic rock duo comprised of NYC-based composer/producer Shane Koss and London-based guitarist and singer/songwriter John Hogg (The Black Crowes) play at The Bowery Electric on June 25th at 9:00 PM. The duo is on tour to promote their first full-length concept album entitled Immune, which harkens back to Peter Gabriel, Radiohea... (more)

Director of beloved series Freaks and Geeks and film Bridesmaids Paul Feig stops by 92nd Street Y Tribeca for a conversation moderated by the Museum of Moving Image's David Schwartz, about the highs and lows of his accomplishments. There will be shown clips from his next film, The Heat, starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCa... (more)

Stuckey & Murray are releasing a new album called We Tried. They have asked their talented friends to perform some of their songs to help celebrate. They also brewed a special beer for the occasion. Drinking at 7pm, show at 8 pm. Expect to see performances from The Defibulators, Summer and Eve, Mark Seman, Reformed Whores, Villa Lobos, Jon Friedman... (more)

Maverick American composer and new-music pioneer John Zorn will premiere EARTHSPIRIT and MADRIGALS, two new works for female voices, inside James Turrell's site-specific installation Aten Reign (2013). George Steel, General Manager and Artistic Director, New York City Opera, will moderate a discussion with Zorn.

Consumers are invited to join Colgate and Stacy Keibler to “swish” for a difference in attempting to break a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® record for the “Most people using mouthwash simultaneously.” For every participant in attendance Colgate will donate $1.00 (USD) to Make-A-Wish. In addition to helping raising money for Make-A-Wish, at the event consu... (more)

Exhibition examining themes, concepts and cultural fictions dealing with environment and ecology, featuring Czech and international artists Matej Al-Ali (CZ), Silvina Arismendi (CZ), Mark Dion (US), Petr Dub (CZ), Mathias Kessler (AT), Tomas Moravec (CZ), Yes Man (US), Anne Percoco (US), Katerina Seda (CZ), Klara Sumova (CZ) and Slavoj Zizek (SI). ... (more)

This performance comes to you as part of ANT Fest, Ars Nova's month-long Festival of All New Talent! Time-travel, dinos, zombies and puppets. This rock opera has it all! Set to a score by the band Ludo, this is the epic adventure of one man’s time-traveling voyage from the Age of Dinosaurs to the Zombie Apocalypse, all to save his true love’s l... (more)

For 16 years, the Smooth Jazz Cruises have been a hit. This summer enjoy New York's favorite summer jazz series aboard the Spirit of New York! The Smooth Jazz Cruise has evolved into one of New York's most popular attractions. Collaborating in 2002 as BWB, Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum and Norman Brown recorded the album Groovin'. The title track hit... (more)

Join Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright, together with a few very special guests, for a benefit concert celebrating the rich career of their late mother, the inimitable folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle. Held in conjunction with the release of a double-CD tribute album Sing Me The Songs (Nonesuch) and featuring performances of McGarrigle's... (more)

A brand new line-up of contestants competes for the chance to perform during the July 24 Show Off and move on to Top Dog on October 9. It all leads to the chance of winning the title of Super Top Dog and a cash prize of $10,000 on November 27!

Any discussion of Buddy Guy invariably involves a recitation of his colossal musical resume and hard-earned accolades. He's a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a chief guitar influence to rock titans like Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, and Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago's fabled West Side, and a living link to that city's halcyon days of electric blues.... (more)

On Wednesdays, Late Night at 54 Below is the place to see up-and-coming New York talent: including comedians, musicians, songwriters and improv groups. No cover charge. $20 food & beverage minimum.

The popular Brazilian singer performs.

Presented in Collaboration with Made in the UK. With Cleveland Watkiss, Voice; Jonathan Gee, Piano; Larry Bartley, Acoustic Bass; Ernesto Simpson, Drums.

Sensual and cerebral, two top proponents of tango's newest incarnation reunite for an evening that promises a steamy revamp of tango's Golden Age, with breathtaking musical sparkle and skill. Lenardo Suarez Paz, descended from a long line of tangueros (his father was Piazzolla's last violinist), and innovative pianist Zarate wowed Broadway together... (more)

Setting the stage as the perfect preshow for a Broadway matinee, Madame Tussauds New York (234 W. 42nd Street between 7th & 8th Avenues) is offering theatergoers free admission to the wax attraction for kids (ages 12 and under) when accompanied by a full-paying adult and presentation of a Broadway show ticket. The offer starts Wednesday, May 22, a... (more)

For one night only, Gotham's teachers and staff will be hosting Gotham at-a-Glance, where you will learn about Gotham, get a few quick lessons from some of our teachers, and mingle with us over wine, soda, and snacks. The event is free, but you need to register in advance. You can sign up here: http://bit.ly/18ucwxm

Journalist Ellin Stein (author of That's Not Funny, That's Sick: The National Lampoon and the Comedy Insurgents Who Captured the Mainstream), an observer of “The National Lampoon” scene since the early 1970s, is joined by two former editors of the magazine Sean Kelly and Chris Cerf for a behind-the-scenes look at the franchise that introduced icono... (more)

Every Wednesday evening, Empire City Casino hosts Comedy Night, featuring some of the biggest names in stand-up. Performing tonight: Big Jay Oakerson (Z Rock, Louie).

Rising blues-rock quartet, The Dough Rollers, comprised of Malcolm Ford (vocals/guitar), Jack Byrne (guitar/vocals), Josh Barocas (drums/vocals) and Kyle Olson (bass/vocals) will play Brooklyn Bowl at 8:00 PM on June 26th, 2013. The Dough Rollers have played with Bob Dylan, Queens of the Stone Age and Josh Freese (from NIN), among many other artist... (more)

The Cambodian artist's first solo exhibition in NYC, with 17 paintings and multi-media collages, most of them from the last two years.