Summer Programs at Cultural Institutions Group Member Organizations Throughout the City
Programming Includes Free Virtual Talks, Online and Outdoor Exhibitions, and Events for Youth, Families, and Adults
NEW YORK, NY (July 13, 2020) – The Cultural Institutions Group is excited to announce opportunities to virtually experience arts and culture in New York City this summer at many of its member organizations. The selections highlighted below, feature a mix of exhibitions, educational and entertainment offerings, from digital camps to crafting for kids, and educator workshops to live streamed conversations, performances, and movies.
Exhibitions
Community Art Exhibition - Calling All Novice and Professional Artists!
Flushing Town Hall
Ongoing, Flushing Town Hall’s Garden Fence
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the disparate effects of COVID on people of color, and the protests in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Rayshard Brooks, our community is experiencing profound change. Flushing Town Hall is taking this moment and asking New Yorkers to express their thoughts and feelings through art – and will showcase their work in a new outdoor exhibition.
The general public, families, professional artists, and amateurs are invited to create artistic expressions of grief, resiliency and hope, and to share them in an exhibition to be hung on the Flushing Town Hall’s garden fence on Northern Boulevard starting on July 6.
Women of the Nation Arise! Staten Islanders in the Fight for the Right to Vote.
Staten Island Museum
Ongoing
FREE
Women of the Nation Arise! presents the remarkable stories of local suffragists acting on the grassroots level to create the momentum necessary for regional and national change and the bold tactics they employed to win the vote. The exhibition connects visitors to the challenging history of securing women’s right to vote and its relevance to present-day considerations of civic engagement and voter participation. Staten Island’s role in the fight for women’s political equality was both innovative on a national level and uniquely suited to the community from which it came. From lectures to street meetings to high-flying spectacles, suffragists employed a broad range of tactics to bring attention to and garner support for the movement. A 30-foot sculpture created by SI Makerspace in collaboration with the women led staff of the Staten Island Museum artistically represents a historic flight by Rosalie Gardiner Jones, the first suffragist in the nation to fly for the cause in 1913. The sculptural biplane is currently displayed outside of the Staten Island Museum on the grounds of Snug Harbor and open for viewing.
New York Responds
Museum of the City of New York
Opens July 23
As NYC enters Phase 3, Museum of the City of New York will begin the process of opening its doors once again. As a look back, while looking forward, MCNY will re-open with an outdoor installation, the first component of a multi-pronged project called New York Responds.
This overall effort will include documentation and collecting around the diverse experiences of New Yorkers during the crises of early 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic and the uprising against systemic racism. It includes responsive online and on-site interpretative presentations reflecting on the pandemic, the protests, and envisioning New York's future; as well as remote programs for adult, family, and educator audiences. The outdoor installation will include selections from the Museum’s open call for images documenting the pandemic and the protests and invite visitors to share their own stories. The Museum received an NEH grant in support of the exhibition. Buy your timed ticket at mcny.org.
Youth and Family Programs, Digital Camps
Snug Harbor at Home: Custom T-Shirt Art for Families
Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden
July 11, 2020, 11am–12:30pm
$30 for the program and one t-shirt | $20 for each additional t-shirt
Create your own original artwork—and have it made into a t-shirt! You’ll love Snug Harbor at Home: Custom T-Shirt Art for Families, a livestream family art session on July 11 at 11:00 AM, led by professional teaching artist Pauline Velez-Romano, in partnership with the Staten Island Borough President’s Office and Special Tees.
Inspired by healthy eating and the foods you have at home, this interactive art lesson will focus on creating beautiful still life artwork that will be transferred onto a t-shirt that you’ll be proud to wear all around town.
STEAM on the go kits
Staten Island Children’s Museum
July 11, 10am–12pm, curbside pickup behind museum
FREE, Reservation Required
Thanks to grants from Con Edison and National Grid we have two different STEAM on the Go Kits to distribute for free in July and August. The kits have materials and instructions with links to videos on how to perform the enclosed STEAM activities at home. The July kit will feature simple circuits and magnets for magnet painting and DIY maze activities where kids can create their own maze and use their magnets to drag items through to the finish line.
Online Summer Camp
Brooklyn Museum
Weekly, Monday–Friday July 13–August 21, 10am–1pm, Zoom
$340; $306 Members per week
Inspired by our exhibitions and collections, campers ages 8–10 and 11–13 will have fun engaging with art, while interacting with other campers, discovering artists, working with different mediums, trying out new techniques, and more. After five days of art-making, campers close out the week by sharing their creations in Friday’s online Open Studio. Join weekly sessions: Flora X Fauna, July 13–17; Your Home, Your History, July 20–24; Ancient Artifacts, July 27–31; The Stories Masks Tell, August 3–7; Color Coded, August 10–14; and Faces and Places of NYC, August 17–21.
Virtual World Dance Camp
Flushing Town Hall
Monday–Friday, July 13–August 7, Zoom
Flushing Town Hall Education is excited to announce our new summer offering Virtual World Dance Camp! Participants will explore the joy and vitality of dance forms from NY’s diverse communities. No dance background needed, just a desire to have fun and try something new!
FTH Master Teaching Artists will lead you in week-long sessions featuring Jazz, Indian, Mexican and/or Chinese dance. Week 1: July 13–17, Jazz Dance with Angela Rostick | Week 2: July 20–2, Traditional Indian Dance with Abha Roy | Week 3: July 27–31, Traditional Meixcan Dance with Alberto Lopez | Week 4: August 3–7, Traditional Chinese Dance with Ling Tang. You will be able to take classes in all 4 forms or just 1 form.
Virtual Summer Camp
Historic Richmond Town
July 13–July 31, Zoom
$200 per session
This Summer, Historic Richmond Town is offering a fun and exciting virtual experience. Learn more about American history by cooking with historical recipes, try your hand at toys and games from America’s past, and learn the time-honored craft of basketmaking. Historical Interpreters will guide daily activities online via Zoom and kits containing supplies and materials will be available for curbside pickup at Historic Richmond Town.
Discoveries—Art & Activism: Poster Making Workshop
Metropolitan Museum of Art
July 14, 3–4:30pm
Free, RSVP required.
Show your creativity to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act! Join The Met, Poster House, and Isometric Studio to learn about the history of disability-activism posters and create your own. For individuals with developmental and learning disabilities and those on the autism spectrum, with family and friends.
Free; reservations are required and space is limited. Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org to register and receive instructions.
All Balanchine Program
New York City Ballet
Through July 14 at 8pm, YouTube
Free
We’re streaming landmark works by George Balanchine from rarely seen New York City Ballet performances. The program includes three highlights from the 2004 broadcast of the Balanchine 100 Centennial Celebration: the fourth movement of Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet with Wendy Whelan and Damian Woetzel; an excerpt from Concerto Barocco with Maria Kowroski, Rachel Rutherford, and James Fayette; and “The Man I Love“ pas de deux from Who Cares? with Alexandra Ansanelli, Nilas Martins, and featuring a special performance of the Gershwin score by Wynton Marsalis. Rounding out the program is Act III of an excerpt from the 1978 broadcast of George Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova’s Coppélia, featuring Patricia McBride and Helgi Tomasson in the leading roles. The performances also feature the New York City Ballet Orchestra.
Learn with Carnegie Hall: All Together
Carnegie Hall
July 15, 2pm, Facebook & Youtube
FREE
Visionary conductor Marin Alsop hosts a celebration of All Together: A Global Ode to Joy, a yearlong project that honors the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. Watch excerpts from the first All Together performance in São Paulo last December, hear former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith in conversation about her adaptation of Schiller’s “Ode to Joy,” and listen to performances of original songs inspired by the project and written by Weill Music Institute songwriters from across New York City.
Teen Studio–Creative Collages
Metropolitan Museum of Art
July 15, 1–4pm
Free, Registration Required
Unleash your creativity during a virtual collage workshop. Create works of art from paper you have at home! No prior experience necessary. A device (computer, phone, or tablet) with an internet connection and a camera for video conferencing are required in order to participate.
MCNY X PROJECT K!D
Museum of the City of New York
Wednesdays July 15–August 5
FREE, Registration recommended
Join the Museum of the City of New York and PROJECT K!D for virtual art-making sessions. In each weekly video, Amanda Kingloff, artist and founder of PROJECT K!D, will show you how to create a New York City-themed craft project using everyday materials.
Each session will also include fun facts on NYC history using images from the Museum’s collections and award-winning exhibitions. Craft projects are geared toward families and kids ages 7 and up. Younger children may require adult supervision, and all families are encouraged to craft together.
Celebrate #NationalMothWeek with your very own Moth Night!
Staten Island Museum
Begins July 18, nighttime, from home
FREE, donations welcome!
Stay up late and celebrate National Moth Week with a virtual kit of night science activities. Hold your own backyard event, or study science from your windowsill with instructional videos on how to make your own attractor to study nocturnal insects, how to decipher owl calls and other night sounds, and more! Take a closer look at the unique moths in our collection with Director of Natural Science and Collection, Colleen Evans and express your love for nighttime nature with an art activity from the Staten Island Children’s Museum. This downloadable kit of videos, activities, and information will help you discover the scientific world of your own backyard! Presented in collaboration with the Staten Island Children’s Museum.
Virtual Children's Garden Camp
Queens Botanical Garden
Session II: Urban Critters, July 20–July 30 |
Session III: The Kitchen & Beyond: All About Plants and Their Uses, August 3–13
$200 per 8-day session
Explore themes such as cooking with plants, meeting our animal neighbors, using our natural world as inspiration to create art, and much more! Each online session will be taught by our dedicated and experienced staff, who will incorporate the Garden as a resource to support nature discovery, hands-on activities, art, and science investigations.
Virtual Summer Camp
Queens Museum
Week 1: July 20–24 | Week 2: July 27–31
Free
The Queens Museum Virtual Summer Camp experience offers curated weekly guides packed with art-making workshops, fun-themed games, camp-inspired recipes & offline activities that families can do together. Each day of the week will have a “camp schedule” that each camper can follow at their own pace. The best part: activities can be done offline using materials readily available at home! Each camp day will end with a Zoom “Meetup & Art Share”, where campers are invited to showcase their creations.
ZooFari Summer
Staten Island Zoo
July 20–August 21
$255 & up, per week; $210 & up Members, per week
Weekly sessions featuring arts & crafts, animal encounters, behind-the-scenes tours, games, and more! All taught by professional wildlife educators.
Coquí Club
El Museo del Barrio
July 21, 11am, Zoom
FREE, RSVP required
Hola Coquís! El Museo is excited to bring Coquí Club, our bilingual program for our tiniest visitors, into your casita. Be sure to bring your Coqui crowns and get ready to have fun! Recommended for children ages 1-5. Registration closes at 10am on the day of the program.. Instructions to log on will be sent via email to registrants prior to the event.
Summer Concerts
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
August 2, 16 & September 12
Free
Brooklyn Children’s Museum will be hosting Little Orchestra Society (LOS) as part of our summer programming on our rooftop. LOS will present interactive musical workshops on August 2 and 16, and Sept 12. Other program partners may include Cumbe Center for African and Diasporic Dance, Recycled Sounds Musical Duo, Asase Yaa African Drumming, and Ajna Dance's Bollywood Dance.
Summer Media Camp Reboot
Museum of the Moving Image
Weekly sessions through August 21
$150 for one session, discounts apply for multiple sessions
MoMI's popular camps go online this summer. Weekly themes include stop-motion animation, screenwriting, digital game design, and more, with participants working in small groups instructed by specially trained artists and educators. Youth ages 8–13 from anywhere in the world are welcome to join!
Food Distribution with Campaign Against Hunger
Brooklyn Museum
Ongoing; Mondays, 4–5pm
Free
The Brooklyn Museum is partnering with The Campaign Against Hunger to offer food distribution at the Museum on Mondays, from 4 to 5 pm. Food is provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Email healthymeals@brooklynmuseum.org with questions.
Depth in Distance
Wave Hill
Ongoing; New videos posted on Saturdays, 10am
FREE
Join Family Art Project for storytelling and art-making at home in the virtual Depth in Distance series that highlights our core values of care, imagination and community. With Family Art Project educators as your guide, hear engaging stories, explore your own creative capacity and build community while creating art inspired by nature and different cultures.
Wildlife Camp
Bronx Zoo
Now through September 4th
Price: Members: $250 for first child; non-members: $275 for first child
Visit each of our parks on your time (campers will receive 1 child Total Experience ticket for Bronx Zoo and 1 child general admission ticket for Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, and the New York Aquarium!) Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at our animals and exhibits, experience close encounters and deep dives, meet wild animal keepers and scientists, participate in cool science and conservation action, and more.
BCM+You
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Ongoing, downloadable activities
Free
Bring Brooklyn Children’s Museum to your home! BCM+You is a free resource that brings BCM’s exhibits, programs, animal friends, and collections objects to your family anytime, anywhere. Browse hands-on art projects, DIY activities, and videos that will activate and stimulate learning — and give you tools to help your child explore and discover our world from home.
Brooklyn Children’s Museum Activity Kits
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Ongoing
Free
Recognizing that many families do not have access to art supplies and programs during the COVID-19 period, Brooklyn Children’s Museum has created a series of activity kits designed for children ages 4-10. Each kit will include a variety of art supplies, an activity booklet that uses images and stories of art to inspire creation, and projects and questions that prompt children to see and explore their world from different perspectives.
The first kit, Our City, was distributed in June 2020. The second kit, Block Party, will draw on a past exhibit in partnership with local photographer Anderson Zaca, who documents block parties across NYC and will offer summer-themed activities for both outside and inside exploration; and Reading Zoo, featuring natural science objects from Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s collection paired with storybooks as inspiration for art-making and storytelling.
For Students and Educators—Workshops and Virtual Field Trips
Virtual MCNY Field Trips This Summer
Museum of the City of New York
July 13–August 31, Zoom
$120 per program
Experience the Museum of the City of New York with your students virtually this summer through visual and interactive remote-learning sessions. Drawing upon the Museum’s Activist New York and City As Canvas exhibitions, our virtual field trips foster student inquiry and dialogue and feature guided creative activities. Booking is now open.
Wave Hill
Begins July 13
$50; 20% discount for Title I schools
Engage your students with live, interactive education programs that foster connections with the natural world. Each program integrates videos and images of the gardens that reinforce the program material and allow participants to experience Wave Hill from home. Available to schools, camps or homeschool groups, as well as parents looking for activities for their children and a group of their peers.
Educator Workshop: The Fight for Education Equity in NYC
Museum of the City of New York
Tuesday, July 14, 5–6:30pm ET
FREE, with registration
This online workshop explores the intersections among civil rights activism, education, and the history of today's movement to desegregate New York City schools. Participants will analyze sources from the online exhibition Activist New York; learn how students, teachers, and parents mobilized for change; and leave with stories, resources, and ideas for the digital classroom. This lecture will be broadcast via Zoom. (Eligible participants will receive a CTLE certificate for 1.5 hours of professional development.)
Summer Teen Media Courses
Museum of the Moving Image
July 27–August 21
$150 for one session, discounts apply for multiple sessions
MoMI offers media-making classes for teens ages 15–18. Led by professional filmmakers and game designers, these week-long sessions include workshops in game design, cinematography, and documentary filmmaking.
Virtual Talk: Criminals Among Us? Fingerprinting and Criminal Records in Pre-WWII New York City
Museum of the City of New York
July 28, 5–6:30pm ET
FREE, with registration
Today, criminal background checks are a routine part of applications for many jobs, licenses, and government benefits. But for nearly a century, New Yorkers have debated whether such checks are a tool for protecting the public or a form of legalized discrimination against people with a criminal record. Dan Ewert, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Predoctoral Fellow, will shed light on New York City’s leading role in implementing criminal background checks in the early 20th century, when organized labor, communities of color, and government officials debated the value of fingerprinting and background checks in a diverse city of strangers against the backdrop of the Great Depression and World War II. This lecture will be broadcast via Zoom. (Eligible educators attending this webinar will receive a CTLE certificate for 1.5 hours of professional development.)
Urban Flora: Growing Between the Cracks
New York Botanical Garden
Tuesdays, August 4–18, 10am–12pm, Zoom
$139; $125 Members
Urban flora can be found growing in unlikely places, from city sidewalks and highway medians to lawns, and other man-made structures. Most of these plants are introduced and many are considered weeds. We will hear more about their origins, life cycles, and benefits to the urban landscape while learning how to identify them in the field.
Basic Mushroom Identification
New York Botanical Garden
Wednesdays, August 5–19, 10am–12pm, Zoom
$159; $145 Members
The summer months bring forth a great diversity of mushrooms in the Northeast region. Chanterelles, Milk Caps, Black Trumpets, Boletes of all kinds, and many other choice edibles make an appearance. But many mushrooms also fruit that can cause problems for the consumer. Learn how to sort through this abundance with hands-on techniques and observations.
For Adults—Livestreamed Conversations, Film, Workshops and More
Reverse Shot
Museum of the Moving Image
Fridays, July 10–31, 5pm
Free
Reverse Shot, Museum of the Moving Image’s house publication for criticism and writing on film past and present, hosts Happy Hour Zoom chats every Friday. Join Reverse Shot editors Michael Koresky and Jeff Reichert and longtime contributor Farihah Zaman who host these weekly, informal discussions about the state of cinema, criticism, and culture.
Moonlight & Movies: "Doin’ It in the Park" with Bobbito Garcia, Kevin Couliau & Milani Malik
Museum of the City of New York
July 13, 6pm
FREE, Pre-registration Required
Celebrate NYC's quintessential summer sport -- pick-up basketball -- with Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau, the directors of Doin' It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball, New York City (2012, 83 minutes). The two will sit down with former overseas professional and streetball player Milani Malik, for a virtual conversation about the making of Doin' It In The Park and the city's one-of-a-kind pick-up b-ball scene.
About the Film: Doin’ It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball, New York City is an independent documentary directed by Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau. The film explores the history, culture, and social impact of the summer b-ball scene in NYC, the worldwide “Mecca” of the sport.
Free Shakespeare on the Radio - Richard II
The Public Theater
July 13–July 16, 8pm ET, WNYC 93.9 FM and AM 820 for listeners in the tri-state area and nationwide at WNYC.org
FREE
Join WNYC and The Public Theater as we bring Free Shakespeare in the Park to the airwaves with William Shakespeare’s RICHARD II. Brought to you in a serialized radio broadcast over four nights, listen as the last of the divinely anointed monarchs descends and loses it all. When King Richard banishes his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and deprives him of his inheritance, he unwittingly creates an enemy who will ultimately force him from the throne. One of the Bard’s only dramas entirely in verse, this epic and intimate play presents the rise of the house of Lancaster through a riveting tale of lost sovereignty, political intrigue, and psychological complexity. Directed by Saheem Ali, experience this beautiful and cutting play in an exciting serialized radio format from wherever you are.
Artists on Artworks—Cecily Brown on Gerhard Richter
Metropolitan Museum of Art
July 14, 6–6:30pm, Facebook & YouTube
Free
The artist Cecily Brown, known for her energetic and vivid paintings, reflects on the influence of Gerhard Richter's long career as a master painter of both figurative and abstract works. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Gerhard Richter: Painting After All.
Theorizing the Web Presents: Surveillance of Black Lives
Museum of the Moving Image
July 16, 7pm
Free, Suggested donation $10
In this first installment of Theorizing the Web Presents, a new series highlighting critical perspectives on timely issues at the intersection of tech and media, Museum of the Moving Image welcomes scholar and journalism instructor Allissa Richardson and scholar and AI policy advisor Mutale Nkonde, who will speak about the impact of surveillance during the movement for the liberation of Black Lives and the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics explored will include facial recognition used in policing, tracing software associated with the pandemic, and how images of Black death have created a treacherous techno-mediascape that extends state matrices of power and systems of oppression faced by Black people in the United States. The discussion will be led by scholar and Theorizing the Web board member Apryl Williams.
Historic Richmond debuts NEW digital series: Historic Richmond Town Talks
Historic Richmond Town
July 17, 1pm, Zoom
$3, Registration required
Historic Richmond Town Talks are a series of meaningful conversations exploring the richness of Staten Island history. From the North Shore to Tottenville; from the 17th century to the present--this series covers a wide array of stories and topics. Each month, a new program will be made available online for livestream and/or digital download.
Digital Premiere—Nrityagram: Samhāra Revisited
Metropolitan Museum of Art
July 18, 7:30–9pm, Facebook & YouTube
Free
Join us for the digital premiere of Nrityagram: Samhāra Revisited.
Nrityagram, India's lionized classical dance company, returns to The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing, this time in collaboration with Sri Lanka's equally acclaimed Chitrasena Dance Company. Samhāra Revisited brings together brilliant dance traditions with shared ancient roots, accompanied by a live original score.
Jim Henson’s World: Creature Makers
Museum of the Moving Image
July 18, 7pm
Free; RSVP recommended
Jim Henson’s Creature Shop is known for designing and building some of the world’s best-known characters, with credits including Sesame Street, The Muppets, Fraggle Rock, Dinosaurs, Farscape, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, and the series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Join us for a conversation with Creative Supervisors Peter Brooke and Jason Weber, to discuss how the Shop, based in Los Angeles and New York, continues the tradition of creative innovation established by Jim Henson.
Lincoln Center Activate
July 21–24, various times
FREE, RSVP required
Lincoln Center Activate is a new professional development initiative that brings together teaching artists, educators, community artists, and arts leaders to build a global network that supports arts professionals in a changing landscape. Activate connects and inspires leaders in the education and community engagement fields to spark change in classrooms, communities, and beyond. RSVP required for individual sessions.
Sessions include: Keynote Lecture: Dr. Christopher Emdin, July 21, 9:30–10:30am; Workshop: Deepening Engagement with a Work of Art, July 21, 11am–3:30pm; Panel and Exploration of Education and Artistry in the Digital Space, July 23, 10am–12pm; Community Gathering: What We Can Accomplish Together and What We Can’t, July 23, 1–3pm; In Conversation with Dr. Christopher Emdin, July 21, 3:30–5pm; Association of Teaching Artists Awards, July 23, 7pm; Keynote Lecture: Hope Boykin, July 24, 9:30–10:30am; The Visioning Lab: Boundaries and Pathways, July 24, 11am–2pm; and Lecture-Demonstration Panel: Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, July 24, 5–7pm.
Summer Night – Hapa-Zome Natural Dye Printing with Sajata Epps
Staten Island Museum
July 23, 7pm, Zoom Conference
$25/$20 members
Summer Nights workshop series features hands-on activities for adults led by local teaching artists inspired by the Staten Island Museum's collection. All materials included via contactless, curbside pickup at the museum (1000 Richmond Terrace, Bldg A). Space is limited to 15 participants. A Japanese word meaning “leaf dye”, hapa-zome is a Japanese art form that creates stunning prints from natural dyes. In this workshop participants will be printing using fugitive dyes from fresh common house plants, flowers, and fruits. With the guidance of artist Sajata Epps and the pressure of a rubber mallet, beautiful tie-dye-like prints will emerge.
Panel Discussion: Perspectives on the Suffrage Centennial
Staten Island Museum
July 26th, 2pm, Zoom Conference
FREE/Donations Welcome
Women of the Nation Arise! brought together a panel of scholars and experts to advise the development of the exhibition and examine the contributions of Staten Island’s suffragists, present-day issues of political equality, and voter participation. Join us with Zoom to hear firsthand the conclusions reached by the panel about Staten Island’s role in expanding voting rights – a core principle of American government. Featuring:
Sarah Litvin - Director, Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History
Dr. Susan Goodier - Lecturer of History at SUNY Oneonta specializing in U.S. Public Policy History, International Gender and Culture, and Black Women’s History
Zoom Yoga
Wave Hill
Sundays, through July 26, 9:30-10:30am
$15 per class; Registration required
Yoga returns to Wave Hill...virtually! This live class is led by Yoga Haven instructor Susie Caramanica on the Zoom platform. Enjoying a gentle yoga class from a different area of the garden each week. All levels welcome. Registration for Yoga closes each week on Saturday at 9:30PM.
The New American Voices Reading Series - The Innkeepers
Queens Theater
July 28, August 25, 8pm ET
FREE, RSVP required
The New American Voices Reading Series moves online for Summer 2020 with three exciting new plays debuting the last Tuesday of the month in June, July, and August. The series continues on July 28, 8:00 PM ET with The Innkeepers, by Novid Parsi and directed by Kate Bergstrom. Following the premiere of the reading, stay tuned for the post-show discussion with QT Director of New Play Development, Rob Urbinati, writer Novid Parsi, director Kate Bergstrom.
The plays in the New American Voices Summer 2020 Virtual Reading Series are written by people of color, and examine issues surrounding race, culture, ethnicity, immigration, crime, and family from three completely distinct perspectives.
Eco-Urgency: Artists Make the Case
Wave Hill
Tuesdays through August 18, 12pm
FREE
Eco-Urgency: Artists Make the Case is an online exhibition and a weekly series of screenings, nature walks, foraging tips, and conversations with artists, curators and scientists, all focused on critical issues affecting ecosystems and biodiversity. With featured artists: Rachel Frank, Susan Rowe Harrison, Richard Ibghy & Marilou Lemmens, Courtney Mattison, Alison Moritsugu, Alexis Rockman, Francesco Simeti, Candace Thompson, Sasha Wortzel.
Photography Workshop: Light and Shadow
Wave Hill
August 4, 11, and 18, 10am–1pm
$150
Nature photographer Benjamin Swett provides expert guidance and instruction as students explore some of the masters of light and shadow in nature photography. Work from live plants and flowers or from still life vignettes made in your own home. Each session includes a slide presentation, question-and-answer, and a critique of students' work.
Space is limited. Registration for this event closes at 10AM on Monday, August 3. Registrants will receive a follow-up email with a secure and private link to the event the day before, along with details about how to prepare for the class.
Flower Arranging At Home
New York Botanical Garden
August 5, 4:30–6pm
$45; $35 Member
Bring cheer into your home and exercise your botanical creativity, with live, real-time guidance. Watch your fellow students' efforts online and get personal critiques from your instructor as you build your elegant arrangement with fresh flowers from your own garden, farmers market or local grocery store.
Spotlight on Bird Songs
New York Botanical Garden
August 15, 10am–1pm
$105; $95 Members
Did you know that Blue Jays can mimic the cry of a Red-tailed Hawk? Train your ear to find them as well as other talented mimics, comical improvisers, brilliant songsters, and heart-throb spring soloists. The vocalizations of our native birds are many and vary widely from soft chip notes to navigational flight calls, territorial declarations, and lovely courtship serenades — explore these distinctions during class.
Wellness Wednesday
Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden
Ongoing; Wednesdays through October, 4:30–7pm
FREE
Invigorate and restore your mind, body, and spirit this summer at Snug Harbor! Wellness Wednesdays connect you to free drop-in movement and healing workshops courtesy of the Staten Island Coalition for Movement and Mindfulness, Heritage Farm Stand sales and samples from local restaurants, and free music and performances from local artists and MakerPark Radio DJs—all on Wednesday afternoons this summer on the South Meadow.
ETHEL & Friends: Balcony Bar from Home
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ongoing; Fridays through December 25th, Facebook
FREE
Fix yourself a drink and experience The Met's Balcony Bar from home with ETHEL, one of the most acclaimed string quartets in the contemporary classical field. With an eye on tradition and an ear to the future, ETHEL is a leading force in concert music's reengagement with musical vernaculars, fusing diverse traditions into a vibrant sound. Expect familiar classical tunes mixed with a fair share of the group's signature cutting-edge repertoire. Guest artists and collaborators also make periodic appearances.
Yoga in the Garden
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Ongoing; Sundays, 10am ET
FREE
Connect with nature, yourself, and your practice during these special wellness sessions with returning yoga instructor Sarah Schumann. Experience the beauty and tranquility of the Garden from the comfort of your own home with a peek at favorite spring collections offered by members of our Horticulture team. All sessions are free.
New sessions are posted Sundays at 10 a.m. If you do not see the new session at this time, please refresh your browser.
Art in the Garden
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Ongoing; FREE, via Facebook
While the Garden remains closed, we are sharing special performances by artists whose work connects plants, people, and the planet. In a time when we cannot gather together in the Garden, we are grateful to bring the voices and work of these artists to you virtually.
Each performance will premiere live on BBG’s Facebook page, and afterward remain available here and on Facebook to enjoy and share.
Live Art at Home - Joes Pub Live from the Archive
The Public Theater
Ongoing; Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 8pm
FREE
While Joe's Pub is temporarily closed to public access, join us for Joe's Pub Live! – a free series of live-streamed and archived performances from our iconic stage in New York City. Facilitating social connectivity during this time of physical distancing, Joe's Pub remains dedicated to supporting performing artists at every stage of their careers through sharing concerts with our audiences each Thursday, Friday & Saturday night at 8PM Eastern. Support JOE'S PUB LIVE! Please consider making a small gift to help all of us get through this together. We are All One Public.
Like all Joe's Pub shows, all ages are welcome, but please be aware that performances may include adult language and topics.
Run for the Wild
Bronx Zoo
September 26th, 8am
$50 individual adult tickets, $40 individual child ticket
Each year, the WCS Run for the Wild raises awareness of the threats facing wildlife while fundraising to help WCS's conservation work at the Bronx Zoo and around the world. The 5k race for individual runners will begin at 8:00 a.m.; casual runners and walkers can take part in the Family Fun Run/Walk at 8:45 a.m. More than 5,000 runners and walkers are expected to participate in this year's event. All are welcome to stay after the race to take part in post-run activities and visit the Bronx Zoo. Runners, walkers, and wildlife supporters are invited to participate and/or support a participant.