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Drawing as a way to question language, race and meaning. A free exhibition at the Drawing Center, with extended hours on its final Friday and Saturday.
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Drawing as a way to question language, race and meaning. A free exhibition at the Drawing Center, with extended hours on its final Friday and Saturday.
Machine-generated images meet the sculpture garden. Pierre Huyghe’s installation asks what thought might look like from outside a human mind.
Polaroids of friends, collaborators and everyday life. A closer look at Warhol’s personal world on the Whitney’s seventh floor.
An easy family pause at Riverside Park’s 102nd Street Field House, with books and guest readers.
Architecture and independence across seven West African countries, explored through drawings, models, photographs and films at MoMA.
MoMA looks at how designers turn data into visual stories, and how those choices shape what we understand and trust.
Climate activism becomes an intimate theatre story as David Suzuki and Tara Cullis examine the relationship behind decades of public work. Why Not Theatre joins the couple onstage, with a conversation following the performance.
Broadway songs take on a different accent in this family-friendly English and Spanish programme. Luis E. Mora hosts, with Saúl Nache directing the music, making it an inviting first encounter with musical theatre.
Rio's choro tradition is the thread connecting Água de Moringa and singer Mariana Baltar. Their programme pairs instrumental writing with songs associated with lyricist Aldir Blanc, bringing a Brazilian listening session to the Atrium.
A concert staging revisits the 2016 musical about the groundbreaking 1921 Shuffle Along. Songs by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle, Savion Glover's choreography and returning Broadway cast members put the work's musical legacy centre stage.
Vocalist Spilata turns a birthday into an evening of jazz singing, swing and house influences. The Atrium debut is a good choice for listeners who like their vocal jazz with a dance-floor impulse.
Two days introduce contemporary Portuguese culture through dance, film, conversation and live music. Friday brings Noiserv and dance works; Saturday moves from animation and Katherine Vaz's writing to Expresso Transatlântico and The Gift.
Bring a meaningful photograph, keepsake or object to a participatory workshop about personal histories. Theatre artists Arminda Thomas and Deneen Reynolds-Knott use shared memories to build a collective portrait of community.
The Young People's Chorus of New York City meets China's Guangdong Experimental Choir for an outdoor performance. This mid-autumn gathering puts young voices and cross-cultural collaboration at the centre of the plaza.
Learn the basic steps behind house dance in a workshop presented with Ailey Extension. Rhythmic exercises and improvisation introduce the form's club roots; beginners can join without previous dance training.
A fluffy cherry-blossom character fronts a six-piece band in this playful jazz performance for all ages. Blossom and the Shrub-Tones offer swing and bebop in an approachable family format.
Inuk singer Elisapie brings songs from Inuktitut into her Lincoln Center debut. Her reinterpretations of familiar rock and pop material in her mother tongue offer a personal route into language, memory and community.
Bogotá quartet Nicolás y Los Fumadores make their US debut with indie rock shaped by Colombian life. Their mix of post-punk and Latin American rock makes this an appealing discovery for guitar-band listeners.
Pianist Mathis Picard explores the musical inheritance of San Juan Hill with guests Godwin Louis and Marco López. The intimate studio setting suits a programme about the neighbourhood's overlapping cultures and sounds.
Mick Sullivan brings children's history podcast The Past and The Curious to a live audience. Stories, music and games revisit unusual historical firsts, with a format designed to make younger listeners curious.
Temple University's ensembles pair orchestral and jazz music with landscape and urban photography. The programme includes the Brubecks' Ansel Adams: America, John Clayton's TWO FIVE O: Reflections and music by Bernstein.
Philosophy meets performance in an evening about gender across the long Roman Empire. Artist Kinlaw joins scholars Kristina Milnor and Leonora Neville to explore people who challenged the expectations of their times.
Toshi Reagon curates a musical remembrance of her mother, Bernice Johnson Reagon. Live performances and personal testimony connect the Sweet Honey in the Rock founder's work with her wider history of art and activism.
Mei Semones joins Japanese and English lyrics to guitar music that moves between jazz, bossa nova and indie pop. Her Lincoln Center debut is a chance to hear the Brooklyn songwriter's Animaru-era sound live.