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  • Miracle

    Seaport District

    Free movie on the Pier 17 rooftop.

    Free

  • Comfort at One

    Trinity Church

    Online concert. During trying times, music stills our souls and provides a healing grace. Throughout the season of Lent, Comfort at One will present performances that are inspired by the […]

    Free

  • Adult Outdoor Zumba

    Irish Hunger Memorial

    Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little […]

    Free

  • Legacies: Judy Heumann

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    As one of the most influential disability rights activists in U.S. history, Judy Heumann has spent her career fighting to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion. The lawsuits she won, sit-ins […]

    $10

  • Navigating Crisis Through Film: Crows and Sparrows

    China Institute

    Shot during the last days of the Civil War in China’s transition to socialism, Crows and Sparrows is one of the best crafted films of the 1940s. But its director, […]

    Free

  • Elements of Nature Drawing

    Wagner Park

    Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their […]

    Free

  • Farming 101 Workshop: Plants and Pests

    Learn to support the health of your vegetable garden through a deeper understanding of the pests and problems that arise. This workshop will also include a refresher on plant biology. […]

    Free

  • Wednesdays at the Waterfront: Outdoor Fitness

    Brookfield Place

    Get moving with a series of classes aimed to help you build strength, relax, and unwind. All cardio classes are 45 minutes long, with a focus on high-intensity rhythmic cardio. […]

    Free

  • Sunset Yoga

    Wagner Park

    Namaste! Unwind from the day with outdoor yoga. Immerse yourself in this meditative practice- surrounded by the Hudson’s peaceful aura. Strengthen the body and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment […]

    Free

  • Navigating Crisis Through Film: Crows and Sparrows

    China Institute

    Shot during the last days of the Civil War in China’s transition to socialism, Crows and Sparrows is one of the best crafted films of the 1940s. But its director, […]

    Free

  • Tour of The Battery Urban Farm

    Take a tour of The Battery Urban Farm and learn more about how produce is grown in the heart of downtown New York City. RSVP is required.

    Free

  • River & Blues: Rev. Sekou & the Freedom Fighters

    Wagner Park

    Dedicated to raising consciousness for social justice, activist, theologian, and musician Rev. Sekou brings passionate preaching to life through the language of Delta Blues. Wagner Park.

    Free

  • Tour the Tall Ship Wavertree

    South Street Seaport Museum

    The tall ship Wavertree is open to the public. Visits will be self-guided along a set route and will include access to the main deck and quarter deck. Learn how […]

    Free

  • PopFit Kids

    Brookfield Place

    Family fitness at the waterfront. Ages 5+.

    Free

  • Haywaykuy Takina Ima: Offering & Music

    Governors Island

    Join the Earth Matter NY Heritage Bed Farmers, Ana María Quispe, Carlos Jiménez Cahua and Claudia Urdanivia at this free Peruvian Earth Mother Blessing event. Featuring a traditional corn drink […]

    Free

  • Beyond Lies Launch

    Governors Island

    The Climate Museum is proud to announce Beyond Lies, a public art collaboration with celebrated illustrator Mona Chalabi. A series of posters by Chalabi distill extensive work by investigative journalists […]

    Free

  • Asia

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Shira Haas made an indelible impression as the Emmy-nominated lead in the recent TV series Unorthodox. In Asia (2020, 85 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles), Haas stars as a Russian […]

    $10

  • Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music Live Sing-Along

    South Street Seaport Museum

    Broadcast live from the deck of Wavertree, this month’s sing-along will include whaling songs and show-related artifacts from the Museum collection in honor of American novelist Herman Melville’s birthday. From […]

    Free

  • Broken Mirrors

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Shira Haas made an indelible impression as the Emmy-nominated lead in the recent TV series Unorthodox. In Broken Mirrors (2020, 104 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles), Haas plays Ariella, a […]

    $10

  • Adult Outdoor Zumba

    Irish Hunger Memorial

    Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little […]

    Free

  • Stories Survive: Dorien Grunbaum

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Dorien Grunbaum was born in 1942 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where her father was in the grain import/export business and her mother was a social worker. When Dorien was a year […]

    $10

  • Elements of Nature Drawing

    Wagner Park

    Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their […]

    Free

  • Upheaval: The Journey Of Menachem Begin

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Imprisoned by the Soviets. Orphaned by the Holocaust. Elected Prime Minister of Israel. Crowned peacemaker by the Nobel Prize Committee. Disgraced by the Lebanon War. Each of these is true […]

    $10

  • Exodus

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    In the 1960 epic film Exodus (210 minutes, English, no subtitles), Paul Newman stars as Ari Ben Canaan, a Haganah rebel who smuggles Jews out of a British internment camp […]

    $10

  • Skyscraper Museum Walking Tours: BPC North Neighborhood

    Winter Garden

    The third of the Museum’s thematic walking tours of Battery Park City covers the north residential neighborhood, which was developed in several phases, beginning with Stuyvesant High School at the […]

    Free

  • Wednesdays at the Waterfront: Outdoor Fitness

    Brookfield Place

    Get moving with a series of classes aimed to help you build strength, relax, and unwind. All cardio classes are 45 minutes long, with a focus on high-intensity rhythmic cardio. […]

    Free

  • Sunset Yoga

    Wagner Park

    Namaste! Unwind from the day with outdoor yoga. Immerse yourself in this meditative practice- surrounded by the Hudson’s peaceful aura. Strengthen the body and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment […]

    Free

  • Two Stage Sisters: A Story of Old China, Retold

    China Institute

    Xie Jin’s masterpiece was not shown in China until almost two decades after it was made. Banned for its depiction of old China, the film is in many ways the […]

    Free

  • Cabaret

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    As Nazism rises in Germany, flamboyant American Sally Bowles (played by Liza Minnelli) sings in a decadent nightclub and falls in love with a British language teacher—whom she shares with […]

    $10

  • Strings-on-Hudson: PubliQuartet

    Grammy nominated PQ String quartet presents genre-bending programs ranging from 20th century masterworks to newly commissioned pieces.

    Free

  • Tour the Tall Ship Wavertree

    South Street Seaport Museum

    The tall ship Wavertree is open to the public. Visits will be self-guided along a set route and will include access to the main deck and quarter deck. Learn how […]

    Free

  • Outdoor Movie: Mo’ Better Blues

    Governors Island

    Outdoor screening of Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues on Friday, August 6, 2021. Curated by Film at Lincoln Center and inspired by the strength and resilience of New York City—and […]

    Free

  • Sunset Jam on the Hudson

    Wagner Park

    Maguette Camara leads a weekly sunset drumming circle in the tradition of West African rhythm and dance. Drums provided.

    Free

  • Kids PopAction with STREB

    Brookfield Place

    Learn how to be an action hero with the professional dancers and educators of the STREB Extreme Action Company. PopAction weaves together dance, acrobatics, athletics and Hollywood stunt work – […]

    Free

  • The Buddhist Art to the East: A Monumental Spread

    China Institute

    Online lecture. Buddhist art emerged from India, spread eastwards to Central Asia, Xinjiang, the Hexi Corridor, and eventually arrived at the heartland of China. This monumental movement ran along the […]

    Free

  • School of Rock

    Seaport District

    Movie on the Pier 17 rooftop.

    $5

  • Adult Outdoor Zumba

    Irish Hunger Memorial

    Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little […]

    Free

  • Elements of Nature Drawing

    Wagner Park

    Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their […]

    Free

  • Thou Shalt Not Hate

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    A split-second decision at a traffic accident triggers repercussions for a Jewish surgeon and a neo-Nazi’s daughter in Thou Shalt Not Hate (2021, 96 minutes, Italian with English subtitles), a […]

    $10

  • The Keeper

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    The Keeper (2019, 113 minutes, English, no subtitles) tells the incredible true story of Bert Trautmann, a German soldier and prisoner of war who, against a backdrop of British post-war […]

    $10

  • Wednesdays at the Waterfront: Outdoor Fitness

    Brookfield Place

    Get moving with a series of classes aimed to help you build strength, relax, and unwind. All cardio classes are 45 minutes long, with a focus on high-intensity rhythmic cardio. […]

    Free

  • Sunset Yoga

    Wagner Park

    Namaste! Unwind from the day with outdoor yoga. Immerse yourself in this meditative practice- surrounded by the Hudson’s peaceful aura. Strengthen the body and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment […]

    Free

  • Driving Miss Daisy

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Daisy is an elderly Jewish woman committed to maintaining her independence. So when her son hires an African American chauffeur named Hoke to drive her around, Daisy rejects both Hoke […]

    $10

  • Skyscraper Museum Walking Tours: BPC North Neighborhood

    Winter Garden

    The third of the Museum’s thematic walking tours of Battery Park City covers the north residential neighborhood, which was developed in several phases, beginning with Stuyvesant High School at the […]

    Free

  • Tour the Tall Ship Wavertree

    South Street Seaport Museum

    The tall ship Wavertree is open to the public. Visits will be self-guided along a set route and will include access to the main deck and quarter deck. Learn how […]

    Free

  • Sunset Jam on the Hudson

    Wagner Park

    Maguette Camara leads a weekly sunset drumming circle in the tradition of West African rhythm and dance. Drums provided.

    Free

  • Peridance

    Brookfield Place

    Family fitness at the waterfront. Classic Hip Hop for children led by the legendary dancer, teacher, and choreographer TweetBoogie. This class is open to all levels of dancers, beginner to […]

    Free

  • Drawing and Dim Sum for Children

    China Institute

    The Dim Sum Warriors team shares their innovative approach to language learning in this free online event—participants suggest illustrating prompts for the cartoonist and everyone draws together while picking up […]

    Free

  • Jazz Age Lawn Party

    Governors Island

    New York City’s premier annual Jazz Age Lawn Party returns this summer, with tickets now on sale. Celebrating its 15th year, the Jazz Age Lawn Party has awoken the vibrations […]

  • Fiddler on the Roof

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    In the original Fiddler on the Roof (1971, 201 minutes, English, no subtitles)—one of the most classic Jewish films of all time—a poor Jewish peasant living in Anatevka is faced […]

    $10

  • When Families Disappeared: Camp Shvesters

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    When they lost family members during the Holocaust, many Jewish women and girls formed substitute “families” with other women. These sisterhoods were particularly important inside concentration camps, where the bonds […]

    $10

  • Fiddler: Miracle Of Miracles

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019, 96 minutes, English, no subtitles) is the first documentary to chronicle the complete story of “Fiddler on the Roof,” exploring the unexpected richness of […]

    $10

  • Battery Dance Festival

    Wagner Park

    The Battery Dance Festival is New York City’s longest-running free public dance festival. Each year, the Festival draws a combined audience of over 12,000 in-person and over 35,000 virtual viewers. […]

    Free

  • Adult Outdoor Zumba

    Irish Hunger Memorial

    Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little […]

    Free

  • Colonial Drinking Songs

    Fraunces Tavern Museum

    Raise a glass to freedom and sing along to traditional songs from the colonial era performed by Anne Enslow and Ridley Enslow. These songs, performed on authentic 18th-century instruments, would […]

  • Elements of Nature Drawing

    Wagner Park

    Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their […]

    Free

  • Shared Legacies

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    The crucial historical lessons of Black-Jewish cooperation are revisited in Shared Legacies (2020, 97 minutes, English, no subtitles), a new film and call to action from director Shari Rogers. Through […]

    $10

  • Skyscraper Museum Walking Tours: BPC North Neighborhood

    Winter Garden

    The third of the Museum’s thematic walking tours of Battery Park City covers the north residential neighborhood, which was developed in several phases, beginning with Stuyvesant High School at the […]

    Free

  • Gentlemen’s Agreement

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    In Gentleman’s Agreement (1947, 118 minutes, English, no subtitles), a journalist pretends to be Jewish to research an exposé on antisemitism in New York and Connecticut, and what he learns […]

    $10

  • Wednesdays at the Waterfront: Outdoor Fitness

    Brookfield Place

    Get moving with a series of classes aimed to help you build strength, relax, and unwind. All cardio classes are 45 minutes long, with a focus on high-intensity rhythmic cardio. […]

    Free

  • Sunset Yoga

    Wagner Park

    Namaste! Unwind from the day with outdoor yoga. Immerse yourself in this meditative practice- surrounded by the Hudson’s peaceful aura. Strengthen the body and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment […]

    Free

  • Food for Thought: Hiking and Sustainability

    Brookfield Place

    The Food for Thought series continues its pursuit of three goals – to restart, revive, and reconnect. This month’s topic is sustainability and hiking. Join the conversation on Thursday, August […]

    Free

  • Tour the Tall Ship Wavertree

    South Street Seaport Museum

    The tall ship Wavertree is open to the public. Visits will be self-guided along a set route and will include access to the main deck and quarter deck. Learn how […]

    Free

  • Piers of the Past & Public Parks

    Built in 1884, Pier A, at the southern edge of Battery Park City, is the oldest pier of its kind in Manhattan. Starting at The Skyscraper Museum, across the street […]

    Free

  • Fad Market

    Governors Island

    Featuring a rotating lineup of over 30 of the city’s best emerging makers, designers, artists, and small businesses each month, browse one-of-a-kind handcrafted jewelry, art, apparel, bath and body care, […]

  • Abe

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Twelve-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef who wants his cooking to bring people together—but his half-Israeli, half-Palestinian family has never had a meal that didn’t end in a fight. He’s […]

    $10

  • Moana

    Seaport District

    Movie on the Pier 17 rooftop.

    $5

  • Adult Outdoor Zumba

    Irish Hunger Memorial

    Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little […]

    Free

  • Legacies: Moderna Chief Medical Officer Tal Zaks

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    As Chief Medical Officer at Moderna, Israeli scientist Dr. Tal Zaks has helped lead the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Under Zaks’ leadership, Moderna produced the first mRNA vaccine […]

    $10

  • Elements of Nature Drawing

    Wagner Park

    Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their […]

    Free

  • Charlatan

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Few true stories tread the thin line between good and evil as precariously as that of Jan Mikolášek, a 20th century Czech herbal healer whose great success masked the grimmest […]

    $10

  • Searching For Mr. Rugoff

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Searching for Mr. Rugoff (94 minutes, English, no subtitles) reveals the untold story of the Jewish creative genius behind 1960s-’70s film distribution company Cinema 5. Filmmakers, critics, collaborators and family […]

    $10

  • Sunset Yoga

    Wagner Park

    Namaste! Unwind from the day with outdoor yoga. Immerse yourself in this meditative practice- surrounded by the Hudson’s peaceful aura. Strengthen the body and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment […]

    Free

  • 10 Years Of Recipes Remembered

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Recipes Remembered: A Celebration of Survival, written by June Hersh in association with the Museum of Jewish Heritage, is a historical and culinary journey that will feed your heart and […]

    $10

  • Tour the Tall Ship Wavertree

    South Street Seaport Museum

    The tall ship Wavertree is open to the public. Visits will be self-guided along a set route and will include access to the main deck and quarter deck. Learn how […]

    Free

  • Ben Wang on The Story of the Stone

    China Institute

    The 18th-century novel The Story of the Stone by Cao Xueqin is a bildungsroman, a tale of a battle between the flesh and the spirit, a mixture of mysticism, romanticism, […]

    Free

  • The Way We Were

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Reunited after eight years, outspoken Jewish leftist Katie Morosky and military officer Hubbell Gardiner fall in love despite their differences. However, as Hubbell prioritizes his screenwriting career, the Hollywood blacklist […]

    $10

  • Funny Girl

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Fanny Brice is a young Jewish woman from the Lower East Side working to reach stardom despite her homely appearance. As she accomplishes her goals, she navigates an unstable relationship […]

    $10

  • Outdoor Fitness: Humming Puppy

    Brookfield Place

    Humming Puppy is a yoga experience evolved from traditional practices in a thoughtful space that resonates with a gentle hum. More than just the physical practice of yoga we aim […]

    Free

  • Sunset Yoga

    Wagner Park

    Namaste! Unwind from the day with outdoor yoga. Immerse yourself in this meditative practice- surrounded by the Hudson’s peaceful aura. Strengthen the body and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment […]

    Free

  • Curator’s Tour of “Supertall 2021”

    Skyscraper Museum

    The Museum’s director, Carol Willis, will offer a gallery tour of SUPERTALL 2021 that surveys 58 supertalls worldwide and highlights a dozen recently completed towers that represent some of the […]

    Free

  • Seaport Sounds

    Seaport District

    The sounds of downtown. All Labor Day weekend long at the Fulton Street stage. Check website for times.

    Free

  • Drawing in the Park

    South Cove

    South Cove is a special place in spring, and what better time than Saturday mornings to practice your art! Participants are expected to bring their own drawing and painting supplies, […]

    Free

  • Hester Street Fair

    Antiques. Jewelry. Art. Vintage goods and local designers. A beloved street fair makes the move from the Lower East Side to the Seaport. Kicking off on Labor Day Weekend, Hester […]

  • Pinknic

    Governors Island

    A music festival. A culinary feast. An homage to rosé. Pinknic is the ultimate celebration of summer. Launched in New York City in 2016, Pinknic returns September 4 & 5, […]

  • Abe

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Twelve-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef who wants his cooking to bring people together—but his half-Israeli, half-Palestinian family has never had a meal that didn’t end in a fight. He’s […]

    $10

  • Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music Live Sing-Along

    South Street Seaport Museum

    Broadcast live from the deck of Wavertree, this month’s sing-along will include whaling songs and show-related artifacts from the Museum collection in honor of American novelist Herman Melville’s birthday. From […]

    Free

  • Adult Zumba

    Irish Hunger Memorial

    Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little […]

    Free

  • Elements of Nature Drawing

    Wagner Park

    Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their […]

    Free

  • Hester Street Fair

    Antiques. Jewelry. Art. Vintage goods and local designers. A beloved street fair makes the move from the Lower East Side to the Seaport. Kicking off on Labor Day Weekend, Hester […]

  • Portal

    Governors Island

    Presenting 34 artists in a new format for 2021, 4heads will combine their annual art fair with the organization’s multi-month residency program. In addition to their presentations at the week-long […]

    Free

  • Haywaykuy Takina Ima: Offering & Music

    Governors Island

    Join the Earth Matter NY Heritage Bed Farmers, Ana María Quispe, Carlos Jiménez Cahua and Claudia Urdanivia at this free Peruvian Earth Mother Blessing event. Featuring a traditional corn drink […]

    Free

  • Person Place Thing

    China Institute

    Online lecture. Join China Institute’s SVP of Programs, Dinda Elliott, for an online program on September 8 at 12:00 PM, as she shares a meaningful person, place, and thing from […]

    Free

  • Sunset Yoga

    Wagner Park

    Namaste! Unwind from the day with outdoor yoga. Immerse yourself in this meditative practice- surrounded by the Hudson’s peaceful aura. Strengthen the body and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment […]

    Free

  • “We Share The Same Sky” Book Launch

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration documents Rachael Cerrotti’s decade-long journey to retrace her grandmother’s Holocaust survival story. The new memoir, scheduled for release in […]

    $10

  • Pieces of China: Melinda Liu on the Imperial Kilns

    China Institute

    The Daolingjian Imperial Tile kilns outside of Beijing once produced the green and yellow tiles that adorn the rooftops of the Forbidden City, the Ming Tombs and other ancient sites. […]

    Free

  • A Time and Space for Remembrance and Healing

    This will be a time and place to pray, reflect, mourn, or simply sit with your memories. Clergy from the NY Diocese will be present to offer support and prayers, […]

    Free

  • Tour the Tall Ship Wavertree

    South Street Seaport Museum

    The tall ship Wavertree is open to the public. Visits will be self-guided along a set route and will include access to the main deck and quarter deck. Learn how […]

    Free

  • Tribute in Light

    Two beams of light shine upward in this annual tribute to the fallen towers of the World Trade Center. From dusk on 9/11 to dawn on 9/12.

    Free

  • Drawing in the Park

    South Cove

    South Cove is a special place in spring, and what better time than Saturday mornings to practice your art! Participants are expected to bring their own drawing and painting supplies, […]

    Free

  • Jazz by the Water

    Governors Island

    Featuring Patience Higgins with Cyrus Chestnut, Curtis Lundy, Ronnie Burrage; Charles Butler & The Blues Bandits; Return of the Frozen Earth featuring Paul Brown; Eddie Allen & Friends and other […]

    Free

  • Remembrance, Reflection, Resilience: A 9/11 Tribute Concert

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    The Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra present a special concert to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001. Interspersed with readings of […]

    $20

  • Public Art Tour: Irish Hunger Memorial

    Irish Hunger Memorial

    Join internationally renowned sculptor and public artist Brian Tolle for a tour of the Irish Hunger Memorial. IHM was designed to raise public awareness of the events that led to […]

    Free

  • “Into The Forest” Book Launch

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    From a little-known chapter of Holocaust history, Rebecca Frankel’s Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love (which will be published on September 7, 2021) is one […]

    $10

  • Adult Zumba

    Irish Hunger Memorial

    Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little […]

    Free

  • Stories Survive: Dr. Rene David Alkalay

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Dr. Rene David Alkalay was born in March 1941 in Zagreb, the capital of the former Yugoslavia (now Croatia). When Dr. Alkalay was just a few weeks old, Croatia became […]

    $10

  • Tavern Night: Ale Tasting

    Fraunces Tavern Museum

    Join Flagship Brewing Company in celebrating all things beer at Fraunces Tavern. Enjoy a can of Samuel Fraunces® Ale, brewed by Flagship, and learn about what makes it so unique […]

  • Pen Parentis

    Authors Jennifer J. Chow, Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan, Jennie Englund, and Peter Lerangis discuss their incredible successes writing for middle-grade audiences and how this career choice interacted with their personal lives and […]

    Free

  • In Search of China’s Soul: Why Confucius Matters Today

    China Institute

    China Institute welcomes Confucianism expert Zu-yan Chen, who will introduce Confucius, China’s greatest sage, and the philosophy that has shaped Chinese governance, values, and ideas for thousands of years. Following […]

    Free

  • Elements of Nature Drawing

    Wagner Park

    Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their […]

    Free

  • Sunset Yoga

    Wagner Park

    Namaste! Unwind from the day with outdoor yoga. Immerse yourself in this meditative practice- surrounded by the Hudson’s peaceful aura. Strengthen the body and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment […]

    Free

  • Science Fiction and the Future of AI in China

    China Institute

    How will artificial intelligence change our world? On September 16, join Kai-Fu Lee, former president of Google China and bestselling author of AI Superpowers, and celebrated novelist Chen Qiufan, author […]

    Free

  • Drawing in the Park

    South Cove

    South Cove is a special place in spring, and what better time than Saturday mornings to practice your art! Participants are expected to bring their own drawing and painting supplies, […]

    Free

  • Mid-Autumn Family Festival

    China Institute

    Next to Chinese New Year, the Mid-Autumn festival is the most important Chinese holiday, commemorating the fall harvest with wishes for prosperity and time spent with family. This is an […]

    Free

  • Fad Market

    Governors Island

    Featuring a rotating lineup of over 30 of the city’s best emerging makers, designers, artists, and small businesses each month, browse one-of-a-kind handcrafted jewelry, art, apparel, bath and body care, […]

  • Rite of Summer: Alarm Will Sound

    Governors Island

    Alarm Will Sound will perform the NYC premiere of John Luther Adams’ Ten Thousand Birds, based on the songs of birds that are native to, or migrate through the American […]

    Free

  • NY Laughs: Laughter in the Parks

    Wagner Park

    NY Laughs presents live stand-up comedy performances in NYC public spaces. This Laughter in the Park line-up features comedian, producer, author, Emmy, WGA & Peabody Winner Josh Gondelman. Laughter enriches […]

    Free

  • Adult Zumba

    Irish Hunger Memorial

    Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little […]

    Free

  • Elements of Nature Drawing

    Wagner Park

    Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their […]

    Free

  • Sunset Yoga

    Wagner Park

    Namaste! Unwind from the day with outdoor yoga. Immerse yourself in this meditative practice- surrounded by the Hudson’s peaceful aura. Strengthen the body and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment […]

    Free

  • A Conversation with Chen Kaige on Yellow Earth

    China Institute

    China Institute is honored to welcome Chen Kaige, one of China’s greatest directors, in conversation with filmmaker Janet Yang and film expert Richard Pena, to discuss Yellow Earth, which revolutionized […]

    Free

  • Chip Dreams: Will China Catch Up with the West?

    China Institute

    Will China achieve its tech dreams? It all depends on whether it can produce advanced semiconductor chips, the tiny piece of metal that are crucial to the functionality of smartphones, […]

    Free

  • Drawing in the Park

    South Cove

    South Cove is a special place in spring, and what better time than Saturday mornings to practice your art! Participants are expected to bring their own drawing and painting supplies, […]

    Free

  • Migration Celebration

    South Cove

    Annual fall celebration of all creatures that migrate through and by Battery Park City. Participants will make their way through a variety of interactive “welcome stations” consisting of art making, […]

    Free

  • Book Launch- Visions: East and West

    China Institute

    Join China Institute to celebrate the publication of Visions: East and West 松風山月, Translations of Selected Tang Poems, a new book created by a group of students studying Tang Dynasty […]

    Free

  • Lu Xun: A Product of Shaoxing

    China Institute

    Considered by many to be the father of modern Chinese literature and widely recognized as one of China’s best and most influential authors, Lu Xun was born on September 25, […]

    Free

  • Nu Jewish Storylab

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Nu Words is ​Tracy Einstein ​and ​Richie Barshay, two music and theater artists with a passion for arts education. Their engaging performances of storytelling, poetry, drumming, and movement dazzle audiences […]

    $10

  • “Truus’ Children” Screening And Discussion

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    In December 1938, Dutch social worker Truus Wijsmuller was invited to a meeting with Nazi official Adolf Eichmann regarding the transportation of Jewish children out of Nazi territory. With Eichmann’s […]

    $10

  • An American Family’s Patriotic Service in Time of War

    Fraunces Tavern Museum

    Reception, lecture, optonal dinner. Author and Sons of the Revolution (NY) member Ric Murphy will speak about his family genealogy, and his ancestors who fought in the American Revolution, serving […]

    $15 – $125

  • Adult Zumba

    Irish Hunger Memorial

    Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little […]

    Free

  • Food for Thought: Collaborate

    Brookfield Place

    The Food for Thought series continues its pursuit of three goals – to restart, revive, and reconnect. Join the conversation on Thursday, September 30 at 5:30 PM with guest speaker […]

    Free

  • The Jewish Multiverse: Judaism And Superheroes

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Since the first Superman comic was published in 1938, there has been a persistent fascination with superheroes. Today, we see them everywhere: television, movies, comics, toys, and anywhere else one […]

    $10

  • Board the South Street Seaport Museum Fleet

    South Street Seaport Museum

    The tall ship Wavertree, the lightship Ambrose, and the tug W.O. Decker are open to the public. Explore Wavertree and Ambrose while they are docked; cruise New York Harbor on […]

  • Drawing in the Park

    South Cove

    South Cove is a special place in spring, and what better time than Saturday mornings to practice your art! Participants are expected to bring their own drawing and painting supplies, […]

    Free

  • The Architecture of Trees II (Family Program)

    Skyscraper Museum

    Architects can spend years designing their buildings, but trees have been perfecting their own architecture in response to their environment for eons. On a walk through Wagner Park, in Battery […]

    Free

  • Living Colors: Art Talk and Workshop

    Visit The House That Will Not Pass for Any Color Than Its Own by Mildred Howard for a talk about one American family’s history, migration, activism and creativity. The talk […]

    Free

  • Battery Park City Blessing of the Animals

    Our pets teach us so much about living our lives in the moment and looking beyond material things and the Blessing will give us an opportunity to acknowledge our pets' […]

    Free

  • Interactive Percussion Dance Workshops

    Governors Island

    All are welcome to the series of interactive Percussion Dance Workshops, no experience or tap shoes required! Participants will use rhythmic steps, clapping and an occasional shout out to explore […]

    Free

  • Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music Live Sing-Along

    South Street Seaport Museum

    Broadcast live from the deck of Wavertree, this month’s sing-along will include whaling songs and show-related artifacts from the Museum collection in honor of American novelist Herman Melville’s birthday. From […]

    Free

  • Adult Zumba

    Irish Hunger Memorial

    Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little […]

    Free

  • “What They Didn’t Burn” Book Launch

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    What if you uncovered a Nazi paper trail that revealed your father to be a man very different from the quiet, introspective dad you knew… or thought you knew? Growing […]

    $10

  • Guided Bird Walk at The Battery

    Join experienced birding guide Gabriel Willow on a walk through The Battery to observe the diversity of migrating birds that visit the park.

    Free

  • Kindie Rock: Key Wilde

    Wagner Park

    Illustrator and family music performer Key Wilde leads families with little ones in a rocking sing-a-long!

    Free

  • Elements of Nature Drawing

    Wagner Park

    Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their […]

    Free

  • Here, Right Matters: A Conversation With Alexander Vindman

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who found himself at the center of a firestorm for his decision to report the infamous phone call that led to President Donald […]

    $10

  • How to Create a Stand-Out Resume

    Join Podge Thomas of Small Business Co-Pilot for a workshop on how to create a stand-out resume. Podge will focus on: How to simplify your work experience, Communicating HOW you […]

    Free

  • Wallenberg: A Musical Tribute

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    WALLENBERG, an epic new musical with book and lyrics by the 2006 Kleban Award-winning team of Laurence Holzman and Felicia Needleman and music by Benjamin Rosenbluth, brings the incredible true […]

    $20

  • Board the South Street Seaport Museum Fleet

    South Street Seaport Museum

    The tall ship Wavertree, the lightship Ambrose, and the tug W.O. Decker are open to the public. Explore Wavertree and Ambrose while they are docked; cruise New York Harbor on […]

  • Curator’s Tour of “Supertall 2021”

    Skyscraper Museum

    The Museum’s director, Carol Willis, will offer a gallery tour of SUPERTALL 2021 that surveys 58 supertalls worldwide and highlights a dozen recently completed towers that represent some of the […]

    Free

  • Hester Street Fair

    Antiques. Jewelry. Art. Vintage goods and local designers. A beloved street fair makes the move from the Lower East Side to the Seaport. Kicking off on Labor Day Weekend, Hester […]

  • Herstory of the Universe

    Governors Island

    Conceived, directed and choreographed by Richard Move, and commissioned by The Trust for Governors Island, Herstory of the Universe leads visitors on a journey across Governors Island—from the ancient trees […]

    Free

  • Interactive Percussion Dance Workshops

    Governors Island

    All are welcome to the series of interactive Percussion Dance Workshops, no experience or tap shoes required! Participants will use rhythmic steps, clapping and an occasional shout out to explore […]

    Free

  • ‘Til Kingdom Come

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Millions of American Evangelicals are praying for the State of Israel. Among them are the Binghams, a dynasty of Kentucky pastors, and their Evangelical congregants in an impoverished coal mining […]

    $10

  • Adult Zumba

    Irish Hunger Memorial

    Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little […]

    Free

  • Gibney Deeper Lecture: Toshi Reagon

    Award-winning singer-songwriter Toshi Reagon is a celebrant of the people’s music–from folk to funk, from blues to rock–as an irresistible force for unity and joy, playing a crucial role in […]

    $10 – $15

  • Pen Parentis

    Authors Thomas Dean, Maya Lang, and Andrew Altshul discuss the theme of searching for safety in an intimate Livestream conversation open to the public. Interactive Q&A with audience participation.

    Free

  • Guided Bird Walk at The Battery

    Join experienced birding guide Gabriel Willow on a walk through The Battery to observe the diversity of migrating birds that visit the park.

    Free

  • Elements of Nature Drawing

    Wagner Park

    Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their […]

    Free

  • Stories Survive: Fania Wedro

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Fania Wedro was born Fania Hellman in Koretz, Poland on August 25, 1927. When she was fourteen years old, the Nazis took away her father and the other men living […]

    $10

  • George Washington and the Battle of Germantown

    Fraunces Tavern Museum

    In this lecture, Michael Harris will discuss the Battle of Germantown. Despite a complicated plan of attack, George Washington’s Continental Army seemed on the verge of victory at Germantown, until […]

    Free

  • Board the South Street Seaport Museum Fleet

    South Street Seaport Museum

    The tall ship Wavertree, the lightship Ambrose, and the tug W.O. Decker are open to the public. Explore Wavertree and Ambrose while they are docked; cruise New York Harbor on […]

  • Drawing in the Park

    South Cove

    South Cove is a special place in spring, and what better time than Saturday mornings to practice your art! Participants are expected to bring their own drawing and painting supplies, […]

    Free

  • Go Fish!

    Wagner Park

    Join experienced anglers for catch-and-release fishing and learn about life in the Hudson River. Help observe and identify the fish we catch, enabling us to share valuable data with research […]

    Free

  • From Simple Shapes to Skyscrapers II (Family Program)

    Skyscraper Museum

    Explore how simple shapes and numbers find expression in skyscraper design. Take a deep dive into the floor plans and facades of supertall skyscrapers as we find their hidden shapes […]

    Free

  • Fad Market

    Governors Island

    Featuring a rotating lineup of over 30 of the city’s best emerging makers, designers, artists, and small businesses each month, browse one-of-a-kind handcrafted jewelry, art, apparel, bath and body care, […]

  • Taste of the Seaport

    Food. Fun. Fundraising for local schools. The beloved Taste of the Seaport festival returns this fall, bringing the neighborhood together to support downtown restaurants—and the students of Peck Slip School […]

    $40

  • Herstory of the Universe

    Governors Island

    Conceived, directed and choreographed by Richard Move, and commissioned by The Trust for Governors Island, Herstory of the Universe leads visitors on a journey across Governors Island—from the ancient trees […]

    Free

  • Interactive Percussion Dance Workshops

    Governors Island

    All are welcome to the series of interactive Percussion Dance Workshops, no experience or tap shoes required! Participants will use rhythmic steps, clapping and an occasional shout out to explore […]

    Free

  • The Sign Painter

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Ansis earns his living as a sign painter, a seemingly innocent occupation. His craft is needed during every regime—the authoritarian Thirties, the Communism that followed, and Nazism. Ansis is compelled […]

    $10

  • Adult Zumba

    Irish Hunger Memorial

    Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little […]

    Free

  • Gibney Deeper Lecture: David Thomson

    Interdisciplinary artist and advocate David Thomson delves into questions of care, listening, change, trust and resilience. How do we value ourselves and others? How do we redefine intentional care and […]

    $10 – $15

  • Elements of Nature Drawing

    Wagner Park

    Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their […]

    Free

  • New Sounds Live: Veils and Vesper

    Brookfield Place

    Experience an immersive sound installation within the Winter Garden palm trees as part of Brookfield Place‘s annual music series, New Sounds Live, curated by John Schaefer of WNYC. The installation […]

    Free

  • Board the South Street Seaport Museum Fleet

    South Street Seaport Museum

    The tall ship Wavertree, the lightship Ambrose, and the tug W.O. Decker are open to the public. Explore Wavertree and Ambrose while they are docked; cruise New York Harbor on […]

  • Boris Lurie: Nothing To Do But To Try

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Boris Lurie: Nothing To Do But To Try is a first-of-its-kind exhibition on the 20th-century artist and Holocaust survivor Boris Lurie. Centered around his earliest work, the so-called War Series, […]

  • Drawing in the Park

    South Cove

    South Cove is a special place in spring, and what better time than Saturday mornings to practice your art! Participants are expected to bring their own drawing and painting supplies, […]

    Free