Join Sara Softness, the Museum’s Curator of Special Projects and Elizabeth Miseo, Collections Manager at the Boris Lurie Foundation for a special tour of Boris Lurie: Nothing To Do But To Try before it closes on November 6, 2022.
China Institute is partnering with Shanghai Sonatas to present Selected Music and Songs from Shanghai Sonatas – a new musical about the Jewish refugee musicians from Nazi Germany who brought classical music to Shanghai and their connection to the millions of classical musicians of Chinese descent today. Based on the memoirs of Jewish refugee musicians […]
Reading. An unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bonds we have with our companion animals, and how to grieve them once they’ve passed. RSVP required.
Improve balance, strength and focus through gentle exercises. The sights and sounds of the river provide a serene background for the ancient flowing postures. An ideal choice for participants of all ages.
Lively 2.5-hour tour of Battery Park, the Financial District, Tribeca, the Civic Center, and Chinatown. Meet at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Discover more than four centuries of life and death in Manhattan.
Whenever the moon is full, Rink sprouts beautiful flowers all over his body. When a new girl, Angelina, moves to town, Rink’s life truly begins to grow. Incorporating shadow puppetry, original music, and movement into the play, The Boy Who Grew Flowers is a thoughtful story that lends itself to themes of diversity, creating empathy […]
Monthly street fair. This month features free pumpkin decorating
Learn about different types of bulbs and how to plant them properly, and explore techniques for designing a spring display of flowers.
As one of the “Four Great Masters of Tsinghua University” and a versatile genius in many fields, Prof. Yuen Ren Chao is known for having unparalleled enthusiasm and achievements in modern Chinese linguistics, along with a rare talent for music and scholarly wit. His life was like ‘a work of art’ (Mary Hass) and his […]
Ashkelon is a picturesque coastal city, located on the Via Maris, an ancient trade route dating from the early Bronze Age linking Egypt with the northern empires of Syria, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia. Its plentiful water sources and fertile soil account for its prominence through the ages. It is believed that the first settlement on the […]
Yaffa Eliach (née Sonenson) was born on May 31, 1935 in Eišiškès, Lithuania. She was just six years old when German soldiers invaded her hometown and massacred the Jewish population. Yaffa and her family survived in hiding, and after WWII Yaffa moved to Israel, where she spent the rest of her childhood and met her […]
Join a round-robin of shared maritime songs on the deck of tall ship Wavertree. Lead or request a song, belt out the choruses, or just listen in.