Experience performances featuring some of China’s most iconic instruments, try Chinese calligraphy guided by a master calligrapher (ink, paper, brushes are provided), and practice Mandarin with support from language instructors. […]
Pick up trash and tend to pollinator-friendly gardens. No experience is necessary; all ages and abilities are welcome!
The beloved ballet returns to the Winter Garden! Experience three ticketed performances of The Nutcracker set to Tchaikovsky’s cherished score in Art Nouveau-style circa 1907 with innovative choreography by long-time […]
WHAT: Mini tour of a mighty collection of modern art tailored to Lower Manhattan hosted by Reel New York City. WHAT TO EXPECT: 75 minutes in duration and includes stairs […]
PAC NYC brings the acclaimed production of A Christmas Carol from London’s The Old Vic to New York in a uniquely intimate staging. Two visionary Tony Award® winners—playwright Jack Thorne […]
A pivotal artist in shaping the sound of modern jazz piano, Fred Hersch has redefined the art form with boundary-pushing compositions. Nominated 17 times for Grammy awards, Hersch creates fearless […]
In 1936, the Photo League was founded in New York City by a group of young idealistic photographers, mostly Jewish and, typical of the time, many with liberal to left […]
Author Natan Last presents Across the Universe, in conversation with Doreen St. Félix. An entertaining and eye-opening look at the history of the crossword, who constructs them, and why crosswords […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
Catch the excitement as marching bands from the Damien Spartan Regiment based in California and Temple University take over Pier 16 with stationary performances that are sure to get you […]
Featured North American dancers in the 2025 Macy’s Day Parade, the Native Pride Dancers, join the museum in its celebration of Native American Heritage Day with presentations of Fancy Dance, […]
Many talented artists of Asian descent helped define the vibrant art scene in downtown New York in the last decades of the 20th century, including some in China Institute Gallery’s […]
Over his decades-long career as an artist, Arthur Szyk emerged as a powerful voice in the fight for freedom, justice, and democracy. As a Polish-born Jew and an immigrant to […]
Celebrate the holiday season with this concert featuring talented musicians performing a variety of seasonal favorites
Stop by to meet your Community Construction Liaison and members of the Battery Park City Resiliency project team , have a snack, and give us your thoughts on the work […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
In conversation with Wesley Morris, Janice Page presents Year of the Water Horse, a warm and witty memoir about the ever-changing relationships between mothers, mothers-in-law, and daughters that traverses two […]
Musical holiday celebration featuring performances by The Downtown Beats and Choristers, and the Church Street School of Music and Art's adult and children's choirs. Bring unwrapped toys for a toy […]
Book reading and signing by Charles Todd, author of A Christmas Witness.
Do you know which Brooklyn thoroughfare was the location of the nation’s first bike lane? Or how many U.S. presidents were born in NYC? Or which hip-hop group from Staten […]
Tarpley Hitt in conversation with Rebecca Panovka & Sophie Haigney. The explosive true story of Barbie and what Mattel has done to keep her on top.
Expect a night of celebration, reflection, and joyful music-making when Downtown Voices brings back its alumni to mark this important anniversary. Joining forces with Trinity Youth Chorus and contemporary music […]
Join this group of fiber art crafters for a fun afternoon of creativity and camaraderie. Bring your projects, which can include—but are not limited to—knitting, crocheting, embroidery and small-loom weaving.
Annual lighting of the holiday tree outside the New York Stock Exchange, with musical performances from Kelsie Watts, Deborah Cox and the Brass Queens, as well as the NYC Gay […]
This open house will feature a breadth of printing equipment that you will be invited to use. You’ll get to see how the designers at Bowne lock up limited edition […]
Kick-off the holiday season with the illumination of the Battery Park City Holiday Tree. The festive evening features lively carols, beverages and treats, and many special guest appearances including PS […]
An Evening with A.S. Hamrah, in conversation with K. Austin Collinsin conversation with Jonathan Galassi. Algorithm of the Night assembles Hamrah's essays on films and filmmakers and his inimitable, aphoristic […]
Monthly session featuring performances by Tribeca Jazz Institute students and rotating special guest band leaders.
Stop by to meet your Community Construction Liaison and members of the Battery Park City Resiliency project team , have a snack, and give us your thoughts on the work […]
The Museum’s director, Carol Willis, will offer a gallery tour of The Modern Concrete Skyscraper, which examines the hidden history of concrete in tall buildings. This exhibition reveals why, today, […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
Born in Memphis and based in New York City, Luisa Wilson is a singer, guitarist, writer, and pianist who makes music for the pessimistic romantics in the world.
Decorate your own gingerbread house with family and friends. With special food and drink, and a musical performance. Second session from 2pm to 4pm.
Ever wondered what goes on inside City Hall? Join us as we explore City Hall buildings around the world! From New York to Tokyo, City Hall buildings come in all […]
Explore Lower Manhattan’s complex history through the places where the city confronted burial, disease, justice, and remembrance. This extended walking tour moves from Battery Park to Chinatown and traces how […]
Enjoy a day of holiday fun including family friendly activities, crafts, a specially curated lunch from Metropolis, festive treats, and a VIP performance of the Old Vic’s acclaimed production of […]
Harlem Farr, also known as ‘hrlum,’ is a 25-year-old multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. Born in South Carolina and classically trained from childhood, Harlem discovered her musical voice at six years old, […]
Open session where families can bring children to a cozy indoor playground space to play, socialize, and meet children and families interested in exploring Chinese language and culture. All are […]
On December 4, 1783, nine days after the last British soldiers left American soil, General George Washington visited Fraunces Tavern. He invited his officers from the Continental Army to the […]
Singers of all levels, as well as listeners, are welcome to join in the choruses throughout the free Chantey Sing, lead or request a song in the round-robin, or just […]
Musical work by Kyriakos Kalaitzidis (composer) with text by Vasiliki Nevrokopli, based on the cherished short story “To Christ, at the Castle” (Στὸ Χριστό στὸ Κάστρο) by the great Greek […]
Book reading and signing by Ace Atkins, author of Everybody Wants to Rule th
Virtual interview conversation with John Ferling, author of Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War. How can the American Revolution be understood as a […]
To celebrate the release of Better Do It Now Before You Die Later, the memoir of American saxophonist Sonny Simmons, Blank Forms presents a reading from the book, followed by […]
With The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising, Holocaust historian, archivist, and history blogger Elizabeth R. Hyman adds […]
Congregation, a choral installation, features large-scale chalk and charcoal portraits of 50 Londoners who have experienced forced displacement from their homelands. Presented as a projection-mapped tiered sculpture, the work offers […]
Celebrate the holiday season with this concert featuring talented musicians performing a variety of seasonal favorites
Stop by to meet your Community Construction Liaison and members of the Battery Park City Resiliency project team , have a snack, and give us your thoughts on the work […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
For its 80th issue, the National Magazine Award–winning quarterly McSweeney's presents a three-ring oversized-school-binder-inspired volume. Clipped into the rings are seven individual book art objects, including: a grid-ruled sketchbook by […]
his new book, Men at Work: The Empire State Building and the Untold Story of the Craftsmen who Built It, Glenn Kurtz re-examines the familiar story of the Empire State’s […]
Learn how to make a delicious, holiday dessert with Chef-Instructor Pauline Balboa Pelea from the Institute of Culinary Education. Try a sample and get some tips and tricks on how […]
Art Spiegelman’s Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, marks an important rupture in the lineage of survivor testimony. It presents a narrative of survivor testimony through the lens of an adult child […]
Give the “Gift of Life” by helping to replenish dwindling supplies in the tri-state area. It takes less than an hour and one donation can save multiple lives! Sign up […]
Four captivating storytellers from the hit show NYC’s Secrets & Lies—Christa Avampato, Ashley Semrick, Carla Katz, and a mystery guest—will unwrap incredible tales from New York City’s secret holiday maritime […]
Fourth meeting of the Infinite Jest Monthly Read-Along Bash group. Read pages 300-395 (plus relevant endnotes) for this month's gathering. Enjoy free drinks upstairs when you arrive.
Renowned annual performance The New York Times hails as no less than the “gold standard.” Featuring the peerless Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, this “transcendent and awe-inspiring” Messiah has […]
Join this group of fiber art crafters for a fun afternoon of creativity and camaraderie. Bring your projects, which can include—but are not limited to—knitting, crocheting, embroidery and small-loom weaving.
The Consulate General of Sweden in New York brings an authentic Swedish Lucia choir to perform a traditional Lucia processional. The beautiful candlelit ceremony and concert will be followed by […]
Renowned annual performance The New York Times hails as no less than the “gold standard.” Featuring the peerless Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, this “transcendent and awe-inspiring” Messiah has […]
Stop by to meet your Community Construction Liaison and members of the Battery Park City Resiliency project team , have a snack, and give us your thoughts on the work […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
Join the typographically-inclined at Bowne & Co. for an evening that celebrates a shared love of type, lettering, and the written word. The evening will begin with a casual social […]
Brazilian-American singer and songwriter Alexia Bomtempo is joined by K Starck, a 23-year-old soprano and interdisciplinary artist who grew up in Venice, Italy.
Renowned annual performance The New York Times hails as no less than the “gold standard.” Featuring the peerless Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, this “transcendent and awe-inspiring” Messiah has […]
Families are invited to an interactive story time on the second Saturday of each month* featuring a children’s book by a Native author, illustrator, or created in collaboration with an […]
Featuring the most comprehensive collection of new poetry available to the public, the Showcase is a literary exhibition and reading series dedicated to the art and joy of published poetry […]
Experience the intimate, pop sound of Grauwi & Marta Cascales, the musical project of vocalist Grauwi and pianist Marta Cascales Alimbau (Barcelona).
Menorah lighting ceremony, plus music, crafts, treats, lego master workshop, and more.
Evening of festive music by candlelight when Trinity Youth Chorus returns to St. Paul’s Chapel for their annual rendition of Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. The beloved holiday concert […]
Celebrate the holiday season with this concert featuring talented musicians performing a variety of seasonal favorites
Stop by to meet your Community Construction Liaison and members of the Battery Park City Resiliency project team , have a snack, and give us your thoughts on the work […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
Performances from the college's music, speech, communication, and theater arts departments.
Join this group of fiber art crafters for a fun afternoon of creativity and camaraderie. Bring your projects, which can include—but are not limited to—knitting, crocheting, embroidery and small-loom weaving.
Thekoiway brings their powerful Latin-Alternative sound to the PAC NYC Lobby Stage. Led by Chilean musician and producer Victor Vildósola, this New York City–based project blends Andean folk, funk, soul, […]
Preview of a dance work being developed by Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre.
Join 400+ young professionals at the Museum from 8-11pm for an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, and spectacular views of the New York Harbor, co-hosted by the Young Friends of the […]
Stop by to meet your Community Construction Liaison and members of the Battery Park City Resiliency project team , have a snack, and give us your thoughts on the work […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
Sarah Lola is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer whose music weaves classical training, jazz influence, and contemporary storytelling into an intimate, modern sound.
Explore Lower Manhattan’s complex history through the places where the city confronted burial, disease, justice, and remembrance. This extended walking tour moves from Battery Park to Chinatown and traces how […]
Toe-tapping, multicultural musical experience with Hot Peas ‘N Butter on Saturday, December 20, 2025! This award-winning family band brings together a lively mix of traditional Latin music, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, jazz, […]
The spirit of Christmas comes at you in exuberant waves during Trinity’s holiday extravaganza. You’ll experience the uplifting power of St. Paul’s Chapel Choir and Trinity Scholar Choir, in addition […]
Poets Out Loud meets the third Saturday of every month to read, write, and celebrate queer poetry. We spend the first half of this meeting writing new work, and sharing […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
100 holiday books are being given away that the whole family can enjoy together. Plus, in anticipation of the upcoming Wicked: For Good movie, there will also be a few […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
The Museum’s director, Carol Willis, will offer a gallery tour of The Modern Concrete Skyscraper, which examines the hidden history of concrete in tall buildings. This exhibition reveals why, today, […]
Join Nuyorican Poets Cafe for a day of poetry by Nuyorican poets, music by Johnny Mambo and Friends, and an open mic for guest poets in the audience.
Singers of all levels, as well as listeners, are welcome to join in the choruses throughout the free Chantey Sing, lead or request a song in the round-robin, or just […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
Join us for a compelling online book talk with historian Scott D. Seligman, author of The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906, as he unpacks a dramatic and little known chapter […]
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the Downtown Beats adult chorus is open to all who love to sing! Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events […]
In 1943, the German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Forty-seven women and girls from eleven nations were drafted […]
Do you find poetry intimidating? Do you race past the poems in The New Yorker on your way to the fiction or the cartoons? Have you persuaded yourself that you’ll […]
Join this group of fiber art crafters for a fun afternoon of creativity and camaraderie. Bring your projects, which can include—but are not limited to—knitting, crocheting, embroidery and small-loom weaving.
Though the 1800s are often portrayed in a sentimental way, they were actually so messy and contradictory that our modern world is still feeling the ripple effects. If, as the […]
The CUNY Public Interest Tech (PIT) lab returns to the Oculus in a temporary, immersive event where technology, art, science, and community converge. Part gallery, part workshop, and part future […]
Annual showing for performing arts presenters. See Gibney Company perform excerpts from Johan Inger works in their current repertory and ready for tour in the 2026-2027 season.
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
Annual showing for performing arts presenters. See Gibney Company perform excerpts from Johan Inger works in their current repertory and ready for tour in the 2026-2027 season.
Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Inc. and its Fraunces Tavern Museum are joining the New York City Bar Association Legal History Committee to commemorate the […]
Open session where families can bring children to a cozy indoor playground space to play, socialize, and meet children and families interested in exploring Chinese language and culture. All are […]
American modern dance pioneer and Jewish cultural icon, Anna Sokolow (1910-2000) was a dancer and choreographer of uncompromising integrity. She is a very important part of American Jewish culture, though […]
Scholar Eve M. Kahn discusses her new book, Queen of Bohemia Predicts Own Death: Gilded Age Journalist Zoe Anderson Norris. Zoe Anderson Norris was a Kentucky belle turned restless Kansas […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
Book reading and signing by Daniella Bernett, author of Secrets Lie in Wait.
The South Street Seaport Museum is teaming up with Quick Eternity and Widow Jane to bring you a one-of-a-kind evening that ties maritime skills with whiskey—set in The Gam, Quick […]
Directed by the Church Street School of Music, the Downtown Beats adult chorus is open to all who love to sing. Learn contemporary and classic songs, and perform at community […]
Fifth meeting of the Infinite Jest Monthly Read-Along Bash group. Read pages 396-508 (plus relevant endnotes) for this month's gathering. Enjoy free drinks upstairs when you arrive.
Join this group of fiber art crafters for a fun afternoon of creativity and camaraderie. Bring your projects, which can include—but are not limited to—knitting, crocheting, embroidery and small-loom weaving.
Immigrant Stories is a winter film series that illustrates the American experience as it progresses along the generations. Free popcorn will be served, and a discussion will follow the screenings. […]
A night of readings features four visionary collections of 2024 and 2025. Ching-In Chen reads from Shiny City (Airlie Press, 2025), jason b. crawford reads from YEET! (Omnidawn, 2025), charles […]
Experience captivating live performances featuring some of China’s most iconic instruments — from the graceful guqin (古琴) to the ethereal, harp-like konghou (箜篌) and the lush, harmonizing sheng (笙)— performed […]
Online lecture by Lu Xinhua. In 1978, a short story published in The Wenhui Paper changed the course of contemporary Chinese literature. Lu Xinhua’s Scar exposed the psychic wounds inflicted […]
In the spirit of Louis Malle’s Au Revoir les Enfants and Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List, the Emmy® Award-winning documentary The Children of Chabannes has been called “a moving record of […]
Join fellow readers for lively discussion and thoughtful socializing. Today's discussion will be about Overstory by Richard Powers.
A 2025 National Jewish Book Award Finalist that judges described as “reads like a thriller” and winner of Zibby Awards for Best Family Drama & Best Story of Overcoming, Irena’s […]
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the Downtown Beats adult chorus is open to all who love to sing! Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events […]
Ross Perlin, author of Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York, examines the past, present, and future of the world’s most linguistically diverse city, New […]
Patrice Nganang, the acclaimed author of Dog Days, Mount Pleasant, and, most recently, A Trail of Crab Tracks, which was a 2022 New Yorker Book of the Year, writes about […]
Writer, art historian, and Holocaust survivor Suzanne Loebl, whose life paralleled much of the events revisited in Plunder and Survival, takes a new look at the Nazis ruthless attack on […]
Join this group of fiber art crafters for a fun afternoon of creativity and camaraderie. Bring your projects, which can include—but are not limited to—knitting, crocheting, embroidery and small-loom weaving.
Book reading and signing by Alyssa Sheinmel, author of Such Sheltered Lives
Evening dedicated to poetry that addresses and responds to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Ahmad Almallah, Mandy Shunnarah, Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha’s work bears witness, speaks truth, […]
Monthly session featuring performances by Tribeca Jazz Institute students and rotating special guest band leaders.
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
In The Flower Bearers, Rachel Eliza Griffiths inscribes the trajectories of two transformational relationships with grace and honesty, chronicling the beauty and pain that comes with opening oneself fully to […]
Join KoKo NYC for a sustainable makers workshop and inventors lab! Led by teaching artists, kids and their families will hone their skills and experiment with recycled materials, found objects, […]
Happy New Year! Every year many new buildings in New York City are being planned, constructed, and finished! We will learn about how NYC’s iconic skyline will be changing in […]
Eighty years after his liberation from Buchenwald, we seek to understand the man behind Elie Wiesel’s searing and widely read memoir Night. Told largely through his own words and eloquent […]
Nazism has always faced resistance – from the German artists who risked their lives by drawing caricatures of the Nazis in the 1920s, or the man who infiltrated the SS […]
Tricia Romano, the author of The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture, will discuss the symbiotic relationship […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
Book reading and signing by May Cobb, author of All the Little Houses.
The apartment buildings and hotels designed by Emery Roth in the 1920s and 1930s – blue chip buildings such as Park Avenue's Ritz Tower and the Central Park West landmarks, […]
Directed by the Church Street School of Music, the Downtown Beats adult chorus is open to all who love to sing. Learn contemporary and classic songs, and perform at community […]
Book reading and signing by Maria Turead, author of This House Will Feed.
Join this group of fiber art crafters for a fun afternoon of creativity and camaraderie. Bring your projects, which can include—but are not limited to—knitting, crocheting, embroidery and small-loom weaving.
Join Aperture and McNally Jackson Books in a conversation between artist Hal Fischer and writer Jarrett Earnest, celebrating the launch of Hal Fischer’s latest monograph, Hal Fischer: Seminal Works (Aperture, […]
In 1942, the Nazis established a unique ghetto/concentration camp outside Prague in an old army garrison known as Terezín, which the Germans renamed Theresienstadt. Terezín was a prison to thousands […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
Read-aloud of Andrea Beaty’s Rosie Revere, Engineer to hear how the kid- engineer Rosie uses household objects to invent her gadgets and gizmos. Can you do the same for skyscrapers? […]
The latest book by acclaimed author and journalist Julian Sancton hits shelves on January 27, 2026—and you’re invited to its New York launch at the South Street Seaport Museum! Sancton’s […]
See the work created by participants at BPCA’s art programs. Meet fellow artists and the artists/educators who lead these programs, and learn about upcoming art events in Battery Park City. […]
Dancer/Choreographer Anna Sokolow and Composer Alex North connected as young artists in the midst of the 1930’s Great Depression. Both came from Russian Jewish immigrant families and were committed to […]
Singers of all levels, as well as listeners, are welcome to join in the choruses throughout the free Chantey Sing, lead or request a song in the round-robin, or just […]
Trumpeter, conductor, composer, and educator Jon Faddis has shaped both jazz performance and music education with a depth of influence few can match. Following in the footsteps of his mentor […]
Farzad Mahootian will explore the imaginal space between four themes: alchemy, Jung, the history of science, and AI. He will consider chemists and historians of chemistry. Chemists have benefited greatly […]
Professional development program centered around the legacy of the Holocaust in the creation of the State of Israel. The first part is an hour-long virtual lecture given by NYU Professor […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
Book reading and signing by W.M. Akers, author of To Kill a Cook.
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the Downtown Beats adult chorus is open to all who love to sing! Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events […]
Challenge your artistic skills by drawing the human figure. Each week a model will strike short and long poses for participants to draw. Artists/ educators will offer constructive suggestions and […]
Book reading and signing by Malcolm Kempt, author of A Gift Before Dying.
Illustrating the dramatic range of the new pipe organ, Trinity organist Avi Stein and organ scholar Alex Leonardi will perform Louis Vierne’s stunningly grandiose Messe solennelle — a piece that explores the depths of the organ’s colors and sonic possibilities — in concert with Trinity Choir. […]
From the inaugural winner of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, a riveting exploration of illness and medicine that imagines a more humane form of care. “What was wrong with them? […]
Learn the rules and mechanics of American Mah-Jongg. Join a two hour group lesson with instructor Susan Richards. Sets and a few cards provided, but you are encouraged to bring […]
Join this group of fiber art crafters for a fun afternoon of creativity and camaraderie. Bring your projects, which can include—but are not limited to—knitting, crocheting, embroidery and small-loom weaving.
John Larkin - a fast-living, hard-playing, stuttering jazz pianist - overcame abuse, addiction, ageism, and obscurity to stage one of the most improbable debuts in pop music history by turning […]
Eighty years after his liberation from Buchenwald, we seek to understand the man behind Elie Wiesel’s searing and widely read memoir Night. Told largely through his own words and eloquent […]
Cameron Awkward-Rich, Jennifer Espinoza, Chet’la Sebree, and Annie Wenstrup’s newest collections explore rifts between personal and collective memory, penning moving poems on history and survival. Upon finding themselves in contended […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
This gathering brings together alumni of the “Chinese Bridge” Eastern U.S. Competitions and China Institute study abroad programs to share stories, reflections, and cultural experiences, as well as members of […]
Have you noticed how tall buildings ‘pop-up’ all around our city? In this family program, kids will explore the fun and surprising world of architectural pop-ups, learning how artists and […]
Author and illustrator Julia Sarcone-Roachreads her story The Ice Cream Vanishes!
New York alumni associations of five universities from Shanghai are hosting their 2026 Spring Festival Gala, a signature event to celebrate Chinese New Year.
Stephanie June is a soulful indie pop singer-songwriter whose voice and vulnerability resonate deeply.
Take part in this time-honored annual Battery Park City tradition, where participants are invited to make handmade cards for their loved ones! Cut, paste, and decorate with provided materials and […]
Open session where families can bring children to a cozy indoor playground space to play, socialize, and meet children and families interested in exploring Chinese language and culture. All are […]
Live robotic cooking show alongside curated Chinese cuisine and wine tastings in an open, interactive program. From hands-on heritage activities to a relaxed wine and cocktail experience, you’re invited to […]
Celebrate the Year of the Horse at the China Institute. Held in the Institute's Culinary Center, the evening features an 8 course banquet prepared by five master chefs from Beijing. […]
A new collection of evocative personal essays from one of America’s most beloved nonfiction writers, Anne Fadiman. In Frog, Anne Fadiman returns to her favorite genre, the essay, of which […]
Diana Mara Henry’s I Am André is an amazing real-life story of espionage, of courage and resistance, and of friendship and love. It pulls back the veil on the hidden […]
Join a dedicated group of adult American Mah Jongg enthusiasts for friendly and informal games, or try your hand at other card and board games. Make friends and catch up […]
Come in and warm up from the cold with a Colonial style mulled wine as we discuss and celebrate the sequential art (comic book) of George Washington. Join author Renee […]
In her new book, Road to Nowhere: How a Highway Map Wrecked Baltimore, historian Emily Lieb describes the Baltimore suburb of Rosemont, which in the 1950s was a vibrant Black […]
Smooth-talking dating coach Alex “Hitch” Hitchens (Will Smith) makes a living helping lovelorn men find romance — until his own love story gets in the way. Enjoy this screening of […]
Edward is a new play, written and performed by Ed Schmidt. Edward O’Connell died 12 years ago, at the age of 73. He left behind a box containing 27 objects. […]
Directed by the Church Street School of Music, the Downtown Beats adult chorus is open to all who love to sing. Learn contemporary and classic songs, and perform at community […]
Challenge your artistic skills by drawing the human figure. Each week a model will strike short and long poses for participants to draw. Artists/ educators will offer constructive suggestions and […]
Book reading and signing by Justin C. Key, author of The Hospital at the End of the World.
Part fever dream, part cautionary tale, Station of the Birds spins a narrative about fathers and sons, addiction's hollow banging at the gate, and the ritual sacrifices rooted in agrarian […]
Learn the rules and mechanics of American Mah-Jongg. Join a two hour group lesson with instructor Susan Richards. Sets and a few cards provided, but you are encouraged to bring […]