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  • Salsa Community Dance

    Join us in honoring Pride Month with Las Mariquitas, New York’s dynamic Queer and Trans Salsa band! The band will kick things off with a movement workshop on the dance floor. As leaders in the LGBTQIA+ salseres community, Las Mariquitas are dedicated to honoring the legacy of salsa as music of liberation and pioneering the […]

    Free
  • Stephane San Juan

    Free performance in the Perelman Performing Arts Center lobby.

    Free
  • Mishpachah Festival

    The Hebrew word Mishpachah means family – we invite you to join ours! This day-long Mishpachah Festival will celebrate and explore Jewish genealogy, heritage, and immigration with JewishGen, the Museum’s Jewish Genealogical Research Division and other partners. Engage with your family’s genealogy, learn about historical immigration, and reflect on how we tell our individual and […]

    Free
  • Print Your Own Father’s Day Card

    Looking for a special Father’s Day gift? Come to Bowne & Co. to join the talented designers to create a festive card for dad using the Museum’s 19th century historical printing equipment.

    Free
  • Spring Birdwatching

    For beginners, hobbyists, and lifelong birders alike. Together, we will explore the parks of BPC, and see what makes this spot a hang-out for urban birds and marvelous migrators! Binoculars and field guides provided, or bring your own.

    Free
  • Jazz at One: Dave Stryker Quartet

    Hear a jazz quartet led by “one of the most distinctive guitarists to come along in recent years” (The Village Voice). Dave Stryker is known for his “golden tone, urgent style, and the kind of heated technique that can blow the roof off any gig” (Jazz Times). The Omaha, Nebraska native cut his teeth as […]

    Free
  • The Afterlife of Hilma af Klint

    What happens when an artist becomes a global phenomenon? In the past decade the Swedish painter and mystic Hilma af Klint has risen to international fame. Join Jodi Hauptman and Julia Voss in discussing af Klint's legacy.

    $5 – $35
  • Stories Survive: “Two Sisters” Book Talk

    In Two Sisters, Rosie Whitehouse recounts the harrowing journey of her mother-in-law, Marion, and aunt, Huguette, who fled Nazi-occupied France after their mother was deported to Auschwitz. Seeking refuge, the sisters found themselves in Val d’Isère, where a courageous stranger, Dr. Frédéric Pétri, saved their lives. Whitehouse meticulously pieces together her family’s tragic history while […]

    $10
  • Drop-In Chess

    Play the popular strategy game while getting pointers and advice from an expert. Chess improves concentration, problem solving, and strategic planning — plus it’s fun! For ages 5 and up.

    Free
  • Word Alchemy: Talk and Book Launch with Xu Bing

    Hear Xu Bing discuss his groundbreaking, decades-long exploration of language, art, and meaning—one of the most influential artistic practices of the contemporary era. Xu Bing will be featured in Metamorphosis: Chinese Memory and Displacement, China Institute Gallery’s fall exhibition.

    Free