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And Scene – Mon., May. 20, 2024Hail Mary – Sun., May. 19, 2024
How I Survived The Lower East Side In The 70's With My A.M. Radio – Sun., May. 19, 2024
NYC Mini Fungi Festival: Mushroom Growing, Fungi Cooking & Mycology – Sun., May. 19, 2024
Hip Hop Fever – Sat., May. 18, 2024
Bronx Opera in Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe" – Sat., May. 18, 2024 - Wed., May. 22, 2024
Dance Parade 2024 – Sat., May. 18, 2024
Bronx Opera in Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe" – Fri., May. 17, 2024 - Tue., May. 21, 2024
RISK! live show and story slam – Thu., May. 16, 2024
Bronx Opera in Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe" – Thu., May. 16, 2024 - Mon., May. 20, 2024
LIVE from NYPL | Colm Tóibín with Caoilinn Hughes: Long Island – Thu., May. 16, 2024
Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen and Commissioner Zachary Iscol – Thu., May. 16, 2024
Bronx Opera in Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe" – Wed., May. 15, 2024 - Sun., May. 19, 2024
Global Connections: Elections, Wars & the State of the Media – Wed., May. 15, 2024
Bronx Opera in Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe" – Tue., May. 14, 2024 - Sat., May. 18, 2024
LIVE from NYPL | Transforming Shakespeare: Julián Mesri and Rebecca Martínez with Amrita Ramanan – Tue., May. 14, 2024
Making It In America: The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A and How it Got That Way – Tue., May. 14, 2024
Bronx Opera in Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe" – Mon., May. 13, 2024 - Fri., May. 17, 2024
Bronx Opera in Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe" – Sun., May. 12, 2024 - Thu., May. 16, 2024
India Mother's Day Concert – Sat., May. 11, 2024
Bronx Opera in Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe" – Sat., May. 11, 2024 - Wed., May. 15, 2024
The Business of Her Life: Two Lectures on Jane Austen – Sat., May. 11, 2024
The Civil War in the Great Lakes—Free with On-Line Audience Q&A – Fri., May. 10, 2024
Drunk Planet Earth – Fri., May. 10, 2024
Claire Messud + Amitava Kumar: This Strange Eventful History – Fri., May. 10, 2024
The Early Life and Work of Frank Lloyd Wright (Online) – Fri., May. 10, 2024
Glitz & Glamour! The Ultimate Art Party with Marko Stout (Exclusive Access) – Thu., May. 9, 2024
“Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways” with Kendall C. Sanford – Thu., May. 9, 2024
Drawing Together: Gainsborough's "Mall in St. James's Park" – Wed., May. 8, 2024
How Napoleon Invented Egyptology (Online) – Wed., May. 8, 2024
Jamaica Kincaid, Kara Walker with Hilton Als: An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children – Tue., May. 7, 2024
The Changing Face of Atlantic Avenue – Tue., May. 7, 2024
Plague Play – Sun., May. 5, 2024 - Wed., May. 15, 2024
Ángela Carrasco & Fausto Rey – Sat., May. 4, 2024
Threesome—A Night of Musical Comedy! – Sat., May. 4, 2024
Plague Play – Sat., May. 4, 2024 - Tue., May. 14, 2024
Mutimedia Performance Piece – Fri., May. 3, 2024 - Sat., May. 4, 2024
Plague Play – Fri., May. 3, 2024 - Mon., May. 13, 2024
The Architecture of the Perelman Performing Arts Center – Thu., May. 2, 2024
Plague Play – Thu., May. 2, 2024 - Sun., May. 12, 2024
Neel Mukherjee with Hanya Yanagihara: Choice – Thu., May. 2, 2024
Mutimedia Performance Piece – Wed., May. 1, 2024 - Thu., May. 2, 2024
Plague Play – Wed., May. 1, 2024 - Sat., May. 11, 2024
Continue the Conversation: Rembrandt's Portraits – Wed., May. 1, 2024
Keyboard Conversations® with Pianist Jeffrey Siegel: "Three Great Romantics: Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Grieg" – Tue., Apr. 30, 2024
Plague Play – Tue., Apr. 30, 2024 - Fri., May. 10, 2024
Patricia Park + Brian Tee: What's Eating Jackie Oh? – Tue., Apr. 30, 2024
Emily Wilson: Reading The Iliad, Featuring Ben Shenkman and Morgan Spector – Tue., Apr. 30, 2024
Author Talk: "Shakespeare Was a Woman & Other Heresies" with Journalist Elizabeth Winkler & Actor Mark Rylance – Tue., Apr. 30, 2024
Global Connections with Robert Siegel: Is The Golden Age of American Jews Ending? – Tue., Apr. 30, 2024
Mutimedia Performance Piece – Mon., Apr. 29, 2024 - Tue., Apr. 30, 2024
RISK! Presents: What’s Your Story? – Mon., Apr. 29, 2024
Plague Play – Mon., Apr. 29, 2024 - Thu., May. 9, 2024
Brooklyn Talks: Takashi Murakami SOLD OUT – Mon., Apr. 29, 2024
#YeahYouWrite with Téa Obreht, Phillip B. Williams, Chin-Sun Lee, and Ben Purkert – Mon., Apr. 29, 2024
Plague Play – Sun., Apr. 28, 2024 - Wed., May. 8, 2024
Mutimedia Performance Piece – Sat., Apr. 27, 2024 - Sun., Apr. 28, 2024
Masters of the 80's – Sat., Apr. 27, 2024
Plague Play – Sat., Apr. 27, 2024 - Tue., May. 7, 2024
Greenpoint Over Time – Sat., Apr. 27, 2024
Rob Anderson: Gay Science—Signing Live Event – Fri., Apr. 26, 2024
Plague Play – Fri., Apr. 26, 2024 - Mon., May. 6, 2024
Free Lecture in Military History: Duel in the Deep – Fri., Apr. 26, 2024
Mutimedia Performance Piece – Thu., Apr. 25, 2024 - Fri., Apr. 26, 2024
Plague Play – Thu., Apr. 25, 2024 - Sun., May. 5, 2024
Golden Spiral Comedy 4/25 – Thu., Apr. 25, 2024
Jest Kidding! Comedy Show – Wed., Apr. 24, 2024
Stephen Kotkin: Six Futures of Russia—Why We Need History (and Libraries) – Wed., Apr. 24, 2024
AAWW & The Strand Present: Eddie Ahn & Kristen Radtke: Advocate – Wed., Apr. 24, 2024
TALL TIMBER: Bicoastal Beginnings and Where are We Now? – Wed., Apr. 24, 2024
Preservation School – Preserving the Art of Stone Carving – Wed., Apr. 24, 2024
Mutimedia Performance Piece – Tue., Apr. 23, 2024 - Wed., Apr. 24, 2024
Tracie McMillan + Kiese Laymon: The White Bonus – Tue., Apr. 23, 2024
Alice Winn + Garth Risk Hallberg: In Memoriam – Mon., Apr. 22, 2024
Earth Day Curator’s Tour of TALL TIMBER – Mon., Apr. 22, 2024
Mutimedia Performance Piece – Sun., Apr. 21, 2024 - Mon., Apr. 22, 2024
McDonald's Gospelfest – Sat., Apr. 20, 2024
Dance Iquail! – Sat., Apr. 20, 2024 - Mon., Apr. 22, 2024
an open book _ Richard Prince – Sat., Apr. 20, 2024 - Tue., Apr. 30, 2024
Mutimedia Performance Piece – Fri., Apr. 19, 2024 - Sat., Apr. 20, 2024
Dance Iquail! – Fri., Apr. 19, 2024 - Sun., Apr. 21, 2024
“Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow: Best of 25 Years” Gala – Fri., Apr. 19, 2024
New York Scandia Symphony – Thu., Apr. 18, 2024
YAGP 25th Anniversary Gala Performance and Dinner – Thu., Apr. 18, 2024
Ross Perlin with Suketu Mehta: Language City – Thu., Apr. 18, 2024
Adam Ellis + Alex Krokus: Bad Dreams in the Night – Wed., Apr. 17, 2024
Ninth Annual Lillian Wald Symposium – Wed., Apr. 17, 2024
YAGP 2024 Final Round (Junior and Senior) – Wed., Apr. 17, 2024
Allen Bratton + Brandon Taylor: Henry Henry – Tue., Apr. 16, 2024
Sarah Langan + Patrick Radden Keefe: A Better World – Mon., Apr. 15, 2024
And Scene – Mon., Apr. 15, 2024
New York State of Poetry Events – Sun., Apr. 14, 2024 - Sat., Apr. 20, 2024
Joffrey Concert Group with Limon2 – Sat., Apr. 13, 2024
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet – Fri., Apr. 12, 2024
Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition Gala – Fri., Apr. 12, 2024
Five Stories Book Launch at P&T Knitwear – Fri., Apr. 12, 2024
Drunk Planet Earth – Fri., Apr. 12, 2024
Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition – Fri., Apr. 12, 2024 - Wed., Apr. 17, 2024
John Oakes: The Fast – Fri., Apr. 12, 2024
A Discussion with the Founders of The Descendants Project: Cancer Alley and Environmental Racism – Thu., Apr. 11, 2024
"Entertainment Tax in South Africa" with Dr. Ian Matheson – Thu., Apr. 11, 2024
K-Arts Dance from Korea – Wed., Apr. 10, 2024
Disney Divas: Drag Show Hosted by Kendall Knight – Wed., Apr. 10, 2024
A Conversation on Culture and Climate with Finn Harries – Wed., Apr. 10, 2024
Get 31 Triggered for Free!!! – Wed., Apr. 10, 2024
Continue the Conversation: Ingres's "Comtesse d'Haussonville" – Wed., Apr. 10, 2024
Dr. Sharon Malone + Abby Phillip: Grown Woman Talk – Mon., Apr. 8, 2024
Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition – Mon., Apr. 8, 2024 - Sat., Apr. 13, 2024
"Were You Raised By Wolves?” The Podcast…LIVE! – Sun., Apr. 7, 2024
Science Comedy Workshop – Sun., Apr. 7, 2024
El Dominicano Es Un Chiste – Sat., Apr. 6, 2024
(IM)POSSIBLE BABY: Art, Ethics & Biology – Fri., Apr. 5, 2024
Opening Reception: Sometimes My Accent Slips Out by Bhen Alan – Thu., Apr. 4, 2024
Los Sabores De Mi México: Frida Kahlo Art Exhibition & Cookbook Launch POSTPONED – Thu., Apr. 4, 2024 - Sun., Apr. 7, 2024
The Atlantic: The Great American Novels – Wed., Apr. 3, 2024
John Wiswell + Meg Elison: Someone You Can Build A Nest In – Tue., Apr. 2, 2024
Clymove Dance Gala – Tue., Apr. 2, 2024
What Are Special Purpose Districts? A Conversation with George Janes – Tue., Apr. 2, 2024
Before and After Babel – Mon., Apr. 1, 2024
The New England Symphonic Ensemble – Sun., Mar. 31, 2024
La Sonora Ponceña – Sat., Mar. 30, 2024
Free Lecture in Military History | A Trip to Three Persian War Battlefields: Marathon, Thermopylae, Plataea – Fri., Mar. 29, 2024
Golden Spiral Comedy – Thu., Mar. 28, 2024
Film: The Stroll – Thu., Mar. 28, 2024
The Frick Collection Spring Book Club (Online) – Thu., Mar. 28, 2024
Jest Kidding Comedy Show – Wed., Mar. 27, 2024
Book Event—"COLLABORATION: A Potential History of Photography” – Wed., Mar. 27, 2024
A Talk on Tibetan Buddhism: An Evening with Drupon Chongwol-La – Wed., Mar. 27, 2024
Continue the Conversation: Ingres's "Comtesse d'Haussonville" (Online) – Wed., Mar. 27, 2024
Bushwick’s History, Housing, and the Case for Preservation – Tue., Mar. 26, 2024
Brooklyn Mornings: "Giants" – Tue., Mar. 26, 2024
Dan Flanagan's "The Bow and the Brush" – Mon., Mar. 25, 2024
Keenan Steiner: Sneaky (A Standup Hour?) – Sun., Mar. 24, 2024
RISK! Presents: What’s Your Story? – Sun., Mar. 24, 2024
Weekend Art: Sunday Art Hang – Sun., Mar. 24, 2024
Family Activity: Fun and Feedback – Sun., Mar. 24, 2024
The New England Symphonic Ensemble – Sat., Mar. 23, 2024
Family Concerts: Five Magical Tales – Sat., Mar. 23, 2024
RISK! Live in NYC & Online – Thu., Mar. 21, 2024
Drawing Together: Veronese's "Choice Between Virtue and Vice" (Online) – Thu., Mar. 21, 2024
Marilynne Robinson with Ayana Mathis: Reading Genesis – Wed., Mar. 20, 2024
Cameron Russell + Eisa Davis: How To Make Herself Agreeable To Everyone – Wed., Mar. 20, 2024
ICP Symposium—Seeing Meaning: From Pictographs to AI – Tue., Mar. 19, 2024
Sasha Issenberg with Maggie Haberman: The Lie Detectives – Mon., Mar. 18, 2024
And Scene – Mon., Mar. 18, 2024
The New England Symphonic Ensemble – Sun., Mar. 17, 2024
Forever Freestyle 16 – Sat., Mar. 16, 2024
Night in the Library: Out of Darkness – Sat., Mar. 16, 2024 - Sun., Mar. 17, 2024
Following a SOLD-OUT PERFORMANCE at Ars Nova, Bada Swing! Is Back, Baby! – Sat., Mar. 16, 2024
The Library After Hours: Arctic Edition (SOLD OUT) – Fri., Mar. 15, 2024
Lecture in WWII History | Defending an Island 'Bastion': Saipan 1944, The Japanese Experience – Fri., Mar. 15, 2024
Global Connections with Robert Siegel: What’s Next for Israel & The Middle East? – Wed., Mar. 13, 2024
Graphic Lives: A Conversation About Drawing Identities – Tue., Mar. 12, 2024
Author Talk: Fourteen Days (R.L. Stine, Angie Cruz, Mira Jacob) – Tue., Mar. 12, 2024
Mass Timber 101 (Online Event) – Tue., Mar. 12, 2024
"Taste of Dance Parade Showcase" – Sun., Mar. 10, 2024
Eddy Herrera "Agradecido" – Sat., Mar. 9, 2024
2024 Preservation Conference: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Government’s Impact on Historic Neighborhoods – Sat., Mar. 9, 2024
Drunk Planet Earth – Fri., Mar. 8, 2024
Nuyorican Poets Café x ICP: 1,000 Words Open Mic Series – Thu., Mar. 7, 2024
"Hard Times are Fighting Times:” A Lecture Performance by Alice Proujansky – Tue., Mar. 5, 2024
Tito Puente Centennial – Sat., Mar. 2, 2024
Andy Montañez "Toda Una Vida Concierto!" – Sat., Mar. 2, 2024
Buglisi Dance Theatre – Sat., Mar. 2, 2024 - Sun., Mar. 3, 2024
Buglisi Dance Theatre – Fri., Mar. 1, 2024 - Sat., Mar. 2, 2024
Textures of Feminist Perseverance – Fri., Mar. 1, 2024 - Sat., Apr. 27, 2024
Buglisi Dance Theatre – Thu., Feb. 29, 2024 - Fri., Mar. 1, 2024
The Overview: A Book Talk with Willow Defebaugh – Thu., Feb. 29, 2024
Necromancers of the Public Domain - BROADWAY RACKETEERS (1928) – Thu., Feb. 29, 2024
Golden Spiral Comedy – Thu., Feb. 29, 2024
Synthetic Visions: Future of Photography in the Age of AI – Thu., Feb. 29, 2024
Exhibition Opening: Florian Reischauer's "Pieces of Berlin 2019-2023" – Thu., Feb. 29, 2024
Jest Kidding! Comedy Show – Wed., Feb. 28, 2024
Landslides: A Conversation About Grief and Photography with Geoffrey Biddle and Marvin Heiferman – Wed., Feb. 28, 2024
Christian McBride with Nelson George: The Movement Revisited – Mon., Feb. 26, 2024
# YeahYouWrite Author Series – Mon., Feb. 26, 2024
Sing & Swing – Sun., Feb. 25, 2024
What's Your Story – Sun., Feb. 25, 2024
Children's Hour: "My Dog Only Speaks Spanish" – Sun., Feb. 25, 2024
Black Shutter Podcast Live: Ruddy Roye – Thu., Feb. 22, 2024
Word: Life: An Opinionated Mixtape of Hip Hop Journalism – Wed., Feb. 21, 2024 - Fri., Feb. 23, 2024
Rakes, Rogues, and Rascals: Men Behaving Badly in Baroque Britain – Tue., Feb. 20, 2024
Word: Life: An Opinionated Mixtape of Hip Hop Journalism – Tue., Feb. 20, 2024 - Thu., Feb. 22, 2024
With Love, Kendall: Valentine's Day Drag Show at The Strand – Mon., Feb. 19, 2024
Joffrey Concert Group – Sat., Feb. 17, 2024 - Sun., Feb. 18, 2024
Joffrey Concert Group – Fri., Feb. 16, 2024 - Sat., Feb. 17, 2024
Free Online Talk | Grace Hopper: Admiral of the Cyber Sea – Fri., Feb. 16, 2024
Inside the Emerging Psychedelic Underground in China – Thu., Feb. 15, 2024
Free Third Thursday—Pop-Up Portrait Studio x Late Night ICP – Thu., Feb. 15, 2024
Reasonable Doubts: Hip Hop Journalism's Coverage of the War on Drugs – Thu., Feb. 15, 2024
Kariné Poghosyan: ALL THAT JAZZ – Wed., Feb. 14, 2024
Criminal Live: 10th Anniversary Tour – Wed., Feb. 14, 2024
Global Connections with Robert Siegel: How to Be a Better Person – Wed., Feb. 14, 2024
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: A French Musical Feast – Tue., Feb. 13, 2024
This Month a Century Ago: The Premiere of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (Online) – Tue., Feb. 13, 2024
THE NEW BROWNIES’ BOOK: A Love Letter to Black Families – Tue., Feb. 13, 2024
Bringing Forward Justice and Art: A Conversation on the Fifth National Climate Assessment – Mon., Feb. 12, 2024
And Scene – Mon., Feb. 12, 2024
Character Night – Sun., Feb. 11, 2024
Bronx Opera – Sun., Feb. 11, 2024 - Thu., Feb. 15, 2024