Past Events

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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

An Hour of Love – Wed., Apr. 3, 2024 - Thu., Apr. 4, 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

An Hour of Love – Wed., Mar. 6, 2024 - 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

Merengue Con Amor 2 – Sat., Feb. 10, 2024

Bronx Opera – Sat., Feb. 10, 2024 - Wed., Feb. 14, 2024

Drunk Black History – Sat., Feb. 10, 2024

Bronx Opera – Fri., Feb. 9, 2024 - Tue., Feb. 13, 2024

Rearview Into Mirror in the Mirror with Kengo Kuma and Erieta Attali – Fri., Feb. 9, 2024

Path of Imagination 想像の道 - POI was born in New York – Fri., Feb. 9, 2024

Bronx Opera – Thu., Feb. 8, 2024 - Mon., Feb. 12, 2024

Curators' Tour x Late Night ICP – Thu., Feb. 8, 2024

An Hour of Love – Wed., Feb. 7, 2024 - Thu., Feb. 8, 2024

Bronx Opera – Wed., Feb. 7, 2024 - Sun., Feb. 11, 2024

Diarmuid Hester + Alice Winn: Nothing Ever Just Disappears – Wed., Feb. 7, 2024

Brooklyn Talks: Swizz Beatz – Wed., Feb. 7, 2024

Bronx Opera – Tue., Feb. 6, 2024 - Sat., Feb. 10, 2024

Jenny Hollander + Clémence Michallon: Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead – Tue., Feb. 6, 2024

BOMB Magazine Winter Launch – Tue., Feb. 6, 2024

Álvaro Enrigue with Marie Arana: You Dreamed of Empires – Tue., Feb. 6, 2024

Bronx Opera – Mon., Feb. 5, 2024 - Fri., Feb. 9, 2024

"The Nature-Study Idea and Related Writings" by Liberty Hyde Bailey: Book Launch and Panel – Mon., Feb. 5, 2024

Bronx Opera – Sun., Feb. 4, 2024 - Thu., Feb. 8, 2024

The Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra presents BCCO Gala: SWING! – Sat., Feb. 3, 2024

Bronx Opera – Sat., Feb. 3, 2024 - Wed., Feb. 7, 2024

4th Wall Ensemble & Stuart Bogie Live at Power Station at Berklee NYC – Sat., Feb. 3, 2024

Drunk Planet Earth – Fri., Feb. 2, 2024

Jennifer Belle + Jean Hanff Korelitz: Swanna in Love – Thu., Feb. 1, 2024

ICP PhotoSLAM: For the Love of Food – Thu., Feb. 1, 2024

Hisham Matar & Colm Tóibín: My Friends – Wed., Jan. 31, 2024

Transcending Time: Japanese Art & Technology – Wed., Jan. 31, 2024

1938: The Racial Laws at the University of Rome La Sapienza – Wed., Jan. 31, 2024

Clay Cane + Reecie Colbert: The Grift – Tue., Jan. 30, 2024

Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel, Lance Rubin + David Linker | Monster Club: Monsters Take Manhattan – Mon., Jan. 29, 2024

Before The Drugs Kick In – Sun., Jan. 28, 2024

Catching the Bug: Enriching Your Life Through Collecting – Sun., Jan. 28, 2024

Before The Drugs Kick In – Sat., Jan. 27, 2024

Joyful Jumble Comedy Competition – Sat., Jan. 27, 2024

Decorating History: Preserving American Interior Design – Sat., Jan. 27, 2024

Weaving Luxury into Modern Living: Dorothy Liebes' Collaborations with Architects and Designers at Mid-Century – Sat., Jan. 27, 2024

RISK! Presents: What’s Your Story? – Sat., Jan. 27, 2024

The Market for Drawings: How to Collect – Sat., Jan. 27, 2024

Jazz Trumpet Master Ahmed Abdullah: "...My Time in the Sun Ra Arkestra" – Fri., Jan. 26, 2024

Before The Drugs Kick In – Fri., Jan. 26, 2024

Craft & Craftsmanship Through the Ages – Fri., Jan. 26, 2024

RISK! Live in NYC and Online – Thu., Jan. 25, 2024

How To Build A Fire – Thu., Jan. 25, 2024 - Fri., Jan. 26, 2024

Golden Spiral Comedy – Thu., Jan. 25, 2024

Antonia Hylton + Craig Melvin: Madness – Thu., Jan. 25, 2024

"worried notes," a solo exhibition by Keli Safia Maksud – Thu., Jan. 25, 2024 - Sat., Mar. 16, 2024

Pathways to Prevention: A Symposium on Building Resilience to Hate – Thu., Jan. 25, 2024

A Lens on History: Lorenza Mazzetti’s Films – Wed., Jan. 24, 2024

Contemporary Art and Cold War Embassies – Wed., Jan. 24, 2024

Global Connections with Robert Siegel: Growing Up with Social Media – Wed., Jan. 24, 2024

Singular Sensations: How Designers Work with Artisans to Create One-of-a-Kind Homes – Wed., Jan. 24, 2024

Town Hall Presents: PEN Out Loud—Ai Weiwei with Mira Jacob – Tue., Jan. 23, 2024

Emma Lord + Tamara Fuentes: The Getaway List – Tue., Jan. 23, 2024

Lucus a Lucendo. A Place of Light. Rethinking Carlo Levi's Journey – Tue., Jan. 23, 2024

All the Beauty in the World – Tue., Jan. 23, 2024

Dave Karger + Ross Mathews: 50 Oscar Nights – Mon., Jan. 22, 2024

YeahYouWrite Reading & Open Mic – Mon., Jan. 22, 2024

Dry January Supper Club – Sun., Jan. 21, 2024

The Wallace Collection: Past, Present, and Future – Sun., Jan. 21, 2024

Before The Drugs Kick In – Sun., Jan. 21, 2024

Murano Glass, America and the History of the World – Sun., Jan. 21, 2024

Before The Drugs Kick In – Sat., Jan. 20, 2024

The New Antiquarians and the Future of Antiques – Sat., Jan. 20, 2024

A Collecting Dynasty: The Rockefeller Family – Sat., Jan. 20, 2024

ICP Photobook Club: Joe Timmerman—“Two Moons” (January 2024) – Sat., Jan. 20, 2024

The Ballet of Cinderella – Fri., Jan. 19, 2024

Before The Drugs Kick In – Fri., Jan. 19, 2024

Americana Is Now: Four Perspectives on Collecting – Fri., Jan. 19, 2024

Nuyorican Poets Café x ICP: 1,000 Words Open Mic Series – Thu., Jan. 18, 2024

Jessica Roy + Claire Stern: American Girls – Wed., Jan. 17, 2024

Author Talk: The Great Displacement: Climate Change & the Next American Migration – Wed., Jan. 17, 2024

An Evening with Merle Hoffman "CHOICES: A Post-Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto" – Wed., Jan. 17, 2024

And Scene – Mon., Jan. 15, 2024

Before The Drugs Kick In – Sun., Jan. 14, 2024

It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure – Sat., Jan. 13, 2024

Before The Drugs Kick In – Sat., Jan. 13, 2024

Free Online Talk: Jefferson Davis Takes a Train – Fri., Jan. 12, 2024

Drunk Planet Earth – Fri., Jan. 12, 2024

Before The Drugs Kick In – Fri., Jan. 12, 2024

“A Journey through Brunei's Postal System from 1895 ” with Claire Scott – Thu., Jan. 11, 2024

Vanessa Chan + Mira Jacob: The Storm We Made – Wed., Jan. 10, 2024

Under the Stars of Giotto—Exhibition – Tue., Jan. 9, 2024 - Wed., Jan. 31, 2024

Olivie Blake: The Atlas Complex Midnight Release Party – Mon., Jan. 8, 2024 - Tue., Jan. 9, 2024