Past Events
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Golden Spiral Comedy – Thu., Mar. 28, 2024Film: 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
Before The Drugs Kick In – Sun., Jan. 7, 2024
New England Symphonic Ensemble: MidAmerica Productions at 40 – Sun., Jan. 7, 2024
Walking Tour: Inspired Insanity! Nikola Tesla's Life in New York – Sun., Jan. 7, 2024
Call to Artists - INTERPLAY - Collage Artists of America – Sun., Jan. 7, 2024 - Thu., Feb. 29, 2024
Before The Drugs Kick In – Sat., Jan. 6, 2024
Before The Drugs Kick In – Fri., Jan. 5, 2024
An Hour of Love – Wed., Jan. 3, 2024 - Thu., Jan. 4, 2024
QED Presents - All Pro Stand-Up Showcase (Friday) – Fri., Dec. 29, 2023
How To Build A Fire – Thu., Dec. 28, 2023 - Fri., Dec. 29, 2023
QED Presents - All Pro Stand-Up Showcase (Friday) – Fri., Dec. 22, 2023
Jest Kidding Comedy Show – Thu., Dec. 21, 2023
New England Symphonic Ensemble: A Grand and Festive International Choral Christmas – Tue., Dec. 19, 2023
And Scene – Mon., Dec. 18, 2023
I Giullari di Piazza Performs "Tarantata" – Sun., Dec. 17, 2023
Ellipsis Rare Books Heretical Holiday Pop-Up – Sat., Dec. 16, 2023 - Sun., Dec. 17, 2023
QED Presents - All Pro Stand-Up Showcase (Friday) – Fri., Dec. 15, 2023
Free Zoom talk with audience Q&A: WWII – Fri., Dec. 15, 2023
DRAG SHOW: Christmas at the Strand Hosted by Kendall Knight – Fri., Dec. 15, 2023
Finding Common Ground Through Storytelling: Ken Burns and PBS's Paula Kerger in Conversation – Thu., Dec. 14, 2023
“The English Language Machine Cancels of Dublin, Ireland to 1922” with Charles J. G. Verge Thursday, December 14th 6pm ET – Thu., Dec. 14, 2023
Christina Perri: songs for christmas – Wed., Dec. 13, 2023
Understanding Urban Warfare – Wed., Dec. 13, 2023
Heidi Bivens + Rachel Tashjian: Euphoria Fashion – Tue., Dec. 12, 2023
St. Mark's Rocks Christmas! – Sun., Dec. 10, 2023
Handel's Messiah – Sun., Dec. 10, 2023
QED Presents - All Pro Stand-Up Showcase (Friday) – Fri., Dec. 8, 2023
Queerotica: Comedy Show – Fri., Dec. 8, 2023
Before The Drugs Kick In – Fri., Dec. 8, 2023 - Fri., Dec. 22, 2023
Gabrielle Korn + Amelia Possanza: Yours For the Taking – Thu., Dec. 7, 2023
An Hour of Love – Wed., Dec. 6, 2023 - Thu., Dec. 7, 2023
Lesbian Poetic Traditions: Judy Grahn, Julie R. Enszer, JP Howard, and Alicia Mountain – Wed., Dec. 6, 2023
Global Connections with Robert Siegel: Freedom of Speech on Campus – Wed., Dec. 6, 2023
Artists Studios Community Series – Wed., Dec. 6, 2023
Narrative Arc: The Journey From Writer to Reader – Tue., Dec. 5, 2023
Alexis Soloski + Rachel Syme: Here in the Dark – Tue., Dec. 5, 2023
Exceptional Japanese Houses: Residential Design From 1945 to the Present – Tue., Dec. 5, 2023
Keegan-Michael Key & Elle Key: The History of Sketch Comedy Book Signing – Mon., Dec. 4, 2023
Malkin Lecture Series: Zoe Anderson Norris, Gilded Age Journalist and Homeless Advocate – Mon., Dec. 4, 2023