Events - May, 1, 2026

Night of Excellence

The Board of Trustees of the International Sculpture Center hosts the annual Night of Excellence to honor and celebrate those individuals who have excelled in...

Free, Performing Arts/Film, Science/Tech/Health

Moonfest SOLD OUT

MoonFest is Green-Wood’s new after-hours celebration of humanity’s enduring fascination with the moon. The event draws inspiration from the Cemetery’s permanent resident, John Draper, who made...

Art/Photo/Design, Free, In Person

F(r)ictions: Creative Work in an Age of AI

Creative industries are experiencing one of the most dramatic transitions in recent history. Generative AI systems are now able to produce advertising campaigns, fashion images,...

Books, In Person, Performing Arts/Film

Writing Across Forms: A Conversation with Author-Playwrights

Join us for a conversation with several author-playwrights about mixing storytelling styles and getting creative across different forms.Writing Across Forms: A Conversation with Author-PlaywrightsAll PEN...

In Person, Performing Arts/Film

Across Borders, Across Bodies: Lin Hwai-min and Jodee Nimerichter

Where Taiwanese Dance Meets American StagesThis special conversation brings together Lin Hwai-min, founder of Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, and Jodee Nimerichter, Executive Director of the American Dance Festival...

Books, History/NYC, In Person

From Refugee Roots to the Lao Kitchen

Join MOFAD for an evening celebrating Lao food, culture, and history as we host Saeng Douangdara, founder of Saeng’s Kitchen and author of The Lao...

Art/Photo/Design, In Person

Hot Glass Hangout & Studio Sale with Lucky Kernan

Hot Glass Hangout is a free monthly demo series starring our multi-talented team of studio technicians, administrators and teaching artistsHot Glass Hangout is a free...

Books, Free, In Person

Book Launch: Kat Cho with June Tan and Swati Teerdhala

Local New York Times and international bestselling author Kat Cho (the Gumiho duology and Once Upon a K-Prom) launches Gods & Comics at Greenlight, with a special panel to kickoff Asian...

Art/Photo/Design, Free, History/NYC, In Person

REVELATIONS: New Perspectives on Sophie Rivera

Join us for a two-panel symposium that brings together artists, scholars, and historians!Join us for REVELATIONS: New Perspectives on Sophie Rivera, a dynamic symposium that brings...

Free, Performing Arts/Film

Boricuas in Relation - Screening: Archiving Movement, Mapping Memory

This screening foregrounds documentary and experimental film as relational research practices. Through movement, montage, and archival intervention, these works interrogate absence, urban memory, and embodied...

Free, In Person, Legal/Politics/Economics, Performing Arts/Film

Fall of Freedom Screening and Discussion

FALL OF FREEDOM SCREENING & PANEL DISCUSSION with the Director and ProducerMichael Premo's film HOMEGROWN is an award-winning feature documentary that recently received a 2026 duPont-Columbia...

In Person, Performing Arts/Film

La MaMa presents The Censorship of Dreams

“We want to keep an eye on them. The dreams. The dreamers.”Welcome to a world stripped of memory and ruled by constant surveillance, where brain-computer...

Books, Free, Science/Tech/Health

Beyond Empire: Radical Possibility & Genre Fiction

This is a free event, but registration is required.Join us as we welcome writers of color working across the genres of science fiction, horror, and...

In Person, Performing Arts/Film

Lower East Stories

Lower East Stories, hosted by Matt StorrsFriday May 1st, 2026 @ 6:30PM - 8:00PMLower East Stories, hosted by Matt Storrs (@mtstorrs) brings the best NYC creatives (and...

Art/Photo/Design, Free, In Person, Legal/Politics/Economics, Performing Arts/Film

Tania Bruguera: Tatlin’s Whisper #6

In a performance at the 2009 Havana Biennial, Tania Bruguera presented Tatlin’s Whisper #6 as a temporary platform for the free speech normally denied in Cuba. Audience...