The Brooklyn Music Festival
The Brooklyn Music Festival is designed to celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of New York City’s largest borough.
Celebrate Brooklyn — Arts Festival in Brooklyn
Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music is his most ambitious project to date, a subjective history of the 240 years since America’s founding told through the music of the times. For his very special Celebrate Brooklyn! debut, he’ll present a supercharged slice of this project: a politically-knowing, enormous of spirit, and outrageously entertaining romp through 100 years of culture as seen through songs that range from Tin Pan Alley to the birth of rock ‘n’ roll to disco and beyond.
Hudson RiverRocks
2015 brings the Hudson RiverRocks concert series into its 17th Season. Hudson RiverRocks is one of New York City’s quintessential free outdoor summer concert series and features established and breaking artists performing at the beautiful Pier 84.
Free Concerts at MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art established Summergarden in 1971. In keeping with MoMA’s history of presenting jazz and classical music in the Sculpture Garden, this year’s concert series once again welcomes the participation of The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Click to learn more!
Summer on the Hudson Children’s Performance Series presents Moona Luna
Summer on the Hudson’s Children’s Performance Series runs on Thursdays from July 2 to July 30. This event includes music, storytelling, and theater for young audiences up to…
Gowanus Wild @ Brooklyn Public Library
Gowanus Wild is an urban wilderness series which aims to turn concepts of nature photography on their head by finding the beautiful in what most consider to be a man-made environmental catastrophe: the Gowanus Canal and surrounding neighborhood.
Renegade Craft Fair
Series of Renegade Craft Fair Pop-Ups every Saturday outdoors this June at the lovely East River State Park!
Summer Solstice Celebration
Bring your friends and family to Socrates’ Solstice festival to welcome the summer and celebrate the longest day of the year!
Long Island City Bike Parade
Participants can decorate and recycle their bikes at the Socrates Sculpture Park before enjoying a bike parade along Vernon Boulevard.
Go Green! Greenpoint Festival
Since starting in 2008, this event has become an annual staple of community life. Now, it is the place to go to learn about local sustainability initiatives while sampling local food, art and music.
Shakespeare in the Park
The annual Shakespeare in the Park is an event not to be missed. You can get a touch of the English Renaissance period within the modern-day urban park.
Resiliency and Elements Art Exhibit
The Lenape Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition featuring an amalgam of works by Staten Island artists and natural infrastructure projects implemented to make New York City more storm resilient and sustainable.
Street Art Tour: Bushwick
As rents rise, Bushwick has become a haven over the years for street artists and graffiti writers seeking lower rent, leaving the area saturated with art. Come along as we explore the legal and illegal sides of the artistic community.
Borrowed Light by Sari Carel
Borrowed Light is an outdoor sound and sculpture installation by artist Sari Carel set to open in Sunset Park in May 2015.
The project features abstract geometric architectural forms, incorporating field-recorded sounds from the park’s local fauna.
A series of related community workshops and performances will accompany the project throughout the summer.
All Around Snug Harbor, Staten Island: Part 2
A cultural tour of Snug Harbor in Staten Island’s north shore.
Modern Architecture: The New Frontier
A panel on latemodern and postmodern architecture and part of the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibition, Saving Place: 50 Years of New York City Landmarks.
Platform: Creative Musings on Mass Transit
An evening of live performances centered around mass transit in this ongoing series of inter-disciplinary programs.
Museum of the City of New York: Soundscape New York – Opening Reception and Conversation
Donald Albrecht, MCNY curator of Architecture and Design, joins writer Tony Hiss to speak on the Museum’s new exhibit on the soundscapes of iconic Manhattan sites such as Grand Central Terminal and the 42nd Street Public Library.