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Date/TimeTitle/DescriptionLocationAudience
Wed, August 9
@ 11:30 AM
Outdoor
Outdoor Storytimes with Lincoln Center When the Beat was Born: Dance Storytime with TweetBoogie and DJ Go BIZZY! Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop Internationally renowned dance teacher and artist TweetBoogie and DJ Go BIZZY! present a storytime focusing on the music and dancing styles of Hip-Hop. Beats and books combine for an activity that the whole family can enjoy. Participants will listen to the story, When the Beat was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip-Hop by Laban…
Lincoln Center, The Garden at Damrosch ParkChildren,

Infant (0-18 months),

Toddlers (18-36 months),

Pre-schoolers (3-5 years)
Wed, August 9
@ 4 PM
(Top Row, from left to right) Ana “Rokafella” Garcia, Buddha Stretch, Cholly Rock, Violeta Galagarza (Bottom Row, from left to right) Float Master John, Kim Holmes, Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio, Zone TDK Register here! In this panel discussion with hip-hop dance innovators, the Jerome Robbins Dance Division celebrates the launch of an ongoing Dance Oral History Project series on street and club dancers. Hosted by Ana “Rokafella” Garcia and Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio, We Out Here brings togeth…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Wed, August 9
@ 6 PM
Outdoor
To celebrate the recording of five street dance life story interviews by the Dance Oral History Project of the Jerome Robbins Dances Division at the Library for the Performing Arts, Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio and Ana 'Rokafella' Garcia bring together the legendary Violeta Galagarza, Anthony G. "Cholly Rock" Horne, Kim D. Holmes, Float Master John, and Emilio Austin Jr. aka Buddha Stretch for a dance battle and silent disco on The Dance Floor. Different street and club styles will be on display…
Lincoln Center PlazaAdults
Fri, August 11
@ 3 PM
Music lovers: come listen to music selected from the archives of the Library for the Performing Arts' collection! Sound Bites is a monthly outdoor listening event presented by the Music and Recorded Sound Division, on select Fridays on our terrace throughout the summer. Each event will feature staff or community DJs who will spin from the library's vast collection, and then talk about their digging process. In this iteration, we hear from DJ Figgy Smalls who will play hip hop.
Outdoor TerraceAdults
Mon, August 14
@ 1 PM
Postponed
THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please check back for the rescheduled date. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is at the center of the negotiations currently underway in both the SAG-AFTRA and Screenwriters Guild strikes. But how will this new technology affect theatre, and how is it already affecting it? The Library for the Performing Arts and Masie Productions invite you to an afternoon discussion of these issues at the Library at Lincoln Center. Moderat…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Tue, August 15
@ 10:30 AM
Outdoor
The Library for the Performing Arts are teaming up with the Riverside Library to host their popular children's storytimes at our Outdoor Reading Room terrace. A Children's librarian will read stories, perform songs, and present other engaging activities with a focus on the performing arts. Bring your children ages 1 year old and up! Dates: Twice every Tuesday at 10:30am and 11:15am from June 27 - August 29, 2023. Inclement weather: In inclement weather, storytime will be canceled. Check this…
Outdoor Reading Room TerraceChildren
Tue, August 15
@ 10:30 AM
Outdoor
The Library for the Performing Arts are teaming up with the Riverside Library to host their popular children's storytimes at our Outdoor Reading Room terrace. A Children's librarian will read stories, perform songs, and present other engaging activities with a focus on the performing arts. Bring your children ages 1 year old and up! Dates: Twice every Tuesday at 10:30am and 11:15am from June 27 - August 29, 2023. Inclement weather: In inclement weather, storytime will be canceled. Check t…
Outdoor Reading Room TerraceChildren
Tue, August 15
@ 11:15 AM
Outdoor
The Library for the Performing Arts are teaming up with the Riverside Library to host their popular children's storytimes at our Outdoor Reading Room terrace. A Children's librarian will read stories, perform songs, and present other engaging activities with a focus on the performing arts. Bring your children ages 1 year old and up! Dates: Twice every Tuesday at 10:30am and 11:15am from June 27 - August 29, 2023. Inclement weather: In inclement weather, storytime will be canceled. Check t…
Outdoor Reading Room TerraceChildren
Tue, August 22
@ 10:30 AM
Outdoor
The Library for the Performing Arts are teaming up with the Riverside Library to host their popular children's storytimes at our Outdoor Reading Room terrace. A Children's librarian will read stories, perform songs, and present other engaging activities with a focus on the performing arts. Bring your children ages 1 year old and up! Dates: Twice every Tuesday at 10:30am and 11:15am from June 27 - August 29, 2023. Inclement weather: In inclement weather, storytime will be canceled. Check this…
Outdoor Reading Room TerraceChildren
Tue, August 22
@ 10:30 AM
Outdoor
The Library for the Performing Arts are teaming up with the Riverside Library to host their popular children's storytimes at our Outdoor Reading Room terrace. A Children's librarian will read stories, perform songs, and present other engaging activities with a focus on the performing arts. Bring your children ages 1 year old and up! Dates: Twice every Tuesday at 10:30am and 11:15am from June 27 - August 29, 2023. Inclement weather: In inclement weather, storytime will be canceled. Check t…
Outdoor Reading Room TerraceChildren
Tue, August 22
@ 11:15 AM
Outdoor
The Library for the Performing Arts are teaming up with the Riverside Library to host their popular children's storytimes at our Outdoor Reading Room terrace. A Children's librarian will read stories, perform songs, and present other engaging activities with a focus on the performing arts. Bring your children ages 1 year old and up! Dates: Twice every Tuesday at 10:30am and 11:15am from June 27 - August 29, 2023. Inclement weather: In inclement weather, storytime will be canceled. Check t…
Outdoor Reading Room TerraceChildren
Fri, August 25
@ 3 PM
Music lovers: come listen to music selected from the archives of the Library for the Performing Arts' collection! Sound Bites is a monthly outdoor listening event presented by the Music and Recorded Sound Division, on select Fridays on our terrace throughout the summer. Each event will feature staff or community DJs who will spin from the library's vast collection, and then talk about their digging process. In this iteration, we hear from Jessica G who will play K-pop.
Outdoor TerraceAdults
Tue, August 29
@ 10:30 AM
Outdoor
The Library for the Performing Arts are teaming up with the Riverside Library to host their popular children's storytimes at our Outdoor Reading Room terrace. A Children's librarian will read stories, perform songs, and present other engaging activities with a focus on the performing arts. Bring your children ages 1 year old and up! Dates: Twice every Tuesday at 10:30am and 11:15am from June 27 - August 29, 2023. Inclement weather: In inclement weather, storytime will be canceled. Check this…
Outdoor Reading Room TerraceChildren
Tue, August 29
@ 10:30 AM
Outdoor
The Library for the Performing Arts are teaming up with the Riverside Library to host their popular children's storytimes at our Outdoor Reading Room terrace. A Children's librarian will read stories, perform songs, and present other engaging activities with a focus on the performing arts. Bring your children ages 1 year old and up! Dates: Twice every Tuesday at 10:30am and 11:15am from June 27 - August 29, 2023. Inclement weather: In inclement weather, storytime will be canceled. Check t…
Outdoor Reading Room TerraceChildren
Tue, August 29
@ 11:15 AM
Outdoor
The Library for the Performing Arts are teaming up with the Riverside Library to host their popular children's storytimes at our Outdoor Reading Room terrace. A Children's librarian will read stories, perform songs, and present other engaging activities with a focus on the performing arts. Bring your children ages 1 year old and up! Dates: Twice every Tuesday at 10:30am and 11:15am from June 27 - August 29, 2023. Inclement weather: In inclement weather, storytime will be canceled. Check t…
Outdoor Reading Room TerraceChildren
Tue, September 5
@ 12:30 PM
Register here! The Billy Rose Theatre Division at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is pleased to host an in-person session and keynote of the international, virtual conference Original Cast Recordings: Art, Artefact and Analysis. This conference, held mostly virtually for participants around the world, aims to explore the enduring popularity, sonic heritage, cultural influence, and future possibilities of popular musical theatre on record. In this special, hybrid live and o…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Tue, September 5
@ 1 PM
Online
This event is online only. 53rd Street Library is continuing our successful remote music series in collaboration with the Library for the Performing Arts. This disc discussion will focus on Tracy Chapman: Tracy Chapman **How to Register: Please click HERE** We are offering a monthly music club (1PM & 5PM options) via Google Hangouts/Meetup selecting and focusing on a classic album with a distinct cultural impact. To give the club an intimate feel--Like a book club for music. An LP Club!--…
ONLINEAdults,

50+,

Book Lovers
Tue, September 5
@ 5 PM
Online
This event is online only. 53rd Street Library is continuing our successful remote music series in collaboration with the Library for the Performing Arts. This disc discussion will focus on Tracy Chapman: Tracy Chapman **How to Register: Please click HERE** We are offering a monthly music club (1PM & 5PM options) via Google Hangouts/Meetup selecting and focusing on a classic album with a distinct cultural impact. To give the club an intimate feel--Like a book club for music. An LP Club!--…
ONLINEAdults,

50+,

Book Lovers
Thu, September 7
@ 11 AM
Music students from the New School learn how to find circulating and archival materials held by the Library for the Performing Arts to inspire them to create new compositions to perform in the library's Bruno Walter Auditorium.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman CenterCollege & Graduate Students
Thu, September 7
@ 6 PM
Works & Process
For five decades, photographer Paul Kolnik has been an intimate collaborator with George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet. His images have captured and become a significant part of the visual iconography of the company, allowing us to experience both the ephemeral nature of the dance and timelessness of a photograph. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the New York City Ballet, Kolnik has selected his most iconic images of the company, illuminating his unique artistic perspective. For th…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Sat, September 9
@ 2:30 PM
Silent Clowns Film Series
Register here! Silent Clowns, New York’s longest-running regularly scheduled silent film showcase hosts an afternoon of hoots and hijinks! Presenting the silent comedies of Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Lloyd, and many others, all with live musical accompaniment by renowned silent-film accompanist Ben Model. Every program features a spoken introduction and Q&A by film historians Steve Massa and Model. For classic-film fans young and old alike! Alice Howell was one of the great sile…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Mon, September 11
@ 6 PM
Although best known for her work on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood as Lady Aberlin, Betty Aberlin had an extensive career on the New York stage in the 1970s and 80s. In this conversation with theater curator Doug Reside, Aberlin discusses her lifelong love of live theater and reviews some of the archival video, photographs, and papers that document her career. Register SEATING POLICY | Programs are free and open to all, but registration is requested. Check-in line forms 45 minutes before the adver…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Thu, September 14
@ 6 PM
Register here! Set in the South Bronx, Beat Street is a dance film that tells the story of two brothers and their friends who are devoted to various aspects of hip-hop culture. Featuring real and fictional characters and dance groups of the era, the film captures a special moment in the history of hip-hop that went on to define the phenomenon, and even helped introduce the genre to new countries. The Jerome Robbins Dance Division and Half Moon partner to screen Beat Street and features a panel…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Mon, September 18
@ 6 PM
Canceled
Unfortunately, Chita Rivera has tested positive for COVID, and will be unable to attend our panel discussion on Monday, September 18. We will follow up to all who have signed up for the event if we have any updates in the future. We hope to schedule a new date for this event. In the meantime, please keep Chita Rivera in your thoughts. We hope to see you soon at the Library for the Performing Arts. Legendary Broadway icon, actress, singer, and dancer Chita Rivera joins the Library for the Pe…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Sat, September 23
@ 2 PM
Register here! This program will be presented in Spanish and live translated in English. The Chilean painter, researcher, pedagogue, and modernist composer Carlos Isamitt Alarcón (1885-1974) began to make foundational contributions to Chilean arts institutions in the 1920s. As director of the School of Fine Arts in 1927, he launched an unprecedented reform in the teaching of visual and applied arts based on popular and indigenous practices which he had studied since the first decade of…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Mon, September 25
@ 6 PM
The Jerome Robbins Dance Division and the Indo-American Arts Council partner to present the Dr. Kothari Honorary Lecture: Malavika Sarukkai on Bharatanatyam Dance. One of the world’s most accomplished Bharatanatyam dancers, Malavika Sarukkai has been dancing professionally for five decades. The dancer who inspired the term “innovative within tradition,” Sarukkai has protected Indian Classical Dance while also finding individual space within it. One of the world’s most accomplished Bharatanatyam…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Thu, September 28
@ 6 PM
Germaine Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as Les Six. She lived a long life and was prolific as a composer, but today, much of her later music remains less well known and infrequently performed in the U.S. The French music publisher Editions de la Musique Fabrique has started issuing many previously unpublished Tailleferre scores revealing previously hidden facets of her musical language. Pianist Raj Bhimani was…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman CenterAdults
Fri, September 29
@ 11 AM
This event will take place in person at The Library for the Performing Arts. Please note: The Library for the Performing Arts will have a delayed opening at 12 PM on Saturday, September 30, 2023. However Heiva Pasifika NYC will continue as scheduled, starting at 10:30 AM. Please use the entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue between w. 64th and W. 65th streets if arriving before 12 PM on Saturday. Heiva Pasifika is a two-day festival celebrating Pacific Islander culture with music, dancing, sing…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman CenterAdults
Fri, September 29
@ 12 PM
Online
This event will take place in person at The Library for the Performing Arts, as well as livestreamed online on our YouTube live. Please note: The Library for the Performing Arts will have a delayed opening at 12 PM on Saturday, September 30, 2023. However Heiva Pasifika NYC will continue as scheduled, starting at 10:30 AM. Please use the entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue between w. 64th and W. 65th streets if arriving before 12 PM on Saturday. Heiva Pasifika is a two-day festival celebratin…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Online
Adults
Mon, October 2
@ 6 PM
In the second of our two-part series celebrating the choreographer Agnes de Mille, Norton Owen moderates a panel discussion exploring what makes de Mille’s work quintessentially American. Curated by Diana Byer and Diana Gonzalez, the conversation will include archival footage and live performance. Photo credit: Agnes de Mille as “The Cowgirl'' in Rodeo (The Courting at Burnt Ranch) from the section “The Howdown.” Photo by Maurice Seymour © Ronald Seymour. Register SEATING POLICY | Progr…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Tue, October 3
@ 1 PM
Online
This event is online only. 53rd Street Library is continuing our successful remote music series in collaboration with the Library for the Performing Arts. This disc discussion will focus on The Band: The Band **How to Register: Please click HERE** We are offering a monthly music club (1PM & 5PM options) via Google Hangouts/Meetup selecting and focusing on a classic album with a distinct cultural impact. To give the club an intimate feel--Like a book club for music. An LP Club!--and for us…
ONLINEAdults,

50+,

Book Lovers
Tue, October 3
@ 5 PM
Online
This event is online only. 53rd Street Library is continuing our successful remote music series in collaboration with the Library for the Performing Arts. This disc discussion will focus on The Band: The Band **How to Register: Please click HERE** We are offering a monthly music club (1PM & 5PM options) via Google Hangouts/Meetup selecting and focusing on a classic album with a distinct cultural impact. To give the club an intimate feel--Like a book club for music. An LP Club!--and for us…
ONLINEAdults,

50+,

Book Lovers
Thu, October 12
@ 1 PM
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is at the center of the negotiations currently underway in both the SAG-AFTRA and Screenwriters Guild strikes. But how will this new technology affect theatre, and how is it already affecting it? The Library for the Performing Arts and Masie Productions invite you to an afternoon discussion of these issues at the Library at Lincoln Center. Moderators Doug Reside (curator of the Billy Rose Theatre Division) and Elliott Masie (Broadway Producer and Technolo…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Sat, October 14
@ 1 PM
Register here! Accordionist Dr. William Schimmel and his team are back once again with a provocative array of new accordion works as well as new takes on old ones. From The Mexican Hat Dance, to Wozzeck, to Zen Blues, Schimmel and company will cross all borders. Dr. Schimmel will be joined on stage by performers Brian Dewan, Corn Mo, Benjamin ickies, Melissa Elledge, Dr. Denise Koncelik, William Komaiko, Dr. Robert Young Mc Mahan, Dr. Hugo Goldenzweig, Dan Cooper, Lynn Bechtold. Photo Credit;…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Mon, October 16
@ 6 PM
Pianist Emiko Edwards performs a recital of Aaron Copland music featuring a NYPL archived sketch. Register Described as “dazzling” and “scintillating,” (Classical Source) and lauded for her “beautiful singing lines” and performances filled with “drama and energy” (Joan Tower), pianist Emiko Edwards continues to captivate audiences with her sincere musical interpretations and wide variety of tonal color. She has won numerous awards at both the national and international level, taking prizes…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Thu, October 19
@ 7 PM
Works & Process
Omari Wiles has created a fabulously radical reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic dance musical based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. The work, inspired by the queer, Black, and Latinx Ballroom culture that roared out of New York City over 50 years ago and still rages on runways around the world, places Cats into the energetic ballroom, voguing scene. With all new ballroom and club beats, runway ready choreography, and an edgy eleganza makeover, this Jellicle Ball tr…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Sat, October 21
@ 2:30 PM
Silent Clowns Film Series
Register here! Silent Clowns, New York’s longest-running regularly scheduled silent film showcase hosts an afternoon of hoots and hijinks! Presenting the silent comedies of Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Lloyd, and many others, all with live musical accompaniment by renowned silent-film accompanist Ben Model. Every program features a spoken introduction and Q&A by film historians Steve Massa and Model. For classic-film fans young and old alike! While The General (1926) and The Naviga…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults
Wed, October 25
@ 11 AM
*This tour is first come, first served and requires no registration. Take a tour of the exhibition with Libary staff to discover how the crossing of borders contributed to the creation of a new American art form - modern dance. Immigrant artists and artists of color, marginalized and excluded in their own lands, have largely been erased from dance history despite their pivotal contributions to contemporary performance. Border Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance, 1900–1955 illuminat…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Shelby Cullom Davis Museum, Donald and Mary Oenslager GalleryAdults
Wed, October 25
@ 11 AM
Public Tour of the Border Crossings exhibiton
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Jerome Robbins Dance DivisionAdults
Wed, October 25
@ 1 PM
David Vaughan's The Dance Historian Is In
As part of the Library’s efforts to recognize the artists featured in the exhibition Border Crossings, the Jerome Robbins Dance Division welcomes scholar Wendy Perron and choreographer Muna Tseng to discuss the legacy of Japanese-American dance artist, Michio Ito, a key figure in early American modern dance. An influence on Martha Graham and Lester Horton, Michio Ito developed a unique technique based on Dalcroze Eurythmics. He choreographed many solos and duets in New York and later produced m…
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter AuditoriumAdults