Past Programs at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Speaking Easy, Living Hard: Music of the Prohibition Era

Join Antique Phonograph DJ MAC aka Michael Cumella for a live radio broadcast of his weekly show, The Antique Phonograph Music Program on WFMU, featuring 78 rpm records from 

The Gotham Jazzmen provide your weekly dose of Dixieland favorites. Please enter by 111 Amsterdam Avenue. Doors open at 11:45 a.m. just for the show. Plaza entrance opens at 12:00 p.m.

A program exploring the modern Romantics, featuring works by 19th century composers who profoundly influenced the course of 20th century composition.

Broadsides and Banjos: The Folk Music Revival

A screening of several short films on the social adaptations of American Folk Music.

Discovering American Folk Music (1969)
Directed by 

A screening of Flamenco (1995)
Directed by Carlos Saura. 100 minutes
 

The Featuring Flamenco series is curated by John Calhoun, Librarian, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

This series is presented in conjunction with the exhibition, 

In a production similar to The Luxe Radio Theatre of old, journey back to Victorian England and the world of Sherlock Holmes in vintage radio style.

Actors portray 1940's stars, bringing The Speckled Band to life by creating live sound effects and playing 

A diverse and colorful performance showcasing flamenco’s rich culture.

This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition, 100 Years of Flamenco in NYC on display in the Vincent Astor Gallery from March 12, 2013 through August 3, 

 Music icons Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie join Will Hermes, senior critic of Rolling Stone and author of Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed 

David Vaughan, archivist of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and author of Merce Cunningham/65 Years, will screen 498, 3rd Ave., a 1967 documentary on Merce Cunningham, in the Third Floor Screening Room, at the New York Public Library for the Performing