New york public library for the performing arts events

63 events found.

Date/TimeTitle/DescriptionLocationAudience
Sat, November 26
@ 2:30 PM

Cody Childs & His Trio

This program will take place in-person at the Bronx Library Center. Cody Childs & His Trio will perform an eclectic array of songs representing music from the genres of soul, jazz, pop and blues spanning the 50s, 60s and 70s. This concert includes special tributes to such artists as Nat King Cole, Roberta Flack, Smokey Robinson, James Taylor, Young Rascals, Sam Cooke, Burt Bacharach, Stevie Wonder and others who have made major contributions to American music.

First come, first served
Bronx Library Center, Auditorium Adults
Mon, November 28
@ 6 PM

Songbook at LPA: Broadway’s Future

Free tickets are currently sold out—if you don't have a ticket and would like to attend, we welcome you to come to the event and standby on the waitlist. Ring in the holidays with this special, free concert by Broadway's Future Songbook. The evening performance features an array of new holiday songs written by some of today’s most talented composers and lyricists and performed by New York’s best. The Songbook: Broadway's Future series, in association with the artists of tomorrow, will present…

Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium Adults Thu, December 1
@ 4 PM

This event will take place in person at Bronx Library Center. Join Bronx Library Center for an exciting concert series featuring the Barbara Purdy Cabaret Jazz Combo! During this four-month series, you will be serenaded by Barbara Purdy’s jazz combo with selections from around the world in English and Spanish. Enjoy live music each month with selections including jazz, love ballads, R&B, blues, Broadway show tunes, and more! ¡Únase al Centro Bibliotecario del Bronx para una emocionante ser…

First come, first served Bronx Library Center, Auditorium Adults Thu, December 1
@ 4 PM

Biblio File

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1935 - 1945). Underwood Elliott Fisher Co. - Woman posing with giant typewriter. Join the New York Public Library’s Zine editors as we host a virtual gathering celebrating the launch of the latest edition of Library Zine! Voices from Across The New York Public Library! This will be an evening filled with creativity, live poetry readings, creative writing, art discussions, and more! The New York Public Library’s literary maga…

Registration required: Online

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)
Online Adults,

50+,

Book Lovers,

Children,

College & Graduate Students,

Families,

Teens/Young Adults (13-18 years),

Young Adults/Pre GED (16-24 years) Fri, December 2
@ 5 PM

Please join us for a live jazz performance, at a special after-hours holiday fest! We'll have a book swap, refreshments and LOCAL ART and ARTISTS! The Rocco John Trio: Rocco John Iacovone-Sax Jack DeSalvo-Guitar Phil Sirois-Double Bass

Jefferson Market Library Adults Sat, December 3
@ 11 AM

ON DISPLAY GLOBAL Human Sculpture Court An annual, worldwide initiative honoring the UNITED NATIONS' INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Observed December 3rd, through local, community-led sculpture courts. Saturday, December 3, 2022 11 AM - 12 PM SNFL Lobby - 1st Floor Today, the world population is over 7 billion people and more than one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world's population, live with some form of disability; 80 per cent live in…

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) Adults,

50+,

Book Lovers,

Children,

School Age (5-12 years),

College & Graduate Students,

Families Sat, December 3
@ 2 PM

Culture Pass

This event will take place in person at Mosholu Library. Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center Positive Youth Troupe (PYT), directed by Willa Bost, presents her solo performance I’ll Go. Though set in the Reconstruction Era, I’ll Go takes viewers on a short interactive journey through time, capturing snapshots from the lives of Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth, two very powerful women that helped shape the face and culture of our country and the world during a very difficult time in history.…

Registration required: Online

Mosholu Library Adults,

Children,

Families Mon, December 5
@ 1 PM

Spaces to Thrive

Join us for an afternoon concert of classical music, presented by Concerts in Motion (CiM)! Music can help us unwind, find solace, or connect with others. Studies have shown that music can reduce stress and calm anxiety. This concert will feature two performers from CiM's roster of professional musicians. Concerts in Motion is a New York City-based nonprofit organization that has been providing communities with high-quality music and meaningful engagement since 2009. This program will take p…

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) Adults,

50+ Mon, December 5
@ 6 PM

This event will take place in person at The Library for the Performing Arts. Please click here to register. This event will take place in person at The Library for the Performing Arts. The culmination of an intense semester of research and creative experimentation, New School University students, led by acclaimed saxophonist and composer Jane Ira Bloom, present new music and theater works inspired by and incorporating the Library’s archives. While tickets to all events at the Library f…

Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium Adults Tue, December 6
@ 7 PM

Join us as we celebrate the launch of a new biography Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins. IN-PERSON The Schomburg Society invites you to celebrate the launch of a new biography Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins by scholar Aidan Levy. Levy will be joined by musician James Brandon Lewis. Based on more than 200 interviews with Rollins himself, family members, friends, and collaborators, as well as Rollins’ extensive personal archive found at the Schombu…

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Adults,

50+,

Book Lovers Thu, December 8
@ 6 PM

This event is in-person. Come join us for a lovely night of poetry! Witness contemporary, groundbreaking work by featured poets Philipe AbiYouness and Shannon Pulusan and stay for an open mic afterwards to share your own work or hear from others. Signups for the open mic are first come, first served, and doors will open at 5:45. More about our featured guests: Shannon Pulusan is a Fil-Am writer and illustrator based in Jersey City. Her poetics explore how foodways, superstition, and the natur…

Registration required: Online Hudson Park Library Adults,

College & Graduate Students Mon, December 12
@ 7 PM

Join us for a community concert with jazz band The Cookers. About This Event | IN-PERSON “Player for player, there’s no better working band in jazz than The Cookers” (The Boston Globe). Join us for an evening of music with Carnegie Hall Citywide and legendary jazz supergroup The Cookers. A true all-star group, Billy Harper, Donald Harrison, Eddie Henderson, George Cables, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart, and David Weiss give a master class in hard-driving post-bop. With more than a quarter-century o…

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Adults,

50+,

Book Lovers Thu, December 15
@ 4:30 PM

Culture Pass

This event will take place in person at Wakefield Library. Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center Positive Youth Troupe (PYT), directed by Willa Bost, presents her solo performance I’ll Go. Though set in the Reconstruction Era, I’ll Go takes viewers on a short interactive journey through time, capturing snapshots from the lives of Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth, two very powerful women that helped shape the face and culture of our country and the world during a very difficult time in history…

Registration required: OnlineWakefield Library Adults,

Children,

Families Fri, December 16
@ 3:30 PM

Online

Whether you're a beginning or seasoned performer, sign up for our Open Mic and share your spoken word, music, or act with other participants at our friendly online venue (5 minutes maximum). Registration needed. Adults age 18+

Registration required: Online

Online via Google Hangouts Meet Adults Wed, December 21
@ 6:30 PM

7 Stories Up at SNFL

Lyrics and Stories - Broadway Musical Performance The New York Public Library invites all to a free, Broadway Musical Theatre event on the rooftop of SNFL. Directed by Q Lim and Daniel Edwards, this special event will take you on a magical journey of favorite musical scenes from Aladdin, Frozen, The Phantom of the Opera, The Greatest Showman, and more. We welcome all royal guests from magical kingdoms and fairylands. Royal attire or related costumes are recommended, but not required. Decembe…

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) Adults,

Children,

Pre-schoolers (3-5 years),

School Age (5-12 years),

Families,

Parents/Caregivers,

Teens/Young Adults (13-18 years) Wed, January 4
@ 3 PM

A Thousand Ways

Guided by questions and prompts, audience members create a shared script together in A Thousand Ways, an entirely participatory theater experience presented by LIVE from NYPL and The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival. A Thousand Ways: An Assembly, by theater company 600 HIGHWAYMEN, brings its audience together to build a unique performance exploring the lines between strangeness and kinship, distance and proximity. Using a shared, participatory script, an evocative story of persevera…

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