After a snowy winter, the Central Park Conservancy is excited to welcome friends and families back to the green at the Davis Center! On April 18, stop by as the green opens for the season with music, games, art, and more—all free and open to all. For more information, visit the Davis Center's website. When: April … Continue reading Davis Center Community Celebration
Word Up welcomes Jonnie Park--better known by his rap moniker, Dumbfoundead-- for a signing for his raw and electrifying memoir, SPIT. Jonnie Park rose from an unruly childhood in Los Angeles's iconic Koreatown to international rap stardom is as unlikely as it is exhilarating, and tells it all in his memoir. Attendees must preorder the featured book ahead of the signing at WordUpBooks.com.
“We Got That Swing!” amplifying and elevating uptown and Bronx youth participation in jazz during Jazz Appreciation Month and participating in the global celebration of International Jazz Day.
Observe Earth Day at the Met Cloisterswith a talk about finding inspiration in the natural world. A magnificent tapestry depicting lush vegetation, fantastical animals, and a band of wild people serves as a point of departure for thinking about the relationship of nature and human imagination through art. Join MFA, Boston curator Elizabeth Dospěl Williams in conversation with Met curator Shirin Fozi to reflect on these enduring themes in the medieval world and today.
Bring the whole family to our “Meet the Instruments” petting zoo where even our youngest listeners can get up close and personal with their favorite instruments before seeing them come alive onstage.
WHCO's concert "In The Places That Inspire Us" explores music inspired by real-world settings and emotional landscapes. First, Anna Clyne’s Restless Oceans, a contemporary work that channels the sea. Next, Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, set to the words of James Agee. Finally, Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”.
