Events Calendar

WeBop is Jazz at Lincoln Center’s award-winning, early-childhood jazz education program for little ones from ages eight months to seven years and their parents/caregivers. We strongly believe in children’s natural ability to improvise and we are committed to exploring their creativity through fun interactive classes! Children and grownups express themselves through movement, singing, clapping, and playing small percussion instruments. Throughout this interactive eight-week term, you and your child will explore core concepts of jazz such as swing, blues, improvisation, and other jazz essentials. Together, you will develop your imagination, creativity, and musicality while swinging nursery rhymes, singing the blues away, scatting like Ella or improvising like Coltrane, and jamming with a live jazz band!

Week 1 • Oct.13-17 / SWING
Week 2 • Oct. 20-24 / BLUES
Week 3 • Oct. 27-3 / IMPROVISATION
Week 4 • Nov. 3-7 / BAND WEEK 1 Review weeks 1-3 with Guest Musicans!
Week 5 • Nov. 10-14 / SCAT
Week 6 • Nov. 17-21 / CALL & RESPONSE
Week 7 • Dec. 1-4 / FORM
Week 8 • Dec. 8-12 / BAND WEEK 1 Review weeks 5-7 with Guest Musicians! 

The American Folk Art Museum in New York City holds more than eight thousand works of art from four centuries and nearly every continent. Few are as homey and relatable as its outstanding collection of handmade quilts. Generations of women – some nameless – recycled stray scraps of fabric into dazzlingly complex patterns or strikingly homey personal statements. Browse the online archives to enjoy the quilt collections from your own home. 

Holiday Under the Stars, the largest specialty crafted exhibit of illuminated color mixing in the world featuring twelve 14-foot stars that hang from the ceiling of the 150-foot Great Room overlooking iconic Central Park perform daily from 4:00pm until 7:00pm (every half hour). The free, indoor colorful spectacle with stunning views of Central Park is an ideal destination during the cold, shorter days of winter. The destination also will offer extended shopping hours.

Sign on for a live artist-led tutorial on experimenting with craft and design processes using recycled materials found at home. During this fun and informal workshop, MAD Artist Studios alum Natalia Arbelaez will lead participants in making wearable pins using air-dry and oven-bake clay.

MAD’s Digital Drop-ins are for participants of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels. Following the demonstration, participants will have time to independently work on their project and share with “neighbors” in the virtual class.

All Digital Drop-ins will be 45 minutes. Registrants will receive an email 24 hours in advance of the program with instructions for accessing the workshop on Zoom.

SUGGESTED MATERIALS

• Air-dry clay (such as Das modeling clay)
• Oven-bake clay (such as Sculpey)
• Cup of water
• Brushes
• Wooden skewers
• Butter knife or plastic knife
• Safety pins of various sizes
• Optional: any fun kitchen, baking, or pottery tools that can be used to add decoration

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Natalia Arbelaez is a Colombian-American artist born and raised in Miami, Florida to immigrant parents. Arbelaez’s ceramics employ traditional Latin American and Amerindian processes and iconography to consider the ways historical and personal influences impact cultural identities. Her work has been exhibited nationally and is included in collections such as the Everson Museum and The Frederik Meijer Gardens. Arbelaez was recognized by the National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts as a 2018 Emerging Artist, and was a resident artist in the ceramics program of the Office of the Arts at Harvard University. Arbelaez received her MFA in ceramics from The Ohio State University and a BFA with a concentration in sculpture and ceramics from Florida International University.

Acompáñenos en nuestro taller de manualidades en español, el próximo sábado 5 de Diciembre. Inscríbete para participar en el taller de artes y manualidades.

Join the jazz all-star group ARTEMIS—pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes, clarinetist Anat Cohen, tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, bassist Noriko Ueda, drummer Allison Miller and featured vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant—as they talk with WBGO’s Nate Chinen about their critically acclaimed debut album on Blue Note Records.

Comprising seven of the most accomplished musicians, bandleaders and composers in jazz, the international, intergenerational supergroup made its electrifying North American debut on 92Y’s stage in 2017. They return to reflect on and share tracks from their album, to talk about the group synergy built on individual personality that drives their “sleek, rhythm-forward, modern sound" (NPR), and the evolving term “women in jazz”—a phrase the band is handily nudging toward obsolescence.

Have you ever wondered about the history of your home? Who used to live there or what their lives were like? This class will show you how to research the history of your building and the people who owned and lived in it.  Looking at censuses, city directories, land conveyances, and photographs, newspapers and local histories you will learn how to construct a narrative history of your home.

This class is online, and will focus on digitial collections accessible where researchers have access to the internet.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Registration is required.

In advance of this class, you may like to read the Milstein Division blog post, Who Lived in a House Like This? A Brief Guide to Researching Your NYC Home.

Meditation Breaks, a Denver-based enterprise offers free (or pay what you will) online live guided meditations for all comers. 

Immerse yourself in the benefits of meditation and mindfulness. This live online meditation class hosted by Meditation Breaks provides a wide array of easy to learn mindfulness teachings and techniques aimed at transforming your life -- including stress relief, increasing happiness, living in the moment, and much more. Great for people looking to learn how meditation can help them in daily life and for those interested in maintaining a regular meditation practice.

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, all Rat Academy trainings have been moved to virtual format.

The Health Department offers two different free courses on rat management at its "Rat Academy": Community Training: This free three-hour course is open to anyone who wants to learn about rat management. Pest Control Professionals: This three-day advanced course for pest control professionals focuses on the biology and behaviors of rats. Community Training Course You can learn about safe and effective methods for rat prevention in your home and community at one of our scheduled free trainings. This three-hour training is available to everyone, but it may be especially helpful for: Superintendents and building staff Property managers and owners Neighborhood associations Community gardeners Local businesses Each training can be tailored to the audience and neighborhood. Typically, this training course is hosted and sponsored by a community partner or elected official. To sign up for a community-based training, or for more information on how to host or sponsor a training, email ratportal@health.nyc.gov or call 311.

Join online from the comfort of your home for a series of unique, in-depth tours of the Merchant’s House, preserved intact from the 19th century with the Tredwell family’s original furnishings and personal possessions. It’s an extraordinary up-close and personal experience of the Tredwell home you won’t want to miss –– behind the ropes and no stairs to climb!

19th Century Domestic Lighting: 100 Years of Change presents an in-depth examination of the Tredwells’ lighting fixtures and what they tell us about evolving technologies and the continuing quest to illuminate the darkness.

Greenmarket's gateway to the Upper West Side, the Richard Tucker Park Greenmarket, offers locally grown produce just across the street from Lincoln Center. Seasonal vegetables range from fresh staples like corn and greens to delicacies like squash blossoms and fairtytale eggplant. Orchards boast sweet berries, stone fruit, and over 80 varieties of apples. Knowledgeable growers are at market to explain just how to care for their plants, flowers, and herb pots indoors and out. Impeccable farmstead cheeses, fresh seafood, grass fed beef, duck and duck charcuterie, eggs, artisanal baked goods. Open Thursdays, year-round. This location is also open on Saturdays. Schedule Changes: Market rescheduled to Wednesday 11/25 (Closed 11/26). GrowNYC's Food Scrap Composting: 8:00am - 3:30pm. Community activities, cooking demonstrations and recipe exchanges will add to the diverse nature of this market.

An immersive exhibition of more than 100 works of stained glass, compositions in lead, and related drawings will showcase British artist Brian Clarke as one of the most important artists working in stained glass, at once a leader in new technology and a brilliant aesthetic innovator. Since the early 1970s, Clarke has collaborated with some of the world’s most prominent architects to create stained-glass designs and installations for hundreds of projects worldwide. The centerpiece of the exhibition will be more than twenty free-standing, glass screens. Animated by changing light and stained with exuberant, saturated colors, these dramatic works will transport audiences to the very frontier of what is possible in stained glass today.

MAD’s updated hours are:
Thursday – Sunday, 11:00am–7:00pm
11:00am–noon on Thursday and Friday are special hours for Members and seniors 65 and up

Concerts in this series include a rich array of newly recorded performances along with archival recordings, interview clips, and supporting material to help introduce the composers to new audiences and deepen the listening experience for those already familiar with the composers and their work. A special section on the CMS Website will offer additional insights through extensive historical and biographical information along with program notes.

Trevor Weston: Shape Shifter for Cello (2011)

Helen Grime: Aviary Sketches (after Joseph Cornell) for Violin, Viola, and Cello (2014)

Zosha Di Castri: Sprung Testament for Violin and Piano (2017-18)