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Thanksgiving Tastes & Traditions

Chef Dana Marie Moore brings family tradition and chef’s flair together in this comforting Roasted Tomato Mac and Cheese. Her version elevates a beloved classic with layers of rich, roasted tomato flavor and a luscious blend of cheeses. It’s a dish that feels right at home on the Thanksgiving table — hearty, crowd-pleasing, and deeply satisfying.

Part of our Tastes and Traditions collection, this recipe celebrates the spirit of the holidays — where life happens around food, and simple gestures become lasting memories.

Roasted Tomato Mac and Cheese

by Chef Dana Marie Moore

Ingredients

2 pts cherry tomatoes
2 plum tomatoes
4 oz unsalted butter
1/2 cup sliced shallots
2 oz garlic, chopped
2 oz fresh thyme, chopped
1/2 oz red chili flakes
1 red bell pepper, small diced
1 1/2 oz lemon zest
32 oz heavy cream
2 cups shredded Parmesan cheese
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 cup shredded mild cheddar cheese, divided
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese, divided
salt and pepper
1 1/2 pounds elbow pasta

Procedure

Roast the cherry tomatoes. Heat over to 400 degrees. Season whole cherry tomatoes seasoned with salt and pepper and roast on unlined pan until caramelized.
Cook pasta to al dente following package directions.
Prepare the cheese sauce. Heat butter in a large pot. Add shallots and sweat until translucent. Add diced bell peppers and plum tomatoes. Add garlic, thyme, chili flakes and lemon zest. Cook until fragrant. Add heavy cream, bring to a simmer, and reduce liquid till it coats the back of a spoon. Blend with an immersion blender until smooth, then add all of the Parmesan and sharp cheddar cheeses and half cup each of the mild cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Make the mac’n’cheese. Fold in roasted whole cherry tomatoes and elbow pasta. Transfer to oven safe dish and cover with remaining cheese. Broil until golden brown.

More Thanksgiving

A Chef’s Thanksgiving: Cooking Low and Slow — With a One-Year-Old Sous-Chef

Farm-to-Table Thanksgiving Recipes from Katchkie Farm

Chef Brandi Solomon’s Ricotta Pound Cake Recipe

Chef Tatiana Iglesias’ Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

Don’t Hire a Caterer: Got Cranberries?

Spiked Apple Cider

Yields Two 10” Pies

Ingredients

For Flaky Pie Dough

12 ½ oz bread flour
1 tsp salt
8 oz cold, unsalted butter
2 ½ oz cold shortening

For Filling

5 eggs
3 cups cooked pumpkin puree
12 oz granulated sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
½ tsp ground cloves
3 ½ cups half and half
1 pt heavy cream
1 tbsp granulated sugar

Procedure

For the Flaky Pie Dough

Combine the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the firm butter and shortening to the flour and pinch the fat to the size of a hazelnut with your fingertips.
Add the ice water and mix with your hands just until the dough comes together. The butter should be lumpy. Gather the dough into a ball and flatten it into a disc to help it chill faster.
Cover the pie dough and allow it to rest in the refrigerator for at least 1-2 hours before using. This step is important to allow the dough to hydrate, since the flour absorbs some of the moisture. Roll the dough out so it is 1/8 inch thick and large enough so it extends about 1 inch beyond the edge of the pie pan. Use the knuckle of your right index finger and the tips of your left thumb and index finger to bend the tip of the dough into an evenly spaced fluted design. Cover the dough in the pan with baking paper and fill the shell with dried bean or pie weights. Bake the shell at 375° F until the dough is set but has not yet started to color (about 12 minutes). Let the shell cool completely and then remove the paper or plastic and bean or pie weights.

For the Pumpkin Filling

Beat the eggs lightly to mix. Stir in the pumpkin puree. Mix together the first measure of granulated sugar, the salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Add this to the egg mixture. Stir in the half and half. Divide the filling evenly between the pie shells.
Bake at 375°F for approximately 45-50 minutes or until the filling has puffed slightly and is firm around the edges. Let the pie cool.
Whip the heavy cream with the second measure of granulated sugar until stiff peaks form. Slice the pies and serve at room temperature with a large dollop of whipped cream.

Thanksgiving Tastes & Traditions

Some dishes are so deeply tied to family gatherings that they instantly bring back the sights, sounds, and warmth of the holidays. For Barbara Levin, Baked Sweet Potatoes and Marshmallows is that dish — a timeless Thanksgiving favorite that captures the spirit of comfort and celebration. Creamy, spiced sweet potatoes topped with golden, gooey marshmallows make this side as nostalgic as it is delicious — a true taste of tradition that never goes out of style.

Part of our Tastes and Traditions collection, this recipe celebrates the spirit of the holidays — where life happens around food, and simple gestures become lasting memories.

Baked Sweet Potatoes and Marshmallows

by Barbara Levin

Ingredients

4 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
4 tbs butter, melted
½ cup orange juice
½ cup half-and-half
½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 tsp salt
½ tsp ground cinnamon
1 bag large marshmallows

Procedure

Add the potatoes to a large saucepan and cover with cold water. Boil over medium-high heat until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain thoroughly and mash.
Beat mashed sweet potatoes, butter, half-and-half, browns sugar, salt and cinnamon until thoroughly mixed. Turn into greased 3-quart baking dish. (Can be made ahead up to this point, covered tightly and refrigerated).
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, then top with marshmallows and bake until golden brown.

More Thanksgiving Recipe

A Chef’s Thanksgiving: Cooking Low and Slow — With a One-Year-Old Sous-Chef

Farm-to-Table Thanksgiving Recipes from Katchkie Farm

Chef Brandi Solomon’s Ricotta Pound Cake Recipe

Chef Tatiana Iglesias’ Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

Don’t Hire a Caterer: Got Cranberries?

Spiked Apple Cider

Thanksgiving Tastes & Traditions

Some family recipes are so loved, they mark the season as surely as the first chill in the air. For Emily Bird, it’s her Pumpkin Bread, a cozy staple that’s been shared and savored for generations. Sweetly spiced and dotted with peanut butter chips, it’s a delightful twist on a classic — baked with love, meant to be shared, and perfect for gifting or freezing for an easy weekend treat. A true taste of home and the holidays.

Part of our Tastes and Traditions collection, this recipe celebrates the spirit of the holidays — where life happens around food, and simple gestures become lasting memories.

My family’s homemade pumpkin bread! We sneak peanut butter chips into the recipe, a pleasant surprise anytime we share with family and friends.

Pumpkin Bread with Peanut Butter Chips

by Emily Bird

Ingredients

3 ½ cups flour
3 cups sugar
2 tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
2 cups pumpkin (16 oz can)
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
4 eggs
1 bag (12 oz) peanut butter chips
1 cup chopped walnuts

Procedure

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Grease and flour 3 loaf pans. Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and spices. Set aside.
Blend pumpkin, oil, water and eggs. Gradually add dry ingredients until well blended. Stir in chips and nuts. Pour into prepared pans and bake at 350°F for 50-60 minutes.
Cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove from pan and cool completely.

More Thanksgiving Recipes

A Chef’s Thanksgiving: Cooking Low and Slow — With a One-Year-Old Sous-Chef

Farm-to-Table Thanksgiving Recipes from Katchkie Farm

Chef Brandi Solomon’s Ricotta Pound Cake Recipe

Chef Tatiana Iglesias’ Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

Don’t Hire a Caterer: Got Cranberries?

Spiked Apple Cider

By Great Performances

Kick off the Holiday Season with Events and Entertainment for Everyone to Enjoy at our Partner Venues.

Apollo Theater

Apollo Live Wire

She’s a Rebel: A Tribute to the girl Groups of the 50s, 60s and 70s

Thursday, November 14 at 6:30 pm

Moderated by music journalist and essayist Christian John Wikane, panelists include original members of some of the more popular groups. The discussion will center on their experiences as artists and as women in the music industry, their enduring impact on music and style internationally and their individual careers beyond their girl group membership. Get your tickets today.

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Apollo Film Presents

Imagenation’s Cocktails & Cinema: Clemency

Thursday, November 21 at 6:00 pm (Reception and DJ Set with DJ Reborn)

7:00 pm (Film Screening)

Cocktails & Cinema is a quarterly social featuring premiere and advance screenings of Black world cinema. Each event is preceded by a reception with light hors d’oeuvres, wine/beer, featuring a live set with DJ Reborn and following the screening a film talk back.

The Apollo proudly launches this new series with an advance screening of Clemency, the winner of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival’s grand jury prize. Learn more here.

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Ballet Hispánico

Friday – Saturday, November 22 – 23 at 8:00 pm

Ballet Hispánico, America’s leading Latino dance organization, returns to the Apollo Theater to celebrate the power of the Latina voice with works by all female choreographers. This season includes the world premiere of Anabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Triburones, as well as the return of Nací by Andrea Miller and Michelle Manzanales’ Con Brazos Abiertos. Get your tickets here.

ASIA SOCIETY

Kai-Yin Lo, photo courtesy the author and cover of “Designing a Life.”

Kai-Yin Lo – A Memoir

Wednesday November 13 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Internationally recognized designer, cultural historian and teacher, Kai-Yin Lo presents Designing a Life: A Cross-Cultural Journey, her memoir of growing up in Hong Kong, studying history at Cambridge and developing a highly successful career as a designer, author and cultural historian.

Followed by a book signing and reception. Learn more here.

Photo: ©Asia Society

M. Butterfly

World premiere preview presented with the Santa Fe Opera

Wednesday, November 20 from 6:15 pm – 8:00 pm

Asia Society and the Santa Fe Opera’s 2020 Season proudly present the exclusive working rehearsal of Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s new opera, M. Butterfly. Based on Hwang’s 1988 Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer-Prize finalist Broadway play, M. Butterfly is the story of Rene Gallimard, a French diplomat who carried on a 20-year love affair with Song Liling, a Peking opera star with an astonishing secret that leads to Gallimard’s professional and personal ruin. Learn more here.

Brooklyn Academy of Music

2019 Next Wave Art Opening Reception

Tuesday, November 5 at 6:00 pm

Join BAM for drinks and snacks at the opening of When A Pot Finds Its Purpose. View the works in BAM’s brand new gallery, with artist Glenn Kaino and curator Larry Ossei-Mensah in attendance. Learn more here.

Photo: ©BAM

Member Mingle

Friday, November 15 at 6:30 pm

Meet fellow BAM Members and the BAM Membership team at a pre-show reception with complimentary wine and snacks. Stop by before a performance or film screening (or just join us for a quick drink before dinner in the neighborhood). Open to all BAM members. Learn more here.

Live Broadcast

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Madama Butterfly

Saturday, November 9 at 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm

Anthony Minghella’s vividly cinematic staging returns to Met in HD, featuring soprano Hui He in the devastating title role. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts one of opera’s most beautiful and heartbreaking scores, with a cast that also includes tenor Piero Pretti as Pinkerton, baritone Paulo Szot as Sharpless, and mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as Suzuki. Learn more here.

Photo: ©BAM

Akhnaten

Saturday, November 23 at 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm

Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo headlines American composer Philip Glass’ transcendent contemporary creation, with Karen Kamensek conducting. Phelim McDermott’s stunning production employs a virtuosic company of acrobats and jugglers to conjure a mystical reimagining of ancient Egypt. Learn more here.

Photo: ©BAM

ENCORE: Manon

Saturday, November 30 at 1:00 pm

Massenet’s tale of passion and excess stars rising soprano Lisette Oropesa in the effervescent title role. Tenor Michael Fabiano is her ardent admirer, Chevalier des Grieux, with Maurizio Benini conducting Laurent Pelly’s enchanting production. Learn more here.

Brooklyn Museum

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Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion

July 20, 2019 – January 5, 2020

Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion is the first New York retrospective in forty years to focus on the legendary couturier. Drawn primarily from Pierre Cardin’s archive, the exhibition traverses the designer’s decades-long career at the forefront of fashion invention.

Stop by The Norm at Brooklyn Museum before (or after) the exhibit for Maxim’s at The Norm, an homage to Pierre Cardin’s restaurant, Maxim’s de Paris. The menu features classic dishes from the Maxim’s de Paris cookbook and seasonal dishes inspired by the iconic restaurant.

Photo: ©Brooklyn Museum

Family Concert: Petra and Wolfie

Saturday, November 16 (Show runs from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm and 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm)

Join the Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra for Petra and Wolfie, an unforgettable modern adaptation of Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf led by Music Director Dorothy Savitch. Discover what happens when Petra, Wolfie and the Dog Catcher find themselves at the Brooklyn Museum, in this musical escapade featuring live comic actors, video, orchestral works by Prokofiev and Modest Mussorgsky and some of your favorite pop tunes. Learn more here.

Thirteenth Annual Brooklyn Children’s Book Fair

Saturday, November 23 from 11:30 am – 4:00 pm

Meet your favorite Brooklyn authors and illustrators at the annual Brooklyn Children’s Book Fair! This free event features author readings, illustrator presentations and book-related art-making opportunities with over forty creators presenting storybooks, picture books and graphic novels. Learn more here.

St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble. (Photo: Adam Stoltman)

St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble: Baroque Storytelling: Don Quixote

Sunday, November 24 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble opens their season with a concert dedicated to Baroque program music. Written in seven movements, the overture takes the listener on Don Quixote’s journey, from his dreams of adventure and romance through his chivalrous love for Dulcinea and his battle against the windmill. Learn more here.

Caramoor

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Thalea String Quartet

Sunday, November 17 at 3:00 pm

Veronica Swift returns to Caramoor after her rousing and lively performance at Caramoor’s 2018 Jazz Festival. At only 25 years old, she has performed all over the world with the top names in jazz, and has won prestigious awards such as second place at the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition in 2015. Lean more here.

Dizzy’s

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Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice featuring Kris Davis

Monday, November 11 at 7:30 pm

Berklee College of Music returns to Dizzy’s Club for a performance that will highlight its new Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, founded by artistic director Terri Lyne Carrington. The institute focuses on equity in the jazz field and on the role that jazz can play in the larger struggle for gender justice. It also celebrates the contributions women have made to the development of the art form and frames more equitable conditions for all pursuing careers in jazz. Learn more here.

Photo: ©Dizzy’s Club

Thanksgiving with Wycliffe Gordon

Thursday, November 28 at 7:00 pm

Continuing popular tradition, Gordon kicks off the holiday season with a five-night stay at Dizzy’s Club and a special performance on Thanksgiving. Wycliffe Gordon is the definition of a good time, and as Wynton Marsalis says, “just his presence is a creative experience.” Joining Gordon for this special evening are saxophonist Adrian Cunningham, bassist Corcoran Holt and drummer Alvin Atkinson, Jr. Learn more here.

Hauser and Wirth

Opening Reception

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‘Rashid Johnson’

Tuesday, November 12 at 6:00 pm

Hauser & Wirth warmly invites you to the opening reception of an exhibition of recent works by Johnson that will feature paintings, sculptures, and Johnson’s newest film, ‘The Hikers,’ a ballet shot on the side of a mountain in Aspen, CO on 16 mm film. The works on view in this exhibition address the artist’s recurring themes of anxiety and escapism. Learn more here.

Photo: ©Hauser & Wirth

‘Mike Kelley. Timeless Painting’

Tuesday, November 12 at 6:00 pm

Hauser & Wirth warmly invites you to the opening reception of an exhibition organized in collaboration with the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, which is the first in New York to focus on Kelley’s singular approach to painting as a conceptual medium. Over the course of his influential four-decade career, Mike Kelley generated a remarkably diverse oeuvre in an array of media, conflating high and low culture, critiquing prevailing aesthetic conventions and colliding the sacred with the profane. Learn more here.

Jazz at Lincoln Center

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Lincoln Center White Light Festival presents: Manganiyar Seduction

Wednesday – Saturday, November 6 – 9 at 7:30 pm

Ten years after it first enthralled audiences at the inaugural White Light Festival, Roysten Abel’s show-stopping dance of delirium featuring Manganiyar musicians returns. Learn more here.

Photo: ©Jazz at Lincoln Center

The Abyssinian Mass by Wynton Marsalis

Presented in Collaboration with Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival

Thursday – Saturday, November 21 – 23 at 8:00 pm

Bringing full-throated gospel together with a massive range of jazz styles, The Abyssinian Mass is a sweeping blend of big band bravado, impassioned solos, handclaps, tambourine slaps, and some of the mightiest voices you’ll hear outside of church. Learn more here.

Signature Theatre

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Fires in the Mirror

October 22 – December 1, 2019

Following the deaths of a Black American boy and a young Orthodox Jewish scholar in the summer of 1991, underlying racial tensions in the nestled community of Crown Heights, Brooklyn erupted into civil outbreak. Fires in the Mirror was Anna Deavere Smith’s groundbreaking response. Birthed from a series of interviews with over fifty members of the Jewish and Black communities, the Drama Desk award-winning work translated their voices verbatim, and in the process revolutionized the genre of documentary theatre. Get your tickets here.

Photo: ©Signature Theatre

The Young Man from Atlanta

November 5 – December 15, 2019

Director Michael Wilson (The Orphans’ Home Cycle, The Old Friends), the premier interpreter of Foote’s work, returns to Signature to bring to life this beautiful, heartbreaking play that explores and dissects the American dream while revealing the depths we go to in order to keep ourselves safe. Learn more here.

Wave Hill

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Concert: The Alonso Brothers

Sunday, November 17 at 2:00 pm

Virtuoso pianists and Cuban brothers Orlay Alonso and Orlando Alonso return to perform a program scored expressly for two pianos. Their program brings to life Cuba’s rich musical heritage, with mambo, cha cha, salsa, bolero, son, donzón, congo and more. Learn more here.

Photo: ©Wave Hill

Black Friday Meditation

Friday, November 29 at 11:00 am

Avoid “Black Friday” busyness! Join Wave Hill for a community meditation focused on gratitude and clearing your mind of holiday clutter. Get inspired by the outdoors and the peace and tranquility that nature evokes, and learn how to work loving kindness into daily life. Learn more here.

By Kiki Adami

Fettucini Alfredo can still be rich, creamy and buttery without all of the dairy elements. Even better, you can prepare this delicious entree in under 30 minutes following the recipe below. Bon Appetit!

Vegan Mushroom Fettuccini Alfredo

Cook Time: 25 Minutes

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 garlic cloves, chopped into small pieces
½ white onion, chopped into small pieces
½ tsp pink himalayan sea salt
2 portobello mushrooms tops, chopped into dices
10 asparagus stalks, chopped into small pieces
1 tsp black pepper
1 cup full fat coconut milk
1 tsp black truffle oil, divided
Fresh cilantro, chopped
1 tbsp nutritional yeast
½ cup pine nuts
Hand full chopped kale
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp onion powder
Virgin coconut oil
Fettuccini pasta
½ cup filtered water

Procedure

Begin boiling water for pasta – once at a boil, add pasta and stir occasionally.
Put fresh onion, garlic, salt, pepper and 2 tablespoons of coconut oil into a pan and let it cook on medium for 5 minutes.
In a blender place pine nuts, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper and a ½ tsp of truffle oil. Blend until it resembles a parmesan cheese consistency. Place mix in a bowl on the side for later use.
Once garlic/onions have started to brown, add a handful of kale, mushrooms and asparagus. Let kale and mushrooms cook for another 5 minutes on medium. Add coconut oil accordingly. If you’re trying to keep your oil intake low, then you can add table spoons of filtered water in place of oil.
Let ingredients cook on medium for another five minutes and then add 1 cup of full fat coconut milk and the remaining truffle oil and let the coconut milk absorb all the flavors.
Add filtered water if it becomes too thick.
Once pasta is done, drain and rinse pasta.
To serve, place noodles on a plate and top to your liking with the creamy alfredo sauce, pine nut parmesan and fresh cilantro.

APOLLO THEATER

Professional Learning: Between The World And Me In The Classroom

Wednesday, October 2 from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Through hands-on activities and discussion, explore how to integrate Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book, Between the World and Me, into the classroom curriculum. Together, using elements from both the book and the Apollo Theater’s groundbreaking theatrical event, we will develop strategies to connect your students to this work’s biggest questions surrounding race and American history. Get your tickets here.

Apollo Comedy Club Presents: John Phillips, Ty Davis, Billy Sorrells

Hosted By Terry Hodges

Thursday, October 3 at 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm

The Apollo Comedy Club celebrates the Theater’s rich comedic roots. Presented in partnership with the legendary Bob Sumner (producer of Def Comedy Jam, creator of LaffMobb on Aspire), the Apollo Comedy Club features the best up and coming talent in comedy today. The comedy shows precedes the Theater’s weekend music series, Apollo Music Café, extending the Theater’s late-night offerings. Learn more here.

The Apollo Documentary: Advance Screening

Friday, October 4 at 7:00 pm

In advance of the HBO premiere in November, the Apollo Theater hosts a community screening of the HBO documentary, The Apollo, directed by Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams. The Apollo chronicles the unique history and contemporary legacy of the New York City landmark. This feature-length documentary weaves together rare archival footage, performances, and intimate behind-the-scenes verité from the stage adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me, exploring the current struggle for racial justice in America, the role that art plays in that struggle and the broad range of African American achievement that the Apollo Theater represents.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with members of the creative team. Learn how to get your standby tickets here.

Common – Let Love Tour

With Special Guest Jamilla Woods

Tuesday, October 8 at 8:00 pm

Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy and Grammy-winning artist, actor and activist, Common returns to the Apollo stage to celebrate the release of his second book, Let Love Have the Last Word and his latest studio album, Let Love. This one-night-only New York City concert showcases Common’s own unique and personal stories of the people and experiences that have led to a greater understanding of love and all it has to offer. Get your tickets here.

Bowery Presents: Tank And The Bangas

With Special Guest: Pell

Saturday, October 19 at 8:00 pm

Coming from New Orleans, Tank and the Bangas are surrounded by plenty of grand musical traditions. And the five-piece group has a rare knack for combining various musical styles – fiery soul, deft hip-hop, deep-groove R&B and subtle jazz – into one dazzling, cohesive whole that evokes the scope of New Orleans music while retaining a distinctive feel all its own. Get your tickets here.

ASIA SOCIETY

IF WE WERE XYZ

Thursday, Oct 17 from 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Indonesian artist Melati Suryodarmo premieres a durational performance work IF WE WERE XYZ at Asia Society. In this new work, she explores dreams – both in the sense of the subconscious experiences we have while sleeping and the conscious aspirations we have when awake. Learn more here.

2019 Asia Game Changer Awards

Thursday, October 24 from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

In partnership with Citi, Asia Society annually honors game-changing leaders from a broad geographic range and varied backgrounds; this year marks the first time that all of the honorees are women. Get your tickets here.

BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC

2019 BAM Member Bash

Thursday, October 10 at 8:00 pm

This year’s BAM Member Bash features acclaimed absurdist illusionist performance-art trio Elephant Room, which comprises contemporary clowns Geoff Sobelle, Trey Lyford and Steve Cuiffo with sultry tunes spun and fine beats mixed by Philadelphia’s own Madame Luv. After the performance, stick around to mingle and dance with fellow BAM supporters. Learn more here.

Member Mingle

Thursday, October 17 at 6:30 pm

Next Wave 2019

2019 Next Wave Art Opening Reception

Friday, Oct 18 at 5:00 pm

Join BAM for drinks and snacks at the opening of When A Pot Finds Its Purpose. View the works in BAM’s brand new gallery, with artist Glenn Kaino and curator Larry Ossei-Mensah in attendance. Learn more here.

He Did What?

Sunday, October 27 – Saturday, November 2 at 7:00 pm

Projected on the side of a building, and broadcast to audience members’ headphones, He Did What? is a 10-minute animated, graffiti-style street opera for curious onlookers. Drop by, tune in and find out what happens. Learn more here.

Inoah

Thursday, October 31 – Saturday, November 2 at 7:30 pm

Street style meets athletic hip-hop in Brazilian choreographer Bruno Beltrão’s intoxicating, heart-stopping, gravity-defying experiment. With almost weightless physicality, the 10 male dancers of Grupo de Rua break, hover, and catapult across the stage in a visceral display of tension and release, their bodies propelled in a plea for freedom. Learn more here.

BROOKLYN MUSEUM

Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion

July 20, 2019 – January 5, 2020

JR: Chronicles

October 4, 2019 – May 3, 2020

Showcasing murals, photographs, videos, films, dioramas and archival materials, JR: Chronicles is the first major exhibition in North America of works by the French-born artist. Working at the intersections of photography, social engagement, and street art, JR collaborates with communities by taking individual portraits, reproducing them at a monumental scale, and wheat pasting them – sometimes illegally – in nearby public spaces. Learn more here.

F.A.M. (Family Art Magic)

Sunday, October 6 from 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

In Family Art Magic classes, the magic word is collaboration. Children ages 4 to 6 and their adult companions explore together to discover the world through art, play fun gallery games and make their own masterpieces in the studio. Learn more here.

ASL Tour

Saturday, October 12 from 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm and 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Visitors from the D/deaf community are invited to experience BKM’s collection in an American Sign Language (ASL) tour, led by a Deaf teaching artist. The tour is in ASL only, without voice interpretation. Learn more here.

Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra: Wagner, Brahms And Vaughan Williams

Sunday, October 27 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra opens its 46th season (and its first as Brooklyn Museum Orchestra in Residence) with music by Richard Wagner and Johannes Brahms, led by guest conductor Ian Shafer. Learn more here.

CARAMOOR

Veronica Swift

Featuring The Emmet Cohen Trio; Presented In Collaboration With Jazz At Lincoln Center

Saturday, October 12 at 8:00 pm

Veronica Swift returns to Caramoor after her rousing and lively performance at Caramoor’s 2018 Jazz Festival. At only 25 years old, she has performed all over the world with the top names in jazz and has won prestigious awards such as second place at the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition in 2015. Learn more here.

Sherezade Panthaki, Soprano With The Helicon Ensemble

Sunday, October 20 at 3:00 pm

First introduced to Caramoor audiences in 2018’s Atalanta, soprano Sherezade Panthaki is an acknowledged star in the early-music world. With a lush and commanding voice, she remains “wonderfully agile, riding her rapid vibrato up and down passagework and trills with admirable fluency” (The Wall Street Journal). In this program featuring both instrumental and vocal pieces, Panthaki is joined by the Helicon ensemble. Learn more here.

Spooky Tales

Wednesday, October 30 at 3:30pm

Come with your little ones to a riveting storytelling performance to begin your Halloween weekend, followed by a special brew (hot cider) and other ghostly treats (cookies) served in the Summer Dining Room. Come in costume. Prizes given to all. Ages 3-8. Learn more here.

DIZZY’S

Eric Reed Quartet: Mainly Monk

Friday, October 25 at 7:30 pm

A consummate pianist and former member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Eric Reed first toured with Wynton Marsalis at age 18, and he continues to work with the world’s top jazz luminaries. As a leading contributor to the lineage of expertly swinging jazz music, Reed has recorded dozens of albums as a leader. Learn more here.

Trevor Watkis Quintet: The Music Of Dizzy Reece

Tuesday, October 22 at 7:30 pm

A new super-group swings by Dizzy’s Club as part of a cross-continental tour. Expect hard-swinging, time-tested jazz performed with fresh arrangements and some of the top improvisers and rhythm players in modern jazz. Catch them tonight in the jazz capital of the world and the city that the great Mr. Reece now calls home. Learn more here.

HAUSER AND WIRTH

Opening Reception: ‘Alina Szapocznikow’

Tuesday, October 29 at 6:00 pm

Hauser & Wirth warmly invites you to the opening reception of the first solo exhibition devoted to Alina Szapocznikow since undertaking representation of the artist’s estate in May 2018. The visceral, playful and uncanny aspects of the human bodily experience lay at the center of Szapocznikow’s oeuvre. Learn more here.

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER

Lincoln Center White Light Festival Presents: Sugimoto Bunraku

The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (U.S. production premiere)

Saturday, October 19 at 7:30 pm

Experience a bold interpretation of a classic Japanese drama, told through bunraku puppet theater from renowned artist Hiroshi Sugimoto. Learn more here.

A Swingin’ Sesame Street Celebration: 50 Years And Counting

Friday, October 25 at 7:00 pm

Sesame Street comes to Jazz at Lincoln Center for a swinging celebration of the show’s 50th anniversary. See some of your favorite feathered and furry friends like Big Bird and Elmo sing classic Sesame Street songs alongside the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Learn more here.

SIGNATURE THEATRE

Fires In The Mirror

October 22 – December 1, 2019

Following the deaths of a Black American boy and a young Orthodox Jewish scholar in the summer of 1991, underlying racial tensions in the nestled community of Crown Heights, Brooklyn erupted into a civil outbreak. Fires in the Mirror was Anna Deavere Smith’s groundbreaking response. Birthed from a series of interviews with over fifty members of the Jewish and Black communities, the Drama Desk award-winning work translated their voices verbatim, and in the process revolutionized the genre of documentary theatre. Get your tickets here.

WAVE HILL

Nature Into Art: The Gardens Of Wave Hill – A Conversation Moderated By Stephen Orr

Sunday, October 6 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Nature into Art explores different areas of the gardens, with helpful information about the plants, techniques and design choices that define this remarkable garden. Learn more here.

Vulture Culture: A Live Bird Presentation

Saturday, October 19 at 2:00 pm

Observe vultures and other scavenging birds of prey and hear about their adaptive (and somewhat cringe-worthy) behaviors with Brian Robinson of Robinson Wildlife Lectures. Learn more here.

By Great Performances

This month, Celebrate Fashion, Film, Music, Literature and more at our Partner Venues.

Apollo Theater

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Supreme Glamour: An Evening with Ms. Mary Wilson

Tuesday, September 17 at 7:30 pm

One night only – celebrate music icon Mary Wilson and the unforgettable fashions that chronicle the evolution of The Supremes.

Hear Mary Wilson, in conversation with WQXR’s Terrance McKnight, reminisce about the history of The Supremes, their hit songs and their glamorous gowns that defined an era of style. This event coincides with the publication of Ms. Wilson’s new book, Supreme Glamour. Get your tickets here.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation: The Water Dancer

Monday, September 23 at 7:00 pm

New York Times best-selling author Ta-Nehisi Coates returns to the Apollo stage to kick off the national book tour for his boldly imagined first novel, The Water Dancer. This in-depth conversation will be held with a very special surprise guest, to be announced the morning of the event. Get your tickets here.

ASIA SOCIETY

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Fall Friday Leo Bar

Friday, September 13 at From 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Celebrate the fall exhibition openings and the return of Free Fridays. Be among the first to see Asia Society Museum’s new exhibitions at the first Friday Leo Bar of the season. Enjoy free admission, exhibition tours, drink specials and more! Learn more here.

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JLF New York: Each Other’s Stories

Wednesday, September 18 from 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Celebrating books, ideas, and dialogue, the Jaipur Literary Festival—described as “the greatest literary show on Earth”—returns to New York, featuring internationally acclaimed authors and thinkers in a range of provocative panels and debates. This year’s edition includes the launch of William Dalrymple’s latest book, The Anarchy, on the rise and significance of the East India Company. You can purchase your tickets and see the full lineup here.

Brooklyn Academy of Music

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Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet and Deeply Rooted Dance Theater: Legacy

Friday, September 13 – Saturday, September 14 at 7:30 pm

Join BAM for a shared evening featuring dancers cultivated and nurtured through Deeply Rooted Dance Theater and Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet. Legacy is a collaboration of artists inspired by JUBILATION! Dance Company’s mission, established in Brooklyn during the 1980s and 90s. Learn more here.

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N. K. Jemisin + Ijeoma Oluo

Tuesday, September 24 at 7:00 pm

Three-time Hugo Award winning author N. K. Jemisin and writer Ijeoma Oluo celebrate their respective paperback releases of How Long ’til Black Future Month?, a collection of short fiction about destruction, rebirth, and redemption, and So You Want to Talk about Race, a book for anyone who wants to talk about race, or doesn’t want to but knows we need to.

The two share the stage at BAM for an expansive discussion about the present and future of race and challenging the status quo of oppressive societies by imagining the experiences of the individuals who live within them. Learn more here.

Madonna: Madame X Tour

Tuesday, September 17 – Saturday, October 12 at 8:30 pm

Madonna kicks off a series of rare and special performances celebrating the release of her new album Madame X, giving fans an opportunity to see the artist in a uniquely intimate environment. Learn more here.

Brooklyn Museum

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Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion

July 20, 2019 – January 5, 2020

The Phluid Project at dapperQ presents Dress Code, 2018. (Photo: Kim Geronimo/@thestreetsensei)

dapperQ Presents Pursuit

Thursday, September 12 from 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Kick off New York Fashion Week with dapperQ’s sixth annual queer fashion show. Mix and mingle at a happy hour sponsored by Henrietta Hudson, New York City’s longest-standing brick-and-mortar lesbian bar, and check out pop-up shops from some of the evening’s featured designers before the runway showcase. Learn more here.

Visitors at Art History Happy Hour, 2019. (Photo: Kolin Mendez)

Art History Happy Hour: Future Fashion

Thursday, September 12 from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Join the Brooklyn Museum for an evening of entertaining and informative lectures in honor of their special exhibition Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion. Drawing on Cardin’s legacy as an innovator, scholars and experts reflect on the history of fashion and imagine its future. Learn more here.

Still from Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records (Nicolas Jack Davies, 2018, 85 min.). (Photo: Courtesy of Breaker)

Film: Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records

Thursday, September 26 from 7:00 pm – 10:00pm

Catch the Brooklyn premiere of Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records (Nicolas Jack Davies, 2018, 85 min.). The documentary presents a visual and musical account of Trojan Records, the iconic Jamaican-British record label that introduced reggae, ska, and rocksteady music to a global audience. Followed by a Q&A with Don Letts and DJ set with a special guest from Trojan Records. Learn more here.

Caramoor

Rachel Podger, violin

Sunday, September 22 at 3:00 pm

Praised as “Britain’s finest period violinist” (BBC Music Magazine), Rachel Podger has injected new life into the Baroque tradition. See her perform live at Caramoor this month. Lean more here.

Anaïs Mitchell

Friday, September 27 at 8:00 pm

Named “one of the greatest songwriters of her generation” by NPR, Anaïs Mitchell brings her world of narrative folksong, poetry, and balladry to the intimate Music Room. Learn more here.

Dizzy’s

Lessons from Our Masters: Victor Lewis with the Josh Evans Quartet

Friday, September 6 at 7:30 pm

Legendary drummer and composer Victor Lewis is set to play alongside a group led by trumpeter Josh Evans, a rising star in the jazz scene who, despite his relatively young age, has also consistently been called on by modern icons like Christian McBride, Jackie McLean, Cedar Walton and Gregory Porter. Learn more here.

Jazztopad Festival: Aga Derlak Quintet

Wednesday, September 25 at 7:30 pm

The annual Jazztopad Festival at Dizzy’s Club is a must-see showcase for anyone interested in the world of jazz and improvised music. Created earlier this year, the band gathers experienced musicians from all around the world under the leadership of pianist and composer Aga Derlak. Derlak’s trio has earned international acclaim over the past few years, and her brand-new quintet is sure to turn some heads as well. Learn more here.

Juan Andrés Ospina Big Band

Monday, September 30 at 7:30 pm

Composer and bandleader Juan Andrés Ospina brings his Big Band back to Dizzy’s almost one year after blowing audiences away with his debut album release show. For this globally influenced project, Ospina has assembled a dream team of 26 New York City-based musicians hailing from 10 different countries. Join the fun at Dizzy’s Club to experience this soulful, larger-than-life, and beautifully cross-continental music. Learn more here.

Hauser and Wirth

Opening Reception

‘Personal Private Public’

Tuesday, September 10 at 6:00 pm

Hauser & Wirth invites you to the opening reception of ‘Personal Private Public,’ a group exhibition exploring the idea of the inner life in three main themes: introspection, intimacy, and voyeurism. Learn more here.

‘Amy Sherald. the heart of the matter…’

Tuesday September 10 at 6:00 pm

Amy Sherald debuts a suite of new paintings that reinforces the multiplicities of African-American life and invites viewers to reconsider commonly accepted notions of race and representation. The artist documents contemporary black experience through arresting, otherworldly paintings. Learn more here.

NY Art Book Fair

Thursday September 19 at 6:00 pm – Sunday, September 22 at 7:00 pm

Held at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, the 2019 NY Art Book Fair will host 353 exhibitors from 31 countries, including a broad range of artists and collectives, small presses, institutions, galleries, antiquarian booksellers, and distributors.

Visit Hauser & Wirth Publishers at booth G01 to discover titles that range from traditional exhibition catalogs to artists’ books as well as publications of primary source materials and collections of writings. Learn more here.

Jazz at Lincoln Center

The South African Songbook

September 12 – 14 at 8:00 pm

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis kicks off Opening Weekend in Rose Theater with a musical celebration of South African democracy, 25 years after Apartheid’s end. A diverse group of top South African musicians will join the orchestra to perform essential South African music, with each song chosen by a guest performer and newly arranged for the show by the JLCO. Learn more here.

Wave Hill

Family Art Project: Herds, Schools and Bevys

Saturday, September 7 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Celebrate collaboration, community and power in numbers as we explore the many ways animals exist and work together in herds, schools, flocks, bevys and more. Create animal puppets, then join your Family Art Project neighbors for some group storytelling to help your puppets find their packs.

Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon. Learn more here.

Annual Wave Hill Gardeners’ Party

Saturday, September 14 at 7:00 pm

Hosted by the Friends of Horticulture, the Gardeners’ Party celebrates the importance of plant nurseries to gardens. This year, the event honors Rosedale Nurseries and The Taylor Family.

Join us for cocktails in Wave Hill’s world-renowned gardens and take in spectacular views of the Hudson River and Palisades, followed by a seated dinner and a live auction by Christies. Purchase your tickets today and RSVP by Friday, September 6. Learn more here.

Wave Hill History Walk

Saturday, September 21 at 1:00 pm

Discover the fascinating history of Wave Hill’s architecture and landscape on a walk with a Wave Hill Garden Guide. Hear about the people who once called Wave Hill home, among them Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, Bashford Dean and Arturo Toscanini. Free with admission to the grounds. Learn more here.

Wellness: Autumnal Equinox Sun Salutations

Sunday, September 22 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Celebrate the sun with Sara Hart from iHart Lens. This energizing outdoor class consists of 108 salutes to the sun, a sacred number and symbolic tradition. Class moves indoors if it is raining. Bring your own yoga mat and water bottle and please be on time. Registration not required. Learn more here.

By Carina Hayek

We’ve scoured social media, consulted clients and assessed articles to identify the top trends for weddings and events.

Vegetables are taking center stage. Vegetarian dishes are no longer an afterthought – more and more hosts are relying on plant-based dishes to feed all of their guests. From our Eggplant Chermoula with Cauliflower Couscous to our Za’atar Roasted Portobello Steak and Spring Roots, we’ve got a variety of tastes to satisfy even the most meat-loving guest.

Be sensitive to food sensitivities. People with food sensitivities should know which foods they can enjoy

and which they can’t. Consult with your planner to ensure you have a variety of dishes, including ones that are free of some or all of the eight major allergens (eggs, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, shellfish, and fish).

Source local, eat global. Locally sourced produce tastes better, helps preserve the environment, and contributes to the local economy. But that doesn’t mean our flavors need to remain local. We’re seeing hosts looking for an international experience from their hors d’oeuvres through their desserts. We use spices and cooking techniques from Asia, North and South America and Europe in dishes like our Pulled Chicken; King Trumpet Oyster Mushroom Carpaccio; and Five-Spice Beluga Lentils and Roast Butternut Squash; and Soft and Chewy S’mores.

Have fun with food. Finger foods, sharing plates and a unique spin on cocktails can help set a relaxed, fun tone for an event. Keep guests moving – and guessing – with a variety of hors oeuvres and snacks. From passed English Pea Blini to Pretzel Trees, providing guests with different food presentations can help make your event even more memorable. And don’t forget the cocktails! We kept our guests cool with these ice pops in sparkling wine, a refreshing and fun way to kick off an outdoor gala.

Waste not, want not. Whether you call it zero-waste, frond-to-root, or nose-to-tail cooking, it all boils down to using the entire ingredient. We call it tradition, cooking the way our grandparents cooked to ensure nothing was wasted. Look for dishes that incorporate some of the less-often used parts of plants like carrot tops, pea tendrils and kale stems. These are delicious, nutritious, and ensure we honor our ingredients.

By Sarah Prawl

Celebrate the first full month of summer with a great line-up of entertainment and Activities taking place at our partner venues!

Apollo Theater

Fally Ipupa: All White Concert

Saturday, July 13 at 8:00 pm

Award-winning Congolese singer-songwriter Fally Ipupa electrifies the audience with his sonorous voice and unique dance steps. Learn more here.

Asia society

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Asian American International Film Festival: Yellow Rose (Opening Night Film Screening and Reception)

Thursday, July 25 from 7:00 – 11:00 pm

Part of the 42nd Asian American International Film Festival, Yellow Rose is the story of an undocumented Filipino girl who dreams of one day leaving her small Texas town to pursue her country music dreams. Learn more here.

Brooklyn Academy of music

Dapper Dan

Wednesday, July 10 at 7:00 pm

High-end streetwear icon, Dapper Dan, graces the BAM stage to celebrate the launch of his stunning new memoir, Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem. Learn more here.

Brooklyn Museum

The Market at the Brooklyn Museum

Saturday, July 13 from 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Shop one-of-a-kind, handmade items from local artisans and vendors. Learn more here.

Pop-Up Performance: Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, July 21 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Stop by the Beaux-Arts Court for the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra’s new pop-up performance series, featuring a family-friendly range of classical music from across the globe. Learn more here.

Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion

July 20, 2019 – January 5, 2020

Complete your experience with a meal at “Maxim’s at The Norm”, a homage to Pierre Cardin’s restaurant, Maxim’s de Paris, and featuring classic dishes from the Maxim’s de Paris cookbook and Maxim’s inspired seasonal dishes.

CARAMOOR

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Caramoor Takes Wing! Celebrating Birdsong

Saturday, July 13 at 8:30 pm; Sunday, July 14 at 4:30 pm

Convene with the birds through the universal language of music. Built around Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s performance of Messiaen’s complete Catalogue d’Oiseaux over three concerts, the weekend will also include bird walks, a panel discussion and family activities celebrating our feathered friends. Learn more here.

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Jazz Festival (Presented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center)

Saturday, July 20 All Day

Celebrating its 5th year in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, Caramoor’s Jazz Festival is a highly anticipated highlight of the summer with jazz performed by phenomenal talent amid lush gardens and distinctive venues on 90 acres of grounds. Learn more here.

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Summer Season Finale: Orchestra of St. Luke’s

Sunday, July 28 at 4:00 pm

Caramoor’s summer season comes to a close with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, led by their Principal Conductor Bernard Labadie and violinist Christian Tetzlaff. Learn more here.

Dizzy’s

Emoción: The Sounds of Tango

Wednesday, July 10 at 7:30 pm

Multinational quintet, Emocion, celebrates the universal power of music and the sounds and rhythms of Tango Nuevo. Learn more here.

Brasil Summerfest: Amaro Freitas Trio

Wednesday, July 31 at 7:30 pm

In collaboration with Brasil Summerfest, Jazz at Lincoln Center presents the New York City debut of the Amaro Freitas Trio, who are on the cutting edge of fusing Afro-Brazilian rhythmic traditions with genre-defying modern jazz. Learn more here.

Signature Theatre

Happy Hours

July 11 – July 25

Come to the Signature Café + Bar to network and mingle while enjoying Happy Hour specials. RSVP today.

Spotlight on Design: A Casebook on Octet

July 13

Join an in-depth discussion with the design team of Octet, showcasing the creative collaboration involved in bringing this acclaimed chamber choir a cappella musical to life. RSVP now.

Wave Hill

Mokuhanga: A Japanese Woodblock Printing Intensive

Thursday, July 11 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Learn the time-honored techniques of “mokuhanga”, or relief printing, with 2019 Winter Workspace Artist Nandini Chirimar. Print using traditional Japanese woodblock techniques for two full days while exploring the basics of image preparation, transfer, registration, carving and multi-color printing. Learn more here.

Gallery to Garden Walk: Figuring the Floral

Saturday, July 27 at 2:00 pm

Tour the exhibition Figuring the Floral with an exhibiting artist and a Wave Hill horticultural interpreter, then venture out into the gardens to see how some of the flowers are used symbolically by the artists to express representations of identity. Learn more here.