Cultural Corner

Cultural Corner Events

Exhibits:

• American Folk Art Museum
  • Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection (January 21–May 8, 2016)
• American Museum of Natural History
  • The Secret World Inside You (until August 14, 2016)
• Discovery Times Square Museum
  • Star Wars™ and the Power of Costume (until September 5, 2016)
• The Morgan
  • Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars (until January 31, 2016)
• The Jewish Museum
  • Becoming Jewish: Warhol’s Liz and Marilyn (until February 7, 2016)
• MOMA
  • Picasso Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art (until February 7, 2016)
  • Jackson Pollock: A Collection Survey, 1934-1954 (until May 1, 2015)
• The Whitney
  • Frank Stella: A Retrospective (until February 7, 2016)
• Asia Society
  • Kamakura: Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan at Asia Society (February 9—May 8, 2016)
• Museum of Moving Image
  • How Cats Took Over the Internet (until February 21, 2016)
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style (until February 21, 2016)
  • manus x machina: fashion in an age of technology (May 5–August 14, 2016)
• New York Historical Society
  • Superheroes in Gotham (until  February 21, 2016)
• MOMA PS1
  • Greater New York (until March 7, 2016)
• Museum of the City of New York
  • Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York’s Other Half (until March 20, 2016)
• The Guggenheim
  • Photo-Poetics: An Anthology (until March 23, 2016)
• Galleries
  • Yoko Ono “THE RIVERBED” at Andrea Rosen Gallery (until January 23, 2016)
  • Marisa Merz at Gladstone Gallery (until February 20, 2016)

Lincoln Center:

• February
  • 9^th:
    • Chinese New Year at New York Philharmonic
    • Gotham Kings: A Mardi Gras Celebration
  • 14^th: The Sixth China Intangible Culture Heritage in U.S.A. – The Spring Bloom Grand Ceremony In Lincoln Center
  • 18^th : A Coffin in Egypt: An Opera in Concert featuring Federica von Stade
  • 20^th: Beethoven & a Bouquet of French Gems
  • 24^th: Julliard Jazz Orchestra
  • Multiple Dates:
    • Met + Julliard presents Bellini’s ‘La sonnambula’
    • Freddy Cole: Songs for Lovers
    • Cécile McLorin Salvant
    • Mahler Symphony No. 6
    • Bronfman performs Liszt
    • The Secret Garden in Concert
    • Madama Butterfly
    • Willie Jones III Quintet
    • Le Nozze di Figaro (also in March) Mar
  • March
    • 18^th: The Cooper Clan All Together with Tony award winner Chuck Cooper and his children: Lilli (Spring Awakening, Wicked), Eddie (Little Shop of Horrors, Cinemax’s Banshee), and Alex, a multitalented musician and artist.
    • Multiple dates:
      • Walter Blanding: Fantasy in Blue
      • Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance (through April 3^rd)

 

Theater

• Allegiance with George Takei
• An American in Paris at Palace Theatre
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• Fiddler on the Roof
• The King and I

 

Music

• February
  • 5^th : Lil’ Wayne: The Dedication Tour
  • 6^th : Marc Anthony (also on the 13^th and 14^th)
  • 9^th : Beach Boys (also on the 12^th)
  • 11^th: Darlene Love (also on the 13^th)
  • 12^th:
    • Martha Reeves & the Vandellas at BB King Blues Club & Grill
    • Joe Nichols
  • 13^th
    • Def Leppard (also on the 16^th)
    • Billy Joel
    • Marc Anthony (also on the 14^th)
  • 23^rd: K’Jon
  • 26^th: Adam Lambert
• March
  • 9^th: Dropkick Murphys
  • 15^th :
    • Billy Joel
    • Meat Loaf (also on the 17^th and 19^th)
  • 22^nd: Carly Rae Jepsen- Gimmie Love Tour (also on the 25th and 26^th)
  • 30^th:
    • Iron Maiden
    • Rihanna: Anti World Tour 2016 (also in NJ on April 4^th)
    • Weezer

Cultural Events

• February
  • 1^st at 6:30PM: Talks about the Schomburg: Basquiat & Contemporary Queer Art
  • 4^th at 6PM: DUMBO first Thursday Gallery Walk
  • 6^th at 11AM: 17^th New Year Firecracker Ceremony & Cultural Festival
  • 11^th-18^th: New York Fashion Week 2016
  • 13^th at 3PM-7PM: Central Park Ice Festival 2016
  • 14^th at 1PM: 17^th Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival
• March
  • 17^th: St. Patrick’s Day Parade
• April
  • 14^th-27^th: Tribeca Film Festival
  • 22^nd: Earth Day
  • TBD: The Amazing Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt
  • TBD: Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival
  • TBD: Macy’s Flower Show
  • TBD: International Pillow Fight Day
• May
  • 25^th-31^st: Fleet Week
• June
  • 3^rd-5^th: Governor’s Ball
  • 13^th-14^th: Jazz Age Lawn Party I
  • 18^th at 1pm: Coney Island Mermaid Parade
  • June 28^th-July 9^th: Midsummer Night Swing
  • TBD Gay Pride Parade
• July
  • 4^th: Independence Day Fireworks
  • 10^th at 12pm-5pm: Bastille Day celebrations in NYC
  • TBD: Shakespeare in the Park
• August
  • 15^th-16^th: Jazz Age Lawn Party II

For more art events and news in NYC, check out:

• New York Magazine
• TimeOut
• New York Times
• NYC-Arts
• ArtSlant
• Metropolitan Opera
• Jazz at Lincoln Center
• New York City Ballet