Lincoln Square BID

Exhibition/ Folk Nation: Crafting Patriotism in the United States
2026-04-20 11:30 - 18:00, 2026-04-21 11:30 - 18:00, 2026-04-22 11:30 - 18:00, 2026-04-23 11:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square, New York, NY 10023, New York, 10023, United States
Mounted during the celebration of the United States semi quincentennial, Folk Nation: Crafting Patriotism in the United States draws from the American Folk Art Museum’s rich collections to explore links between vernacular art and the construction of an American sense of self. Introducing visitors to the concept of “folk” as a category developed in conjunction with the art and antiques markets, this exhibition positions works as multilayered in their meanings, imbued with cultural significance by not only their creators, but also their collectors and subsequent owners. Americans have long preserved objects as a way of telling stories about themselves. Beginning after the Revolutionary War and gathering momentum in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, people turned to early American things to construct a national history and sense of collective identity—an impulse often driven by lingering insecurity about the young nation’s perceived cultural provinciality compared to Europe.
This concentrated exhibition illuminates how makers both historical and contemporary have employed a kaleidoscopic variety of media to express love of country while also revealing the complexities and contradictions embedded in such expressions.

Exhibition/ Self-Made: A Century of Inventing Artists
2026-04-20 11:30 - 18:00, 2026-04-21 11:30 - 18:00, 2026-04-22 11:30 - 18:00, 2026-04-23 11:30 - 18:00 | American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square, New York, NY 10023, New York, 10023, United States
Self-Made: A Century of Inventing Artists takes a critical look at the historical definition of the “self-taught artist” in the United States from the early twentieth century to today. The exhibition examines how artists without academic training have depicted, conceptualized, and identified themselves on their own terms. In doing so, it aims at challenging reductive, long-standing narratives that have cast these artmakers as amateurs or isolated geniuses working out of time, without lineage, influence, or artistic networks.

The Many Lives of Alexandra Danilova
2026-04-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Dorothy & Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, 10023, United States
Alexandra Danilova lived a long, adventurous and multi-faceted life. A prima ballerina who exuded an intense perfume throughout that entire life, she is remembered as a force of nature, and with real joy and genuine affection by all who knew her, learned from her, or simply knew who she was.
Born in Czarist Russia, fleeing the Soviet Revolution alongside George Balanchine, she danced for decades more, on international stages as well as Broadway and Hollywood. Her work as a teacher at the School of American Ballet is legendary, as were her diaphanous dance skirts, beribboned ballet slippers, glamorous make-up and perfectly coiffed hair. In 1974, she collaborated with Balanchine to restage the first two acts of his new production of Coppelia, in the process coaching one of her most famous roles. Her appearance in the iconic dance film The Turning Point, basically playing herself, preserves forever her unmistakable speaking voice and enchanting manner.

Stories from the City of Immigrants
2026-04-20 19:00 | Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 155 West 65th Street (street level), New York, NY, 10023, United States
Stories from the City of Immigrants is an evening of monologues curated from oral history collections that vividly bring to life the vital role immigrants play in New York City’s past, present and future. Poignant, funny, and surprising, these stories span 125 years and many countries of origin, creating a visceral experience of the epic journeys so many people have taken to make NYC their home. Hosted by actor Arian Moayed with music from women-led samba reggae drumline marching band FogoAzul.
With Performances by:
Jayne Houdyshell (Only Murders in the Building)
Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)
Sunita Mani (GLOW)
Justin H. Min (The Umbrella Academy)
Sepideh Moafi (The Pitt)
And more
The event will be recorded for the Selected Shorts radio show and podcast.
Actors are subject to change
Produced by Waterwell and Sele

Dana Barnes: Untamed Gestures
2026-04-21 10:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-23 10:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-23 12:00 - 20:00, 2026-04-24 10:00 - 18:00 | Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY, 10019, United States
The first major museum exhibition spotlighting the artist’s singular vision, Dana Barnes: Untamed Gestures features monumental hand-formed fiber works alongside a fully immersive recreation of Barnes’s Lower East Side studio in New York City. Barnes’s sculptural landscapes composed of fibers such as merino, yak, alpaca, and silk create a compelling tactile environment in which motion and stillness, as well as strength and fragility, coexist in dynamic tension. Inspired by the slow, persistent forces of nature, Barnes twists, knots, and fuses her materials into sprawling, living forms that sag, climb, and unfurl across the gallery space. Her works pulse with a quiet vitality, inviting viewers into a dialogue between materiality and metamorphosis.
The exhibition’s immersive studio experience meticulously replicates Barnes’s original workspace, a former 19th-century synagogue once home to Abstract Expressionist painter Pat Passlof. Within the space, visitors will encounter a laboratory of creativity: overflowing sacks of colorful fibers, experimental maquettes, geological fragments, and handmade tools bearing the patina of daily use. A self-directed drawing exercise will invite visitors to participate in the same spirit of wonder and material exploration that animates Barnes’s practice.
Photo credit: Daniel Root Photography

OUT of the Jewelry Box
2026-04-21 10:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-22 10:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-23 12:00 - 20:00, 2026-04-24 10:00 - 18:00 | Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY, 10019, United States
Expanding the voices represented in MAD’s permanent collection, OUT of the Jewelry Box considers the importance of queer perspectives in the world of studio and contemporary art jewelry. The exhibition showcases an extraordinary gift from Ron Porter and Joe Price, who have collected and worn art jewelry throughout their forty-one-year relationship, nine of those legally married.
On view are 56 newly acquired works from The Porter Price Collection by queer artists and their allies, and 22 pieces by queer artists already represented in MAD’s permanent collection. The jewelry dates from the 1950s to the present, and stories from the artists and collectors about the role of jewelry in the construction of queer histories and identities accompany each work.
Photo credit: Jenna Bascom

Syncopated Stages: Black Disruptions to the Great White Way
2026-04-21 10:30 - 18:00, 2026-04-22 10:30 - 18:00, 2026-04-24 10:30 - 18:00 | The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, 10023, United States
Although the common nickname for Broadway, “the Great White Way,” refers, historically, to its dazzling lights, the phrase also suggests the ways in which many histories of New York theater center white artists. Black artists, though, have been important shapers of musical theater in the United States before the electric light was ever used on stage. In the early 20th century, Black composers and writers created many popular musicals in New York that helped define the genre, setting it apart from 19th-century traditions. New forms of syncopation, the disruption of the dominant rhythm, and narratives composed and written by Black artists challenged the prevailing sounds and depictions of Black people on stage. These innovations were more than stylistic. They pushed back against exclusion and stereotype, laying the groundwork for generations of Black artists whose contributions have reshaped Broadway. Syncopated Stages spotlights their work, acknowledges the challenges they faced, and celebrates the brilliance of what they made. We invite you to explore how Black artists transformed the New York stage and how their work still reverberates today.
This exhibition is organized by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and curated by playwright, professor, and scholar Michael Dinwiddie.
Photo credit: New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Adult Board and Card Games
2026-04-21 14:30 - 16:30 | New York Public Library – Riverside Branch, 127 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Calling all Bridge, Mahjong and tabletop game players! Join us in person for two hours of gaming fun! This program is for adults ages 18+. First come first served!
**Limited to 16 People**
Photo credit: Minh Nguyen

NYCB Presents: All Balanchine III
2026-04-21 19:30 | David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, 10023, United States
Three masterpieces coalesce for a breathtaking journey through George Balanchine’s astonishingly diverse oeuvre. A vital part of NYCB’s repertory since the company’s inaugural performance in 1948, the brilliant classical showpiece Symphony in C was choreographed in only two weeks; redesigned in 2012, earrings, headpieces, and costumes adorned in Swarovski elements bring new radiance to this celebrated work. It is joined by two dances performed to the music of Stravinsky, like Balanchine a Russian emigré and one of the choreographer’s favorite composers: Agon, a revered Black & White leotard ballet that exemplifies neoclassicism in its purest form, and Firebird, one of the most lavish dances in the repertory, a fantastical tale of love and triumph.

Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
2026-04-21 19:30 | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, New York, 10023, United States
With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking. Franco Zeffirelli’s picture-perfect production brings 19th-century Paris to the Met stage as Puccini’s young friends and lovers navigate the joy and struggle of bohemian life. Sopranos Juliana Grigoryan, Angel Blue, and Aleksandra Kurzak trade off as the feeble seamstress Mimì, opposite tenors Freddie De Tommaso, Stephen Costello, Adam Smith, and Long Long as the ardent poet Rodolfo.
Prior to the April 25 performance, children and families are welcome to join the Spring Open House. The Open House is free to all ticketholders for the April 25 performance; register here or when completing your ticket purchase.

Mystery and Wonder Exhibition Gallery Tour
2026-04-22 11:00 - 12:00 | The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, 10023, United States
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Join the Library for the Performing Arts for a free, guided tour of our new exhibition on the golden age of magic, Mystery and Wonder: A Legacy of Golden Age Magicians in New York City! This staff-led tour highlights the major collectors and magicians linked to New York City from the 1870s to the 1930s.

About the Exhibition:
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a surge of magicians began to refine their art, finding larger audiences and building communities of practice, especially in New York City. This period has come to be known as the Golden Age of Magic. The history of magic and magicians has long been documented through text and image as a form of theater by the Billy Rose Theatre Division at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Now, the exhibition Mystery and Wonder: A Legacy of Golden Age Magicians in New York City,curated by Annemarie van Roessel, will display our rich and historic archival materials related to the art of magic and the fascinating lives of magicians performing in New York City during the Golden Age.

NYCB Presents: Innovators & Icons
2026-04-22 19:30, 2026-04-23 19:30 | David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, 10023, United States
Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky’s inventive Voices is led by five female dancers performing intricate solos to an experimental Peter Ablinger score featuring recordings of six notable women speaking in various languages, overlaid with a live solo piano. Also, an ingenious pairing of music and choreography, Jerome Robbins’ in Memory of… casts a haunting spell that reflects the emotional nuances of a violin concerto by modernist composer Alban Berg. The program concludes with Diamonds, one of Balanchine’s supremely beautiful displays of classical dance, a tribute to late 19th- and early 20th-century ballet’s regality as exemplified by the work of the master choreographer Marius Petipa.

Greenmarket at Richard Tucker Park
2026-04-23 08:00 - 16:00 | Richard Tucker Park, 130 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY, 10023, United States
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, eggs, artisanal baked goods, and New York’s only producer of both sorghum and maple syrup round out the offerings.
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Donna Hay Book Signing
2026-04-23 17:30 | The Shops at Columbus Circle, 10 Columbus Circle, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, 10019, United States
Celebrate the release of Donna Hay’s Sunshine, Lemons, and Sea Salt with a live preparation of her signature lemon cake.
$50 includes admission to the event, a bite of cake, and a signed copy of Sunshine, Lemons, and Sea Salt.

Paint Your Pot: Earth Day Workshop
2026-04-23 18:00 - 21:00 | Color Me Mine, 177 Amsterdam Avenue (Corner West 68th St.), New York, 10023, United States
Embark on a journey of creativity and celebration, exclusively for adults, from 6 pm – 8 pm. Join us as we paint, laugh, and craft unforgettable memories in the heart of the city 🌟🖌️ We’ll be gathering around long, community-style tables—so whether you come solo or with friends, you’ll have the chance to mingle, make connections, and share the night with fellow creatives.
Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just looking for a night of relaxation and fun, our workshop is your evening to express, connect, and unwind. Discover the joy of pottery painting and turn an ordinary night into an extraordinary masterpiece!
Celebrate Earth Day by painting your very own flower pot—perfect for planting blooms to brighten your space! Whether you’re a budding artist or a seasoned painter, this is a wonderful way to welcome spring and show some love to the Earth.
