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tell me your night, I'll build it from the listingsMay 2027
← agendaTHE NORMAL HEART Benefit Reading
Tue Apr 27 · 7pm · The Public Theater · $100 (benefit tickets); $40 (limited lottery tickets)
Benefit Reading in the Barbaralee Theater at The Public Theater. After Party in The Library with members of the company. Benefit tickets begin at $100. A limited number of $40 tickets available via in-person lottery in the main lobby (lottery opens at 4:00PM day of event).
listed by The Public Theater
Lore: The Stories That Bring Us Here
Sun May 2 · 7pm · Abrons Arts Center
Arts education spring exhibition featuring artwork from Henry Street Settlement's PATHS classes and Abrons Arts Center's Education programs including Visual Arts, Draw Paint Build, 3D Art Making, Teen Mixed Media, Street Photography, and Ceramics.
listed by Abrons Arts Center
Abrons Arts Center x IMPULSE Magazine: Seeing Multiples: Print Editions, Value, and Affordability in a Changing Art Market
Sun May 16 · 4pm · Abrons Arts Center
Panel discussion bringing together perspectives across the art ecosystem—appraisal, collecting, fair infrastructure, publishing, and artistic practice—to examine how visual art is valued and accessed in shifting conditions.
listed by Abrons Arts Center
Mitsuko Uchida Plays Beethoven
Wed May 19 · 7pm · David Geffen Hall
Legendary pianist Mitsuko Uchida joins Gustavo Dudamel for Beethoven's luminous Piano Concerto No. 2, alongside Mahler's arrangement of Beethoven's Serioso Quartet and the World Premiere of a song cycle by Gonzalo Grau on texts by Venezuelan poet Rafael Cadenas.
listed by New York Philharmonic
Mitsuko Uchida Plays Beethoven
Thu May 20 · 7pm · David Geffen Hall
Legendary pianist Mitsuko Uchida joins Gustavo Dudamel for Beethoven's luminous Piano Concerto No. 2, alongside Mahler's arrangement of Beethoven's Serioso Quartet and the World Premiere of a song cycle by Gonzalo Grau on texts by Venezuelan poet Rafael Cadenas.
listed by New York Philharmonic
Kinstillatory Mappings in Light and Dark Matter
Fri May 21 · 6pm · Miriam and Harold Steinberg Plaza · Free
Monthly outdoor gathering featuring improvisational radio making experience with Wave Farm's Bianca Felix Biberaj and Meredith Kooi. Participants encouraged to bring sound recordings responding to prompts about neighborhood sounds, places, voices, water sources, and cooking sounds.
listed by Abrons Arts Center
Mitsuko Uchida Plays Beethoven
Fri May 21 · 7pm · David Geffen Hall
Legendary pianist Mitsuko Uchida joins Gustavo Dudamel for Beethoven's luminous Piano Concerto No. 2, alongside Mahler's arrangement of Beethoven's Serioso Quartet and the World Premiere of a song cycle by Gonzalo Grau on texts by Venezuelan poet Rafael Cadenas.
listed by New York Philharmonic
SIMON SHAHEEN ENSEMBLE
Fri May 21 · 8pm · Roulette Intermedium
Oud and violin maestro and educator Simon Shaheen is recognized as one of the most prominent Arab musicians of our time, celebrated for his exceptional abilities in both traditional and contemporary music. The Ensemble: Simon Shaheen – violin and 'ud, Najib Shaheen – 'ud, Layan Hawila – vocal, Firas Zreik – qanun, Tareq Rantisi – percussion, Rami Aboulaya – nay. Opening will be Mehrnam Rastegari and her Trio featuring Panagiotis Andreou on bass and Ignabu on drums.
listed by World Music Institute
Mitsuko Uchida Plays Beethoven
Sat May 22 · 7pm · David Geffen Hall
Legendary pianist Mitsuko Uchida joins Gustavo Dudamel for Beethoven's luminous Piano Concerto No. 2, alongside Mahler's arrangement of Beethoven's Serioso Quartet and the World Premiere of a song cycle by Gonzalo Grau on texts by Venezuelan poet Rafael Cadenas.
listed by New York Philharmonic
Levantine Rhapsody
Mon May 31 · 5pm · Corpus Christi Church
To celebrate the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha, Turkish kanun virtuoso Didem Basar intertwines two influences: Turkish and Western classical music. The dialogue is enriched by Turkish maqams (modes), ornate rhythmic cycles and astonishing improvisation, blended with compositions that have a distinctly impressionist approach.
listed by Music Before 1800
Forging Ocean Legends
Tue Jun 1 · 6pm · Asia Society and Explorers Club Headquarters
Hosted by explorer Josh Bernstein, kick-off our 10th anniversary Oceans Week with multi-generational ocean legends: Indigenous ocean advocate Xiye Bastida alongside filmmaker Franco Campos-Lopez, the grandchildren of Jacques Cousteau, and the great Sylvia Earle. Live at the Asia Society, right across from the Clubhouse on Park Avenue. We'll close the evening with a special Calypso Party at Club Headquarters, named in honor of Cousteau's iconic research vessel. Featuring footage shot aboard the RV Calypso, live calypso music of Trinidad & Tobago - with Hillard Green on bass guitar, David Achee on percussion, and Lyndon Achee on Steel Pans - plus calypso lemonade cocktails, and a first look at our Oceans Week installation exhibits.
listed by The Explorers Club
Frankenstein's Baby
Tue Jun 1 · 7:30pm
Stand-up show featuring Josh Gondelman, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Alison Leiby, and Tyrone Thornhill as rotating hosts. This edition hosted by Alison Leiby and Josh Gondelman with special guests Brooks Wheelan, Rima Parikh, Nate Fridson, Jim Search, and Meredith Dietz. Music from Donwill.
listed by Harlem One Stop
The Finnish Front Line Book Talk with Gordon F. Sander and Consul General of Finland Jarmo Sareva
Wed Jun 2 · 7pm · Scandinavia House · free
Discussion and presentation on The Finnish Front Line: Kekkonen, Kennedy, and Khrushchev's Cold War Showdown, a historical biography of Urho Kekkonen—the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland.
listed by Scandinavia House