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Through Arts, Culture & Fun programs, you can look up to the sky through telescopes from rooftops and parks at the "Dark Night, Bright Lights" series in partnership with the Amateur Astronomers Association and the Urban Park Rangers; learn how to swing, salsa, and tango in our dance series "Dance Away the Night"; try your hand at an artistic pursuit in our art workshop series "Make Your Mark"; join inspirational talks and workshops at the "Inspire You and Conversation Series"; and so much more!
Arts, Culture & Fun Series Events
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Make Your Mark with Watercolor Painting by the River
at Bushwick Inlet Park House (in Bushwick Inlet Park) , Brooklyn
6:30 p.m.
–8:30 p.m.
Learn how to use lines, shapes, and colors to render an image. Bring an image you would like to paint during the two-hour session.
Free!
Event
Friday, May 25, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Celebration of Ingmar Bergman - Movie Screening: Seventh Seal
at Long Meadow by the Picnic House (in Prospect Park) , Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.
–10:00 p.m.
Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him to a fateful game of chess.
Free!
Event
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: CONSUMATA
at
Lafayette Avenue and Edgewater Road (in Hunts Point Riverside Park) , Bronx 
12:00 p.m.
–1:00 p.m.
Cumbia-punk, ska-funk, boss-a-renge, dubbed out tarantellas. Come and enjoy the music.
Free!
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Taikoza Concert
at The Jackie Robinson Park Bandshell (in Jackie Robinson Park) , Manhattan
6:00 p.m.
–7:00 p.m.
Experience the thunderous rhythms of ancestral Taiko drums and the magical sounds of the bamboo flutes.
Free!
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Dance Away the Night with the City Stompers
at
Asser Levy Recreation Center (in Asser Levy Playground) , Manhattan
6:00 p.m.
–7:30 p.m.
NYC Parks and the City Stompers invite you to get on your feet and move to the sounds of live American fiddle music!
Free!
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Ailey Extension - Revelations Workshop with Lisa Johnson
at Parade Ground (in Prospect Park) , Brooklyn
7:00 p.m.
–8:00 p.m.
Join a free dance class with Ailey Instructor Lisa Johnson!
Free!
Friday, June 8, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Ailey Extension - New York-Style Mambo with Katherine Jimenez
at
Sunset Park Recreation Center (in Sunset Park) , Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.
–7:00 p.m.
Join us for a New York-style mambo workshop with Ailey instructor Katherine Jimenez.
Free!
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Ray Mantilla
at J Hood Wright Park (in J. Hood Wright Park) , Manhattan
6:00 p.m.
–8:00 p.m.
Join us for a live outdoor concert with Ray Mantilla, legendary conga player along with his exciting jazz and latin quartet.
Free!
Arts, Culture & Fun: Ailey Extension - House Dance with Kim Holmes
at South Oxford Park , Brooklyn
6:30 p.m.
–7:30 p.m.
Join us for a house dance workshop with Ailey instructor Kim Holmes. Stay after the workshop for the Silent Disco!
Free!
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: John Cooksey Spontaneous Combustion Quintet
at The Jackie Robinson Park Bandshell (in Jackie Robinson Park) , Manhattan
6:00 p.m.
–7:30 p.m.
Join us for a special live concert with the John Cooksey Spontaneous Combustion Quintet.
Free!
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Ailey Extension - Revelations Workshop with Lisa Johnson
at West 19th Street and Boardwalk (in Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk) , Brooklyn
4:00 p.m.
–5:00 p.m.
Join us for a special Revelations Workshop with Ailey Instructor Lisa Johnson. This is part of a Juneteenth event at the Coney Island Boardwalk.
Free!
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Rescheduled: Arts, Culture & Fun: Ailey Extension - Samba Workshop with Quenia Ribeiro
at
Cuyler Gore (in Cuyler Gore Park) , Brooklyn
7:00 p.m.
–8:00 p.m.
Join us for a Samba (with live drums) workshop with Ailey instructor Quenia Ribeiro.
Free!
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Ailey Extension - West African Dance with Maguette Camara
at Marcy Ave and Greene Ave (in Herbert Von King Park) , Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.
–12:00 p.m.
Join us for a West African Dance workshop (live drum) with Maguette Camara outdoors in the park.
Free!
Arts, Culture & Fun: Alvin Flythe Quartet
at Andrew Haswell Green Park , Manhattan
4:00 p.m.
–6:00 p.m.
A professional musician for over 50 years, Queens-born saxophonist / multi-instrumentalist Alvin Flythe has worked with Duke Ellington, Roy Haynes, Little Jimmy Scott and the Gap Band.
Free!
Friday, June 29, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Celebration of Ingmar Bergman - Movie Screening: Smiles of a Summer Night
at Driggs Avenue and Lorimer Street (in McCarren Park) , Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.
–10:00 p.m.
After fifteen films that received mostly local acclaim, the 1955 comedy Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) at last ushered in an international audience for Ingmar Bergman.
Free!
Saturday, June 30, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Queensboro Dance Festival
at
Beach 17th Street and Boardwalk (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk) , Queens
6:00 p.m.
–7:30 p.m.
The Queensboro Dance Festival is an annual 6-month tour of performances and community dance activities featuring dance companies all from Queens.
Free!
Arts, Culture & Fun: Jazz with the Phil Young Experience
at The Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater (in Marcus Garvey Park) , Manhattan
6:00 p.m.
–8:00 p.m.
Join us for live jazz by The Phil Young Experience. Phil Young is a drummer, florist and leader of "the Harlem Hip" -- as recently seen in The New Yorker.
Free!
Friday, July 6, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Dance Away the Night with the City Stompers
at Beach 94th Street, off Shorefront Parkway (in Rockaway Beach) , Queens
7:00 p.m.
–8:30 p.m.
NYC Parks and the City Stompers invite you to get on your feet and move to the sounds of live American fiddle music!
Free!
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Ailey Extension - House Dance with Kim Holmes
at
Central Lawn (in Fort Greene Park) , Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.
–2:00 p.m.
Join us for a house dance workshop with Ailey instructor Kim Holmes. This is part of the yearly Soul Summit event!
Free!
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Taikoza Japanese Drummers
at 76th Avenue and Springfield Boulevard (in Alley Pond Park) , Queens
10:30 a.m.
–11:30 p.m.
Join NYC Parks for special concerts featuring the thunderous rhythms of the ancestral Taiko drums and the magical sounds of the bamboo flutes.
Free!
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Queensboro Dance Festival
at Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park) , Queens
2:00 p.m.
–3:30 p.m.
The Queensboro Dance Festival is an annual 6-month tour of performances and community dance activities featuring dance companies all from Queens.
Free!
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Samba Workshop wth Quenia Ribeiro
at
St. Mary's Park
, Bronx
11:00 a.m.
–12:00 p.m.
Join us for a Samba workshop (with live drums) with Ailey instructor Quenia Ribeiro.
Free!
Arts, Culture & Fun: Taikoza Concert
at Highbridge Recreation Center (in Highbridge Park) , Manhattan
6:00 p.m.
–7:00 p.m.
Experience the thunderous rhythms of ancestral Taiko drums and the magical sounds of the bamboo flutes.
Free!
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Queensboro Dance Festival
at Juniper Valley Park 80th Street Entrance (in Juniper Valley Park) , Queens
2:00 p.m.
–3:30 p.m.
The Queensboro Dance Festival is an annual 6-month tour of performances and community dance activities featuring dance companies all from Queens.
Free!
Saturday, August 4, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Queensboro Dance Festival
at
Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center
, Queens
2:00 p.m.
–3:30 p.m.
The Queensboro Dance Festival is an annual 6-month tour of performances and community dance activities featuring dance companies all from Queens.
Free!
Saturday, August 11, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Queensboro Dance Festival
at Parade Grounds (in Fort Totten Park) , Queens
2:00 p.m.
–3:30 p.m.
The Queensboro Dance Festival is an annual 6-month tour of performances and community dance activities featuring dance companies all from Queens.
Free!
Arts, Culture & Fun: Celebration of Ingmar Bergman - Movie Screening: Autumn Sonata
at Garibaldi Plaza (in Washington Square Park) , Manhattan
8:00 p.m.
–10:00 p.m.
Autumn Sonata was the only collaboration between cinema’s two great Bergmans: Ingmar, the iconic director of The Seventh Seal, and Ingrid, the monumental star of Casablanca.
Free!
Event
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Dance Away the Night with the City Stompers
at
Midland Beach Splash Plaza (in Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach) , Staten Island
6:00 p.m.
–7:30 p.m.
NYC Parks and the City Stompers invite you to get on your feet and move to the sounds of live American fiddle music.
Free!
Saturday, September 15, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Dance Away with the City Stompers
at John J Carty Park , Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.
–1:30 p.m.
NYC Parks and the City Stompers invite you to get on your feet and move to the sounds of live American fiddle music.
Free!
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Arts, Culture & Fun: Queensboro Dance Festival
at George Seuffert Bandshell (in Forest Park) , Queens
2:00 p.m.
–3:30 p.m.
The Queensboro Dance Festival is an annual 6-month tour of performances and community dance activities featuring dance companies all from Queens.
Free!
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