Events Calendar

Music featured at the Free Music Fridays series thematically reflects the spirit of the self-taught art on view at the museum. Support the proceedings with a donation-based cash wine bar. Admission is always free. Hosted by Lara Ewen. Tonight's performance: 5:30pm-D.B. Rielly, American folk singer: 6:05pm-Jordi Baizan, Acoustic folk/Americana; and 6:40pm-Karen Dahlstrom, Bluesy folk/Americana. NCES.

Bluebird London NYC have launched something super Saxy! Gather together with friends or family and enjoy a prix fixe brunch menu for $35 which includes a choice of appetizer, entrée & tea or coffee. Build your very own bloody mary with an immersive trolley whilst accompanied by saxophonist Julia Banholzer to serenade your weekend. Highlights of the brunch menu include – the Bluebird Bowl with Greek Yogurt, banana, berries, coconut and bee pollen; Classic English Breakfast, Fish & Chips, and eggs in may different ways. Brunch is served every Saturday & Sunday from 10:00am-3:00pm. Please note, the Saxy sounds are available Saturday’s only, for a duration of two hours – start time may vary.

Bluebird London NYC have launched something super Saxy! Gather together with friends or family and enjoy a prix fixe brunch menu for $35 which includes a choice of appetizer, entrée & tea or coffee. Build your very own bloody mary with an immersive trolley whilst accompanied by saxophonist Julia Banholzer to serenade your weekend. Highlights of the brunch menu include – the Bluebird Bowl with Greek Yogurt, banana, berries, coconut and bee pollen; Classic English Breakfast, Fish & Chips, and eggs in may different ways. Brunch is served every Saturday & Sunday from 10:00am-3:00pm. Please note, the Saxy sounds are available Saturday’s only, for a duration of two hours – start time may vary.

Monday through Friday, Bluebird London is giving you the perfect excuse to visit over lunch with friends, family or colleagues. Revel in the new pre-fixe lunch menu, with two courses for $35 or three courses for $42 per person and take advantage of this special offering in Dining Room only.

Born and raised in Detroit, educated and discovered in New York, Anna Sui reinvented pop culture fashion with her signature rock-and-roll romantic label in the 1990s and has remained a design icon ever since. Beginning with her premiere catwalk show in 1991, Sui has shaped not only the garments, textiles, accessories, cosmetics, and interiors that comprise her design universe, but also the course of fashion history by popularizing the boutique fashion look. Sui’s unique approach to creating narratives through her work is legendary: a self-taught historian of culture, art, and fashion, she samples music, books, exhibitions, movies, time periods, photography, and art movements in her designs. The first iteration of this exhibition debuted at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London, in the summer of 2017. The exhibition is also made possible by a grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

The fourth annual performance of Broadway Under The Stars at The Shops at Columbus Circle will be taking place every Monday at 5:00pm between November 11th and December 9th. These live shows are totally free and you don’t need a reservation … just show up! Performances will take place on the second floor of the Time Warner Center, with the giant, colorful hanging stars in the background. Here’s the line up for this year! November 11th: Waitress, Chicago, Oklahoma!, The Lightning Thief November 18th: Come From Away, Rock of Ages November 25th: Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, The Illusionist December 2nd: Beetlejuice, Tootsie, Mean Girls December 9th: Phantom of the Opera, WICKED

Before his death in 1897, Johannes Brahms memorialized his cherished, fast-disappearing Old World in works of breathtaking tenderness and profundity. Moved by the serene purity of the clarinet, he created a quintet for the ages, a heart-rending epitaph for himself and the 19th century combined. Schubert’s similar Fantasie, composed in the autumn of his life, and Schumann’s emotional Dichterliebe build a nostalgic musical path to Brahms’s late masterpiece. Program: - Schubert Fantasie in F minor for Piano, Four Hands, D. 940, Op. 103 (1828) - Schumann Dichterliebe for Voice and Piano, Op. 48 (1840) - Brahms Quintet in B minor for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 115 (1891)

Enjoy Dixieland Jazz at the weekly, Toe Tappin' Tuesdays, presented by the Gotham Jazzmen, who perform a concert of jazz favorites certain to lift your spirits and make your body move. Doors open at 11:45am. Featuring: Pete Sokolow, Piano; Lee Lorenz, Cornet; James Lincoln Collier, Trombone; Ernie Lumer, Clarinet; Ed Bonoff, Drums; and David Hofstra, Bass.

Yeti, Set, Snow! – an original story and marionette show produced by City Parks Foundation – will be making it's return to the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre in Central Park beginning on November 12. Perfect for families with young children, this winter adventure with puppetry and music is perfect for getting into the winter holiday spirit. Yeti, Set, Snow! tells the story of a young girl named Widget, and her friend, Twig, who encounter a yeti named Pascetti and a cat, Tinsel Kitty, on the first snow day. Pascetti, who lives on a mountaintop nearby, dislikes the snow. Through songs and outdoor activities, Pascetti learns not only that snow can be fun, but also that friendship is important. Tickets are available now.

Join the Library for a free StayWell Exercise class designed for seniors. Register: In-person, at registration desk All participants must sign waiver before they join in. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing. Call or stop by for futher details. Class is limited to nineteen (19) participants only. So come early!

This season, Inside Chamber Music expands to explore twelve milestone chamber music works. Join distinguished composer and radio personality Bruce Adolphe for investigations and insights into masterworks that changed the trajectory of the genre. Inside Chamber Music lectures are beloved by regulars and a revelation to first-timers for their depth, accessibility, and brilliance. Each lecture is supported by excerpts from the featured piece, performed live by CMS artists. Program: - Stravinsky L'Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), Trio Version for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano (1918, arr. 1919)

No one did more to define the American musical today than Harold “Hal” Prince. His resume included some of the most important titles of the past century: West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Company, Sweeney Todd, and Phantom of the Opera. In the Company of Harold Prince will explore Prince’s reinvention of musical theatre from the script- and score-based model created by Rodgers and Hammerstein and George Abbott to a more visual, almost cinematic art form in which the director is auteur. Prince acknowledged that fruitful collaboration is the foundation of theatrical genius, and this exhibition will illuminate the team of designers, stage managers, press agents, composers, and writers Prince assembled to create so many history-making shows. In addition to displaying original costumes, set models, and archival video, this exhibition borrows from the aesthetic of immersive theatre and invites visitors to pick up, examine, and interact with reproductions of documents and objects from the Library’s unparallelled collections. Opening soon, September 18, 2019 - March 31st, 2020.