We are sharing our recommendations of great cultural events to experience in the weeks ahead.
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Parks & Nature
- Friday, May 29 at noon: Green-Wood Cemetery has lots of upcoming online programming. Today’s offering is “Zooming in on fungi: learning how to identify common mushrooms:” (
Theater & Dance
- Saturday, May 9 and Sunday, May 10 at 11AM: Lincoln Center’s is inspired by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Led by New York City Ballet dancer Ralph Ippolito, this will be great for young ones!
- Monday, May 11 at 5:30PM: Lincoln Center brings the San Francisco Ballet to our homes in a performance of Prokofiev’s .
- Thursday, May 21 at 7:30PM: will be releasing Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot.
- Thursday, May 21: as part of their ADAPT program. You can sign up to be invited to the whole program.
- Friday, May 22 at 7:30PM: presents Mozart’s classic comedic opera, Don Giovanni.
- Wednesday, May 27 at 5PM: NYC Ballet’s Wendy Whelan takes audiences of all ages and levels through classic repertoire. See it on the
- Streaming: Alfred Molina stars as Mark Rothko in , a dramatization of creating the murals for New York’s Four Seasons Hotel. Available until May 27th.
- ٰԲ:’s , recorded during Shakespeare in the Park 2019. Available through May 27th.
- Streaming: Each evening, beginning at 7:30PM, The Metropolitan Opera presents a from its Live in HD series.
Music
- Wednesday, May 6 at 4PM: Lincoln Center at Home’s Concerts for Kids has Latinx ensemble . Fun sounds and effects incoming
- Thursday, May 7 at 2PM: presents several artists and collaborations “bringing audiences together, no matter where they are.”
- Thursday, May 7 at 4pm: Bill Frisell performs the music of Rev. Gary Davis at
- Sunday, May 24 at 11AM: bring a blend of fun grooves and science straight to your screen.
- Friday, May 29 at 2:30PM: from her home!
- Saturday, May 30 at 3PM: for Royal Albert Hall.
- Ongoing: Wednesdays at 8PM: Each week, Dave Matthews Band will from their archives.
- Ongoing: Saturdays at 7pm: Pianist, songwriter, and bandleader Ben Folds presents a weekly show, Saturday Apartment Requests.
Poetry & Literature
- Friday, May 8 at 12PM: Poets House features Major Jackson for a
- Saturday, May 9 at 6AM: Rise and shine for ! Paul Jennings’s classic children’s tale of a man’s quest to create an enormous jelly mold of the Royal Albert Hall! Read by actor Samuel West. Prefer to sleep in? The show will also be available after its premiere.
- Wednesday, May 20 at 12PM: Brian Teare is . He will be reading from his award winning book Doomstead Days.
- Thursday, May 21 at 5PM: I am deliberate/ and afraid/ of nothing: Poetry, Protest & Climate Change Activism. With Ed Roberson, Joan Kane & Brian Teare.
- Thursday, May 21 at 7PM: The hosts : performances and talks exploring the intersection of language and technology. Tonight’s presenters are and .
- Friday, May 22 at 7:30PM: Queens Theatre hosts . Be sure to get your free ticket!
- Wednesday, May 27 at 12PM: A from Yanyi.
- Friday 5/29 at 12PM: Poets House hosts .
- Saturday, June 6: The Bronx is reading! presents a full day of online events.
- Ongoing: Thursdays at 7 PM: Music legend (and QC Libraries staff favorite) Dolly Parton reads a book from the Imagination Library over at . Great for all ages!
Museums, History, and Community
- Thursday, May 21 at 7PM: Incoming in conversation with Tenement Museum president Morris Vogel.
- Tuesday, May 26th at 2:30PM: The Queens Historical Society going back more than a century. Learn how to use the census to track down ancestors and see its impact on our past and future.
Culture Watch is compiled by Michael Deering with the assistance of QC Libraries faculty and staff.