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The Looking Glass
A free, outdoor exhibition of augmented reality artworks. The Looking Glass is a free, outdoor exhibition of augmented reality (AR) artworks viewable on The Shed’s public plaza July 3 to August 29, presented in partnership with Acute Art and the High…
Pier I Picture Show
Settle in for a movie night on the pier! Movies are shown each Wednesday from July 7 to August 18. Seating opens at 6:30 p.m. The movie starts after sunset, at around 8:30 p.m. Open-captioned. This Year’s Theme: Celebrating New…
Brooklyn Summer Wine Beer & Spirits Fest
Brooklyn Summer Fest is a perfect opportunity for guests to meet and hang out with friends and enjoy the libation of their choice. Summer Fest is your all access pass to emerging and renowned breweries, wineries and spirits from around the…
SPIRITED MEXICO EVENT
Explore Jalisco’s culinary tradition of birria — a roasted goat dish — with Chef Jonathan Zaragoza of Birrieria Zaragoza. At the age of 12, in the backyard of his home, Zaragoza began learning to make his families’ traditional birria in…
Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, & Jennifer Hudson to headline Central Park ‘mega-concert’ this summer
Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, and Jennifer Hudson will headline the massive concert happening this August in Central Park, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday. Last month, the mayor said he asked music producer and Brooklyn native Clive Davis to put…
To Be Baptized: A Performance Tribute to John Lewis and C.T. Vivian
On the one-year anniversary of the passing of the civil rights leaders John Lewis and C.T. Vivian, this celebration of civic engagement begins with the poet-performer Carl Hancock Rux, guitarist Chris Bruce and The Resistance Revival Chorus performing Rux’s The…
ERICA CAMPBELL SUMMERSTAGE
ERICA CAMPBELL will be performing live in Central Park. Erica Campbell (as one-half of the dynamic gospel duo Mary Mary) has recorded seven albums, won four GRAMMYS®, sold millions of records, starred in her own TV show, and helped expand…
INVINCIBLE: A GLORIOUS TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON/ DJ KS 360
Drawing its name from Michael Jackson’s tenth and final studio album, Invincible: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson is a performance of the King of Pop’s greatest hits—indelible anthems such as “Billie Jean,” “Beat It,” “Smooth Criminal,” “Thriller” and more—as…
Andy Warhol: Revelation
Experience the first exhibition to examine the iconic Pop artist’s complex Catholic faith in relation to his century-defining artistic practice, bringing together key works and rarely seen objects that explore the lived tensions between Andy Warhol’s spiritual upbringing and his…