This Is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture

Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street,

Explore the many ways NYC has inspired storytelling across art forms. See both famous and lesser-known depictions of New York in film and television, visual and performing arts, music, poetry…

An Atlas of Es Devlin

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 E 91st Street,

See over 300 sketches, paintings, illuminated paper cuts, and projection-mapped rotating miniature sculptures that form the seeds of some of the most iconic, cultural congregations of music, poetry, art, and…

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
🎟 $15/adults, free/ages 18 & under

Byzantine Bembé: New York by Manny Vega

Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street,

Explore Manny Vega's visual storytelling as it interweaves community stories with themes that range from African deities to urban mythologies, spanning the personal and the collective. His style has been…

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
🎟 Suggested $20, $14/students & seniors, free/ages 19 & under

The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism

Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street,

Through some 160 works of painting, sculpture, photography, film, and ephemera, explore the comprehensive and far-reaching ways in which Black artists portrayed everyday modern life in the new Black cities…

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
🎟 $30 (suggested), $17/students, free/ages 12 & under
Event Series NYC Discovery Lab

NYC Discovery Lab: Nature in the City

Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street,

In celebration of Earth Day, learn how the environment in New York City has changed over time. Hands-on activities for all ages include exploring indigenous plants and animals, a game…

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
🎟 Suggested $20, $14/students & seniors, free/ages 19 & under

International Sculpture Day

Seagram Plaza 375 Park Avenue between 52nd & 53rd Streets,

View Jorge Otero-Pailos' Analogue Sites, join family-friendly art activities, and enjoy music by Bobby Harden and his Soul Purpose Band. Presented by the Fund for Park Avenue.

A Walk in the Park: Watercolor and Nature Exploration Workshop

Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street,

Join an indoor-outdoor art-making and nature-exploring workshop. Learn about watercolor artist Frederick Brosen, participate in a watercolor painting tutorial, and take part in a guided garden exploration. Enjoy hands-on activities…

Suggested Ages: 9 to 12
🎟 $40

Free Ice Cream & Gene Casey and the Lone Sharks Band

Andrew Haswell Green Park E 60th Street & FDR Drive,

Join EsplanadeFriends for the spring kick-off concert of 2024. Groove with Gene Casey and the Lone Sharks, enjoy free ice cream and join kids craft activities while enjoying the fabulous East…

International Jazz Day Concert

Roosevelt Island Public Library Plaza 504 Main Street,

Celebrating International Jazz Day with a concert highlighting jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe. Immerse yourself in the captivating melodies and rhythms…

“Kharumi is a Georgian Dance” Festival

The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College 695 Park Avenue at E 68th Street,

Brooklyn's Dancing Crane presents a children’s festival of dance and Song.

Suggested Ages: 7 to 14+, Adult Friendly
🎟 $35
Event Series Met Storytime

Met Storytime

Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street,

Look, listen, sing, and have fun with Met educators. Join picture-book readings connected to objects in The Met collection every Tuesday & Thursday. This month's theme is Celebrate Black Stories…

Suggested Ages: All
🎟 $30 (pay-what-you-wish for NY residents), $17/students, free/ages 12 & under

Niki de Saint Phalle: Tableaux Éclatés

Salon 94 3 East 89th Street,

See French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle's dynamic Tableaux Éclatés (“burst paintings”), vibrant, mechanized pictures depicting landscapes upon which animals and still lifes, as well as her trademark Nanas, dance…

Event Series Start with Art/Art Trek

Start with Art/Art Trek

Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street,

Fabulous museum educators engage children in conversations and activities related to a few works in the vast collection. Travel through time and around the world on a museum adventure. Discover…

Suggested Ages: 3 to 11
🎟 $30 (pay-what-you-wish for NY residents), $17/students, free/ages 12 & under

The Tempest

92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue between 91st & 92nd Street,

 Join an original musical retelling of Shakespeare’s classic play created just for young audiences. Told through music and dance, 92NY’s retelling of Shakespeare’s timeless story of uncovering family bonds on…

Suggested Ages: All
🎟 $20-$35

Free Ice Cream & French Cookin’ Blues

Andrew Haswell Green Park E 60th Street & FDR Drive,

Join the French Cookin’ Blues Band as they return with their foot-stomping popular cover tunes. Enjoy free ice cream and join kids craft activities while enjoying the fabulous East River views.

Event Series Start with Art & Music

Start with Art & Music

Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street,

Explore art and music in the galleries while you look, move, and sing. Guest musicians share music related to works on view. Look closely at art and discuss with fabulous…

Suggested Ages: 3 to 6
🎟 $30 (pay-what-you-wish for NY residents), $17/students, free/ages 12 & under
Event Series Art Trek

Art Trek

Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street,

Fabulous museum educators engage children in conversations and activities related to a few works in the vast collection. Travel through time and around the world on a museum adventure. Discover…

Suggested Ages: 7 to 11
🎟 $30 (pay-what-you-wish for NY residents), $17/students, free/ages 12 & under

Discoveries

Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street,

Join an in-person workshop to talk about and make art. For kids with learning and developmental disabilities and those on the autism spectrum. Free, though advance registration is required. Space…

Uptown Jazz: New York, the Destination

Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street,

With help from the dynamic dancing duo The Uptown Belles, Dandy Wellington and his band will explore the songs that hail the five boroughs as a destination number one. Whether it’s crossing…

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
🎟 Suggested $20, $14/students & seniors, free/ages 19 & under

Meet the Artists! Making Family Sculptures with John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres

Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street,

Join a one-of-a-kind experience as South Bronx-based sculptors John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres sculpt museum visitors’ hands and turn them into a work of art to take home. As the…

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
🎟 Suggested $20, $14/students & seniors, free/ages 19 & under