NYBG ASL Thain Family Forest Tour

Meets at the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center This tour, led by an NYBG Tour Guide accompanied by an American Sign Language interpreter, gives visitors who are Deaf an enhanced experience of the Garden’s 50-acre Forest. Experience the beauty on this one-hour walking tour with a Tour Guide and learn how this original, uncut woodland thrives. To better serve our audience, ... More >>

Jun 21 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

ASL Tour: Breaking the Mold

Visitors from the D/deaf community are invited to experience Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200 in an American Sign Language (ASL) tour, led by a Deaf teaching artist. After a brief meet-and-greet, explore the evolution of the Brooklyn Museum from a small library to the encyclopedic institution it is today. Discover both legendary masterpieces and cutting-edge contemporary works, and take ... More >>

Jun 21 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

ASL Garden Tour & Compost Workshop

Join us in the Children’s Garden for a guided tour and composting workshop led by urban gardener Virginia Shou, supported by BBG compost specialist Katie Lobel. Learn about composting methods ranging from small-scale backyard piles to New York City’s industrial facilities, then roll up your sleeves and try your hand at the process. Plus, pot up a plant to take home! Light refreshments will ... More >>

Jun 21 @ 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh

Share an uplifting experience for all ages with Maimouna Youssef aka “Mumu Fresh”, a multifaceted artist whose influences range from jazz, gospel, traditional African and Indigenous music, to Hip-Hop, soul, rock, and experimental acapella fusion. With a passion for advocacy and community service, this GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter will elevate your summer!

Jun 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Wedding: New York's Biggest Day

Ever dreamed of getting married at Lincoln Center? For the fourth year in a row, we're inviting hundreds of couples to Alice Tully Hall for "New York's Biggest Day," offering New Yorkers the chance to celebrate love—from couples getting symbolically married for the first time, to those renewing vows or simply celebrating their love for the city. Directed once again by the Founding Artistic ... More >>

Jun 21 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

NYC METRO PICNIC SOCIAL!

Our yearly event. Time for socializing, networking and connecting. Registration on our website is required! Join us at our Picnic Social at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. All signer, members and Deaf community are welcome. Food and drink will be provided.

Jun 22 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin

Part devotion, part defiance — Meshell Ndegeocello’s Grammy-winning album arrives at Little Island as a live experience that blurs the line between concert, ritual and tribute. Celebrating 100 years of James Baldwin, No More Water weaves together voices, text and sound with urgency and love. Propulsive rhythms, spoken word and choral textures collide to create something vital and alive— a ... More >>

Jun 22 @ 8:30 pm - 9:45 pm

Guggenheim ASL Tour: Beatriz Milhazes

The Guggenheim New York welcomes visitors from the D/deaf community for an in-person American Sign Language (ASL) tour on Sunday, June 22, from 6 to 8:30 pm. Join us at the museum to explore our Collection in Focus exhibition Beatriz Milhazes: Rigor and Beauty. This after-hours program will be led by educator Joyce Hom. We’ll begin with a tour of the galleries followed by a light reception ... More >>

Jun 22 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

New Victory Dance: Program B

Swing into summer with New Victory Dance, the annual mini-festival of NYC dance curated specifically for kids! MCed by New Victory Teaching Artists, each program showcases a diverse lineup of acclaimed NYC-based dance companies—three per program, nine in total—and features a choreographer Talk-Back with a chance to dance from your seat. It’s your family date with dance!

Jun 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm

Interpreted Show: PRINCE FAGGOT at Playwrights Horizons

In this meta-theatrical satire, an ensemble of queer, trans, and nonbinary performers reckon with how the forces of power, privilege, and colonization play upon their lives as the playwright offers a central provocation: what if queer people dared to imagine a future monarch having a life that resembled their own? Playwrights Horizons partners with SignNexus for ASL-Interpreted performances. ... More >>

Jun 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm

Theater Storytime With Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz

Lincoln Center’s free Storytime programming returns at Summer for the City—and, due to continued popular demand, we have scheduled two readings every Wednesday! Curated by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts—which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year—Storytime events feature a children's book reading accompanied by live music, dance, or theater, engaging kids of ... More >>

Jun 25 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Theater Storytime With Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz

Lincoln Center’s free Storytime programming returns at Summer for the City—and, due to continued popular demand, we have scheduled two readings every Wednesday! Curated by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts—which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year—Storytime events feature a children's book reading accompanied by live music, dance, or theater, engaging kids of ... More >>

Jun 25 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Truce Songs

David Dorfman Dance's truce songs is a wild and personal meditation on peace with self, others, and the world. Employing the company’s trademark style of merging highly athletic dancing with poignant emotion, this abstract work of movement art is devised dance-theater for all audiences. Dancing bodies serve as conduits for momentary peace as the company mines the depths of power-crazed existence ... More >>

Jun 25 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Marcus Russell Price Presents The Funniest Humans I Know Vol. 5

When the photographer and filmmaker Marcus Russell Price is behind the lens, a picture often captures a thousand laughs. As an accomplished director for specials by Nimesh Patel and Keith Robinson, as well as a capturer of candid shots for Hollywood artists like Hannibal Buress, Amy Schumer, Sam Jay, and John Mulaney, Price's keen eye snaps the split second moments before and after a joke lands ... More >>

Jun 25 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

ASL ONLINE DrawNow!

Join us on Thursday, June 26, for an online drawing workshop presented in American Sign Language (ASL) and inspired by our current exhibition In the Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney, featuring works on paper by the American artist Beauford Delaney (1901–1979). For Delaney, drawing was both a sanctuary and a space of experimentation where he could explore ideas with greater ... More >>

Jun 26 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Screening of Award-Winning Pilot, "What Somalia Wants"

Screening of award-winning TV pilot Thursday, June 26, 2025 Angel of Harlem (122nd st.) Harlem, NY 10027 $20 via cashapp JadeFilmsCo | 8:30 PM $25 by June 25/Door #MADEINHARLEM | #ELEVATINGDEAFTALENT®

Jun 26 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

ASL Slam Actor's Showcase & Open Mic

ASL Slam Actor's Showcase 'Get It Poppin', Keep It Lit, & Slam in Style! Do It For The Culture!' Host: Tasia Jacobs, Actor $150 Cash Award for the Best Slammer! $50 for Second Place! Thursday, June 26, 2025 Angel of Harlem 2272 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (122nd St.) Harlem, NY 10027 All Acts Welcome: Rants, Recites, & Monologue! Open to Deaf Actors, Poets, ASL Students, ... More >>

Jun 26 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Stud Country

Stud Country is born from the legacy of queer dance spaces and honors the rich history of LGBTQIA+ cowboy culture. Best friends Sean Monaghan and Bailey Salisbury created the “Queer Church of Line Dance” as a safe space for connected community and partner dancing. They believe line dancing should be easy, fun and accessible to everyone, so all ages, body types and skill levels are welcome! ... More >>

Jun 26 @ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

La Casita

In 2001, Lincoln Center set the scene for the first La Casita, a citywide festival celebrating poetry and music, grounded in the principle that New York City is best represented through the artistic traditions of its most underserved communities. For nearly 25 years, La Casita's curators have assembled stellar casts around themes of lineage and heritage, mining tradition and bloodline through the ... More >>

Jun 27 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

ASL-interpreted Shabbat Morning Service

We're thrilled to announce another sign-language-interpreted Shabbat Morning Service -- both in-person and on Zoom this time -- and we hope that you can join us! Details: https://www.tandv.org/event/ASLatTandVJun2825

Jun 28 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Deaf Asian Street Festival

We are EXCITED to announce DEAF ASIAN STREET FESTIVAL — a meaningful and transformational initiative that honors the vibrant contributions of Deaf Asians to both the Deaf and Hearing communities of the Greater New York Area. This event is made possible through collaboration with local government agencies.

Jun 28 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Stamptown

Equal parts vaudeville, stand-up, cabaret, circus, drag, dance, improv, performance art, magic, and genius, Stamptown is a sweaty, sexy whirlwind that will sweep you off your feet and leave you rushing to tell your friends what you just saw. Masterminded by host and resident lead attraction Zach Zucker (Netflix, Vulture’s 2023 Comedian You Should Know), Stamptown’s past lineups have included ... More >>

Jun 28 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

THE LITTLE MERMAID at Paper Mill Playhouse 06/28-29

Based on one of the world’s most beloved stories and the enchanting Disney animated film, The Little Mermaid is a Broadway spectacular for dreamers of all ages to enjoy. This fishy fable boasts such irresistible songs as “Part of Your World,” “Kiss the Girl,” and the Academy Award–winning “Under the Sea”. It’s a joyful blend of adventure, comedy, and a love story that the whole ... More >>

Jun 29 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Jungle Cat Comedy

Introducing New York’s hottest new comedy show: Jungle Cat Comedy, curated and hosted by the up-and-coming stand-ups Abby Govindan (New York Comedy Festival) and Mohanad Elshieky (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Conan), returning to Lincoln Center for the summer. Paste Magazine says that Jungle Cat prioritizes "space for comedians with a diverse range of lived experiences to perform as ... More >>

Jul 2 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Loud & With Feeling

Loud & With Feeling is a musical based on a true-to-life experience about a group of Queer students in the first 24 hours of their sit-in protest. Their quest to fight for LGBTQ+ rights at their Private Christian University is stifled after their favorite professor is fired! Throughout the night, the group uncovers a lot of their own personal histories as they search for belonging, connection, ... More >>

Jul 3 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The Rhythm Reset

Come together to celebrate tap, America's original vernacular dance form, as we explore its Afro-diasporic roots and lineage in this inspiring workshop led by dancers from Music from the Sole, Brazilian artist Ana Tomioshi and American artist Sterling Harris. Learn the basics of body percussion and build a short poly-rhythmic percussive piece featuring Afro-Brazilian rhythmic patterns. Bring your ... More >>

Jul 5 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Big Umbrella Festival Silent Disco

The Big Umbrella Festival centers our audiences by sharing unique approaches to multi-sensory, interactive, and engaging artistic experiences, designed with and for neurodiverse audiences. This summer, the celebrated festival returns as a free day-long campus takeover full of relaxed spaces with multi-sensory experiences, performances, installations, and workshops specifically welcoming ... More >>

Jul 5 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

NYLaughs

Comedy goes underground at Jaffe Drive on July 9, as NYLaughs celebrates women in comedy with a special tribute to the powerhouse ladies behind Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary. Expect big laughs, trailblazing humor, and a night of comedy as legendary as the women who made it all happen! Join us for an unforgettable evening with SNL writer KC Shormina and four other incredible women ... More >>

Jul 9 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Rome Is Falling

The American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*), a leading force among today's most innovative and visionary interdisciplinary ensembles, presents the New York premiere of Rome is Falling, conceived and composed by AMOC* bassist Doug Balliett. Rome is a zany lesson on the absurdity of what can happen when influential people lose power. In his ever-prescient, ever-joyful way, Balliett brings audiences of ... More >>

Jul 13 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Deaf Talent Creative Lab® (3rd Edition)

Deaf Talent Creative Lab®️ 3rd Edition. Creating pathways to employment for Deaf/Disabled Adult Creatives in the Film/TV Industry. July 14-28, 2025 $850 Per Person Deadline, May 31, 2025 Payment Plan Accepted. Space is limited! •Scriptwriting Lab •Pitch Sessions •48-Hour Film Challenge •Acting •Directing Atlanta, GA Stone Mountain Park Georgia State University ... More >>

Jul 14 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

The Echoing of Tenses

AMOC* presents Anthony Cheung’s the echoing of tenses, a large-scale song cycle for tenor, violin, piano/keyboard, and pre-recorded sounds, that sets the texts of seven prominent, intergenerational Asian-American poets. These poets perform their words live within the production, sharing reflections on memory, cultural and personal identity, family, migration, and loss. the echoing of tenses was ... More >>

Jul 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

NYLaughs

NYLaughs curates a carnival of comedy for Brazil Week at Lincoln Center on July 16, headlined by Rafi Bastos! Joining him is a vibrant lineup of South American voices, including Colombian Pedro Gonzalez, Colombian-Canadian-American Santi Espinosa, Brazilian Jade Catta-Preta, and Luz Pazos straight out of the Andes. Get ready for a night of laughs, rhythm, and unforgettable comedy from Brazil and ... More >>

Jul 16 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Deaf Talent Creative Lab® (3rd Edition)

Deaf Talent Creative Lab®️ 3rd Edition. Creating pathways to employment for Deaf/Disabled Adult Creatives in the Film/TV Industry. July 14-28, 2025 $850 Per Person Deadline, May 31, 2025 Payment Plan Accepted. Space is limited! •Scriptwriting Lab •Pitch Sessions •48-Hour Film Challenge •Acting •Directing Atlanta, GA Stone Mountain Park Georgia State University ... More >>

Jul 17 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

B A T U Pre-Show Touch Tour

Participate in Summer for the City’s Brazil Week at the Atrium with an interactive performance for families: B A T U from Artefactos Bascos. Young people become artists as they’re invited to paint, dream, glue, and build a unique analog and artistic world in a collective happening with other participants. Created by multidisciplinary artist, performer, art historian and graphic designer Ieltxu ... More >>

Jul 19 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Dancing Across Borders

The vibrant artistry of Brazil comes to Summer for the City for a star-studded week of Brazilian concerts and programs that showcase the country’s diversity, depth, and creative excellence. Conceived in collaboration with Janete Da Silva, founder of the Silva Dance Company, this panel discussion highlights how Brazilian artists are reshaping ballet’s future, exploring the role of identity in ... More >>

Jul 19 @ 5:00 pm - 6:10 pm

Symphony of Choice: A Crowd-Composed Concert

In the mood for a little Brahms or Beethoven, sprinkled in with some new discoveries? The choice is yours! Our popular “crowd-composed concert” is back and you get to decide what you will hear. Use text-to-vote during the concert to choose from a menu of repertoire that previews the Festival Orchestra’s summer season. The evening’s program is in your hands!

Jul 19 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Liniker

Born in the countryside of São Paulo, the bold and groundbreaking superstar, singer-songwriter Liniker is proving that you don't have to choose between changing the world or charting hits. Honored as an "Immortal" by the Brazilian Academy of Culture, cast in a star role in the Amazon Prime Video series Manhãs de Setembro, and winner of the Latin GRAMMY for Best Portuguese Language Popular Music ... More >>

Jul 19 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Reading of Unproduced Musical in the Archive

Join us for a reading of an unproduced work, curated by the Library’s Billy Rose Theatre Division, and see theater history brought to life! ASSISTIVE LISTENING AND ASL | ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing accessibility@nypl.org or email access@lincolncenter.org

Jul 23 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Waitress: The Musical in ASL by Deaf Broadway

Although the show starts at 8pm, we will be offering an ASL gathering starting at 5:00pm! In just five short years, Deaf Broadway has become synonymous with authentically Deaf musical theater. The organization was founded during the 2020 pandemic in response to artistic director Garrett Zuercher's experience with the state of Deaf access to performances of lyrically complex musicals, which too ... More >>

Jul 23 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Marcus Russell Price Presents The Funniest Humans I Know Vol. 6

When the photographer and filmmaker Marcus Russell Price is behind the lens, a picture often captures a thousand laughs. As an accomplished director for specials by Nimesh Patel and Keith Robinson, as well as a capturer of candid shots for Hollywood artists like Hannibal Buress, Amy Schumer, Sam Jay, and John Mulaney, Price's keen eye snaps the split second moments before and after a joke lands ... More >>

Jul 23 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

NYPL Dance Theater Workshop Exhibition - Guided Tour

Take a tour of Room to Move: Dance Theater Workshop, and explore the history of the legendary space that launched the careers of iconic dance artists. ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing accessibility@nypl.org or access@lincolncenter.org

Jul 24 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

NYPL Reading Rhythms Public Reading Party

Bring your favorite book, play, musical score (or borrow one of ours) at a Reading Rhythms’ reading party hosted by The Library for the Performing Arts. ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing accessibility@nypl.org.

Jul 24 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

2025 Westside Experiment, a summer theater program at IRT Theater

IRT’s Westside Experiment is an acting laboratory that airs Deaf and hearing students with working theater artists to learn about their craft and create an original piece of theater together. Interpreters are provided, making the program accessible for both Deaf and hearing. Led by Lead Teachers Jules Dameron (he/him) & Treshelle M. Edmond (she/her)

Aug 11 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Mozart's Don Giovanni - a rock opera June 6 - August 26

Mozart’s Don Giovanni – A Rock Opera is a thrilling adventure of the irresistible bad boy who lives fast, loves hard, and laughs in the face of danger… until his past comes back to haunt him. A classic tale of desire, morality, and karma, the world’s greatest opera will seduce you with this brand new production, sung in English with a thought-provoking, hilarious libretto, backed by a ... More >>

Aug 26 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Signing Supper

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Dec 16 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm