Monday, March 31, 2025

This week at Lincoln Center Presents

 Lincoln Center Presents
A black man performing on stage at the Atrium

Hip-Hop Trivia Battle at the Atrium. Photo by Sachyn Mital

A Big Week of Music, Comedy, and Dance at Lincoln Center

We look forward to welcoming you to FREE and Choose-What-You-Pay performances at Lincoln Center Presents. This week Big Umbrella Festival returns with three weekends of events designed with and for neurodiverse audiences. Plus, dance the night away with two of Brooklyn's biggest party curators, hear from trailblazing women in Hip-Hop, and more!

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Audience watching a performance at the Atrium

Photo by Shelby Antel

Fast Track Available

We're offering FREE Fast Track reservations today at 12:00 pm for all events at the David Rubenstein Atrium this week! To learn more and reserve Fast Track visit 
LincolnCenter.org/FastTrack.

Weekly Calendar March 31-April 6
Rubén Blades in front of a colorful mosaic background

Rubén Blades's Maestra Vida
with members of the New York Philharmonic

Today, March 31 at 7:30 pm
Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
Choose-What-You-Pay
Presented in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic

Don't miss the U.S. premiere of Blades's large-scale musical work, a soaring, genre-defying urban drama centered on the Latin American lived experience.

*Limited availability

Closed CaptioningSupertitles in English and Spanish

A black and white photograph of a Black man playing a drum while two Black men watch. They are all in suits and ties.

Wednesday, April 2 at 7:00 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

Join us for a program celebrating the cross-cultural musical innovation of San Juan Hill, with performances by rising star Andre Perlman and his jazz ensemble and moderated by Loren Schoenberg, Founding Director and Senior Scholar at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

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A group of disabled and non-disabled people sit in a circle with Kayla Hamilton and Elisabeth Motley. They are gathered in a dance studio with a gray floor and white walls.

Thursday, April 3 at 6:00 pm
Virtual Event
FREE: Registration Required

Register for Crip Movement Lab, a virtual movement workshop for all disabled people and their non-disabled accomplices.

Audio Description Audio Description available 

ASL interpretation  American Sign Language interpretation

A portrait of Nibal Malshi; A photo of DJ Carmen Sandiego and DJ Myyuh of Haza Party performing

Thursday, April 3 at 7:00 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

Haza and Brooklyn Maqam host an evening of music, dance, and community, headlined by the Palestinian vocalist Nibal Malshi.

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A young child blows air through a cardboard flute

When the World Turns
Polyglot Theatre and Oily Cart

April 4–13
Clark Studio Theater, Rose Building
Choose-What-You-Pay

Become part of a wild place of the senses where you can see, hear, touch, smell, and feel this living, breathing world as it reveals itself.

*Limited availability

Audio Description This event will be a Relaxed Performance.

A black and white photo of The Slits performing on stage

Friday, April 4 at 7:30 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

Celebrate the pioneering UK experimental punk band The Slits with an evening of music, performed by an array of musical luminaries paying their respects.

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A young child blows air through a cardboard flute

Friday, April 4 at 8:00 pm
Kaplan Penthouse, Rose Building
Choose-What-You-Pay
Presented in partnership with ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York

The largest festival in the world dedicated to showcasing ground-breaking work by and about people with disabilities returns.

*Limited availability

Audio Description This event will be a Relaxed Performance.

A child plays the violin while a CMS member directs them.

Saturday, April 5, 11:00 am & 1:00 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
Choose-What-You-Pay
Presented in collaboration with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Join us for a melodious CMS Kids journey with Big Umbrella Festival, where music moves and melodies contour through the air!

*Limited availability

Audio Description This event will be a Relaxed Performance.

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A young child blows air through a cardboard flute

Trailblazers Talk: Celebrating Women in Hip-Hop
Fresh, Bold & So Def Symposium II

Saturday, April 5 at 6:00 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
In collaboration with Hip-Hop Education Center

A global movement devoted to shining a spotlight on the trailblazing women shaping Hip-Hop's legacy and creating new spaces for future generations.

A child plays the violin while a CMS member directs them.

Sunday, April 6 at 1:00 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

Join Tony Award-winning designer and creative director Clint Ramos on a collaborative voyage of making and launching a boat on Lincoln Center's campus.

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Sunday, April 6 at 3:00 pm
LeFrak Lobby, David Geffen Hall
FREE: General Admission

This multi award-winning film celebrates Fanny's often-forgotten legacy. Meet the most important band you've never heard of... yet.

Performers on stage

Sunday, April 6, 7:30 PM
Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
Choose-What-You-Pay

Trailblazing women rock bands from the 1970s, 1980s and 2000s take center stage for this celebration of women living loud legacies.

*Limited availability

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Kids and families interact with Los Trompos

April 4–20 at 11:00 am–6:00 pm
Damrosch Park
FREE

Bring your family to experience Los Trompos, a captivating, interactive installation featuring eight larger-than-life, three-dimensional spinning tops in a variety of colors and shapes at Damrosch Park.

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From our friends
Chamber musicians on stage under pink lighting

National Sawdust
Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30 pm

Join us for an unforgettable evening at the intersection of jazz and chamber music with Ravinia On Tour's Bridges Composition Concert. This captivating fusion of genres promises to spark the joy of jazz aficionados and classical music enthusiasts alike.

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