Stamptown in Damrosch Park. Photo by Sachyn Mital
Shanghai Day, Living Library, and more Summer for the City events ☀️
As if the calendar wasn't packed with classical music, social dance, and Hip-Hop events, we're hosting two new series this week:
Join us for a week-long celebration of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts's 60th anniversary and spend an inspired Saturday at Shanghai Day.
FREE Fast Track reservations open every Monday at noon for select performances.
To reserve Fast Track visit LincolnCenter.org/FastTrack.
Monday, July 21
1:00 pm–7:00 pm, David Rubenstein Atrium
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Tuesday, July 22
Folklore and Legends
Jonathon Heyward Conducts Brahms's First Symphony
7:30 pm, Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
Choose-What-You-Pay
Revel in an evening full of drama, featuring classic tales from Ireland and Germany.
Wednesday, July 23
11:00 am and 1:00 pm, LeFrak Lobby, David Geffen Hall
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Kick off our celebration of the Library's 60th anniversary with a special edition of the beloved Storytime tradition, welcoming a surprise guest.
In collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
4:00 pm, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
FREE: Registration Required
The Library hosts a reading of an unproduced musical, Stranger, by Michael Friedman, starring Broadway stars, and directed by Trip Cullman.
5:30 pm, Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
FREE: General Admission
You are invited to a free concert showcasing New York City Public Schools Summer Arts Institute (SAI) student artists.
6:00 pm, The Dance Floor
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Learn how to dance the mambo with dancer Sekou McMiller, set to a live performance by the Palladium Mambo Band, inspired by NYC's legendary nightclub, the Palladium.
Folklore and Legends
Jonathon Heyward Conducts Brahms's First Symphony
7:30 pm, Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
Choose-What-You-Pay
Revel in an evening full of drama, featuring classic tales from Ireland and Germany.
Marcus Russell Price Presents
The Funniest Humans I Know Vol. 6
8:00 pm, The Underground at Jaffe Drive
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Comedy photographer Marcus Russell Price continues his hysterical stand-up series featuring up-and-coming stars in the making!
Waitress: The Musical
In American Sign Language by Deaf Broadway
8:00 pm, Damrosch Park
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
The live staging of the Broadway smash Waitress offers an equitable evening, with a full Deaf Broadway cast performing the music through ASL.
Library Silent Disco: Decades Party 1965-2025
With DJ Bill Coleman
8:00 pm, The Dance Floor
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Celebrate the Library's 60th anniversary with a Silent Disco party that highlights music from the Library's archive from each decade of its existence.
Thursday, July 24
11:00 am, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
FREE: General Admission
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.
11:00 am, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
FREE: Registration Required
Children (ages 4–6) are invited to develop creative abilities in a fun environment with pantomime, improvisation and imaginative play.
1:00 pm, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
FREE: Registration Required
Children (ages 7+) are invited to learn the fundamentals of improvisation, using exercises that develop strong ensemble and character work.
5:30 pm, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
FREE: Registration Required
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.
6:30 pm, The Dance Floor
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Take a journey through the history of tango, charting its golden age in the 1940s and 1950s to the present-day nuevo tango renaissance.
7:30 pm, David Rubenstein Atrium
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Experience the Lincoln Center debut of Gonia, a jazz ensemble who has created a new style of K-jazz with traditional Korean instruments.
8:00 pm, The Underground at Jaffe Drive
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Improvisational and experimental music veterans Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer take you on an eye-opening musical journey.
Friday, July 25
11:00 am, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
FREE: Registration Required
Just Accessible Music hosts a free workshop for ages 5-7 that teaches the structure of a song, rhythm, and basic instruments through performance.
3:00 pm, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
FREE: Registration Required
In celebration of A Chorus Line's 50th anniversary, the Library hosts a panel discussion with original cast members from the 1975 Broadway production.
5:00 pm, The Garden at Damrosch Park
FREE: General Admission
You're invited to a space where our community of artists, poets, and musicians connect to practice mindfulness and artistry.
Festival Orchestra Pre-Show Discussion
Arts for Social and Structural Wellbeing
6:00 pm, Kenneth C. Griffin Sidewalk Studio, David Geffen Hall
FREE: General Admission + via Livestream
How can the arts be leveraged to influence policy, health systems, and social movements?
6:30 pm, The Dance Floor
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Dance with joy to the music of the all-women Las Karamba ensemble, playing new twists on salsa, rumba, and bolero.
7:00 pm, David Rubenstein Atrium
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Watch silent films as they were meant to be seen: with live piano accompaniment! The Library screens two silent comedies from its archive, followed by a discussion of the films.
Timeless Transformations
Dame Jane Glover and Sterling Elliott in the Avery Fisher Legacy Concert
7:30 pm, Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
Choose-What-You-Pay
Mozart inspires and delights in this scintillating program that spans centuries.
10:00 pm, The Dance Floor
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
The Venezuelan-Peruvian DJ blends the kinetic intensity of raptor house, with reggaeton, dembow, jungle, and experimental rhythms.
Saturday, July 26
11:00 am–5:00 pm, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
FREE: General Admission
The Library hosts the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair where visitors can peruse and purchase records from 10 specially curated record vendors across NYC and NJ, enjoy DJ sets, and more.
11:00 am, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
FREE: General Admission
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.
12:00 pm, LeFrak Lobby, David Geffen Hall
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Check out this free concert with New York City Public Schools Summer Arts Institute (SAI) student artists as they play chamber music selections.
Presented in collaboration with the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center
4:00 pm, David Rubenstein Atrium
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Join the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra for a family-friendly, magical concert bringing the Chinese zodiac to life!
6:00 pm, The Garden at Damrosch Park
FREE: General Admission
Get hands-on with silk brocades, fasten traditional Chinese knot buttons around your waist, and experience century-old enamel artistry during Shanghai Day.
6:30 pm, The Dance Floor
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Trumpet virtuoso Li Xiaochuan and his jazz band lead a musical journey blending East and West. Followed by an epic break dance battle, featuring young dancers.
Timeless Transformations
Dame Jane Glover and Sterling Elliott in the Avery Fisher Legacy Concert
7:30 pm, Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
Choose-What-You-Pay
Mozart inspires and delights in this scintillating program that spans centuries.
7:30 pm, David Rubenstein Atrium
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Shanghai Animation Film Studio's iconic film brings together traditional Chinese aesthetics and the artistry of animation.
8:00 pm, Damrosch Park
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
The phenomenally popular game Arknights comes to life with a concert rooted in orchestral music, rock, and traditional Chinese folk—with animations from the game's deep lore.
9:00 pm, The Dance Floor
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Turn up, turn on, and get down with this late night Silent Disco—the final celebration on Shanghai Day!
Sunday, July 27
12:00 pm, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, LPA Cafe
FREE: Registration Required
Join Brazilian tap dancer Leonardo Sandoval for a family-friendly workshop with live music celebrating the Afro-diasporic roots of tap dance.
6:00 pm, The Underground at Jaffe Drive
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Enjoy an evening of music showcasing Shorter's varied and extensive oeuvre, featuring Palladium: The Music of Wayne Shorter.
In collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center
J.PERIOD Live Mixtape: Golden Era Edition
The Pharcyde and Arrested Development
7:30 pm, Damrosch Park
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
J.PERIOD, the legendary Mixtape Assassin, makes Hip-Hop history again in concert with NYC rap legends.
8:00 pm, Hearst Plaza
FREE: General Admission
Celebrate Summers during her 100th birth year with a recreation of her 1986 performance, Hidden Forest, which originally premiered at Lincoln Center.
9:00 pm, The Dance Floor
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track
Puerto Rican, Bronx-born turntablist, DJ, and producer brings her passion, skills, and musical archive straight to your headphones.
From our friends
Shanghai Grand Theatre presents
Lady White Snake
Saturday, July 26 at 1:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 27 at 1:30 pm
David H. Koch Theater
Experience Shanghai Grand Theatre's groundbreaking reimagining of China's timeless folk legend, The Tale of the White Snake. Moving beyond traditional narrative, this production transforms a thousand-year-old story into a profound exploration of the human psyche, where dance becomes a language of deep psychological revelation. Under the artistic direction of international ballet star Tan YuanYuan, Lady White Snake blends Eastern and Western dance languages, breathing new life into this timeless Chinese tale through a global lens, while showcasing the oriental aesthetic in the Jiangnan style.
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