As part of its series of new digital initiatives, the New Museum presents “Bedtime Stories," a project initiated by the artist Maurizio Cattelan. Inviting friends and other artists and performers he admires to keep us company, Cattelan imagined “Bedtime Stories” as a way of staying together during these days of isolation. Each participant has been asked to read a selection from their favorite book–a sentence, passage, chapter, or more–to be shared with online audiences. Some chose to read ...

The Joyce Theater Foundation continues to bring audiences closer to dance through its website, www.Joyce.org, showcasing a selection of international and homegrown performances, artist talkbacks, online dance classes, and more. With artists and audiences alike migrating to online platforms out of necessity during the global COVID-19 crisis, The Joyce remains committed to bringing the power of dance to audiences everywhere through "Bring Dance Home," its new digital initiative. For more information, please visit www.Joyce.org/BringDanceHome   For nearly four ...

For the 25th year, a handful of stars and over 100 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and filmmakers join forces May 22 to 24 in the Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, available virtually on the website (www.theaterforthenewcity.net) of its presenting organization, Theater for the New City (TNC).  The event started in 1996 as a three-day, indoor and outdoor multi-arts festival intended to demonstrate the creative explosion of the Lower East Side and ...

BAM celebrates DanceAfrica—the nation’s largest African dance festival—through digital public programming. The series of digital offerings pays special tribute to the people who have shaped the popular festival over the past 42 years. Offerings include conversations with DanceAfrica creatives and members of the Council of Elders, online dance classes, streams of past performances, the annual FilmAfrica series, and other programs that bring the joy of DanceAfrica into audiences’ homes. And for the first time in its ...

What if, with a little willpower, an uncertain world could give way to something bold, thrilling, and new? Join host BD Wong (Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens), alongside performers D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place), Paul Giamatti (Billions), and Marin Ireland (Sneaky Pete) as they dare to question the nature of reality—and then attempt to remake it, with short fiction about soothsayers, alien invasions, and an uncanny force known only as Greg Stalfa. Virtual Selected Shorts will premiere on May 27 @7:30PM on the Symphony Space ...