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All-Mozart program with conductor Brad Lubman features mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner, winner of 2021 Walter W. Naumburg International Competition

New York, N.Y. - On Tuesday, July 21 at 7:30 pm, Naumburg Orchestral Concerts presents Orchestra of St. Luke's, led by conductor Brad Lubman, and guest mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park (mid-park at 72nd St.). The concert is free and will be broadcast live and streamed on WQXR.

New York, NY (July 8, 2026) - Hot off winning last year’s Soho Playhouse Lighthouse Series, BLACK WATCH THEATRE is pleased to announce the cast of Melissa Maney’s HUNGRY WOMEN, directed by Daniella Caggiano. HUNGRY WOMEN will play a limited engagement at SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam St. New York, NY 10013). Performances begin Thursday, July 23, and continue through Sunday, August 30. Opening Night is Saturday, July 25 (7 p.m.).

Featuring work by Steve Pikelny, Godmin, Ursula Endlicher, and Chia Amisola that explore ideas such as spam, sensors, and HTML gardens

July 2, 2026–July 25, 2027

Astoria, NY (July 6, 2026) — Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) has launched Site Interruptions, a new series of artist commissions unfolding across MoMI’s homepage, movingimage.org, and unexpected locations in the Museum’s building. The yearlong series opened July 2, 2026 and continues through July 25, 2027, and will feature four artists: Steve Pikelny, Godmin, Ursula Edlicher, and Chia Amisola. …

“We All Dress for Bill” to be Guest Curated by Vogue’s Raul Martinez, with Advisory Support from Alex Gonzalez and Anna Wintour

New York, NY (July 6, 2026)—The New York Historical, New York’s first museum, has today announced “We All Dress for Bill”—the new exhibition celebrating famed photographer Bill Cunningham’s decades-long career—will open in the winter of 2027. On view in the Klingenstein Family Gallery, the signature exhibition space in The Historical’s new Tang Wing for American Democracy, the exhibition will feature Cunningham’s photographs capturing street fashion, fashion shows, and parties across New York City.

New York, N.Y. - Fraunces Tavern Museum’s permanent collection holds numerous treasures of the American Revolutionary era that bring the stories of those who helped achieve American Independence to life. The Museum showcases a carefully curated selection of those treasures in its Path to Liberty: The Emergence of a Nation special exhibition. To accompany this exhibition, Fraunces Tavern Museum has published Volume I of a catalog to accompany the displays covering the events of April 1775 to March 1777, and a special display of the Museum’s Revolutionary-era orderly books, which is now available for purchase at the Museum’s gift shop and will soon be available for purchase online.

D’yan in Paris: The Wild 1960s

New York, N.Y. - D’yan Forest turns 92 on July 31 and will celebrate the milestone with the premiere of her new solo show, D’yan in Paris: The Wild 1960s, at the iconic Joe’s Pub. A Guinness World Record holder as the world's oldest working comedian, Forest has appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show and France's Got Talent, and has performed around the globe, including in New York, Paris, London, Israel, Edinburgh, and Ethiopia. If there's a stage, chances are she's performed on it.

Dramatic Reenactment of Iconic NYC Act of Rebellion, 250 Years Later to the Day

Thursday, July 9 at 12:00 Noon

New York, N.Y. - On Thursday, July 9, The New York Historical will commemorate the 250th anniversary of one of the American Revolution’s most dramatic acts of rebellion by toppling a towering replica of King George III’s statue, recreating the iconic moment that followed the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Lower Manhattan on July 9, 1776. Exactly 250 years to the day later, witness history come to life as the museum reenacts the historic moment when an inspired group of Revolutionary soldiers and sailors pulled down a gilded lead equestrian statue of the British monarch.

New York, N.Y. - The 8th annual Rogue Theater Festival (RTF) returns to Tribeca next week featuring a dynamic and diverse group of new works and artists. The week-long festival will showcase 37 original productions, including fully staged plays, short plays, staged readings, and digital streaming performances. Performances run July 6–12 at The Flea Theater. The festival continues its partnership with Abingdon Theatre Company for the third year in a row. …

The milestone edition brings together bold new voices, global storytellers, and Brooklyn's creative community under the theme "Unbound."

Brooklyn, NY — Fifteen years ago, the Greenpoint Film Festival was founded with a simple but ambitious idea: create a home for filmmakers whose stories might never find one elsewhere. Today, that vision has grown into one of Brooklyn's most distinctive cultural events.