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New York, N.Y. - The 8th annual Rogue Theater Festival (RTF) returns to NYC this summer, 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 will run July 6–12 at The Flea Theater in Tribeca. The festival continues its partnership with Abingdon Theatre Company for the third year in a row.

With Full Slate of Special Programming

Beginning on June 18, Extended Hours, Pay-As-You-Wish Admission, Live Musical Performances, Family Programming, and Special Exhibitions Take Place to Commemorate the Nation’s 250th Anniversary 

New York, NY (June 5, 2026)—The New York Historical has unveiled the full slate of inaugural programming, special events, and public offerings that will be available at The New York Historical when the new Tang Wing for American Democracy opens its doors to the public on June 18, 2026.

A Global Film Series Exploring Fatherhood, Legacy, Reconciliation, and Cultural Inheritance​

New York, NY (June 8, 2026) — In celebration of Juneteenth and Father's Day, the African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF), in collaboration with ArtMattan Films, presents the second installment of its virtual mini-festival series celebrating more than 30 years of film distribution by ArtMattan Films. Running June 19–28, 2026, this Father's Day Virtual Film Series features seven films with stories spanning multiple continents, cultures, and generations.

New York, NY - This summer, Drama Desk Award-winning TADA! Youth Theater concludes its 2025-26 season with The Little Moon Theater running July 11–31, 2026. It's a whimsical and charming musical based on the beloved book by award-winning author Irene Haas.

A Collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute, June 25 - 28, 2026

The partnership kicks off June 12 with the interactive film installation Proof As If Proof Were Needed and the virtual reality film Sense of Nowhere

Astoria, New York (June 5, 2026) — Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) and the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) today announced a new three-year partnership dedicated to bringing the cutting edge of Taiwanese moving image art and technology to New York City.

Central Park Watch Party Will Be Presented by Global Citizen

Free Event Will Be One of the Largest Watch Parties in the World, Bringing Together 50,000 People on the Great Lawn to Watch the World Cup Final on July 19

Announcement Comes Alongside Opening of “FIFA Arena,” A Temporary Mini-Soccer Pitch in Central Park That Will Be Open to the Public Throughout the Tournament from June 10 – July 18

Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans, Central Park Conservancy President and CEO Betsy Smith and NYNJ Host Committee CEO Alex Lasry today announced a free watch party in Central Park for the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final on Sunday, July 19. Tickets for the event — which will be one of the largest free FIFA World Cup 2026 watch parties in the world — will be administered by Global Citizen through a lottery system. Individuals interested in participating must register here, with the lottery opening up on Thursday, June 11, at 10 a.m. and closing on July 16. Doors will open at 12:00 p.m. ET and the Final match will begin at 3:00 p.m. ET.

New York, N.Y. - On Friday, June 12, 2026, Sons of the Revolution℠ in the State of New York, Inc. (SRNY) will host their annual Flag Day Parade, Celebration, and Open House, a day-long celebration of the adoption of the flag of the United States of America on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.

Brooklyn, NY (June 4, 2026)  — Today, Team Dumbo announced the launch of the “Dumbo Day Pass + Sweepstakes,” a neighborhood-wide initiative designed to encourage visitors attending the Adidas FIFA World Cup Fan Zone at Emily Warren Roebling Plaza in Brooklyn Bridge Park to explore and support Dumbo’s thriving ecosystem of small businesses, restaurants, galleries, and shops.

The Dumbo Day Pass program, running from June 11 through July 19, combines tourism management, local discovery, and digital innovation.

Special guests include Sesame Street actor Sonia Manzano, author Isaac Butler, David Schachter and Roe Bressan with Buddies, screenwriter Douglas Wright with Quills, and more

New co-creation studio and education space MoMI LAB to open June 13

Astoria, New York, June 3, 2026 — This June, Museum of the Moving Image invites soccer fans to World Cup–related events, including a free family day and live watch parties in the Redstone Theater. The museum also celebrates Pride Month and Juneteenth; and launches the screening series De Palma: Summer of Suspense, featuring thirteen films directed by Brian De Palma, and Culture Wars!, programmed in conjunction with Isaac Butler’s new book The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art, and the Birth of America’s Culture Wars (Bloomsbury Publishing). In addition, the Museum will open MoMI LAB, its new co-creation lab and education space focused on emerging technologies, on June 13, along with the screening and event series Get Off the Internet.