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NYC's Only Seaport Ghost Tour

New York, N.Y. - Boroughs of the Dead presents a brand new walking tour: Ghosts of the Seaport, a phantasmagoria of nautical ghosts, vengeful spirits, pirates, and other waterfront phantoms. 

This is the city's only South Street Seaport ghost tour, and the first to focus specifically on the spectral and supernatural side of the seaport. Nautical lore is filled with ghost stories and sailor superstitions, and we're so excited to finally have an appropriately haunted walking tour of this historic district! …

Macy’s Flower Show ^® featuring DIOR will blossom at Macy’s Herald Square from Sunday, March 24 through Sunday, April 7 

New York, NY (February 20, 2024) – This Spring, a larger-than-life garden with whimsical floral arrangements and multi-sensory displays celebrate the season of renewal at the 49^th Macy’s Flower Show^® featuring DIOR. Transforming the main floor, balcony and windows of the world-famous Macy’s Herald Square flagship store in New York City, the botanical exhibition blossoms from Sun., March 24, 2024, to Sun., April 7, 2024. …

Directed by Lauren Burns (The Groundlings)

Press Invitation/Coverage Request: Wednesdays - Saturdays at 7pm through 2/24

Photos & key art available here.

Season highlights include works by John Rutter, premieres by Marc-André Bougie, Reginal Wright, Terre Johnson, a Memorial Day concert of American Folk Hymns, the Crystal Children’s Choir, and more

New York, N.Y. — MidAmerica Productions Inc. today announced programming for its 2024 season at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, marking the 40th anniversary of the company. At present, MidAmerica Productions has presented “more choral concerts at Carnegie Hall than any other (over 1,400 concerts to date)” according to Sir Clive Gillinson CBE, Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall. The season includes captivating performances from March through June, featuring works by Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, and contemporary composers such as Dan Forrest, Karl Jenkins, and Eric Whitacre.

Africa & Byzantium presents nearly 200 artworks, including many that have never before been exhibited in the United States

Exhibition Dates: Through March 3, 2024

Exhibition Location: The Met Fifth Avenue, Gallery 199

New York, N.Y. – The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Africa & Byzantium, a seminal exhibition of nearly 200 works that explores the tradition of Byzantine art and culture in North and East Africa from the 4th through the 15th century and beyond. On view through March 3, 2024, Africa & Byzantium sheds light on an underrepresented area of art history. Even though Byzantium was a vast empire that spanned parts of Africa, Europe, and Asia, its extensive connections to Africa have previously been understudied. Bringing together art, religion, literature, history, and archaeology, this innovative exhibition highlights artworks from the multicultural communities of northern and eastern Africa.

New York, NY (February 14, 2024) — The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York’s leading cultural venues, presents Dancing the 92nd Street Y: A 150th Anniversary Celebration, welcoming three legendary companies whose founders made these halls their home — Ailey II, Martha Graham Dance Company, and José Limón Dance Company. Bridging generations of pioneering dance makers, the evening pairs these dance companies with leading contemporary artists — Omar Román De Jesús, Jamar Roberts, and Hope Boykin — for a one-night-only celebration of the legendary choreographers and performers who shaped modern dance, and the stage that first welcomed them.

New York, N.Y. (February 13, 2024) – The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today GO PUBLIC! A Festival of Free Shakespeare in the Park, featuring a suite of free summer programming taking place across all five boroughs. From the return of The Mobile Unit’s joyful, bilingual musical adaptation of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS to outdoor screenings of the acclaimed 2019 production of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, and opportunities to enjoy encore performances at home, GO PUBLIC! offers an array of free programming for all as Free Shakespeare in the Park’s home at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park undergoes its most significant revitalization in its 62-year history.

The festival’s 13th edition opens with Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez’s Sujo and closes with Bill and Turner Ross’s Gasoline Rainbow, framing a lineup of 46 premieres, including 20 features, representing 21 countries

March 13–17, 2024

Tickets are now on sale: movingimage.org/firstlook2024

Astoria, NY (February 12, 2024) — Museum of the Moving Image is pleased to announce the complete lineup for the 13th edition of First Look, the Museum’s festival of new and innovative international cinema, which will take place in person March 13–17, 2024. Each year, First Look offers a diverse slate of major New York premieres, work-in-progress screenings and sessions, gallery installations, and fresh perspectives on the art and process of filmmaking.

New York, N.Y. (February 7, 2024) – United Solo Festival presents HANYAK, one woman’s transformational journey of self-discovery, love, betrayal and redemption written and performed by award-winning actress Tanna Frederick (Film: “Two Ways Home,” “Defrost,” “Irene in Time”), whose Hollywood dreams take a shocking turn. Directed by award-winning theater and film director Jenny Sullivan (Off-Bway: Weisenthal), HANYAK will be staged at the United Solo Festival on Friday, March 29, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at Theatre One at Theatre Row, 410 West 42^nd Street in NYC.