NYC Culture Week | Oct. 24-31, 2024

To commemorate the restorations and investments made in the Fiscal Year 2025 Adopted Budget for the arts and culture sector, the New York City Council is partnering with arts and cultural organizations to host NYC Culture Week from October 24th to October 31st, 2024!

Join us for a series of special events ranging from musical performances, plays, workshops, film screenings, exhibitions, and more across the five boroughs!

October 24, 2024

“Where are the Women Architects,” W/ Special Guest Despina Stratigakos
6:00PM
Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY 11354

We Lit: Featuring New Caribbean
6:00PM – 8:00PM
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
120 East 125th Street New York, NY 10035

October 25, 2024

Exhibition of Pets and the City
11:00AM – 7:00PM
New York Historical Society
170 Central Park W, New York, NY 10024

Film Screening: Be My Oswald (Queens World Film Festival)
7:00PM
The Local LIC
13-02 44th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

All About Ailey Ball (Open to Teens)
4:30PM- 8:30PM
Celebrate Ailey’s legacy and step into the spotlight at the All About Ailey Ball to showcase your voguing skills. The event is held in collaboration with Haus of Us.
Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014

Free Friday Nights at The Whitney (Open to All)
5:00PM – 10:00PM
Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014

October 26, 2024

Open Studios Family Program/Surreal Family Halloween
11:00AM – 3:00PM
Get dressed up and celebrate Halloween at the Whitney with a scavenger hunt and artmaking. Program is free with admission, children 18 and under always free.
Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014

Armstrong Now: Steven Salcedo
3:00PM – 4:00PM
As part of the Armstrong Now series, saxophonist Steven Salcedo presents the culmination of his artist residency, inspired by the Louis Armstrong archives. This performance highlights Salcedo’s joyful and energetic approach to music-making, blending past and present. Immerse yourself in a contemporary reflection on Armstrong’s enduring legacy through Salcedo’s vibrant compositions.
Louis Armstrong House Museum
34-56 107th St, Corona, NY 11368

The World’s Fair Plays – Revisited!
8:00PM
Queens Theatre’s THEATERAMA! series, celebrating the 60th and 85th Anniversaries of the World’s Fairs in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, culminates with a benefit performance of The World’s Fair Plays – Revisited! Evening of short play readings by some of the country’s most acclaimed writers, celebrating the rich heritage and vibrant culture of the two New York World’s Fairs.
Queens Theatre
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 14 United Nations Ave S, Corona, NY 11368

Hands-On Family History with the Staten Island Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
1:00PM – 2:30PM
In celebration of Family History Month, this workshop introduces a variety of methods and resources for family history research and preservation. Presented by Debbie-Ann Paige and Robin Semple, Co-Presidents of AAHGS.
Staten Island Museum
1000 Richmond Ter, Staten Island, NY 10301

We Are Here: Scenes from the Street
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Exhibition: We Are Here: Scenes from the Street highlights contemporary street photography from over 30 international iconic street photographers.
International Center of Photography
84 Ludlow Street, New York, NY 10002

THE SOUL REBELS at LeFrak Concert Hall
7:00PM
Brass sensation The Soul Rebels started with an idea – to expand on the pop music they loved on the radio and the New Orleans brass tradition they grew up on. They took that tradition and blended funk and soul with elements of hip hop, jazz, and rock, all within the style of a modernized and contemporary brass band. The eight-member collective continues to chart new territory, combining top-notch musicianship with songs celebrating peace, love, and soul.
Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College
153-49 Reeves Ave, Flushing, NY 11367

Dia De Los Muertos Parade
1:00PM – 6:00PM
Celebrating Dia de los Muertos with a Communal Ofrenda with Casa Cultural.
Casa Cultural
McDonald Ave Between Church Ave and Avenue C, Brooklyn, NY

October 27, 2024

Building Completion and Rededication Event at South Street Seaport Museum
10:00AM – 11:30AM
The Seaport Museum will hold a building completion and rededication event for the newly renovated 1868 warehouse A.A. Thomson & Co. at 213 Water Street in Manhattan. This will be a special funder reception and press conference event that will include tours of the restored building as well as an announcement of the inaugural exhibition that will be installed in the space over the coming months.
South Street Seaport Museum
12 Fulton St, New York, NY 10038

Exhibition: Wonderland, Curious Nature
10:00AM – 6:00PM
It’s unbelievable, it’s unfamiliar, it’s NYBG like never before! Head down the rabbit hole as Wonderland: Curious Nature transforms the Garden through the sights, settings, and scents of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
The New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10458

Exhibition: African American Garden Diaspora: Same Boat Different Stops
10:00AM – 6:00PM
Explore the African American Garden | Diaspora: Same Boat Different Stops at the Edible Academy, created to inspire thought, and to give you a brief look at the history of African American Foodways through the lens of plants.
The New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10458

Lincoln Center Open House: Family Event for Kids
11:00AM – 2:00PM
Lincoln Center
150 W 65th St, New York, NY 10023

Film Screening: “Avenue of the Giants”
2:00PM – 4:00PM
The Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Pl, New York, NY 10280

The Regina Opera Company: Fall Festival Concert
3:00PM – 5:00PM
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
5902 6th Ave, Brooklyn, NY

October 28, 2024

Performing Filipina Presents: A Night of Filipino Cultural Resistance
6:00PM – 8:30PM
“PERFORMING FILIPINA PRESENTS: A Night of Filipino Cultural Resistance” is an event hosted by Lianah Sta. Ana, writer of PERFORMING FILIPINA, a new “kind of” musical. The evening is a celebration of Filipino cultural workers, tying our work as artists to revolutionary movements, and aiming to deepen U.S. Filipinos’ understanding of the role of Filipino organizations, artists, and cultural workers within our struggle for liberation. This is the final presentation of A4’s 2024 Van Lier Fellow in Acting.
Asian American Arts Alliance (A4)
29 West 38th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10018

Fagan Technique Workshop led by Natalie Rogers-Cropper
5:00PM – 7:00PM
This event is a collaboration between the Mind-Builders Master Dance Class Initiative and The Joyce Theater’s Professional Class Series. Mind-Builders Master Dance Class initiative is designed to amplify dance spaces and voices within and throughout the Bronx.
Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center
3415 Olinville Ave, Bronx, NY 10467

Days of the Dead Festival
7:00PM
Frigid New York
94 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009

October 29, 2024

Special Music School K-8 Performance Class
1:50PM – 2:30PM
Kaufman Music Center
129 W 67th St, New York, NY 10023

October 30, 2024

2024 Cave Canem Prize Reading
7:00PM – 8:30PM
Join Cave Canem in celebrating the winner of the 2024 Cave Canem Prize, Ajibola Tolase’s. His winning work, 2,000 Blacks, is a collection that probes the complexity of economic and politically motivated migration from Africa which has been reported in the BBC as “African Brain Drain.”
The New School, Tishman Auditorium, Room U100
66 W 12th St, New York, NY 10011

October 31, 2024

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Sidewalk Follies
1:00PM
Corona Plaza (Flushing, Queens)

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Sidewalk Follies
4:00PM
Beach 21 Plaza (Far Rockaways, Queens)

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Sidewalk Follies
4:00PM – 8:00PM
Chinatown (Pell/Doyer, Manhattan)

BAMBOO: Family Halloween Event for Kids
3:00PM – 6:00PM
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217