In 1908, while excavating in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, the American archaeologist Theodore Davis discovered about a dozen large storage jars. Their contents included broken pottery, bags of natron (a mixture of sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium sulphate, and sodium chloride... | Learn More

Henry Darger had an art collection. He displayed it in his one-room apartment in Chicago, nearly one hundred artworks hanging from string, tacked into the walls, or pasted with glue directly onto various surfaces. Like many art collectors, Darger had a passion to amass images meant, most likely,... | Learn More

Female artistic expression in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries followed prescribed time-honored conventions. Most of the graceful works presented in this exhibition, all of which are in the museum’s collection, were created within the strictures of postrevolutionary Republican... | Learn More

New York-based designer Ted Muehling will serve as the tenth guest curator of the 'Selects' exhibition series in the Nancy and Edwin Marks Gallery, devoted to showing the museum's permanent collection. Muehling will curate an exhibition of works drawn from the museum's recent acquisition of 163... | Learn More

American artists Mike and Doug Starn (born 1961) have been invited by The Metropolitan Museum of Art to create a site–specific installation for The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, opening to the public on April 27. The identical twin brothers will present Big Bambú, a... | Learn More

Started in the spring of 2010 by two recent alumni, Columbia Theater Alumni is an organization that aims to bring together Columbia theater alums who are currently pursuing a life in the performing arts.

We’re interested in the shows Columbia alumni write, or star in,... | Learn More

Part game and part theater, ACCOMPLICE is an experience unlike any found on a stage, taking its audience on a mysterious journey through the city streets. It all begins with a phone call the day before the performance, disclosing a secret meeting location.  Participants are sent on a... | Learn More

In conjunction with the Greater New York exhibition, MoMA PS1's First Floor Painting Gallery will be dedicated to 5 Year Review, a showcase of some of the most important exhibitions, performances, concerts, movies, fashion, design, happenings, and events to have occurred in the past half... | Learn More

In conjunction with the Greater New York exhibition, the Rotating Gallery has offered space for additional curatorial voices, namely four New York-based curators who work without a regular physical space. By inviting the involvement of these curators, Greater New York engages not only emerging... | Learn More

In conjunction with the Greater New York exhibition, the Rotating Gallery has offered space for additional curatorial voices, namely four New York-based curators who work without a regular physical space. By inviting the involvement of these curators, Greater New York engages not only emerging... | Learn More

Kripalu Yoga is a system of Hatha Yoga that integrates body postures, breathing techniques, relaxation and meditation. Taught by Monique Schubert, participants are encouraged to integrate their yoga practices with this very special waterfront environment of nature and art.

The paintings in this exhibition were produced as the 15th commission of Deutsche Bank and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Inspired in part by Berlin, the city in which Mehretu created the works, the paintings evoke the psychogeography of a place and the effects of the built environment on... | Learn More

For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights explores the historic role of visual culture in shaping, influencing, and transforming the fight for racial equality and justice in the United States from the late 1940s to the mid 1970s. This exhibition of 230... | Learn More

New York Premiere of Dissonance
Director: Lonny Price
June 1 - June 27

A classical quartet in conflict is further confronted when a rock start enters their midst. Egos, loyalty, and love are all put to the test in this witty, wise and ultimately moving play of... | Learn More

Tailored to meet the individual and professional needs of young artists ages 18–35, Professional Training Workshops provide a special opportunity for participants to explore every aspect of musical life with today’s leading artists. These weeklong intensive workshops provide insight... | Learn More

With the celebration of Central Park SummerStage’s 25th anniversary, we are expanding to all five boroughs! Offering over 100 free Concerts, Dance, and Theater performances in sixteen parks throughout NYC, CityParks SummerStage will bring this beloved summer tradition of free performing... | Learn More

THE RISE OF WALL STREET charts the architectural evolution of one of the world's most famous locales.  "Wall Street" is a broad metaphor for the American center for global finance and a real place with an inordinately rich history layered into every lot of its nearly... | Learn More

Ol' Blue Eyes is back in Come Fly Away, the new smash-hit Broadway musical featuring the vocals of the one and only Frank Sinatra. Backed by a live 19-piece big band, The Chairman himself takes the audience on an unforgettable journey of seduction and romance. Featuring a score of beloved... | Learn More

Samurai in New York invites visitors to return to the New York of 150 years ago and to share the city’s excitement over the visit of a delegation of more than 70 samurai from Japan—the first Japanese to leave the closed island nation in over 200 years. The brash young city seized the... | Learn More

Columbia discount: To receive $2 off tickets on the prices listed below and to find the tour meeting place, call NYC Discovery Walking Tours at 212-465-3331. Reserve your spot on the tour by leaving your name and confirm that you have a valid Columbia ID/CAAL card.... | Learn More

This summer, join the Central Park Conservancy each Sunday afternoon from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm for lakeside music at the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center in Central Park's beautiful northern end.

Syfy will present Brooklyn Bridge Park's 11th Anniversary Season of Movies With A View summer 2010, this year on the newly opened Pier 1! Movies With A View is one of the city's premiere outdoor film series with an eclectic lineup of films and breathtaking views of... | Learn More

THE IRISH…AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY is an irreverent history of the Irish through the tumultuous 20th and 21st centuries through the eyes of Pulitzer Prize winning author, Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes, Tis, Teacher Man).

McCourt’s razor sharp wit,... | Learn More

The Grateful Dead at the N-Y Historical Society
Extended through September 5, 2010

The Grateful Dead at the N-YHS. The only place you'll be able to peek into their official collection.

Go back in time and experience the music once more -- remember the... | Learn More

Seven Hitchcock classics on the big screen for the first time ever in high-defintion.

Columbia discount: Use code COLUMBIA when purchasing tickets online

Rear Window

Sun, Jul 18 at 3 pm

Sat, Jul 31 at 8 pm

Sun, Aug 15 at 5:30... | Learn More