December 2025 Grantee Events
Experience a wide range of art activities by supporting our Creative Engagement, Creative Learning, and UMEZ Arts Engagement grantees and their events this month.
SHU-YUN CHENG WOBBE and MARGARET YUEN
Prologue PART III
October 31 – Dec 5
Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St, New York, New York, 10013
Prologue PART III traces the interwoven journeys of five first-generation Chinese immigrant men who arrived in New York City between 1962 and 1990. Against the backdrop of the Cultural Revolution, the rise of overseas study, and the shadow of Tiananmen Square protest, each man sought a new beginning—whether for safety, education, opportunity, or simply to reunite with family. Through the distinctive visual language of shadow and object theater—these deeply personal stories unfold on stage. The result is a moving tapestry of courage, determination and resilience, honoring those who forged new lives and opened doors for future generations.
Find more information at http://www.doubleimagetheaterlab.com/news.html
Grant Program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Schedule of events:
11/01/2025 - 1:00pm at Chatham Square Library
11/15/2025 - 2:00pm at Museum of Chinese in America
11/21/2025 - 7:30pm at Think!Chinatown
12/06/2025 - 1:00pm & 2:30:00pm at The New York Public Library /Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library Rooftop Theater 7C
Coriolis Duo
Coriolis Duo Presents: Daisy Chain
Dec 02, 2025 at 07:30PM – Dec 02, 2025 at 08:30PM
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 W 37th St, New York, New York, 10018
NYC-based Coriolis Duo (Catherine Boyack, flute, and Oliver Xu, percussion) presents a concert at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music's Cary Hall. This program features the world premiere of Ted Babcock's Daisy Chain, a five-movement work commissioned by the ensemble with the support of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's 2025 Creative Engagement Grant.
Find more information at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coriolis-duo-presents-daisy-chain-tickets-1816485379669?aff=oddtdtcreator
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Xiaoqiang Zhu
The Bounty of the Sea: Fusion of Asian Musical Theater and NYC’s Creative Heart
Dec 03, 2025 at 01:30PM – Dec 03, 2025 at 02:30PM
Project FIND Clinton Older Adult Center, 530 WEST 55TH STREET, New York, New York, 10019
The Bounty of the Sea: Fusion of Asian Musical Theater and NYC’s Creative Heart Experience joyous performances where the rhythms of Asian musical theater meet the vibrant pulse of New York! The Bounty of the Sea celebrates the sea as a living metaphor for diversity, unity, and the boundless creativity that defines our city. Blending song, dance, and Asian artistic traditions, this uplifting production honors New York’s creative spirit and the shared humanity that connects us all.
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Schedule of events:
11/12/2025, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
11/26/2025, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
12/3/2025, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
12/12/2025, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
VGM Jam Sessions NYC
VGM Jam sessions NYC
December 05, 2025, at 7:00 PM – December 05, 2025 at 10:30 PM
OS Nyc, 50 Bowery, New York, New York, 10013
VGM Jam Sessions NYC is a grassroots community that seeks to partner with NYC venues to provide an environment where people from all walks of life can express their love for music, videogames and the intersection of two by performing, arranging, and listening to classic and contemporary Video Game Music (VGM) together. Our monthly event at OS NYC features an all-VGM performance of top-call nyc musicians followed by an open Jam Session. Everyone from students and public school educators to top call, Grammy-winning musicians regularly participate in our monthly jam session.
Find more information at https://linktr.ee/vgmjamsessionsnyc
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Schedule of events:
First Friday of every month 7-8pm performance 8:30-10:30 PM jam.
2025: 5/2 6/6 7/4 8/1 9/12 10/3 11/7 12/5
Sanhawich Meateanuwat on behalf of Siamese Collective
A Concert Reading of Dear Mr. C
Dec 05, 2025 at 07:30PM – Dec 05, 2025 at 09:30PM
Open Jar Studio , 1601 Broadway 11th floor, New York, New York, 10019
A Concert Reading of DEAR MR. C, (book, music, and additional lyrics by Tidtaya Sinutoke; lyrics by Lily Ali-Oshatz and Naomi Matlow; directed by Keng S. Meateanuwat; Music Direction by Karen Dryer DEAR MR. C, is an intimate, verbatim, indie-pop memoir with a hint of traditional Thai lullaby. It is a memory play with music that tells the story of a Thai immigrant musical theatre writer who's trying to find peace after one phone call turns her world upside-down. The show runs 90 minutes without intermission.
Find more information at https://forms.gle/yWcu3woKERpUtrkf6
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Eliana Perez
AJAR
Dec 05, 2025 at 12:00AM – Dec 11, 2025 at 12:00AM
El Barrio's ArtSpace PS109, 215 East 99th St, Lower Level, New York, New York, 10029
AJAR: Eliana Pérez exhibits her newest project confronting the parasitic exploitation of migrants passing through El Tapón del Darién, the narrow land bridge connecting the Americas. View this alongside 3 previous artist books, detailing challenges affecting her native country of Colombia.
Find more information at elianaperez.com/ajar-show
Grant program(s) UMEZ Arts Engagement
Schedule of events:
Opens December 5th, 6pm-9pm. Continues December 6th - 11th, 5pm-8pm
Melanie D. Dyer
Incalculable Likelihood: a sonic meditation on Black being, memory and transcendence
Dec 05, 2025 at 12:00AM – Dec 06, 2025 at 7:30AM
Mabou Mines, 150 First Avenue, New York, New York, 10009
Incalculable Likelihood Co-Created and Co-Produced by Melanie Dyer and Sandye Wilson. Performance runs 60 minutes. Incalculable Likelihood is a jazz and creative music oratorio — a sonic meditation on Black being, memory, existential resilience and transcendence. Dyer and Wilson’s work embraces the nature of human connection through narratives related to history, deep personal experience, spiritual presence and social critique.
Find more information at https://www.maboumines.org/production/incalculable-likelihood/
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Schedule of events:
12/5/2025 - 7:30PM at Mabou Mines 12/6/2025 - 7:30 PM at Mabou Mines
Liberation Arts Collective
Of Love and Resistance
Dec 06, 2025 at 06:00PM – Dec 06, 2025 at 10:00PM
Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company, 70 East 4th St, New York, New York, 10003
Of Love and Resistance is written by Eric Avilés in collaboration with 87-year-old Tomás Gaete and his son Claudio Gaete. The play is inspired by the real-life experiences of Tomás and his late wife Sonia during the 1973 Chilean Coup. It explores Tomás’s imprisonment as a political activist and Sonia’s fierce fight for his freedom — a story of love and endurance that sheds light on U.S. involvement in the coup and the human cost of authoritarianism. Through this piece, we invite conversation about democracy, the generational cost of displacement, and state violence — both then and now.
Find more information at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/of-love-and-resistance-a-stage-reading-event-tickets-1970738781747?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Cornerstone Chorale
Handel's Messiah / El Mesías
Dec 07, 2025 at 04:00PM – Dec 07, 2025 at 05:30PM
Holyrood Church/Iglesia Santa Cruz, 715 West 179th Street (at Fort Washington Avenue), New York, New York, 10033
Handel's Messiah / El Mesías This performance by Cornerstone Chorale features a version created by Mexican musician and librettist Mario Montenegro, which combines Handel’s original music with words in the Spanish language, for a new twist! The Chorale will perform the entire Christmas section plus other favorite parts, in Spanish. The performance will be performed with orchestra, and will feature soloists Maria Brea, soprano, Melisa Bonetti, mezzo-soprano, Cristóbal Arias, tenor, and Gilberto Gómez, baritone. Music Director Richard Stout conducts.
Find more information at www.CornerstoneChoraleNYC.org
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Emily Stedman
"Splash & Splatter"— A Watercolor Art Show
Dec 08, 2025 at 02:00PM – Dec 08, 2025 at 04:00PM
Morningside Retirement and Health Services, 100 LaSalle Street, New York, New York, 10027
"Splash and Splatter"—A Community Watercolor Showcase Experience the vibrant results of the “Splash and Splatter” watercolor workshop series with the Garden residents of Morningside Health and Retirement Services. This culminating exhibition will take place on December 8 from 2–4 PM and welcomes visitors of all ages. Enjoy refreshments and celebrate the artistic accomplishments of the MRHS Garden residents.
Find more information at https://www.mrhsny.org
Grant program(s) Creative Learning
Clutch Productions
empowHER Reading Series
Dec 08, 2025 at 05:30PM – Dec 08, 2025 at 07:30PM
Open Jar Studios, 1601 Broadway, 11th Floor, New York, New York, 10019
Clutch is thrilled to host the next installment of our empowHER Reading Series. This Fall workshop features a staged reading of “Man & Wife” – a new full-length play by Emma Goldman-Sherman, directed by Mêlisa Annis. RSVP required. $15 suggested donation.
Find more information at https://www.clutchproductions.org/empowher
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Xiaoqiang Zhu
The Bounty of the Sea: Fusion of Asian Musical Theater and NYC’s Creative Heart
Dec 10, 2025 at 01:30PM – Dec 10, 2025 at 02:30PM
Project FIND Clinton Older Adult Center , 530 WEST 55TH STREET, New York, New York, 10019
The Bounty of the Sea: Fusion of Asian Musical Theater and NYC’s Creative Heart Experience joyous performances where the rhythms of Asian musical theater meet the vibrant pulse of New York! The Bounty of the Sea celebrates the sea as a living metaphor for diversity, unity, and the boundless creativity that defines our city. Blending song, dance, and Asian artistic traditions, this uplifting production honors New York’s creative spirit and the shared humanity that connects us all.
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Schedule of events:
11/12/2025, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
11/26/2025, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
12/3/2025, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
12/12/2025, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Yasuyo Tanaka
SEED BOMB
Dec 08, 2025 at 02:00PM – Dec 08, 2025 at 04:00PM
Food Bank For NYC, 252 W 116th St., New York, New York, 10026
Documentary Film Screening "Radiation: A Slow Death, A New Generation of Hibakusha" Nuclear contamination is spreading throughout the entire world. It inflicts equal harm upon those who use nuclear weapons and power, and upon those that they are used against. This film documents the daily lives of people in Iraq, the United States, and Japan living in an environment that’s filled with toxic, invisible, nuclear contamination. This film, produced in 2003, reflects our current reality. Director Hitomi Kamanaka exposed to radiation while filming in nuclear contamination areas and becoming ill, she began organic farming in a low-radiation area of Nagano Prefecture.
Find more information at
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Chinese Artists and Organizers (CAO) Collective
Ciba Punch 女拳手打糍粑
December 10, 2025 at 7:30PM – 9:00PM
Speyer Hall, Performance Project at University Settlement, 184 Eldridge St, New York, New York, 10002
Rooted in ethics of care, the Ciba Punch 女拳手打糍粑 is a participatory performance series that invites multicultural community members to punch sticky rice into 糍粑 (ciba – sticky rice cakes). By making ciba in public, CAO reclaims the feminized labor of cooking in domestic spaces and see food as a queer/feminist, processual archive for movement building. Channeling our rage, grief, and love for each other into a nourishing food, we invite participants to reimagine (em)power(ment) as radical non-violence. Spiritual Figures, led by Julia Santoli, embodying queer/feminist ancestors and our future selves, roam around the ciba punchers to provide spiritual guidance via humming and breathing.
Find more information at https://tinyurl.com/ciba-lmcc
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Friends of the Off the Beaten Path Festival, Inc.
Musical Bridges -- from New York to Bulgaria and back again
Dec 10, 2025 at 07:30PM – Dec 10, 2025 at 09:30PM
DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37 Street, New York, New York, 10018
Join us on December 10 for this Special Presentation of new works from Bulgaria, commissioned by the Off the Beaten Path Festival, featuring three U.S. premieres of new works by Dobrinka Tabakova, Kenji Bunch and Peter Kerkelov. To close the program, we will perform the Dohnanyi's Piano Quintet No. 1.
Find more information at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/off-the-beaten-path-new-music-from-bulgaria-tickets-1739068965089?aff=oddtdtcreator
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Fifi Zhang
Corporeal
Dec 11, 2025 at 12:00AM – Dec 12, 2025 at 12:00AM
City College's Aaron Davis Hall, 129 Convent Avenue, New York, New York, 10027
Corporeal: An experimental showcase of contemporary classical music accompanied by contemporary dance. This show brings electrifying and diverse classical music programming to Harlem, emphasizing how sound and movement can inform and inspire one another. Musicians Graeme Steele Johnson, Giancarlo Latta, Aaron Wolff, and Fifi Zhang perform a variety of solo and chamber music written by living composers alongside dancers Marisa Clementi, ALEXA GRÆ, and Leah Wilks. The program features music by John Zorn, Viet Cuong, Reena Esmail, Zosha Di Castri, inti figgis-vizueta, and Gabriella Smith. The centerpiece of the evening is the world premiere of a commissioned work by composer Yaz Lancaster.
Find more information at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/corporeal-tickets-1968804074987?aff=oddtdtcreator
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Schedule of events:
12/11 - 7 PM at Aaron Davis Hall (City College of New York) 12/12 - 7 PM at Aaron Davis Hall (City College of New York)
Telos Consort
The Illusion of Self
Dec 12, 2025 at 07:30PM – Dec 12, 2025 at 10:00PM
The Blanc, 15 E 40th Street, New York, New York, 10016
The Telos Consort presents the second of it's two LMCC-supported concerts at The Blanc in Midtown Manhattan. The concert features chamber music works by Olga Neuwirth, Julius Eastman, Bobby Ge, Euna Joh, Joan Tower, and Cole Reyes.
Find more information at https://www.instagram.com/p/DPdFOmgibLt/?img_index=7
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Nami Kagami
Collective Dance Journey- Rhythm of Life
Dec 12, 2025 at 01:00PM – Dec 12, 2025 at 02:00PM
Hamilton Grange Senior Center, 420 W 145th St, New York, New York, 10031
Dance Celebration- Rhythm of Life Join us for a vibrant and heartfelt dance showcase featuring members of the Mindful Movement Class at Hamilton Grange Senior Center, presented as part of Collective Dance Journey. Through movement, they share stories shaped by resilience, gratitude, and the vibrant spirit of community—offering the rhythms of lives richly lived. Come witness the beauty and energy of dance that celebrates life at every age.
Find more information at https://hitesite.org/resource/2637
Grant program(s) Creative Learning
Washington Heights Community Services INC
The 2025 ART for the STARS
Dec 12, 2025 at 12:45AM – Dec 12, 2025 at 01:45AM
STAR OAC, 650 West 187th street , New York, New York, 10033
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS OLDER ADULT CENTER – STAR PRESENTS… THE 2025 ARTS FOR THE STARS WITH PAULINA HIDALGO ROMANTIC CONCERT/ CONCIERTO ROMANTICO FRIDAY DEC 12/ 11:00AM-12:00PM CONTRIBUTION: AGE 60+ / $1.50 STAR OAC – 650 WEST 187 ST, NEW YORK, NY 10033 Join us for this cultural event with Paulina Hiraldo. Performing popular Spanish & English cover tunes from Latin-American & the US. *Live Music
Find more information at https://starseniorcenter.org/menu-calendar/
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Keoni Movement Arts
Engaging Seniors through Contemporary Dance
Dec 12, 2025 at 12:00AM – Dec 13, 2025 at 12:00AM
MPHC Conference Room, 482 West 43rd St. (at 10th Ave), Ground Floor, New York, New York, 10036
Witness the joy as our older adults show you how they creatively deconstructed a classical ballet class to make the exercises accessible and fun, and then as they share the final choreography they each had a hand in creating.
Find more information at https://www.keonimovementarts.org/creative-learning-dance-project-2025
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Schedule of events:
12/12/25 - 9 AM at MPHC Conference Room
12/13/25 - 12:30 PM at MPHC Conference Room
Mei-Yin Ng/MEI-BE WHATever
Memories of Golden Song Grand Finale
Dec 12, 2025 at 12:00PM – Dec 12, 2025 at 01:00PM
Knickerbocker Village Community Room , 32 Monroe Street B5 room , New York, New York, 10002
Join us for a joyful Open House featuring dance, music, a fashion show, and interactive movement games led by our superstar aunties and uncles! We’re celebrating the incredible growth, creativity, and bold spirit of our older adult participants—their willingness to explore, take risks, and shine. Come with an open heart and an open mind, and let them show you what they have accomplished during the LMCC Creative Learning residency. All are welcome—come celebrate, connect, and be inspired!
Find more information at https://www.instagram.com/meibewhatever/
Grant program(s) Creative Learning
Mei- Yin Ng/ MEI-BE WHAtever
Memories from Golden Song 金曲回憶
Dec 12, 2025 at 12:00PM – Dec 12, 2025 at 01:00PM
Knickerbocker Village Senior Service Center, 36 Monroe Street, B5 room, New York, New York, 10002
Join us for a joyful Open House featuring dance, music, a fashion show, and interactive movement games led by our superstar aunties and uncles! We’re celebrating the incredible growth, creativity, and bold spirit of our older adult participants—their willingness to explore, take risks, and shine. Come with an open heart and an open mind, and let them show you what they have accomplished during the LMCC Creative Learning residency. All are welcome—come celebrate, connect, and be inspired!
Find more information at https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBqGdTDfmf/
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Gamelan Kusuma Laras
Klenéngan: An Informal Performance of Javanese Classical Music
Dec 13, 2025 at 04:00PM – Dec 13, 2025 at 10:00PM
Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, 5 East 68th Street, New York, New York, 10065
An evening of Javanese music from the classical repertoire, plus new work in the classical style composed by artistic director I.M. Harjito, in the klenéngan format. Klenéngan are musical events featuring musicians who gather for a kind of Javanese jam session. The performance is integrated into a gathering where guests and musicians enjoy music, snacks, and conviviality. With Special Guests Darsono Hadiraharjo, Peni Candrarini, and Heri Purwanto.
Find more information at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gamelan-kusuma-laras-presents-a-javanese-music-jam-2025-tickets-1752197904099
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Ukrainian Village Voices
Winter Ritual Songs & Blessings with Ukrainian Village Voices
Dec 14, 2025 at 12:30PM – Dec 14, 2025 at 02:30PM
Ripley-Grier Studios, Studio 16FG, 520 8th Ave., New York, New York, 10018
Join UVV to learn about Koliada, a beautiful winter ritual that is prominently celebrated in Ukraine and in the diaspora alike. It is a pagan-turned-Christian Christmas season tradition of walking from home to home greeting people. The carolers bring holiday cheer and bestow blessings upon the dwellers through song and spoken verse, and receive gifts from the hosts. At this workshop, UVV will not only teach carols, we will also share details about the ritual of koliada, including costumes, role-playing, props, and more. Join us in merriment and let's usher in the holiday season together on Sunday, December 14 at 12:30 PM!
Find more information at uvvworkshop.eventbrite.com
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Taylor Geu
Holidays Memories Open Mic
Dec 18, 2025 at 12:30PM – Dec 18, 2025 at 01:30PM
SAGE Center, Harlem, 220 West 143rd Street, New York, New York, 10030
SAGE Center Harlem's Holiday Memories Open Mic celebrates the poetry, creative writing, and memories of the elders at SAGE.
Find more information at https://www.facebook.com/sageharlem
Grant program(s) Creative Learning
Taiwanese American Council of Greater New York, Inc.
A Story That Lives Within US: Ada
Dec 18, 2025 at 12:00AM – Jan 03, 2026 at 12:00AM
Crossing Art, 559 W 23rd St, New York, New York, 10011
Group exhibition curated by Tzu-Ying (Naomi) Chan showcasing the experiences of Taiwanese immigrants in the United States. Centered on the fictional character Ada Lin, whose narrative is drawn from oral histories, the exhibition traces a migratory journey that echoes the paths of many. The project preserves collective stories, representing resilience, nostalgia, and transformation. Twelve artists’ works reflect stages of Ada’s journey and explore cultural adaptation, memory, and belonging. Through art, the exhibition invites viewers to reflect on their own experiences and fosters empathy and understanding. We all might know an “Ada,” or perhaps we are “Ada” ourselves.
Find more information at https://tzuyingchan.com/a-story-that-lives-within-us-ada/
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Schedule of events:
12/18/25 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Exhibition Opening Reception at Crossing Art 12/20/25 - 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM Inlay Ceramics Workshop at Crossing Art 12/20/25 - 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM Woodcarving Workshop at Crossing Art 1/3/26 - 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM Exhibition Closing Reception at Crossing Art
John Clayton Doyle
Free Yourself, Dance
Dec 19, 2025 at 12:00AM – Dec 20, 2025 at 12:00AM
Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, 18 Mount Morris Park West @ 122nd Street, New York, New York, 10027
Free Yourself, Dance is an immersive theatrical experience taking over Harlem’s Pelham Fritz Center in December 19 & 20, 2025. Social dances, dance music and nightlife-inspired lighting provide an electrifying kineticity that reverberates through the venue, dissolving conventional boundaries as the audience moves through three dynamic spaces.
Find more information at https://www.johnclaytondoyle.com/fyd
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Schedule of events:
12/19/25 - 8:00PM Pelham Fritz Recreation Center 12/20/25 - 5:00PM Pelham Fritz Recreation Center 12/20/25 - 6:30PM Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
Washington Heights Community Services INC
The 2025 Art for the STARS
Dec 19, 2025 at 10:00AM – Dec 19, 2025 at 02:00PM
STAR OAC, 650 West 187th street , New York, New York, 10033
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS OLDER ADULT CENTER – STAR PRESENTS… THE 2025 ARTS FOR THE STARS WITH OASIS LATIN BAND CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS PARTY | CELEBRANDO EL DIA DE NAVIDAD FRIDAY DEC 19/ 10:00AM-2:00PM CONTRIBUTION: AGE 60+ / $5.00 STAR OAC – 650 WEST 187 ST, NEW YORK, NY 10033 Join us for this cultural event with Local favorite; Latin OASIS. Performing popular Spanish & English cover tunes from Latin-American & the US. *Live Music *Raffles *Surprises
Find more information at https://starseniorcenter.org/menu-calendar/
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Yael Acher "KAT" Modiano
Olive Trees’ Peaceful Ritual
Dec 20, 2025 at 02:00PM – Dec 20, 2025 at 03:30PM
Inwood Library, 4790 Broadway, New York, New York, 10034
Olive Trees' Peaceful Ritual Music & Visuals as an act of Peace: Contemporary contemplative urban jazz created and performed by flutist/composer, Yael Acher "KAT" Modiano's ensemble is presented in a dialogue with screening/projections and exhibition of works by Janine Sopp, Brooklyn-based ceramic artist and owner of ClaySpace ceramic center. "KAT" Modiano features masterful artists: Charenée Wade (vocals), Jason Yeager (keyboard), Dezmon Douglas (bass), Norman Edward Jr. (drums). This Palestinian-Israeli collaboration brings together music and visuals as a foundation for unity.
Find more information at https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2025/12/20/olive-trees-peaceful-ritual
Grant program(s) UMEZ Arts Engagement
cinna Vesterberg
The Hummingbird saves the day
Dec 20, 2025 at 11:00AM – Dec 20, 2025 at 11:45AM
Dyckman Farmhouse, 4881 Broadway, New York, New York, 10034
The Hummingbird saves the day- a puppet show about pollution, friendship and adventure!
Find more information at https://Thehummingbirdsavestheday.eventbrite.com
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Cheng Zhu
Comedy of Kindness: Laughing into Wellness in Manhattan!
Multiple dates
Virtual, Virtual, New York, New York, 10003
Comedy of Kindness brings you feel-good Manhattan laughs where jokes are warm, smiles happen loudly, and roasting occurs only by joyful request. Our comedians spin New Yorkers’ kind and wildly optimistic moments into comedy gold, from endless “after you” door-holding tangos, to Shakespearean thank-yous for delivery workers, to subway rides reimagined as full-service underground spas. If you're tired, stressed, burned out, or starring in the daily drama of pretending to answer emails, this is your well-earned wellness break. (Your secret stays in the city.) Schedule of events: 4 - 5:30 PM on all dates. 12/13/2025 12/14/2025 12/20/2025 12/21/2025 12/27/2025 12/28/2025
Find more information at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/comedy-of-kindness-laughing-into-wellness-in-manhattan-tickets-1975215313173?aff=oddtdtcreator
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Schedule of events:
12/13/2025, 4-5:30PM
12/14/2025, 4-5:30PM
12/20/2025, 4-5:30PM
12/21/2025, 4-5:30PM
12/27/2025, 4-5:30PM
12/28/2025, 4-5:30PM