November 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.
Carlos D Gonzalez
American Latino/Latina/Latine/Latinx Artist Portraits
Nov 04, 2025 at 12:00am – Nov 14, 2025 at 12:00am
El Barrio's Artspace PS109, 215 East 99th Street, New York, New York, 10029
A multimedia exhibition by Carlos David featuring fine art portraits and podcast-style interviews with Latino/Latina/Latine/Latinx artists from New York City. Through photography, video, and community dialogue, the project celebrates cultural identity, inclusivity, and the transformative impact of art.
Find more information at https://www.carlosdavidstudios.com/american-latino-latina-latine-latinx-artist/
Grant programs: Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Schedule of events:
11/04/25 - 6 PM Exhibition Opening Night
11/14/25 - 6 PM Closing reception Artist Talk Date TBD
Group Dot BR
The Passion According to Janair
Nov 06, 2025 at 12:00AM – Nov 23, 2025 at 12:00AM
HERE Arts Center, 145 6th Av, New York, New York, 10013
“The Passion According to Janair” reimagines Clarice Lispector’s Classic for the New York Stage. Group Dot BR - NY´s only Brazilian Theater Company, places the invisibilized character - an Afro-Brazilian maid - at the center of this Off-Off-Broadway premiere. For the first time, Janair steps forward from the edges of the narrative, speaking directly to audiences. The play expands attention to the intersectional realities of oppression regarding gender, race and invisible labor. Directed by Andressa Furletti, and performed by Ana Carbatti. Production: Group Dot BR (Andressa Furletti, Debora Balardini and Sabine Villatore). PR: Ivoice Communications
Find more information at https://www.group.br.com/janair
Grant program: Creative Engagement
Schedule of events:
Nov 6th – 23rd, 2025 Thursdays – Saturdays at 7 PM and Sundays at 2 PM
Preview on November 5th for invited guests
Jazz WaHi
The 8th Annual Washington Heights Jazz Festival
Nov 06-09,
Join Jazz WaHi as we celebrate the upcoming Washington Heights Jazz Festival! The festival will present four days of live jazz performed in in six venues by over sixty musicians! The pre-Jazz Festival party will feature music by Annette Aguilar's String Beans.
Find more information at https://jazzwahi.org/jazz-fest/
Grant program: UMEZ Arts Engagement
AhHa!Broadway Inc.
AhHa!Broadway's Put The FUN In Your FUNNY! Comedy Workshop
Nov 07, 2025 at 02:30PM – Nov 07, 2025 at 03:30PM
St. Francis Residence 2, 155 West 22nd Street, New York, New York, 10011
AhHa!Broadway's Put The FUN In Your FUNNY! Comedy Showcase Laughter Is The Best Medicine! AhHa!Broadway invites you to join us for 1 hour of clean comedy presented by participants at St. Francis Residences 2 & 3. After 5 weeks of working with our professional comedian/teacher, participants are ready to bring fun & laughter to the community! While workshops are focused on humor & joke writing/development, the central focus of these workshops is to teach and inspire skills & confidence in storytelling, public speaking, writing and to provide a healthy outlet for mental and emotional well-being. Where: 155 West 22nd Street, NY, NY 10011 When: Friday, Nov. 7th @ 2:30pm ET
Find more information at https://ahhabroadway.org/
Grant program: Creative Learning
Maria Caridad del Valle
Primavera Ya No Hay Más
Nov 07, 2025 at 12:00AM – Nov 09, 2025 at 12:00AM
El Barrio's ArtSpace PS 109, 215 e 99th Street, New York, New York, 10029
A woman confronts eviction in a pre-war New York apartment, juggling gentrification, perimenopause, broken relationships, irony, vulnerability, and the raw grief of losing her daughter—with slapstick, awkward and quirky undertones. This production highlights the strength of women’s voices on and off the stage. Artistic & Technical Team Playwright & Performer: Caridad del Valle Director: Leyma López Lighting & Scenic Design: Omayra Garriga Stage Manager: Valeria Llaneza Illustration: Narah Valdés El Barrio’s ArtSpace PS 109 November 7 & 8 at 7:00pm. November 9 at 3:00pm. Use this link for tickets: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/few-pennies-theatricals/primavera-ya-no-hay-mas
Find more information at https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/few-pennies-theatricals/primavera-ya-no-hay-mas
Grant programs: Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Schedule of events:
11/07/25 – 7 PM
11/08/25 – 7 PM
11/09/25 – 7 PM
VGM Jam Sessions NYC
VGM Jam sessions NYC
November 07, at 7:00 PM – November 07, 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, video games 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
Schedule of events:
First Friday of every month 7-8pm performance 8:30-10:30 PM, 2025: 5/2 6/6 7/4 8/1 9/12 10/3 11/7 12/5
Association for the Development of Vocal Artistry and Neighborhood Cultural Enrichment
Lifting Our Voices: Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Black National Anthem - Lift Every Voice and Sing
Nov 09, 2025 at 01:00PM – 02:15PM
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church, 290 Henry Street, New York, New York, 10002
Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble (MORE Opera) presents the third and final installment of Lifting Our Voices: Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Black National Anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" on Manhattan's Lower East Side at St. Augustine's Church, 290 Henry Street on Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM. The free concert celebrates the 125th anniversary through poems and music by brothers James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson, featuring an historical narrative about their lives and achievements performed by community speakers, an intergenerational community chorus, and MORE Opera soloists conducted by MORE Opera artistic director Cheryl Warfield.
Find more information at https://www.moreopera.com/
Grant program: Creative Engagement
24/6: A Jewish Theater Company
Telephone Plays 2025
Nov 10, 2025 at 12:00AM – Dec 15, 2025 at 12:00AM
Virtual (Telephone), Virtual (Telephone), New York, New York, 10040
Come enjoy a short one-person, uplifting and comedic play followed by a conversation with 24/6: A Jewish Theater Company's Artistic Director. During COVID, the effects of social isolation have been acutely felt by senior citizens and those who are housebound. In response, 24/6: A Jewish Theater Company has commissioned a diverse group of over 30 playwrights to write 10 minute plays which are performed live over the telephone to seniors and those who are housebound. Each Monday at noon, a different play will be performed via DOROT's University Without Walls.
Find more information at https://twentyfoursix.weebly.com/
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Schedule of events:
11/10/25 - Noon-1pm
11/17/25 - Noon-1pm
11/24/25 - Noon-1pm
12/01/25 - Noon-1pm
12/08/25 - Noon-1pm
12/15/25 - Noon-1pm
Mike Freeman
Hell's Kitchen Vibe-Centric
Nov 13, 2025 at 07:00PM – 08:30PM
DiMenna Center Benzaquen Hall, 450 W 37th, New York, New York, 10018
Hell's Kitchen Vibe-Centric - Mike Freeman ZonaVibe concert performance highlighting Freeman's vibraphone-centric jazz-Latin-blues music rooted in Afro-Cuban clave. The concert features Freeman's original music born from his associations with high-profile Latin jazz and salsa artists along with his experiences as a long-time Hell's Kitchen resident.
Find more information at https://jazzvibe.com/
Grant program: Creative Engagement
Jeevika Bhat
Clothesline
Nov 13, 2025 – Nov 14, 2025
Aaron Davis Hall - City College of New York, 129 Convent Ave, New York, New York, 10027
Clothesline is a contemporary Indian dance story, told from the perspective of a sari which is passed down through generations of Indian women. In addition to exploring themes of home, homesickness, and heritage inheritance, this show is largely about laundry, musing about how culture fades with each wash. While this story is rooted in South Asian and Karnataka culture, the themes explored are universal. How do we define home? Is there a way that we can find a home away from home? Is our inherent identity redefined as we physically move from place to place? How can we maintain connections with our roots and upbringings while staying present in our current spatial and cultural circumstances?
Find more information at tinyurl.com/clotheslinetickets
Grant program(s) Creative Engagement
Schedule of events:
11/13/25 - 7:30pm
11/14/25 - 7:30pm
Pan American Musical Arts Research Inc
Latin American Cultural Week in NYC
Nov 15-23
Partnering with organizations and artists from around the world, LACW is presented throughout the city’s five boroughs, and its goal is to present the highest quality art and artists to the broadest cross-section of the community. LACW provides a platform for increased visibility and recognition of Latin American, Caribbean and Spanish artistry and encourages people of all ethnic backgrounds to respect, recognize, and be enriched by the unique talents and treasures that every culture has to offer in the areas of music, dance, visual, performing arts, film, literature, and theatre.
Find more information at https://lacw.net/
Grant program: UMEZ Arts Engagement
AhHa!Broadway Inc.
AhHa!Broadway's Put The FUN In Your FUNNY! Comedy Workshop
Nov 14, 2025 at 01:30PM – Nov 14, 2025 at 02:30PM
Sirovich Center For Balanced Living, 331 East 12th Street, New York, New York, 10003
AhHa!Broadway's 1940's Radio Hour Live Performance Travel back in time with AhHa!Broadway and enjoy an in-person performance of classic 1940’s radio episodes transcribed & performed from authentic scripts, ads & music. When: Friday, November 14th @ 1:30pm ET Where: Sirovich Center for Balanced Living, 331 East 12th St., NY, NY 10003
Find more information at https://ahhabroadway.org/
Grant program: Creative Learning
Marilyn Torres
RUMBLE IN THE THEATER
Nov 14, 2025 at 08:00PM – 10:00PM
Marjorie S. Dean Little Theater, 10 West 64th Street, New York, New York, 10023
Mari and her mom share an evening at the theater until an unexpected moment changes everything. Her response triggers a whirlwind of colliding voices and a reckoning of truths that have shaped who she is as a Puerto Rican artist and where she comes from. Rumble in the Theater is a one-woman show that shines a light on the absence of the Latinx community in the theater, history, and a reclaiming of self.
Find more information at ymcanyc.org
Grant program: Creative Engagement
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.
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
Find more information at http://www.doubleimagetheaterlab.com/news.html
Grant program: Creative Engagement
Zara Lawler
The Flute on its Feet: Cross Pollination
Nov 16, 2025 at 03:00PM – 04:15PM
Harlem School of the Arts, Dorothy Maynor Hall, 645 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, New York, 10030
The Flute on its Feet: Cross Pollination is an interdisciplinary extravaganza. Flutist Zara Lawler forges creative connections between classical music and other art forms including Indian classical dance & spoken word. Cross Pollination features choreographer Indian classical dancer Sloka Iyengar, Double Take Dance, dancer Richard Sayama and choreographer Emily Vartanian. Music by J.S. Bach, Adolphus Hailstork, and poetry by Amy Newman.
Find more information at https://zaralawler.com/
Grant programs: Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Voyage Theater Company
VELOCITY
Nov 17, 6:00PM and 8:00PM
American Museum of Natural History - Hayden Planetarium, Enter through the Rose Center on West 81st St between Columbus Ave and Central Park West, New York, New York, 10024
The American Museum of Natural History’s Department of Astrophysics, in association with Voyage Theater Company, invites you to a staged reading of A Homogeneous Universe of Constant Mass and Growing Radius Accounting for the Radial VELOCITY of Extragalactic Nebulae, a new play by Stephen Laughton, directed by Mike Donahue, starring Josh Sharp.
Find more information at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/velocity
Grant program: Creative Engagement
Around The Block
Booked
Nov 19, 2025 at 12:00AM – Nov 23, 2025 at 12:00AM
El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 , 215 East 99th Street, New York, New York, 10029
Booked on streets stacked with injustice, where does education fit? A New York neighborhood struggles with racism, poverty and war through the 60’s. Andy, illiterate, after a jail term, learns basic reading with the help of his friend Tito and library clerk, Brenda. But with Brenda, Tito and the whole neighborhood facing upheaval and demonstrations, can Andy get past his early classroom trauma to develop further?
Find more information at https://www.aroundtheblock.org/
Grant program: Creative Engagement
Schedule of events:
11/19/25 - 7 pm at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 11/20/25 - 7 pm at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 11/21/25 - 7 pm at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 11/22/25 - 7 pm at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 11/23/25 - 2 pm at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109
MEXAMORPHOSIS
Mexamorphosis: 2025 Grand Season Celebration & Fandango
Nov 19, 2025 at 6:00PM – 9:00PM
El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 (Gallery), 215 E 99th St, New York, New York, 10029
Mexamorphosis, supported by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council for its 2025 season, invites you to a special evening with exceptional artists —Sinuhe Padilla (jarana, leona, voice, dance), Victor Murillo (requinto, jarana, bass), mezzo-soprano and Artistic Director Guadalupe Peraza, and surprise international guests.
Experience an interactive journey through early music, Mexican son jarocho, salsa, and more — interwoven with shared roots and narratives.
Join our traditional Fandango (jam session) — Mexamorphosis is for the community!
Explore: youtube.com/@mexamorphosis
IG: mexamorphosis_
Find more information at https://www.mexamorphosis.org/upcoming-events
The Why Collective
MIXT: A Living Gallery
Nov 20, 2025 at 7:30PM – 9:30PM
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 W 37th St, New York, New York, 10018
The Why Collective presents its annual immersive showcase, MIXT: A Living Gallery. Step into this multi-sensory playground of LIVE music, dance, poetry, and visual art installations, blurring the line between artist and audience. Driven by themes of psychological loneliness and waiting, the program takes guests through a sea of human sculptures, interactive exhibits, and world premiere chamber music, encountering mythic ladies-in-waiting: Penelope, Persephone, and Calliope, the invisible weight of grief and chronic illness, and the isolating effect of being lost in translation. Featuring the world premiere of short music film: Penelope, plus a sound bath by Bloom Sound Collective. Tickets required.
Additional Locations: Virtual Livestream
Find more information at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/mixt-a-living-gallery-remount
Grant program: Creative Engagement
Michael Jacobsohn
Screening of Short Films by New York Filmmakers
Nov 21, 2025 at 07:00PM – 09:30PM
New Plaza Cinema, New Plaza Cinema 35 West 67 Street , New York, New York, 10023
The New Plaza Cinema short film showcase presented a diverse collection of compelling narratives and documentaries. The series explored universal themes like personal journeys, family reconciliation, relationship dynamics, societal pressures, and unexpected discoveries, often with a distinct New York perspective.
Find more information here.
Grant program: Creative Engagement
Madeline Calandrillo
Sueñitos: Tiny Dreams
Nov 22, 2025 at 10:15AM – Nov 22, 2025 at 01:00PM
Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling, 898 St. Nicholas Avenue @ 155th Street, New York, NY 1003
Jugando N Play presents Sueñitos: Tiny Dreams, a multilingual interactive theatre piece for young audiences and their caregivers. Transporting families into a dream world/un mundo de sueños, Sueñitos explores the journey of falling asleep and the magical world of dreams. Saturday, November 22nd Two Performances! 10:15am and 12pm
Find more information at https://www.sugarhillmuseum.org/story-hour
Grant programs: Creative Engagement, UMEZ Arts Engagement
Xiaoqiang Zhu
The Bounty of the Sea: Fusion of Asian Musical Theater and NYC’s Creative Heart
Nov 26, 2025 at 01:30PM – Nov 26, 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. 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
Find more information at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bounty-of-the-sea-fusion-of-asian-musical-theater-and-nycs-creative-heart-tickets-1867442072509?aff=ebdsshcopyurl&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp
Grant program: Creative Engagement