All across the five boroughs, we're bringing arts and culture right to your back yard! In addition to providing library cardholders with free passes to museums and theaters, Culture Pass works with partner organizations to bring unique cultural programming to branches across the city. Check out the schedule below to see when and where we'll be next.
DECEMBER
Winter 3D STEAM & Paint
12/2/2023 - 2:00pm - South Ozone Park Branch, 128-16 Rockaway Boulevard, Queens
Presented by the Lewis H. Latimer House Museum
Unleash your creativity with a Winter 3D STEAM & Paint session! We’ll be combining Anaglyph 3D art with the wonders of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). Materials will be provided. More Info
Ages: Children 10+. Duration: 1 hour. Language: English.
Dear John: A workshop performance by Rachel Lin
12/5/2023 - 6:00pm - Bay Ridge Branch, 7223 Ridge Boulevard, Brooklyn
Presented by the Museum of Chinese in America
DEAR JOHN is a solo show inspired by real life events. In 2011, an estranged father, “John,” reaches out to a long lost daughter for the first time… on Facebook. When he begins writing her letters, she doesn’t reply. For years. Until a sudden illness beckons her to reconcile with her previously unknown past.
DEAR JOHN is an exploration of what it means to be a father or a daughter, our expectations of one another, and the ways we fall short. Spanning three continents and four decades, Dear John weaves together excerpts from John’s letters, historical context, and stories of growing up as an immigrant kid in New York City. More Info
Ages: Teens & Adults. Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes. Language: English.
ROOTS: Music & Dance of Immigrant Stories
12/7/2023 - 6:00pm - Hunters Point Branch, 47-40 Center Boulevard, Queens
Presented by the Museum of Chinese in America
Roots is a MOCA's performance program of immigrant stories shared through a medley of jazz-infused Taiwanese folk songs and a dance theatre piece woven by joy and regret. Embodying an immigrant's homesickness, loneliness and aspirations, Pianist Sobina Chi-Kanter will perform a series of jazz-infused Taiwanese and American classics, including Harbor Night Rain 港都夜雨, The Olive Tree 橄欖樹, and Billy Joel's New York State of Mind. Starting with the poem Small, Small Island by world-renown Poet Zheng Chouyu 鄭愁予, Choreographer/Dancer Shan Y. Chuang's dance theatre piece,10 Years in the Making/10 Years of Me, follows her personal query on "life could've/would've been..." as she looks back to the past (in Taiwan) and at the present (in the United States). Enchantingly emotional and sincere, MOCA Performs - Roots: Music & Dance of Immigrant Stories welcomes you to indulge in the shared sentiments embedded in NYC's cultural tapestry. An artist talk will be followed by this performance.
Ages: Teens & Adults. Duration: 1 hour. Language: English.
Bangladeshi Folk, Classical and Patriotic Showcase
12/9/2023 - 2:00pm - Parkchester Branch, 1985 Westchester Avenue, The Bronx
Presented by the Bronx Music Heritage Center
Join the Bangladesh Academy of Fine Arts (BAFA) for a showcase on Bangladeshi culture. Participants will experience closely traditional folk and classical singing and dancing. More Info
Ages: Families. Duration: 1 hour. Language: English & Bengali.
Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility / Going Dark: La figura contemporánea al borde de la visibilidad
12/11/2023 - 4:00pm - Mott Haven Branch, 321 East 140th Street, The Bronx
Presented by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Participants will share ideas and make collaborative collages to think about the power of youth organizing and social justice with two Guggenheim educators. This program will be facilitated in English and Spanish.
Adolescentes y adultos jovenes participarán en un intercambio de ideas y harán collages colaborativos para reflexionar sobre el poder de la organización juvenil y la justicia social con dos educadores del Guggenheim. Este programa se impartirá en inglés y español. More Info
Ages: Teens / Adolescentes. Duration: 1 hour. Language: English & Spanish.
Storytime: The Ink Garden
12/15/2023 - 4:00pm - East Flatbush Branch, 9612 Church Avenue, Brooklyn
Presented by the Morgan Library & Museum
In this special visit from the Morgan Library & Museum, a museum educator will introduce visitors to the medieval art of creating paint from plants. After a read-along, children will have the opportunity to handle authentic materials, grind plants into pigment by hand, and create their own watercolor masterpiece. All materials will be provided. More Info
Ages: Children & Families. Duration: 1 hour. Language: English.
Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s / Only the Young: Arte Experimental en Corea entre las decadas de 1960 y 1970
12/16/2023 - 11:30am - Harry Belafonte Branch, 203 West 115th Street, Manhattan
Presented by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Families will create unique family portraits with two Guggenheim educators.
Las familias crearán retratos familiares únicos y especiales con dos educadores del Guggenheim. More Info
Ages: All Ages / Todos los Años. Duration: 1 hour. Language: English & Spanish.