New York City’s historic Merchant’s House Museum will become the stage for three celebrated literary works when Summoners Ensemble Theatre launches its first full season in residence at the landmark Manhattan location. The 2026-27 season, announced Sept. 2, brings Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman to life through three intimate productions running from…
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Movie lovers have plenty to look forward to this fall as the Museum of the Moving Image rolls out an ambitious slate of screenings, exhibitions, special events and free public programming. The Astoria museum’s fall 2026 schedule includes a complete retrospective of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, a horror-themed screening series, films celebrating father-and-daughter filmmakers Vincente and…
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The unmistakable world of artist Hunt Slonem has arrived in downtown Manhattan, where rabbits, butterflies, birds and bursts of color are taking center stage at One Art Space in Tribeca. “Through the Looking Glass,” Slonem’s first New York City exhibition in recent years, brings together works that reflect the neo-expressionist artist’s longtime fascination with nature,…
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Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is set to publish Women+ on the Edge of Democracy, a new anthology featuring more than 30 plays and monologues by acclaimed women+ playwrights from around the world. The collection examines the state of democracy in America through theater, bringing together writers whose work explores the country’s history, contradictions, challenges and…
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New Yorkers have until Sept. 27 to visit “The Promise of Liberty: Words That Shaped a Nation,” a landmark exhibition at the South Street Seaport Museum marking America’s 250th anniversary with an extraordinary collection of historic documents, printed materials and artifacts. Presented in the historic 1868 A.A. Thomson & Co. building at 213 Water Street,…
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Contemporary art takes center stage on Manhattan’s Lower East Side this September with Where We Gather Now, a group exhibition presented by Dolly and Oz Presents at 2 Rivington Street. On view through September 26, the exhibition brings together artists working across photography, painting and sculpture to explore questions of identity, beauty, migration and belonging.…
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Newark will once again become a gathering place for poets, writers, performers and poetry lovers when the Dodge Poetry Festival returns Oct. 15–17. Produced by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), the festival is billed as North America’s largest poetry festival and will bring three days of spoken word, live performances, writing workshops and…
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La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present the world premiere of Allegra & the Cello, in Movements, a new opera that brings a groundbreaking woman doctor to the center of the operatic stage. The production, featuring a story and libretto by Catherine Filloux and music by Julia Schwartz, will run Dec. 10-20, 2026, at La…
Read MoreThe Frick Collection is bringing another season of music to its newly reopened museum, announcing a 2026–27 concert lineup that combines chamber music, vocal recitals, early music and contemporary works with the institution’s art exhibitions and permanent collection. The season marks the second annual concert series in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium following The Frick…
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Southern artists have additional time to apply for one of the region’s prominent contemporary art competitions. The Gibbes Museum of Art and Society 1858 have extended the submission deadline for the Society 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art to Sept. 14, 2026. Now in its 18th year, the annual competition awards a $10,000 unrestricted prize…
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