The Harlem Meer Performance Festival in 2025. ( Photo: Central Park Conservancy) Harlem Meer Performance Festival Returns to Central Park For Stormy McNair, showcasing local musical talent at the Harlem Meer Performance Festival is personal. As a child, Stormy... City Arts 28 Jul 2026 | 03:39
“Herself,” by M. J. Moore, is a work of biographical fiction chronicling the last two months of the American icon’s life as told by her one-time assistant. Both are starting life anew and bond over music, books, and writing her autobiography. ( Photo: Heliotrope Books) New Book Highlights Marilyn Monroe: Being True To “Herself” The blonde bombshell standing over the subway grate with her sexy white halter dress billowing up from the gust of air beneath... City Arts 24 Jul 2026 | 01:13
Robert Farber’s long, acclaimed career in art began with a passion for painting. Instead, he would help bring photography into the world of fine art. ( Photo: Courtesy of Robert Farber) Photographer Robert Farber Is Bringing His Work to New Generations When Robert Farber was growing up, he wanted to be a painter. Photography was not on his mind—he couldn’t relate to his older... City Arts 20 Jul 2026 | 12:59
New York native Nicole Gomez Fisher is an award-winning writer, director, and producer. “Hurricane Seasons” is her sixth turn at helming a film. ( Photo by Stephanie Price) To Grandmother’s House We Go...in the Wake of a Hurricane Road trip! Something happens when three generations become travel companions. In the upcoming family drama, “Hurricane Seasons,”... City Arts 26 Jul 2026 | 07:13
Pamela Gray’s beloved 1999 film A Walk On The Moon, about a Brooklyn housewife in 1969 whose life changes when Woodstock influences her Catskills bungalow colony, has been reimagined for the stage as a musical. ( Photo: Provided by Jonas PR) Summer Of ’69 Returns as Musical “A Walk on the Moon” Hot fun in the summertime. In 1969, that meant Woodstock. In 2026, it means an off-Broadway show about when a counterculture... City Arts 13 Jul 2026 | 09:18
The penultimate space in the “Manifesting Marilyn: The Making of an Icon” exhibition is a cinematic installation tracing the star’s evolution from Norma Jeane Mortenson. ( Photo: Madeleine Farr) “Manifesting Marilyn” Reintroduces the Woman Behind the Icon This summer, New York’s Genesis House is reintroducing Marilyn Monroe’s legacy in, “Manifesting Marilyn: The Making of an... City Arts 09 Jul 2026 | 04:18
Swiss Army Artist Kira Marie Britt is pictured here. ( Photo: Courtesy Kira Marie Britt) Kira Marie Britt Is A Selfless Swiss Army Artist Kira Marie Britt has always been adventurous. She is a born-and-raised native New Yorker who lives in Ridgewood, Queens and... City Arts 13 Jul 2026 | 12:46
Alex Hill’s one-man show, “Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England,” transforms the true act of a superfan into a story of belonging and friendship. ( Photo: Courtesy DARR Publicity) The World Cup of Comedy Comes To Soho Oh yes, he did. During the Euro 2020 final, super fan Charlie Perry went viral when he famously stuck a flare up his buttocks,... City Arts 01 Jul 2026 | 11:38
Seoyeon Im moved to the city eight years ago to pursue a Master’s degree at Queen’s College. Now, she is a mainstay in the jazz community and is releasing her first single on July 3. ( Photo: Courtesy of Seoyeon Im) Jazz Violinist Seoyeon Im Spreads Music Across City and Abroad When Seoyeon Im came to the U.S. to study jazz violin at Berklee College of Music, she planned on moving back to Korea, where... City Arts 29 Jun 2026 | 04:28
Red Door producers/actors Violet Levinson, who portrays Babe, and Ana Radice-Morras, who plays Meg, with “Crimes of the Heart” director Eve Bianco. ( Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl) Southern Charm: The “Heart” Of The Theater World Returns It’s a play after our collective heart. What gives “Crimes of the Heart” staying power is its reminder that family drama... City Arts 26 Jun 2026 | 09:52
Queer Window members Loie Plautz, Sarah Franco, Marisa Winckowski, Aran Abilock Clemmons, Seyoung Kim, Zoe Johnson and Matt Grote laugh together at the Upright Citizens Brigade. ( Photo: Michael Gebhardt) Queer Window’s Pride Month Show At UCB Is LGBTQ+ Joy Queer Window’s magical blend of absurdist humor, physical comedy, and creative storytelling left audiences laughing at their... City Arts 23 Jun 2026 | 02:04
The cast of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar in Central Park during its outdoor performance on June 5th. ( Photo: Colin Knapp) NY Classical’s “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”: a Play with No Stage If you’ve seen Julius Caesar roaming the northern hills of Central Park recently, you were not hallucinating. Its an outdoor... City Arts 15 Jun 2026 | 04:41
Heather Stein (author) takes a selfie with Shakespeare: Lucky again to enjoy the wonder of Shakespeare in the Park 2026. ( Photo: Heather Stein) Romeo, Juliet & the Great Central Park Ticket Quest There is something wonderfully New York about setting an alarm for the middle of the night, packing snacks like you are going... City Arts 02 Jun 2026 | 10:07
