Aisha Jackson curates and performs a celebration of iconic women in jazz.
Cast: Aisha Jackson, Jennie Harney, more to be announced
Tag: Free Show
Summer Legacy Ball
Brought to you by icon and activist Qween Jean, this two-night extravaganza is a celebration of ballroom culture, personal expression and finding your community. Featuring a panel of guest judges, neighborhood partners and talented youth, the stage is set for a dazzling display of performances and a vibrant runway.
SLP & The Joyful Noise
An evening of song from Suzan-Lori Parks and her indomitable band.
Radiolab
WNYC’s Terrestrials is a nature podcast for kids and families that uncovers the surprising, strange, and wonderful stories right here on Earth.
At this special outdoor taping and performance, the Terrestrials team will explore the unexpected origins of one of New York City’s most iconic foods: PIZZA. Expect immersive stories, expert guests, badgering questions from the audience, and the live debut of an all-new original song—recorded with your voices!
Hosted by Radiolab’s Lulu Miller, with musical mischief from Alan Goffinski (“Songbud”) and storytelling brilliance from producer Ana Gonzalez (“Producerbud”), featuring tap dancer John Manzari.
Radiolab
Terrestrials is a podcast for kids and families that explores the strangeness that exists right here on Earth. Lulu Miller (co-host of WNYC’s Radiolab), will bring the park’s youngest visitors (and their grownups) on a musical and movement-filled journey, featuring a special musical guest and a scavenger hunt uplifting the natural beauty of the Island.
This performance is the part of a two-day Radiolab takeover at Little Island: four free shows in The Glade and an evening show in The Amph.
Radiolab
WNYC’s Terrestrials is a nature podcast for kids and families that uncovers the surprising, strange, and wonderful stories right here on Earth.
At this special outdoor taping and performance, the Terrestrials team will explore the unexpected origins of one of New York City’s most iconic foods: PIZZA. Expect immersive stories, expert guests, badgering questions from the audience, and the live debut of an all-new original song—recorded with your voices!
Hosted by Radiolab’s Lulu Miller, with musical mischief from Alan Goffinski (“Songbud”) and storytelling brilliance from producer Ana Gonzalez (“Producerbud”), featuring tap dancer John Manzari.
Curated by Standing on the Corner
Gio Escobar curates and convenes his second annual Bomba festival on Little Island.
Curated by Amy Sherald
The renowned painter hosts her favorite musicians on the Island for performances.
Amy Sherald’s first major museum solo exhibition and mid-career survey, “Amy Sherald: American Sublime,” is currently on view at the Whitney Museum.
The Case of the Stranger
Writer, Performer, and Tony-Nominated Director Whitney White arrives on Little Island for a free, public showing of her new and original song cycle The Case of the Stranger.
With a score rooted in soul, jazz, R&B, and diverse geographical soundworlds, The Case of the Stranger takes its title from a passage in Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas Moore — one of the earliest known pleas for a compassionate refugee policy. The piece explores themes of identity, migration, and the power of unexpected kinship.
Created by Whitney White, in-partnership with Maxim Pozdorovkin with music direction by Ben Covello, this song cycle brings White’s signature style to the forefront, emphasizing the raw power of voice and sound in an intimate, deeply resonant experience.
Written by: Whitney White
Co-Directed by: Whitney White and Maxim Pozdorovkin
Music Direction by: Ben Covello
Shape Note Singing
Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sam Amidon brings historical harmony to the big city, with a participatory singalong channeling the country’s oldest vocal tradition –200 years old, in fact – as attendees raise their voices in four parts, ledcreated and actualized by Amidon. In this free, unticketed event, the public serves as the performers, gathering to collectively create the sound.
The event will also include an informal potluck picnic. Admission and participation is open to the public.