Aisha Jackson curates and performs a celebration of iconic women in jazz.
Cast: Aisha Jackson, Jennie Harney-Fleming and Charity Angél Dawson.
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.
Run time: 80 minutes
Curated by Standing on the Corner
Standing On The Corner 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 song cycle The Case of the Stranger.
With a score rooted in soul, jazz, 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 — exploring themes of identity, migration, and the power of unexpected kinship.
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, led, created 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.
The Lights
A first listen to a brand-new song cycle by MacArthur Fellow Matt Aucoin, setting the poetry of Ben Lerner to choral music—performed by the Grammy-winning ensemble Roomful of Teeth.
Composer: Matt Aucoin
Text: Ben Lerner
Performed By: Roomful of Teeth
Eugene Onegin
New York City’s first listen to a new bluegrass take on Tchaikovsky’s classic opera, based on the novel by Pushkin.
Sarah Gancher retells one of the great romances in a new form, perfect for a tragic love story: the country song. The Russian classic is transplanted to the American South, where it’s told by bluegrass musicians in a rowdy picking circle.
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Sarah Gancher, Directed by Rachel Chavkin – cast to be announced.