{"title": "Be Holding", "start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "BAM Fisher (Fishman Space)", "address": "", "price": "Tickets start at $35", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://commerce.bam.org/production/57925", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "music"], "description": "An evening-length concert performing Ross Gay's book-length poem \"Be Holding,\" with music and video art. Curated by Hanif Abdurraqib as part of his poetry series honoring June Jordan's legacy, it draws on the poem's love song to basketball legend Julius \"Dr. J\" Erving, connecting his famous 1980 baseline scoop shot to Black flight and joy. The score by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tyshawn Sorey is performed by quartet Yarn/Wire, directed by Brooke O'Harra, with text recited by Gay and poet David Gaines and video by Catching on Thieves and Matt Deinhart.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/be-holding-51159/", "official_url": "https://www.bam.org/poetry/2026/be-holding", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/c7dafebe0121980b8b8736d5182cd67de413a2b4434e3baccb196affa6a5c245-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "BAM Fisher (Fishman Space)", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long", "start": "2026-10-23T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "Peter Jay Sharp Building, Howard Gilman Opera House", "address": "", "price": "Tickets start at $35", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://commerce.bam.org/production/55619", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "music"], "description": "I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long is a transdisciplinary poetry series honoring the legacy of Brooklyn icon June Jordan. It is curated by Hanif Abdurraqib, a BAM Curator and MacArthur \"Genius,\" now in its third year, and this year spotlights powerful voices from across the African Diaspora. The evening on offer pairs versatile composers and instrumentalists Meshell Ndegeocello and Samora Pinderhughes, who share a night of words and music under the series' banner. The program also includes Poetry Overnight at BAM, Southern Oracles by the Black Air Poets, Be Holding based on a Ross Gay poem, and Stones in the Water with Sarah Kay, Clint Smith, Anis Mojgani, and Abdurraqib.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/i-guess-it-was-my-destiny-to-live-so-long-51198/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/ca322bacd44652032ba8e3d49e9c02203731c1f147933a90f0e38b4f8fdc7558-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Robert Glasper feat. 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Seating is first come, first served, with a $20 minimum per person and table seating open to all ages while the bar area is 21+.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/robert-glasper-feat-meshell-ndegeocello-isaiah-sharkey-chris-51367/", "official_url": "https://www.bluenotejazz.com/nyc/tm-event/robert-glasper-feat-derrick-hodge-chris-dave/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/3a5e9b8cba6c0b496a316b5cb9f3852936c057773864559d71aa67e5b05acd87-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Get Out in Concert", "start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "New York Philharmonic", "address": "Lincoln Center Plaza 10, 10023-6970 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2627/get-out-in-concert", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/orchestral/film-music", "film/horror"], "description": "Get Out in Concert is a live-to-film performance in which Jordan Peele's chilling, Oscar-winning thriller Get Out is projected on a giant screen while its score is played live by an orchestra. The New York Philharmonic performs Michael Abels's haunting soundtrack under conductor Anthony Parnther, joined by the vocal ensemble DC6 Singers Collective. Part of the Philharmonic's The Art of the Score series, the live music intensifies the film's unsettling power.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/get-out-in-concert-52263/", "official_url": "https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2627/get-out-in-concert", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/fc4b58cedfa11d9b815efd589b023816d9c9f00bffcd9b2a460a7d3df48746c9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Tyshawn Sorey", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Village Vanguard", "address": "7th Avenue South 178, 10014", "price": "", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.millertheatre.com/events/kris-davis-tyshawn-sorey-and-ingrid-laubrock", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert evening by drummer Tyshawn Sorey at the Village Vanguard, a small jazz club in the West Village. Sorey, a drummer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist born in 1980 in Newark, New Jersey, is regarded as one of the most inventive musicians of his generation and moves between jazz improvisation and contemporary classical composition. For these sets he plays with pianist Aaron Diehl and bassist Harish Raghavan. His music resists genre categories, drawing together jazz, experimental improvisation, and modern classical writing.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/tyshawn-sorey-57347/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/bcc77f7f0637ce8309c8a202c3c7630481e3e32e19f9b8beeecc1f4a3b4c0689-1200.webp"}, {"title": "From Red Black to Black, from Blue Black to Black: cd release event", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Record Grouch", "address": "Manhattan Avenue 986, 11222 Brooklyn", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/experimental"], "description": "A cd release event at a record shop, part of programming celebrating Josiah McElheny's exhibition Instrument Object at The Kitchen, which engages the work of ten musical artists through the exploration of color and form. The shop celebrates musician David Grubbs alongside Corbett vs. Dempsey's issuing of the From Red Black to Black, from Blue Black to Black CD, which includes a thirty-minute composition built out of six soundtracks Grubbs composed for McElheny's 2023 show of the same title at Corbett vs. Dempsey in Chicago. John Corbett and David Grubbs will dialogue, then Grubbs performs a solo set; CDs will be available for purchase and signing, and events are free with all welcome.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/from-red-black-to-black-from-blue-black-to-black-cd-release-55302/", "official_url": "https://www.recordgrouch.com/events/m5u8fle4s50cgsmmbgq3hn1vwf4brq", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/9ed2279f42a0077f2d6323084c2649a980a2b81bc09eca4da6ca64127b2435fd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Notes Towards: For Once!", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T23:00:00-05:00", "place": "Judson Memorial Church", "address": "Thompson Street 239", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "dance", "tags": ["society/queer", "stage/ballet"], "description": "\"For Once!\" is an experimental story ballet by Dr. Angel-Jehbreal Muhammad Jackson with collaborator Ryan Charles-Marc, presented in partnership with Black Trans Liberation Kitchen. It explores Jackson's relationships with their Black trans identity and masculinity through duets with 3 pivotal figures: first love, worst love, and father. The evening is part of Notes Towards, curated by Judson Arts Weekly's Program Manager, Arien Wilkerson. Doors open at 7pm, with free food at 7:30pm and free art at 8pm.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/notes-towards-for-once-53340/", "official_url": "https://www.judson.org/calendar/notes-towards-11-4-26", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/3677d7636661be1c574c2e2676b1f48731cc26a9a01a132c1c39dbfaa1a7d1e6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Music of Hey Arnold! 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The evening features the series' themes and fan-favorite songs, blending jazz, hip hop, blues, R&B and funk, with multimedia visuals, behind-the-music stories, and a guest appearance by series creator Craig Bartlett.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/the-music-of-hey-arnold-live-53555/", "official_url": "https://lpr.com/lpr_events/hey26nyc/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/8ae3629e8fbbd8ff8deb519adb47d1b79a90cfb46011fa538321065ba362ef2a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Music of Hey Arnold! Live! Ft. The PS 118 All-Stars (Late Show)", "start": "2026-11-03T22:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Le Poisson Rouge", "address": "Bleecker Street 158, 10012", "price": "$35 (Event Ticket), $45 (Day of Show)", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": "45.00", "tickets_url": "https://kyd.to/Qg0GAXjZ", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz", "occasion/anniversary"], "description": "The Music of Hey Arnold! Live! Ft. 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The evening features the show's themes, fan-favorite songs, multimedia visuals, stories from behind the music, and a special guest appearance by series creator Craig Bartlett.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/the-music-of-hey-arnold-live-ft-the-ps-118-all-stars-late-sh-66776/", "official_url": "https://lpr.com/lpr_events/heylate26nyc/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/8ae3629e8fbbd8ff8deb519adb47d1b79a90cfb46011fa538321065ba362ef2a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Julia Wolfe, Bang on a Can All-Stars & Trinity Choir: Anthracite Fields", "start": "2026-10-29T19:30:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Skirball Center for the Performing Arts", "address": "LaGuardia Place 566", "price": "$50-$90", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": "90.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.nyu.edu/overview/19141", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/vocal/oratorio", "history"], "description": "An evening of music at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts pairing composer Julia Wolfe with the ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars and Trinity Choir. They perform her Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio Anthracite Fields, written for chorus and six instrumentalists with scenography and projection design by Jeff Sugg. The piece gives voice to the lives, labor, and endurance of Pennsylvania coal miners and their families, drawing on oral histories, speeches, work songs, and local lore. The evening also includes commentary from the composer herself.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/julia-wolfe-bang-on-a-can-all-stars-trinity-choir-anthracite-55900/", "official_url": "https://nyuskirball.org/performance/anthracite-fields/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/3a59c4aa028ee03884ce18a438ee1ba0da8e6781bec2c58cfb50a9f20b9d1722-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Robert Glasper X Halloween with Meshell Ndegeocello & Chris Dave", "start": "2026-10-31T20:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Blue Note Jazz Club", "address": "West 3rd Street 131, 10012", "price": "", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.bluenotejazz.com/nyc/group-reservations/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A Halloween-night jazz concert at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. Pianist, producer, and composer Robert Glasper, known for blending jazz, R&B, and hip-hop and for his long-running 'Robtober' residency at the club, leads the show. He is joined by bassist and Grammy-winning singer Meshell Ndegeocello and Houston-born drummer Chris Dave, whom Questlove once called 'the most dangerous drummer alive.' Two sets are offered that evening, with seating first come, first served and a $20 minimum per person.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/robert-glasper-x-halloween-with-meshell-ndegeocello-chris-da-51368/", "official_url": "https://www.bluenotejazz.com/nyc/tm-event/robert-glasper-x-halloween-with-derrick-hodge-chris-dave/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/07dd3415849d8f4abd5de25449151b0b46add422164a625afe992694a24afa34-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Jazz Kris Davis, Ingrid Laubrock, and Tyshawn Sorey", "start": "2026-11-07T19:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Miller Theatre", "address": "Broadway 2962, 10027", "price": "Starting at $30", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.millertheatre.com/events", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert at Miller Theatre at Columbia University. Pianist Kris Davis, saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey are award-winning musicians, acclaimed composers, and formidable figures in experimental jazz. Together they form a trio of striking cohesion and depth, where, as JazzTimes observes, \"lines and musical sympathies converge beautifully.\"", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/jazz-kris-davis-ingrid-laubrock-and-tyshawn-sorey-66855/", "official_url": "https://www.millertheatre.com/events/kris-davis-tyshawn-sorey-and-ingrid-laubrock", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/67281213613bc64390dc71ae5ef3649630bd451913979ed717dff7901bcf4a44-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Bethany Collins", "start": "2026-08-22T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2027-03-14T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Alexander Gray Associates Gallery", "address": "West 26th Street 510, 10001 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "society/politics"], "description": "Bethany Collins takes part in the group exhibition \"We Are This Land: Meditations on the Great American Experiment\" at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University in East Lansing. The exhibition fills the museum's main galleries and is organized around five topics: civics, history, family and kinship, map-making, and care for the environment. Its title quotes \"Bless this Land,\" a 2019 poem by former US poet laureate and Indigenous activist Joy Harjo, an important influence on the show. Guided by American democratic ideals of participation and experimentation, it invites visitors to consider their own role in conversations about the past and future of the United States, on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/bethany-collins-66128/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/ba7f3513fe9acec48cf83a6c0a0478436c1e83edf85250da286ffd6ceeab0424-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Chamber Music Season Finale & Halloween Bash", "start": "2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Nolan Park - Building 14, Governors Island", "address": "", "price": "Free and open to the public; donation optional", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "A season finale chamber music concert and Halloween bash with string trio and soprano, ending in an end-of-season party. Glass Clouds Ensemble, a 2026 Organization in Residence on Governors Island, performs shimmery, shadowy, and festive music, featuring a premiere by composer in residence Tyson Gholston Davis. After the concert, visitors can celebrate the ensemble's first season in residence and enjoy art by artists in residence Katy Pinke and Lara Lewison and designers Claire Caverly and Meredith Newman.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/chamber-music-season-finale-halloween-bash-52851/", "official_url": "https://www.govisland.com/things-to-do/events/chamber-music-season-finale-halloween-bash", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/d99f3a19e4d269da2eca6cbb9566387329cfb5b93b07cde07995b10e02521b93-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sidewalk Study WASHINGTON, DC: THE NAMES WE CARRY", "start": "2026-10-31T15:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T17:30:00-04:00", "place": "Strother School of Radical Attention", "address": "Washington Street 55, 11201", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history", "literature"], "description": "This is a Sidewalk Study taking place in the U Street corridor in Washington, DC. It is held by the Strother School of Radical Attention and centers on Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon'. Participants will time travel through the historic U Street corridor and the newly re-opened African American Civil War Museum, starting from 'The Spirit of Freedom' sculpture, to learn what the past wants to impress upon us about the names we carry and what it takes to seek justice.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/sidewalk-study-washington-dc-the-names-we-carry-56196/", "official_url": "https://www.schoolofattention.org/events/iulaet77uzaa5zytkxzicjzf9r133q-jdaee-axshl-3npbb-yssnd", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/15a75f27b35ff8a2de73271fa5aeae2e54c77f244c27605ab60a25838bd8f5b6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Julia Wolfe & Bang on a Can All-Stars: Anthracite Fields", "start": "2026-10-29T19:30:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "NYU Skirball", "address": "", "price": "USD 76", "price_from": "66.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.todaytix.com/booking/seating-plan?product_id=47744&content_product_id=47744&venue_id=12525&product_type=show&qt=2&showtime_id=2534456&slot=19:30&date=2026-10-29", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/vocal/oratorio", "history/industrial-history"], "description": "Julia Wolfe & Bang on a Can All-Stars: Anthracite Fields is a concert evening at NYU Skirball pairing ambitious music with American history. NYU Professor Julia Wolfe joins the Bang on a Can All-Stars for her Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio Anthracite Fields, with commentary from the composer herself. The work gives voice to the lives, labor, and endurance of Pennsylvania coal miners and their families, drawing on oral histories, speeches, work songs, and local lore. Written for chorus and six instrumentalists, it transforms industrial history into a vivid musical portrait of community, hardship, and survival.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/julia-wolfe-bang-on-a-can-all-stars-anthracite-fields-66925/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/4bab4466f666618363bc30706832eeabdb6afe1b02bc9639584f35b3b3e1bb7d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Iron + Palm Wine: Koneh Pelawoe", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-12-19T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Recess", "address": "46 Washington Ave. Brooklyn. 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Through Rogie's musical legacy, YATTA explores the entanglements of Blackness, land, leisure, and extraction, asking what healing possibilities the sounds of West Africa may hold when the psychic weight of labor, migration, and extraction is set down.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/events/iron-palm-wine-koneh-pelawoe-55301/", "official_url": "https://www.recessart.org/projects/613-iron-palm-wine-koneh-pelawoe", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/d73c4aa3a9b5027995631c146a051af6f07fec49bb03fa8002e1497ba0e181eb-2000.webp"}]}