2023/24 Inaugural Season
Our Inaugural Season is packed with a wide range of exciting entertainment including music, dance, opera, theater, musical theater, and film that collectively celebrates resilience.
NYC Tapestry: Home as Refuge
![A black woman with an orange headwrap stands in front of a light blue background. She is wearing light-colored silver earrings, a wedding ring and band, a large chunky v-shaped gold collar that lays over a long sleeve light brown and gold striped textured dress that has a wrap of fabric at the waist. Her eyes are closed, her lips are parted as if in mid-song and both of her arms are outstretched with her palms turned up](https://images.pacnyc.org/uploads/2023/05/Refuge-Home-2000x1250-1.jpg?resize=10%2C10&gravity)
NYC Tapestry: Home as Refuge
Sep 19, 2023
Part of
Refuge: A Concert Series to Welcome the World
Devotion: Faith as Refuge
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Devotion: Faith as Refuge
Sep 20, 2023
Part of
Refuge: A Concert Series to Welcome the World
Playing it Forward: School as Refuge
![A man in a grey suit sits on a stage. He has dark hair that is slicked back and holds a trumpet to his lips with both hands. A man in an all black suit stands to his right. The man wears a grey and white checkered fedora and has a grey and white mid-length beard. In the foreground of the photo, a slightly blurry musician plays an instrument](https://images.pacnyc.org/uploads/2023/05/Refuge-School-2000x1250-1.jpg?resize=10%2C10&gravity)
Playing it Forward: School as Refuge
Sep 21, 2023
Part of
Refuge: A Concert Series to Welcome the World
Relatively Speaking: Family as Refuge
![A group of musicians in dark colored formal wear stand on stage holding various instruments](https://images.pacnyc.org/uploads/2023/05/Refuge-Family-2000x1250-2.jpg?resize=10%2C10&gravity)
Relatively Speaking: Family as Refuge
Sep 22, 2023
Part of
Refuge: A Concert Series to Welcome the World
Childhood Songs: Memory as Refuge
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Childhood Songs: Memory as Refuge
Sep 23, 2023
Part of
Refuge: A Concert Series to Welcome the World
An Evening With Brian Stokes Mitchell
![A multi-racial man, Brian Stokes Mitchell, with curly brown hair that is greying at the temples, wears a dark grey suit jacket and a bright blue button down shirt. His elbows lean on a surface and his hands are up next to his face.](https://images.pacnyc.org/uploads/2023/06/Brian-Stokes-Mitchell-900x900-1.jpg?resize=10%2C10&gravity)
An Evening With Brian Stokes Mitchell
Oct 5, 2023
Part of
Downtown Sessions
2023 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition
![A Black man, Herbie Hancock, wearing an all black suit, sits at a piano and looks out to the audience](https://images.pacnyc.org/uploads/2023/05/Herbie-Hancock-2000x1250-cr-Steve-Mundinger.jpg?resize=10%2C10&gravity)
2023 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition
Oct 14—15, 2023
Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush
![Two white women, Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush wear pale button down shirts and hug each other in front of white curtains](https://images.pacnyc.org/uploads/2023/06/Conversations-at-PACNYC-JBB-2000x2000-1.jpg?resize=10%2C10&gravity)
Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush
Nov 13, 2023
Part of
Conversations
Circle Songs: Anthony Roth Costanzo and Friends
![A man with dark gel-styled hair wears a black long sleeve shirt stands looking towards his left with his arms raised on either side of him](https://images.pacnyc.org/uploads/2023/04/Circle-Songs-Costanzo-2000x1250-1.jpg?resize=10%2C10&gravity)
Circle Songs: Anthony Roth Costanzo and Friends
Dec 20, 2023
Part of
Circle Songs: A Holiday Concert Series
Circle Songs: Toshi Reagon
![A Black woman wears a fedora and a blue and orange flowered button down shirt. She is facing the camera and smiling.](https://images.pacnyc.org/uploads/2023/04/Circle-Songs-Toshi-Reagon-2000x1250-1.jpg?resize=10%2C10&gravity)
Circle Songs: Toshi Reagon
Dec 21, 2023
Part of
Circle Songs: A Holiday Concert Series
Circle Songs: Time For Three
![Three men stand in the corner of a room. One wears a casual black shirt with a black button down over it and black jeans. He has short brown hair, a beard and mustache, and is holding a cello. To his left is a clean-shaven man with dark spiky hair. He is wearing a plain white t-shirt with a light brown button down over it and blue jeans. He holds a violin in his hands. To his left is man with dark spiky hair. He is sitting against the window-sill in the room and staring to his left. He is wearing a dark blue shirt and blue blazer. He holds a violin](https://images.pacnyc.org/uploads/2023/04/Circle-Songs-Time-For-Three-2000x1250-1.jpg?resize=10%2C10&gravity)
Circle Songs: Time For Three
Dec 22, 2023
Part of
Circle Songs: A Holiday Concert Series
Circle Songs: Orfeh and Andy Karl
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Circle Songs: Orfeh and Andy Karl
Dec 23, 2023
Part of
Circle Songs: A Holiday Concert Series
BreAking • P IS FOR POP D IS FOR DIP
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BreAking • P IS FOR POP D IS FOR DIP
Jan 11—12, 2024
Part of
Motion/Matter: Street Dance Festival
The Barefoot Diva • P IS FOR POP D IS FOR DIP
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The Barefoot Diva • P IS FOR POP D IS FOR DIP
Jan 13—14, 2024
Part of
Motion/Matter: Street Dance Festival
Motion/Matter: All-Styles Dance Battle
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Motion/Matter: All-Styles Dance Battle
Jan 13, 2024
Part of
Motion/Matter: Street Dance Festival
Panel Discussion: Native Representation in Contemporary Media
![PACNYC_NativeAmerPanel_header_4-1-aspect-ratio-900-900](https://images.pacnyc.org/uploads/2023/12/PACNYC_NativeAmerPanel_header_4-1-aspect-ratio-900-900.jpg?resize=10%2C10&gravity)
Panel Discussion: Native Representation in Contemporary Media
Conversations: David Letterman with Alex Honnold
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Conversations: David Letterman with Alex Honnold
Apr 25, 2024
Waafrika 123: A Queerly Scripted Tragic Rise to African Fantasia
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Waafrika 123: A Queerly Scripted Tragic Rise to African Fantasia
June 28—29, 2024
Part of
Criminal Queerness Festival