MCNY Live
We've curated this selection of highlights from the Museum's public programs that brings the best of New York to you. MCNY Live features conversations with artists, authors, politicians, and more who speak about their experiences as New Yorkers. Topics range from aspects of everyday life to addressing the issues that are shaping the city's future.
Upcoming Events
Your Hometown Virtual Conversation with Designer Danielle Guizio
The Ultimate (Virtual) NYC Trivia Night: April
Rising Tide: Visualizing the Human Costs of the Climate Crisis
Revisiting the Harlem Renaissance: Art is Philosophy
Reimagining Violence Prevention
Revisiting the Harlem Renaissance: Poetry and the New Negro Literacy
View Past Programs
American Utopia: David Byrne & Maira Kalman
Former Talking Heads frontman and multimedia artist David Byrne and best-selling author, illustrator and artist Maira Kalman discuss their new collaboration, a book inspired by Byrne's award-winning musical American Utopia (Bloomsbury, October 2020) with WNYC's Alison Stewart.
Basketball & Activism: A Conversation with Tina Charles
WNBA champion and activist Tina Charles, discusses her perspective as a New Yorker, her basketball career, and her activism with historian Theresa Runstedtler.
Our Fair City: In Between
How can we reimagine all those vital public spaces in our city that fall "in between" home and work? With Curbed's Justin Davidson, urban designer Justin Garrett Moore, landscape architect Kate Orff, and transportation expert Shin-pei Tsay.
Your Hometown Virtual Conversation with Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC
In this live (on Zoom) virtual edition of the new podcast "Your Hometown," musician and rapper Darryl McDaniels of famed hip hop group Run-DMC talks with host Kevin Burke about growing up in Queens in the 1960s and '70s.
MCNY Live presents New York magazine's "Encyclopedia of New York": How NYC Changed the World
We teamed up with New York magazine for the launch of their new book, The Encyclopedia of New York. In this virtual conversation, Christopher Bonanos discussed this project with actor, comedian, and jazz singer Lea DeLaria.
New York's Communities of Color and the Police: A Historical Perspective
A virtual discussion about how communities of color have experienced and responded to the police in twentieth-century New York.
Horse Crazy from Coast to Coast
Two journalists who have explored the surprising world of horses, Sarah Maslin Nir (New York Times) and Walter Thompson-Hernández (New York Times and host of new NPR podcast “CALIFORNIA LOVE”) discuss the powerful and surprising stories that horses led them to uncover.
Love & Basketball Live Q&A
Love & Basketball's director and writer Gina Prince-Bythewood will join former NCAA and WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw and Harlem native, playground powerhouse, player and coach/mentor Priscilla Edwards for a lively discussion about the film -- and how women in pro basketball (and beyond) navigate issues of power, representation, activism, and equity. Author and sports journalist William Rhoden moderates.
Explore Our Past Program Series
Another City: New Meaning in New York's Public Spaces
Moderated by New Yorker writer Vinson Cunningham, join our four-part virtual symposium featuring intimate discussions with leading writers and observers of the New York scene.
Future City Lab Series
Future City Lab’s symposium series gathers leading academics, journalists, and activists to discuss the ongoing issues facing New Yorkers and city dwellers at large.
Moonlight & Movies 2020
Join us for a series of online screenings and conversations inspired by the Museum's current exhibition City/Game: Basketball in New York.
