Pineda describes LPA events and exhibitions
Pineda highlights LPA's free public programs, including exhibitions on Martha Graham and 'Unleashed: Pets of the Performing Arts.' She notes the 60th anniversary celebration with 18 free programs and over 12,000 attendees.
On any given day, any New Yorker can walk into the library for the performing arts and find their fellow citizens engaging with everything,
including an 80s era Shakespeare performance or an exhibition showcasing the work of a Broadway costume designer, a film screening, or simply browsing an archive like Gregory Hines'collection of American tap dance.
Our theater on film and tape archive includes over 6,000 live theater performances from 1970 onward and has served for decades as a free,
of a kind resource for theater professionals, scholars, students, and other interested parties.
We also hold the world's largest collection of theater photographs, over 2,000 wax cylinder recordings, 2,875 original live dance performances, over 1,000 items in the Martha Graham archive,
300 boxes in the Meredith Monk archive, and collections from Hal Prince, Lou Reed, and more.
LPA also manages an ongoing calendar of noteworthy events and exhibitions showcasing the work of artists whose contributions have shaped or pushed the boundaries of society and culture.
Our calendar currently includes staff-led tours of our recent exhibition,
Martha Graham, the Mother of Psychological Dance, which highlights the legacy of Graham and her dance technique, as well as the company, which is the oldest continuously operating dance company in the United States.
Theater Play Club, a book club for plays, where this month they will be discussing the play Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz.
An all-ages back-to-school free screening of E.T.
In our new classic series, next Saturday if anybody wants to come at 1 p.m.
And our newest offering, Unleashed, Pets of the Performing Arts, an exhibition exploring the unique bonds between iconic art
artists and their animal companions.
All of these are free, all of these are available for anybody just walked in through our doors.
We recently celebrated our 60th anniversary with 18 free public programs over the course of one week across venues at the library, Lincoln Center, and online.
The events included classes for all ages, staged musical theater readings, and even dance parties, and we exceeded an attendance of over 12,000 people.