IDEAS CITY NightFest Transforms Bowery Neighborhood Tonight

Tonight, May 4, IDEAS CITY NightFest will transform a Bowery neighborhood with skating on Mulberry Street, installations of glowing balloons, participatory video games, teen poetry readings and more. It all takes place from 6 PM-12 AM; rain or shine, open to the public.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Please note: Nuit Blanche New York's (NBNY) site-specific projection "Change of State" has been postponed. Please stay tuned for a rescheduled date.

MULBERRY STREET NIGHTFEST
8-11 PM
Mulberry & Jersey Streets (betw. Houston & Prince Streets)

Mulberry Street will be closed to traffic and comes alive with collaborative performances of music and spoken word by youth from Urban Word NYC, poetry by the Bowery Poetry Club's POEMobile, installation of giant glowing balloons by Snarkitecture, and a mini roller rink by SkateTruck NYC

SCHOOL NITE EXHIBITION
6 PM-midnight
The Old School at 233 Mott Street

New York's oldest parochial school opens its classrooms to host exhibitions under the theme "Wish Meme," exploring ideas of wish fulfillment, in addition to artwork projections of schools of fish by artist Anita Glesta.

CITY GRIT: CANTEEN
6 PM-midnight
The Old School at 233 Mott Street

Founded by Sarah Simmons, named one of America's Greatest New Cooks by Food & Wine magazine, City Grit is a culinary salon offering special sandwiches for IDEAS CITY.

MUSIC OF THE INVISIBLE
9:30-10:30 PM
Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral

This music performance turns the 1868 Erben pipe organ inside out by projecting its sculptural mechanisms on the interior walls of the Basilica.

AFTER HOURS 2: MURALS ON THE BOWERY
after stores close
Bowery between East Houston and Grand Streets

Check out murals on the metal roller shutters of stores along the Bowery by fifteen artists, organized by the Art Production Fund and New Museum.

IDEAS CITY explores the future of cities around the globe with the belief that arts and culture are essential to the vitality of urban centers, making them better places to live, work, and play. Founded by the New Museum in 2011, the Festival is a major collaborative initiative between hundreds of arts, education, and civic organizations. This year's theme is Untapped Capital, with participants focused on resources that are under-recognized or underutilized in our cities.

This four-day event, May 1-4, includes a conference, workshops, StreetFest, and more than one hundred independent projects and public events that are forums for exchanging ideas, proposing solutions, and accelerating creativity. ideas-city.org

Photo: Craig Hayes