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Legacies of San Juan Hill Festival

September 27 - October 30

This year’s festival celebrates how community creates culture, exploring how the reciprocal influence of the diverse communities of San Juan Hill fostered extraordinary artistic innovation. Learn more »

In Concert: Shuffle Along

September 27 at 7:30 pm

The star-studded cast of the acclaimed 2016 Broadway musical reunites to celebrate one of the most important works in American theater history. Learn more »

RECOLLECTIONS
(A Show and Tell of Memories and Mementos)

October 2 at 6:00 pm

RECOLLECTIONS is a collaborative gathering in which participants are invited to share personal stories and objects, creating a communal collage. Learn more »

Living Memories: A Sonic Journey Through San Juan Hill

October 9 at 7:30 pm

Pianist and composer Mathis Picard shares an evening of music that explores the lasting musical heritage of San Juan Hill and its diverse cultures. Learn more »

Urban Love Suite

October 16 at 7:30 pm

A joy-filled love letter through music and dance, Urban Love Suite celebrates the cultural connections between Black and Brown communities worldwide. Learn more »

A Sonic Journey Through San Juan Hill with Mathis Picard

October 21 at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm

Mathis Picard presents a program of music that explores the lasting musical heritage of San Juan Hill and uplifts its diverse cultures. For individuals with dementia and their caregivers. Learn more »

Relaxed Virtual Screening of San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood

October 24 at 11:00 am

Join us for a one-hour documentary tracing San Juan Hill’s rise and fall—and celebrating the people whose enduring legacy still resonates today. Learn more »

Gerardo Contino

October 30 at 7:30 pm

Join bandleader Gerardo Contino for an evening of contemporary Cuban music that celebrates the legacy of innovation in historic San Juan Hill. Learn more »

Past Events & Exhibits

Nina Chanel Abney: San Juan Heal

Previously on view on the West 65th Street façade of David Geffen Hall, Nina Chanel Abney’s monumental work of art pays homage to San Juan Hill. Learn more »

Legacies of San Juan Hill Festival

From October 14–29, celebrate the artistic legacy of San Juan Hill with events that shine a light on the artists who created here and the community that inspired them. Learn more »

San Juan Hill Documentary Screening

Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Attend a free screening of San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood, celebrating the people, arts, and culture whose enduring legacy still resonates today. Learn more »

Mambo Legends Orchestra

Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Meet us on the dance floor to celebrate the storied history of Latin music and dance in this area, featuring live music by the Mambo Legends Orchestra. Learn more »

Jazz, Afro-Caribbean Music, and the Sounds of San Juan Hill

Wednesday, April 02, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Join us for a program celebrating the cross-cultural musical innovation of San Juan Hill, with performances by rising star Andre Perlman and his jazz ensemble and moderated by Loren Schoenberg, Founding Director and Senior Scholar at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Learn more »

Buffalo Sonnet: Launch Event for Audio Described Digital Comic

Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 4:00 pm

Join us for a live virtual event to experience the full comic, scrolling with audio description, designed for audiences who are blind or have low vision. Learn more »

San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood

A Film by Stanley Nelson

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 6:00 pm

Join us for the world premiere of this documentary directed by three-time Emmy Award winner Stanley Nelson, a preeminent documentarian of the African American experience. Learn more »

Artist Talk with Kamau Ware, creator of Buffalo Sonnet

Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 2:30 pm

A conversation with the writer and illustrator Kamau Ware and dramatist Michael Dinwiddie on the making of the comic book. Learn more »

From Stride Piano to Bebop: Celebrating the Music of James P. Johnson, Benny Carter, and Thelonious Monk (1900–1950)

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 7:00 pm

Explore the evolution of jazz in San Juan Hill through a live musical performance. Watch the video »

Rena Anakwe's Lifting the Ground Up

Saturday, May 04, 2024 at 5:00 pm

Participate in a site-specific, public performance art ritual inspired by the element of earth, incorporating sound, visuals, plants, and scent. Learn more »

James Reese Europe: Latin Jazz and the Harlem Hell Fighters Band (1900–1920)

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 7:00 pm

Join us for a conversation with artists and scholars about the multicultural military band that fundamentally shaped jazz. Watch the video »

James Reese Europe: A Musical Life (1900–1920)

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 7:00 pm

Join us for a conversation with artists and scholars about the life of an iconic figure, whose influence on music echoed far beyond his time. Watch the video »

EX VANDALS – San Juan Hill Project Mural

Previously on view at the east side of Amsterdam Avenue and 62nd Street, the mural tells the story of the neighborhood’s evolution from the early 20th century to today. Learn more »

The Creative Life of San Juan Hill (1900–1960)

Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 7:00 pm

Explore the history of San Juan Hill's cultural spaces, the artistry that thrived there, and how they reflect the dynamics of 20th century NYC. Watch the video »

Jazz in San Juan Hill

One Neighborhood’s Impact on Music that Made History (1900–1950)

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 7:00 pm

A conversation about this compelling era in jazz history, whose influence has resonated over decades. Watch the video »

Elements of Humanity: Garments of San Juan Hill

July 17–28, 2023

Designer Sabrina Guillaume-Bradshaw's installation features garments inspired by San Juan Hill inhabitants during the 1950s and '60s. Learn more »

Sydnie L. Mosley Dances’ PURPLE: A Ritual in Nine Spells

June 9–25, 2023

A choreopoem created by Sydnie L. Mosley Dances and inspired by playwright Ntozake Shange illuminates the power of deep sisterhood for social change. Learn more »

Latin Jazz in New York City (1920-1960)

Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 7:00 pm

Join us for a discussion and live musical demonstration of the Latin jazz forged in and around San Juan Hill in the last century, an integral part of the jazz canon and the legacy of the neighborhood that still resonates today. Watch the video »

Exploring the Puerto Rican Experience in New York City (1920–1960)

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 7:00 pm

A conversation on the Puerto Rican experience in San Juan Hill—a defining chapter in the history of Puerto Rican New York. Watch the video »

Lincoln Center Archives Exhibit

Thelonious Monk’s San Juan Hill, Nina Simone’s Lincoln Square

The re-imagined David Geffen Hall includes a multimedia exhibit developed from the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts archives as part of our work to document and understand the story of the neighborhoods of San Juan Hill and Lincoln Square, as well as our role in their histories.

New York City's Black Bohemia (1900–1920)

Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 7:00 pm

Leading scholars and cultural leaders discuss the origins of San Juan Hill and how the founding of that neighborhood reflects the struggles and triumphs of the African diaspora in New York City over one hundred years ago, while shining a light on today. Watch the video »

Is This Land Our Land?

Monday, October 3, 2022 at 7:30 pm

A discussion of the history of the San Juan Hill and Weeksville neighborhoods, New York City communities that thrived with culture and tradition but were dismantled, leaving behind a heritage of displacement and erasure that echoes to the present day. Watch the video »

Thanks to Our Collaborators

Legacies of San Juan Hill is presented by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with CENTRO, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

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Articles

Documentary

Multimedia

Events & Exhibits

Events & Exhibits

Legacies of San Juan Hill Festival

September 27 - October 30

In Concert: Shuffle Along

September 27 at 7:30 pm

RECOLLECTIONS (A Show and Tell of Memories and Mementos)

October 2 at 6:00 pm

Living Memories: A Sonic Journey Through San Juan Hill

October 9 at 7:30 pm

Urban Love Suite

October 16 at 7:30 pm

A Sonic Journey Through San Juan Hill with Mathis Picard

October 21 at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm

Relaxed Virtual Screening of San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood

October 24 at 11:00 am

Gerardo Contino

October 30 at 7:30 pm

Past Events & Exhibits

Nina Chanel Abney: San Juan Heal

Legacies of San Juan Hill Festival

San Juan Hill Documentary Screening

Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Mambo Legends Orchestra

Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Jazz, Afro-Caribbean Music, and the Sounds of San Juan Hill

Wednesday, April 02, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Buffalo Sonnet: Launch Event for Audio Described Digital Comic

Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 4:00 pm

San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood

A Film by Stanley Nelson

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 6:00 pm

Artist Talk with Kamau Ware, creator of Buffalo Sonnet

Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 2:30 pm

From Stride Piano to Bebop: Celebrating the Music of James P. Johnson, Benny Carter, and Thelonious Monk (1900–1950)

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 7:00 pm

Rena Anakwe's Lifting the Ground Up

Saturday, May 04, 2024 at 5:00 pm

James Reese Europe: Latin Jazz and the Harlem Hell Fighters Band (1900–1920)

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 7:00 pm

James Reese Europe: A Musical Life (1900–1920)

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 7:00 pm

EX VANDALS – San Juan Hill Project Mural

The Creative Life of San Juan Hill (1900–1960)

Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 7:00 pm

Jazz in San Juan Hill

One Neighborhood’s Impact on Music that Made History (1900–1950)

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 7:00 pm

Elements of Humanity: Garments of San Juan Hill

July 17–28, 2023

Sydnie L. Mosley Dances’ PURPLE: A Ritual in Nine Spells

June 9–25, 2023

Latin Jazz in New York City (1920-1960)

Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 7:00 pm

Exploring the Puerto Rican Experience in New York City (1920–1960)

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 7:00 pm

Lincoln Center Archives Exhibit

Thelonious Monk’s San Juan Hill, Nina Simone’s Lincoln Square

New York City's Black Bohemia (1900–1920)

Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 7:00 pm

Is This Land Our Land?

Monday, October 3, 2022 at 7:30 pm

Thanks to Our Collaborators

RECOLLECTIONS
(A Show and Tell of Memories and Mementos)