Aaron Curry's 'Melt to Earth' Sculptures on Display in the Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center is currently exhibiting 14 large-scale abstract sculptures by visual artist Aaron Curry. "It could be an orgy, a dance, a play—I'm going to leave it up to the viewer," Aaron Curry said of installation. Called "Melt to Earth," this collection of 14 of Mr. Curry's abstract sculptures—some as high as 19 feet and as heavy as 1.2 tons—are on display at Lincoln Center's Josie Robertson Plaza until the end of January.

Lincoln Center's Tilting "Illumination Lawn"

Three years after it opened, Lincoln Center's Illumination Lawn has become a visually interesting place for people to relax during warmer months. Designed by architects DILLER SCOFIDIO & RENFRO, the lawn is a grass roof sitting atop a two-story building with a restaurant and two film screening rooms. The tilting lawn roof is made of a mixture of 90% tall fescue grass and 10% Kentucky bluegrass.

Metropolitan Opera Summer 2013 Outdoor HD Festival at Lincoln Center

The Annual Metropolitan Opera Summer HD Festival has returned for 10 nights. It started August 24, 2013, with HD screenings of some of the most beloved operas. Shown on a big screen in the Lincoln Center Plaza, opera fans  have an up-close and personal view of not only a performance from the Metropolitan stage, but also a backstage glimpse of what goes on between each act. There are 3,100 seats available and each screening is free. 

This year's schedule is as follows:

*Verdi’s La Traviata, Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 8pm

*Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 8pm

*Adès’s The Tempest, Monday, August 26, 2013 at 8pm

*Verdi’s Otello, Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 8pm

*Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 8pm

*Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust, Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 8pm

*Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, Friday, August 30, 2013 at 8pm

*Massenet’s Manon, Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 7:45pm

*Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, Sunday, September 1, 2013 at 8pm

*Verdi’s Aida, Monday, September 2, 2013 at 8pm

88 Colorfully Painted Pianos Played in Unison at Lincoln Center for "Sing For Hope" Pianos Finale

The 88 colorfully-painted pianos that have been in public spaces across the city over the past few weeks converged last Sunday evening for the "Sing for Hope" finale at Lincoln Center's Josie Robertson Plaza. The non-profit Sing for Hope, started by a pair of Juillard graduates and known as an "artists’ peace corps," will be donating the pianos to needy schools, healthcare facilities, and community organizations after the art installation. During the finale, there was a group performance on all 88 pianos of Bach's prelude in C in unison, producing a beautiful explosion of music at Lincoln Center. The pianos were available for anyone to play before and after the group performance.

Welcome To Josie Robertson Plaza And The Metropolitan Opera House

This is the Josie Robertson Plaza, the gateway to Lincoln Center. It is centered on the Revson Fountain and is located between Avery Fisher Hall, the David Koch Theater, and the Metropolitan Opera House. The home of Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing and Out of Doors festivals, the Plaza becomes an alfresco musical paradise in the summertime. It is located in Manhattan's Upper West Side at Columbus Avenue between 63rd and 64th Streets.

New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York is one of the largest centrally-organized global fashion event worldwide. Each season it brings over 100,000 industry insiders from around the world, including buyers, retailers, celebrities, VIPs and members of the regional, national and international press, to the Lincoln Center venue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to the exclusive, invitation-only shows. The shows for the Fall 2013 collections concluded yesterday.

Granny Peace Brigade Observes 6th Anniversary In A Silent "Occupation" of Lincoln Center

Last Tuesday night, members and supporters of the Granny Peace Brigade observed their 6th Anniversary by holding a vigil by the fountain at Lincoln Center. The members held signs expressing their firm stand  against invasions, wars, occupations, against U.S. military bases abroad, militarization of youth,  and human and economic costs of war, domestic and international.

Six years ago, 18 women attempted to enlist in the U.S. Military at the Recruitment Center in Times Square. Not only were they not welcomed, they were arrested…and the Granny Peace Brigade was born.

Lincoln Center's INFOBLADES (Electronic Billboards)

These are the new Lincoln Center electronic billboards, also called "infoblades" installed along 65th Street in Manhattan's Upper Westside. They are part of the new high-tech information landscape on the Lincoln Center campus, showcasing a lively display of information and moving and still images of programming from all 12 resident organizations. The networked screens are being controlled from a central "brain" on the concourse level of Lincoln Center. These infoblades certainly create a level of visual energy around Lincoln Center.

White Days After Christmas

Central Park

Central Park

Upper Westside between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue

Lincoln Center

York Avenue

Rockefeller University on York Avenue

Burberry on 57th Street

Dior on 57th Street

Burberry on 57th Street

The day after Christmas, a blizzard passed through the Northeast, and more than 20 inches of snow blanketed the New York City area. Some of these shots were taken the day after Christmas just a few hours after snowfall started, and the others were captured on December 27 on my way to work. In the evening of December 26, there was a rare occurrence of thunder and lightning during the snowstorm. According to newsnationalgeographic.com, thundersnow—when thunder and lighting occur during a snowstorm—most often appears in late winter or early spring, experts say. That's because the ingredients for thundersnow—a mass of cold air on top of warm, plus moist air closer to the ground—often come together during that time.