Community Calendar

Social Dancers in Traditional dress. Family Friendly fun.

A fan-favorite since SPAC’s grand opening in 1966, New York City Ballet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns to celebrate 60 years of world-class dance and summer magic.

Inspired by Shakespeare’s beloved comedy and set to Mendelssohn’s music, Balanchine’s masterpiece bursts with color, charm, and endless delight.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Wednesday • Jul 08, 2026 • 7:30pm
Thursday • Jul 9, 2026 • 7:30pm
Friday • Jul 10, 2026 • 7:30pm
Saturday • Jul 11, 2026 • 2:00pm

New York City Ballet’s 2026 season at SPAC runs July 8-11, featuring full-length story ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream, George Balanchine’s romantic masterpiece Serenade, Jerome Robbins’ Opus 19/The Dreamer and a new work by choreographed by Tiler Peck.

Learn more and buy tickets at spac.org

Experience signature works and an exciting premiere with George Balanchine’s romantic masterpiece Serenade; Jerome Robbins’ Opus 19/The Dreamer, set to Prokofiev’s feverish concerto; and a new work by NYCB Principal Dancer Tiler Peck, which will have its world premiere as part of NYCB’s 2026 Spring Gala.

Part of New York City Ballet’s 2026 season at SPAC running July 8-11, along with full-length story ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Innovators & Icons

Friday • Jul 10, 2026 • 2:00pm
Saturday • Jul 11, 2026 • 7:30pm

Learn more and buy tickets at spac.org

Ballet lesson that follows a different ballet theme each day along with crafts, stories, and related activities. All supplies provided.

4 Sundays
July 12, 19,26, August 2 (Make up Day: August 9th)
11:00 - 2:00 pm

Ages 14 and Up

In this 4-day course, students will learn the basics of both linocut and monotype printing. We will carve a linoleum block that can be printed multiple times and discover how this differs from making a monotype, which produces a unique, one-of-a-kind print! With our linoleum blocks, we will go over mark-making, basic carving techniques, and how to print an edition of prints. With monotypes, there will be more room for play and experimentation as we work with a plexiglass plate to explore additive, subtractive, and stenciling techniques. No prior experience necessary.

All materials included.

Parking: Please park on either Iwo Jima Lane or Cedar Street. Parking that is located in front of the Neighborhood Print Studio are for residents living in the Pajama Factory.

Please register at least a week in advance to guarantee your spot. Scholarship availability closes 2 weeks prior to the start of class.

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We believe in access to art education for all. It takes the whole community to generate the equity our pay-what-you-can tuition generates. Behind the scenes, we work to bridge the financial gap between what our students can pay and what we need to sustain our programs. Please consider carefully before you use our discount codes.

Scholarship Codes:
For 25% discount use code "25OFF"
For 50% discount use code "50OFF"
For 75% discount use code "75OFF"

This economic justice map from The Sliding Scale: A Tool of Economic Justice by Alexis J. Cunningfolk is useful to assess where you may fall on the financial spectrum of pay what you can.

To request 100% off tuition, please contact chris@mkad.art

CMS Co-Artistic Director Wu Han opens the season with Mozart’s elegant Trio in E major, Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Three Preludes (in Heifetz’s dazzling arrangement), and Dvořák’s youthful Piano Quintet.

Learn more and buy tickets now at spac.org

Ballet lesson that follows a different ballet theme each day along with crafts, stories, and related activities. All supplies provided.

Ballet lesson that follows a different ballet theme each day along with crafts, stories, and related activities. All supplies provided.

Ballet lesson that follows a different ballet theme each day along with crafts, stories, and related activities. All supplies provided.

Waterfront Wednesdays is Arm-of-the-Sea Theater’s weekly summer performance series at the Tidewater Center, their seasonal cultural arts space based in Saugerties, NY. Catch the original show ONE BLUE SKY, a series of medicine tales encouraging hope & wonder presented through luminous mask & puppet theater and live original music. Come for a variety of pre-show activities and displays for all ages before the show.
ONE BLUE SKY aims to re-spark joy and elemental wonder by celebrating the magic of DNA, the cycles of the cell, and glorious processes of photosynthesis through epic mask & puppet theater, guaranteed to awaken the most downtrodden hearts. Developed with support from the Jim Henson Foundation and the Upstate Coalition for a FairGame.
Doors at 6, show at 6:30. Opening acts TBA. Suggested donation $15 adults/$7 kids 12 & under. 
Shows every Wednesday in July - July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22, & July 29.