February 21^st , NYC Friends of Clearwater is having our monthly gathering which is held on the third Friday of each month, starting at 6:30pm in the Assembly Hall. Join us for a night of live music, potluck dinner, and environmental discussion.  NYC's new Congestion Pricing is the topic this evening. Our guests will be transit activists Danny Pearlstein, policy and communications director of Riders Alliance and David Peter Alan, contributing editor of Railway Age magazine. We'll discuss the environmental aspects, how well is it working, where the money is going, and rail solutions for transportation.  It should be an exciting discussion!

Judson’s Book Group meets monthly on Wednesdays to discuss the book of the month.

Pay-what-you-wish reservations required

This Presidents Day, gather beneath the shifting clouds for a personal inauguration in the aftermath of the presidential one.

Temporary Occupant premiered for the 2021 presidential inauguration, as a COVID-safe immersive experience for one person at a time, in a theater transformed into a sacred space of individual reflection.

Join this next iteration of the project updated for 2025 as an opportunity for communal as well as solitary reflection. In historic Judson Memorial Church, the Temporary Occupant team invites you to dream with us as we chart paths forward for the administration ahead, together.

Created by Rachel Gita Karp, Mextly Couzin, Kate Eberstadt, Frank J Oliva, Jacob Russell, and Salvador Zamora

Learn more and reserve your seat here.

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City,

presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979.

We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

♥️ Join us Saturday, Feb 15 for a special tribute to Steve Paxton!

Both events will take place at the Judson Memorial Church. To learn more about each one visit our website at: https://movementresearch.org/

This class (and subsequent jam) follows a special evening at
Danspace Project, Steve Paxton – a video amble organized and hosted by Lisa Nelson and Cathy Weis – Friday February 14th, 6:30p.m. The video is a selection of excerpts of rarely seen performance documents and video snapshots from his life at the Farm in Vermont. Interspersed with conversation, this viewing will give but a glimpse of the breadth of how,
in Steve’s words, “dance is the art of taking place.”

♥️ “What is my body doing when I am not conscious of it?” a tribute class with K.J. Holmes
10:30am-1pm | $20

♥️ CONTACT IMPROVISATION JAM with K.J. Holmes and Nicole Touzien
2-5pm | Sliding scale

'From the Metropolis of Hallucinatory Desire' is a new production directed by Fana Fraser. Charged inside queer sensibilities, this performance is a dream sequence of collective action, sound and dance experiments that question when and at what point does fiction become fact? The work engages teachings on pleasure and power from Goddess Rati, electronic sound and contemporary Trinidadian scriptwriting to thread plays of survival inside the realm of the dense, visceral erotic.

This performance is part of Black Aesthetics, an experimental performance series curated by Malcolmx Betts & Arien Wilkerson at Judson Church.

Break Free is leading the discussion on mental health, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders within the fashion industry and beyond. Every runway season, we host a fashion showcase that puts mental health and recovery center stage during New York Fashion Week.

Tickets $60

Sisters Affirming Sisterhood Project (SAS Project) aims to empower through fashion. We distribute free clothing and toiletries to trans women, men, and anyone else in need. We are a solidarity initiative focused on gender/identity affirmation, environmental justice, and worker’s rights. The fast fashion industry is causing detrimental harm to our planet and underpays is largely woman workforce. Rather than ending up in landfills, we can work together to recirculate clothing to those in need in a show of solidarity with garment workers, Mother Earth, and our trans siblings.

Our fashion show hopes to show people what we can do with clothing that already exists. We are encouraging designers to create gender neutral clothing using upcycled and repurposed materials. Our goal is to educate people on how we can mend and reuse items instead of throwing them away. 

A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas, and works-in-progress held in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists, and join Movement Research Artists-In-Residence and international guests each season in performing at the historic Judson Memorial Church.

Lindsey Wilson
Lindsey Wilson is an NYC singer-songwriter with a flare for nostalgia with her memorable mix of 70's style urban folk rock and conscious lyrics. Throughout her musical career, Lindsey Wilson has embraced issues of the heart and mind within her original music. Love songs, protest tunes and lyrics of empowerment have all been a true representation of her style and sensibilities. Her songs "Stand for the People" and "The People Shall Rise" have caught the attention of culturally diverse audiences throughout the country. Lindsey's influences stem from a myriad of musically conscious voices such as Odetta, Richie Havens, Joni Mitchell, and Joan Armatrading. However, Lindsey's message is truly her own. lindseywilsonmusicnow.com

Thursday January 30th, join us for our THIRD annual SOPHIE show at the @judsonchurchnyc at 7pm.

MTHR TRSA presents a tribute to SOPHIE at Judson Memorial Church featuring Brenda, Julie J, Soo Intoit, Cherry Jaymes, Maxx Love, Miss Toto, MissMa’amShe, Petal Supply, Ariel Zetina, Luna La Sirena, Ruby Szarsky, Buffy Sierra & Easton Blake. This is a ticketed event.

A portion of ticket sales will be going to @blacktransliberation kitchen who feeds the community every Wednesday at this very venue AND @btfacollective who SOPHIE had once used her platform to uplift. Thursday we gather to celebrate, mourn and give back to those who have uplifted us🌹

The Big Bang is a cold reading series of new works, hosted by Jonathan Caren, at Judson Church.

MLK Meets Inauguration Day
Performances and presentations by Chris "Oledude" Owens, DuPrée, hot glue & the gun (Carrie Klein & JoEL McGlynn), Brian McQueen, Dilson Hernandez, Mike Hiller, Barry Kornhauser, Barbara Frankel, Martin Wallace, Music On The Inside (Jonathan Finkelman & Marie Williams), The Angels of Transformation Dancers, Kaitlyn Byrd, Bracha Lieberman, Judy Gorman, Tamara Fish, Elijah Dixon Owens and more!

On Monday, January 20, 2025, we will celebrate the birthday and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We will also witness the installation of America's 47th President. As we all wrestle with the intertwined futures of our nation and our world, there are waves of thoughts and feelings that wash over us.

On Saturday, January 18th, we ask these questions: What would Dr. King say about where we are today? How does his legacy impact the choices we will be making going forward? How do we celebrate this important holiday when uncertainty chokes the air we breathe?

Chris "Oledude" Owens has invited various performers and presenters to build community by sharing their voices with all of us. Saturday night will be an intense and uplifting experience for all, so please share it with us! The evening's event will also be livestreamed, so don't let cold weather stop you from attending!

PVC members know that Oledude always produces a memorable show!