Thursday, May 29th, 5:00 - 8:00 pm: Borinquen Gallo | Mending My Garden at Alessandro Berni

In this solo show,  Gallo brings together a series of intricate sculptural installations that reframe our relationship to waste, beauty, and resilience. Through a meticulous and deeply process-driven approach, Gallo transforms disposable, everyday materials—trash bags, debris netting, caution tape—into visually striking weavings and spatial interventions. The exhibition underscores her ongoing commitment to uncovering meaning in what we typically overlook.

 “The inherent qualities of materials that we consume and dispose resonate for me on a personal and social scale,” Gallo explains. “Through manipulating and reconfiguring ordinary, disposable materials into new combinations, I extrapolate a beauty in unexpected places while redirecting the viewers’ expectations of what is overlooked and discardable.”

Her practice draws inspiration from weaving traditions, architectural structures, and domestic craft. By twisting, braiding, and threading synthetic materials into complex forms, Gallo creates artworks that function as visual metaphors—meditations on the tension between nature and artifice, the permanent and the ephemeral, the individual and the collective.

Alessandro Berni Gallery, 532 W 28th St, NY Info

Saturday, May 31: Met Museum Reopens The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

This day-long festival celebrates the public’s first chance to explore the newly reimagined galleries for the Arts of Africa, the Ancient Americas, and Oceania, following a multiyear renovation, and will feature live music, art-making activities, performances, film screenings, artist demonstrations and workshops, food experiences, and more across the Museum’s Fifth Avenue location and outside on The Met’s plaza. The event is for all ages, and programming will be offered in multiple languages. All outdoor events are free; indoor events are free with Museum admission and no registration is required.

 “This celebration for the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing reflects the extraordinary spirit of creativity and community that is so essential to The Met and New York City itself,” said Max Hollein, The Met’s Marina Kellen French Director and CEO. “After four years of transformation, we are delighted to welcome everyone to celebrate this reopening with a festival that will offer opportunities for art lovers of all ages to experience the historic reimagining of these collections through the objects, ideas, music, and dance of the cultures represented in the galleries.” Visit the website for the lineup of activities throughout the day

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY info

Saturday, May 31, 11am-3pm: Puppet-Making Workshop at Governors Island

Join artist Greg Corbino of for a Marine Puppet-Making Workshop and view artwork inspired by Hudson River fishes like the sturgeon, eel, and striped bass. Get your hands into the action in this Open Studio workshop at the Arts Center of Governors Island! 

Participants of all ages are invited to join Greg to create their own migrating fish puppet to bring to the celebration. Puppets will be crafted from plastic bottle marine debris collected from the Hudson River by the Harbor School‘s shoreline clean-up program, the Harbor Seals. All materials are provided, and all ages and  skill levels are welcome. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

These giant puppets will be used to tribute these magnificent creatures on a flotilla of art boats in the Riverkeeper’s 1^st Annual Fish Migration Celebration. 

Save the Date. June 14: Riverkeeper’s first annual Fish Migration Celebration will be a fun and beautiful day where art and advocacy set sail together! A whimsical flotilla of artist-designed boats, inspired by the fishes themselves, will trace their path upriver, turning the water into a moving masterpiece.

The Arts Center at Governors Island, Studio A4m 0 Andes Road Studio A4 New York, NY  Free with Registration

Monday, June 2, 6-10pm: The 27^th Annual Brooklyn Bridge Poetry Walk

Celebrate the power and beauty of poetry through this extraordinary community event . Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Rita Dove, Patricia Spears Jones, Adrian Matejka, and Brenda Shaughnessy will head the assembly, ending in a feast of poetry and fine food in Dumbo. 

The bridge walk will begin promptly at 6:30pm—rain or shine. Walkers gather in the park on the south side of the Municipal Building at 6:00pm for registration before walking together across the Brooklyn Bridge as a group. Readings take place at scenic points along the way and culminate at Jane’s Carousel in Brooklyn. Ticket holders will gather for a celebratory dinner in Dumbo, additional details and directions to follow. All proceeds benefit Poets House. Registration

Thursday, June 5: Celebrate Wave Hill at 60

Find inspiration throughout the gardens and galleries of Wave Hill with art, music, and hands-on activities for all ages. Meet the extraordinary gardeners and learn what inspires them! On the weekend, enjoy more family programming all day long and extended evening hours with cocktails and performances at sunset. Experience the magic of Wave Hill and kick off the 60th anniversary celebrations. 

Celebrations begin on Thursday, June 5—including a tree planting to mark this special milestone—and crescendo to live music at sunset with extended hours on Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8. Plus, enjoy a first look at our site-wide exhibition Trees, we breathe. Saturday and Sunday are premium admission days. Purchase tickets by June 6 and save $3 off each ticket!

Wave Hill, 4900 Independence Avenue, Bronx, NY Info

Continuing: Van Gogh Flowers at NYBG

New York Botanical Garden becomes the canvas for the colorful brush strokes of one of the world’s most revered artists during Van Gogh’s Flowers. Reve; in the beauty of the flowers that inspired Vincen’s iconic paintings—by day, and by night. Find yourself immersed in botanical displays and large-scale art as you wander through a breathtaking lawn of monumental sunflowers, and see the expressive masterpieces bloom in recreations made of living flowers. 

As the sun sets, Starry Nights [on select nights] will feature a dazzling drone show—the first of its kind at a cultural institution in NYC—along with live bistro music, performance art, and cocktails and light bites for purchase. Tickets

New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY Directions