{"id":263643,"date":"2026-06-11T20:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/263643\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T20:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:18:09","slug":"kupferberg-launches-summer-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/263643\/","title":{"rendered":"Kupferberg Launches Summer 2026 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kupferberg Center for the Arts (KCA) announces the launch of its Summer 2026 season, featuring three signature borough-wide series: Queens Rising, Live at the Gantries, and the Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series. Together, these programs transform parks, libraries, cultural spaces, and neighborhoods across Queens into vibrant stages for free, world-class performances celebrating the borough\u2019s extraordinary cultural diversity. From jazz legends and global traditions to community workshops, waterfront concerts, and neighborhood park performances, KCA\u2019s summer programming reflects its commitment to accessibility, artistic excellence, and community connection.<\/p>\n<p>QUEENS RISING<\/p>\n<p>Queens Rising returns for its fifth year as a borough-wide festival celebrating Queens\u2019 cultural communities through performances, exhibitions, and public events presented in partnership with Queens Public Library and other cultural organizations. The festival features free programming across parks, libraries, and cultural sites throughout Queens, highlighting the borough\u2019s artistic diversity under the theme \u201cOne Borough, Infinite Voices.\u201d From June through August, Queens Rising presents music, dance, visual art, and community-centered programming developed in collaboration with partners across the borough. Learn more at QUEENSRISING.NYC<\/p>\n<p>LIVE AT THE GANTRIES<\/p>\n<p>Presented with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and supported by the Mathis-Pfohl Foundation, Live at the Gantries returns to Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City for free Tuesday evening concerts at 7 p.m. The series features global music spanning jazz, soul, Latin, and contemporary fusion. Learn more at KCA.NYC\/LATG<\/p>\n<p>QUEENS JAZZ TRAIL CONCERT SERIES<\/p>\n<p>Presented by Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Flushing Town Hall, and Louis Armstrong House Museum in partnership with NYC Parks, the Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series celebrates Queens\u2019 jazz legacy with free Thursday evening concerts at 7 p.m. Inspired by the Queens Jazz Trail Map, the series highlights artists connected to jazz traditions across the borough. Learn more at KCA.NYC\/QJT<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-202709 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kupferberg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kupferberg Center for the Arts (KCA) announces the launch of its Summer 2026 season, featuring three signature borough-wide&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-263643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}