Marvel at The Orchid Show: Patrick Blanc’s Vertical Gardens
and enjoy a full week of fun family programming, April 7–15. The Garden is open on Monday, April 9.

The 10th Annual Orchid Show features the vertical garden creations of world-renowned French botanist and artist
Patrick Blanc, highlighting thousands of colorful orchids in ten dramatic walls. In an explosion of alluring design and fragrance, exotic plant walls rise high above, creating this season’s not-to-be missed exhibition for garden lovers, orchid fans, and those desiring a one-day tropical retreat.

Renwen Lecture Series: The Legacy of C.C. Wang as a Great Painter and Connoisseur. He is a celebrated collector and connoisseur of Chinese literati paintings of the 20th century, as well as a talented painter himself, spent over sixty years studying Chinese paintings from the Imperial Collection. For about 40 years, while studying the original works, as well as the published images of these paintings, he recorded private notes. His notes reflect the traditional Chinese way of judging paintings, which he learned from his mentors, the eminent collectors and painters, Gu Lingshi and Wu Hufan.

This series invites audiences to listen to new jazz albums, while also meeting and hearing from the artists who recorded them. Hosted by Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ken Druker, these informal discussions are held in the Irene Diamond Education Center, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s home, Frederick P. Rose Hall. The programs are videotaped and available later online at Education Events Online.

Jimmy Owens Listening Party with trumpeter Jimmy Owens
Owens discusses and shows behind-the-scenes video from his new CD, The Monk Project
The Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame

School children may be off for spring break, but spring is in full season. The New York Botanical Garden.

On Monday April 9 the garden features hands-on fun to welcome the season: Plant in the Family Garden during Wake Up, Garden; make your own terrarium in the Adventure Garden during Little Landscapes; go on a scavenger hunt through the Conservatory; and finish up your week at a family concert, Ferdinand the Bull. Of course, the amazing Orchid Show is in full flower. All included in All-Garden Pass admission.

NYBG 2900 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458

AFI was founded in the White House Rose Garden and returns to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a landmark American film – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.