As apart of the Collective Threads exhibition and programming, The Invisible Dog is thrilled to welcome Layla Klinger for a large scale lacemaking demonstration as well as Katherine Fox-Glassman and her daughter for a bobbin lacemaking demonstration.

The Invisible Dog is thrilled to welcome Scout Davis for The Ashlee Simpson Lip-Sync.

The Ashlee Simpson Lip-Sync is a homage to the pop rock star from the early 2000’s. The piece explores what it means to come out of the shadows of what others perceive you as in this world while holding true to your authentic self. 

The Invisible Dog is thrilled to welcome back CATCH!

CATCH is a party that centers short and/or in-progress live performances and other time-based media.

CATCH is the Obie award-winning, itinerant, rough-and-ready series of performance parties that whirled through Brooklyn (and Austin, Chicago, Philly, etc) every couple months 2003–2017, took a breather, and is back fresh for 2024. 

CATCH promotes community and the exchange of ideas across a broad constellation of progressive artists, scenes, and their friends and fans, by curating, producing, promoting and documenting parties that center short (and frequently in-progress) performances and videos.

The Invisible Dog is thrilled to welcome ISSUE Project room and AvanTokyo to present esteemed Japanese band ASA-CHANG & Junray for their debut U.S. performance. Drawing on material from the project’s entire discography, they perform as a trio: ASA-CHANG (percussion), Yoshihiro Goseki (saxophone, flute), Sena Oshima (violin), and the “Junray Tronics” soundsystem. The evening will also feature Argentinian experimental artist Alma Laprida whose creative pursuits encompass composition, improvisation, performance, installation, and radiophonic pieces.

The Invisible Dog is thrilled to welcome back Catch! featuring: Anh Vo,
Anooj Bhandari, Diana Oh, Emily Johnson, Kimiko Tanabe, Miriem Bennani, Nazareth Hassan, and Sex Work Survival Guide.

The Invisible Dog is thrilled to welcome Brian Andrew Whiteley with a one day installation of Human Petting Zoo.

One Night Only: Immerse yourself in a unique atmosphere where you can pet, play, and connect with live humans in furry outfits. The immersive art installation features performers in cosplay suits, video and projection art, paintings, a functional furry fountain, hay bails, live music and electronic sets by Prism House with select instrumentalists.

Wassaic Project Holiday Party for Artists and Lovers is back for a second year at The Invisible Dog.

The Invisible Dog is thrilled to welcome Nick Westrate and an ensemble of four New York theater actors (Lucy Owen, Brad Koed, Mallory Portnoy and Will Rogers) for their rendition of A Streetcar Named Desire.

The Invisible Dog is thrilled to welcome Anti-Social Music and Ghost Ensemble as they present an evening of recent commissions exploring cellophane, patternicity, breath cycles, and inflating arboreal harmonica-playing sound sculptures, featuring the world premiere of Carl Bettendorf's Variations on 4x25 Notes (2022-23) and the New York premiere of Miya Masaoka's Spirals of Energy (2023). Two other recent commissions by ensemble-member composers, Sky Macklay's Harmonifriends and James Ilgenfritz's Apophenia V: Outmoded Large Crumbling Oval Lime-Green Midwestern Plastic-Frame Reading Glasses, receive their second New York performances, and cellist Tyler J. Borden performs Caroline Louise Miller's Vessel (2013).

The Invisible Dog and Prelude Festival are thrilled to present The Anthropologists' axes, herbs and satchels.

Rooted in the history and embodied wisdom of doulas and midwives, "axes, herbs and satchels" is a celebration of traditional knowledge held in the Black birth worker community and a potent examination of maternal mortality. The Anthropologists' axes, herbs and satchels offers midwifery as a gift to humanity and doulas as resistance.

The Invisible Dog Art Center is thrilled to welcome ISSUE Project Room for their 20th anniversary, which will be celebrated with a series of commissioned programs. Join us for this performance featuring Theodore (ted) Kerr and Michael R. Jackson.

The Invisible Dog Art Center is thrilled to welcome ISSUE Project Room for their 20th anniversary, which will be celebrated with a series of commissioned programs. Join us for this performance featuring Lime Rickey International (Leyya Mona Tawil) and Masma Dream World (Devi Mambouka).

French choreographer Thierry Thieu Niang is creating a mesmerizing dance performance inspired by the artwork of visual artist Camille de Galbert. Both Niang's choreography and Galbert's artwork share a profound exploration of movement and materiality.

Born in 1989, Nidal Abdo is Palestinian by his father and Ukrainian by his mother. From the Yarmouk camp in Syria where he was born he started dancing at a young age at the Ballet Dance School of the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus in 1999, then his journey began with the Syrian Enana dance company in 2005 to be a trained dancer in the beginnings until he became a professional dancer participating and traveling with the band in many festivals and in different countries.

“Fare la scarpetta", Italian for "making the little shoe", is a gesture made after eating a delicious dish. The bread dances on the surface of the plate, improvising its walk, picking up the best parts of the meal. This gathering will articulate the idea of the Scarpetta motion, and bring it to the forefront, oscillating between the artistic act of painting and the gastronomic act of eating.

The second edition of Talea Encores celebrates continued collaborations with composers the ensemble has worked with throughout the season. Hear members of Talea up close - Karen Kim (violin), Rane Moore (clarinet), Sam Jones (trumpet), and Adrian Morejon (bassoon) - as they perform solo works by Hannah Kendall, Kaija Saariaho, Rebecca Saunders, and George Lewis at the Invisible Dog Art Center. 

The Invisible Dog Art Center is pleased to invite your for a special performance dinner at la Salle A Manger imagined by Brandon Woolf

Dating back to 14th-century Europe (especially Germany), garlic has been a metonym for the Jew. The Foetor Judaicus (stink of the Jew) is the subject of many a text, image, song, and plaster-piggy-bank (really!).

The Invisible Dog Art Center is thrilled to welcome Books Are Magic for Leslie Stein: Brooklyn's Last Secret. There’s sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, sure, but there are also tender moments as the motley crew take turns behind the wheel, compiling lists of the hottest hunks and best guitar riffs to pass the miles. From tour fashion to breakdowns—mechanical and emotional—Leslie Stein holds no bars in this incredibly funny and heartfelt love letter meets parody of life on the road.

NYC first ever Romansh lesson hosted by Chasper Pult, a Swiss translator, professor and cultural mediator famed for his commitment to the preservation of the Romansh language. Celebrate the 85th anniversary of the recognition of Romansh as the fourth Swiss national language with us over a traditional Swiss brunch with famous Swiss cheeses.

The Invisible Dog Art Center is thrilled to welcome Books Are Magic for The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On with Noah Arhm Choi, Aracelis Girmay, Sarah Kay, & José Olivarez

An individual farm-to-table meal featuring seasonal foods prepared by Swedish artist and architect Frida Foberg, served at her installation “Never Alone”. The guest will be seated by half of a table in-front of a mirror, where they will be served a light yet vibrant 3 course meal to be enjoyed in solitude. The meal takes place during the NAFAS festival, and other visitors are likely to be present at the time of the event.

The cuisine is influenced by Frida’s Scandinavian roots. She works closely with regional and local organic farms, and builds the menu based on what is harvested at the time of the event. Guests can expect the three courses to feature seasonal produce and products, where vegetables are the majority of the meal.

This performance dinner is part of NAFAS, a five-week festival including an exhibition of 36 visual artists and a series of performances and events celebrating the union of food and art.

Fruit Scores is a study on transience, delight, improvisation, decay, and nourishment. Living as a rapidly evolving composition and visual/performance art piece, Fruit Scores takes a closer look at the anatomy of fruit and musical interpretation of that anatomy. Defining characteristics of each fruit can be viewed not only as art and food, but also as rules and instructions, communicating textural + tonal expression depending on the specific features of each fruit.

This concert is part of NAFAS, a five-week festival including an exhibition of 36 visual artists and a series of performances and events celebrating the union of food and art.

The Japanese Gesture Archive - Tea Ceremony explores the relationships between individuality and formality through the Japanese Tea Ceremony. The gestures and elements in the Japanese Tea Ceremony will be remixed as choreographic material to recreate our current Tea Ceremony, assessing the meanings of each gesture and the act of offering and receiving.

This dance performance is part of NAFAS, a five-week festival including an exhibition of 36 visual artists and a series of performances and events celebrating the union of food and art.

The senses are a crucial aspect of great literature - and nothing is more powerfully sense-evoking than food, which moves beyond taste and into the realms of smell, texture, sight, and sound. Food is especially potent in writing because it is also the crucial sensory aspect of memory. Garth Greenwell, Raven Leilani, Sanaë Lemoine and Brandon Taylor, are sensualists in the best sense of the word, and they use food brilliantly in their writing. Adam Dalva brings them to the communal table.

This event is presented in partnership with Books Are Magic is part of NAFAS, a five-week festival including a group exhibition of 35 visual artists and a series of performances and events to open on September 10, 2022, for the launch of our 14th season and running until October 15, 2022.