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Cultural Events

In the current fiscal year, HAI is arranging for an audience totaling over 50,000 people to attend over 900 cultural events.

people to the arts

The Cultural Events Program is one of the oldest at HAI. It opens the world of concert halls and theaters to individuals who are culturally isolated due to mental or physical disability, frailty or age, impaired immunity, illness, homelessness or substance abuse. HAI shares the vast cultural resources of New York City with those who have been ‘shut out.’

“I am an elderly (actually old) senior citizen with numerous physical problems (which, unlike my income, increase each year) and going to the theater has become a luxury I can rarely afford. I’ve lived in New York City all my life and one of the advantages is having access to plays, but as tickets become more and more expensive it becomes a choice between necessities and entertainment -- and of course, entertainment loses out. I am writing to thank you for HAI and your wonderful program. Going to the the theatre makes me feel young again (not that there’s anything wrong with being old) and I know I will have a wonderful day when I see a Broadway show.”
--Lillian Gold, Tickets to Go member

Community Performing Arts Series
Year Began: 1970s
Arranges afternoon music and dance performances by
professional artists at physically accessible venues.

Summer Program
Year Began: 1980
Arranges transportation to and special seating at New York Philharmonic and Metropolitan Opera concerts in parks throughout the five boroughs, as well as the Shakespeare Festival at the Delacorte Theater.

Omni*Bus
Year Began: 1986
Opens the cultural life of New York City to bed-confined, frail elderly and physically disabled people. HAI's two specially retrofitted transit buses safely and comfortably travel from nursing homes and rehabilitation centers to cultural events throughout the greater New York area.

HAI Theatre Festival
Year Began: 1986
Produces original plays and revivals which address issues of particular interest to HAI audiences.

Describe!
Year Began: 1988
Provides live audio descriptions of Broadway and Off- Broadway performances for blind and visually impaired individuals.

Tickets To Go
Year Began: 2000
Offers steeply discounted tickets to cultural events for New Yorkers ages 60 and over.

STEP
(Student Teacher Enrichment Program)
Year Began: 2001
Enables NYC public schools to purchase tickets to cultural events through HAI.

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