Jazz at Bogardus Plaza Every Thursday in May, a different jazz group will play at the plaza at Reade and Hudson Street, from 1 to 2:30pm. The series opens on May 7 with the Jordan Young Trio. The line-up continues on 5/14 (West Fourth Trio), 5/21 (Church Street School Jazz) and 5/28 (Ellen O'Brien). The concerts are free.

Free music and dance Six weeks of free live lunchtime concerts, sponsored by the Downtown Alliance, come to two Downtown venues this summer, beginning on Wednesday, May 13 with the George Gee Swing Orchestra at the World Trade Center’s Cortlandt Way, between Church and Greenwich streets. Following Wednesday concerts, some on the plaza of 140 Broadway, include the George Gee Swing Orchestra, La Orquesta Esa, Svetlana & the New York Collective Orchestra and Alphonso Home & Gotham Kings. More info here. Photo: The Brass Queens, coming May 27.

The Happening Church Street School for Music and Art's annual block party takes place June 7, 12 to 5pm on White Street between Church Street and Broadway. The free community event includes live music and performances, food and drinks, interactive art installations, a student art show, games, a raffle, and more. More information here.

With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America is an ongoing exhibition at the Museum of Chinese in America that interweaves the historical and political context of Chinese immigration to the U.S. with the personal stories and cultural traces of multiple generations. More information here.

Indigenous glass art “Native Visions Reimagined in Glass” traces 45 years of Native glass art by 29 artists at the Museum of the American Indian. Through May 29.