NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

92nd Street Y

Manhattan

This multidisciplinary institution promotes performing, visual and literary arts through classes and performances for a wide range of audiences. There are family-oriented workshops and events focused on Jewish culture and religious life, in addition to celebrations of Jewish holidays.

92YTribeca

Manhattan

92YTribeca opened on Hudson Street in 2008 as as the 92nd Street Y's downtown art and entertainment venue. The Sunday series, Bring Your Own Kid, features bands that both parents and kids will enjoy.

ArtsConnection

Manhattan

ArtsConnection connects children, families and schools in creative partnerships for teaching and learning.

Beacon Theatre

Manhattan

This 2,894 seat, three-tiered theater opened in 1929 to present motion pictures and vaudeville entertainment. The ornately decorated, neo-Grecian venue is most famous, however, as a music hall, which has been its primary offering since the 1970s.

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)

Brooklyn

BAM continues to develop and present a roster of traditional and contemporary dance, theater, music, opera and film, placing particular emphasis on artists of international stature.