Manhattan
A three-screen arthouse cinema in Lower Manhattan, Film Forum screens new independent and foreign films as well as thematically organized series of older films.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Manhattan
The Film Society of Lincoln Center sponsors the renowned annual New York Film Festival, one of the world's leading showcases for new American and international films. It also operates the Walter Reade Theater, opened in 1991 as a year-round presenter of films that would not otherwise have a major venue in New York City.
Manhattan
The Flea Theater, under the leadership of artistic director Jim Simpson and producing director Carol Ostrow, is one of New York's leading Off Off Broadway companies. Established in 1996, the Flea is the winner of numerous Obie Awards, an Otto Award and a special Drama Desk Award for outstanding achievement.
French Institute Alliance Française
Manhattan
The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) encourages the appreciation of French language and culture and fosters cross-cultural exchange. It offers French classes as well as cultural programming and a lending library at its 1925 Beaux-Arts building on the Upper East Side.
Brooklyn
Genesis Repertory honors the original text of the classics but merges these words with new locations and casting choices. For example, it has presented Romeo and Juliet in a trailer park and set The Merry Wives of Windsor in a disco in 1976. The company performs at venues throughout Brooklyn.
Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College
Queens
Each exhibition at the museum offers an array of lectures, gallery talks, films, family and children workshops, concerts and tours, often in collaboration with academic departments and centers at the college.