NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

20at20: Off Broadway Tickets for $20, 20 Minutes Before Showtime

This is your opportunity to see any of 36 Off Broadway shows for just $20. Tickets to these participating dramatic plays, musicals and children's shows are available 20 minutes before curtain time and subject to availability.   More

Art and Music of Terezin. A Concentration Camp Remembered.

This five-week, interdisciplinary program examines the music, art and educational activity of the camp Terezin, where the creativity of inmates was exploited by the Nazis for propaganda. Events include discussions, including one with survivors; a day-long lecture series modeled after those given at Terezín; and concerts presenting music of camp inmates.  More

Black History Month 2012

Black identity is examined in discussions and new films; history is remembered through theater and art; and throughout the city, provocative talks, exhibits and performances take a look at black leaders, activists, artists and authors of the past and present.  More

Broadway Week. 2-for-1 Tickets January 17-February 4

Here's everyone's big break into showbiz---two-for-one tickets to Broadway productions from January 17 to February 4. Tickets are on sale now. Among shows participating for the first time are musicals Porgy and Bess and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and dramas Seminar and Road to Mecca.  More

Celebrity Guest Editor: Christina Bianco

Newsical the Musical plus three February dates at Feinstein's, Birdland and Merkin Concert Hall keep actress and singer Christina Bianco busy. She takes an intermission from her showbiz schedule to share her favorite venues, artist haunts and places to soak up New York culture with NYC-ARTS.   More

Composers Now Festival 2012

The month-long festival in February returns with a premier selection of concerts, lectures, conversations and activities featuring recent works by living composers, often with the composer present at the performance.  More

"Coolist" Things to Do

The NYC-ARTS editors' suggestions of weird, wild, wonderful and rare special events in our fair city.  More

Cultural Diplomacy from SoHo to Harlem

Joint ventures between organizations as diverse as the Studio Museum of Harlem and the Goethe-Institut New York create opportunities to view the arts and culture from unusual perspectives.   More

Cultural $timulus Package: Free Events

The best things in life are free, and so are many performances and activities in New York City. Whether you crave live music, a screen larger than your television’s or group activities to take part in, there is always something, somewhere that invites you to join in for free.   More

Destination Chelsea

Destination Chelsea is made up of 22 cultural institutions that are building awareness of all that the neighborhood offers.  More

Ecstatic Music Festival 2012

All genres—from rock to classical—collide in the Ecstatic Music Festival at Merkin Concert Hall. Be surprised by the new sounds churned out by the 150 collaborating songwriters, composers and performers from different musical backgrounds. Eleven concerts take place between February 4 and March 28.  More

Emerging Voices of 2011

Whether by the audiences they serve, the content they create, the talent they foster, or the new perspectives they provide—these seven arts groups invigorate New York’s cultural scene with new energy and direction.  More

En Español, por favor! Spanish-Language Events in Nueva York

Spanish-language events are abundant in a city where one-quarter of the population is Hispanic. Hear it sung and performed at Pregones Theater, Repertorio Español or Thalia Spanish Theatre—many productions provide translation.  More

Fashion and Art

Fashion and art keep tabs on one another in New York City. The Alexander McQueen exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is so last season, but don't forget about the permanent Costume Institute there, which includes the Brooklyn Museum's renowned costume collection. Also check out the costume designs in performances around town.  More

Free Attractions in New York

New York is known as an expensive city, but you can count on the ways it’s generous to New Yorkers and tourists. Many of the city’s premier attractions, museums, galleries and performances offer free entry or pay-what-you-wish options, be if for a select day of the month or evening hours every week.  More

Highlights of Lower Manhattan

The geographic and historic starting point of New York City is home to national monuments and memorials that reflect the nation's history, as well as scores of contemporary museums, cultural groups, public art works and performing arts centers.  More

Hispanic Heritage in New York

From the latest author tours to masterpieces on view, from Latin jazz concerts to flamenco lessons, there are plenty of ways to keep up with your ancestral heritage, or to expose yourself to different cultural views for the first time.  More

Lincoln Square to Columbus Circle

The area between Lincoln Square and Columbus Circle packs in more than 25 great cultural groups that present performances, exhibitions, classes, tours and more. The Alliance for the Arts' new map of the area points the way to culture.  More

Museum Mile

The most diverse art-viewing opportunities on any given mile in the country is Museum Mile, a stretch of Fifth Avenue that borders Central Park, between 105th and 82nd Streets.  More

NYC-ARTS Cultural Guide for Seniors: Brooklyn

The guide provides details on 43 Brooklyn cultural groups' programs for senior citizens and groups; ticket and membership discounts; and assistance available for visitors with disabilities.   More

NYC-ARTS Cultural Guide for Seniors: Manhattan

The guide provides details on more than 200 cultural groups' programs for senior citizens and groups; ticket and membership discounts; and assistance available for visitors with disabilities. People in their golden years don't have to have gold in order to experience culture in New York City.  More

NYC-ARTS Cultural Guide for Seniors: Queens

The guide provides details on 29 cultural groups' programs for senior citizens and groups; ticket and membership discounts; and assistance available for visitors with disabilities.   More

NYC-ARTS Cultural Guide for Seniors: Staten Island

The guide provides details on 21 Staten Island cultural groups' programs for senior citizens and groups; ticket and membership discounts; and assistance available for visitors with disabilities.   More

NYC-ARTS Cultural Guide for Seniors: The Bronx

The guide provides details on 18 cultural groups' programs for senior citizens and groups; ticket and membership discounts; and assistance available for visitors with disabilities.   More

NYC ARTS Top Five: January 24 - 30

Interesting. Unusual. Uniquely NYC. The NYC ARTS Top Five is your cheat sheet to what's hot, before it hits the radar. Get the NYC ARTS Top Five in your inbox every Tuesday.   More

Photography in New York: Photo Exhibitions from Archival to Contemporary

Photography exhibitions allow us to travel---both geographically and through time---provide very proof of the passage of time, and give us permission to curiously gaze at others without shame. The fascinating subjects of many master photographers are on view now in New York.   More

Public Art in New York City

Bright orange gates in Central Park, improbable waterfalls on the East River, mischievous bronze figures on the 14th Street A, C, E subway platform: public art encourages new ideas, conversation and changes the way a city is perceived.   More

Remembering September 11

Museums, gardens, churches, music groups and other cultural organizations invite New Yorkers to come together to remember those who lost their lives on September 11, and to reflect on how New York City—and we ourselves—have changed in the ten years since the attacks.  More

Teens Take New York 2012

If you ever feel blocked out of events because of minimum age requirements and minimal cash flow, consider checking out some of these places and special events.  More

Valentine to New York

There are more creative ways to spend the weekend before Valentine's Day, or the big Tuesday itself, than at a heavily booked restaurant. Here is a selection of romantic, raucous and fun places to spend time with your life partner, friend, date or self on the holiday that puts romance, passion and love in the air.    More