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New York, NY
Opened in 2019, The Shed is an arts and cultural center in Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s West Side. The Shed’s highly adaptable Bloomberg Building is an eight-level structure that includes two large gallery spaces, a versatile theater, and multiple event spaces. The Shed brings together established and emerging artists to create new work in fields ranging from pop to classical music, painting to digital media, theater to literature, and sculpture to dance.
The Shed’s largest space, The McCourt, is formed when a telescoping outer shell is deployed over the adjoining plaza, doubling the building’s footprint. An iconic space for large-scale performances, installations, and events, The McCourt can accommodate a seated audience of 1,250 or up to 2,000 standing.
The Kenneth C. Griffin Theater, on Level 6, seats up to 500 people and can be transformed into two smaller spaces to create more intimate event settings.
The Shed’s column-free, museum-quality galleries on levels 2 and 4 provide large, open spaces for events.
The Tisch Skylights and Lab, on Level 8, are striking spaces for events, rehearsals, and artist development that seat approximately 450 people, with standing room for 750. ...
New York, NY
Built circa 1862, Flushing Town Hall is a historic New York City landmark with an intimate mystical charm. The state-of-the-art theater space features over 200 lights, digital sound equipment, a Steinway Grand Piano, a projector and video equipment. The venue offers performances including jazz, world music, dance and puppetry plus exhibitions and education programs. ...
Music Venues and Theaters
New York, NY
The ISSUE Project Room is a music venue in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2003 by Suzanne Fiol. Located in Downtown Brooklyn, the venue supports a wide variety of contemporary performance, specializing in presenting experimental and avant-garde music. ...
New York, NY
Established in 2006 in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, Jalopy Theatre and School of Music is a multi-faceted arts space showcasing folk, roots, bluegrass, country, blues and traditional world music from local and traveling artists. The venue has a full kitchen, bar, sound setup, and instrument backline. The School of Music also offers music workshops, classes, and instruments for sale. ...
New York, NY
First opened in 1891, Carnegie Hall is a national historic landmark and cultural center in New York comprised of three performance venues and numerous event spaces. With superb acoustics and five curvilinear levels seating 2,790, Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage is able to host everything from classical music to popular and world-music concerts, comedy shows, major film and TV screenings, benefits, and more. The 599-capacity Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall presents a perfect setting for the latest contemporary sounds from classical, pop, jazz, and world music. With 268 seats, the intimate Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall is home to hundreds of recitals, chamber music concerts, panel discussions, and debut performances. ...
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