YOUR CULTURAL PASS / NYC

Midtown

Explore the scenes, independent places, organizers, and upcoming public events programming Midtown, Manhattan.

Places in Midtown

Midtown

The Cutting Room

A Midtown performance room presenting touring bands, songwriter programs, tribute projects, and independent concerts.

Midtown

The General Society Library

The General Society’s Midtown library and cultural venue for lectures, exhibitions, and educational programs.

Midtown

The People's Forum

A Midtown movement incubator and cultural space for political education, internationalism, art-making, community gatherings, and social-justice programs.

Upcoming events

Thu, Nov 19, 2026 · 5:30 PM EST · The People's Forum

REVERENT PORTRAITS w/ S. YEMISI ADEYEMO

REVERENT PORTRAITS: DRAWING, PAINTING, AND ASSEMBLAGE w/ S. YEMISI ADEYEMO One-day | Thursday, November 19 | 5:30-8:30PM | Sliding scale, $30-50 In this three-hour workshop, participants will learn the fundamentals of portrait drawing and create a small, embel...

Thu, Nov 19, 2026 · 6:00 PM EST · The People's Forum

Community Conversations: Zionism, US Empire, and the Racial State

Join scholar and activist Emmaia Gelman for a conversation about Zionism as a “movement from above” — an elite project of racial state-making in alignment with U.S. imperialism. Through the lens of her deep research into the Anti-Defamation League, she will sh...

Fri, Nov 20, 2026 · 7:00 PM EST · The People's Forum

Mohamed Araki: Sounds from Sudan

Join us on Friday, November 20 at 7pm for Sounds From Sudan, a live project led by Grammy-nominated Sudanese musician Mohamed Araki. Blending Sudanese songs, oud, and deep grooves, the band brings songs from home into a modern live sound—rooted in memory, rhyt...

Thu, Dec 3, 2026 · 6:00 PM EST · The People's Forum

Community Dinner | Community Church of New York x The People’s Forum

The Community Church of New York invites you to join us for Community Dinner at the People’s Forum to break bread and build relationships grounded in revolutionary love. Whoever you are, and whatever your relationship to our church, we’d love to gather around...

Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 7:00 PM EST · The People's Forum

First Fridays ft. BbyMutha

Join us for a night of unapologetic, unfiltered performance from southern stalwart and people’s champ herself ~ bbymutha ~ live at The People’s Forum on Friday, Dec 4th for First Fridays in collaboration with Artists Against Apartheid Hailing from Chattanooga,...

Thu, Jan 7, 2027 · 6:00 PM EST · The People's Forum

Community Dinner | Community Church of New York x The People’s Forum

The Community Church of New York invites you to join us for Community Dinner at the People’s Forum to break bread and build relationships grounded in revolutionary love. Whoever you are, and whatever your relationship to our church, we’d love to gather around...

Thu, Feb 4, 2027 · 6:00 PM EST · The People's Forum

Community Dinner | Community Church of New York x The People’s Forum

The Community Church of New York invites you to join us for Community Dinner at the People’s Forum to break bread and build relationships grounded in revolutionary love. Whoever you are, and whatever your relationship to our church, we’d love to gather around...

Thu, Mar 4, 2027 · 6:00 PM EST · The People's Forum

Community Dinner | Community Church of New York x The People’s Forum

The Community Church of New York invites you to join us for Community Dinner at the People’s Forum to break bread and build relationships grounded in revolutionary love. Whoever you are, and whatever your relationship to our church, we’d love to gather around...