Maysles Documentary Center
A nonprofit Harlem documentary cinema, education center, and community cultural venue.
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NYC Cultural Venues
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Independent places
McCarren Parkhouse
A year-round café and bar in McCarren Park that hosts special events and public programs.
Mercury Lounge
An intimate Lower East Side club known for emerging independent, alternative, rock, and singer-songwriter bills.
Metrograph
An independent downtown cinema with two screens, a bookstore, restaurant, and repertory and contemporary film programming.
Microscope Gallery
A Chelsea gallery and event space focused on moving image, sound, performance, digital art, and expanded cinema.
Millennium Film Workshop
Millennium Film Workshop is a Bushwick venue listed for art and creative work. Check its website for current details and programming.
MoMA PS1
A contemporary-art institution in Long Island City that hosted Printed Matter's reviewed 2026 New York Art Book Fair.
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
A community museum and gathering place preserving the history of Lower East Side activism, gardens, and reclaimed urban space.
Museum of the City of New York
A Fifth Avenue museum with galleries and public-program spaces focused on the people, history, and future of New York City.
Museum of the Moving Image
A museum and cinema devoted to film, television, and digital media, with year-round repertory and contemporary screenings.
Music Hall of Williamsburg
Music Hall of Williamsburg is a Williamsburg venue listed for live performance. Current programming has not been confirmed.
NARS Foundation
A Sunset Park residency, studio, gallery, and public-program hub for New York and international artists.
National Sawdust
National Sawdust is an intimate Williamsburg new-music venue with a spatial sound system, presenting experimental, innovative, and multidisciplinary sound work.
New York City Marble Cemetery
A historic East Village cemetery that opens for public cultural, historical, neighborhood, and occasional poetry programming.
New York Comedy Club East Village
New York Comedy Club's East Village stand-up room, opened by the presenter in 2018.
New York Comedy Club Midtown
The original Manhattan stage in New York Comedy Club's three-location stand-up operation.
New York Comedy Club Upper West Side
New York Comedy Club's Upper West Side stand-up room, opened by the presenter in 2024.
New York Society for Ethical Culture
A landmark Central Park West meeting house hosting public talks, cultural programs, community gatherings, and civic events.
New York Theatre Workshop
An East Village theatre and artist-development home for adventurous new work.
Nitehawk Cinema
Nitehawk's Williamsburg cinema, presenting independent first runs, repertory screenings, festivals, and food-and-film programs.
Nowadays
An indoor-outdoor Ridgewood gathering place known for independent music, DJ culture, food, and an expansive backyard.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Annunciation Hall
A Williamsburg parish hall identified by the festival as the host site for the reviewed 2026 Brooklyn Expo of Comics.
PARTICIPANT INC
A nonprofit contemporary art space in Chinatown presenting exhibitions, performances, screenings, and artist-led public programs from its street-level home at 116 Elizabeth Street.
Performance Space New York
An East Village venue for experimental live performance, dance, interdisciplinary work, and public programs.