YOUR CULTURAL PASS / NYC

NYC Cultural Venues

Discover independent venues and cultural spaces across New York City, with their upcoming events in one place.

Independent places

Williamsburg

Pete's Candy Store

A Williamsburg bar and performance room presenting live music, readings, comedy, and other neighborhood cultural programming.

Red Hook

Pioneer Works

A nonprofit cultural center in Red Hook with galleries, studios, a garden, and interdisciplinary public programming.

Boerum Hill

Poetry Society of America

A Brooklyn poetry center and storefront hosting readings, conversations, courses, publications, and public literary programs.

Chelsea

Poster House

A Chelsea museum and gathering place focused on poster design, visual culture, exhibitions, and public learning.

Clinton Hill

Pratt Institute Libraries

Pratt Institute's Brooklyn library system, including a zine collection used for a reviewed public workshop and collection visit.

Concourse Village

Pregones Theater

Pregones/PRTT's Bronx home for original bilingual theater and community cultural programming.

Midtown South

Proshansky Auditorium

The Graduate Center's principal auditorium for public lectures, panels, performances, and academic conversations.

Astoria

Q.E.D. Astoria

A woman-owned independent Queens arts space hosting comedy, classes, screenings, mics, and workshops.

Greenwich Village

Quad Cinema

A four-screen independent cinema presenting first-run films and curated repertory programs in Greenwich Village.

Clinton Hill

Recess

A public-facing Brooklyn art space where artists develop work through process-based residencies, exhibitions, and community programs.

Ridgewood

Ridgewood Ceramics

A Ridgewood ceramics studio hosting artist markets, open studios, and ceramics classes.

Columbus Circle

Rose Theater

Jazz at Lincoln Center's principal concert hall in Frederick P. Rose Hall.

Boerum Hill

Roulette Intermedium

A Brooklyn performance space presenting experimental music, movement, and media through concerts, residencies, commissions, and public programs.

Tribeca

Roxy Cinema New York

An independent downtown cinema presenting new films, repertory programs, festivals, premieres, and live events.

Lower East Side

Sara D. Roosevelt Park

A Lower East Side public park used for neighborhood cultural programs and outdoor performances.

Bushwick

Secret Riso Club

A Bushwick risograph studio used for Secret Riso Club's reviewed workshops, demonstrations, open houses, and independent-print programs.

Bushwick

Seventh Heaven Bar & Karaoke

A Bushwick bar and karaoke room hosting readings, film nights, comedy, music, and other independent cultural programming.

Park Slope

ShapeShifter Lab

An artist-centered Brooklyn performance space for jazz, improvised, contemporary, and interdisciplinary music.

DUMBO

Smack Mellon

A nonprofit arts space in a former industrial building presenting exhibitions, artist studios, and public programs.

Upper East Side

Society of Illustrators

A Manhattan museum and cultural venue presenting illustration exhibitions, cartooning programs, lectures, workshops, and public drawing nights.

Astoria

Socrates Sculpture Park

A waterfront public-art park hosting Flushing Town Hall's reviewed En Comunidad flamenco program.

East Village

St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery

A historic East Village Episcopal church whose sanctuary, parish hall, and grounds host poetry, music, arts, social-justice, and neighborhood programs.

Bushwick

Starr Bar

A Bushwick bar and community space hosting film, music, readings, conversations, and neighborhood-organized programs.