New York City (Fodor's, 2012) - Fodor's [100]
Readings and Lectures
Having settled into a new home hard by the Hudson in 2009, Poets House (10 River Terr., at Murray St., Battery Park City | 10282 | 212/431–7920 | www.poetshouse.org | Subway: E to World Trade Center; 1, 2, 3 to Chambers St.) finally has a setting that rises to its theme: it is an open resource for all ages, one that offers a huge library and readings and events that exalt the art of poetry.
TRIBECA
Film
The film programs at 92YTribeca (200 Hudson St., at Canal St., TriBeCa | 10013 | 212/601–1000 | www.92y.org/92yTribeca | Subway: 1, E to Canal St.), a branch of the 92nd Street Y, emphasize participation, with directors often on hand, and a Q&A afterward is the norm. View a fresh and eclectic take on series concepts, with the likes of Closely Watched Films (classics revisited) and a late-night sing-along series.
Music
The Tribeca Performing Arts Center (199 Chambers St., at Greenwich St., TriBeCa | 10013 | 212/220–1460 | www.tribecapac.org | Subway: 1, 2, 3 to Chambers St.) celebrates theater (with a clever children’s series) and dance, but more so, jazz in all its forms. Highlights in Jazz and Lost Jazz Shrines are two of its special series.
Readings and Lectures
Local favorite WNYC Radio invites the public into its intimate (125 seats), technologically forward-thinking digs, the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space (the Greene Space) (44 Charlton St., at Varick St. Tribeca | 10014 | 646/829–4400 | www.thegreenespace.org | Subway: C, E to Spring St.; 1 to Houston St. or Canal St.). Live shows—music, audio theater, interviews—match its renowned, and equally forward-thinking, on-air programming.
The intent at 92YTribeca (200 Hudson St., at Canal St., Tribeca | 10013 | 212/601–1000 | www.92y.org | Subway: 1, E to Canal St.) is to appeal to a twenty- to thirty-ish set, but just about anyone should find something to his or her liking in their extensive daytime and evening lineups. Try talks on American Media & the Green Movement to JewBu: Exploring Jewish Dharma, and themes from the arts, food, and technology.
SOHO
Film
Foreign, independent, and, some mainstream films are screened at the Angelika Film Center (18 W. Houston St., at Mercer St., Greenwich Village | 10012 | 212/995–2570 | www.angelikafilmcenter.com | Subway: B, D, F, M to Broadway–Lafayette St.; 6 to Bleecker St.). Despite its (six) tunnel-like theaters, small screens, and the occasionally audible subway rumble below, it’s usually packed; get a snack at their café while you wait for your movie to be called.
Readings and Lectures
Amid its collection of 45,000 titles for sale, the Housing Works Used Book Café (126 Crosby St., between E. Houston and Prince Sts., SoHo | 10012 | 212/334–3324 | www.housingworksbookstore.com| Subway: R, W to Prince St.; B, D, F, M to Broadway–Lafayette St.; 6 to Bleecker St.) sponsors readings—often by breakout local authors or from books on social issues—and a monthly acoustic music series. Events at this cozy nonprofit benefit homeless people with HIV/AIDS.
Theater
HERE Arts Center (145 6th Ave., between Spring and Broome Sts., SoHo | 10013 | 212/352–3101 tickets | www.here.org | Subway: C, E to Spring St.), the original home of Eve Ensler’s 1997 Obie winner The Vagina Monologues, 2007’s lauded Removable Parts, and all manner of genre-bending productions, also has an art gallery and café.
THE EAST VILLAGE
Danspace Project (St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery,131 E. 10th St., at 2nd Ave., East Village | 10003 | 212/674–8112, 866/811–4111 tickets | www.danspaceproject.org | Subway: 6 to Astor Pl.), founded to foster the work of independent choreographers such as Lucinda Childs and David Gordon, sponsors performances that are as fresh—and idiosyncratic—as this space.
Film
Dedicated to preserving and exhibiting independent and avant-garde film, Anthology Film Archives (32 2nd Ave., at E. 2nd St., East Village | 10003 | 212/505–5181 | anthologyfilmarchives.org | Subway: F, V to 2nd Ave.) comprises a film