ABC No RioManhattan
This gallery and performance space sees art and activism as equal endpoints in their public programming. A Lower East Side institution since the 1980s, the group promotes visual and performing artists left out by mainstream venues.
Abingdon Theatre CompanyManhattan
Abingdon Theatre Company produces plays exclusively by American artists and promotes new work through playwrights' meetings, in-house readings and workshop productions.
African Arts Cultural CenterManhattan
The African Arts Cultural Center organizes educational and community service programs. It sees its mission as restoring pride in young members of the community in the diversity of African heritage. Its permanent collection contains more than 2,000 African artifacts and 1,000 paintings and sculptures, which the gallery exhibits on a rotating basis.
African Burial Ground National MonumentManhattan
During excavation for construction of a new Federal office building at 290 Broadway in the early 1990s, workers unearthed an 18th-century cemetery for persons of color 16 to 28 feet below street level, which had been forgotten for two centuries.
Aims of ModzaweQueens
Aims of Modzawe offers classes in African dance and music to the public.
Alice Austen House MuseumStaten Island
Alley Pond Environmental CenterQueens
Alley Pond Environmental Center is headquartered in Alley Pond Park. A startlingly undeveloped 700-acre stretch of land in eastern Queens, this park is a living reminder of the biodiversity that still exists in the city and is so important to human survival.
Alvin Ailey American Dance TheaterManhattan
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater seeks to further the pioneering work of its founding choreographer through performances, training programs and community programs for everyone.
Amato Opera TheatreManhattan
Founded in 1948, the Amato Opera performs a repertory of 40 operas, September through June each year, featuring promising young artists in its theater located on the Bowery.
American Ballet TheatreManhattan
Founded in 1940 and based in New York, American Ballet Theatre tours widely across the United States. ABT performs a regular fall season at City Center and a spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House. The company's repertory includes many of the great Romantic ballets of the 19th century, major works of the 20th century and works by contemporary choreographers.