Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 212-727-8110;
www.filmforum.com
;
209 W Houston St btwn Varick St & Sixth Ave; daily; ;
1 to Houston St)
The long and narrow theaters can't dent cineasts love for this institu-
tion showing revivals, classics and documentaries.
IFC Center
CINEMA
( 212-924-7771;
www.ifccenter.com
;
323 Sixth Ave at 3rd St; A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St-
Washington Sq)
Formerly the Waverly, this three-screen art-house cinema shows new in-
dies, cult classics and foreign films - and the popcorn is organic.
Landmark Sunshine Cinema
CINEMA
( 212-358-7709;
www.landmarktheatres.com
; 143 E Houston St at Forsyth St; F/V to Lower
East Side-2nd Ave)
Housed in a former Yiddish theater; shows first-run indies.
Anthology Film Archives
CINEMA
( 212-505-5181;
www.anthologyfilmarchives.org
;
32 Second Ave at 2nd St; F/V to Lower East
Side-2nd Ave)
Film studies majors head to this schoolhouse-like building for independent
and avant-garde cinema.
Performing Arts
World-class performers and venues mean the city is a year-round mecca for arts lovers.
Every top-end genre has a stage at the massive Lincoln Center (
Click here
) complex.
Its Avery Fisher Hall is the showplace of the New York Philharmonic, while Alice Tully
Hall houses the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and the New York State
Theater is home to the New York City Ballet. Great drama is found at both the Mitzi E
Newhouse and Vivian Beaumont theaters; and frequent concerts at the Juilliard School.
But the biggest draw is the Metropolitan Opera House, home to the Metropolitan Opera
and American Ballet Theater.
Carnegie Hall
LIVE MUSIC
( 212-247-7800;
www.carnegiehall.org
; W 57th St & Seventh Ave; N/Q/R to 57th St-7th Ave)
Since 1891, the historic Carnegie Hall has hosted performances by the likes of
Tchaikovsky, Mahler and Prokofiev, as well as Stevie Wonder, Sting and Tony Bennett.
Today its three halls host visiting philharmonics, the New York Pops orchestra and vari-
