Fodor's Expert Review 92NY
Rebranded as 92NY and formerly known as the 92nd Street Y, this Upper East Side cultural institution is undergoing a $200 million plan to redevelop its campus, expand its programming, and revamp and enhance performance spaces. Well-known soloists, jazz musicians, show-tune stylists, and chamber music groups perform in 92Y's freshly renovated 905-seat Kaufmann Concert Hall and in the new Arnhold Center, a dance and performance complex with an adjoining dance studio. But the programming is hardly limited to music and dance—its calendar brims with popular lectures and readings series featuring big-name film and TV stars, authors, poets, playwrights, political pundits, and media bigwigs (many events are livestreamed and archived online). The Harkness Dance Festival, film programs, arts and crafts workshops, and family-friendly events are also worth checking out.