Arbons Arts Center

Barry is a 40-something cultural worker whose career-averse lifestyle has led him to a personal and professional dead end. Supported only by his cheap apartment and team of misfit friends, Barry is perpetually between questionable jobs and even more questionable lovers. When Helen Hufflekugel, a seductively “contemporary” arts curator, offers him a gig mentoring a couple of wide-eyed queer youths in exchange for a slot in her next season, Barry reluctantly agrees. Little does he know that this last-ditch attempt to manifest old dreams will open a portal to another life he didn’t know he was already living elsewhere.

Join us for monthly ceremonial fireside gatherings hosted by Emily Johnson. Each month, Johnson invites guest artists and organizers to share stories and performances in honor and protection of the land, water, and air of Lenapehoking, the homelands of the Lenapeyok, where Abrons Arts Center is located.

Join Abrons Arts Center to celebrate a semester of art making by students aged 3 and up.

This year, students were back in person creating new works and advancing their abilities in music, dance, visual arts and more. To celebrate their achievements we will be hosting in person recitals to showcase their skills and talents.

All events are open to the public

Heera is a performance devised by Mariana Valencia and Abrons Arts Center Urban Youth Theater student Heera Gandhu that circumnavigates everyday observations, anecdotes, comedy, horror movies, dance, and coming of age. Their choreographic score navigates the textual elements of the performance in a witty and dynamic duet that explores performative presence.

District 1 Arts Festival is coming to Abrons on May 17th! Join us to celebrate the creative display of 23 public schools ranging from K-12. Artwork will be on display at Abrons on all three floors plus our outdoor Amphitheater.

Friends, family, students, teachers and our Lower East Side community are invited to join us!

For our 33rd AAC Sound Series Mix, we’re bringing you a brand new mix from New York City born and raised musician and DJ Joey Llanos. Read our short interview and listen to the mix with Joey Llanos below.