New York, NY—New York City is home to the densest agglomeration of cosmopolitan cultural outposts in the world. The Midtown East neighborhood of Manhattan—from 59th street to 34th street, bound by the East River and Madison Avenue—boasts dozens of distinct international cultural organizations offering a dizzying array of programs connecting New York audiences to global culture in the form of international art exhibitions, live music, performance, film screenings, lectures, literary programs, and more. In just a few scant city blocks, visitors can quite literally immerse themselves in the art of the entire world.
Yet, midtown Manhattan still lags as a destination neighborhood. The Midtown Cultural Alliance (hereafter, MCA) is a coalition of presenters who intend to challenge this oversight. The five founding partners—Japan Society, L’Alliance New York, Scandinavia House, The Korea Society, and Korean Cultural Center New York—will work collaboratively to redefine our locality as one of New York’s signature destination neighborhoods, serving up the best traditional and contemporary art, music, film, and performance from around the world, right here in Midtown.
About Our Launch
We will launch this initiative September 12-21, with an inaugural fortnight of free and paid programming spread across all five partner organizations.
A full list of events can be found at the MCA website. A visitor to any one event on this fortnight will receive a special “passport” and collect a stamp upon attendance at any one of the five organizations. Once collecting three stamps on their passport, a visitor may then redeem a free gift from three different organizations of their choices. Please refer to the MCA and each organization’s website for more detailed information. We look forward to welcoming the public at any of the Midtown Cultural Alliance events in September! For more information, see midtownculturalalliance.org