Coming up this weekend, the Abrons Arts Center is hosting "open studios" for its 2011-2012 AIRspace artists-in-residence.
Every year, the organization provides free studio space to five visual artists and a curator. This year's artists are Amy Feldman, Brie Ruais,...
This week, the edgy "American Realness Festival" returns to the Abrons Arts Center for a two week program of boundary-busting dance, theater and musical performances. Thomas Benjamin Snapp Pryor has expanded the offerings this year to 20 productions in...
The Abrons Arts Center is presenting Reid Farrington's "A Christmas Carol" through December 18th. They write:
A Christmas Carol is an imaginative and ghostly new show based on one of the most ubiquitous stories of all time by one of...
Editor's note: Today we're pleased to welcome New York writer Royal Young as a regular columnist on The Lo-Down. Royal contributes literary coverage to Interview Magazine and the new web site Holy Diver. Young recently completed "Fame Shark," his...
A holiday tradition returns to the Lower East Side tomorrow night. It's the 10th anniversary year of the Urban Ballet Theater's "Nutcracker in the Lower" at the Abrons Arts Center. The hip-hop/African dance/flamenco-infused/krumping version of the holiday classic takes...
Word just came from the Abrons Arts Center that they've added a second afternoon show today of "Three Performances in Search of Tennessee." The project (part of the Performa 11 festival) features James Franco and Laurel Nakadate. As you...
Steampunk Haunted House returns to the neighborhood this weekend, transforming the Abrons Arts Center's playhouse into an immersion experience that's part art installation, part performance, part fashion and all experiential fun. The third annual installment, which opens Saturday and runs...
A high point of our week was a special night at the Abrons Art Center Monday -- a spectacular concert featuring Broadway star Bebe Neuwirth and a few of her (very talented) friends. The event was a benefit for...
Actress Bebe Neuwirth and a group of Broadway colleagues will give special performances at the Abrons Arts Center next month to benefit a unique partnership that teaches inner-city kids about horses.
The Oct. 3 event will help Abrons' parent organization,...
Downtown drag legend Joey Arias was feeling energized when I met him inside the historic theater at the Abrons Art Center one steamy day last month. Fans would not leave him alone on the 45 minute walk from his...
