New York’s 92nd Street Y turns 150
Its reinvention holds lessons for other cultural centres
THE 92ND STREET Y is a temple of culture that has hosted some of the greatest creative minds of the 20th and 21st centuries. Truman Capote first publicly discussed his novel “In Cold Blood” there, and Kurt Vonnegut unveiled “Breakfast of Champions” before even his wife had read it. Yo-Yo Ma, a cellist, performed at the venue as a teenager. Literary greats Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, T.S. Eliot and Dylan Thomas have stridden across the stage. Others have pirouetted: Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey, modern-dance choreographers, put on performances.
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