York College
Performing Arts Center
everything from concerts to fashion shows to galas. Others see a
converted church built in the early Romanesque revival style in
1858 and designed by master carpenter Sidney J. Young with the
assistance of master mason Anders Peterson.
The landmarked building – recent winner of the Lucy G. Moses
Award, which is the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s highest
honor for achievement in preservation – features a gabled brick
facade with brownstone trim, arched entryways, asymmetrical
towers, and stained glass windows.
Inside scoop: The double vision continues. JPAC is managed by the
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, a nonprofit cultural institution
that promotes local and international artists through workshops,
visual-art exhibitions, music, and theater. JCAL’s headquarters is in a
neo-Renaissance building which houses two 1,650-square-foot visual
arts galleries, a 99-seat proscenium theater, multiple dance studios,
soundproof music studios, and ceramics and digital art studios.
Address: 153-10 Jamaica Ave. for JPAC, 161-04 Jamaica Ave. for
JCAL, and www.jcal.org for both.
KUPFERBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Located on the Queens College campus, the Kupferberg Center
for the Arts encompasses three venues: the acoustically perfect
LeFrak Concert Hall, which can hold about 500 guests; the
Colden Auditorium, which has capacity for 2,143; and the 476-
seat Irving and Susan Wallack Goldstein Theater.
Kupferberg presents a wide range of entertainment to about
350,000 patrons each year, including classical music, jazz,
comedy, dance, seminars, conferences, and children’s events.
Billy Joel, Gladys Knight, Janis Joplin, Cyndi Lauper, the New
York Philharmonic, the Vienna Boys’ Choir, and Yo-Yo Ma are
among the entertainers who have performed there. Plus, the
venue can be rented.
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