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What do we share? How are we different?
What gives our lives meaning?
These are the questions we explore at The Culture Center,
on Manhattan’s Upper West Side opposite the American
Museum of Natural History.
The Culture Center: concerned with everything human
-- the arts, beliefs, practices and ideas that express
the world's rich and diverse cultural traditions.
The Culture Center: a place in which to explore our
humanity through cultural exchange.
Our goal?
To create a sense of community
in a diverse world that gets smaller every day.
To encourage greater understanding
across cultures by providing a place where people
can learn, communicate and celebrate together.
How do we reach our goal?"
In 1990, we realized that in NYC, where space is at
a premium, there were many organizations which needed
a place to have meetings, workshops, celebrations and
exhibitions now and then. That’s how The Culture
Center was born.
Our space is available for rent to individuals and
organizations who want to support cultural exchange.
In turn, we devote our revenues to promoting cultural
exchange.
- we sponsored a Chinese composer for permanent residency
- we provided a full scholarship for a Tibetan student to attend college in the US
- we produced the documentary film Explorer: The Life of Bruce Klepinger on the journeys and philosophy of one of the world's renowned trek leaders
- we hosted an exhibition of the works of figurative artist
Sigmund Abeles (www.sigmundabeles.net)
- we hosted the training program for the wait staff of Columbus Avenue's very first three star restaurant "Dovetail"
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