Performances and Spatial Organization
92nd Street Y comprises eight programming centers: Bronfman Center for Jewish Life; Lillian & Sol Goldman Family Center for Youth & Family; Makor/Steinhardt Center; May Center for Health; Fitness & Sport; Milstein/Rosenthal Center for Media & Technology; School of the Arts; Charles Simon Center for Adult Life & Learning; and Tisch Center for the Arts. Its poetry center is called the Unterberg Poetry Center and has been led by prominent writers including American poet Karl Kirchwey who was director for thirteen years until 2000.
The 917-seat Kaufmann Concert Hall, opened in 1930, is the home for concerts, performances, readings and lectures.
Individuals of note who have performed, lectured or taught at 92nd Street Y include (in alphabetical order):
- Alvin Ailey
- Edward Albee
- Trey Anastasio
- Kofi Annan
- Rae Armantrout
- Andy Borowitz
- John Malcolm Brinnin
- Jimmy Carter
- Bill Clinton
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Larry David
- Ani Difranco
- T. S. Eliot
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- Frank Gehry
- Ira Glass
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Martha Graham
- Shawn Green
- Tim Gunn
- Mister G (children's performer)
- David Hazony
- Christopher Hitchens
- Dustin Hoffman
- Karl Kirchwey
- Emma Lazarus
- Yo-Yo Ma
- Rachel Maddow
- Norman Mailer
- Steve Martin
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Robert Joffrey
- Patti Smith
- Margaret Thatcher
- Dylan Thomas
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- Matthew Weiner
- Elie Wiesel
- William Carlos Williams
- Anna Wintour
- Howard Zinn
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