Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012
Judson Memorial Church, on the south side of Washington Square, mixed radical art, politics, and performance by hosting experimental music composer and theorist John Cage, choreographer Merce Cunningham, painter Robert Rauschenberg, and so many others.
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St. Augustine's Church
290 Henry St, New York, NY 10002
St. Augustine's Church, deep in the Lower East Side, where Hampton Clanton worked in a summer youth program, which led to him being cast as the lead in Shirley Clarke's The Cool World.
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St. Mark's Church-In-The-Bowery
131 E 10th St, New York, NY 10003
Like Judson Memorial Church, St. Mark’s Church opened its doors to the artists who populated its surrounding neighborhoods—hosting the Poetry Project and Theatre Genesis, among many other artistic endeavors.
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