JATO NYC https://www.jatonyc.org/ Your pulse on New York City culture & events en Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:58:41 GMT Basements, Back Rooms & Borrowed Spaces: NYC's Indie Music Underground Is Thriving https://www.jatonyc.org/nyc-indie-underground-music-venues-2024/ https://www.jatonyc.org/nyc-indie-underground-music-venues-2024/ Forget the ticketmaster fees and the velvet ropes — the most exciting music in New York City right now is happening in places you almost have to know a guy to find. From converted warehouses in Bushwick to candlelit basement clubs in the East Village, a scrappy network of DIY venues is quietly shaping the next wave of American indie music. JATO NYC Music Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:51:19 GMT From Overlooked to Unmissable: 5 NYC Neighborhoods That Rewrote Their Own Stories https://www.jatonyc.org/nyc-neighborhoods-cultural-transformation-community-art/ https://www.jatonyc.org/nyc-neighborhoods-cultural-transformation-community-art/ New York City's most exciting cultural shifts aren't always happening in the neighborhoods you'd expect. Across the five boroughs, communities that were once written off — underfunded, overlooked, or outright dismissed — have quietly staged remarkable reinventions, driven not by developers or city planners, but by the people who actually live there. JATO NYC Culture & Community Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:51:19 GMT