The Brooklyn Academy of Music, in the lovely neighborhood of Fort Greene, is renowned for its avant-garde and progressive performing arts program. It includes an opera house as well as a cinema, for lower-key entertainment.
Stop by the Brooklyn Museum, which houses a collection of 1.5 million artworks. The museum's eclectic holdings range from Japanese antiques and African art to works by 20th century greats like Mark Rothko and Georgia O’Keefe.