Goat Farm Arts Center

Embedded in a revamped 19th-century cotton-gin manufacturing factory that previously stood in ruin, Goat Farm Arts Center is the city's most cutting-edge and experimental visual performing-arts studio, set on 12 acres in West Midtown. Think artists-in-residence, contemporary dance, vanguard theater, indie rock concerts and thought-provoking exhibitions. It also home to the avant-garde Imperial Opa Circus.