The Secret City is a monthly performance gathering serving artists and those who believe in the arts. In an event that is part ceremony and part salon, The Secret City provides a sanctuary in which art and performance can be interactively experienced and contemplated. The Secret City believes that art is the most powerful connecting force for humans and our work illuminates that connection while erasing the boundaries between art and history, science and spirit, politics and art, the sacred and profane. The Secret City provides its community with an opportunity to commune with the creative spirit in a non-commercial environment with each monthly service. Believing there can be no community without ritual, the Secret City invigorates old rituals and creates new ones. Ultimately, the Secret City creates a new piece of art each month and cultivates a new community to serve the arts field at large.The services are open to all with a suggested donation.The Secret City promotes art as central and crucial to the well being of society, and as the most inclusive metaphor for worship and connection. The Secret City believes that artists play a special role in the healing and betterment of mankind, and that creative thought and expression are the birthright of everyone.In 2010, The Secret City received a special citation Obie Award for its service to the creative community.