It has become not only a meeting place for educational programs, gatherings of activists, and host for controversial speakers (such as the American advocate of birth control, Margaret Sanger, who was arrested and carried off the Town Hall stage on November 13, 1921, for attempting to speak to a mixed-sex audience about contraception), but one of New York City's premiere performance spaces for music, dance, and other performing arts. While the lecture series and courses on political and non-political subjects sponsored by the League continued to be held there, the Town Hall quickly established a reputation as an arts center during the first fifteen years of its existence.