Centro Cultural Usina Chamine occupies an old industrial building whose chimney still hints at its former life as part of Manaus's power infrastructure. Reused as a cultural space, it gives visitors another angle on the city beyond the opera house and market: Manaus as a working Amazon port that has repeatedly reinvented its old buildings.
Programming can vary, so check locally before making a special trip. Even then, the building is useful if you are walking through the centre and want to understand how the rubber-boom city, the river port, and contemporary cultural life overlap in Manaus.