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SUMMARY:Everyday Chinatown: Objects and the Stories They Hold - A Storytelling & Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Think!Chinatown\n“Everyday Chinatown: Objects and the Stories They Hold” is the latest Storytelling & Art Exhibition by Think!Chinatown. \nOn Display at Think!Chinatown’s Studio (1 Pike St\, NYC) from February 12\, 2026\, until May 2026\, on select Thursdays and Fridays from 3-6pm\, please check website for gallery hours before visiting and for exhibit and event-related programming: https://www.thinkchinatown.org/everyday-exhibition \nCurated by Yin Kong and Aaron Reiss\, this exhibition highlights everyday objects found in homes across Chinatown. Little things you might have seen hung up in your aunt’s kitchen\, tucked away in a cabinet in your childhood\, or a staple in your home today. While these items may seem mundane at first glance\, they tie together collective identities and experiences. Chinatown is an embassy of sorts for these items. Not a place where these objects are from but a place where these objects pass through after arriving from elsewhere. If you know these objects\, you probably have a story about them. These objects are part of so many Chinatown homes\, and the stories tied to them in turn tie us together — home to home. \nFirst led by Aaron Reiss\, then Rochelle Kwan and Alice Liu\, Think!Chinatown recorded at senior centers in Hamilton Madison House\, Greater Chinatown Community Association\, in Chinatown shops\, the StoryCorps’ Story Booth in nearby Foley Square\, and even over the phone during the pandemic. Stories were recorded in Mandarin\, Cantonese\, and English\, with a whole team of volunteers supporting translations and editing. Artwork by Hui Ma\, Xin Mei Liu\, John Lee\, Lilly Lam\, and Nessa Nguyen bringing these everyday stories to life. \nSo bring your headphones\, come by the studio and listen in!
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/everyday-chinatown-objects-and-the-stories-they-hold-a-storytelling-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:Think!Chinatown\, 1 Pike Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Lower East Side History Month
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SUMMARY:Open Arts LES: Sonido Costeño
DESCRIPTION:Open Arts LES is back on 4th Street. Stop by for Latin music and salsa with our neighborhood favorite\, Sonido Costeño! \nSonido Costeño (SC) is a modern day Latin band in New York City. Their high energy music is a creative fusion of latin music and salsa along with other world music and their fabulous concerts transform their club audiences into dance hall performances. Sonido Costeño’s “staying power” is seen by the ensemble’s growing loyal fan base from not only the New York City area (Manhattan\, Bronx\, Brooklyn\, Queens) but also the tri-state area and abroad. Sonido Costeño was founded in the Lower East Side during the Nuyorican Poets Movement. Sonido Costeno’s founder\, Juan Ma Morales\, was also the musical director for the plays and musicals of Nuyorican poet Bimbo Rivas. \nJuan Ma Morales is a Cornell Graduate and Julliard alumni. Morales leads the band as vocalist and plays guitar as well as the Puerto Rican cuatro (the island’s national instrument). Las Gaviotas (The Seagulls) and Senora (My Lady)\, two of Morales’ original songs\, have won the Billboard Songwriting award. Under Juan Ma’s dynamic leadership\, Sonido Costeño play diverse salsa rhythms\, enticing “salseros” and non-salsa dancers alike to move onto the dance floor. The band’s dance repertoire includes: Son Cubano\, Nueva Trova\, Boleros & Ballads\, Cha Cha Cha\, Mambo\, Guaguanco\, Latin Jazz\, and the band is known to play a Merengue and Bachata or two. Their unique sound appeals to broad and diverse audiences from all generations. \nSonido Costeño’s solid reputation to deliver the best quality entertainment has lead them to perform at many of New York’s best cultural institutions such as The Brooklyn Museum and El Museo del Barrio. They have been included in other reputable festivals during summer events such as Celebrate Brooklyn\, The Highline\, Brooklyn Botanic Garden\, Harlem Meers in Central Park and River Bank in Washington Heights in Manhattan. They excel in entertaining at community events such as Bronx Library Center\, senior centers\, weddings and private parties. Their stellar performances\, however\, are best enjoyed at NYC’s finest clubs\, restaurants and casino’s such as: Havana Central\, Subrosa\, Sounds of Brazil (SOB)\, Gonzales y Gonzalez\, Empire City Yonkers Raceway and The World Resorts Casino where you can also dance to their enticing sounds.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/open-arts-les-sonido-costeno/
LOCATION:E 4th Street Open Street\, 70 E 4th St\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: The Bowery - A Pictorial History
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Bowery Alliance of Neighbors with Ottendorfer Library\nAn Illustrated talk with author David Mulkins \nNative American trail\, Dutch farm road\, free Black homesteads\, and Washington’s march route during the\nBritish evacuation\, Bowery became the main street of immigrants & the working class. NYC’s 1st entertainment\ndistrict\, it has seminal links to tap dance\, vaudeville\, Yiddish theater\, Stephen Foster\, Irving Berlin\, Harry\nHoudini\, and modern tattooing. It later became an iconic skid row\, but reemerged and helped foster Abstract\nExpressionism\, Beat literature\, Free Jazz\, and punk rock. \nSpecial guests: Ramona Baker (ragtime pianist) \nFor Adults 18+
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/book-talk-the-bowery-a-pictorial-history/
LOCATION:Ottendorfer Library\, 135 2nd Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Squat or Rot + How to Squash a Squat w/ Franck Lazare and Special Guest
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\nMoRUS will be screening films about taking over abandoned buildings\, fixing them up\, and turning them into communal housing in the Lower East Side. After each showing\, there will be a discussion and Q&A with special guests! More info to come! \nDOORS at 6pm every THURSDAY April 23rd till May 28th 2026\nLocation: 155 Loisaida Ave NY NY 10009 \nFILM SCHEDULE:\n4.23…El Corazon de Loisaida + Viva Loisaida w/ Special Guests\n4.30…Your House is Mine + Survival Without Rent w/ Elana Heiserman\, Katie Meyers\, and Caroline McCaughey\n5.7…Squat or Rot + How to Squash a Squat w/ Franck Lazare and Special Guest\n5.14…Take Over + Whose Neighborhood is it Anyway? w/ Peter Kinoy\n5.21…Squatters: A NYC Documentary w/ Catalina Santamaria\n5.28…Tompkins Square Riot Footage w/ Clayton Patterson
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/film-screening-squat-or-rot-how-to-squash-a-squat-w-franck-lazare-and-special-guest/
LOCATION:Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\, 155 Avenue C\, New York\, NY\, 10009
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lower East Side History Month
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