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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for "Art-Work: Balance"
DESCRIPTION:Organized by ABC No Rio with The Clemente\nArt-Work: Balance \nOn View:  May 29 – July 12\, 2026 \nWhere: 4th Floor @ The Clemente \nOrganized by: ABC No Rio \nOpening Reception: Friday\, May 29 @ 6-8pm \nCurator: Arthur Polendo \nParticipating Artists: To be announced soon! \nArt-Work: Balance explores the often invisible tension between creative practice and the jobs artists take on to support their practice. Featuring works across mediums\, the exhibition reveals how labor outside the studio—whether inspiring\, exhausting\, or intrusive—shapes the artist’s identity\, process\, and output. The pieces do not directly depict these jobs but instead respond to the lived reality of navigating survival and self-expression. This exhibition invites viewers to consider the cost\, resilience\, and ingenuity behind sustaining an artistic life. \n— \nThe LES has a long history of labor movements\, union organizing\, sweat equity\, and arts work.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/opening-reception-for-art-work-balance/
LOCATION:The Clemente\, 107 Suffolk Street\, New YOrk\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Lower East Side History Month
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SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening: The Gates of Tompkins
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\nThe Gates of Tompkins exhibit\, which is at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space in NYC\, will open on Thursday\, May 28th at 4:00pm. It will be open to the public weekly on Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday from 12-5pm until June 21st. \nAfter a financial crisis that affected New York City in the 70s and 80s \, Lower East Side residents took back their neighborhood\, fixed up buildings\, and reclaimed the gardens\, creating a sustainable\, community way of life. Tompkins Square Park became an amazing example of the community’s vibrance\, cultivating music\, art\, and theater. However\, once the city returned to a stronger financial position\, authorities sought to take back community housing\, gardens\, and this new sustainable way of life and undermine these community-based projects. The neighborhood residents put up a fight to stop the gentrification\, and Tompkins Square Park became a battleground. A protest encampment was established in the park\, and what is known as the Tompkins Square Park Riots went on for several years. Eventually\, after using a lot of violence\, the city closed the park in 1991 and destroyed the bandshell. When they reopened the park\, it was re-designed in a way that discouraged the free exchange of art\, music\, and public assembly. It has been that way ever since–fences everywhere you look. With this Redesign initiative\, we hope to be able to put pressure on the Parks Department to re-design it in a way that maximizes community engagement and brings back the creative spirit of the neighborhood.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/exhibit-opening-the-gates-of-tompkins/
LOCATION:Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\, 155 Avenue C\, New York\, NY\, 10009
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Lower East Side History Month
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260520T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260520T200000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: L.E.S. Festival of the Arts Exhibit 2026: Courage In The Arts\, A Vote Against Tyranny
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Art Loisaida Foundation with Theater for the New City\nTHEATER FOR THE NEW CITY\nCrystal Field\, Executive Director\nPresents: L.E.S.\nLower East Side Festival of the Arts Exhibit\nTNC Gallery May 20 – June 21\, 2026\nOpening Reception May 20\, 5 – 8pm at TNC Gallery\nCarolyn Ratcliffe\, Curator
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/opening-reception-l-e-s-festival-of-the-arts-exhibit-2026-courage-in-the-arts-a-vote-against-tyranny/
LOCATION:Theater for the New City\, 155 1st Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Lower East Side History Month
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260514T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260514T143000
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SUMMARY:"Our Stories\, Our Space" Reception
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Manny Cantor Center\nEducational Alliance invites you to experience the vibrant creativity and cultural contributions of older New Yorkers during the 5th Annual CelebratEArts Festival\, a month-long arts festival held in May in honor of Older Americans Month. \nThis milestone year continues the celebration of creativity\, expression\, and connection through the arts. Our theme\, The Power of Belonging\, invites reflection on lived experience\, creative process\, and the stories that connect us. \nThe festival brings together five Educational Alliance sites\, including the 14th Street Y\, Co-Op Village NORC\, Sirovich Center for Balanced Living\, Weinberg Center for Balanced Living\, and Project ORE. Throughout the month\, you can enjoy a diverse array of gallery exhibitions\, performances\, ceramic and craft sales\, and intergenerational programs. \nCelebratEArts provides a dynamic platform for older adults to share their art\, express themselves\, and connect with community. \n\nOUR STORIES\, OUR SPACE\nManny Cantor Center\, Jewish Communal Fund Gallery (Lobby)\n& Rubenstein Gallery (M Level)\nMonday – Friday | 6:30 AM – 9:00 PM\nSaturday – Sunday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM \nAn exhibition highlighting artwork created by members of the Weinberg Center and Co-op Village NORC. The collection features a wide range of artistic expression\, including origami\, watercolor\, acrylic\, drawing\, Chinese beading\, handbuilding\, knitting\, collage\, ink blot\, poetry\, art therapy\, AI music\, and more. Created by artists aging in place\, these works reflect lived experience\, ongoing creativity\, and the spaces we shape—and are shaped by—through art and community. \nMCC GALLERY RECEPTION\nThursday\, May 14 | 1:30 – 2:30 PM\nManny Cantor Center\, Rubenstein Gallery (M Level) \nJoin us for the Our Stories\, Our Space Gallery Reception\, where you can engage with the artists\, explore their work\, and enjoy light refreshments. Celebrate the creativity\, lived experience\, and artistic expression reflected in each piece.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/our-stories-our-space-reception/
LOCATION:Manny Cantor Center\, 197 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Lower East Side History Month
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SUMMARY:Archives in Motion
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the New School with Performance Project @ University Settlement\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nArchives in Motion is a site-specific performance created in partnership with University Settlement and staged in their historic gymnasium—one of the first basketball courts in the United States. \nLed by faculty member Irina Kruzhilina\, the project brings together students from The New School to engage with the physical\, historical\, and social layers of the site. Drawing from materials found in the University Settlement archives\, the performance emerges through a process of research\, improvisation\, and collective creation. \nFounded in 1886\, University Settlement is the first settlement house in the United States and remains one of New York City’s largest social-service and community-support organizations. \nArchives in Motion explores how meaning is constructed from archival fragments—what archives preserve and what they leave out. Rather than presenting a complete narrative\, the work stages the act of reading\, assembling\, and interpreting archival materials\, bringing them into the present through the bodies and voices of performers in the very space where these histories unfolded. The result is a performance that activates the archive in real time\, placing past and present\, document and body\, in dialogue. \nThe project also carries a historical connection to The New School: David Mannes\, founder of the Mannes School of Music\, once taught at the Settlement. A record recently uncovered in the archives notes\,“There is a string quartet class every Thursday evening in charge of Mr. David Mannes.” \n  \n*Site-specific projects are an immersive activation of the chosen space and how students engage with and respond to it. \n \nThe project includes an audio walking tour through the stairwells. Some areas of the space can only be reached by stairs and are therefore not wheelchair accessible. \n \nTo experience this immersive event\, you will need: \n–A smartphone with the ability to scan a QR code for the moving audio tour \n–Earphones/headphones to connect to your phone \n–Willingness to walk several flights of stairs and stand for an extended period of time \n   \n*Please note\, the Friday evening showing is the final dress rehearsal/preview. \n  \nABOUT SITE SPECIFIC PROJECTS \nSite Specific provides students with a practical appreciation of the processes and methodologies associated with the development\, rehearsal\, and production of site-based performances. Students engage in performative activities in response to the physical\, historical\, and social layers of the chosen site\, as well as various thematic\, textual\, and visual sources. These responses form the basis of improvisational\, visual\, and multimedia content for a devised site-based performance. While faculty provide overarching themes\, creative prompts\, artistic provocations\, and technical guidance\, students take primary responsibility for creating and executing the performance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by the College of Performing Arts at The New School.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/archives-in-motion-3/
LOCATION:Performance Project @ University Settlement\, 184 Eldridge Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Lower East Side History Month,Performance
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SUMMARY:Archives in Motion
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the New School with Performance Project @ University Settlement\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArchives in Motion is a site-specific performance created in partnership with University Settlement and staged in their historic gymnasium—one of the first basketball courts in the United States. \nLed by faculty member Irina Kruzhilina\, the project brings together students from The New School to engage with the physical\, historical\, and social layers of the site. Drawing from materials found in the University Settlement archives\, the performance emerges through a process of research\, improvisation\, and collective creation. \nFounded in 1886\, University Settlement is the first settlement house in the United States and remains one of New York City’s largest social-service and community-support organizations. \nArchives in Motion explores how meaning is constructed from archival fragments—what archives preserve and what they leave out. Rather than presenting a complete narrative\, the work stages the act of reading\, assembling\, and interpreting archival materials\, bringing them into the present through the bodies and voices of performers in the very space where these histories unfolded. The result is a performance that activates the archive in real time\, placing past and present\, document and body\, in dialogue. \nThe project also carries a historical connection to The New School: David Mannes\, founder of the Mannes School of Music\, once taught at the Settlement. A record recently uncovered in the archives notes\,“There is a string quartet class every Thursday evening in charge of Mr. David Mannes.” \n  \n*Site-specific projects are an immersive activation of the chosen space and how students engage with and respond to it. \n \nThe project includes an audio walking tour through the stairwells. Some areas of the space can only be reached by stairs and are therefore not wheelchair accessible. \n \nTo experience this immersive event\, you will need: \n–A smartphone with the ability to scan a QR code for the moving audio tour \n–Earphones/headphones to connect to your phone \n–Willingness to walk several flights of stairs and stand for an extended period of time \n   \n*Please note\, the Friday evening showing is the final dress rehearsal/preview. \n  \nABOUT SITE SPECIFIC PROJECTS \nSite Specific provides students with a practical appreciation of the processes and methodologies associated with the development\, rehearsal\, and production of site-based performances. Students engage in performative activities in response to the physical\, historical\, and social layers of the chosen site\, as well as various thematic\, textual\, and visual sources. These responses form the basis of improvisational\, visual\, and multimedia content for a devised site-based performance. While faculty provide overarching themes\, creative prompts\, artistic provocations\, and technical guidance\, students take primary responsibility for creating and executing the performance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by the College of Performing Arts at The New School.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/archives-in-motion-2/
LOCATION:Performance Project @ University Settlement\, 184 Eldridge Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Lower East Side History Month,Performance
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SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening: Brick and Stone - Landmarking our Lower East Side Heritage
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI) with The Clemente\nOn View:  May 1 – June 30 \nWhere: Banner Exhibition on the outdoor Clemente building fence\, on the corner of Rivington St. and Suffolk St\, New York\, NY 10002 \nOrganized by: Lower East Side Preservation Initiative — LESPI \nOpening Reception: Saturday\, May 2 @ 2-5pm \nTo celebrate our neighborhood’s extraordinary architecture and cultural history\, the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative will showcase 12 historic buildings in an outdoor exhibition. These include health facilities\, settlement houses\, financial and religious institutions\, firehouses and schools. LESPI is working to designate these buildings as NYC landmarks\, to ensure they remain tangible links to our community’s rich past and survive for a vibrant future. \nHosted by The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center. \nSupported in part by Council Member Christopher Marte.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/exhibit-opening-brick-and-stone-landmarking-our-lower-east-side-heritage/
LOCATION:The Clemente\, 107 Suffolk Street\, New YOrk\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Lower East Side History Month
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260501T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260501T210000
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SUMMARY:Archives in Motion
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the New School with Performance Project @ University Settlement\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nArchives in Motion is a site-specific performance created in partnership with University Settlement and staged in their historic gymnasium—one of the first basketball courts in the United States. \nLed by faculty member Irina Kruzhilina\, the project brings together students from The New School to engage with the physical\, historical\, and social layers of the site. Drawing from materials found in the University Settlement archives\, the performance emerges through a process of research\, improvisation\, and collective creation. \nFounded in 1886\, University Settlement is the first settlement house in the United States and remains one of New York City’s largest social-service and community-support organizations. \nArchives in Motion explores how meaning is constructed from archival fragments—what archives preserve and what they leave out. Rather than presenting a complete narrative\, the work stages the act of reading\, assembling\, and interpreting archival materials\, bringing them into the present through the bodies and voices of performers in the very space where these histories unfolded. The result is a performance that activates the archive in real time\, placing past and present\, document and body\, in dialogue. \nThe project also carries a historical connection to The New School: David Mannes\, founder of the Mannes School of Music\, once taught at the Settlement. A record recently uncovered in the archives notes\,“There is a string quartet class every Thursday evening in charge of Mr. David Mannes.” \n  \n*Site-specific projects are an immersive activation of the chosen space and how students engage with and respond to it. \n \nThe project includes an audio walking tour through the stairwells. Some areas of the space can only be reached by stairs and are therefore not wheelchair accessible. \n \nTo experience this immersive event\, you will need: \n–A smartphone with the ability to scan a QR code for the moving audio tour \n–Earphones/headphones to connect to your phone \n–Willingness to walk several flights of stairs and stand for an extended period of time \n   \n*Please note\, the Friday evening showing is the final dress rehearsal/preview. \n  \nABOUT SITE SPECIFIC PROJECTS \nSite Specific provides students with a practical appreciation of the processes and methodologies associated with the development\, rehearsal\, and production of site-based performances. Students engage in performative activities in response to the physical\, historical\, and social layers of the chosen site\, as well as various thematic\, textual\, and visual sources. These responses form the basis of improvisational\, visual\, and multimedia content for a devised site-based performance. While faculty provide overarching themes\, creative prompts\, artistic provocations\, and technical guidance\, students take primary responsibility for creating and executing the performance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by the College of Performing Arts at The New School.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/archives-in-motion/
LOCATION:Performance Project @ University Settlement\, 184 Eldridge Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Lower East Side History Month,Performance
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SUMMARY:CelebatratEArts 2026: 'Our Stories\, Our Space' Exhibit (May 1-31)
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Educational Alliance – Manny Cantor Center\nEducational Alliance invites you to experience the vibrant creativity and cultural contributions of older New Yorkers during the 5th Annual CelebratEArts Festival\, a month-long arts festival held in May in honor of Older Americans Month. \nThis milestone year continues the celebration of creativity\, expression\, and connection through the arts. Our theme\, The Power of Belonging\, invites reflection on lived experience\, creative process\, and the stories that connect us. \nThe festival brings together five Educational Alliance sites\, including the 14th Street Y\, Co-Op Village NORC\, Sirovich Center for Balanced Living\, Weinberg Center for Balanced Living\, and Project ORE. Throughout the month\, you can enjoy a diverse array of gallery exhibitions\, performances\, ceramic and craft sales\, and intergenerational programs. \nCelebratEArts provides a dynamic platform for older adults to share their art\, express themselves\, and connect with community. \n\nOUR STORIES\, OUR SPACE\nManny Cantor Center\, Jewish Communal Fund Gallery (Lobby)\n& Rubenstein Gallery (M Level)\nMonday – Friday | 6:30 AM – 9:00 PM\nSaturday – Sunday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM \nAn exhibition highlighting artwork created by members of the Weinberg Center and Co-op Village NORC. The collection features a wide range of artistic expression\, including origami\, watercolor\, acrylic\, drawing\, Chinese beading\, handbuilding\, knitting\, collage\, ink blot\, poetry\, art therapy\, AI music\, and more. Created by artists aging in place\, these works reflect lived experience\, ongoing creativity\, and the spaces we shape—and are shaped by—through art and community. \nMCC GALLERY RECEPTION\nThursday\, May 14 | 1:30 – 2:30 PM\nManny Cantor Center\, Rubenstein Gallery (M Level) \nJoin us for the Our Stories\, Our Space Gallery Reception\, where you can engage with the artists\, explore their work\, and enjoy light refreshments. Celebrate the creativity\, lived experience\, and artistic expression reflected in each piece.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/celebatratearts-2026-our-stories-our-space-exhibit/
LOCATION:Manny Cantor Center\, 197 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Lower East Side History Month
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