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SUMMARY:Radical History Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\nSATURDAYS & SUNDAYS\, 3:00-5:00PM | $25/person | No reservations needed!\nMeet @ The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – 155 Ave C\, 9th & 10th St\nTours need three people to run – and almost always do.\nMuseum of Reclaimed Urban Space organic historian Bill Weinberg reveals the stories behind squats\, gardens\, riots\, uprisings and more. From the Civil War Draft Riots of the 1860s — to the Young Lords\, Black Panthers\, hippies\, Yippies and Up Against the Wall Motherf*ckers of the 1960s — to the Tompkins Square anarchists of the ’80s — to the tree-hugging urban enviros of the ’90s to the neighborhood Earthies keeping the legacy alive today. Unlike other neighborhood tours\, we broaden beyond individual anecdotes to paint a strong historical\, academic\, and cultural big picture of the Lower East Side. \n\n\nFive things you will learn on the Lower East Side Radical History Tour that you probably didn’t know:\n1. The radical politics of the songwriter who penned the “Wizard of Oz” soundtrack.\n2. What building in the East Village links the Gershwin brothers\, the Black Panthers and Iggy Pop.\n3. What park in the East Village was the secret birthplace of both the Hare Krishna movement and Occupy Wall Street.\n4. How New York City’s recycling program began as an initiative of East Village community activists.\n5. Why the same area of the city has been variously known as Burnt Mill Point\, Drydock\, Little Germany\, Klein Deutschland\, the Lower East Side\, Loisaida\, the East Village and Alphabet City.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/radical-history-walking-tour-2/
LOCATION:Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\, 155 Avenue C\, New York\, NY\, 10009
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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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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SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Building on the LES
DESCRIPTION:Organized by The Tenement Museum\nJoin a Museum educator as they guide you on an outdoor walking tour of the Lower East Side to reveal the unique stories that buildings can tell. Over the neighborhood’s history\, many different communities have lived\, worked and played here––and just as many communities have had ideas about what the neighborhood’s buildings should look like. On this tour\, explore the changes in buildings before\, during and after the era of tenements\, and how the Lower East Side’s architecture mirrors debates across the city and country. \nAmong others\, stops on this tour include: \n\nThe 1950s utopian\, Modernist Seward Park Housing Cooperative\, an experiment in co-owned housing\nAn 1830s row house\, one of the oldest structures in the neighborhood\nAngel Orensanz Center\, a 19th Century synagogue repurposed as an art and performance space\n\nTicket Link: https://www.tenement.org/tour/w2-building-on-the-les/?tour_date=2026-05-02
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/building-on-the-les/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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SUMMARY:New York Marble Cemetery Open Gate Day
DESCRIPTION:Organized by New York Marble Cemetery\nThe New York Marble Cemetery\, established in 1830\, is the oldest public non-denominational cemetery in the city.\nThis small garden is hidden in the interior of the block\, accessible through two sets of iron gates\, via a 100-foot private alley.\nSurrounded by 12-foot Tuckahoe marble walls\, it is only partially visible from Second Avenue\nThere are no individual markers on the lawn; however\, marble plaques in the walls bear the names of the original owners.\nTheir 156 underground vaults (burial chambers) are sealed\, and information about 2\,000 deceased New Yorkers is detailed in the Cemetery’s records.\nThe Cemetery holds annual meetings for its current owners\, who are descendants of its original 19th Century-owners and can still be buried here.\nIt is located one block away from the similarly-named\, yet separate\, New York City Marble Cemetery\, (nycmc.org) on Second Street.\nDesignated as a New York City Landmark and also listed on the National Register of Historic Places\, the New York Marble Cemetery is a 501 (c) (13) nonprofit tax-exempt charity. \nLocated at 41 1/2 Second Avenue in New York’s Lower East Side\, the Cemetery is open at least once a month\, April through October.‍ \nThere is no shelter\, so if the weather is unpleasant\, please take a raincheck until the next month. \nOwners\, neighbors\, and researchers are all welcome. Walking tours and other large groups must make arrangements in advance.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/new-york-marble-cemetery-open-gate-day-2/
LOCATION:New York Marble Cemetery\, 41 1/2 2nd Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event
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SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Foods of the LES
DESCRIPTION:Organized by The Tenement Museum\nGet a taste of tenement history! Explore over 150 years of Lower East Side history through the stories of immigrant and migrant communities and the unique food cultures that defined life in the neighborhood. Together with a Museum Educator\, examine ways in which tenement residents both preserved and adapted the food traditions of their homelands\, and how generations of street vendors\, restaurateurs\, home cooks\, and grocers sustained communities while shaping wider ideas of American cuisine and identity. \nVisit 8 unique stops and try small tastings from local Lower East Side vendors! Tastings include: \n\nCafe Katja (pretzels & beer)\nPickle Guys (new pickle\, garlic stuffed olive\, pickled pineapple)\nEssex Olive and Spice (olive oils & balsamic vinaigrettes)\nLower East Side Ice Cream Factory (ice cream)\n\nAlongside tastings\, tour a modern public market with a surprisingly deep history in the neighborhood and learn about everything from Kleindeutschland\, NYC’s first non-English speaking community\, to how public schools in the Lower East Side became the front line in the battle to “Americanize” immigrant cuisine. \n*Currently\, discounts are only available to Museum members. \nTicket Link: https://www.tenement.org/tour/f1-foods-of-the-les/?tour_date=2026-05-01
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/foods-of-the-les/
LOCATION:103 Orchard Street\, 103 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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SUMMARY:May Day - Creative Labor Creative Conditions
DESCRIPTION:Organized by New York Theatre Workshop\n\nMAY DAY\nThis special event will run from\napproximately 12:30–2pm. \nImmediately following\, please\njoin us for a special watch party of: \nFALL OF FREEDOM\nin partnership with National Black Theatre\nand Lena Waithe. \n\n\n\nOn May 1\, 2026\, New York Theatre Workshop will lead a May Day public activation on the Lower East Side as part of the Creative Labor\, Creative Conditions initiative\, centering artistic labor through a neighborhood-wide celebration of the East 4th Street Cultural District. With support from the Doris Duke Foundation and additional support from the Arison Arts Foundation\, the project will culminate in a “walk the block” activation produced in partnership with corridor organizations\, bringing together artists\, cultural workers\, local business owners and residents in an open-air\, site-responsive experience. Participating artists include Flako Jimenez\, Muriel Borst-Tarrant\, Daniel Watts\, Nick Polonio\, Bruce Cohen and Resistance Revival Chorus. \nAcross the block\, 10–15 site-specific activations including performances\, open studios\, and guided experiences\, will be presented by partner organizations and independent artists. Organizations include La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club\, WOW Cafe\, Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company\, Rod Rodgers Dance Company and Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc). Additional elements include artist interviews accessible via QR code and community-based artmaking\, extending engagement beyond live performance. \nGrounded in Creative Labor\, Creative Conditions\, the activation recognizes the cultural district as civic infrastructure\, a dense ecosystem of small and mid-sized arts and community organizations whose continued presence reflects decades of creative collaboration and organizing. By compensating participating artists and framing the gathering as both symbolic and practical civic infrastructure\, the event makes visible the interdependence required for creative work to endure. \nThroughout the day\, Doris Duke will travel in an “arts crawl” from Times Square to Governors Island to the East Village to the Upper West Side and conclude in Harlem\, celebrating artists and cultural workers across New York City. \nAfter walking the block\, join us for Fall of Freedom!
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/may-day-creative-labor-creative-conditions/
LOCATION:E 4th Street Cultural District\, E 4th Street btwn 2nd Ave & Bowery
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event
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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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