Organized by the Museum at Eldridge Street Stroll through the neighborhood’s 100-year-old history! A century ago, the Lower East Side saw unparalleled growth as waves of immigrants settled, prayed, played, worked, shopped, and attended school in this neighborhood as they built their new lives in a new land. Today, there are signs of the past […]
Organized by Close Friends Collective with Henry Street Settlement Join us as we spend the 2026 season remixing our walking tours of the Lower East Side and the East Village! On our first tour offering this season, we will look at many influential queer artist/activists of the late 20th century on the Lower East Side […]
Organized by Mencius Society for the Arts with Grand Street Settlement DISCOVER LIFELONG PRACTICE IN MUSICAL ARTS ON THE LES! – LISTEN IN – SING ALONG – LEARN – CONNECT Get a Tour and get into the action: Students practice Chinese opera stagecraft under the tutelage of professional artists; see if you can read the […]
Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space The 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. After a financial crisis that […]
Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space MoRUS will be screening films about squatting in the Lower East Side. After each showing, there will be a discussion and Q&A with special guests! More info to come! DOORS at 6pm every THURSDAY April 23rd till May 28th 2026 Location: 155 Loisaida Ave NY NY 10009 […]
Organized by Museum at Eldridge Street Pickpockets, extortionists, armed robbers, bootleggers, gamblers, and hitmen cropped up not only in the Five Points neighborhood but also in the growing Jewish Lower East Side. Join us as we take to the streets and learn the story of organized crime in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries […]
Organized by 6th & B Garden Tell your unique East Village story on a page of real paper typed on our vintage typewriters! Readings by local poets and writers start at 4pm. Raindate will be on May 31st, stay tuned for announcements, as needed.
Organized by The Ukrainian Museum Discover the soul of Little Ukraine! Join us for a captivating stroll through one of the most culturally rich pockets of New York’s East Village. The vibrant neighborhood known as Little Ukraine was once home to 60,000 inhabitants of Ukrainian heritage after WWII, and it still pulses with history, flavor, […]
Organized by FABnyc with Performance Project @ University Settlement and City Councilmember Christopher Marte, The Clemente, City Lore, Chinese Progressive Association, Sara Roosevelt Park Community Coalition, Sara D Roosevelt Park Alliance, Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement, Tenement Museum, LES Yearbook, and M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden! Join us for an outdoor closing celebration of Lower […]
Organized by Anthology Film Archives in partnership with Soft Network/AFELL and Noble Gas Media Bruce Conner THE WHITE ROSE 1967, 7 min, 35mm A work born of Bruce Conner’s profound friendship with artist Jay DeFeo, THE WHITE ROSE captures the 1965 removal, from her first-floor San Francisco apartment, of DeFeo’s eponymous painting, a monumental work […]