Organized by Lower East Side Preservation Initiative May 13 – LESPI’s Community Meeting: “What Makes a NYC Landmark?” How does the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) decide what to landmark, what not to landmark, and how to prioritize their work? How much should a building’s historic architecture versus cultural history weigh in the decision? Should […]
Organized by Manny Cantor Center Educational 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. This milestone year continues the celebration of creativity, expression, and connection through the arts. Our […]
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 In anticipation of the Museum at Eldridge Street’s 25th Annual Egg Rolls, Egg Creams, & Empanadas Street Festival on June 21, join multimedia journalist Aaron Reiss and Dr. Agnieszka (Agi) Legutko, Director of the Yiddish Language Program at Columbia University, on Thursday, May 14th at 6pm Eastern Time on Zoom to […]
Organized by Bond Street Theatre Join us for an immersive hour celebrating 50 years of Bond Street Theatre’s global impact through a vibrant mix of stories, images, and video. As part of Lower East Side History Month, this event highlights the company’s deep roots in New York City alongside its remarkable theatre projects in Afghanistan, […]
Organized by 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 hidden […]
Organized by Relative Arts with Catalyst Join us at Relative Arts (367 E 10th St NY NY 10009) for Lower East Side History Month and take part in a collective quilt-making project. On May 15th anytime from 12–6pm, participants are invited to drop by and design a quilt square that will become part of a […]
Organized by The Tenement Museum Get 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 […]
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 Tompkins Square Library (NYPL) with the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) Please join us for an inside look at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS), including a slide talk at the Tompkins Square Library, followed by a visit to MoRUS, where a guided tour will be provided. 12:00 PM to 1:00 […]