• Radical History Walking Tour

    Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space 155 Avenue C, New York, NY

    Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 3:00-5:00PM | $25/person | No reservations needed! Meet @ The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – 155 Ave C, 9th & 10th St Tours need three people to run – and almost always do. Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space organic historian Bill Weinberg reveals the stories behind squats, gardens, riots, […]

    $25
  • Cultural History of the Lower East Side – Curated Walking Tour with James Fuentes

    Abrons Arts Center 466 Grand Street, New York, NY

    Organized by Abrons Arts Center To celebrate Henry Street Settlement’s partnership with Independent – now newly situated at Pier 36 on the Lower East Side – we are pleased to present a free walking tour, curated and led by gallerist James Fuentes. Taking place two days ahead of the inaugural Gala Preview, the tour explores […]

    Free
  • “Our Stories, Our Space” Reception

    Manny Cantor Center 197 Broadway, New York, NY

    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 […]

    Free
  • Film Screening: Take Over + Whose Neighborhood is it Anyway? w/ Peter Kinoy

    Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space 155 Avenue C, New York, NY

    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 […]

    Free
  • Tigers on a Tightrope: Around the World in 50 years!

    Downtown Art 70 E 4th Street, New York, NY, United States

    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, […]

    Free
  • Walking Tour: Jewish Lower East Side

    12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY

    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 […]

    $25
  • Community Quilt

    Relative Arts 367 E 10th Street, New York, NY

    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 […]

    Free
  • Walking Tour: Foods of the LES

    103 Orchard Street 103 Orchard Street, New York, NY

    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 […]

    $55
  • Walking Tour: The Jewish Gangsters of Lower Manhattan

    Ottendorfer Library 135 2nd Avenue, New York, NY

    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 […]

    $25
  • The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space: Preserving Lower East Side Squatting & Environmental Activism History

    Tompkins Square Library 331 E 10th Street, New York, NY

    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 […]

    Free