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 Seniors at the Educational Alliance's Whittacker Center light a menorah. As we mentioned this morning, Hanukkah begins at sundown tonight. Here are a few events happening on the Lower East Side in connection with the Festival of Lights. Continue reading Hanukkah on the Lower East Side (Updated 4:37 p.m.)  
 Video game guru Dave Gilbert with his wife, Janet. The following article was written by Patrick Hickey, Jr. of the web site Review Fix: As a video game designer, East Village-native Dave Gilbert creates brand new worlds, full of weird and interesting characters. He prefers to keep them on his doorstep. The founder of Wadjet Eye Games, Gilbert and his wife Janet, earn a living making games based on their neighborhood. “You write what you know,” David said. Continue reading East Village Video Game Designer Draws on Neightborhood For Inspiration
 Pell Street, Chinatown. Cloudy with a high of 45 today. We’re expecting rain tomorrow. Happy Hanukkah! The Jewish Festival of Lights begins at sundown tonight.
 255 East Houston Street. According to Crain’s bids are due tomorrow for an L-shaped parcel at East Houston and Suffolk streets which is apparently envisioned as the site of a new rental building. The property has two addresses: 255 East Houston and 171 Suffolk Street. Continue reading New Rental Building Envisioned at 255 East Houston Street
 Paul Nasrani at Fine Fare on Clinton Street. As the temperature dipped into the 20′s this past weekend, ice cream might not have been the first thing on your mind. But Paul Nasrani thinks about ice cream all year long. As the founder of Adirondack Creamery, an all-natural, independent ice cream company based in Kingston, NY, it goes with the territory. Recently we stopped by Paul’s apartment in the Seward Park Cooperative on Grand Street to find out how things are going in the premium ice cream business. Continue reading Checking in With a Lower East Side Ice Cream Entrepreneur
On Saturday, it was the fifth annual “East Meets West” Christmas Parade in Little Italy and Chinatown. There were five floats; marching bands from the Boy Scouts of America, the NYPD Emerald Society and Little Italy’s own Red Mike Festival Band; Chinese Lion and Dragon Dance troupes; pop singers, including Jenna Esposito and marching groups from local community organizations; and, of course, Santa Claus. Valarie D’Elia, contributor to NY1, and New York City Comptroller John Liu were the grand marshals. Click through for more photos. Continue reading Scenes From Saturday’s “East Meets West” Christmas Parade
 Timothy Wong on Hester St. between Ludlow and Orchard. Photo by thelodownny.com.
What do you do? I am the Founder and Managing Partner of M&M Environmental. We are an eco-friendly indoor air quality testing and pest management company. We have been located at the same storefront at 32 Orchard St. between Canal and Hester streets for over 10 years and have seen huge changes to the neighborhood and the community, especially over the past 5 years. How long have you lived on the LES? I grew up on the Lower East Side, on Eldridge St. specifically, and have lived and worked here for over 35 years. In fact, I am the proud graduate of PS 42 Elementary School along with all of my siblings. Many of their children are now actually students there which blows my mind!
By Traven Rice in Featured, Food, My LES on December 19, 2011 9:24 am |
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 Photo by Roey Ahram. After a blast of cold air over the weekend, we’ll see some warming today. Mostly sunny skies and a high of 47. The temps will hover in the mid-40′s and 50′s all week.
 Joe McKay, UFO #7, digital c-print mounted on aluminum - featured in “Tricked: An Exhibition of Special Effects” at culturefix Our friends at culturefix are hosting a special gallery opening reception tonight for their show, “Tricked: An Exhibition of Special Effects.” It’s the last show that will be produced by their gallery director, Lia Woertendyke. They write: “Lia has curated the majority of our past shows and has helped produce nearly all of them. In addition, she has helped build our business from the ground up. Culturefix invites you to celebrate Lia’s last exhibition here and encourages you to show your support for a person who has played an integral roll in developing culturefix’s gallery.” Continue reading “Tricked: An Exhibition of Special Effects” Opens at Culturefix
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 Su Zhen Chen, Danny Chen's mother. Hundreds of community activists and concerned residents marched from the Army recruiting office at 143 Chambers Street to Columbus Park last night, asking one question: “what happened to Danny Chen?” It has been two-and-a-half months since the 19-year old private – who grew up on the Lower East Side – was found dead at a military base in Afghanistan. The tragedy has struck a nerve in Chinatown, where reports that the young man was tormented, beaten and subjected to anti-Asian slurs have understandably caused great alarm. The rally was planned by the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), which has been leading a coordinated campaign not only to pressure the Pentagon to conduct a fair and thorough investigation, but also to address anti-Asian bigotry in the Armed Forces. A number of elected officials spoke last night, demanding justice. Chen’s mother, Su Zhen Chen, stood at their side, holding a framed photo of her son and occasionally weeping. Continue reading Protesters Demand Justice For Danny Chen
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