Arts

This week on The Lo-Down Culture Cast we spoke with artist Bonnie Lucas, who currently has a show at the gallery Trotter&Sholer on Suffolk Street. Bonnie has been creating intricate assemblages, collages, drawings and paintings that deconstruct the cliches...

The Fifth Annual New Colossus Festival, a five-day indie music festival that started in 2019, takes place at multiple local music venues from March 6-10, 2024. Arlene's Grocery hosts the kickoff party on March 6 with Radio Free Brooklyn,...

By J. Scott Orr They appear as apparitions from some long-ago, black-and-white past, but the downtown scenesters featured in these tenebrous four-minute-long moving pictures seem somehow eternal, frozen in time, like living portraits. Here’s the young Edie Sedgewick in all her...

Kicking off our next series of interviews with culture changers in downtown New York is our conversation with gallery Founder and Director Hannah Traore. She's an up and comer in the NY art and fashion scene who's been widely...

Here are some upcoming events that are on our radar: Max Fish hosts a Flea Market Sale in the Basement of @bacaronyc on Monday Feb.19th from 4pm-8pm . They are selling some new sweatshirts designed by @alex_garner__ and @alainlevittphotography and includes "good friends selling Clothing, Homeware,...

This story was reported by contributor Kari Jensen. New York Fashion Week drew photographers, designers, models, stylists and others to the Lower East Side, Chinatown, and nearby neighborhoods last week. Art Hearts Fashion held runway shows at Angel Orensanz Foundation on...

The 26th Annual Lunar New Year Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival kick's off Manhattan Chinatown's Lunar New Year events Saturday, Saturday, February 10, 2024 from 11am – 3:30pm. The free event includes a firecracker lighting ceremony with Chinese dance, culture,...

Here are some upcoming events that are on our radar: Museum at Eldridge Street hosts a book talk and signing with acclaimed author Daniel Schulman for his new book, The Monday Kings, on Wednesday, February 7th at 6pm. Focusing on Jewish...

By J. Scott Orr The latest fashion venture from actor and humanitarian Angelina Jolie made its Lower East Side debut on Dec. 4. Early reviews are mixed. Investing some $60,000 per month in rent, and more in renovation costs, Jolie has...

Here are some suggestions for upcoming events that are on our radar: The First Annual OUT Music Festival debuts on Monday, January 29th at 7:00pm and runs through February 4th at Theater For the New City.Co-Presented by FourOneOne and Arts...