Arts

An interesting photo and video show -- inspired by The Artist's Way -- is currently running at Filmshop House 2025, which is one of the organizations in residence in the houses on Governors Island this summer. The show, titled "Artists' Ways," curated by filmmaker...

Ali Rosa-Salas is a curator whose approach is rooted in the belief that curatorial practice must serve the public good. She talked with host Traven Rice about the history of the Abrons Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement and...

Lower East Side artist and activist Laura Nova spoke with The Lo-Down Culture Cast host Traven Rice about creating inter-generational projects with a wide array of people from the Lower East Side neighborhood. Nova is an artist, educator, and...

On the latest episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast, photographer Whitney Browne talks with Host Traven Rice about her debut Book, "Candy Store - A Behind-the-Counter Look at Ray’s Candy Store, One of NYC’s Most Beloved Sweets Slinging Stalwarts."...

Summer isn’t just a season. It’s a launchpad for the wildest adventures and the best memories. At the Y, every splash is a thrill, every moment a story, and every friendship a bond to last a lifetime. It’s a...

The Lower East Side Film Festival returns to the neighborhood for it's 15th year on Thursday, May 1st - Monday, May 5th. Touting "5 Days of Cinema, Culture and Chaos in the Lower East Side," this year's jury members...

This year's Lillian Wald Symposium at Abrons Playhouse Theater will focus on a question we've all been asking for a while now - "Can artists survive in New York City?" As the costs of living here keep going up,...

Host Traven Rice talked with Immanual Oni and Debra Jeffreys-Glass about the Chrystie Street African Burial Ground's new memorial installation, HALO. The work is located at the entrance to the M'Finda Kalunga Garden, on Rivington Street, between Forsythe and...

Our friends at Arts For Art have been curating a weekly experimental/free-jazz concert series every Wednesday called Free Dimension. They write, "It is a unique, underground scene taking place at the NuBlu Classic in alphabet city. We hope to further create...

Host Traven Rice spoke with Lower East Side artist Marja Samsom. Samsom is an international artist and filmmaker, whose work confronts and exposes cultural issues with elegant wit. Poised within 1970’s international avant-garde, her early works are experiments in...