Arts

@petethestreet1 artist Peter Brown, aka “Pete the Street,” was painting at Essex and Canal this morning, prepping for a solo show coming soon. Send us your neighborhood photos: tips@thelodownny.com

Host Traven Rice spoke with founder Mark DeGarmo of Mark DeGarmo Dance, who has been based on the Lower East Side for over 30 years. https://youtu.be/-AVpJxpAFdA?si=hh1pkJp42a54r9ml As an artist and scholar, his work investigates embodied imagination, improvisational composition, and nonverbal/non-discursive ways...

Host Traven Rice talks with director Miriam Wasmund and performer Liz Dutton about "Your Faithful Reader," an experiential theater performance that merges the worlds of acting and dance with real letters. Miriam Wasmund is an Alvin Ailey trained dancer living...

Chinese New Year is upon us! The Lunar New Year Firecracker Ceremony takes place today in Sara D. Roosevelt Park from 11am-4pm. The official Lunar New Year Parade and Festival takes place Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 1:00pm. Celebratory...

In this week's episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast, Lower East Side NYC podcast host Traven Rice interviews Filmmaker Stuart Ginsberg about his new film "It’s A to Z: The Art of Arleen Schloss." Schloss was a downtown performance...

The W.O.W. Project is continuing its partnership with Abrons Arts Center with their annual Lunar New Year celebration supporting local businesses in Chinatown. Beginning on January 11 and while supplies last, patrons who spend $35 or more at...

photo courtesy of Bob Krasner Host Traven Rice spoke with Gary Guarinello, founder of Catalyst Records in Essex Market, for this episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. Gary is a drummer and a music lover who is also a former...

Host Traven Rice spoke with author Dan Slater about his new book, "The Incorruptibles - A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld," which focuses on the true stories of the Lower East...

A guest-curated program of short films by local filmmakers will be featured at the Metrograph theater on Sunday, Nov. 10th at 4pm. The lineup is presented by local arts group 10002 ARTS and features films by Coleen Fitzgibbon, Janene...

Fashion icon Patricia Field has moved her shop to 211 East Broadway. The new brick and mortar space was celebrated with a grand opening party last week. Patricia Field might be best known for styling the clothing on Sex and...