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The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 9 – Orchard Street Runners Founder, Joe DiNoto

This week on The Lo-Down Culture Cast we spoke to Orchard Street Runners (OSR) Founder, Joe DiNoto.  DiNoto created a weekly running group in 2011 that has blossomed into an organization that is known globally for its creative, high intensity, late night...

At the Triangle Fire Memorial Dedication

Shalom Stavsky sent this photo along from the Dedication of the Triangle Fire Memorial last week. The memorial features horizontal stainless-steel plates on two sides of the building, at the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place, bearing the...

United Jewish Council of the East Side Presents “Secure Your Legacy” A Financial Protection Symposium (Sponsored)

NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Join us to learn how to financially protect yourself and your loved ones! Asset Protection, Pool Trusts, Elder Law, Insurance Enrollment, Long-Term Care Planning and More! RSVP and find more information by scanning the code...
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The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 6 – Eco Artists, Nonhuman Teachers

We spoke with the folks from Nonhuman Teachers, a nonprofit that takes a new approach to ecological storytelling, for this week’s episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. https://youtu.be/IH1cqDcArwA Executive Director Christian Cummings, Events Coordinator Joey Valley and Board Director Sandeep Rangi...

Lower East Side Arts & Culture Weekly Roundup

Here are some suggestions for upcoming events that are on our radar: Check out Fire Through Dry Grass, (photo above) a NY Premiere or the Best Feature Documentary Jury Award winner at BlackStar Film Festival 2023 screening at DCTV. The...

The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 5 – Yin Kong, Director and Co-Founder of Think!Chinatown

Yin Kong, photo by Katie Salisbury We were delighted to speak with Yin Kong, Director and Co-founder of Think!Chinatown for this week's episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. Yin is a community-based designer and curator living and working in Manhattan's Chinatown. Think!Chinatown is...
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Lower East Side Arts & Events Weekly Roundup

Here are some suggestions for upcoming events that are on our radar: Essex Market brings back its “Talk & Taste” series with an evening with Vanessa Mota and Annette Tomei on Wednesday, September 20th at 6:30pm. The night includes a...

Lower East Side Arts & Events Weekly Roundup

Photo: From Objects of Permanence, Center for Puerto Rican Studies Library & Archives, Hunter College, CUNY Here are some suggestions for upcoming events that are on our radar: Objects of Permanence, a special installation curated by Mellány Sánchez at Abrons Arts...

Announcing The Lo-Down Culture Cast

We're excited to announce the launch of our new podcast, The Lo-Down Culture Cast. The series will feature conversations with people who have been making positive contributions to cultural change in lower Manhattan. We'll be speaking with artists, musicians,...
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Lady Bug Release at M’Finda Kalunga Garden This Saturday

Always a fun event for the whole family, the "Critter Committee" at M'Finda Kalunga Garden will release hundreds of ladybugs into the garden on Saturday, August 19th from 1 - 3pm. The ladybugs love to eat aphids, which harm...
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It’s Feeling Like Winter on the Lower East Side

Thanks to Andrea DiFiore who sent along these photos from East River Park yesterday. She wrote: "I braved the...

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