This Sunday will be the last of Arts for Art's "In Gardens" concert and poetry series for the season. Musicians will play at First Street Garden on 1st street between 1st avenue and 2nd avenue. The Concerts are free,...
Steve Herrick, executive director of the Cooper Square Committee, passed along info about the organization's big gala coming up Monday night:
The Cooper Square Committee, a non-profit tenants rights and housing preservation organization, is holding our 51st Anniversary Fundraising Gala...
Across the city on Saturday, residents who care about open space will be celebrating "It's My Park Day." Â In our neighborhood, the Friends of Gulick Park have all kinds of fun activities planned, including pumpkin painting, bulb planting...
This afternoon, the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. will be holding a public meeting to solicit input about a $200 million pot of federal money to be dispersed in the months ahead. Today's event takes place in the Assembly Hearing...
This past weekend, we stopped by Marco Polo Day, a celebration of our neighborhood's Chinese and Italian communities. Held on Grand Street, the event is sponsored by the Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, which spearheaded the designation of the Chinatown-Little...
Our friends at The Two Bridges Neighborhood Council will be hosting the second annual "Marco Polo Day" on Saturday. The occasion is a celebration of the co-existence of two communities, Chinatown & Little Italy, which was inagurated last year...
Councilmember Margaret Chin honored the First Chinese Presbyterian Church yesterday, as it officially turned 100 years old, with a City Council Proclamation. Chin was at the historic Birthday Party earlier this summer (along with The New York Times, which...
Hester Street Collaborative is an organization that believes in improving public spaces in our neighborhood any way it can. Yesterday leaders of the LES non-profit gathered with city officials and four talented artists to unveil "Mall-terations," a temporary exhibition...
We just returned from the Allen Street pedestrian malls, where the Hester Street Collaborative unveiled "Mall-terations," a temporary art exhibition. Pictured: (L-R) artist Marcelo Ertorteguy, artist Mateo Pinto, artist Carolina Cisneros, Dylan House of the Hester Street Collaborative and...
The Grand Street Settlement is holding their "fall rock fundraiser" on Thursday evening at Think Coffee. This is their second year hosting the event and they have added musicians David Rogue and Jimmy McDonald to the bill. One hundred...
