Our friends at Grand Street Settlement have asked us to help spread the
word about the SOUND Campaign. The campaign represents a coalition
formed to "Save Our Unfunded NYCHA Developments". There will be a "LES
Town Hall" rally this Thursday...
Governor David Paterson came to the Lower East Side last night, addressing 300 supporters of the Chinatown YMCA, at their 35th annual gala dinner. Paterson, along with YMCA executive Rena McGreevy and Tracey Chang, Miss New York 2009, were...
Students and friends from PS 110 gather for a drawing in hopes of winning a raffle prize.
Families from all over the LES community joined the parents and children at P.S. 110 on Sunday for their first Pajama Pancake...
Tonight's talk at the Tenement Museum features author Patrick Radden Keefe discussing his recent book, The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream. It's the story of Sister Ping, a grandmother with a noodle...
Now that Dixon Place is getting settled in it's new home on Christie Street, the company is reaching out to serve the community with more integrated
programs. They aim to house a professional Youth Theater
in Residence, as well as...
Parents from the Florence Nightingale School (P.S.110 at 285 Delancey Street) will be hosting a Pajama Pancake Breakfast tomorrow morning from 9am to 11am. Organizer Lauren Barack tells us they hope it will be a community event. They...
Yesterday, around 2pm, we stopped by to check out Chico's new mural on Houston and Avenue B (see here). A couple of hours later, he was all done. The Lower East Side's most prolific graffiti artist is back from...
Even by New York standards, it was a remarkable multi-cultural event. Last weekend, some of the city's most well known Chinese and Italian community leaders gathered in a banquet hall in Little Italy for a special celebration. The occasion...
The East Village band Mr. Gio will be performing at the benefit Grand Street Settlement LIVE! tomorrow night, starting at 7pm, at Think Coffee (248 Mercer Street). 100% of the proceeds will go directly to Grand Street Settlement's programs...
A few minutes ago we stopped by Houston Street and Avenue B to check on Chico's new mural. The legendary LES artist retired to Florida earlier this year. But, as EV Grieve reported...
