A fun and delicious new dining experience has popped up in the LES recently called WooBerg's. Co-founders Jenny Woo and Andy Berg are hosting tasting dinners focused on "inventive Jewish-Chinese fusion from the Lower East Side." They serve creative...
The 39th Annual Loisaida Festival, historically celebrated on the Sunday before Memorial Day, takes place this Sunday, May 24, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, spanning Avenue C / Loisaida Avenue from East 12th Street to East 5th Street.
Known as the Lower East...
On May 26th, Sure We Can and the Canal Street Research Association are holding a one-day, pop up redemption center at the Columbus Park Pavilion, where they will simulate the passage of the "Bigger Better Bottle Bill," and all...
HORT/CULTURE, the salon style "happenings" curated by Cactus Store and Nonhuman Teachers is back on the LES with their monthly live events at Nine Orchard. The Cactus Store is a landscape design studio based in LA, but the team...
A new exhibition featuring the works of New York architect Herman Jessor, who designed more than 40,000 units of cooperative housing around New York City, including the co-ops along Grand Street is opening tomorrow, March 19th, from 6p-8p, at...
Here's a special episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast, recorded live at Catalyst Records in Essex Market.
Pianist & composer Grant Richards and drummer Roberto Giaquinto joined host Traven Rice to talk about the hustle of being a jazz musician...
Story by Kari Jensen
The Lower East Side kicked off New York Fashion Week (NYFW) in high style recently with shows, pop-ups, after-parties, and more. This season (the Spring 2026 collections) featured top draws coming to the neighborhood, such as...
Chinatown Night Market, photo credit: Francis Wu
Think!Chinatown has announced it will end its “Chinatown Night Market” event series at Forsyth Plaza this Friday, August 15th from *:00 - 11:30pm. The summer series started in 2021 as a project for pandemic...
Our friends at the Lower East Side Film Festival are kicking off their summer Movies in the Park series with a screening of MISTRESS AMERICA at 8:30pm on Thursday, August 14, in Tompkins Square Park (Bandshell).
The screening celebrates the...
Stanton Street Synagogue (180 Stanton St.) is hosting a memorial event to honor workers who died in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on Saturday, March 22, at 12pm.
They write:
Please join us as the Lower East Side remembers...
