Our friends at the Museum at Eldridge Street are offering an interesting walking tour, "Yiddishe Mamas," that will focus on historic woman of the Lower East Side, this Sunday at 11am. They write:
Grab a woman you love or admire,...
Downtown City Councilwoman Margaret Chin is inviting constituents to join her at the City of Water Day Festival at Governors Island this coming Saturday. Members of Chin's staff will meet residents in front of the Manhattan Battery Maritime Building...
Did we mention there are some fantastic local prizes to be had at our LES Trivia Night tomorrow evening? Along with tasty snacks and great drink specials on hand, winners of each round of trivia will be treated to...
We are thrilled to be co-sponsoring a night of Lower East Side trivia with our friends at the Tenement Museum's Tenement Talks series.
The fun-filled night is also sponsored by Fontana's, where the event will take place at 6:30p on...
New York City Festival of Young Artists and Leaders is Saturday, June 11 from noon to 5pm. The free event is held on East 4th Street, between 2nd Avenue and Bowery. Over 200 artists ages 12 to 21 will...
There's plenty of local fun to be had this Memorial Day weekend - bike and picnic friendly Governors Island opens today, NYC beaches open tomorrow, and there are street festivals and fairs in the neighborhood all weekend long. A...
"Loisaida Avenue," between 13th Street and 6th Street, (also known as Avenue C) will be closed off on Sunday from noon - 5pm for the return of the annual Loisaida Festival and Carnival Celebration. The popular street fair is...
Post-Soviet conceptual artist, Yevgeniy Fiks (featured last year in our series, My LES) is bringing a special walking tour and performance piece to the Museum at Eldridge this Sunday at 2:00pm. "Red Kaddish Walking Tour" will traverse the neighborhood,...
Thanks to photographer Vivienne Gucwa for contributing some of our favorite pictures (below) from the Festival of Ideas for the New City street fair, which took over the neighborhood last Saturday. Jessica Dailey, at INHABITAT, sent along some links...
The Hester Street Fair kicked off its second season in stlye on Saturday, as over 11,000 visitors stopped by to sample the fantastic selection of food and hand-crafted/vintage goods, while enjoying the perfect spring weather. Our friend, (and a...
