Health & Fitness

This Saturday, May 14, join the walk-a-thon to support the Lower East Side Girls Club. The 5K walk begins at the PS 20 playground (Houston and Essex). Registration, coffee and muffins are at 9 a.m.; the walk begins at 9:45....

LoHo Realty and the New York Blood Center are sponsoring a blood drive this afternoon. It will take place from 3-9 p.m. in the East River Co-op Community Room, 477 FDR Drive. The harsh winter weather forced the cancellation...

Sunday night, eight men and women will be inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Museum. One of the honorees has deep Lower East Side roots. Here's the scoop, via the blog, Kaplan's Corner: Growing up on the...

February 14 is the first day for Chinatown YMCA members to register their little ones for swim lessons and other youth classes (non-member registration begins Feb. 21). Swim lessons are offered for children ages  6 months to 12 years;  other youth...

There's still some time left to get outside and enjoy some gorgeous fall weather here on the Lower East Side -- before winter sets in.  If you like to work out outdoors, East River Park (which is oh, SO...