Next Wednesday at the Museum at Eldridge Street, humorist and Emmy-award winning writer Randy Cohen will host a live taping and talk of Person Place Thing, his radio interview show.
Beginning on July 5, a series of 64 large scale placards will be installed at important addresses along the Bowery, celebrating the unique history of New York City's oldest thoroughfare.
The Museum at Eldridge Street (12 Eldridge St.) bring its beloved block party, the Egg Rolls, Egg Creams and Empanadas Festival, back this Sunday afternoon from noon to 4:00 p.m.
The festival on Eldridge Street (between Canal and Division Streets)...
On Sunday afternoon, June 19, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Museum at Eldridge Street will present its 16th annual Egg Rolls, Egg Creams & Empanadas Festival, a joyous celebration of the diverse ethnic communities of the Museum's Lower East Side neighborhood.
During the past few years, we've been following an innovative program at P.S. 126/Manhattan Academy of Technology on Catherine Street. Lower East Side Young Historians is a curriculum devised by teachers Alfonso Guerriero, Jr. and Christopher Piccigallo. It's meant to bring...
Our friends at the Museum at Eldridge Street are partnering with the Center For the Living City to present a yearlong commemorative lecture series dedicated to author and urban activist Jane Jacobs. They write:
This May 4, 2016 marks the...
This Sunday, May 1st, Lower East Side History Month kicks off with their annual LES STORIES: Community Chalking event. The volunteer collaboration is focused on making the neighborhood's stories and history visible to everyone. Participants are encouraged to choose...
For the third year in a row, the month of May will be officially dedicated to Lower East Side History. The list of local organizations participating in LES History Month is growing and new community events have been added.
Lo-Down reader Sara Krivisky sent us these photos after noticing how rundown the historic Jewish heritage mural at 232 East Broadway has become. The photos depict the planning and completion of the project in 1973.
