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The Lo-Down Culture Cast – Concrete Chronicles LIVE at City Lore

Host Traven Rice talked with legendary street photographers Martha Cooper and Clayton Patterson at a live recording of The Lo-Down Culture Cast at their exhibition, Concrete Chronicles, at City Lore. It was a full house at the City Lore gallery (56 E. 1st St.). The...

The Lo-Down Culture Cast – Pianist & Composer Grant Richards with Drummer Roberto Giaquinto

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...

The Lo-Down Culture Cast – Ali Rosa-Salas From Abrons Arts Center and Henry Street Settlement

Ali Rosa-Salas is a curator whose approach is rooted in the belief that curatorial practice must serve the public good. She talked with host Traven Rice about the history of the Abrons Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement and...
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The Lo-Down Culture Cast – Dora Grossman-Weir, General Manager and Wine Director at Tolo, Mitsuru and Sunn’s

Dora Grossman-Weir speaks with Culture Cast host Traven Rice about making wine fun and accessible at two new delicious spots in the neighborhood. https://youtu.be/OrGo2DBJvzs Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Dora Grossman-Weir is a hospitality professional with a focus on...

The Lo-Down Culture Cast – Public Artist Laura Nova

Lower East Side artist and activist Laura Nova spoke with The Lo-Down Culture Cast host Traven Rice about creating inter-generational projects with a wide array of people from the Lower East Side neighborhood. Nova is an artist, educator, and...

“Candy Store” a New Photo Book About Ray’s Candy Shop Celebrates 50 Years of Ray’s

On the latest episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast, photographer Whitney Browne talks with Host Traven Rice about her debut Book, "Candy Store - A Behind-the-Counter Look at Ray’s Candy Store, One of NYC’s Most Beloved Sweets Slinging Stalwarts."...
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The Lo-Down Culture Cast – Artist Immanuel Oni and Co-Chair of M’Finda Kalunga Garden Debra Jeffreys-Glass

Host Traven Rice talked with Immanual Oni and Debra Jeffreys-Glass about the Chrystie Street African Burial Ground's new memorial installation, HALO. The work is located at the entrance to the M'Finda Kalunga Garden, on Rivington Street, between Forsythe and...

The Lo-Down Culture Cast – Artist Marja Samsom

Host Traven Rice spoke with Lower East Side artist Marja Samsom. Samsom is an international artist and filmmaker, whose work confronts and exposes cultural issues with elegant wit. Poised within 1970’s international avant-garde, her early works are experiments in...

The Lo-Down Culture Cast – Mark DeGarmo Dance

Host Traven Rice spoke with founder Mark DeGarmo of Mark DeGarmo Dance, who has been based on the Lower East Side for over 30 years. https://youtu.be/-AVpJxpAFdA?si=hh1pkJp42a54r9ml As an artist and scholar, his work investigates embodied imagination, improvisational composition, and nonverbal/non-discursive ways...
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The Lo-Down Culture Cast – “Your Faithful Reader”

Host Traven Rice talks with director Miriam Wasmund and performer Liz Dutton about "Your Faithful Reader," an experiential theater performance that merges the worlds of acting and dance with real letters. Miriam Wasmund is an Alvin Ailey trained dancer living...

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