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The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 8 – Photographer Whitney Browne

This week's episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast features Whitney Browne, an experimental and commercial photographer whose work explores themes of movement and gesture as reflections of mental states. Best known for her involvement in the dance community, she currently...

The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 7 – Experimental Filmmaker MM Serra

In this week's episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast, MM Serra joins host Traven Rice to talk about her career as an avant garde and experimental filmmaker. Serra has been based on the Lower East Side for over three...

The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 6 – Eco Artists, Nonhuman Teachers

We spoke with the folks from Nonhuman Teachers, a nonprofit that takes a new approach to ecological storytelling, for this week’s episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. https://youtu.be/IH1cqDcArwA Executive Director Christian Cummings, Events Coordinator Joey Valley and Board Director Sandeep Rangi...
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The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 5 – Yin Kong, Director and Co-Founder of Think!Chinatown

Yin Kong, photo by Katie Salisbury We were delighted to speak with Yin Kong, Director and Co-founder of Think!Chinatown for this week's episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. Yin is a community-based designer and curator living and working in Manhattan's Chinatown. Think!Chinatown is...

The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 4 – Alex Knowlton, Director of Joe’s Pub

We spoke with Alex Knowlton, Director of Joe’s Pub at The Public, for this week’s episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. Joe’s Pub is an eclectic downtown cabaret space that was named for Public Theater founder Joseph Papp. Since it opened in 1998,...

The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 3 – Photographer Destiny Mata

We spoke with photographer Destiny Mata for our latest episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. https://youtu.be/MLG3ZWuSHNU Destiny is a rising star who grew up in the neighborhood. She is a Mexican American photographer and filmmaker who focuses on issues of...
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The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 2 – Folk Historian, Documentarian Clayton Patterson

We spoke with artist and documentarian Clayton Patterson for the latest episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast. Clayton has been living and working on the Lower East Side since 1979. He's known for his portraits of the wide array...

Announcing The Lo-Down Culture Cast

We're excited to announce the launch of our new podcast, The Lo-Down Culture Cast. The series will feature conversations with people who have been making positive contributions to cultural change in lower Manhattan. We'll be speaking with artists, musicians,...

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