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...
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...
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...
In this week's episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast, Lower East Side NYC podcast host Traven Rice interviews Filmmaker Stuart Ginsberg about his new film "It’s A to Z: The Art of Arleen Schloss." Schloss was a downtown performance...
Host Traven Rice spoke with author Dan Slater about his new book, "The Incorruptibles - A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld," which focuses on the true stories of the Lower East...
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...
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...
There is nothing you can think that is not the moon installation view. Image courtesy of LMCC. Photo credit: Martin Seck.
Here are some upcoming events that are on our radar:
Awkward Sex…And The City celebrates its 10 Year Anniversary at Club...
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,...
Masa Ogo at New York City News Service took a look at the intersections of dumplings and ravioli along the border of the L.E.S., Chinatown and Little Italy:
Chinese and Italian cuisine both enjoy great popularity around the world; they also...
