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We spoke with Leah Dixon, an artist and founder of Beverly's, an artist-run bar and exhibition space which recently relocated to 297 Grand Street. Beverly's is an art world favorite that has been in the Lower East Side neighborhood...

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...

After featuring Coss Marte in The Lo-Down's "My LES" column ten years ago, host Traven Rice connected with him again to catch up on all he has accomplished with his two innovative businesses, both of which have social justice...

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...