There's an interesting event coming up at the Educational Alliance this weekend. It's a poetry reading, film screening and discussion with author Yehoshua November and film director Ari Mark. The event, exploring what it means to be a Jewish...
Organizations around the globe observed World AIDS Day today. At the Educational Alliance, they hung a quilt in their East Broadway location made by participants of all of their neighborhood-based programs.
The Educational Alliance will be hosting a free community celebration to kick off this year's Festival of Lights on Wednesday. They write: Join us for a celebration for all ages followed by a lighting of the first candle on...
Since the release last year of her debut novel, "A Fortunate Age," I have wanted to profile Lower East Side writer Joanna Smith Rakoff. Her upcoming appearance at the Educational Alliance , with fellow author Gary Shteyngart (an event...
The Lo-Down is looking forward to co-sponsoring an upcoming event at the Educational Alliance: "LES Lit," an evening with authors Gary Shteyngart and Joanna Smith Rakoff. The November 17th reading and discussion is a great opportunity to get to...
Next Tuesday, the Educational Alliance will be offering a free spa day at its brand new Center for Balanced Living on East 12th Street. The center, opening in September, is a holistic health and wellness program geared for people...
Non-profit organizations across the city have been assessing the impact of Mayor Bloomberg's austere budget, which was approved by the City Council Tuesday. The Council managed to restore funding to some crucial services, including fire houses. They also saved...
For a unique L.E.S. experience, head over to the rooftop at the Educational Alliance on Wednesday evening for two jazz poetry performances accompanied by a kosher wine tasting. Jazz poet Jake Marmer, of the punk jazz poetry band Frantic...
Make Music New York is celebrating it's fourth year of taking over the streets on the first day of summer. Free concerts in public spaces throughout the five boroughs of New York City will be taking place all day...
Earlier this week, kids from the Lower East Side joined teens and education advocates from across the city at City Hall to protest cuts to 150 after school programs. The "Save After School Now Coalition" delivered petitions containing more...
