The Lowline today launched a Kickstarter campaign in support of a full-scale laboratory that will be set up in a former building of the Essex Street Market this coming fall. They're aiming to raise $200,000 in the next 30...
This week The Jewish Daily Forward features the Kickstarter campaign in support of Michael Levine's Streit's Matzo documentary film project. The production team has raised $14,000; they've got to hit $60,000 by the end of May. The documentary, "a...
It's the final day of the Delancey Underground's Kickstarter campaign. As just about the whole world knows by now, James Ramsey and Dan Barasch are hoping to build a park in an abandoned trolley station on the Lower East...
One week ago, the founders of The Delancey Underground launched a Kickstarter campaign in support of their dream of building a park in an abandoned trolley station below the Lower East Side. So far it's been remarkably successful. With...
We've been reporting about the Kickstarter campaign in support of the Delancey Underground, the fascinating proposal to build a park in an abandoned trolley station on the Lower East Side. Well, last night co-visionaries Dan Barasch and James Ramsey...
Founded in 2009, Kickstarter has quickly exploded in to the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world. Founders Perry Chen and Yancey Strickler will be in conversation at the New Museum on Saturday, discussing this "new form...
Those resourceful community organizers battling to restore Luther Gulick Park have a new weapon in their arsenal -- ping pong! The group is pulling out all the stops for "Take Back Our Park Day" on May 16th. Now, in...
A few weeks ago we told you about the latest imaginative project from the guys at "Grand Opening" on Norfolk Street. In the past, they've turned their storefront (at 139 Norfolk) into a drive-in movie theater complete with a...
The LES installation/event space "Grand Opening" on Norfolk Street has a proposal to make. Next month, they'll become a quickie wedding chapel, Vegas style. You'll be able to get married by a Universal Life Church minister, with 20 or...
