This weekly feature spotlights a wide variety of people who live and work on the Lower East Side. If you know someone you would like to suggest be featured in “My LES,” please email us here.
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Photographer Rebecca Lepkoff recalls a time when the streets of the Lower East Side were like a theater. “There was always something happening… life took place on the street,” she says.
Lepkoff, 95, grew up in a tenement at 60...
Steady, spritzing rain did little to dampen the enthusiasm and spirit of LES gallery-goers last night. In fact, the season-opening night for nearly 30 galleries had us hop-scotching around the hood sampling wildly diverse offerings ranging from freakish photographic...
Neighborhood galleries will stay open late this Thursday for Third Thursdays, a monthly event from the LES Business Improvement District showcasing the Lower East Side’s flourishing arts scene. Galleries will be open until 9pm and the New Museum is...
We are pleased to introduce our newest contributor, Tobi Elkin. She checked out the second night of the Rooftop Films Summer Series 2011 and sent us this dispatch:
We hit the roof on Saturday night for Rooftop Films’ opening weekend...
