Are you ready to heat up your holiday shopping? The 2017 Taxi Drivers Calendar might be just the ticket. The calendar, showing New York City cabbies in various states of undress, just went on sale. Each calendar costs $14.99...
The University Settlement's Performance Project has announced its 2016/2017 Artists-in-Residence. Residencies last for one year and include rehearsal space and support as the artists work toward a public showing of new work.
A big transition is taking place this summer in the leadership of the Lower East Side's oldest settlement house.
After 28 years, Michael Zisser is stepping down as head of University Settlement and The Door. Recently the board of directors...
This story was written by Zach Williams.
One group of Lower East Side residents found their poetic voices through polishing their spoken English skills.
As students at University Settlement, they joined artist-in-residence Kyoung Park this fall in an innovative program that...
Next week, there's a panel at University Settlement revolving around an always controversial subject: the proliferation of bars on the Lower East Side and their economic impact on a gentrifying community. The event is built around sociology professor Richard...
A favorite with the kids, and the young at heart, Trusty Sidekick is back (every weekend in March) with their popular show, Shadow Play. The multi-media performance explores what happens when local hero, Flash, loses track of his shadow...
University Settlement has announced some changes in its management structure. Michael Zisser, executive director of one of the city's oldest and largest social service organizations since 1988, becomes chief executive officer. Melissa Aase, a longtime University Settlement manager, has...
They are living right here on the Lower East Side but most of us are oblivious to the existence, let alone the daily travails, of New York’s “shift-bed” residents. A hybrid documentary/live performance, “Your Day is My Night,” coming...
See a performance of "Shadow Play" at the University Settlement, a multi-media production for 2 to 5 year olds. Developed through workshops with shadow-experts (preschoolers), the play explores the question of what happens to your shadow when you go to sleep. Produced...
Our friends and neighbors at University Settlement, Henry Street Settlement, along with many other community organizations, are teaming up on a free three-day event that begins this evening at the University Settlement building, 184 Eldridge St.
The Art is Not...
