Join EVCC at our favorite annual event in Tompkins Square Park, with refreshments from Veselka and caroling with Theater for the New City’s Carolers of Olde New York! Meet outside the fence at the Southeast corner of the Central Lawn. […]
Category: Initiatives
Plant Daffodil bulbs with the 9BC Tompkins Square Block Association! 12-2pm Sun Nov 10
Join the 9BC Tompkins Square Block Association, Trinity LES Lutheran Church, EVCC and La Plaza Cultural for our annual daffodil bulb planting and tree bed compost care! Meet at Trinity Churchyard, 600 East 9th Street, tools provided. […]
LES Sustainability Fair 12-3pm Sat Nov 9!
Join EVCC and LOSCC for a fun, planet-friendly, sustainability fair!With tours, workshops and acoustic music by and for our community! 12pm Leisurely Green Infrastructure walking tour led by Wendy Brawer!1pm Visit Tompkins Square Park pollinator garden’s diverse flora and fauna with Amy Berkov! […]
Rally to Landmark the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary 11am Tue Oct 15 at East 13th Street & 2nd Avenue!
Join preservation organizations, disability advocacy groups, doctors, staff, patients and alumni of the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary this Tuesday, October 15 at 11am for a rally and press conference calling for the city to landmark the hospital’s historic main building. All are welcome to attend! Can’t make the rally? Sign Village Preservation’s petition […]
Hello from the Data Vandals: Exhibition and Open Data Events at Cooper Union’s Civics Projects Lab Fri Sep 27 – Sun Sep 29
Join us for Hello From The Data Vandals (or free as air and water, or whatsoever things are true), the premiere exhibition by the New York City data-activist collective known as the Data Vandals (artist Jen Ray and data visualization expert Jason Forrest), on view this weekend in Cooper’s Civic Projects Lab in 41 Cooper […]
LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival Fri Sep 20 – Sun Sep 29!
Join us for 10 days of music, film, dance, poetry, workshops and more from our friends at Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens! Check the online schedule for updates. […]
Car-Free Earth Day & LUNGS Spring Awakening 11am-4pm Sat Apr 20!
Walk, bike or roll to the Ave B Open Street (8-10th Streets) for Car-Free Earth Day & LUNGS’ Spring Awakening! 9:45am Birding for Beginners: Join Kellie Quiñones (she/her) to explore the birds that migrate through NYC in the spring, on their way to their breeding grounds. Our BIPOC neighbors are especially welcome! Performances from eGALitarian […]
E-Waste Recycling in Tompkins Square Park! 10am-2pm Sun Apr 14
Thanks to our friends at the Lower East Side Ecology Center! Avenue A between 9th and 10th Streets. Please note LESEC can no longer accept media, batteries or other items that can be recycled at stores that sell them. See their post for more details! […]
Community Victory March for Hospital Care! 12pm Sat Apr 13
Join elected officials and community activists to demand Mount Sinai restore critical hospital services to the residents of lower Manhattan! Meet at Abe Lebewohl Park (St. Mark’s Church) at noon, stopping at New York Eye & Ear 12:30pm and Beth Israel Hospital 1pm. […]
Small Biz Story Panel with Artist Lily Annabelle Caleakav – 2nd Avenue Deli – Ess a Bagel – Kim’s Video – Tompkins Square Library 5:30pm Thu Feb 29!
Join us for an intimate conversation with iconic small business operators and artist Lily Annabelle, who is inspired to honor the businesses she draws not only for their longtime physical presence in our neighborhood, but for the strong sense of community which grew around them and still lives on. Please register to attend the panel discussion!The exhibition will be on view during library hours through March […]