Walk, bike or take public transportation to the Ave B Open Street (7-10th Streets) for Car-Free Earth Day: LUNGS’ Spring Awakening pop-up garden! Drag Queen Story Hour! performances from Batala NYC, Marching Cobras of NY and Body Stories! workshops from DOT, FABnyc, the Bio Bus, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, and Materials for the Arts! seed giveaways from […]
Category: Initiatives
LUNGS Spring Awakening Costume Making SAT APR 16 11AM
Join us for Spring Awakening Costume Making with LUNGS on Saturday, April 16 at Campos Garden (644 East 12th Street) from 11AM-4PM. Spring Awakening Parade leaves El Sol Brillante (12th Street between Avenues A&B) at Noon on Saturday, April 23. […]
The Christodora Settlement House: Community, Relationships, and Social Change THU MAR 24 6:30 PM
Join EVCC, the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI) and author Joyce Milambiling for a fascinating preview of her work-in-progress. Re-discovered letters from a settlement house client to her teacher led to research which puts the history of the movement, and the building itself, in context. Register here! […]
MAR 5- MAY 11 Ecological City Art & Climate Solutions Workshops
Collaborate with Earth Celebrations’ artists-in-residence! Wednesdays 6:30-9:30pm Costume with Soule GoldenSaturdays 12-4pm Puppet with Lucrecia Novoa @ Earth Celebrations 638 E. 6th St (btw Aves B & C) FREE – Sign up on Eventbrite – eventbrite.com/e/earth-celebrations-art-climate-solutions-workshops-tickets-130886816993 […]
Ave B Open Streets Survey – fill by MAR 11
Please participate in the Avenue B Open Street Survey by FRI MAR 11 to help us protect and promote public space for our urban community! Fill-out the survey now at: bit.ly/avebsurvey […]
SAT FEB 12 Avenue B WinterFest 1 PM – 5 PM between 8th & 9th Streets!
Join Loisaida Open Streets Community Coalition for an afternoon of family-friendly programs on the Ave B Open Street! The DOT Public Space Unit will be on hand to conduct a survey on the Open Street, with an interactive Art Installation with Kuki.Go Tape Art! Coffee & cocoa courtesy Hekate Cafe (while supplies last)! 1:00 and […]
SUN DEC 12 Tompkins Square Park Tree Lighting 4 PM!
Join EVCC at our favorite annual neighborhood event! […]
TUE NOV 30 Behind the Curtain: 19th Century Theater in the Lower East Side 6:30 PM
Join Ralph Lewis and our friends at LESPI (The Lower East Side Preservation Initiative) for this entertaining webinar on the history of the birth of Broadway! From the very first venue to the establishment of an entire Theater District, much of the action took place right here on the Lower East Side. Register today! […]
SUN NOV 14 E-Waste Recycling in Tompkins Square Park! 10 AM – 2 PM
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! […]
SUN NOV 14 LESPI Rally to Restore East River Park’s Historic Track House and Tennis Center! 2 PM
Restore, Don’t Demolish! The Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI) acknowledges the urgent need for the City to provide timely floodproofing for the park, but sees no reason that these historic buildings cannot be saved, restored and re-used! Meet at the Brian Watkins Tennis Center north entrance. […]
