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La Plaza Cultural 50th Anniversary Party

Please join us Saturday Oct 24th for La Plaza Cultural community garden’s 50th Anniversary party and enjoy live music, film, and community. This event is free, but $15 donations are suggested.

2:00 – 8:30 p.m. Saturday, October 24th – Ave C & E 9th St

Timeline of Events:

2-3 p.m. Opening Ceremonies

3-7 p.m. Pinc Louds and Guests – Live Musical Performances

7 – 8 p.m. Happy Hour accompanied by a live jazz performance

8:30 p.m. LaPlaza 50th Anniversary Movie: Retrospective by Alvah Holmes

Loisaida 4th Annual Fall Festival

Join the Loisaida Foundry for a celebration of community, culture and joy. Enjoy arts & crafts, live music, and peruse classic cars. Children who visit the Loisaida pumpkin patch receive a free pumpkin!

12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Saturday, October 24th – E 3rd St. between Ave. B & C

Daniel D. Tompkins: Farm Boy to Rising Star

Join journalist Robin McMillan for a slide talk on Daniel D. Tompkins, the Westchester farm boy who became one of New York City’s unsung heroes! With historian Roger Jack Walter, moderated by the EVCC’s Director Laura Sewell.

5:30-7:00pm Tuesday, October 13 – Tompkins Square Library, 331 E 10th Street.

Registration is recommended!

Spring Awakening!

LUNGS’ Spring Awakening returns to the Ave B Open Street with music, arts workshops, seed & soil giveaways, and pony rides!

12pm-4pm, Saturday May 30, Ave B from 7th-9th Sts!

Visit the LUNGS website for the full schedule!

An Evening Fundraiser for EVCC

Please join us for an evening at the Trinity Lower East Side Garden and Community Room! Enjoy music, refreshments, and light bites from our favorite East Village restaurants and purveyors, meet our board members, hear about our latest work, and share your interests. Get your tickets!

5-7pm Sun June 7, 2026

Jane’s Walk on the Staten Island Ferry!

Join EVCC Artist-in-Residence Robin McMillan on the Staten Island Ferry to hear the greatest New York story never told—the life of Daniel Tompkins. Learn how Tompkins organized, armed, and even financed the defeat of the British in the northeast, preserving New York City, its crucial Harbor, and the Hudson River—all while launching the first Staten Island Ferry! So all aboard the ferry for a fascinating story—and a salute to New York’s forgotten hero.

Bring eyes, ears, and perhaps a camera to capture the journey. Rain or shine!

A Ferry Story—About the Man Who Saved America

Register for joining info! 10:40 am Sat May 2

Register for joining info! 10:40 am Sun May 3

Tompkins Square Park Tree Lighting 4pm Sun Dec 14!

Join EVCC at our favorite annual event in Tompkins Square Park! Sponsored by C&B Cafe, 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.

Rally to Save Most Holy Redeemer

Join parishioners, EVCC, the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI), and Village Preservation to call for the church to be reopened.

2pm Sun Dec 7, 173 E.3rd Street (btwn Avenues A & B)

Introducing Daniel D. Tompkins

Discover the story behind Tompkins Square Park’s namesake! Join journalist Robin McMillan and archivist Roger Jack Walters for a conversation about Daniel D. Tompkins, the farmer’s boy who helped shape New York City, moderated by the EVCC’s Laura Sewell.

5:30-7:00pm Thu Nov 13 Tompkins Square Library 331 E 10th Street.

Registration is recommended!