Lower East Side Community Hero Nominated by Debra Jeffreys-Glass K Webster is a longtime resident and community organizer of the Bowery and the LES. She advocated for the return of...

Lower East Side Community Hero Nominated by Andy Fontanez Jr + Friends and Colleagues Andy Fontanez (AKA PUPA) is born and raised on the Lower East Side growing up in...

Lower East Side Community Hero Special acknowledgement from the LES Community Hero Awards selection committee From The Cut: “When Camille Napoleon meets asylum seekers at Port Authority, she first carefully...

Lower East Side Community Hero Nominated by Aura Olavarria Jasmine Corchado is the new director of the Henry Street Settlement, Good Companions Older Adult Center. Jasmine is no stranger to...

Lower East Side Community Hero Nominated by Sarah Batchu Sabura has been a resident of Lower East Side for two decades. She grew up in the South Bronx where she...

Lower East Side Community Hero Special acknowledgement from the LES Community Hero Awards selection committee Born and raised in the Jacob Riis Projects in the Lower East Side, Lilah Mejia...

Lower East Side Community Hero Special acknowledgement from the LES Community Hero Awards selection committee Power Malu is a pioneering Artist, Athlete, Activist born and raised on the Lower East...

Cooper Square Committee A Studio One student performance about tenants and their relationships – or lack thereof – with their landlords in the Lower East Side. A theatrical interpretation of...

Cooper Square Committee A Studio One student performance about tenants and their relationships – or lack thereof – with their landlords in the Lower East Side. A theatrical interpretation of...

6 & B Garden Tell your unique East Village story on a page of real paper typed on our vintage typewriters! Readings by local poets and writers start at 4pm....