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      The People's LES
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        Downtown Art
        Downtown Art
        Downtown Art has a history of working with young artists and community members to create performance, festivals, and other special events. Through our art and collaborations, we seek to build a...
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        LES is More: Loisaida Activism
        LES is More: Loisaida Activism
        from Five Boro Story Project in collaboration with Downtown Art As part of LES History Month, “LES Is More: Loisaida Activism” honored the Lower East Side’s living legacy of activism....
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        LES Is More: Growing up on the LES
        LES Is More: Growing up on the LES
        from Five Boro Story Project in collaboration with City Lore and Downtown Art ABOUT November 7, 2014, at City Lore “LES Is More: Growing Up on the Lower East Side”...
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        The Waistmaker’s Opera
        The Waistmaker’s Opera
        by Downtown Art (DTA ABOUT The Waistmaker’s Opera, celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the shirtwaist maker’s strike, one of the first major strikes led by women, premiered in May 2010;...
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        The Bowery Wars
        The Bowery Wars
        by Downtown Art From the document Bowery Wars Info… Downtown Art continues its ‘Inheritance’ series with The Bowery Wars, Part 1, an original music theaterwork, book and lyrics by Ryan Gilliam,...
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        The People’s LES Trivia Map
        The People’s LES Trivia Map
        by Dakota Scott with trivia compiled by FABnyc and Downtown Art for the annual LES History Month event, LES Stories: Chalk the LES   Chalk, schmalk! Due to the COVID-19...
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        Organizations
        Organizations
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        Baby Week
        Baby Week
        by Ryan Gilliam In the early 20th century, New York, like many other cities, sought to combat infant mortality with city-wide cultural events like Baby Week.  The Lower East Side...
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