• Exhibit Opening: The Gates of Tompkins

    Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space 155 Avenue C, New York, NY

    Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space The Gates of Tompkins exhibit, which is at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space in NYC, will open on Thursday, May 28th at 4:00pm. It will be open to the public weekly on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 12-5pm until June 21st. After a financial crisis that […]

    Free
  • Film Screening: Tompkins Square Riot Footage w/ Clayton Patterson

    Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space 155 Avenue C, New York, NY

    Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space MoRUS will be screening films about squatting in the Lower East Side. After each showing, there will be a discussion and Q&A with special guests! More info to come! DOORS at 6pm every THURSDAY April 23rd till May 28th 2026 Location: 155 Loisaida Ave NY NY 10009 […]

    Free
  • Walking Tour: The Jewish Gangsters of Lower Manhattan

    Ottendorfer Library 135 2nd Avenue, New York, NY

    Organized by Museum at Eldridge Street Pickpockets, extortionists, armed robbers, bootleggers, gamblers, and hitmen cropped up not only in the Five Points neighborhood but also in the growing Jewish Lower East Side. Join us as we take to the streets and learn the story of organized crime in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries […]

    $25
  • Opening Reception for “Art-Work: Balance”

    The Clemente 107 Suffolk Street, New YOrk, NY

    Organized by ABC No Rio with The Clemente Art-Work: Balance On View: May 29 – July 12, 2026 Where: 4th Floor @ The Clemente Organized by: ABC No Rio Opening Reception: Friday, May 29 @ 6-8pm Curator: Arthur Polendo Participating Artists: To be announced soon! Art-Work: Balance explores the often invisible tension between creative practice […]

    Free
  • Zines + Music of the LES – Live On Air with 8 Ball Community

    1 E Broadway 1 E Broadway, Ste 4, New York, NY

    Organized by 8 Ball Community 8 Ball Community, a collective that produces art, publishes media, and creates opportunities to share cultural programming, welcomes you to our Chinatown space to listen to the music and words of the LES (also live on air at 8ballradio.nyc) and peruse a selection of zines from our archives from/about the […]

    Free
  • Typewritten Tales

    6th & B Garden on the corner of E 6th & Ave B, New York, NY

    Organized by 6th & 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. Raindate will be on May 31st, stay tuned for announcements, as needed.

    Free
  • Little Ukraine Walking Tour

    The Ukrainian Museum 222 E 6th St, New York, NY

    Organized by The Ukrainian Museum Discover the soul of Little Ukraine! Join us for a captivating stroll through one of the most culturally rich pockets of New York’s East Village. The vibrant neighborhood known as Little Ukraine was once home to 60,000 inhabitants of Ukrainian heritage after WWII, and it still pulses with history, flavor, […]

    $10
  • University Settlement’s 140th Birthday Kickoff

    Performance Project @ University Settlement 184 Eldridge Street, New York, NY

    Organized by University Settlement Founded in 1886, University Settlement is the oldest settlement house in the USA – and this year they’re celebrating their 140th birthday! On Saturday May 30th, from 2:30 PM – 4 PM, they’re kicking off the celebrations with an all-ages event that’s open to everyone, held as part of the Lower East […]

    Free
  • An Outdoor Closing Celebration of Lower East Side History Month 2026!

    SDR Park "The Pit" between Delancey and Broome

    Organized by FABnyc with Performance Project @ University Settlement and City Councilmember Christopher Marte, The Clemente, City Lore, Chinese Progressive Association, Sara Roosevelt Park Community Coalition, Sara D Roosevelt Park Alliance, Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement, Tenement Museum, LES Yearbook, and M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden!   Join us for an outdoor closing celebration of Lower […]

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