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 stories from residents and organizers from the Lower East Side, presented by STUDIO ONE in collaboration with Cooper Square Committee and BeBop Theatre Collective. The...
University Settlement & Cooper Square Committee University Settlement and the Cooper Square Committee invite Lower East Side neighbors to a screening of the film "Rabble Rousers," which tells the story of community activist Frances Goldin and her LES neighbors’ struggle against Robert Moses’ plans for the neighborhood across five decades, including the formation of the...
Lower East Side History Project The “Forgotten Lower East Side” walking tour goes off the beaten path, exploring districts and aspects of our neighborhood most excursions overlook. Sure, we’ll discuss the tenements and immigrant experience in detail, but we’ll go beyond the familiar narrative and cover a thousand years of important history; from Native Americans...
