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SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Foods of the LES
DESCRIPTION:Organized by The Tenement Museum\nGet a taste of tenement history! Explore over 150 years of Lower East Side history through the stories of immigrant and migrant communities and the unique food cultures that defined life in the neighborhood. Together with a Museum Educator\, examine ways in which tenement residents both preserved and adapted the food traditions of their homelands\, and how generations of street vendors\, restaurateurs\, home cooks\, and grocers sustained communities while shaping wider ideas of American cuisine and identity. \nVisit 8 unique stops and try small tastings from local Lower East Side vendors! Tastings include: \n\nCafe Katja (pretzels & beer)\nPickle Guys (new pickle\, garlic stuffed olive\, pickled pineapple)\nEssex Olive and Spice (olive oils & balsamic vinaigrettes)\nLower East Side Ice Cream Factory (ice cream)\n\nAlongside tastings\, tour a modern public market with a surprisingly deep history in the neighborhood and learn about everything from Kleindeutschland\, NYC’s first non-English speaking community\, to how public schools in the Lower East Side became the front line in the battle to “Americanize” immigrant cuisine. \n*Currently\, discounts are only available to Museum members. \nTicket Link: https://www.tenement.org/tour/f1-foods-of-the-les/?tour_date=2026-05-01
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/foods-of-the-les/
LOCATION:103 Orchard Street\, 103 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260502T160000
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SUMMARY:New York Marble Cemetery Open Gate Day
DESCRIPTION:Organized by New York Marble Cemetery\nThe New York Marble Cemetery\, established in 1830\, is the oldest public non-denominational cemetery in the city.\nThis small garden is hidden in the interior of the block\, accessible through two sets of iron gates\, via a 100-foot private alley.\nSurrounded by 12-foot Tuckahoe marble walls\, it is only partially visible from Second Avenue\nThere are no individual markers on the lawn; however\, marble plaques in the walls bear the names of the original owners.\nTheir 156 underground vaults (burial chambers) are sealed\, and information about 2\,000 deceased New Yorkers is detailed in the Cemetery’s records.\nThe Cemetery holds annual meetings for its current owners\, who are descendants of its original 19th Century-owners and can still be buried here.\nIt is located one block away from the similarly-named\, yet separate\, New York City Marble Cemetery\, (nycmc.org) on Second Street.\nDesignated as a New York City Landmark and also listed on the National Register of Historic Places\, the New York Marble Cemetery is a 501 (c) (13) nonprofit tax-exempt charity. \nLocated at 41 1/2 Second Avenue in New York’s Lower East Side\, the Cemetery is open at least once a month\, April through October.‍ \nThere is no shelter\, so if the weather is unpleasant\, please take a raincheck until the next month. \nOwners\, neighbors\, and researchers are all welcome. Walking tours and other large groups must make arrangements in advance.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/new-york-marble-cemetery-open-gate-day-2/
LOCATION:New York Marble Cemetery\, 41 1/2 2nd Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T153000
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SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Building on the LES
DESCRIPTION:Organized by The Tenement Museum\nJoin a Museum educator as they guide you on an outdoor walking tour of the Lower East Side to reveal the unique stories that buildings can tell. Over the neighborhood’s history\, many different communities have lived\, worked and played here––and just as many communities have had ideas about what the neighborhood’s buildings should look like. On this tour\, explore the changes in buildings before\, during and after the era of tenements\, and how the Lower East Side’s architecture mirrors debates across the city and country. \nAmong others\, stops on this tour include: \n\nThe 1950s utopian\, Modernist Seward Park Housing Cooperative\, an experiment in co-owned housing\nAn 1830s row house\, one of the oldest structures in the neighborhood\nAngel Orensanz Center\, a 19th Century synagogue repurposed as an art and performance space\n\nTicket Link: https://www.tenement.org/tour/w2-building-on-the-les/?tour_date=2026-05-02
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/building-on-the-les/
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260402T183923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T192216Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening: Brick and Stone - Landmarking our Lower East Side Heritage
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI) with The Clemente\nOn View:  May 1 – June 30 \nWhere: Banner Exhibition on the outdoor Clemente building fence\, on the corner of Rivington St. and Suffolk St\, New York\, NY 10002 \nOrganized by: Lower East Side Preservation Initiative — LESPI \nOpening Reception: Saturday\, May 2 @ 2-5pm \nTo celebrate our neighborhood’s extraordinary architecture and cultural history\, the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative will showcase 12 historic buildings in an outdoor exhibition. These include health facilities\, settlement houses\, financial and religious institutions\, firehouses and schools. LESPI is working to designate these buildings as NYC landmarks\, to ensure they remain tangible links to our community’s rich past and survive for a vibrant future. \nHosted by The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center. \nSupported in part by Council Member Christopher Marte.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/exhibit-opening-brick-and-stone-landmarking-our-lower-east-side-heritage/
LOCATION:The Clemente\, 107 Suffolk Street\, New YOrk\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Lower East Side History Month
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T170000
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SUMMARY:Radical History Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\nSATURDAYS & SUNDAYS\, 3:00-5:00PM | $25/person | No reservations needed!\nMeet @ The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – 155 Ave C\, 9th & 10th St\nTours need three people to run – and almost always do.\nMuseum of Reclaimed Urban Space organic historian Bill Weinberg reveals the stories behind squats\, gardens\, riots\, uprisings and more. From the Civil War Draft Riots of the 1860s — to the Young Lords\, Black Panthers\, hippies\, Yippies and Up Against the Wall Motherf*ckers of the 1960s — to the Tompkins Square anarchists of the ’80s — to the tree-hugging urban enviros of the ’90s to the neighborhood Earthies keeping the legacy alive today. Unlike other neighborhood tours\, we broaden beyond individual anecdotes to paint a strong historical\, academic\, and cultural big picture of the Lower East Side. \n\n\nFive things you will learn on the Lower East Side Radical History Tour that you probably didn’t know:\n1. The radical politics of the songwriter who penned the “Wizard of Oz” soundtrack.\n2. What building in the East Village links the Gershwin brothers\, the Black Panthers and Iggy Pop.\n3. What park in the East Village was the secret birthplace of both the Hare Krishna movement and Occupy Wall Street.\n4. How New York City’s recycling program began as an initiative of East Village community activists.\n5. Why the same area of the city has been variously known as Burnt Mill Point\, Drydock\, Little Germany\, Klein Deutschland\, the Lower East Side\, Loisaida\, the East Village and Alphabet City.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/radical-history-walking-tour-2/
LOCATION:Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\, 155 Avenue C\, New York\, NY\, 10009
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260503T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260503T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
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SUMMARY:New York Marble Cemetery Open Gate Day
DESCRIPTION:Organized by New York Marble Cemetery\nThe New York Marble Cemetery\, established in 1830\, is the oldest public non-denominational cemetery in the city.\nThis small garden is hidden in the interior of the block\, accessible through two sets of iron gates\, via a 100-foot private alley.\nSurrounded by 12-foot Tuckahoe marble walls\, it is only partially visible from Second Avenue\nThere are no individual markers on the lawn; however\, marble plaques in the walls bear the names of the original owners.\nTheir 156 underground vaults (burial chambers) are sealed\, and information about 2\,000 deceased New Yorkers is detailed in the Cemetery’s records.\nThe Cemetery holds annual meetings for its current owners\, who are descendants of its original 19th Century-owners and can still be buried here.\nIt is located one block away from the similarly-named\, yet separate\, New York City Marble Cemetery\, (nycmc.org) on Second Street.\nDesignated as a New York City Landmark and also listed on the National Register of Historic Places\, the New York Marble Cemetery is a 501 (c) (13) nonprofit tax-exempt charity. \nLocated at 41 1/2 Second Avenue in New York’s Lower East Side\, the Cemetery is open at least once a month\, April through October.‍ \nThere is no shelter\, so if the weather is unpleasant\, please take a raincheck until the next month. \nOwners\, neighbors\, and researchers are all welcome. Walking tours and other large groups must make arrangements in advance.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/new-york-marble-cemetery-open-gate-day/
LOCATION:New York Marble Cemetery\, 41 1/2 2nd Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260503T160000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T192329Z
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SUMMARY:Making Music Together: Interracial Alliances and the Politics of Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:Organized by City Lore\nwith Bronx Music Heritage Center \n“It’s a twofer: at 2pm Jennifer Young and Elissa Sampson will speak about three feminist figures pivotal to the founding of the IWO’s interracial left and the new lessons that can be learned from the Old Left. Our panel\, with the incredible Jenny Romaine\, will dive into the musical\, artistic and political interweaving of feminist Jewish and Black identity in programmatic political work and cultural productions prior to the 1960s mainstream civil rights movement. Meet Clara Lemlich Shavelson\, Louise Thompson Patterson\, June Gordon who worked together in the International Workers Order (IWO)\, a left wing\, pro-Soviet fraternal group that was not part of the Communist Party but was within its orbit. \nThen another very special guest\, Ethel Raim from the Jewish Young Folksingers and the Center for Traditional Music\, will bring us into the world of integrated Yiddish choruses and folk performance that persisted and succeeded during the Cold War after the IWO (International Workers Order) and its Jewish Section were legally shutdown in 1954. \nThe Order\, which was founded by Yiddish speakers in 1930\, decided to be interracial and interethnic and invited in other groups into its fraternal umbrella which did not discriminate on the basis of race or religion and made no profit on its safety-net life and health insurance offerings which included reproductive health. 90% of the Order’s had no connection to the Communist Party even though the Order was shut down and its members lost their benefits due to the Red Scare during the Cold War which was connected to the IWO’s interracialism. The three women that we are highlighting here lived in precarious poverty and in fear of legal persecution for much of their lives at a moment in time which may resonate today. \nWe will end with our special guest Ethel Raim\, who was a Jewish Young Folksinger (JYF)\, a very special singer in an “integrated” choral group founded by the Jewish Section of the International Workers Order\, the JPFO. The Folksingers offer a wonderful in-your-face model of continuity and of community building through music during the Cold War. Their model was built on the footsteps of others and we follow their footsteps. \nPlease note that there is limited seating and this is a live event. Please RSVP in advance.”
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/making-music-together-interracial-alliances-and-the-politics-of-solidarity/
LOCATION:City Lore\, 56 E 1st St\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260503T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260503T170000
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SUMMARY:Radical History Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\nSATURDAYS & SUNDAYS\, 3:00-5:00PM | $25/person | No reservations needed!\nMeet @ The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – 155 Ave C\, 9th & 10th St\nTours need three people to run – and almost always do.\nMuseum of Reclaimed Urban Space organic historian Bill Weinberg reveals the stories behind squats\, gardens\, riots\, uprisings and more. From the Civil War Draft Riots of the 1860s — to the Young Lords\, Black Panthers\, hippies\, Yippies and Up Against the Wall Motherf*ckers of the 1960s — to the Tompkins Square anarchists of the ’80s — to the tree-hugging urban enviros of the ’90s to the neighborhood Earthies keeping the legacy alive today. Unlike other neighborhood tours\, we broaden beyond individual anecdotes to paint a strong historical\, academic\, and cultural big picture of the Lower East Side. \n\n\nFive things you will learn on the Lower East Side Radical History Tour that you probably didn’t know:\n1. The radical politics of the songwriter who penned the “Wizard of Oz” soundtrack.\n2. What building in the East Village links the Gershwin brothers\, the Black Panthers and Iggy Pop.\n3. What park in the East Village was the secret birthplace of both the Hare Krishna movement and Occupy Wall Street.\n4. How New York City’s recycling program began as an initiative of East Village community activists.\n5. Why the same area of the city has been variously known as Burnt Mill Point\, Drydock\, Little Germany\, Klein Deutschland\, the Lower East Side\, Loisaida\, the East Village and Alphabet City.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/radical-history-walking-tour/
LOCATION:Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\, 155 Avenue C\, New York\, NY\, 10009
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T133000
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CREATED:20260402T150115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T150115Z
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SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Outside the Home
DESCRIPTION:Organized by The Tenement Museum\nPublic and neighborhood spaces have always been part of New Yorkers daily lives\, offering community beyond the walls of home. On this walking tour\, we’ll look at how Lower East Siders shaped and were shaped by their neighborhood over the 19th and early 20th Centuries. From stores to parks\, movie theaters to schools\, discover how these spaces became important centers for navigating identity\, advocacy\, and cultural exchange. \nThis tour discusses the people and stories behind public spaces and landmarks on the Lower East Side. Among others\, stops on this tour include: \n\nThe Daily Forward Building\, where Jewish socialists championed for workers’ rights in the early 1900s\nSeward Park\, the first municipal playground in the United States\nJarmulowsky Bank Building\, where many immigrants entrusted their savings\n\nTicket Link: https://www.tenement.org/tour/w1-outside-the-home/?tour_date=2026-05-04
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/walking-tour-outside-the-home/
LOCATION:103 Orchard Street\, 103 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260506T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260506T163000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T205324Z
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SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Jewish Lower East Side
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Museum at Eldridge Street\nStroll through the neighborhood’s 100-year-old history! \nA century ago\, the Lower East Side saw unparalleled growth as waves of immigrants settled\, prayed\, played\, worked\, shopped\, and attended school in this neighborhood as they built their new lives in a new land. Today\, there are signs of the past hidden within the modern streets. See how many of these historic places have been transformed\, repurposed\, or restored. \nHighlights: \n\nVisit the Museum at Eldridge Street and see a fully restored magnificent 1887 synagogue\nStop at Straus Square and learn about its history and its significance during the heyday of Jewish immigration\nVisit The Forward building and learn the role of this important Jewish newspaper and its Yiddish advice column A Bintel Brief\nStop by Seward Park\, the first municipally-built free playground in the United States and designed especially for the neighborhood’s children\, the first generation to grow up in such crowded conditions\n\nJoin a Museum at Eldridge Street expert guide on Wednesday\, May 6th at 2:30pm as we walk in the footsteps of these immigrants and tell their stories. \nTicket Price (Includes Museum Admission):\nAdults $25\nSeniors / Students $20\nChildren 5 and Under FREE\nCool Culture Pass / SNAP Benefits $5 \nREGISTER HERE \nThis Museum at Eldridge Street Walking Tour is only available to small groups (25 people max). This tour is available to both individual ticket holders and families. \n\nAbout the Museum at Eldridge Street:\nThe Museum at Eldridge Street is housed in the Eldridge Street Synagogue\, a magnificent National Historic Landmark that has been meticulously restored. Opened in 1887\, the synagogue is the first great house of worship built in America by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Today\, it is the only remaining marker of the great wave of Jewish migration to the Lower East Side that is open to a broad public who wishes to visit Jewish New York. Exhibits\, tours\, public programs\, and education initiatives tell the story of Jewish immigrant life\, explore architecture and historic preservation\, inspire reflection on cultural continuity\, and foster collaboration and exchange between people of all faiths\, heritages\, and interests. \n\nImage Credit: “A Group of Peddlers (The Ghetto)\,” color postcard\, William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection Postcards.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/walking-tour-jewish-lower-east-side/
LOCATION:12 Eldridge Street\, New York\, NY 10002\, 12 Eldridge Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260507T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260507T190000
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SUMMARY:Open Arts LES: Sonido Costeño
DESCRIPTION:Open Arts LES is back on 4th Street. Stop by for Latin music and salsa with our neighborhood favorite\, Sonido Costeño! \nSonido Costeño (SC) is a modern day latin band in New York City. Their high energy music is a creative fusion of latin music and salsa along with other world music and their fabulous concerts transform their club audiences into dance hall performances. Sonido Costeño’s “staying power” is seen by the ensemble’s growing loyal fan base from not only the New York City area (Manhattan\, Bronx\, Brooklyn\, Queens) but also the tri-state area and abroad. \nJuanMa Morales\, founder of Sonido Costeño is a Cornell Graduate and Julliard alumni. Morales leads the band as vocalist and plays guitar as well as the Puerto Rican cuatro (the island’s national instrument). Las Gaviotas (The Seagulls) and Senora (My Lady)\, two of Morales’ original songs\, have won the Billboard Songwriting award. Under Juan Ma’s dynamic leadership\, Sonido Costeño play diverse salsa rhythms\, enticing “salseros” and non-salsa dancers alike to move onto the dance floor. The band’s dance repertoire includes: Son Cubano\, Nueva Trova\, Boleros and Ballads\, Cha Cha Cha\, Mambo\, Guaguanco\, Latin Jazz\, and the band is known to play a Merengue and Bachata or two. Their unique sound appeals to broad and diverse audiences from all generations.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/open-arts-les-sonido-costeno/
LOCATION:E 4th Street Open Street\, 70 E 4th St\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260509T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260509T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260331T194648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T192736Z
UID:204-1778324400-1778346000@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Ecological City: Procession for Climate Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Earth Celebrations\n  \n\n\nEarth Celebrations’ ECOLOGICAL CITY – Procession for Climate Solutions – SATURDAY MAY 9\, 2026 – 11am-5pm @ Lower East Side\, NYC \n\n\n\n\nECOLOGICAL CITY – Procession for Climate Solutions is an urban ecological pilgrimage and an art and climate action. Ecological City features a spectacular procession of visual art\, giant puppets\, costumes and 21 site performances celebrating climate solution initiatives throughout the community gardens\, neighborhood and East River Park waterfront of the Lower East Side. \nSATURDAY MAY 9 – 11AM-5PM (raindate May 10 ) \nSPECTACULAR PROCESSION – Visual Art\, Giant Puppets & Costumes \n21 SITE PERFORMANCES – GARDENS to WATERFRONT \nMusic\, Dance\, Theater & Poetry \nBECOME A CLIMATE SOLUTION – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to wear our spectacular climate costumes\, help with puppets and other marshal roles. \nCostumes\, Puppets\, Marshals – 8am Call Time Volunteers join us – 10am \nSTART LOCATION @ 638 E. 6th Street (btw Aves B & C) \n10AM- Volunteer Check in Table – Entry \nVOLUNTEER – SIGN UP FOR A ROLE – Message us through Eventbrite \nMORE INFORMATION – https://www.earthcelebrations.com \nPARTNERS – ECOLOGICAL CITY Earth Celebrations in partnership with – LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens – representing 48 Lower East Side Gardens)\, NYC Community Garden District\, Elizabeth Street Garden\, Green Map\, Loisaida Inc. Center\, Lower East Side Girls Club\, Lower East Side Ecology\, Solar One\, Waterfront Alliance\, East River Park Coalition\, East River Alliance\, Two Bridges Neighborhood Council\, Goles\, University Settlement (PS63)\, Henry Street Settlement (Jacob Riis Cornerstone & Boys and Girls Republic)\, Clemente Center\, The Children’s Workshop School (PS361M)\, The Earth School (PS364)\, East Side Community School\, Sixth Street Community Center\, Arts Loisaida\, Theater for the New City\, East Village Community Coalition\, Educational Alliance\, Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\, Gaia Institute\, Grace Exhibition Space\, FABnyc\, New York Cares\, BMCC-Cuny\, Hunter College\, New School\, and New York University. Numerous groups and residents throughout the neighborhood are invited to join. \nThis program is made possible with support from Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation\, City Parks Foundation\, W Trust\, Joseph Robert Foundation\, Bluestein Family Foundation\, private foundations\, and individuals. This program is supported\, in part\, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. \n___________________________________________________________________________________ \nEarth Celebrations’ Ecological City: Cultural & Climate Solutions Action Project applies the arts to build community\, diverse sector collaboration and action on climate solution and ecological sustainability initiatives throughout the community gardens\, neighborhood and waterfront on the Lower East Side of New York City. \nThrough cultural strategies Ecological City reconnects people to each other and the natural world within their neighborhood and builds emotional connection\, engagement and action on climate solutions\, an urban sustainable ecosystem and the importance of local efforts to city and global climate challenges. \nGardeners\, artists\, residents\, youth and over 50 community partner organizations collaborate through 5 months of creative engagement workshops developing visual art and performances exploring local sustainability sites and their climate solutions. Visual art and performance projects are presented in the culminating Ecological City: Procession for Climate Solutions on Saturday May 9\, 2026 featuring visual art\, giant puppets\, costumes and with 21 sustainability site performances affirming a shared vision for a sustainable future.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/ecological-city-procession-for-climate-solutions/
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260402T191227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T191227Z
UID:317-1778338800-1778346000@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Radical History Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\nSATURDAYS & SUNDAYS\, 3:00-5:00PM | $25/person | No reservations needed!\nMeet @ The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – 155 Ave C\, 9th & 10th St\nTours need three people to run – and almost always do.\nMuseum of Reclaimed Urban Space organic historian Bill Weinberg reveals the stories behind squats\, gardens\, riots\, uprisings and more. From the Civil War Draft Riots of the 1860s — to the Young Lords\, Black Panthers\, hippies\, Yippies and Up Against the Wall Motherf*ckers of the 1960s — to the Tompkins Square anarchists of the ’80s — to the tree-hugging urban enviros of the ’90s to the neighborhood Earthies keeping the legacy alive today. Unlike other neighborhood tours\, we broaden beyond individual anecdotes to paint a strong historical\, academic\, and cultural big picture of the Lower East Side. \n\n\nFive things you will learn on the Lower East Side Radical History Tour that you probably didn’t know:\n1. The radical politics of the songwriter who penned the “Wizard of Oz” soundtrack.\n2. What building in the East Village links the Gershwin brothers\, the Black Panthers and Iggy Pop.\n3. What park in the East Village was the secret birthplace of both the Hare Krishna movement and Occupy Wall Street.\n4. How New York City’s recycling program began as an initiative of East Village community activists.\n5. Why the same area of the city has been variously known as Burnt Mill Point\, Drydock\, Little Germany\, Klein Deutschland\, the Lower East Side\, Loisaida\, the East Village and Alphabet City.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/radical-history-walking-tour-3/
LOCATION:Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\, 155 Avenue C\, New York\, NY\, 10009
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260510T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260510T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260331T205615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T205615Z
UID:244-1778412600-1778419800@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Mamas with Chutzpah
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Museum at Eldridge Street \nCelebrate Mother’s Day with the Museum at Eldridge Street! \nDiscover the women who both witnessed and shaped social\, artistic\, financial\, and political change on the Lower East Side from the late 19th to the early 20th century. \nFollow in the footsteps of activists Emma Goldman and Clara Lemlich as they pushed for radical reforms at the height of the Progressive Era. In addition to anonymous social commentators\, such as the contributors to The Jewish Daily Forward’s Yiddish advice column A Bintel Brief\, and the women who worked below the elevated train on Allen Street\, you will learn about wigmaker and mikvah (ritual bath) owner Gittel Natelson\, groundbreaking artist Louise Nevelson\, and Kosher delicatessen queen Sarah Gellis—the first female member of the Eldridge Street Synagogue where the Museum at Eldridge Street now resides. \nHighlights: \n\nVisit the Women’s Balcony of the Eldridge Street Synagogue and discuss Sarah Gellis\nLearn about the former Mikvah on Allen Street and businesswoman Gittel Natelson\nDiscuss the Allen Street Prostitutes/Handkerchief Girls\nHead to Straus Square to learn about Clara Lemlich and Emma Goldman\nVisit The Forward Building and discuss the Yiddish advice column A Bintel Brief\nSee The Educational Alliance and learn about Louise Nevelson\n\nJoin a Museum at Eldridge Street expert guide on Sunday\, May 10th at 11:30am and learn about these hardworking Lower East Side immigrant women. \nTicket Price (Includes Museum Admission):\nAdults $25\nSeniors / Students $20\nChildren 5 and Under FREE\nCool Culture Pass / SNAP Benefits $5 \nREGISTER HERE \nThis Museum at Eldridge Street Walking Tour is only available to small groups (30 people max). This tour is available to both individual ticket holders and families. \n\nAbout the Museum at Eldridge Street:\nThe Museum at Eldridge Street is housed in the Eldridge Street Synagogue\, a magnificent National Historic Landmark that has been meticulously restored. Opened in 1887\, the synagogue is the first great house of worship built in America by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Today\, it is the only remaining marker of the great wave of Jewish migration to the Lower East Side that is open to a broad public who wishes to visit Jewish New York. Exhibits\, tours\, public programs\, and education initiatives tell the story of Jewish immigrant life\, explore architecture and historic preservation\, inspire reflection on cultural continuity\, and foster collaboration and exchange between people of all faiths\, heritages\, and interests. \n\nImage Credit: Immigrant Women on the Lower East Side\, “The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902\, Scott D. Seligman.”
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/walking-tour-mamas-with-chutzpah/
LOCATION:12 Eldridge Street\, New York\, NY 10002\, 12 Eldridge Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260402T150827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T150827Z
UID:284-1778418000-1778423400@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Reclaiming Black Spaces
DESCRIPTION:Organized by The Tenement Museum\nExplore stories of how Black New Yorkers shaped Lower Manhattan as they made homes\, businesses\, and communities there over the centuries. On this tour\, you’ll discuss how Black New Yorkers experiences were shaped by migration\, how communities created a sense of home\, and how people resisted the racism they faced. From the story of Sebastiaen de Britto\, one of the first Black residents of the area in the 1640s\, to Studio We\, a musician’s collective in the 1970s\, we’ll also look at how stories are preserved or erased over generations. \nAmong others\, stops on this tour include: \n\nThe former downtown New York office of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)\, who fought for Civil Rights in the 1960s\nThe firehouse that was desegregated by Wesley Williams in 1919\, who became the FDNY’s first Black lieutenant\nM’Finda Kalunga Community Garden\, named in memory of the second 18th-century African American burial ground\, located on nearby Chrystie Street\n\nTicket Link: https://www.tenement.org/tour/w3-reclaiming-black-spaces/?tour_date=2026-05-10
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/walking-tour-reclaiming-black-spaces/
LOCATION:103 Orchard Street\, 103 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260402T200520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T200520Z
UID:322-1778425200-1778432400@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Radical History Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\nSATURDAYS & SUNDAYS\, 3:00-5:00PM | $25/person | No reservations needed!\nMeet @ The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – 155 Ave C\, 9th & 10th St\nTours need three people to run – and almost always do.\nMuseum of Reclaimed Urban Space organic historian Bill Weinberg reveals the stories behind squats\, gardens\, riots\, uprisings and more. From the Civil War Draft Riots of the 1860s — to the Young Lords\, Black Panthers\, hippies\, Yippies and Up Against the Wall Motherf*ckers of the 1960s — to the Tompkins Square anarchists of the ’80s — to the tree-hugging urban enviros of the ’90s to the neighborhood Earthies keeping the legacy alive today. Unlike other neighborhood tours\, we broaden beyond individual anecdotes to paint a strong historical\, academic\, and cultural big picture of the Lower East Side. \n\n\nFive things you will learn on the Lower East Side Radical History Tour that you probably didn’t know:\n1. The radical politics of the songwriter who penned the “Wizard of Oz” soundtrack.\n2. What building in the East Village links the Gershwin brothers\, the Black Panthers and Iggy Pop.\n3. What park in the East Village was the secret birthplace of both the Hare Krishna movement and Occupy Wall Street.\n4. How New York City’s recycling program began as an initiative of East Village community activists.\n5. Why the same area of the city has been variously known as Burnt Mill Point\, Drydock\, Little Germany\, Klein Deutschland\, the Lower East Side\, Loisaida\, the East Village and Alphabet City.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/radical-history-walking-tour-4/
LOCATION:Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\, 155 Avenue C\, New York\, NY\, 10009
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260515T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260515T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260331T210052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T210104Z
UID:247-1778844600-1778851800@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Jewish Lower East Side
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Museum at Eldridge Street \nStroll through the neighborhood’s 100-year-old history! \nA century ago\, the Lower East Side saw unparalleled growth as waves of immigrants settled\, prayed\, played\, worked\, shopped\, and attended school in this neighborhood as they built their new lives in a new land. Today\, there are signs of the past hidden within the modern streets. See how many of these historic places have been transformed\, repurposed\, or restored. \nHighlights: \n\nVisit the Museum at Eldridge Street and see a fully restored magnificent 1887 synagogue\nStop at Straus Square and learn about its history and its significance during the heyday of Jewish immigration\nVisit The Forward building and learn the role of this important Jewish newspaper and its Yiddish advice column A Bintel Brief\nStop by Seward Park\, the first municipally built free playground in the United States and designed especially for the neighborhood’s children\, the first generation to grow up in such crowded conditions\n\nJoin a Museum at Eldridge Street expert guide on Friday\, May 15th at 11:30am as we walk in the footsteps of these immigrants and tell their stories. \nTicket Price (Includes Museum Admission):\nAdults $25\nSeniors / Students $20\nChildren 5 and Under FREE\nCool Culture Pass / SNAP Benefits $5 \nREGISTER HERE \nThis Museum at Eldridge Street Walking Tour is only available to small groups (25 people max). This tour is available to both individual ticket holders and families. \n\nImage Credit: “A Group of Peddlers (The Ghetto)\,” color postcard\, William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection Postcards.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/walking-tour-jewish-lower-east-side-2/
LOCATION:12 Eldridge Street\, New York\, NY 10002\, 12 Eldridge Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260402T154337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T154337Z
UID:287-1778850000-1778855400@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Foods of the LES
DESCRIPTION:Organized by The Tenement Museum\nGet a taste of tenement history! Explore over 150 years of Lower East Side history through the stories of immigrant and migrant communities and the unique food cultures that defined life in the neighborhood. Together with a Museum Educator\, examine ways in which tenement residents both preserved and adapted the food traditions of their homelands\, and how generations of street vendors\, restaurateurs\, home cooks\, and grocers sustained communities while shaping wider ideas of American cuisine and identity. \nVisit 8 unique stops and try small tastings from local Lower East Side vendors! Tastings include: \n\nCafe Katja (pretzels & beer)\nPickle Guys (new pickle\, garlic stuffed olive\, pickled pineapple)\nEssex Olive and Spice (olive oils & balsamic vinaigrettes)\nLower East Side Ice Cream Factory (ice cream)\n\nAlongside tastings\, tour a modern public market with a surprisingly deep history in the neighborhood and learn about everything from Kleindeutschland\, NYC’s first non-English speaking community\, to how public schools in the Lower East Side became the front line in the battle to “Americanize” immigrant cuisine. \n*Currently\, discounts are only available to Museum members. \nTicket Link: https://www.tenement.org/tour/f1-foods-of-the-les/?tour_date=2026-05-15
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/walking-tour-foods-of-the-les/
LOCATION:103 Orchard Street\, 103 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260516T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260516T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260331T210415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T210415Z
UID:249-1778931000-1778938200@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Walking Tour: The Jewish Gangsters of Lower Manhattan
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Museum at Eldridge Street\nPickpockets\, 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 in New York City\, from robbed and torched pushcarts to illegal whiskey and drugs! \nHighlights: \n\nLearn about the famous gangsters on the Lower East Side including Meyer Lansky\, Bugsy Siegel\, and Arnold Rothstein\nMeet the lesser known personalities like “Dopey” Benny Fein\, “Big” Jack Zelig\, “Lepke” Buchalter\, and the notorious Samuel “Red” Levine\nWalk the streets with an expert guide and visit where these Jewish Gangsters lived and conducted their business\n\nJoin a Museum at Eldridge Street expert guide on Saturday\, May 16th at 11:30am. \nWe will meet in front of the Ottendorfer Library at 135 2nd Avenue between St. Marks Place and 9th Street. Tickets must be purchased in advance of arrival. \nTours will run about two hours in length\, although this may vary. \nTicket Price (Includes Museum Admission):\nAdults $25\nSeniors\, Students $20\nChildren 5 and Under FREE\nCool Culture Pass / SNAP Benefits $5 \nREGISTER HERE \nThis Museum at Eldridge Street Walking Tour is only available to small groups (30 people max). This tour is available to both individual ticket holders and families. Please show your Walking Tour order confirmation at the Museum after your tour for free admission. \n\nAbout the Museum at Eldridge Street:\nThe Museum at Eldridge Street is housed in the Eldridge Street Synagogue\, a magnificent National Historic Landmark that has been meticulously restored. Opened in 1887\, the synagogue is the first great house of worship built in America by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Today\, it is the only remaining marker of the great wave of Jewish migration to the Lower East Side that is open to a broad public who wishes to visit Jewish New York. Exhibits\, tours\, public programs\, and education initiatives tell the story of Jewish immigrant life\, explore architecture and historic preservation\, inspire reflection on cultural continuity\, and foster collaboration and exchange between people of all faiths\, heritages\, and interests. \n\nImage Credit: Bugsy Siegel center with lawyers Jerry Giesler (left) and Byron Hanna (right)\, Everett Collection Inc.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/walking-tour-the-jewish-gangsters-of-lower-manhattan/
LOCATION:Ottendorfer Library\, 135 2nd Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260402T184917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T192709Z
UID:306-1778932800-1778947200@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:LES Yearbook & Harvey Epstein Present: The Peoples Park Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Organized by LES Yearbook & Office of Council Member Harvey Epstein\nLES Yearbook & Harvey Epstein Present: The People’s Park Celebration — a community gathering featuring a resource fair\, creative art activities\, and music. Join us for an afternoon of connection\, creativity\, and neighborhood joy! \nThis event takes place at Lillian Wald Houses. More info about the new park: https://www.archpaper.com/2026/03/davies-toews-nycha-lillian-wald/
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/les-yearbook-harvey-epstein-present-the-peoples-park-celebration/
LOCATION:Lillian Wald Houses\, 3rd & 4th Streets at Avenue D
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260402T155830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T155848Z
UID:289-1778940000-1778945400@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Building on the LES
DESCRIPTION:Organized by The Tenement Museum\nJoin a Museum educator as they guide you on an outdoor walking tour of the Lower East Side to reveal the unique stories that buildings can tell. Over the neighborhood’s history\, many different communities have lived\, worked and played here––and just as many communities have had ideas about what the neighborhood’s buildings should look like. On this tour\, explore the changes in buildings before\, during and after the era of tenements\, and how the Lower East Side’s architecture mirrors debates across the city and country. \nAmong others\, stops on this tour include: \n\nThe 1950s utopian\, Modernist Seward Park Housing Cooperative\, an experiment in co-owned housing\nAn 1830s row house\, one of the oldest structures in the neighborhood\nAngel Orensanz Center\, a 19th Century synagogue repurposed as an art and performance space\n\nTicket Link: https://www.tenement.org/tour/w2-building-on-the-les/?tour_date=2026-05-16
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/walking-tour-building-on-the-les/
LOCATION:103 Orchard Street\, 103 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260402T201156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T201156Z
UID:324-1778943600-1778950800@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Radical History Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\nSATURDAYS & SUNDAYS\, 3:00-5:00PM | $25/person | No reservations needed!\nMeet @ The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – 155 Ave C\, 9th & 10th St\nTours need three people to run – and almost always do.\nMuseum of Reclaimed Urban Space organic historian Bill Weinberg reveals the stories behind squats\, gardens\, riots\, uprisings and more. From the Civil War Draft Riots of the 1860s — to the Young Lords\, Black Panthers\, hippies\, Yippies and Up Against the Wall Motherf*ckers of the 1960s — to the Tompkins Square anarchists of the ’80s — to the tree-hugging urban enviros of the ’90s to the neighborhood Earthies keeping the legacy alive today. Unlike other neighborhood tours\, we broaden beyond individual anecdotes to paint a strong historical\, academic\, and cultural big picture of the Lower East Side. \n\n\nFive things you will learn on the Lower East Side Radical History Tour that you probably didn’t know:\n1. The radical politics of the songwriter who penned the “Wizard of Oz” soundtrack.\n2. What building in the East Village links the Gershwin brothers\, the Black Panthers and Iggy Pop.\n3. What park in the East Village was the secret birthplace of both the Hare Krishna movement and Occupy Wall Street.\n4. How New York City’s recycling program began as an initiative of East Village community activists.\n5. Why the same area of the city has been variously known as Burnt Mill Point\, Drydock\, Little Germany\, Klein Deutschland\, the Lower East Side\, Loisaida\, the East Village and Alphabet City.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/radical-history-walking-tour-5/
LOCATION:Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\, 155 Avenue C\, New York\, NY\, 10009
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260517T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260517T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260331T202502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T192803Z
UID:215-1779019200-1779040800@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Greek Jewish Festival
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum\nJoin the Greek Jewish Festival as we celebrate the unique Romaniote and Sephardic heritage of the Jews of Greece! Experience a feast for the senses including authentic kosher Greek foods and homemade Greek pastries\, traditional dance performances with live Greek and Sephardic music\, an outdoor marketplace full of vendors\, arts and educational activities for kids\, and much more!  \n 
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/greek-jewish-festival/
LOCATION:280 Broome Street\, New York\, NY 10002\, 280 Broome Street\, New York\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260402T201326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T201326Z
UID:326-1779030000-1779037200@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Radical History Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\nSATURDAYS & SUNDAYS\, 3:00-5:00PM | $25/person | No reservations needed!\nMeet @ The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – 155 Ave C\, 9th & 10th St\nTours need three people to run – and almost always do.\nMuseum of Reclaimed Urban Space organic historian Bill Weinberg reveals the stories behind squats\, gardens\, riots\, uprisings and more. From the Civil War Draft Riots of the 1860s — to the Young Lords\, Black Panthers\, hippies\, Yippies and Up Against the Wall Motherf*ckers of the 1960s — to the Tompkins Square anarchists of the ’80s — to the tree-hugging urban enviros of the ’90s to the neighborhood Earthies keeping the legacy alive today. Unlike other neighborhood tours\, we broaden beyond individual anecdotes to paint a strong historical\, academic\, and cultural big picture of the Lower East Side. \n\n\nFive things you will learn on the Lower East Side Radical History Tour that you probably didn’t know:\n1. The radical politics of the songwriter who penned the “Wizard of Oz” soundtrack.\n2. What building in the East Village links the Gershwin brothers\, the Black Panthers and Iggy Pop.\n3. What park in the East Village was the secret birthplace of both the Hare Krishna movement and Occupy Wall Street.\n4. How New York City’s recycling program began as an initiative of East Village community activists.\n5. Why the same area of the city has been variously known as Burnt Mill Point\, Drydock\, Little Germany\, Klein Deutschland\, the Lower East Side\, Loisaida\, the East Village and Alphabet City.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/radical-history-walking-tour-6/
LOCATION:Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\, 155 Avenue C\, New York\, NY\, 10009
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260521T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260521T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260324T175743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T211416Z
UID:121-1779384600-1779391800@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Open Arts LES: Mencius Society for the Arts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/open-arts-les-mencius-society-for-the-arts/
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260524T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260524T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260331T200915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T192020Z
UID:211-1779580800-1779667199@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:The Loisaida Festival
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Losiaida\, Inc.\n  \nSince 1987\, the Loisaida Festival has been celebrated the Sunday before Memorial Day weekend in the Manhattan neighborhood known as Alphabet City\, the East Village\, or “Loisaida.” Presented in the Avenue C cultural corridor — renamed Loisaida Avenue in 1989 — it is considered the largest community festival in the neighborhood.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/the-loisaida-festival/
LOCATION:Ave C Cooridor
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260524T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260524T123000
DTSTAMP:20260404T024735
CREATED:20260331T210737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T210737Z
UID:254-1779618600-1779625800@www.peoplesles.org
SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Jewish Lower East Side
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Museum at Eldridge Street\nStroll through the neighborhood’s 100-year-old history! \nA century ago\, the Lower East Side saw unparalleled growth as waves of immigrants settled\, prayed\, played\, worked\, shopped\, and attended school in this neighborhood as they built their new lives in a new land. Today\, there are signs of the past hidden within the modern streets. See how many of these historic places have been transformed\, repurposed\, or restored. \nHighlights: \n\nVisit the Museum at Eldridge Street and see a fully restored magnificent 1887 synagogue\nStop at Straus Square and learn about its history and its significance during the heyday of Jewish immigration\nVisit The Forward building and learn the role of this important Jewish newspaper and its Yiddish advice column A Bintel Brief\nStop by Seward Park\, the first municipally-built free playground in the United States and designed especially for the neighborhood’s children\, the first generation to grow up in such crowded conditions\n\nJoin a Museum at Eldridge Street expert guide on Sunday\, May 24th at 10:30am as we walk in the footsteps of these immigrants and tell their stories. \nTicket Price (Includes Museum Admission):\nAdults $25\nSeniors / Students $20\nChildren 5 and Under FREE\nCool Culture Pass / SNAP Benefits $5 \nREGISTER HERE \nThis Museum at Eldridge Street Walking Tour is only available to small groups (25 people max). This tour is available to both individual ticket holders and families. \n\nAbout the Museum at Eldridge Street:\nThe Museum at Eldridge Street is housed in the Eldridge Street Synagogue\, a magnificent National Historic Landmark that has been meticulously restored. Opened in 1887\, the synagogue is the first great house of worship built in America by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Today\, it is the only remaining marker of the great wave of Jewish migration to the Lower East Side that is open to a broad public who wishes to visit Jewish New York. Exhibits\, tours\, public programs\, and education initiatives tell the story of Jewish immigrant life\, explore architecture and historic preservation\, inspire reflection on cultural continuity\, and foster collaboration and exchange between people of all faiths\, heritages\, and interests. \n\nImage Credit: “A Group of Peddlers (The Ghetto)\,” color postcard\, William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection Postcards.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/walking-tour-jewish-lower-east-side-3/
LOCATION:12 Eldridge Street\, New York\, NY 10002\, 12 Eldridge Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event,Walking Tour
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SUMMARY:Walking Tour: Queer Artist/Activists of the Lower East Side\, 1960-2000
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Close Friends Collective with Henry Street Settlement\nJoin us as we spend the 2026 season remixing our walking tours of the Lower East Side and the East Village! On our first tour offering this season\, we will look at many influential queer artist/activists of the late 20th century on the Lower East Side – including Martin Wong\, Miguel Piñero\, Jack Smith\, Mario Montez\, Sylvia Rivera\, Marsha P. Johnson\, and the Gran Fury collective. \nThese artist/activists were deeply connected to the Lower East Side\, and their work stands on the sometimes uneasy\, sometimes joyful intersection of artistic creativity and political action. On our tour\, we’ll discuss questions that these luminaries’ lives and works provoke: Is art made by queer artists always political? Would we even want it to be? Who is the audience for queer art? \nThe tour will begin at Henry Street Settlement’s Abrons Arts Center\, 466 Grand Street\, a community arts space with a 110-year history of art and activism. \nTours are led by the Close Friends Collective\, a group of educators\, historians\, and artists with a passion for teaching queer history. Since 2021\, Close Friends Collective has led queer history walking tours of the Lower East Side and the East Village in partnership with Henry Street Settlement. Closer Friends Collective members are: Natalie Hill\, Salonee Bhaman\, Daniel Walber\, erin reid\, Jimmy Fay\, and Katie Vogel. \nTours are available only to the first 20 registrants. Tickets are $20 each. Five free tickets are available for each tour on a first-come\, first-served basis. If the date and time you’re looking for are not showing up as a ticket option\, this means all tickets have been claimed. If you cannot add multiple tickets\, that means we have fewer tickets available than you would like to purchase. \nPay it forward! If you’d like to pay more than the $20 ticket amount\, your donation will be used to subsidize free tickets and support Henry Street’s history programming. \nFor updates and announcements about Queer History Walking Tours\, be sure to follow Henry Street Settlement on social media or sign up for our monthly e-newsletter. \nIf you are interested in booking a private tour\, please contact Info@HenryStreet.org.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/walking-tour-queer-artist-activists-of-the-lower-east-side-1960-2000/
LOCATION:Abrons Arts Center\, 466 Grand Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Walking Tour
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260529T153000
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SUMMARY:Walking Tour: The Jewish Gangsters of Lower Manhattan
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Museum at Eldridge Street\nPickpockets\, 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 in New York City\, from robbed and torched pushcarts to illegal whiskey and drugs! \nHighlights: \n\nLearn about the famous gangsters on the Lower East Side including Meyer Lansky\, Bugsy Siegel\, and Arnold Rothstein\nMeet the lesser known personalities like “Dopey” Benny Fein\, “Big” Jack Zelig\, “Lepke” Buchalter\, and the notorious Samuel “Red” Levine\nWalk the streets with an expert guide and visit where these Jewish Gangsters lived and conducted their business\n\nJoin a Museum at Eldridge Street expert guide on Friday\, May 29th at 1:30pm. \nWe will meet in front of the Ottendorfer Library at 135 2nd Avenue between St. Marks Place and 9th Street. Tickets must be purchased in advance of arrival. \nTours will run about two hours in length\, although this may vary. \nTicket Price (Includes Museum Admission):\nAdults $25\nSeniors\, Students $20\nChildren 5 and Under FREE\nCool Culture Pass / SNAP Benefits $5 \nREGISTER HERE \nThis Museum at Eldridge Street Walking Tour is only available to small groups (30 people max). This tour is available to both individual ticket holders and families. Please show your Walking Tour order confirmation at the Museum after your tour for free admission. \n\nAbout the Museum at Eldridge Street:\nThe Museum at Eldridge Street is housed in the Eldridge Street Synagogue\, a magnificent National Historic Landmark that has been meticulously restored. Opened in 1887\, the synagogue is the first great house of worship built in America by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Today\, it is the only remaining marker of the great wave of Jewish migration to the Lower East Side that is open to a broad public who wishes to visit Jewish New York. Exhibits\, tours\, public programs\, and education initiatives tell the story of Jewish immigrant life\, explore architecture and historic preservation\, inspire reflection on cultural continuity\, and foster collaboration and exchange between people of all faiths\, heritages\, and interests. \n\nImage Credit: Bugsy Siegel center with lawyers Jerry Giesler (left) and Byron Hanna (right)\, Everett Collection Inc.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/walking-tour-the-jewish-gangsters-of-lower-manhattan-2/
LOCATION:Ottendorfer Library\, 135 2nd Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T180000
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SUMMARY:Typewritten Tales
DESCRIPTION:Organized by 6th & B Garden\nTell 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.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/typewritten-tales/
LOCATION:6th & B Garden\, on the corner of E 6th & Ave B\, New York\, NY\, 10009
CATEGORIES:Lower East Side History Month,Outdoor Event
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