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Book Talk: Street Gangs of the Lower East Side

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

With “The Street Gangs of the Lower East Side,” Jose Cochise
Quiles and Clayton Patterson provide a brutally honest, self-reflective and moving account of one person’s struggle to break the cycle of violence and poverty since birth through creativity and compassion for others in the East Village / Lower East Side. Quiles pulls no punches about the experiences that took him from gang leader to an historian of gangs, artist, and author who creates with a joyous yet desperate edge, for the sake of sheer survival.

Soul of a City – Exhibition Ongoing

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

Loisaida inc. is proud to announce the opening exhibition of photographer Ryan John Lee.

ECOLOGICAL CITY – CREATIVE CLIMATE ACTION PUBLIC PLANNING MEETING

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

Loisaida Inc. Center's 2018 Artists in Residence; Earth Celebrations engages the Lower East Side community through: ECOLOGICAL CITIES, a theatrical pageant and environmental action project to co-develop and bring together climate resiliency and ecological sustainability plans within the gardens, neighborhood and waterfront of the Lower East Side of New York City, and highlight its contribution to the city and address global climate challenges.

Ecological Arts Puppet Workshops

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

Puppet Workshop with artist: Lucrecia Novoa

El Semillero Benefit Event

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

You are invited to join us for a launch celebration of El Semillero - The Seedbed, a maker space community hub for cultivating our skills & community. Set for the first component to open mid 2018. The benefit event will feature a silent auction where over 10 established and up-and-coming artists will donate a piece of art for visitors to bid on and take home that same night. The auction wall is curated by Ryan John Lee and Katharine J. Wright. There will also be a performance by surrealist bohemia pioneer Joe Louis and the New York City + Puerto Rico sensational deejay D'MARQUESINA and much more!

Ecological Arts Costume Workshops

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

Costumes Workshop with artist: Michele Brody

Noche de Bohemia with Joe Louis

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

Joe Louis returns with his experimental bohemia to NYC from PR. Come and enjoy a night full of stories to wait for the end of the world and face it. Come to love and be loved with music and vocal improvisation. Swimming in the "Río Piedras" had never been so far away.

The Native Caribbean Heritage Preservation Project – Exhibition

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

The Testourmonials Project will host an exhibition at Loisaida Inc. Center opening Monday, March 26 - 30, 2018. The exhibition will be relaying information, sources, reflections, visual art, commissioned photography, and an installation to share the research.

Fabric Yarn Workshop

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

Learn how to recycle fabrics and clothing into a fun material that can be used for
knitting, weaving, crocheting and many other crafts.
Workshop Duration: 1-2 hours
Cost: FREE
Languages: English and Spanish
Level: No previous knowledge required
Date: April 17th, 2018 - 6:00 to 7:30 pm

Restoring the heart of Ni’Tiñao – Exhibition Closing

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

Please join us for the closing reception of Restoring the Heart of Ni'Tiñao!
Ní'Tiñao means "relative; friend; progenitor" in Kalinago, and is eponymous with the Taíno peoples of the Caribbean. Loisaida Inc.'s artist-in-residence, Anthony Rosado's, work focuses on historical, indigenous Caribbean definitions of identity and the influence of their values, spirituality, horticulture, and language today, as well as our relation to these definitions right here in Loisaida. His exhibition aims to refute eurocolonial claims that the Ní'Tiñao were a divided peoples who went extinct. Via art and storytelling, We Exist, he tells us.