Join the Lower Eastside Girls Club for our third year exhibiting the work of our members at the Art on Paper fair! We'll be showcasing a data-designed paper city inspired by the work of Congolese artist Bodys Isek Kingelez and East Village photographers James and Karla Murray. Look for Booth #915!
Mardi Gras with the Girls Club Angel AllianceCome join Girls Club’s Angel Alliance Junior Board for an unforgettable night with our friends at the Fat Friday Foundation. Fat Friday’s annual Mardi GrasBall is a Party you won’t want to miss, with a special performances by the one and only Cyril Neville of the Neville Brothers, and more! For this year’s theme, “Beware the Ides of Mardi Gras,” come with your best Roman-inspired garb. Event proceeds will support our free year round programs! VIP tickets are available and include dinner and dance party, General Admission for dance party only. Tickets on sale now at: bit.ly/IdesofMardiGras
Join Lara Downes and special musical guests Leah Crocetto and Sophia Bacelar, with host Clemency Burton-Hill of WQXR, to celebrate the launch of "Holes in the Sky," Lara's new Sony Masterworks collection of music celebrating the contributions of phenomenal women to the past, present, and future of American music. Tickets $45 - includes VIP reception, concert and a signed copy of HOLES IN THE SKY https://holesinthesky.ticketleap.com/nyc-launch "A charming selection of pieces by some powerful composers - a celebration of otherness, as well as an act of repatriation” - Washington Post This music tells the story of what women and girls can contribute to the world when they are given a chance - that their dreams can make holes in the sky. This event is presented in support of the The Lower Eastside Girls Club, breaking the cycle of poverty by training the next generation of ethical, entrepreneurial, and environmental leaders.
The Lower Eastside Girls Club Spring FlingAbout Spring FlingThe Lower Eastside Girls Club is hosting our biggest fundraiser of the year and we want you to be a part of it! Your support opens up a world of opportunities for girls and their families who are stressed by the overwhelming challenges that poverty, housing instability, and community violence present. Our programs include the arts, STEM, leadership, mentorship, social justice advocacy, wellness, entrepreneurship and much more!Angel Orensanz Foundation 172 Norfolk Street New York, NYWednesday, April 10, 2019 6–11pm6–7pm — Cocktails 7–9pm — Dinner & Awards Ceremony 9–11pm — Dance Party at the DLHost CommitteeKimberly Aguilera De'Ara Balenger Rosario Dawson Kate Englebrecht Jen Gatien Piera Gelardi Natasha Lyonne Rachelle Hruska MacPherson Susan McPherson Piper Perabo Yara Shahidi Gael Towey Cleo Wade Elaine Welteroth
Join us for the grand opening of the new Essex Street Market and re-opening of La Tiendita. Stop by to shop our Girl-Made and Fair Trade items from the Girls Club and our international program partners, and check out our new home! Open daily from 8am to 8pm
Meet the women (and men) who write and illustrate some of your favorite characters, including our host Fly-O, with participating artists; the Fearless Feminists, Isabella Bannerman and Katherine Arnoldi; Javier Cruz Winnik, Bronx Heroes and the Women in Comics NYC Collective International! More artists & creatives TBA! Comix Market Discover the coolest comics and zines available for sale, created by our Girls Club members as well as local artists. Workshops Stop by our comics workshops and drawing stations led by NYC comic art professionals, Girls Club instructors and members — for kids of all ages! Learn how to make mini comics, create characters, develop story ideas, get drawing tips or just have fun reclaiming your power and creativity with pencils & sharpies! Make your own t-shirts in a silk-screening workshop!
MARIA DE LOS ANGELES & Alphabet City Art School Opening Reception MAY 19, 2019 1–4pm Every Woman Biennial 2019 at La Mama, La Galleria 47 Great Jones Street (Art) 222 Bowery (Art + Film Festival) New York, NY Gallery Hours May 20–29 • 1–7pm (including Memorial Day) About the Every Woman Biennial The EVERY WOMAN BIENNIAL is the all woman and women-identified art biennial founded and curated by C. Finley. What began as the Whitney Houston Biennial, a wild one-night event of art and performance celebrating women in 2014, and expanded to a two-week exhibition in 2017 in the awakening of the #MeToo movement, will present its third iteration, titled Every Woman Biennial, from May 20 - May 29 in NY, and a sister biennial featuring LA-based artists June 2 - 12 in LA. Contributing Girls Club Members K’mai Allen Angelica Bautista Safari Buckly Shanai Dunbar Pamela Espinalvaldez Martha Flores Sienna Garcia Sophia Guitterez Shaniyah Hohenkirk Zakira Mack Kailey Molina Catelyn Neal Shanice Negron Mia Olavarria Jacky Perez Kaitlyn Perez Angelica B Quinones Conscious Rogers Alissa Ruff Absatou Sadiq Lavonia Sharp Jeisica Sookoo Clari Taveras Destiny White Ayianna Wilson
About Campaign HQ Stop by the opening of the Girls Club’s newest: a Gallery and Gift Shop! About Loisaida Festival Since 1987, the Loisaida Festival has been celebrated the Sunday before Memorial Day weekend in the Manhattan neighborhood known as the Lower East Side, the East Village, or Loisaida. This event is the largest community pride festival in the neighborhood and grows annually in size, excitement, and impact. It is presented in the Avenue C commercial corridor — renamed Loisaida Avenue since 1989. The Loisaida Festival includes diverse manifestations of the Puerto Rican and Latino cultures expressed through music, cuisine and arts. Although it began as a community event to celebrate the culture, heritage and accomplishments of Loisaida’s Puerto Rican/Hispanic community, the event has created a multi-cultural spirit where people from all races and backgrounds descend from all parts on the city into this historic and eclectic neighborhood. The Loisaida Festival has also created a platform for Loisaida’s Latino and, now growing, non-Latino neighborhood residents and families that come together on the day of the event to share and celebrate the Memorial Day Holiday as well as their social and cultural differences. The program includes musical concerts, dance performances, folkloric […]
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Hester Street Fair’s Girl Power Fair is back for its fourth edition on June 15th with the best and the boldest womxn in New York! Our beloved Girl Power event is proud to showcase a line up of owned and operated businesses, vendors, artists, and performers—a packed day powered by womxn! EVENT DETAILS Charitable Partners Lower East Side Girls Club Hester Street Fair has partnered again with The Lower Eastside Girls Club of NY which provides a place where middle school and high school girls can grow, learn, have fun, and develop confidence in themselves and their ability to make a difference in the world. By delivering strong arts, literacy, science, health and leadership programs we provide girls with the vision to plan – and the tools to build – their future. The Lower Eastside Girls Club will have a Made By Us booth and Hester Street Fair will be making and collecting donations. Special Features What is Girl Power: We collectively take a look at What is Girl Power through self-expression and individuality. Hester Street Fair will provide paper & supplies in our workshop tent to write, draw and color “What Is Girl Power”. Once finished each participant will pin […]
