Join Us Saturday, December 8th for our Fair Trade & Girl-Made Holiday Gift Fair Every dollar you spend will help the Girls Club and our sister girls organizations in Nepal, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Haiti, Glasgow, Congo, and New Orleans continue to provide direct services to underserved girls and women!
This is an evening you can't miss. The youth have something to say so come out and hear it! The Lower Eastside Girls Club brings an evening of poems, spoken word, and stories written and presented by the amazing members of the LES Girls Club. Let them take you on a journey of the issues they face and embrace. Gun violence, social injustice, Women's Rights, Black Lives Matter, prison reform, LGBTQ acceptance... Also performing: the Girls Club Avenue DJs. They will spin some tunes to add to the evening's powerful message. ABOUT POETRY ELECTRIC The Poetry Electric fuses music, movement, sound, and dance with the spoken word and presents artists working in a wide range of styles including beatboxing, jazz and hip-hop theatre. This series has presented over 200 emerging poets from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Angel Alliance Holiday Cookie Bake-Off and Holiday Sweet SaleThe Lower Eastside Girls Club Angel Alliance Junior Board is bringing back our favorite holiday event: The Cookie Bake-Off and Holiday Sweet Sale! Too busy to bake this season? Let us do all the work. Just fill our empty tins ($20, $35 or $50) with delicious “Angel Baked” homemade cookies. And stay for the holiday fun: celebrity judges, delicious special cocktails, prizes, Girl-Made gifts for sale and more! Register to Reserve Your Tin or Donate: http://bit.ly/2018bakeoff Our Guest JudgesActress and Comedian on “At Home With Amy Sedaris”Baker and Owner at Flour ShopLeader of the SheChef Movement, TV Talent on "America’s Test Kitchen"Performer, Runway Coach, Model, Stylist and Fashion IllustratorDirector of Girls Club Culinary Training Programs Here’s how it works: The Public: Buys an empty tin ($20, $35 or $50) and fill it with delicious homemade treats baked by our Angel Alliance Junior Board and friends. Joins us for the holiday fun: Celebrity Judges, Raffle Prizes, Girl-Made gifts for sale and more. Brings the gift tin home to family for the holidays, gifts it to friends and co-workers or secretly enjoys it themselves. The Bakers: Sign up to bake by emailing lauren@girlsclub.org by […]
Being the Change We Want to Sea (Zero Waste, Shark Fondness, Plastic Aversion) by the Lower Eastside Girls Club (LESGC) The Lower Eastside Girls Club installation focuses on environmental awareness. The centerpiece of the installation is LESGC Board Member/mentor/artist Kevin McHugh’s Disco Shark sculpture; McHugh regularly donates portions from the proceeds of sales of his work to marine research and conservation organizations. The rest of the installation has been designed and fabricated by the girls of the LESGC, using recycled and repurposed materials. About The Lower Eastside Girls Club The Lower Eastside Girls Club operates a state-of-the-art community center that offers a safe haven with programs in the arts, sciences, leadership, entrepreneurship, and wellness for girls in middle and high school. Their facilities include a Maker Shop for engineering and coding; Biology lab for STEM programming and research; Alphabet City Art School for visual arts and crafts; Center for Media and Social Justice for digital media and photography; Sound Studio for music production and our radio station/podcast, WGRL (Where Girl Radio Lives); Design Shop for fashion design; a rooftop farm; full culinary kitchen and cafe; and 64-seat state-of the art, 30-foot dome planetarium. Web: https://girlsclub.org/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/girlsclubny
The Lower Eastside Girls Club invites you to join us Friday, February 15, 2019 5-8 pm to celebrate our Artist-In-Residence Eirini Linardaki and view “What is to Come” An installation by the Girls Club & Eirini Linardaki Eirini Linardaki is a Greek-French artist who works between New York and the island of Crete. During her stay from January to February 2019, she worked with our girls to create colorful prints of explosions and a magnetic, interactive installation that places the viewer as both an actor and performer of that piece. The drawing installation is made with magnetic, fluorescent surfaces that are interchangeable and guests are invited to create their own composition. Working with different textile patterns, inspired by the diversity of our girls, they also created digital collages which celebrate power, joy and potential for change. Together we are the power of change.
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
