Boricua Pride, and a New Currency, at Loisaida Fest
The Loisaida Festival on Sunday drew crowds, including some who were waiting to learn about and obtain a new community currency, the Puerto Rican peso, part of a project called Valor y Cambio.
The Loisaida Festival on Sunday drew crowds, including some who were waiting to learn about and obtain a new community currency, the Puerto Rican peso, part of a project called Valor y Cambio.
At a New-York Historical Society event, Professor Heather Lee described how Chinese restaurants once “provided a space of freedom and possibility for women” in New York, writes West Side Spirit.
Immigrant stories of detention were told at The Art of Return, a performance series held on the Lower East Side, reports Documented.
The Department of City Planning’s recent approval of three high rise luxury residential buildings in the Two Bridges neighborhood in Lower East Side triggered a new round of outcry from the residents. At a town hall meeting held on Dec. 12, activists and residents vowed to keeping fighting. A lawyerRead More
The only program in New York City to exclusively serve mentally ill Cantonese speakers could close its doors after more than 30 years, reports Sing Tao Daily.
Manhattan Times reports on the 31st annual Loisaida Festival.
Times Ledger reports on City Lore’s new exhibit, “What We Bring,” featuring works with special meaning for 31 immigrant artists.
The Puerto Rican community, including Rep. Nydia Velázquez, bid farewell to Adela Fargas, the beloved matriarch who in 1973 founded the restaurant Casa Adela on the Lower East Side, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
Melissa Freeman, the granddaughter of a slave, treated patients during the early stages of the opioid crisis and at the age of 91 runs a methadone clinic and a medical practice in Manhattan, reports Amsterdam News.
Chalkbeat and The Villager report on plans to promote racial inclusion in two school districts.
A new Tenement Museum exhibition features the stories of three immigrant families who lived in a Lower East Side tenement building in the decades after World War II, reports SinoVision English Channel.
Tablet reports on efforts to preserve the Yiddish Theatre Walk of Fame on the Lower East Side.
World Journal and Sing Tao Daily provide some special perspective on housing for seniors on the Lower East Side.
Combining activism and storytelling, Asher Novek organizes six days of storytelling in NYC.
The restoration of a 30-year-old mural seeks to link the Lower East Side Puerto Rican arts movement in the 1980s with the current immigrant struggle, El Diario/La Prensa reports.