Those of you who are regulars at Tenement Talks probably remember our storytelling series, which ran from 2007-2009. Curated by storyteller H.R. Britton, the series offered up-and-coming performers the chance to tell a New York-themed tale. Last December, we hosted a "Holidays in New York" show with Suzie Sims-Fletcher, DJ Hazard, Raj Varma, Martin Dockery, James Braly, and Rob Hollander. Today seems like a good day to revist it. Happy holidays, all!
Showing posts with label lower east side stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lower east side stories. Show all posts
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tenement Talks - Lower East Side Stories
Tonight, join us for Lower East Side Stories: The Melting Pot, hosted by H.R. Britton. This event will be open-captioned in real time - a first for us - meaning no one should miss a word from our hilarious storytellers. Lower East Side Stories is also now brought to you by Brooklyn Brewery, which makes us very happy - what better way to enjoy a story than with a cold beer in hand?
Performers, including Michele Carlo and LES Stories curator H.R. Britton, share their tales of the city as melting pot – that "great conglomeration of men from every nation," as a 19th-century chantey put it. Still true today - Queens is “one of the most diverse places on Earth,” according to the Daily News, and the Lower East Side is a mix of people from Bangladesh, China, Puerto Rico and beyond. Following our storytellers, guests are invited to contribute their own three-minute story.
Thursday, August 27 at 6:30 PM
Tenement Museum Shop, 108 Orchard at Delancey
Tenement Museum Shop, 108 Orchard at Delancey
Lower East Side Stories storytellers from a past event.
- Posted by Kate Stober
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Tonight's Lower East Side Stories - Tourists in New York
You used to be able to spot them in midtown and Central Park by their maps and I Love New York shirts.
Now, they climb off buses in the West Village to embark on Sex and the City movie tours, explore Brooklyn by bike (check out this cool guide in the Huffington Post), soak in Times Square from lounge chairs in the middle of Broadway, and may even visit later this month, as part of a city campaign to attract gay and lesbian visitors, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.
Tourism is getting quirkier than ever -and it's the subject of tonight's installment of Lower East Side Stories. At 6:30 pm in the Museum Shop, acclaimed storytellers James Braly, Peter Aguero, Brad Lawrence and Ophira Eisenberg will share their encounters with (and experiences as) visitors to the Big Apple.
Share your own tourism stories at the event, or here on the blog.
Now, they climb off buses in the West Village to embark on Sex and the City movie tours, explore Brooklyn by bike (check out this cool guide in the Huffington Post), soak in Times Square from lounge chairs in the middle of Broadway, and may even visit later this month, as part of a city campaign to attract gay and lesbian visitors, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.
Tourism is getting quirkier than ever -and it's the subject of tonight's installment of Lower East Side Stories. At 6:30 pm in the Museum Shop, acclaimed storytellers James Braly, Peter Aguero, Brad Lawrence and Ophira Eisenberg will share their encounters with (and experiences as) visitors to the Big Apple.
Share your own tourism stories at the event, or here on the blog.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Downtown is Disappearing
"I wish it was the fifties or the sixties or the teens, so I could talk to someone who don't know what Starbucks means," laments folk artist Chris Lowe about the gentrification of once gritty and eclectic lower Manhattan in one of the songs that inspired the theme of tomorrow night's installment of Lower East Side Stories. The New York-born musician, who's lived on MacDougal Street for the past 20 years, will be performing live at the event, hosted by spoken word artist H.R. Britton. Check out a sample of Lowe's work below.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
TM on TV
Last month, the museum got its fifteen minutes of fame on television. (Almost literally. Just add up the lengths of the clips we're featured in.) Actress Lauren Ambrose told NBC's First Look that she fell in love with 97 Orchard while preparing for her role in Awake & Sing, a Lincoln Center production about a Jewish family struggling through the Great Depression, and now counts TM as one of the top three things she can't live without.
A recent PBS Sunday Arts profile gave a great behind-the-scenes look at our history and mission. And Columbia University's Uptown Radio covered "Coping While Broke," an April installment of our Lower East Side Stories series. Listen to museum educator Max Weissberg discuss the Yiddish term "luftmensch" and its relevance to economic downturns.
A recent PBS Sunday Arts profile gave a great behind-the-scenes look at our history and mission. And Columbia University's Uptown Radio covered "Coping While Broke," an April installment of our Lower East Side Stories series. Listen to museum educator Max Weissberg discuss the Yiddish term "luftmensch" and its relevance to economic downturns.
A tour of 97 Orchard helped Lauren Ambrose research immigrant life during the Great Depression for the play Awake and Sing
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