Traven Rice

Lower East Side, New York

Co-Founder, Arts and Culture Editor and Publisher at The Lo-Down

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Julia Jean’s Ice Cream Shop Now Open at 202 Clinton St.

2 weeks ago | thelodownny.com | Traven Rice

After popping up at Partybus Bakeshop on Essex Street last summer, ice cream maker Ayanna Quint has found an official brick and mortar location for Julia Jean’s ice cream at 202 Clinton Street. Quint was a baker at Partybus during the pandemic, before learning how to make ice cream.
Apartment of the Week, Sponsored by LoHo Realty

1 month ago | thelodownny.com | Traven Rice

Address: 457 Fdr Drive, #A1405Price: $715,000 Maintenance: $1407.00Open House: Sunday, May 4th from 10:30 – 3:30pm**All showings – including Sunday Open Houses – are by appointment only.
The Lo-Down Culture Cast: Coss Marte, Founder of CONBODY and CONBUD

1 month ago | thelodownny.com | Traven Rice

After featuring Coss Marte in The Lo-Down’s “My LES” column ten years ago, host Traven Rice connected with him again to catch up on all he has accomplished with his two innovative businesses, both of which have social justice missions at their core. In 2009, Coss Marte was sent to jail as the leader of a multi-million dollar cocaine operation. He was also grossly overweight and warned by his physician that his current lifestyle, if left unchecked, would likely kill him.
Apartment of the Week, Sponsored by LoHo Realty

1 month ago | thelodownny.com | Traven Rice

Address: 477 FDR Drive, #M103-104Price: $1,500,000 Maintenance: $2745.00Open House: Sunday, April 27th from 10:30 – 3:30pm**All showings – including Sunday Open Houses – are by appointment only.
Lower East Side Film Fest Announces Full 2025 Lineup

1 month ago | thelodownny.com | Traven Rice

The Lower East Side Film Festival returns to the neighborhood for it’s 15th year on Thursday, May 1st – Monday, May 5th. Touting “5 Days of Cinema, Culture and Chaos in the Lower East Side,” this year’s jury members include actor and downtown fashion icon Julia Fox, Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live), Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets and Disney’s The Book of Boba Fett) and Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning director, writer, and rapper Slick Naim.
Henry Street Settlement Hosts 10th Annual Lillian Wald Symposium, Asks: Can Artists Survive in New York City?

2 months ago | thelodownny.com | Traven Rice

This year’s Lillian Wald Symposium at Abrons Playhouse Theater will focus on a question we’ve all been asking for a while now – “Can artists survive in New York City?” As the costs of living here keep going up, it can feel almost impossible to imagine how artists from all walks of life can manage the day to day challenges of paying the rent and putting food on the table.
Arts For Arts Hosts Weekly Concert Series

2 months ago | thelodownny.com | Traven Rice

Our friends at Arts For Art have been curating a weekly experimental/free-jazz concert series every Wednesday called Free Dimension. They write, “It is a unique, underground scene taking place at the NuBlu Classic in alphabet city. We hope to further create community and bring this historical genre of music to a wider audience.”Collaborative performances are curated by different artists each week. You can see who’s on the schedule here.
Morning at Essex and Canal

2 months ago | thelodownny.com | Traven Rice

@petethestreet1 artist Peter Brown, aka “Pete the Street,” was painting at Essex and Canal this morning, prepping for a solo show coming soon. Send us your neighborhood photos: [email protected]
Stanton Street Synagogue Hosts Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial Event

2 months ago | thelodownny.com | Traven Rice

Stanton Street Synagogue (180 Stanton St.) is hosting a memorial event to honor workers who died in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on Saturday, March 22, at 12pm. They write:Please join us as the Lower East Side remembers its own! The Stanton Street Synagogue invites the public to remember the 146 garment workers who perished in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
The Lo-Down Culture Cast - Mark DeGarmo Dance

Mar 8, 2025 | thelodownny.com | Traven Rice

Host Traven Rice spoke with founder Mark DeGarmo of Mark DeGarmo Dance, who has been based on the Lower East Side for over 30 years. As an artist and scholar, his work investigates embodied imagination, improvisational composition, and nonverbal/non-discursive ways of knowing. Thus far in his professional choreographic career, DeGarmo has created over 100 dance and performance works and directed multiple tours in 13 countries. The themes of his choreographic work are varied.