L.E.S.

THE 13TH ANNUAL LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

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Friday, May 23rd, 6pm - 1am
Saturday, May 24th, 10am - 1am
10am - 6pm - OUTSIDE ON E. 10th STREET - Cultural Fair, Performances, Food, Vendors!
2pm - 5pm - INSIDE - Performances for Kids and by Kids
Sunday, May 25th, 6pm - 1am

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THE 13th ANNUAL LOWER EAST SIDE (LES) FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS will bring together under one roof in just three days over 100 performing arts organizations, local and international celebrities, independent artists, poets, puppeteers, film makers and many others -- all of whom reside, work or have their roots in the culturally diverse, willfully anarchistic Lower East Side -- for New York City's most diverse FREE 3-day festival, from Friday, May 23 through Sunday, May 25, at Theater for the New City (155 1st Avenue, between E. 9th and 10th Streets) in Manhattan.

The 3-day, indoor and outdoor festival of the arts is organized by Theater for the New City and a coalition of civic, cultural and business leaders, and is FREE to all New Yorkers and visitors. THE LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS was founded in 1996 to demonstrate the creative explosion of Manhattan's Lower East Side and the area's importance to the culture and tourism of New York City. Last year's festival attracted more than 3,000 people.

"Art Into Action, Action Into Art" is the theme of THE 13th ANNUAL LES FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS. "Art cannot move mountains, but it can start movements. It can illuminate the pathway and stir what's best within us to act for good," remarks Crystal Field, co-founder and Executive Artistic Director of Theater for the New City. "Anyone who has been to The LES Festival once returns -- year after year," she continues. "There is nothing as eclectically electric in New York City or anywhere else in the world!"

This year's participants, representing the unique ethnic and cultural diversity of the Lower East Side, include an eclectic mix of talent, including Jazz legend David Amram; legendary talk show host Joe Franklin; award-winning performance artists Reno and Penny Arcade; downtown favorites Jim Neu, Black Eyed Susan and Epstein & Hassan (The Black & The Jew); theatre and dance companies such as Rod Rodgers Dance Company, The Wendy Osserman Dance Company, Joe's Pub, New York Theater Workshop, The Mariana Bekerman Dance Company, The Red Bastard, and many more. Plus, there will be new works by established and rapidly rising playwrights including Barbara Kahn, Lissa Moira, Larry Myers, Bina Sharif, James Rado and others.

Events, from Friday, May 23 through Sunday, May 25, are FREE, open to all, and take place within two theater spaces at Theater for the New City (155 1st Avenue, between E. 9th and 10th Streets) and along East 10th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY, MAY 23rd

SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES
JOHNSON THEATER
FRIDAY, MAY 23rd

Performances 6pm - 1am

SATURDAY, MAY 24th

SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES
OUTDOOR STREET FESTIVAL
Outside on East 10th Street
SATURDAY, MAY 24th

Performances 12pm - 5pm

SUNDAY, MAY 25th

SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES
JOHNSON THEATER
SUNDAY, MAY 25th

Performances 6pm - 1am

SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES
CABARET THEATER
SUNDAY, MAY 25th

Performances 7pm - 1am

POETRY PROGRAM
in the COMMUNITY SPACE THEATER
5pm - 7pm

LISSA MOIRA, Curator
Dorothy Friedman August, Louisa Bradshaw, Steve Cannon, Judith Andrea Caporale, Steve Dalachinsky, Ellen Farber, Five Easy Peaces (Amber, Be Laroe, Lois Kagan Mingus, Marlena Lortez Terwilliger, Joanie Fritz Zosike), Geoffrey Holman, David Hubermann, L.E.S. Jules, Barbara Kahn, Lissa Moira, Ronne Norpel, Richard O’Brien, Valery Oisteanu, Yuko Otomo, Anthony Parker, Howard Pflanzer, Goya Robles, Tom Savage, Bina Sharif, Kelsey Shipman, Ellen Steier, Danny Shot, Bruce Weber, Richard West

Dedicated to the Memory of JUSHI

VISUAL ARTISTS
in the LOBBY
All Weekend Long!

Walker Fee, curator

Daniel Albert, Krista Anderson, Jeanette Arnone-K, Crystal Bretschger, Fernando Carpaneda, Caitlin Casell,a Jennifer Cauffman, Marisa DeMarco, Denise DeSpirito, Lu DiRusso, Lauren Fatzinger, Brian Fee, Maria Fee, Columbia Fiero, Anabel Giladi, Darius Gubala, Erika Huddleston, Marina Korenfeld, Ethel Kriss, Morgan Lappin, Evan Laurence, Micha Lazare, Ujin Lee, Leora Lent, Samantha Levin, William Lindsay, Hariclia Michailidis, Adam Miller, Alli Miller, Lissa Moira, Judy Negron, Rochelle Pashkin, Karen Pawson, David Platt, Vadim Prokhorov, Carolyn Ratcliffe, Hannah Rawe, Janet Restino, Carla E. Reyes, Jamison Sarteschi, Justin T. Shockley, Fedele Spadafora, Len Speier, Chris Swiatek, Thailan, Charlene Weisler, Nicole Wilson













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