EL BARRIO HAS A LONG HISTORY OF USING ITS STREETS AS GATHERING SPACES. JOIN US TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY WITH OPEN STREETS 2024.
Join us for outdoor dining, LIVE MUSIC & FAMILY FUN … plus splashing in the hydrant when the temps get high!
Lexington Avenue in the lower 100s is known as East Harlem’s “Restaurant Row” — with cuisines including Mexican, Brazilian, Thai and Italian, plus seafood, barbecue, juices, coffee and wine. And yes, one shop each dedicated exclusively to mousse, carrot cake and ice cream!
This summer, we’re popping up each Saturday in June, with Storytelling, Crafts & Live Music, plus other special events.
See below and mark your calendars:
STORYTIME EVERY SATURDAY AT 2 P.M.
HOSTED BY TAQUERIA EL TEPEYAC & DALILA’S TACOS
Come early or stay late to enjoy the books & crafts in our Street Lab outdoor reading room. Many thanks to community members for donating books, and also Made for Me Books for filling our shelves with stories that reflect our community.
Saturday, June 1: Literacy, Inc.
Saturday, June 8: Literacy, Inc.
Saturday, June 15: Bilingual Birdies.
Saturday, June 22: Bilingual Birdies.
Saturday, June 29: Bilingual Birdies.
Saturday, July 6: Literacy, Inc.
Saturday, July 13: Literacy, Inc.
Saturday, July 20: Literacy, Inc.
Saturday, July 27: Bilingual Birdies.
Saturday, August 3: Inez Martinez & Kiera Jerez.
Saturday, August 10: Inez Martinez & Kiera Jerez.
Saturday, August 17: Inez Martinez & Kiera Jerez.
Saturday, August 24: Inez Martinez & Kiera Jerez.
Saturday, August 31: Inez Martinez & Kiera Jerez.
PLUS A WINE TASTING FOR PARENTS & MORE! EVERY SATURDAY AT 2 P.M.
Pop your head into local small business Rosenthal Wine Merchant for a wine tasting! Each week is focused on a theme to help you learn and explore. The tasting runs throughout the afternoon, until the bottles are done.
CRAFT TIME EVERY SATURDAY AT 3 P.M.
Meet the artisans of El Barrio during weekly crafting sessions ranging from crochet to beadwork to dollmaking and more. Activities are geared for all skill levels, from kids through adults.
Saturday, June 1: Bead jewelry with Patricia Blount of Angel Rays Designs.
Saturday, June 8: Bead jewelry with Patricia Blount of Angel Rays Designs.
Saturday, June 15: Paper flowers with Andreia Andrikopoulos Batres.
Saturday, June 22: Bead jewelry with Patricia Blount of Angel Rays Designs.
Saturday, June 29: Yarn art & community crochet with Carmen Paulino, a.k.a. Carmen Community Artist.
Saturday, July 6: Yarn art & community crochet with Carmen Paulino, a.k.a. Carmen Community Artist.
Saturday, July 13: Paper flowers with Andreia Andrikopoulos Batres.
Saturday, July 20: Bead jewelry with Patricia Blount of Angel Rays Designs.
Saturday, July 27: Bead jewelry with Patricia Blount of Angel Rays Designs.
Saturday, August 3: Bead jewelry with Patricia Blount of Angel Rays Designs.
Saturday, August 10: Yarn art & community crochet with Eliana Sherwood of Crocheting in the City.
Saturday, August 17: Yarn art & community crochet with Flo Bradley of Flo Did That.
Saturday, August 24: Canvas art & magnets with Ysabel Studio & Family.
Saturday, August 31: Bead jewelry with Patricia Blount of Angel Rays Designs.
LIVE MUSIC EVERY SATURDAY FROM 5-7 P.M.
Kick off your Saturday night alongside the sounds of local musicians, ranging from jazz to funk to fusion and more.
Saturday, June 1: Soul & funk with Noël Simoné Wippler & Band of Friends.
Saturday, June 8: Latin jazz with Ali Bello & The Latin Mayhem.
Saturday, June 15: Jazz with Mark Hynes & the Markomatic Jazz Quartet, hosted by CIVITAS.
Saturday, June 22: Samba for Festa Junina at Bar Goyana on 100th Street, with DJ Mike Madness spinning tunes on 101st Street.
Saturday, June 29: Jazz with The Unity Jazz Collaboration, hosted by CIVITAS.
Saturday, July 6: Postponed due to forecast of thunderstorms.
Saturday, July 13: Harlem poetic jazz fusion with Sista Zock.
Saturday, July 20: Brass & funk with Liftoff Brass.
Saturday, July 27: Jazz & smooth vocals with the Kaushik Quartet.
Saturday, August 3: Postponed due to forecast of thunderstorms.
Saturday, August 10: Jazz with the Bruce Edwards Trio featuring Aida Brandes-Hargrove.
Saturday, August 17: International Latin vibes with Noël Simoné Wippler & Inti and the Moon.
Saturday, August 24: Mitch Frohman Latin Jazz Quartet.
Saturday, August 31: Willie Martinez Latin Jazz Quartet, plus salsa dance sessions with Franck Muhel!
KIDS LEARN-TO-RIDE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 8, FROM NOON-2 P.M.
Bike Skills 101: Learn to Ride Kids is a free group class hosted by Bike New York and CIVITAS for children age 5 and up who are ready to ditch their training wheels and ride a two-wheeler for the first time. With a safe, easy, effective method taught by experienced Bike New York instructors, kids will learn how to balance, pedal, start, stop and steer a bicycle. Most students get the hang of it in one session — but even if they don’t, parents will leave equipped with an easy, low-stress technique that will have their kids riding independently in no time. Register for the class here. Questions? Email classes@bike.nyc.
Saturday, June 1: Open Streets Mural Touch-Up from Noon-2 p.m. Help us get set for the season with a Mural Touch-Up to our Open Streets mural that tells the story of the legacy of street play in El Barrio, as welll as the history of the block. Click here to pitch in and join us. (We'll provide snacks from local small businesses, too!)
Saturday, June 22: Festa Junina at Bar Goyana.
Saturday, June 29: Scents of Spring Aromatherapy Workshop with The Hort.
Saturday, August 3: Matthew Westerby Dance Company.
Saturday, August 31: End-of-season Salsa Party from 5-7 p.m. with Willie Martinez Latin Jazz Quartet, plus salsa dance sessions with Franck Muhel.
Photo thanks to Tharuis Guadalupe.
Special thanks to CIVITAS, ascendant neighborhood development, Union Settlement, Ponce bank, project construction pros, Community Board 11, NYC Department of Transportation, NYC Department of Small Business Services & DEPUTY SPEAKER DIANA AYALA for their support. we’re also grateful for local residents and small businesses dalila’s tacos and taqueria el tepeyac for keeping the fun going all summer long!
