LMCC Grantee

2026 Manhattan Arts Grant

Excited to announce that we're an LMCC 2026 Manhattan Arts Grant Recipient!

LMCC Manhattan Arts Grants funds hundreds of Manhattan-based artists, arts groups, and community-focused organizations for the public presentation of arts activities in every neighborhood from Inwood to The Battery

Manhattan Arts Grants is supported by New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrants, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) Greater New York Arts Development Fund, the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation (UMEZ), and Howard Gilman Foundation.

Special NYC Pride Event

Commemorating the Life of Eve (Zloczower) Adams

Wed., June 17, 2026 at 4PM

Gathering inside of La Lanterna 129 MacDougal Street, the former site of Eve's Hangout for a centennial commemoration of the arrest of Eve Adams, a Polish-Jewish lesbian immigrant. The space was shut down after Adams was convicted of obscenity for her book LESBIAN LOVE and disorderly conduct for alleged attempted sex with a policewoman, leading to her deportation and, ultimately, her murder at Auschwitz. NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project walk and vigil to Washington Square Arch lead by bandleader Eve Sicular.

LMCC Grantee

2025 Manhattan Arts Grant

Full Blossom Concert

We are excited to share long-awaited footage from July's "Full Blossom" concert at El Sol Brillante community garden on 13 July with beloved writer Irena Klepfisz reading poems as our special guest.

Irena Klepfisz reads poems by Grace Paley, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Rokhl Korn: For Korn's "fun yener zayt lid," Irena gives first her own translation — "On the Poem's Other Side" — and then the original Yiddish. Plus Irke's enlightening commentary on the stage adaptation of I.B. Singer's "Yentl," apropos of our Klezbos songs at this concert dedicated to the memory of Jill Sobule & Jill's own "Music from Yentl" for a later version of that theater piece. (We had been Jill's house-band for these originals).

This project was made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement, a regrant program supported by the funding agencies — The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council; The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the Howard Gilman Foundation, and administered by LMCC.