City Lore

City Lore is exhibits that celebrate NYC's grassroots culture.
City Lore is preserving New York's cultural heritage
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City Lore is the POEMobile in your neighborhood
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“Waterfront Heroes”

Waterfront Heroes is an interpretive exhibit that recognizes individuals and groups who are working to preserve our region’s maritime heritage and traditions.

March 7th – June 21st, 2019

Opening reception (and City Lore Smithsonian Affiliates Induction):
Thursday, March 7th, 2019, 6pm-9pm

Gallery Hours:

Fri 2 – 6pm

Sat – Sun 12 – 6pm

*Open on Thursday 12, 28th*

and by appointment

Free and open to the public.

To schedule a visit outside of regular hours, please email Colleen at colleen@citylore.org

WHO ARE WE?

Founded in 1986, City Lore is New York City’s center for urban folk culture. With a mission to foster New York City – and America’s – living cultural heritage through education and public programs, City Lore encompasses a Lower East Side gallery space, performances, lectures, the People’s Hall of Fame, a POEMobile that projects poems onto walls and buildings, and programs throughout the five boroughs. We document, present, and advocate for New York City’s grassroots cultures to ensure their living legacy in stories and histories, places and traditions. We work in four cultural domains: urban folklore and history; preservation; arts education; and grassroots poetry traditions. In each, we seek to further cultural equity and model a better world with projects as dynamic and diverse as New York City itself.