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De La Vega
De La Vega is an icon in the Spanish Harlem neighborhood where he first started out, and now that same street cred has followed him down to the East Village where he reigns as a kind of St Mark’s Confucius.
La MaMa
Ellen Stewart originally founded the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club as a venue to develop and present new performance work.
Mark Kurlansky
See New York City from a new point of view in Mark Kurlansky’s book The Big Oyster - History on the Half Shell.
Grandmaster Caz
The roots of hip hop can be traced back to the South Bronx where a handful of influential artists created a sound revolution. Grandmaster Caz was in on the action at an early stage and his contribution to the music genre can be heard throughout music today.
Tenement Museum
The Lower East Side is full of delicious treats and and must see streets where the old and the new come together for a cultural experience like none other. One exciting and informative stop is the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.
