Traveler's Emporium Market at Public Records

Traveler’s Emporium is a market of worldly wares and esoteric ideas from near and far hosted by The Lower East Side Cactus & Succulent Society and Extra Vitamins at Public Records.

Our heady brew of vendors include: Theperfectnothingcatalog, 690 Woodward Garage, Ellipsis Rare Books, Extra Vitamins, Fantasy Explosion, Holy Water Studio, John Grund, LESCSS, Lichen, Maggie Paxton, Mellow, San Tokki Studio, Sarah Nsikak & SpeakLow

With music by Brian Sears, a longtime Lot Radio resident (9 years!). Expect to hear classics and records from around the world.

PTP & Hoodwear Diaries Presents: Music Video Show and tell

PTP x Hoodwear Diaries return with our 2nd music video show & tell! the first one was an “at-capacity” gathering where, through the sharing of this visual media, a rich dialogue around the nuance of culture was spun - time for another abundant build!

with hosts:

Aishamanne Williams

brandon king

GENG PTP

Isabel Attyah Flower

See The Lieutenant

timmhotep aku

Sacred Space: Celebrating 10 years of Alfreda’s Cinema

Alfreda's Cinema 10th Anniversary Celebration

Alfreda’s Cinema is a non-profit organization committed to providing a platform for Black and brown filmmakers and nurturing diverse voices in the independent film industry. Our 10-year anniversary salon will take place on Sunday, May 4th between 6-9pm, at the Lichen furniture gallery and store in Ridgewood, Queens. We will screen a shorts program that speaks to our tenure and passion for sharing stories that exemplify the love and richness of our culture, followed by a discussion with the founder, Melissa Lyde.

We aim to raise funds to further support our vision of creating a stable, healthy, and welcoming space for underrepresented filmmakers and audiences. Funding will directly benefit BIPOC artists and filmmakers who will have access to a dedicated space for screenings, discussions, and workshops, helping them thrive in an often exclusionary industry. This celebration will not only serve as a fundraising event but also as a significant milestone for the growth of our community’s creative industry.

Complimentary Spirits & Light Refreshments♥️ 🥂🤍

RSVP here to attend.

30/60/90 (re)launch party with Chinatown Records x Grace Hwang

We’re popping back open our 90’s time capsule to (re)launch the Chinatown Records x Grace Hwang 30/60/90 box set! Bringing together DJ historian yiuyiu 瑤瑤 of Chinatown Records and designer Grace Hwang, gather with us in the Lichen living room for a sonic listening, talk, and celebration back in time to the era that birthed these 90’s babies.

30/60/90 is a triple-CD box set homage to yiuyiu’s 30th, dad’s 60th, and grandma’s 90th birthdays in 2023. Loaded with 90’s Chinese songs ripped from the Chinatown Records archive and woven with family oral histories, each CD soundtracks a sonic ride from daytime to nighttime to dreamtime. Handmade with love from start to finish, 30/60/90 is a time portal back to an era when these two 90’s babies burned countless CDs, designed each label, and assembled each jewel case by hand to slip into friends’ lockers and pop into the car for long sunny and deep night drives.

Chinatown Records 華埠錄音is a homegrown community effort to celebrate the sonic tapestry of music, memory, & history that comes with inherited family collections. Homebased in NYC’s Manhattan Chinatown, DJ historian yiuyiu 瑶瑶 takes on her childhood name to care for & activate the Chinatown Records archive of over 30 record/CD/tape collections inherited from her family & neighbors. Spanning across Chinatown block parties, sonic histories, living room listenings, & beyond, Chinatown Records 華埠錄音 is an ever-growing record of the people we love, who bring all this music to life with us.

Tickets available now.