The history of the Educational Alliance as reflected in the changes in New York City's Lower East Side is the topic of a conversation during the opening of HomeBase IV. The Educational Alliance is one of the first settlement houses in New York. HomeBase, founded/directed by artist Anat Litwin, is an annual site-specific project devoted to the exploration of "Home," marking a temporary base, a raw urban architectural site in a neighborhood undergoing change, and inviting international artists to engage in a three-week workshop that includes study, dialogue and communal dinners, followed by a three-week happening and a publication. HomeBase IV takes place in a former medical center in the Lower East Side., opening May 9. It's a project of LABA (National Laboratory for New Jewish Culture at the 14th St. Y) and the Educational Alliance. [LINK] Posted by Linda Frye Burnham