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JJ Brine is Absconding From New York City, Satanic Gallery May Be Doomed
(Photo: Nicole Disser) I met with an old friend of the blog, JJ Brine, last night at his Satanic gallery on the Lower East Side. Thankfully, it was a warmish evening, otherwise the busted picture...
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Peter Cooper Is Back, But When Will the Astor Place Cube Return?
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) After months of hiding inside of a wooden box while his eponymous triangle was rebuilt, Peter Cooper has come out to smell the roses (or to smell a rat, depending who you ask)....
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This Guy Is On an East Village Armed Robbery Spree, Police Say
The man shown here has netted nearly $3,000 in a string of East Village hold-ups over the past week, the police say. According to authorities, the suspect — thought to be in his forties — enters...
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House Fire Erupts in Bushwick; Everybody’s Björking For The Weekend
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Law enforcement officials are reportedly focusing on six suspects who could face murder charges for the March 26 explosion in the East Village. [NY Post] East Yoga has extended...
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Nader: Hillary Would Crush Warren, But Her ‘Coronation Wouldn’t Be Good’ For...
(Photo: Mary Reinholz) Iconic political gadfly Ralph Nader, who has run for president five times without success on third party tickets, said last night that Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren...
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At This Cookbook Store Hosting Guest Chefs, the Vibe Will Be ‘Medieval Sicily...
(Photo: Jaime Cone) On Huron Street just off the Greenpoint G-Train stop, Paige Lipari is meticulously planning a world where she hopes foodies will feel deliciously at home. At Archestratus Books,...
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SummerStage, Charlie Parker Jazz Fest Lineups Announced: Charles Bradley,...
Here’s a ray of sunshine on this unseasonably chilly day: the City Parks Foundation has dropped its lineup for SummerStage and this year — the festival’s 30th — it’s expanding to run from May 18 to...
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DIY Venue Aviv Is Dipping Its Toes Into Underground Cinema
Do you sneer at the Iron Man franchise? Do Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey provide you with positively no ironic pleasure? Did you feel that Boyhood was just another celebration of the magic of white...
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Grab a Martini and Get Some Insoles 3-D Printed at This, Um, Orthotics Pop-Up
(Photo: Angelica Frey) The Bowery has a trendy new footwear store, where for $125 you can get completely customized… orthotics. SOLS, a startup that uses photography and 3D printing to make completely...
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The Jim Gaffigan Show Went to Church in Nolita Today
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Last time we saw Jim Gaffigan in the hood, it was a little over a year ago, when he was shooting what was then a pilot for CBS. Now The Jim Gaffigan Show is really happening,...
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East Village Explosion: B&H Raises Funds and Enz’s Pops Up, But Business...
B&H Dairy, which hasn’t had gas since the East Village explosion almost two weeks ago, had hoped to reopen today, but now its owner tells us it might not happen till next week. With the fate of...
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Patti Smith Headlines Explosion Benefit; L Shutdown Prompts Discounts
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Lower East Side resident Latisha Fisher, 35, was charged with murder following the death of he two-year-old son, Gavriel, who was found unconscious inside Midtown’s Five Boro...
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Hester Street Fair Returns With Fried Squid Sticks, Egyptian Sandwiches and More
Fried squid by Kaya NYC. (Photo courtesy Hester Street Fair) So many good things are coming back in April: tonight there’s Louie, Sunday there’s Silicon Valley and – oh yeah, IRL – there’s the Hester...
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Week in Film: Russian Cosmists and Afro-Futurists From Sun Ra to Now
This week, there’s a host of spacey weirdness happening across screens through the city’s cinemas. Maybe it’s the changing of the seasons, maybe the stars are aligned at weird, or perhaps it’s the...
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Williamsburg’s Latest Boutique, The Vale Collective, Will Sell Duds and Pour...
Stephanie McDermott (Photo: Jaime Cone) The Williamsburg space that formerly housed craft beer bar d.b.a. is becoming a boutique, but beer isn’t entirely out of the picture: Stephanie McDermott plans...
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These Eery Photos Capture Brooklyn’s Vanishing Industrial Streetscapes
(Photo: Nicole Disser) Chilean-born photographer Sergio Purtell moved to New York City back in the ’80s but for the past eight years, the changing landscape of Brooklyn struck him as a development...
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Openings: Abstract Louisiana Landscapes, Futuristic Obelisks, and More
(By Alicia DeBrincat) Last week’s roundup of art openings touched on mythology and mysticism (most of those shows are still on, so go now). This week, it’s all about deconstruct, abstraction, illusion,...
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‘We Are Lucky to Be Alive’: East Village Shopkeepers Vent, Ponder Next Steps
From left, Roop Bring, Mariann Marlowe and Tarun Kundg (Photo: Jaime Cone) Business owners affected by the Second Avenue gas explosion met Thursday morning, some of them for the first time, at Cafe...
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Nitehawk’s Downstairs Bar Adjusts Its Tracking For a New Look
(Photo: Nicole Disser) You may or may not remember that Nitehawk has a downstairs bar. I pretty much had to squeeze my brain as tight as I could to get those memory juices flowing enough to squirt out...
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Judge Weighs Synagogue Sale; Buffalo Wings Coming to 1st Ave
(Photo: Scott Lynch) At a NY State Supreme Court Hearing on Wednesday, a developer will ask a judge to approve the contested sale of Home of the Sages synagogue on Bialystoker Place. Asking price: $13...
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