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The B+B Bazaar Is Bringing Tørst From Manhattan Ave to Manhattan Isle
Who says nothing happens in August? It’s the month Woodstock went down, and now we’re bringing you something even bigger. Okay, maybe not, but we’re still really excited to announce our first Bedford...
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Heptagames Will Be ‘Like Gathering of the Juggalos But Way More Interesting’
The barn at the Catskills farm We’re approaching a cultural moment in the history of New York City where there’s really no excuse not to go upstate for a weekend of arts and games. First, we told you...
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Owners of Pearl’s and Los Perros Locos Got Stiffed By Bike Thieves
As far as we can tell, the thefts are in no way related to the classic work of Italian neo-realist cinema. There’s an old saying: don’t bite the hand that feeds you, and don’t steal their wheels...
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Another Mural Disappears, But Only Temporarily; and Brooklyn’s Hasidim Get...
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Vanity Projects, a nail salon/art gallery that began as a pop-up installation, opened a permanent home base at 99 Chrystie Street. [Bowery Boogie] The Department of Transportation...
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There Was a Shooting Off Bedford Avenue Last Night
(Photo: @MKreports)Two young men were shot in Williamsburg last night, right off the Bedford Avenue strip. Police say two teenagers were walking on South 9th Street, between Bedford and Berry, when,...
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Domino Gets Approvals For Demo: Tear-Down Should Start Next Month
The landmarked refinery won’t be demolished. (Photo: Dima James’s Flickr) The Domino Sugar factory has been lying idly all summer on the Williamsburg waterfront, but its condominium future as high-rise...
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Shira Entis of Fleabags Goes Thrifting at Atlantis Attic
We give fashionable locals a place to go and they get All Dressed Up. Shira outside Atlantis Attic. Shira went straight to the intimidating, thickly-packed rack of t-shirts, and scrounged up an “A#1...
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The Sunburnt Cow Turns 10, But Things Aren’t Looking So Hot Post-Sandy
Photo: Shanna Ravindra, New York Magazine While Hurricane Sandy feels like the distant past for most of the East Village, there are some businesses that are still feeling a little, shall we say, under...
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Colin Quinn Thinks Todd Barry’s Building Ruins the Entire East Village
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Part of the reason we’re digging the relatively new Todd Barry Podcast is that it’s recorded in the comedian’s apartment — located “right in the heart” of the East Village,...
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Free Rides in Brooklyn; Lena Dunham Sought Sex Advice From Timeout
Scott Lynch’s Flickr This weekend, Uber is offering free rides within, to and from Brooklyn, as well as free stuff from 40 participating BK restaurants when you show your Uber receipt. Yet another...
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‘Self-Aware Gentrifiers’ Had a Tactical Meeting in Bushwick Last Night
Image via The Base’s Facebook page. “I’m a transplant, and I wonder if I’m part of the problem,” said a young Bushwick resident last night at The Base, the neighborhood’s new leftist community center....
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Here’s How The Creeper Got Its Name
They’re the Urban Campers. We’re knocking on their doors and having a look inside. (Photo: Lauren Carol Smith) Walking down Wythe Avenue in Greenpoint, it’s hard to miss Beth O’Brien’s baby-blue Ford...
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Free Shows in Parks This Weekend, Joan of Arc Next Week
Thanks to our summer weekends guide, you already know that the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival is taking over Tompkins Square Park on Sunday. Here’s what else is coming up this weekend and beyond....
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Watch The Never Evers Warm Up For Their Release Party at Spike Hill Tonight
Tonight at Spike Hill in Williamsburg, The Never Evers will play a free show to celebrate the release of their new single, out today on white vinyl. The video for “Cheap Thrills” was shot in the East...
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Shilpa Ray Wrote a Song About Paula Deen, at Nick Cave’s Behest
Shilpa Ray at this year’s Antifolk Festival at Sidewalk. (Photo: Michael Leviton) Last night at Pianos, as Shilpa Ray howled along to a harmonium and bounced between tough swagger, sweet laughter and...
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On Sunday There’ll Be Cool Jazz, Hot Jazz, and Jazz Poetry, You Dig?
This weekend, it’s “all that jazz” in a very literal sense. You already know that the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival is bringing legendary Miles Davis sideman and cool-jazz pioneer Leo Konitz to...
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A Cab Flipped Over On Houston Street, Sending Four to the Hospital
Scene of the incident. (Photo: Steve Kornacki) A cab flipped over at East Houston Street and Avenue C around 8 p.m. tonight. Four people were taken to the hospital, according to a fire department...
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All These People Showed Up For a Secret Jay Z Show That Never Happened
(Photo: Sara Edwards) The #HovaHoax of 2013 might just be the biggest punking since Radiohead was a no-show at Zuccotti Park. Because there apparently weren’t enough free shows going on this weekend,...
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The Grandmaster, Grandmaster Flash, and Vice Meets Hans Christian Andersen
The Grandmaster The Grandmaster is Wong Kar-wai’s biopic about legendary Ip Man, best known as Bruce Lee’s kung fu teacher. The master’s legacy continues on with a series of recent movies including...
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A Tour of Lady Gaga’s LES, Courtesy of the Guy Who Wrote the Book
Sullivan (and his book) on the Lower East Side (Photo: Natalie Rinn) If you caught Lady Gaga’s, well, Gaga-esque performance at the MTV Video Music Awards last night, you’d never think to describe her...
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