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First Look at the Greenhouse and Menu at Diviera Drive, Now Open in Williamsburg
(Photos: Jaime Cone) After soft-opening for lunch a couple of weeks ago, Diviera Drive, the newest venture by Oliver Stumm of Happy Ending, Rintintin and Cafe Select, opened for dinner last week at a...
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Shows: Psych Guitar God Holds Court All Month, Noise Queen Goes Soft Serve
Don’t judge us for this, but we’re kind of still recovering from New York’s Alright. Having engaged in more than our fair share of jostling and mayhem, we’re taking this week to mend our bruises and...
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TransFatty Lives, a Devastating Doc About an LESer Battling ALS, Snags $25K...
“I grew up with this disease,” Patrick Sean O’Brien, director of TransFatty Lives, said using a speech synthesizer, from his motorized wheelchair. “It accelerates your soul.” O’Brien was addressing a...
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Sushi Park Owner Sues Landlord Over Gas Explosion; Cops Seek Butt Grabber
Former Sushi Park chef Machendra Chongbang filed a lawsuit against Maria Hrynenko— owner of the destroyed restaurant’s building on Second Avenue—after a gas line exploded in March, killing two and...
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Look For Dave Franco and Emma Roberts Near Cooper Square Today
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Usually if a Franco is in the East Village, it’s James (by the way, did anyone else notice him sporting a Deth Killers of Bushwick t-shirt and leather jacket throughout most of...
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An ‘All-Female Tonight Show‘ Premieres at The Slipper Room
Carolyn Castiglia for Right NOW! (Photo: Mindy Tucker) A live late-night show premiering this Wednesday at the Slipper Room aims to “shine a light on women,” according to its host, comedian Carolyn...
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Talks and Readings: Johnny Rotten, Dystopian Authors, and Zombie Survival...
Wednesday If the Frying Pan’s “Rocking Dead” isn’t enough undead to get your fix of braaaains this spring then don’t miss what’s sure to be a lively discussion between authors of the zombie genre at...
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How a Bushwick Art Witch Taught Me to ‘Own My Fruit’
Molly Burkett. (Photos: Angelica Frey) I was lying on a yoga mat in a Bushwick loft with two quartz minerals on either side of my head, when the “art witch” placed a selenite crystal just below my...
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A Look Inside Rosie’s, a Mexican Newcomer From Team Cookshop
(Photo: Jaime Cone) Rosie’s Mexican restaurant opened its doors Friday in what used to be Boukie’s Greek Restaurant at the corner of Second Avenue and Second Street. The 90-seat eatery is the newest...
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Woo-Hoo! Blur Is Doing a Free Show With Honduras in Williamsburg
If you were psyched about the Jane’s Addiction show at Brooklyn Bowl but not so psyched about the $125 ticket price, here’s another chance to catch some ’90s legends in a fairly intimate venue — for...
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Protesters Voice Outrage Over Extell’s ‘Building From Hell,’ Coming to the LES
(Photos: Hannah McCarthy) Lower East Siders rallied against a 56-story building due to rise over the former Pathmark site, with some saying its luxury apartments constituted “racist development.”...
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North Brooklyn Pols Back Plan to Improve Transit By Adding Tolls
Photo: Move NY Fair PlanCould a tax on East River bridges ease some of North Brooklyn’s transportation woes? The area’s council members, Antonio Reynoso and Stephen Levin, think so. Today they threw...
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Driver Charged For Striking Bowery Homeless Man; Slashing in Williamsburg
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Danny Lin, 24, was charged with manslaughter yesterday for allegedly striking and killing homeless pedestrian Robert Perry with his car on Bowery back in November. [DNA Info] While...
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An Artsy Market and Incubator Opens Off the L, But Not Where You Think
Sophia Dawson aka Wet Paint (Photo: Nicole Disser) A few months back a certain abandoned lot just off the L train was overgrown with weeds and full of garbage, but as of last week it’s become a buzzing...
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Nevermind the Bollocks, Here’s John Lydon Giving St. Vitus a Taste Of His New...
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) It’s not often you see Monty Python and John Lydon in the space of a week, but there was Britain’s other living legend at St. Vitus last night, chatting with Pitchfork’s Jenn...
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Thurston Moore Is Back in the New York Groove (Tix On Sale Friday)
Remember when it was impossible to go a week without catching Thurston Moore at somewhere like Tonic or the Cooler? That changed the moment Sonic Youth and Thurstkim (no?) broke up and he moved to...
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Catch This Play About Water and a Flood of Facts About Newtown Creek
Photo: Stefan Hagen Water conservation isn’t just a California problem — starting Thursday, a series of talks and tours will bring attention to East Williamsburg’s English Kills, one of the most...
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Skateboarding Is a Crime? CB Wants to See Skating Squashed at Pier 35
(Photo: Jaime Cone) With warm weather approaching, the Pier 35 esplanade, located under the FDR Drive overpass at the base of Clinton Street, is attracting skateboarders who are “terrorizing” LES...
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Photos+Video: Arrests and Injuries as New Yorkers Protest Police Brutality
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Over 100 people were arrested in New York City last night as hundreds protesting the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore police custody gathered in Union Square and marched through...
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Stomp Exits the East Village; Catch Johnny Rotten at Strand Tonight
(Photo: Scott Lynch) After 21 years at the Orpheum Theatre, Stomp is departing the East Village for Times Square, citing poor venue conditions. [NY Post] The former creative chief for designer Elie...
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