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Pop a Cork, Pork Dorks: There’ll Be Bacon For the Takin’ at This Pancettapalooza
Is bacon played out? In our insatiable craving for more and more bacony goodness, have we finally reached the limits of human creativity, doomed forevermore to be subjected to monstrosities like this?...
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Tiff at Tommy’s Tavern; Ludlow Street Buildings Sold
(Photo: Ty Small) Patrick Salt Ryan, a singer/songwriter and bartender at Fontana’s in the East Village, died suddenly last month at age 45. [EV Grieve] At Tommy’s Tavern in Greenpoint, Williamsburg...
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Meet the the Punks, Losers, and Screw-Ups of the LES at This Barroom Exhibit
Tis the season to celebrate the Lower East Side, so get thee to “Punks, Losers, Screw-ups and Goofballs,” a new exhibit at the recently opened 174 Rivington Street Bar and Gallery that celebrates the...
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Cotton Candy Machine Sends Out Distress Signal as W-burg Water Gets Brackish
Cotton Candy Machine. (Photo: Angelica Frey) Cotton Candy Machine, the South Williamsburg gallery owned by painter Tara McPherson and her partner Sean Leonard, is sending out a call for help. “Cotton...
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Gangster Haunts of the East Village and LES: What Are They Now?
Photos by Frank Mastropolo Don’t let the shi shi galleries, bone broth bistros and man-cessory shops fool you. The country’s most violent criminals have lived and plied their trade in the East Village...
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Uber Is Offering $2.75 Rides During the Infernal L Train Shutdown
Congrats, L-train riders — you’ve almost survived the shitty shutdown of spring 2015. To make the homestretch a little easier, uberPOOL and City Council Member Antonio Reynoso have worked out a deal...
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Shows: Slackgaze Sounds and Welcoming The Return of Urine Soaked Pants
I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling like I’ve come down with a fever of sorts– SPRING FEVER that is. But truly, there’s something in the air as the seasons change. Remember that first warm weekend...
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Your Weekend Plans: a ‘Queer/Feminist Cyborg Time Travel Thing’
From “1ND3X,” by Maria Baranova in collaboration with the A.O. Movement Collective. Forget the Marvel Universe — the ETLE Universe has just been birthed in Brooklyn. Faced with the challenge of how to...
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‘Avant Garde’ Vape Shops Double as Art Galleries, But Will They Ever Be Cool?
Henley, a new vape shop in Soho (Photo: Nicole Disser) While the first generation of vape shops aimed to be bars peddling e-juice in place of booze, a couple of recent arrivals have also aimed to...
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The Raddest Stuff We Saw at BKLYN Designs, Up in Greenpoint This Weekend
(Photo: Jaime Cone) BKLYN Designs 2015 kicked off today at the Brooklyn Expo in Greenpoint, where artisans from all over Brooklyn came to show off their functional art. (Photo: Jaime Cone) There was...
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Sunshine Cinema Being Shopped For Development; Rooftop Lobster Bake
On Houston, developers are preparing to swoop in on the Sunshine Cinema. [The Real Deal] Common Ground packed it in on Avenue A after a decade-long run. [EV Grieve] Late next month, Jin Sushi will...
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Women of Letters Brings a Lost Art to Joe’s Pub
Presenters from the April Women of Letters show. Left to right: Summer Brennan, Elissa Schappell, Jean Grae, Sofija Stefanovic, and Adelle Waldman. (Photo: Kat Burdick.) Now that e-mails have been...
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This New Art Space Is Gangster About Preserving Chinatown’s Heritage
Max Waldman, Michelle Esteva, and Jordan Hill of Chinatown Soup. Gate art by Boy Kong. (Photos: Paula Ho) Gentrification is inevitable, the folks at Chinatown Soup know that. But Michelle Esteva,...
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Minimalist Master La Monte Young Drones On About His New ‘Dream House’
Left to right: Alan Licht, Jung Hee Choi, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela. (Photo: Jung Hee Choi. Copyright © Jung Hee Choi 2015.) La Monte Young, the minimalist master whose trailblazing work with...
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A New German Beer Bar in Ridgewood Is Turning Patrons into Corpses
Inside Bierleichen (Photo: Nicole Disser) Bierleichen opened its doors in Ridgewood two weeks ago and is definitely turning heads on an otherwise chill block filled with barber shops and bodegas. Heavy...
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Experience Synesthesia Through Interactive Brain Wave Art at Reverse Gallery
“Eunoia II,” installation by Lisa Park at Reverse Gallery (Photo: Nicole Disser) For once count yourself lucky if you missed an art opening. Synaesthetics, a new exhibition at Reverse Gallery in...
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As Developers Swoop in On Williamsburg Fire Site, Park Pushers Ramp Up Rallies
Williamsburg activists are strengthening their calls for the city to acquire the site of a massive storage-facility fire even as the prime waterfront land has reportedly been optioned to developers....
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Talks + Readings: Duff McKagan, Galway Kinnell, and a Living Female Rock Critic
Monday History buffs, take note: Battle Lines is not your ordinary Civil War read. This books is a team effort by graphic novelist Jonathan Fetter-Vorm and award-winning historian Ari Kelman, and it’s...
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Hammer Attack in Union Square; Free Ice Cream Cones
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Police are searching for a man who attacked two woman (ages 28 and 33) with a hammer last night one block apart near Union Square. [NY Daily News] At 125 Second Avenue, Enz’s...
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Get to ‘No’ Normal Bob Smith, Union Square’s Chronicler of Kooks
“No Your City,” Nicholas Heller’s brilliant YouTube series of short docs, normally focuses on colorful street characters like Ms. Colombia (the neon-bearded cross-dresser with the pet pigeon), equally...
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