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Bob Holman Is Fighting the ‘Blazing, Blanding Branding’ of the Scene
Holman is also an organizer of Howl! Festival. (Photo: Chris O. Cook) Given his involvement with the No 7-Eleven campaign and the relaunch of the Bowery Poetry Club in a new location, the poet Bob...
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Looks Like St. Mark’s Bookshop Is Ready to Turn the Page in the East Village
Photo: Dave Ratzlow, NYMag.com Here’s an interesting thing about Bob Holman’s appearance tomorrow at the St. Mark’s Bookshop: on the reading’s Facebook page, Holman commented, “This will be the summer...
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Odessa Cafe Is Closing; Nine-Story Development Headed For Bowery
(Photo: Scott Lynch’s Flickr) In case you missed our tweet about it over the weekend, Odessa Cafe Bar is closing after 33 years on Avenue A. The next-door diner will stay open. See @bedbow for the...
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The Weekend Escape Plan For Die-Hard Williamsburgers: Montreal’s Mile End
Le Dépanneur Café (Photo: Natasha Young) If you want to escape Williamsburg this Labor Day weekend but worry that your acute case of FOMO will result in Blue Bottle Coffee withdrawal, we’ve got just...
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Levi’s Wants to Tune Your Bike, Treat You to Drinks, and Service Your Crotch
The folks at Levi’s will not rest until every fixie rider in Williamsburg is in a pair of their Commuter jeans. They just sent over the above video of Knox Robinson, publisher of First Run, tooling...
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Turn Your Favorite T-Shirt Into a Free Hat at the B+B Bazaar Saturday
This used to be a t-shirt. (Photo: Anthony Pappalardo) As if you needed another reason to hit the Bedford + Bowery Bazaar on Saturday, here’s a real good one: Brian Downey of The Amazing Falcon Bowse...
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A Word With American Authors, the Bushwick Band Playing Leno Next Week
American Authors isn’t a category at Molasses Books — it’s the latest Brooklyn band to hit it big. Their first single, “Believer,” spent 22 weeks on Alt Nation’s Alt-18 Countdown, while their second...
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Harry Styles of One Direction Was ‘Wilding’ at Lit Last Night
(Photo: Prince Terrence’s ) Well, Jay Z didn’t show up in Bushwick, but here’s something that actually did happen: Harry Styles of One Direction was “wilding on the dance floor” at Lit last night,...
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Fall Nightlife Preview; 53-Unit Complex for East Williamsburg
Cafe Olimpico (Photo: Scott Lynch’s Flickr) A defunct destination for smokers-of-certain-tastes – Velvet Cigar Lounge – hopes to re-open shop at 13 E. Seventh Street, next to McSorley’s. [EV Grieve]...
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Joey Pfeifer Either Has a Drinking Problem or a Pizza Problem at Anna Maria’s
(Photo: Ebru Yildiz) Like so many twenty-somethings before him, 23 year-old Joey Pfeifer hits up the infamous Anna Maria Pizzeria for late-night, post-boozing pizza. Situated mere steps from the busy...
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Yippie and Peace Activist Mayer Vishner Is Dead, Apparently a Suicide
Mayer near his community garden parcel in the Village. Mayer Vishner, a longtime anti-war activist, editor, and close associate of Abbie Hoffman and the Yippies, died in his Greenwich Village apartment...
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The Smelliest Block in NYC Is Now a Perfume: Try It On at B+B Bazaar Saturday
Julia amidst the mystery puddles of Broome Street. Things were not looking scrumptious, streetside. Julia takes it in and puts it down. Things were not in peak smelling form at the Newton Creek...
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Boozehounds and Bookworms, Mark Your Calendars for Lit Crawl
Henry Chang reading from a planter box on Bleecker, during a previous Lit Crawl. (Photo courtesy of Lit Crawl) New York City has a long, amazing, storied literary scene — the East Village, in...
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Crime in Greenpoint; Art and Porn Intersect in Bushwick
Photo: Scott Lynch’s Flickr. Assemblyman Joe Lentol organized a public forum on community crime in Greenpoint; over 100 people showed up, including Councilman Stephen Levin and the Commander of the...
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Sick Kicks: A ‘Dead Animal Addict’ Made These Taxidermy Shoes
At Saturday’s B+B Bazaar there’ll be faux taxidermy courtesy of Beetle & Flor, and there’ll be some not-so-faux taxidermy, too. Meet Divya. The shoes. (Courtesy of Divya) Divya Anantharaman places...
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More Dish on the B+B Bazaar: Jalapeño Beer! PB&J Ice Cream Floats!
P&H Soda doing their thing. (Photo: Clay Williams) Woohoo! We can now tell you what Tørst has on tap for our merry day-to-night Bazaar on Saturday, starting with two Evil Twin releases you’ve never...
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Sid Bernstein, Who Brought The Stones to the East Village, Has Died
(Photo: the private collections of Jason Knox and Harold C. Black) Promoter Sid Bernstein will long be known as the man who brought the Beatles to America for their 1965 concert at Shea Stadium. But...
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Lauren Flax Is Enjoying the ‘Darker Turn’ Pop Music Has Taken
Lauren Flax (right) and her CREEP bandmate Lauren Dillard. (Photo: Mark Pilaro) Lauren Flax is one of those NYC nightlife fixtures that seems to be everywhere at once. Case in point: when we heard her...
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Captured Tracks Celebrates Five Years With a Record Store and Festival
Captured Tracks, at 195 Calyer St. (Photos by Phillip Pantuso) Captured Tracks Captured TracksOne of the two curations booths. Captured TracksThe other curation booth. Captured Tracks Of all the...
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Free Tattoos at Passenger Bar; Thurston Moore Will Play Union Pool
(Photo: Scott Lynch’s Flickr) Get a free (sailor-themed) tattoo tonight at Passenger Bar! There will be alcoholic slushies to soothe you after you realize what a terrible decision you’ve made....
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