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Federico García Lorca, Back in the New York Groove
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Federico García Lorca once again achieved Poet in New York status when a mural depicting the Spanish literary lion went up in Bushwick a couple of years ago. Now he’s returned to...
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Firebrand Mixologist Albert Trummer Will Bring a ‘Beautiful Concept’ to Ave C
(Photo courtesy of Albert Trummer) What can you expect from mixologist Albert Trummer’s new bar on Avenue C, slated to open this fall? According to the Austrian cocktail wizard, the bar’s mood board...
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A Film-Set Recycling Depot Closes Because It Didn’t Get Enough Props
(Photo: Garrett Phelps) You may have been shocked to see David Letterman’s entire set hauled into a dumpster the day after his final episode aired, but it came as no surprise to Eva Radke. During her...
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Rockaway Gets More Boardwalk and Clam Boils, Just in Time for the 4th
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Man Falls to Death on LES; First Victory for B&H in Quest to Re-Open
(Photo: Scott Lynch) A 28-year-old man died around 2:30 a.m. yesterday when he accidentally fell off the roof of a six-story building on Delancey Street, according to authorities. [NY Post] Four people...
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Comedian Damien Lemon Will ‘Get into the Deep Issues, But This Isn’t a TED Talk’
Damien Lemon. You’ve probably seen Damien Lemon on MTV 2’s Guy Code, or as the cabbie in one of those Spiderman movies or on Comedy Central’s The Half Hour. This month you can find him doing stand-up...
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Shows: Forecast Predicts Raining Men; Enigmatic Band Releases New Tracks
Welcome back to IRL. Here’s to hoping you had a good one being equal parts proud to live in a country where you don’t have to think too hard about what went into your readily available Apple phone and...
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Want to Get ‘Permanently Tweaked’? Make a Miniature Painting Every Day
Lorraine Loots (photo: Rob Scher) Can you think of an activity you’ve completed every single day for two years? While I’d struggle to even claim taking a brush to my molars that consistently, South...
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Tim and Eric… Awesome Book Signing!
Last time we caught up with Eric Wareheim, he was choosing down with Aziz Ansari. We haven’t heard much about their Food Club since then, maybe because Aziz has been busy Tim and Eric’s Zone Theory...
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Sneak Peek Inside Miscalanea, a Luchador-Free Mexican Deli and Coffee Spot
Guillaume “G” Guevara, owner. (Photo Credit: Sam Gillette) Guillaume “G” Guevara isn’t a big fan of the way local businesses represent Mexico: “When I go to a restaurant here it looks like a museum for...
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Police Seek Help Finding Pepper-Sprayers; Macaron Push-Pops
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Police released surveillance video of two attempted burglars who pepper sprayed a Bushwick man to gain access to his apartment on June 30. [Pix 11] One of the tourists who took a...
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A DIY Space Where ‘People of Color Have Empowerment’ Gets Ready For Next Act
Winston Scarlett: curator of Slackgaze and founder of Nola Darling (Photo: Nicole Disser) For the city’s DIY scene, the year 2014 was anything but static– openings, closings, you know the drill. And...
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Rental Building With ‘Green Roof’ Pool Breaks Ground in Greenpoint
Where Greenpoint once had a pool hall, it will now have a rooftop pool. Stellar Management has broken ground on a massive residential development designed by Gene Kaufman Architect, it was announced...
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Talks and Readings: Historic Greenpoint, Multiculti Confessions, and More
TUESDAY Almost Famous, except about a girl. And set in the ’90s. And British. How to Build a Girl, described by the New York Times’ Dwight Garner as “a British version of ‘Almost Famous,’ delivered...
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Ran Tea House Is Now a Zen Co-Working Space By Day, Venue By Night
(Photo: Nicole Disser) It’s a challenge to think of many communal places in the city where one can find absolute calm, and good luck finding peace and quiet at anything resembling a coffee shop....
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A Film Tribute to Ornette Coleman, Jazzman of the Bowery and LES
(Still from Ornette: Made in America) Ornette Coleman was buried in Woodlawn Cemetary a little over a week ago, following a memorial service attended by Pharoah Sanders, Cecil Taylor and other fellow...
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Williamsburg Gets a ‘Market-Driven Chinese’ Spot With Soy Sauce On Tap
Inside Kings County Imperial. Williamsburg is getting a new Chinese restaurant tonight, but don’t expect to see empty tubs of MSG behind Kings County Imperial. Instead there’s an acre-sized garden from...
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Attacks on Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg; Loft Legalization Returns
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Two teens repeatedly punched an Orthodox Jewish man in the face on Monday night at 11 p.m. near the intersection of Wilson Street and Wythe Avenue. [CBS NY] Meanwhile,. police are...
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Watch Tim and Eric Heal Followers of Their ‘Zone Theory’ Cult
Tim and Eric really put the “cult” in “cult favorites” last night at Wallplay. The creators of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and Bedtime Stories drew a nearly two-block-long line of over 300...
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Watch Horseshoe Bar Explode into Flames For Jessica Jones
If you’ve seen the signs, you know that a mysterious production called VIOLET has been shooting in the East Village recently, and if you were anywhere near the Horseshoe Bar, aka 7B, you may have seen...
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