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Cooper Union’s Ping-Pong Protesters Might Be In For a Paddling
(Courtesy Free Cooper Union) Cooper Union wants it to be known that you can’t just unleash 2,100 ping-pong balls on a four-story staircase and get away with it. In a campus-wide e-mail forwarded to...
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Blasted! Rough Trade Is Putting Live Shows On Hold
(Photo: Christopher DiScipio) We’ve all dealt with a neighbor whose television is too loud, but their Television being too loud? Just days after the band’s performance at Rough Trade NYC, the...
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These Classy Sex Shops Want to Treat You to Coffee and Champagne
The Baroness will be taking her annual pilgrimage to Macy’s Dec. 17. (Photo courtesy of The Baroness) A little while ago we got an e-mail with the subject line: “Let the Season’s Beatings Begin!” This...
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$2,500 Apartments Bound For Ave D; SantaCon Is Coming to Town
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Renderings for a 12-story, 124-unit apartment building on Avenue D have been revealed. Rents at Alphabet Plaza are expected to be $2,500 to $3,600. [Curbed] SantaCon — particularly...
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Could SantaCon and Unsilent Night Collide to Become UnsilentaCon?
UnsilentaCon. It could happen. (Photos: Konstantin Sergeyev/Taylor Davidson. Illustration: Daniel Maurer) By now you know that SantaCon — the annual invasion of Fratty Old St. Nicks — is set to go down...
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Todd P’s ‘New Music’ Venue, Trans-Pecos, Is Up and Running
(Photo: Kristin Leigh Knoll) Todd Patrick’s latest all-ages venture, Trans-Pecos, opened last night in the old Silent Barn space on the Bushwick/Ridgewood border. There wasn’t an overabundance of...
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Occultists and Curious Normies Alike Mingled At Moon Church’s Zine Launch
Moon Church's zine launch (Photos: Nicole Disser) Moon Church's zine launch (Photos: Nicole Disser) Moon Church's zine launch (Photos: Nicole Disser) Moon Church's zine launch (Photos: Nicole Disser)...
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Guess Which Superbad Actor Tried to Fight Greenpoint’s New Towers Yesterday
A rendering of 77 Commercial. (Photo: Christopher DiScipio) Councilman Stephen Levin and around 20 others — including an actor you’ve seen in The Departed, Superbad, and Pineapple Express — showed up...
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Play Cutting-Edge Video Games in Old-School Arcade Cabinets at This Rock Show...
From the Deathmatch By Audio Facebook page. Forget the Playstation 4 and X-Box One, arcade cabinets are the hot place to drop your new game, because apparently it’s 1982 and kids these days got the...
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Could Williamsburg Get a Starbucks, Apple Store, Umami Burger, and Concert Hall?
(Photo: Scott Lynch) A job listing would seem to indicate that Williamsburg’s first Starbucks is plunking down at 405-409 Union Ave. [Eater] Sources tell The Real Deal that Apple is “looking closely”...
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Morrisseygate at B&N Union Square; City Releases Crime Map
Mornin’, folks. Here’s what happened Over the Weekend. (Photo: Scott Lynch) As you may know from following B+B on Twitter, Barnes & Noble dropped news over the weekend that Morrissey would sign his...
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Dance For the D at This Motor City-Themed Throwdown Tonight
The Carr Center (courtesy of Carr Center). It’s no wonder Detroit came up time and time again as an alternative to rapidly gentrifying NYC during our conversations at the Newsroom. Those abandoned...
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Is This French Rapper With a Louis Vuitton Head Tattoo the World’s Most...
(Photo: Lauren Carol Smith) Can we talk about Swagg Man for a momo? Don’t worry, we didn’t know who Swagg Man was either until we saw a blinged-out mofo with a Louis Vuitton head tattoo dining with an...
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Hell of a Deal! Dinner’s On Richard Hell If You Bid in This Anti-NYU...
Mark Ruffalo is donating some Hulk memorabilia. That star-studded auction aimed at snuffing out NYU’s forthcoming Greenwich Village towers went online today, and there are some big ticket items in...
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The Bookshop’s Live Auction Was a Bust, But a Rare Edition of Maus Is...
Speaking of auctions involving Richard Hell, the St. Mark’s Bookshop, as you know, held a live auction Thursday to raise funds for its move to a smaller location in the East Village. Though 11 books,...
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Who’s Going to Pay $5K For These Katz’s Kicks? (Pickles Not Included)
(Photo: eBay) Paging Swagg Man! Katz’s Delicatessen has teamed up with a shoe engraver to create a pair of Air Force 1s complete with forks, knives, and the legendary Katz’s signage. “It’s certainly...
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Union Square Won’t Get an H&M; Kim Gordon Will Play PS1
(Photo: Scott Lynch) A deal that would’ve put an H&M in Union Square has fallen through, sources tell The Real Deal. [TRD] Six new buildings are coming to Van Buren Street in Bushwick. [BuzzBuzz...
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This Week: An Animation Festival, a Night of Shorts, and a Chat With Neil LaBute
It’s animation through the ages this Sunday at Videology as Black Mariah Films presents ANIMATED! Taking us back to the early silent era right up to the present, Black Mariah will be showcasing...
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Wizards and Witches Are Battling It Out On Stage This Month
Dave Malloy and Eliza Bent in Blue Wizard / Black Wizard. (Courtesy of). Wizards fighting to save humanity from the Great Mediocrity! Witches ridding the room of chode intentions! You’ll find both in...
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Il Buco’s New Shop Wants to Turn Your Apartment into a Lovely Little Villa
Il Buco Vita (Photos: Michael Grimm) Il Buco Vita (Photos: Michael Grimm) Il Buco Vita (Photos: Michael Grimm) Il Buco Vita (Photos: Michael Grimm) Il Buco Vita (Photos: Michael Grimm) Il Buco Vita...
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