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TONSTARTSSBANDHT + Sean Nicholas Savage + Epic Sound Installation =...
MIRRORS, Tim Bruniges. Installation view. At Signal in Bushwick. (Photo: Courtesy of Signal) We can say without hyperbole that this is by far the coolest thing that will ever happen in the history of...
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Mr. Throwback’s Oscar Nominee: The Kid Who Played Data in ‘The Goonies’
In honor of the Oscars this Sunday, we asked Mr. Throwback to choose an Oscar-related throwback pick. He selected Vietnamese actor Jonathan Ke Quan (of The Goonies fame). We Googled Ke Quan and...
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A Tree Falls In Brooklyn
City Reliquary’s FB. The apocalypse may just be upon us: first a cab bursts into flames on its way to Brooklyn and today a tree went and fell over on Havemeyer, near Metropolitan. Keenan O’Meara, who...
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For Karneval, Zum Schneider’s Owner Has Turned His Head Into a Soccer Ball
(Photo courtesy Zum Schneider) You’ll get a kick out of this. The proprietor of Zum Schneider will be sporting a new look when Karneval festivities kick off tonight. As you can see from the photo at...
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Human Hamster Wheel in Williamsburg; Boozy Laundromat in East Village
(Photo: Scott Lynch) The Times discovers Bushwick. It’s “a haven for artists, newly minted college graduates, working-class families and freelancers of all stripes, and this shows in its hangouts,...
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Stop And Frisk Complaints Are Declining — But They Haven’t Disappeared Yet
As New York City looks set to settle with civil liberties groups over the Police Department’s long-standing and contentious policy of stopping, questioning and frisking people on the street, new data...
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Anna Bloda Gets ‘Casual Freaky’ at Beacon’s Closet As It Leaves Williamsburg
(Photo: Nina Westervelt) Anna Bloda first ventured into Beacon’s Closet around 12 years ago, when she was living in her native Krakow, Poland and visiting the States. With its giant Polish population,...
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Screech! Dustin Diamond Is Doing the Saved By the Bell Musical
As Mr. Belding might’ve said, what is going on here? First Bayside! The Musical! — the raunchy Saved by the Bell parody playing at Theatre 80 on St. Marks Place — got a cameo from the actor who played...
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Police, Pols Call For More Safety at ‘Most Dangerous Intersections’ and Beyond
The most dangerous intersections in the East Village and LES, according to information submitted by CBs 2 and 3 to the Manhattan Borough President’s office. It happened again this morning: around 7...
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St. Mark’s Bookshop Is Raising Funds For an Early Summer Move
(Dave Ratzlow, NYMag.com) St. Mark’s Bookshop launched another fundraiser this week, this time aiming to draw $50,000 via Indiegogo. So what’s the latest with the bookshop’s attempt to relocate?...
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Tomorrow Is Your Last Chance to Drink at Barramundi As You Know It
The exterior of Barramundi as we know it Much like the fish from which it takes its name, classic LES bar Barramundi is going through some changes. “The barramundi fish goes through these mutations...
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A New Nook For Sushi and Chicken Hearts
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) East Villagers, if you’re searching for a new sushi standby following the closing of Sapporo East and Shima and the relocation of Sushi Lounge, newly opened Sushi Zayy might be a...
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Watch the Oscars at One of These 12 Spots and You’ll Be Golden
At last year’s Oscars, Seth MacFarlane hosted, Jennifer Lawrence tripped, and Ben Affleck called his marriage to Jennifer Garner “work.” Movie musicals and James Bond were celebrated, because nobody —...
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Hyper-Gentrification vs. Super Gentrification; How to Squat in NYC
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Congrats to Lower East Sider Spike Jonze, who took home the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay last night. [B+B Twitter] On hyper-gentrification, super gentrification and the third...
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Down-to-the-Wire Drama as Domino Developers Are Asked to Refine Their Plan
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Opponents of the plan to redevelop the Domino Sugar refinery are speaking out again as Mayor de Blasio asks for additional affordable housing just days before a make-or-break...
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Sarah Gregory and Christine Femia on Girls: ‘Another Episode About Mortality!’
Welcome to Girls Talk, in which two of our favorite New Yorkers share the text messages they sent during this week’s episode of Girls. Mark Schafer/Courtesy of HBO Sarah Gregory (L) and Christine Femia...
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As Landlord Gives It the Boot, Gathering of Tribes Asks For a Leg Up
(Photo: Greenwich Village Historic Preservation Society)Steve Cannon, the owner of A Gathering of the Tribes, seems to have finally lost his years-long fight to keep his East Village gallery space. But...
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Steve Buscemi Chilled With Anthony Weiner, Is King of Mardi Gras
Former Lower East Sider Steve Buscemi has been bouncing around town lately — and we’re not even talking about Big Lebowski burlesque. Last week he dropped into Greenpoint’s Over the Eight to...
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The East Village’s Newest Coffee Shop Slides Open Its Back Bar This Week
photo: Courtesy of The Roost The Roost is the OG hip-as-hell coffee shop of our wildest hopes and dreams: Brooklyn Roasting Company single origin beans, Balthazar pastries, fresh flowers and — come...
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Richard Hell Will Chat With Robert Christgau Tomorrow Night
If you missed your chance to dine with Richard Hell, you’ll have a chance to see him for free tomorrow night when the punk-rock royal signs copies of his autobiography I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean...
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