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‘Friends Don’t Let Friends Go To The Hospital’ – An Open Letter to NYU Freshmen
The other week, we were contacted by an NYU freshman currently living in residence. This student expressed their concern regarding the overwhelming number peers being carted off to the hospital each...
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The Picture Show: A Microcinema That Spends 1/4 of its Profits on Alcohol
(Photo: Sasha Von Oldershausen) “Idealism and business rarely mix, says Chester Kent, a lead character in Guy Maddin’s film, The Saddest Music in the World. The Picture Show—a new experimental...
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We Found The Saddest Menu Item in The World
Mini Thai Cafe on Ave. A, near 7th Street (Photos: Jenna Marotta) A mournful-sounding fish dish at Mini Thai Cafe in the East Village is the ultimate buzzkill. Check out C13, one of the chef’s...
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Local Comedian Michael Che is No Joke
Michael Che (Photo: Mindy Tucker) Meet Michael Che. If you don’t know him, get to know him because the 30-year-old writer and stand-up comedian from the Lower East Side is blowing up right in his own...
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Mr. Throwback Has Michael Jordan Pogs in Their Original Packaging
It’s #MrTBT – our local retro connoisseur’s favorite day of the week. This week, Mr. Throwback has handpicked an item that any kid who grew up in the 90s surely recognizes: Pogs. Part game, part...
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Help These Guys Finish a Documentary About a Basketball Hero Who Overcame a...
Get a load of this story: The most promising college basketball recruit of his time gets nabbed for buying crack cocaine, then later gets shot in the chest THREE TIMES while attempting to buy more...
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Quell Your ‘Liquified Pork Butter’ Craving at Benkei Ramen’s Relocated Pop-Up
Inside Hill & Dale, where Benkei Ramen has a new pop-up four nights a week. (Photos: Jenna Marotta) At 12:30 a.m., chef Ito Shigeru’s Benkei Ramen had its first service as a pop-up restaurant at...
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Location Revealed for St. Marks Bookshop’s Intended New Home
(Photo: Bahramforoughi’s Flickr) So this is creepy, but if you’re babysitting a child this coming Wednesday at noon, you can take them to the Sunshine Cinema to see Lars Von Trier’s Nymphonamiac: 1 for...
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Records, Sausages and Beer in the Same Place: Twice!
If you’re a vinyl lover, you’ve probably spent this long, dark winter shacked up in the catacomb-like basement of The Thing. But cue “Let The Sun Shine In.” You’ll soon be able to sort through bins...
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Tonight’s Rathborne Performance will be “Special and Amazing”
Hey, what are you guys doing tonight at 9pm? If you answered, “Nothing,” head on over to Rough Trade (which apparently has fixed its soundproofing issues) to check out local heroes Rathborne. It’s...
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The Definitive Guide to Ordering Weed Politely
(Illustration: Danica Novgorodoff) Smoking weed is oft associated with “chilling” or “hanging out,” however there is a tendency to disregard the norms of social decency when obtaining it. This is...
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Now at 7115 by Szeki: Browsing, Bubbly and Baked Goods
Inside 7715 by Szeki. (Photos courtesy of Szeki Chan) Until 10 p.m. tonight at 7115 by Szeki in Williamsburg, owner Szeki Chan will be celebrating the opening of her second clothing store with...
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Arrest in Fatal Shooting On Avenue D
Police say they’ve arrested the man who shot and killed an 18-year-old on Avenue D last summer. Deeontay Moore was gunned down outside of the Jacob Riis Houses, in the East Village, on the night of...
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El Sombrero Hangs Up Its Hat; Love or Hate the L Train?
(Photo: Scott Lynch) This week’s issue of New York features an Encyclopedia of New York Pop Music featuring downtown acts spanning Pete Seeger to the Moldy Peaches to the Strokes to Lady Gaga, plus a...
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Stacy Lambe and Meghan O’Keefe on Girls: ‘This Is Not a Finale’
Mark Schafer/Courtesy of HBO This is what Stacy said he looks like.The text in gray belongs to Stacy Lambe, a writer for VH1 and Out magazine who lives in Harlem. “One time he texted Hillary Clinton....
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East Village Is (Temporarily) Down Two Takeout Joints
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Just a few weeks after Joe Dough closed to focus on catering, a couple of other nearby takeout joints have shuttered — though temporarily. On First Avenue, This Little Piggy Had...
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Ask Airbnb Anything About That Pesky Subpoena
As Airbnb gets ready to overtake Hyatt in value (DealBook says it could soon be worth $10 billion), the controversial apartment-rental site is asking for help in its fight against the New York Attorney...
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Richard Gere Homeless in the East Village?
Make sure your car isn’t parked on Third Avenue, near East 12th Street, Wednesday afternoon, or it’ll mean a serious headache. “Time Out of Mind,” a new one starring Richard Gere, is shooting in the...
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1,000+ People Are Demanding Cheaper Weekend Ferry Service to Rockaway
Summer, please? (Photo: Daniel Maurer) At the time of this posting, there are 37 days, 20 hours, 49 minutes, and 5 seconds until Rockaway Taco reopens (per the countdown clock), which means it’s time...
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