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Verb Cafe To Shutter; Beastie Boys Win Six-Figure Lawsuit
(Photo: Michael Tapp) At the end of the month, 15-year-old Verb Cafe on Bedford Avenue will close for good following a 70 percent rent increase. [Gothamist] The destabilized Lower East Side building at...
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Kelsy Parkhouse of Carleen Shows You How Not to Blow Out Your Crotch
Welcome to Pro Tips, where master makers share their expert advice. (Photos: Kirsten O’Regan) Kelsy Parkhouse – one of four Brooklyn designers featured in a sample sale at Horizons in Williamsburg this...
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Governor’s Ball After-Parties, Andrew Bird and Other Don’t-Miss Shows
Governor’s Ball Official After-parties Decide to opt out of this year’s Randall’s Island extravaganza? Or maybe you’ve got gas left in the tank after a day of festival-ing. Either way, check out these...
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The Granddaddy of the 99-Cent Slices Has Landed in the East Village
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) 99¢ Fresh Pizza, which was turning out dollar slices before the bros from 2 Bros were in diapers, has opened its ninth location — and this one’s in the East Village, right in the...
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Coyote Ugly Is Now Way Less Ugly (Yep, Even the Bathrooms)
Regulars wait eagerly for the grand reopening. (Photo: Nicole Disser) Coyote Ugly hosted its grand reopening on Wednesday night after the bar closed its doors last Tuesday for renovations. In case you...
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I Stayed at the New Ludlow Hotel And All I Got Were These Lousy Photos
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) The northernmost block of Ludlow Street saw some momentous change this week: Sweet Chick opened in the old Max Fish space last night, and right next to it, the long-in-the-works...
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Plenty to Get On Board With at Central Station, a New Outdoor Drinking Depot
(Photo: Kirsten O’Regan) Do you like sitting in the sun while eating good food and drinking delicious things? Well, join the crowd. “We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel,” admits Peter Simon,...
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See More of This Rad Street Art Go Up at Juicy Festival This Weekend
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Slashing in Alphabet City; Williamsburg Sets Retail Rent Record
(Photo: C Ceres Merry) A 15-year-old autistic boy went missing Saturday afternoon after visiting his sister’s middle school on Bushwick Avenue. Darrey Crosby is six-foot-one and 135 pounds; he was last...
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An A-to-Z Index of Marc Spitz’s New History of All Things Twee
Marc Spitz’s Poseur recalled his salad days as a downtown Manhattan music writer. But his new book kicks off in Brooklyn – and specifically at the Brooklyn Flea – because, you see, it is a history of...
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Novelist Brando Skyhorse Wrote a Memoir That’s Truly Stranger Than Fiction
Brando Skyhorse at home. (Photo: Kirsten O’Regan)If you’re always complaining about your messed-up childhood and your wacko family, then you might want to read Brando Skyhorse’s memoir, Take this Man,...
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Moby Has Sold a Memoir About His East Village Days
Things are coming up roses for Moby: not only is the musician and apocalyptic photographer the proud owner of a castle in the Hollywood Hills, but he just sold a memoir about his humble beginnings in...
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Is NYC Experiencing Its First Scrapplegasm?
Sweet Chick’s scrapple. (Photo: Daniel Maurer) First off, apologies for the headline — but we did not invent the word scrapplegasm. It’s the name of an event that took place last month in Delaware,...
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Steve Keene, Who Did Cover Art For Pavement, Is Painting in the Street
(All photos: Kirsten O’Regan) Steve Keene actively distances himself from the world of fine art, but that hasn’t stopped the Greenpoint-based painter from being named Brooklyn Public Library’s...
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Not Enough Lena On Wythe Ave Today, Too Many Lenas On Stage Next Month
(Photo: Kirsten O’Regan) We didn’t spot Lena Dunham when Girls filmed at Café Mogador in Williamsburg this morning — though, as you can (barely) see above, we did spot Zosia Mamet wearing a cute...
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Which Pol Would You Rather Meet: Hillary or Gnarr?
Who’ll spark the longer line tomorrow morning: David Chang’s hamburger or Hillary Clinton? The First Lady turned Senator turned Secretary of State (turned President?) is signing her new book, Hard...
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Beacon’s Closet Comes to Bushwick
(Photo: Michael Tapp) Darrey Crosby, the 15-year-old autistic boy who disappeared Saturday after a trip to a Bushwick Avenue middle school, is back home safe. His sister found him walking the streets...
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Whee!! Williamsburg Is Getting Another Flea
Flea markets may be twee, but that isn’t stopping Williamsburg from getting another one. Flea Market Betty will open next month on a pair of empty lots at 87 Havemayer Street, near Metropolitan Avenue....
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Oh Hey, Guess Who’s Replacing This Record Store?
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) You guessed it: a Dunkin’ Donuts is opening in the former home of Norman’s Sound & Vision, the record store that moved from Cooper Square to Williamsburg after a rent hike....
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Hundreds of Hillary Fans (and a Couple of Haters) Lined Up in Union Square
(Photo: Nicole Disser) Hillary Clinton fans, young and old, wrapped around four blocks in Union Square this morning, waiting for what one called a “historic moment” — a book signing at Barnes &...
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