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Paging Dr. Brendan: There’s a New iPhone and Mac Repair Shop On St. Marks
Till now, if you drunkenly dropped your iPhone in the urinal at Grassroots Tavern, you took it to Dr. Brendan a few doors over. But your options just got upgraded: Simple Mac has opened on the other...
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Coconuts And Sunshine, Sick Ladies Of The Surf World, And Two Trips To Hell
The films and festivals we’re excited to check out this week. Secrets of the Shadow World Experimental sci-fi weirdness by prolific underground filmmaker George Kuchar. Light Industry, which describes...
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Readings and Talks: Psilocybin, Pitchfork, and Nightmare Landlords
Learn about the rise and fall and rise of hallucinogenic mushrooms, the fight for tenant rights in Poland, and re-appreciate the street art you no longer notice, with this week’s worthy readings and...
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Orleans Is Now Dressing Po’ Boys in Bushwick
Photo Courtesy of Orleans Last month we broke news that a stationary po’ boy truck was in the works in Bushwick. Orleans opened for business over the weekend, and the response has been overwhelming,...
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Watch ‘Inner City Kids’ Cypher at the Mishka Store
When we last saw Aaron Cohen, the Queens-via-Seattle rapper was performing a live studio session of “Potential Fans.” Since then, he’s garnered many new fans by dropping several videos and a mixtape...
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Tuome Brings More Fancy Small Plates to the East Village
(Photo: Nicole Disser) Tuome, a flatly described “New American” dining destination opened in the East Village yesterday. Dull as the descriptor may be, Tuome spices up your standard Protestant plate...
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S’no Joke: Both Girls and Broad City Are Filming Today
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Sure, it’s been unseasonably chilly lately, but why the hell was it snowing on South 2nd Street, between Bedford and Berry, today. Ah, ok: it’s just Lena Dunham filming Girls in...
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Shakespeare & Co. Will Close; Dead Man Found in East River
(Photo: Suzanne Rozdeba) Yesterday at 8 a.m. in Williamsburg, a dead man was found floating in the East River in front of the restaurant Giando on the Water, near Broadway and Kent Avenue. [DNA Info]...
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Photos: New Yorkers Protest Police Killings in Union Square
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Oops, Did We Just Out Hannah’s New Boyf On Girls?
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Now that Adam Driver is spreading his wings (witness his brotastic wingman character in the just-out What If) and now that Hannah is off to grad school, she’s going to need a new...
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Silent Barn Has Silently Opened a Cafe
From left, barista Stephanie Griffin and bar manager Ginny Benson. (Photo: Nicole Disser) The new cafe at Silent Barn has been open for about a week now, and it may look like the same old space we know...
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Here’s Billykirk, Now Selling Manly Man Stuff On Orchard Street
Last month we shared word that Billykirk would be bringing its Amish-made leather goods to Orchard Street. Today, brothers Chris and Kirk Bray opened their first brick-and-mortar shop for business....
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Nino’s Pizza Was Closed For Mice, Flies and a Whole Mess of Stuff
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) The nitty-gritty details of the health inspection that shuttered Nino’s Pizza are now online, and they are very gritty indeed: the pizzeria on the corner of Avenue A and St....
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Here Are All the Rice Burgers You’ll Be Able to Eat Monday
The folks over at Yonekichi — the rice burger joint whose imminent arrival has had us on tenterhooks since last month — have now confirmed that they’ll soft-open on Monday. Plus, they’ve sent over...
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You’ll Want to ‘Score’ Tix to These Live Soundtrack Performances
If you missed Alan Howarth performing his soundtrack to Halloween last Halloween, here are some more chances to catch modern maestros performing their film scores alongside the movies they...
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Here’s Hibachi Dumpling, Now Turning Out Teriyaki and Tempura
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) The rice burger spot isn’t the only Asian fast-food concept that’s been on our radar. Here, for good measure, is a look at Hibachi Dumpling now that it’s open on First Avenue in...
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A Brass Band, a Wunderkind, and the Son of Simon
Time again for Good Shows, our weekly roundup of what’s good in live music. While Williamsburg outfit Beverly was recording its debut album Careers in 2013, the band was comprised of Frankie Rose...
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Fire in East Village; Brooklyn Leads in Rat Complaints
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Yesterday morning there was a “multiple dwelling” fire at 92 St. Mark’s Place near First Avenue. [EV Grieve] In Williamsburg Friday afternoon, a 36-year-old woman chased a...
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‘Brooklyn Girls’: The Remixes!
“Brooklyn Girls,” the infamous “anthem nobody wanted,” has already gotten a parody cover, but this is truly next-level. Catey Shaw recently put out a call for remixes (reappropriation is a hallmark of...
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Broad City Is Shooting in the East Village This Week [Updated]
Natasha Lyonne, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson back in April. Broad City filmed on the Lower East Side last week and now it’s the East Village’s turn: film shoot signs indicate that “BCB Productions”...
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