According to the band Miss May I, at their Saturday night show at the Studio at Webster Hall a fan stagedived to his death. A…
Ken Friedman and April Bloomfield Want to ‘Experiment With All the Ideas We’ve Been Thinking About’ on Ave A
When Ken Friedman meets with East Village residents this evening about his plan to take over San Loco’s former home on Avenue A, he won’t…
This Daily Show Writer Tried to Pack Cats and Fro-Yo Into a Marriage Proposal
Earlier this week at (Le) Poisson Rouge, Daily Show writer Matt Koff told a very East Village engagement story involving fro-yo, cats, and a trip to…
Power Up! Watch Stephen Powers Talk Art, Then See James Powers Show His
You’ve probably noticed the bright new signage Stephen Powers recently brought to The Strand. What you might not have known is that the artist and…
Uh-Oh, Both Gothamist and the AP Are Sending People to Bushwick’s ‘Jefftown’
Greenpoint residents were gripped with Lou Reed-style waves of fear when the neighborhood was recently deemed the nation’s best for millennials, and now Bushwick has…
How Catland Owner Phillip English Used Norse Magic to Be Homecoming King
“Can I have some of your hair?” Phillip English isn’t kidding. So, after hesitating a beat, I pluck a strand of hair from my head.…
Everybody Loves a Parade to Protest Gentrification
If watching the reenactment of the Tompkins Square Park Riot got you in the mood for real-life East Village activism — or if you missed…
The Tompkins Riot Was Reenacted For a Movie and We Captured It All
Ater liveblogging yesterday’s May Day march we figured we’d unwind by watching the Tompkins Square Park Riot.
Bushwick Block Party Lineup; Eatery in Union Square Park
Menachem Stark’s alleged killer didn’t enter a plea when he was arraigned in court. He remains in jail. [NY Daily News] After a long winter…
Is May Day Past Its Heyday? Sparse Crowds in Union Square Today [UPDATE: We’re Liveblogging]
It’s May Day again, but — so far — there hasn’t been the sort of drama we’ve seen in recent years, when over 30 people…