(Photo: Scott Lynch)
After 21 years at the Orpheum Theatre, Stomp is departing the East Village for Times Square, citing poor venue conditions. [NY Post]
The former creative chief for designer Elie Tahari, Kobi Halperin, sold his Astor Place apartment for $15.5 million with help from Million Dollar Listings. [NY Daily News]
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Bushwick, tour Roberta’s kitchen garden, sip a beer and take home a potted plant for $25. And at 7 p.m., John “Johnny Rotten” Lyndon will sign copies his new memoir Anger Is An Energy: My Life Uncensored at Strand. [The Skint]
Here’s a list of Brooklyn destinations where you can catch the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. [Free Williamsburg]
Luxe Bushwick hair coloring studio Pickthorn will celebrate Tres de Mayo on Sunday with a DJ, margarita bar and guacamole competition (RSVP here).[Bushwick Daily]
The Redhead in the East Village will be the site of crawfish boils on the next three Sundays. [Eater NY]
Achilles Heel in Greenpoint will host a cover-free Cinco de Mayo party on Tuesday. [Eater NY]
See the 80s-era East Village preserved on film in these clips from Nelson Sullivan’s archive. [Gothamist]