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Lena Dunham’s new memoir, Not That Kind of Girl, is written with just the sort of unabashed honesty and self-depricating wit you’d expect from the voice of her generation — or at least, “the voice of a generation.” And it also reveals the extent to which her personal experiences — some of them , some of them hilarious — have seeped into her work.
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Jamancey Vadon, a 14-year-old who lives in the Riis Houses on Avenue D, has been missing since Friday night. Crime Stoppers (1-800-577-8477) is seeking leads on the boy’s whereabouts (see photo). [Town & Village Blog]
Today Momofoku Milk Bar Soho opens a takeout window at the Band of Outsiders store on Wooster Street. [Grub Street]
On Great Jones Street, the currently-closed restaurant Five Points will return next month as Vic’s, an Italian/Mediterranean eatery helmed by Chef Hillary Sterling. [Grub Street]
Hannah works on her novel. (Photo: Daniel Maurer)
After hiding away inside of Saxon + Parole yesterday, Girls is turning the East Village’s biggest shitshow into an HBO show. Yep, they’re filming on St. Marks Place, between Second and Third.
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Lena gets excited at last year’s anti-bash (Photo courtesy of Justin Jay)
The Lowline folks are on a roll. Less than a month after a lucrative benefit netted them $30,000 for their ambitious underground park project, they’ve released a save-the-date for their Anti-Gala 2014. The no doubt glitzy October 8 event will be the third such—with this year’s iteration set to be hosted by none other than Spike Jonze and Lena Dunham. Individual tickets are retailing for $1,500, while a table will set you back $25,000.
What you see above is the bum of Lena Dunham. She wrote on Instagram yesterday: “My dog bit me on the ass and Jemima Kirke captured the image of a life time #hopelessromantic #therewillbeblood”
Here’s a guide to dozens of free concerts this summer. [Bushwick Daily]
Avalon Chrystie Place, the 72,000-square-foot complex containing nearly 400 apartments and Whole Foods Bowery, is in contract for a $400 million sale to development firm Ashkenazy Acquisitions. []
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We’re helping give away tickets for an invite-only shindig celebrating the new season of Billy on the Street — and you don’t even have to get Quizzed in the Face to snag em. All you have to do is sign up for B+B’s newsletter below, and be quick about it: in the new season, Lena Dunham milks a cow in the Meatpacking District.
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This weekend, Uber is offering free rides within, to and from Brooklyn, as well as free stuff from 40 participating BK restaurants when you show your Uber receipt. Yet another great reason to avoid the L train. [From the B+B tip line]
Irving Farm, which we told you about last week, opens in the former 88 Orchard space tomorrow. [B+B]
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The Pod Hotel — which offers teeny, space-capsule-like rooms in its two midtown locations — is opening a 100,000-square-foot third branch on Driggs and North 4th in Williamsburg. [Brownstoner]
Lena Dunham gave a speech last night in the Meatpacking District lamenting gentrification. [Gothamist] More →
Did you miss “Too Many Lenas,” the loving spoof of Lena Dunham and her characters that we told you about last week? Well, then you missed two Lenas playing Chubby Bunny, a monologue rife with breakfast-themed double entendres, a human-sized cake, topless doubles ping-pong, masturbation to a Woody Allen film, and zingers like “Does curly hair make me ethnic?” But don’t worry: Bedford + Bowery has secured this clip of Sam Corbin as Self-Depicted Lena. Just a little something to tide you over until the real Lena returns to HBO.
Left to right: Tessa Skara (Apologetic Lena), Haley Traub (Perfect Lena), Stephanie Hsu (Urban Lena), Sam Corbin (Self-Depicted Lena), Jaime Wright (Naked Lena)
She’s won a Golden Globe. She’s sold a book for over $3.5 million. She’s one of the most influential people in the world. Now imagine if there were six of her.
This is the premise of “Too Many Lenas,” a play based on — you guessed it — the creator of HBO’s “Girls” premiering at Dixon Place later this month.
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