“As the hour grew late and working people around Tompkins Square Park began turning out the lights on Memorial Day 1967, police asked several hundred…
Yippie! There’s Gonna Be a 51-Foot Joint at the Presidential Debate
When you tune into the first presidential debate next week, expect a few pot shots. Longtime yippie leader Dana Beal intends to march with a 51-foot replica of…
On the Ropes, a Champion of Ibogaine Aims to Be Comeback Kid
From the looks of yet another “Looking for a Girlfriend” parody flyer, the boxing gym that took over the Yippie building on Bleecker Street is…
Yippie Building Becoming a Boxing Gym As Court Fight Goes Another Round
A location of Crunch just opened at 2 Cooper Square, and now this: a boxing gym is set to replace the Yippie! Museum at 9…
Steal This Building: Former Yippie HQ Is Up For Grabs
The Yippie! Museum, which long served as a home for counterculture and protest movements in Greenwich Village, is up for rent just months after it…
The Yippies’ Deepening Legal Woes Couldn’t Dampen the Pie Man’s Party
About 50 close friends of Aron Kay gathered in the imperiled Yippie! Museum in Noho yesterday night to celebrate what could be the Yippie Pie Man’s…
Harsh! Yippie Museum’s Building Manager Wants Pot Activist Kicked to the Curb
Already fighting foreclosure, the home of the Yippie! Museum faced another buzzkill last week, as attorney Meryl L. Wenig asked a State Supreme Court judge…
Yippie!! The Yippie Museum Scored More Time to Fight Foreclosure
The Yippie! Museum avoided a quick and bitter end yesterday and won more time in its dramatic fight against foreclosure. The yippies’ legal battle to…