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McKibbin’s Club Tilt Is Becoming A Gay Bar, The Vault

Posted on February 1, 2019February 17, 2021 by Cassidy Dawn Graves

Tilt, the basement bar and club underneath the McKibbin Lofts not to be confused with nearby arcade sports bar Tiltz, is about to get a…

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After Opening as a Jazz Joint, The Rosemont Trades Swing Time for Queer Nights

Posted on May 10, 2017March 2, 2021 by Cassidy Dawn Graves

People crowd into the rear area of a Bushwick bar. They’re hooting and hollering, throwing dollar bills into the air as a drag queen named…

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Tim Murphy, Author of Christadora, On the East Village Then and Now

Posted on August 24, 2016March 23, 2021 by Luisa Rollenhagen

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the East Village in the 90s? Junkies passed out on Avenue A while…

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The Cock Slips Into Lit’s Old Home, Gets ‘Bigger, Longer, Harder’

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Daniel Maurer

The Cock has moved its trademark neon rooster up a few blocks and it’s now glowing/crowing atop the former home of Lit Lounge. After going…

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Community Board Blocks The Cock, Chance for a Bigger Cock Now in Hands of State Liquor Authority

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Nicole DeMarco

Members of Community Board 3 tried to block The Cock from moving to the former Lit Lounge space at a meeting last night. But Allan Mannarelli, owner…

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Michael Alig Returns to Nightlife, Via a Live Talk Show

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Daniel Maurer

Michael Alig’s Lower East Side art show has been replaced by a gelato pop-up, but rest assured the King of the Club Kids is still making…

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Regress to 1996 at These Retro Video Game Nights

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Patrick Hogan

Mom sold the Nintendo 64 for $25 back in 2005 and that was the end of that. If your classic video game console met a…

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