Everyone hates on Donald Trump, and now he’s literally a punching bag— Overthrow, the boxing gym that took over the Yippie building in the East Village, is rolling out…
Are You Afraid of the Art? Bringing Modern Art Back to the People One Blow at a Time
Alexander Melamid speaks in sweeping terms, which is exactly how you might expect a 70-year-old Russian émigré to see the world. “If the system sucks, everyone…
Yippie Building Gym Is Doing Boxing Parties, Selling ‘Jabby Hoffman’ Tees
Overthrow NYC, the gym that took over the Yippie Museum building at 9 Bleecker, is finally up and punching: Joey “The Soho Kid” Goodwin tells us…
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…
Call Him Jabby Hoffman: This Man Is Spinning the Yippie Building Into a Boxing Gym
When a messy foreclosure cleared out the Yippie building and a boxing gym took over 9 Bleecker Street, it was easy to see the development as…
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…
Remembering Al Goldstein: ‘Pioneer of Free Speech,’ ‘Ralph Kramden of Porn’
He was arrested numerous times for obscenity and reviled as the devil incarnate by religious figures and feminists. But when pornographer Al Goldstein died at…
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…