Here's Eak the Geek (aka Eduardo Arrocha), longtime East Village resident... He is a senior cast member of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow ... having performed there for more than 15 years... These photos by Stacie Joy are from a recent Congress of Cu... »
Last week, when the "for rent" signs went up outside Kate's Joint on Avenue B, a reliable tipster told us, "There is a very real possibility that a Starbucks will open here." Perhaps, though it seems unlikely given that Kate's has a full liquor license... »
[EVG file photo] Today, officials from American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced 40 NYC finalists for their Partners in Preservation program, which provides preservation grants for local historic places. Per the news r... »
It's "mutiliation" as Andrea Peyser describes it in her Post column today. To an excerpt! Mutilation. It’s all the rage — for middle-schoolers. Six girls, some in braces, lined up in front of a storefront on St. Marks Place after school this week. At l... »
[34 Avenue A] Seriously, didn't we just do this? Well, CB3 released its meetings rundown for May, including the CB3/SLA docket... SLA & DCA Licensing Committee Monday, May 14 at 6:30 pm — JASA/Green Residence, 200 E. Fifth St. at Bowery As always at th... »
Melanie Chernock, an East Village resident who is a graphic design student at SVA, recently launched a site titled The MetroCard Project. It's an ongoing project that aims to redesign the the Metrocard, which the MTA put into full usage on May 14, 1997... »
In the last month or so, we've posted items on the unveiling of several new buildings around the neighborhood... in three of the cases, we heard from people who thought the new buildings looked really out of place alongside their neighbors ... like whe... »
As New York Music Daily first reported, the Lakeside Lounge is closing after 16 years on April 30. There isn't going to be any gala farewell parties at the live music venue on Avenue B at East 10th Street, New York Music Daily noted. The bands already ... »
From an article in The Forward today: Israel has a shortage of civilian gas masks, but you wouldn’t know it from walking down Manhattan’s St. Mark’s Place, where the masks are on sale in half a dozen stores for a mere $25 each. The Israeli model 4A1 ga... »
As you may recall, last spring/summer, there were fewer travelers/crusties hanging out in Tompkins Square Park. Instead, the group took to Washington Square Park, Union Square, parts of Brooklyn... However, in The Villager this week, Scoopy hears from ... »
It's that time of year again, when I receive news releases like this: Longstanding Fugazi fans, JuiceheaD and Osaka Popstar, teamed up and took on the challenge of covering the punk classic, “Waiting Room.” A limited copy of the cover’s 7” will be rele... »
Well, at least Daniel Craig, the actor who has played James Bond of late ... along with his wife Rachel Weisz, the Academy Award-winning actress ... The Post reported yesterday that Weisz looked at the soon-to-be-on-the-market 238 E. Fourth St., that c... »
We first posted this item on Jan. 15, 2010 ... Given all the talk about a certain chain/franchise opening on St. Mark's Place, we thought it was a good time to revisit this one... A reader comment from last Friday's post on the St. Marks Cinema: I reme... »
A few more items of interest from last night's CB3/SLA committee meeting... We mentioned that the committee OK'd the Joe's-to-Josie's change on East Sixth Street. Meanwhile, according to Hannah Leighton at Eater, Team Andre Balazs withdrew plans to dis... »
[Photo via Melanie at East Village Corner] Only one item to note from tonight's CB3/SLA committee meeting... we understand that the committee has approved a license for Josie's to open in the space that last housed longtime favorite Joe's Bar on East S... »
