Wednesday, September 15, 2021

EVG Etc.: Remembering the 'country doctor' of Avenue D; Scoping out the Feast of San Gennaro

Photo on 7th Street by Derek Berg 

• Remembering the "country doctor" of Avenue D (The New York Times)

• RIP Phil Schaap, Grammy-winning jazz DJ and host of the Charlie Parker Festival in Tompkin's Square Park (The New York Times ... thanks to Allen Semanco for the link)

• So far in 2021, 189 people have been killed by vehicles in NYC compared to 150 at the same time last year — the latest victim was a 3 month old in Clinton Hill (Gothamist

• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in the neighborhood (Off the Grid

• "New York will no longer be anti-business" — Eric Adams (City Limits

• The simple and delicious burgers at 7th Street Burgers (Grub Street ... previously on EVG)

• Pete Wells likes the far-ranging menu choices at Soothr on 13th Street (The New York Times

• Film series celebrates the publication of composer, musician and writer Alan Licht's new book "Common Tones." Screenings include "Two-Lane Blacktop" and "The King of Marvin Gardens" (Anthology Film Archives

• The 95th annual Feast of San Gennaro starts tomorrow (6sqft

• A look back at the band 3 Teens Kill 4 (Dazed

• Checking out summertime cicadas (Laura Goggin Photography

• An end-of-summer party at the East River Amphitheater on Saturday (East River Park Action)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Used to love going thru the Feast but it's so crowded and cramped with vendors selling junk now - it's an unpleasant experience.

Anonymous said...

From the Eric Adams article, he "unveiled a multi-pronged plan that includes tax incentives and zoning changes to woo growing industries like cybersecurity and blockchain..."

Uh, what exactly does this mean?