Sunday, April 23, 2023

EVG etc.: The fries at Ray's Candy Store; the martinis at Madeline's

Sunrise view of the Christodora House and Con Ed plant the other morning... 

• NYC libraries could end weekend service with the mayor's budget cuts (Gothamist) 

• Economic trouble signs emerge for NYC (THE CITY) 

• The Children's Workshop School on 12th Street is holding its annual Schoolapalooza 2023 online fundraiser this week (Official site) 

• The fries at Ray's Candy Store are some of the best around (Eater) 

• Tied vote stymies union effort at the Trader Joe's at Essex Crossing (NY1) 

• Owners of the Wayland open Madeline's Martini at 171 Avenue C (Time Out ... previously on EVG)

• Save the date May 31 for an unveiling of a plaque to honor jazz icon Charles Mingus on the building in which he lived and planned to launch a school on Great Jones (Village Preservation) 

• Thoughts on Adam Zhu's photography book "Nice Daze" (The New Yorker... previously on EVG) 

• The Old School Kung Fu Fest is back (Metrograph) 

• A model claims she was drugged and scammed at Little Sister Lounge in the Moxy Hotel on 11th Street (The Post) 

• Inside an East Village apartment redesign (Design Milk) 

• Podcast: How the Lower East Side's history shaped NYC (Travel + Leisure) 

• Iggy Pop covers "Walk On The Wild Side" for the first time as new tour commences (Stereogum)
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