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Saturday, July 17, 2021

EVG Etc.: The future of crafting at Downtown Yarns; the spice world of SOS Chefs

The weekend plant vendor on Avenue A and 6th Street via Stacie Joy 

• Tow-truck driver kills 85-year-old pedestrian outside Union Square (Streetsblog

• Thoughts on Eric Adams and Gov. Cuomo's grim vision for NYC's future (Intelligencer

• A higher percent of hit-and-run drivers in NYC are getting away with the crime (Gothamist

• Avenue A's Downtown Yarns and "the unknown world of post-pandemic crafting" (The New York Times

• Appreciating the Korean Cajun cuisine of Kjun on Ninth Street (The New Yorker

• David Harbour talks about drinking at the long-gone Korova Milk Bar on Avenue A (Mashed

• The spice world of SOS Chefs on Avenue B (CBS 2

• An interview with Libby Schoettle, the artist behind PhoebeNewYork (Time Out

• A look at the upcoming Dash Snow doc (Vice

• Mexican politician arrested in Basquiat, Haring art forgery case (NBC News

• Just what we need: A Moxy Hotel rises on the Bowery (NYY

• The Ramones in space! (PunkNews.org

• Pre-sale tix are available for the 50th-anniversary screening of "Willy Wonka & Chocolate Factory" at the Regal Union Square on Aug. 15 (Official site)

... and a small-world moment on Twitter...

Friday, July 9, 2021

EVG Etc.: Cuomo extends street and sidewalk dining; Blondie recalls the 'Rapture' video

First Avenue between the downpours yesterday afternoon 

• The Office of Nightlife at the NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment issues its first report, a 162-page document that includes almost two dozen recommendations for the future (Official release) ... the one-page section on potentially creating 24-hour entertainment districts in the city has received the most attention (Crain's New York ... The Associated Press

• Gov. Cuomo says restaurants will be able to use sidewalks and streets for outdoor dining into mid-2022 (Gothamist

• More people are returning to NYC, and finding apartments is getting difficult (NBC New York

• ICYMI: Eric Adams wins the New York City Democratic mayoral primary (Reaction, analysis: City Limits ... The New Yorker ... Politico

• About Mark Levine, the likely next Manhattan Borough President (Gotham Gazette

• Rats are overwhelming the Baruch Houses on the Lower East Side (PIX11

• An address book from 1997 that belonged to Jeffrey Epstein was originally found on an East Village sidewalk (Insider

• The 40th anniversary of Blondie's "Rapture" video (The Post)

... and the free LES Community Music Fest set for East River Park this afternoon will now be at Nublu, 151 Avenue C between Ninth Street and 10th Street ... still free and from 3-7 p.m.

Friday, July 2, 2021

EVG Etc.: Abel Ferrara helps reopen Cinema Village; Lydia Lunch gets her due

• Remembering Mimi Stern-Wolfe, a pianist and conductor and longtime East Village resident, who died on June 21 at age 84 (The New York Times

• The Board of Elections releases (again) the first unofficial ranked-choice tally for mayor's race (Gothamist ... City Limits) Where are the absentee ballots coming from? (The City

• How the red-tailed hawks have been spending these hot summer days in Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography)

• Abel Ferrara's Cinema Village retrospective continues through July 8 at the classic 12th Street theater — all tickets are $5 (Official Site

• Beth B's biographical documentary on Lydia Lunch, "The War is Never Over," now playing at the IFC Center (Official Site ... Beth B will be there after tonight's 7:45 screening) 

• Some history of the Petersfield at 113-119 Fourth Ave. (Off the Grid

• About the andouille-sausage corn dog at the recently opened Sidney's Five on First Avenue (Grub Street

• Behold the MTA's subway car of the not-so-distant future (amNY)

Friday, June 25, 2021

EVG Etc.: NYC Primary results (so far); Pride Weekend activities

Photo on Seventh Street by Derek Berg 

• A look at Primary results from Tuesday (The City) ... 5 takeaways from the primaries (The Hill) ... Carlina Rivera easily wins reelection (City & State ... her victory tweet

• It's Pride Weekend (Gay City News ... NBC New York ... the Times

• NYC Rent Guidelines Board sets mid-year hike for stabilized tenants (City Limits

• Police arrest suspect who knocked an Asian man unconscious on the Lower East Side (Daily News)

• East Village native Legacy Russell appointed executive director and chief curator at The Kitchen (Culture Type ... previously on EVG)

• State abruptly ends alcohol-to-go policy (Eater... the Times ... Gothamist

• "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" turns 50 (Axios)

• A piece on the new LGBTQ+-friendly Stickett Inn on First Avenue (Time Out ... first on EVG

• At the open auditions for Stomp (Gothamist ... previously on EVG

• Fashion boutique (and East Village alum) Cafe Forgot opens first permanent space on lower Ludlow Street (WWD

• Man asking for change outside Think Coffee on the Bowery at Bleecker "attacked" a 61-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman (The Post

• Lower East Side Film Festival returns to in-person events this July (The Lo-Down)

Friday, June 18, 2021

EVG Etc.: an NYC Primary guide; a curious decision on relocating vehicles

Thank you to the staff at Most Holy Redeemer for sharing this photo from Fourth Street at Avenue A... 

• A tipsheet for the NYC primaries (The City) ... and a recap of the last mayoral debate (The Associated Press

• A call for a permanent curfew in Washington Square Park (Gothamist) ... Here's another recap via Streetsblog. ... and what the hell is going on there? (Curbed)

• SUV kills pedestrian on Delancey and the Bowery (The Daily News

• Accidental Bar — specializing in sake — debuts on Avenue C (Resy ... previously on EVG)

• The DOT towed vehicles to the dedicated 14th Street bus lane between Avenue B and Avenue C (Streetsblog)

• Rainbow lights next week for the Stonewall Inn (TONY)

• Early history of Black theater downtown (Off the Grid

• ICYMI: The Tenement Museum reopened on June 12 (The New York Times

• About "The Kids," a new documentary explores "the lives that were upended" by the overnight success of "Kids" (Variety ... Jezebel

• And the acclaimed documentary on Sparks — "The Sparks Brothers" — is out today, playing at the AMC Village 7, Regal Essex Crossing and Regal Union Square 

... and this evening, a live comedy show with Dr. Honeybrew to benefit the Sixth Street Community Center... ticket info here.

Saturday, June 5, 2021

EVG Etc.: Resident sues NYPD after 2020 deli shooting; Metrograph plots in-person return

• Cops in riot gear shut down Washington Square Park and Union Square last night at 10 to enforce new weekend curfew rules (@vanishingny ... Gothamist)

• Paralyzed East Village resident sues the NYPD after 2020 deli shooting (Daily News ... previously on EVG

• Kjun — a well-reviewed Korean-Cajun takeout and delivery operation — is moving in with Hi-Collar on Ninth Street (Eater

• Metrograph launches new TV app, announces September return to in-person screenings (Deadline

• Rivera vs. Hussein in District 2 Council race (City Limits

• Kate Goldwater, owner of the Seventh Street thrift boutique AuH20, details how she was able to maintain her business during the pandemic (CNBC ... previously on EVG

• The future of Governors Island (Gothamist


• When hippies took over Tompkins Square Park in June 1967 (Off the Grid

• A look back at East Village Other, which chronicled the counterculture movement (JSTOR Daily

• Because several people sent me this link: Former One Direction member Zayn Malik involved in a dispute outside Amsterdam Billiards Club on Fourth Avenue and 11th Street (TMZ

Photo last night from Tompkins Square Park

Sunday, May 9, 2021

EVG Etc.: A pool finally for the East River; a fundraiser on 3rd Street for Off-Broadway

• A list of vaccine incentives in NYC (Gothamist

• There is finally a city-approved spot for the long-proposed floating Plus Pool to drop anchor in the East River — just north of the Manhattan Bridge (Curbed

• Revisiting this oral history with community organizer Carlos "Chino" García (Off the Grid)

• The "public and impermanent work" of East Village artist Tom Manco (Pavement Pieces ... previously on EVG)

• Rachel Brosnahan bringing a one-act play to the Wild Project on Third Street to help benefit the Off-Broadway theater community (Deadline

• Thoughts on Precious Okoyomon's installation that is ending its run at Performance Space 122 (ArchPaper

• Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is being sent back to federal prison after a request for community placement was denied (NBC 4

• New Michelin stars include one for Tsukimi on 10th Street (Eater) A map of Michelin Bib Gourmands is here

• Diversions: Revisiting Downtown — MTV's animated, cinéma-vérité-style series about New York in 1999 (Vulture)

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

EVG Etc.: Celebrating Lower East Side History Month; Reopening restaurants to full capacity

• Woman punched in the head in a robbery while exiting the L train on 14th Street and First Avenue (PIX 11)

• A Q&A with Eric Sze, the co-owner of 886 on St. Mark's Place and founder of the grassroots initiative Enough Is Enough (Eater

• Events for Lower East Side History Month (Official site

• Asian American history in the neighborhood (Off the Grid

• The number of NYC pedestrian fatalities is up 65 percent in the first four months of this year (Gothamist

• Subways coming back to 24/7 schedule (Jalopnik) ... with restaurants hitting full capacity on May 19 (Eater NY

• Sheldon Silver returns to the LES after early release from prison (NY1

• Why Bagel Boss is expanding with locations on 14th Street and East Houston (Forbes... first on EVG)

• Amelia feeds her red-tailed offspring in Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography

... and thanks to Nat Esten for letting us know that the Bean's new awnings arrived yesterday on Second Avenue and Third Street...

Saturday, April 3, 2021

EVG Etc.: A guide to legal marijuana in New York; a replacement for the Hester Street Fair

Photo on 12th Street by Lola Saénz 

• What you need to know about legal marijuana in New York (Gothamist

• The Chinese Hawaiian Kenpo Academy on Second Avenue sees increased interest in self-defense classes amid spike in anti-Asian hate crimes (NY1 ... official site

• The New York State Court of Appeals clears way for supertalls along the East River (The Broadsheet)

• Crystal Field on the past and future of Theater for the New City (B&B

• Thoughts on Precious Okoyomon's living installation "Fragmented Body Perceptions as Higher Vibration Frequencies to God" on view through May 9 at Performance Space New York on First Avenue (The New Yorker

• The upcoming live shows at the Bowery Electric (Instagram ... official site)

• Our faves: Cherry blossoms and brooding hawks in Tompkins Square Park! (Laura Goggin Photograophy

• Team behind Smorgasburg/Brooklyn Flea bringing Hester Flea to the Lower East Side (The Lo-Down

• Details on Beverly's, a pop-up homewares and specialty market at 22 Ludlow St. (Vogue)

• One day you might see a comedy with Iggy Pop and Bob Saget (Deadline)

Friday, February 26, 2021

EVG Etc.: Raising awareness against anti-Asian hate crimes; Putting Blondie in a graphic novel

• More about Chef Eric Sze, of 886 on St. Mark's Place, and his efforts to raise awareness against anti-Asian hate crimes (NY1

• Chi Sum Ngai and Kaleena Teoh, who own Coffee Project on Fifth Street (and in other neighborhoods), launch a scholarship program for Black baristas (Daily Coffee News

• How the pandemic has gutted the city's arts and entertainment business (Gothamist

• The Emergency Eviction Act pause ends today — now what? (The City

• What's happening with the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad moving to the Department of Transportation? (Streetsblog

• An interview with Leo Fitzpatrick about his gallery Public Access on St. Mark's Place (B+B ... previously on EVG

• A look back at Jackie Curtis — "East Village Superstar" (Off the Grid

• Blondie to receive the graphic novel treatment (Rolling Stone

• Diversions: The "Avocado Guy" of NYC (Eater

... and questions to ponder...

Sunday, February 21, 2021

EVG Etc. A dabba lunch service at Khiladi; an update on Amelia and Christo's 2021 nest

With a random photo on the Bowery above... 

 • Khiladi on Avenue B at 11th Street has launched a dabba lunch service (Eater

• The NYC Health Department is recommending that New Yorkers wear two masks — a paper one covered by a cloth one — to better stem the spread of the coronavirus (Westside Rag

• Reviving the performing arts with the NY PopsUp initiative. The article includes details on the Saturday afternoon pop-up entertainment taking place at Theater for the New City on 10th Street (PIX11

• A feature on the 32-year-old Anthony Aiden Opticians at 42 St Mark's Place (Off the Grid

• An interview with Julia Copeland, who opened the boutique Here nor There on Ninth Street last fall (B+B ... previously on EVG

• Two Boots joined forces with Slice Out Hunger on an emergency initiative that supports shelters, soup kitchens and community centers impacted by the power outages in Texas (Instagram

• An update on Amelia and Christo's nest construction in Tompkins Square Park (Laura Goggin Photography ... previously on EVG

• Nearly 40-year-old dim sum destination Jing Fong will close its Chinatown banquet hall and indoor dining in early March (Gothamist

• Diversions: In our weekly Friday at 5 video on Dec. 11, we hyped an OSEES livestream event. The full-length concert video has been posted, and the setlist includes three Black Flag covers (Brooklyn Vegan

 ... and false alarm on Eighth Street (previously) ...

Saturday, February 13, 2021

EVG Etc.: Making it work at Theater 80; Celebrating the Lunar New Year

• Local chefs from 886, Málà Project, Fish Cheeks and Nowon have teamed up to raise awareness about the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans (Eater)

• Police say a few protestors from the Black Trans Liberation NYC rally on Thursday night vandalized Jackdaw on Second Avenue and 13th Street (Daily News

• Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village resident Janice Rosario, a choreographer and teacher, launched a nonprofit to help those in need in public housing (Dance Magazine

• Study shows that the Second Avenue F stop has some of the highest levels of air pollution in subway system (The Guardian

• Restaurants left vulnerable after NY's commercial eviction moratorium lapses (Eater

• A feature on the College Student Pantry at Trinity Lower East Side on Avenue B and Ninth Street (B+B ... previously on EVG)

• Theater 80 on surviving during the pandemic (NY1)

• Katz's made it through the 1918 pandemic. Here's how the deli managing COVID-19 (CNBC)

• Where to eat and celebrate the Lunar New Year (Gothamist

Photo from last night at the New York City Marble Cemetery on Second Street

Thursday, February 4, 2021

EVG Etc.: Weathering the storm with Amelia and Christo; Prepping for International Clash Day

• Man slashed on the L-train platform on 14th Street and First Avenue (The Post ... ABC 7)

• Cuomo nows says restaurant workers and cab drivers are eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines (Gothamist ... the City

• Noreetuh on 1st Avenue launches a free weekly meal for unemployed restaurant workers (Instagram ... h/t Eater

• Testing out Big Stick Willy's, the delivery-only cheese stick business in the East Village (Grub Street

• Exploring the life and music of free jazz great William Parker (The Brooklyn Rail

• How did Amelia and Christo weather the storm on Monday? (Laura Goggin Photography

• City lags in clearing bike lanes of snow (Streetsblog

• International Clash Day 2021 is TOMORROW (KEXP

• What the Ramones played at their last-ever U.K. gig on Feb. 3, 1996 (Glide Magazine

Tree pic along Tompkins Square Park on 10th Street

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

EVG Etc.: The MTA's financial crisis; the latest essays from Luc Sante

Top photo from Tompkins Square Park this morning by Derek Berg

• MTA leaders mull a COVID-19-related financial crisis that could potentially see a 40-percent cut in weekday subway service and layoffs of more than 9,000 transit workers (Daily News) ... MTA looks to borrow $3 billion from the Feds (Streetsblog

• East Village restauranteurs discuss what winter dining might look like (Gothamist

• NYC restaurants restaurants report a drop in sales with the new 10 p.m. curfew (The Post)

• Anti-nuclear pacifists, seen on Saturdays in Tompkins Square Park protesting the war in Yemen, are headed to federal prison (The Intercept

• Q&A with East Village artist-musician Kembra Pfahler: "Being creative and sharing is a benevolent human trajectory that's difficult to irradiate even under the most heinous conditions. It lifts the spirits." (Whitehot Magazine

• Thoughts on Luc Sante's new collection of essays, which includes remembrances of the East Village music scene from his youth (The New York Times

• Complaints increase about the sight-seeing helicopter excursions over Manhattan (The City

• Singer-songwriter Jill Fiore on her fire escape performances on Essex Street (NY1

• Yellow Rose is a taco hit on Third Avenue (Eater ... previously on EVG)

• Introducing "The Encyclopedia of New York" (New York

Sunday, November 15, 2020

EVG Etc.: Looking for holiday volunteers; Remembering Aldo Tambellin

The Bowery Mission and City Harvest need volunteers this holiday season (FOX 5)

• Remembering Aldo Tambellini, the pioneering filmmaker and artist who in the 1960s opened the Gate and the Black Gate in the East Village, screening films by Kenneth Anger and Yayoi Kusama, among many others (The Guardian ... ARTnews

• East Village restauranteurs talk about the possibility of the state suspending indoor dining (Gothamist) 

• An analysis of the ZIP codes New Yorkers exited between March 1 and Oct. 31. Topping the list: Upper West Side, 10023 — 3,368. At No. 20: East Village, 10009 — 728 (The Post)

• East Village resident Douglas Stuart discusses his acclaimed debut novel, "Shuggie Bain" (New York

• The Landmarks Preservation Commission is reviewing proposals to renovate and refurbish the façade of Bathhouse Studios on 11th Street (NYY ... previously on EVG

•  A positive review (it "wows") for Mokyo on St. Mark's Place (Forbes)

• A preview of the new Half Japanese record (Dangerous Minds

• "Dash & Lily," an eight-episode holiday-themed romantic comedy series, debuted on Netflix this past week to positive notices (100% on Rotten Tomatoes!).  As you may recall, the crew filmed quite a bit around the neighborhood in late 2019 (here and here for instance). In the trailer, you can see the locations include Two Boots on Avenue A and the Strand...

Saturday, October 24, 2020

EVG Etc.: The Strand says its cash reserves are depleted, issues plea for business

• An SOS from the Strand (Gothamist ... Deadline) The plea from owner Nancy Bass Wyden resurfaced recent articles (here and here, for instance) about her continued investment in Amazon... and growing rift with her staff.

• Manhattan's median asking rent fell below $3,000 — to $2,990 — for the first time since 2011 (Streeteasy)

• The East Village is well-represented in this listicle of the city's best Vietnamese restaurants (Eater)

• Catching up with the Mosaic Man (B&B)

• Video shows a male Karen — aka "Daren" — being aggressive on Astor Place after refusing to wear a mask (The Daily Dot)

• East Village teen arrested while live-streaming his climb of the Queensboro Bridge (Queens Daily Eagle ... Gothamist)

• Pinc Louds full-band show on Astor Place TONIGHT (Instagram)

• Penny Arcade stages her new mixed-media performance, "Notes from the Underground," on Friday, Oct. 30 at Pangea on Second Avenue. Find the livestream info here.

Random photo from yesterday at Second Avenue and Sixth Street

Saturday, October 17, 2020

EVG Etc.: Kim Gordon's new book; Luc Sante's East Village tour

An inside look at Rosella, now serving sushi on Avenue A (Eater ... previously on EVG)

NYC restaurants OK'd to use outdoor heaters this winter (Gothamist)

An interview with  Chloë Sevigny outside B&H Dairy (The New Yorker)

Not sure why, but Fat Buddha is currently without a liquor license (Instagram

Syringe-wielding man robs the Marhsalls on East Houston (BB)

Kim Gordon on her visual memoir "No Icon" (The Cut)

A look at "Wojnarowicz: F*** You F****t F***er," which pays homage to David Wojnarowicz (IndieWire)


Looking back at the last show — Patti Smith! — at CBGB (Far Out)

Keep Cozy Soup N Burger in your diner plans on Broadway at Astor Place (Instagram)

Diversions: An interview with the people who bought the diner from "Twin Peaks" (Grub Street)

And the story many people have been talking about in recent days: author Luc Sante's historical tour of the East Village (The New York Times)

We appreciated Sante's use of the Death Star in the interview to describe 51 Astor Place. And look who we roused!

Sunday, July 19, 2020

EVG Etc.: Inside the COVID Rent Relief Program; Update on the tech CEO murder


[Photo on 7th Street by Derek Berg]

• An explainer on New York state’s COVID Rent Relief Program (Curbed)

• Aunt says accused killer Tyrese Devon Haspil "was a quiet young man, at times annoying, but incapable of the cold-blooded murder of victim Fahim Saleh" (Daily News ... previously on EVG)

• Why gets to drink outdoors in NYC? "Nobody is drinking pouches of colorful cocktails underneath the floodlights on Avenue D." (Grub Street)

• Without jobs in bars and restaurants, what will happen to the city's creative class? (The Associated Press)

• Inside Abolition Park (The Indypendent)

• A unique season package at the New York Theatre Workshop on Fourth Street — a subscription to the artists, rather than to a roster of plays (The Washington Post)

• The online screenings and events at the Anthology Film Archives (Official site)

• Empire State Building observatory reopens Monday (USA Today)

• ICYMI: A Sonic Youth album guide (Brooklyn Vegan)

• Diversions: When the Ramones appeared on the Sha Na Na television variety show in 1979 (Boing Boing)

Friday, July 10, 2020

EVG Etc.: Concerns about an increasing homeless population; realities facing live-music venues


[Morning at 9th Street Espresso via Vinny & O]

• Explaining the increase in the homeless population in the East Village and Lower East Side (B&B) LES residents complain about growing number of homeless encampments (NY1)

• Report: NYCHA residents say their living conditions have continued to worsen and many oppose the de Blasio administration’s plan for resolving the fiscal crisis confronting the city’s largest affordable-housing program (CityLimits)

• "Claims from the NYPD's top cops that an uptick in gun violence has been caused by bail reform efforts and emergency releases from Rikers Island due to COVID-19 continue to prove baseless, without any data surfacing to back them up." (Gothamist)

• Manhattan rental vacancy hits another all-time high (The Real Deal)

• East Village bar owner Jesse Malin on the crisis facing live-music facilities: "Very few venues are going to be able to survive being closed this long" (Rolling Stone)

• Delivery apps still taking a big bite out of NYC restaurant profits (The Indypendent)

• The National Community Reinvestment Coalition used data from the American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau to rank the cities on gentrification during a five-year period ending in 2017. San Francisco-Oakland was No. 1, followed by Denver, Boston, Miami-Fort Lauderdale and New Orleans. NYC was No. 7 (USA Today)

• Martin Scorsese to direct David Johansen documentary (Pitchfork)

• Funhouse by the Stooges turned 50 years old this week (Flaming Pablum)


Wednesday, June 24, 2020

EVG Etc.: Primary results; fireworks crackdown


[On the Bowery]

• Preliminary results from the 2020 NY Primary (Gothamist)

• State's takeout cocktail law expires this weekend, causing more worry for bars-restaurants (Eater)

• Mayor turns alternate-side parking into a once-a-week affair (Streetsblog)

• City cracking down on illegal fireworks (ABC 7)

• Speaking of ...: Details on this year's Macy's July 4 Fireworks Show (NBC 4)

• NYC's rent-stabilized apartments receive one-year rent freeze (Curbed)

... and earlier this month, the Post reported that Avraham Adler, who had been accused of hosting sex parties in a townhouse rental on Seventh Street, had been charged with assaulting his girlfriend and taken into custody. (Previously on EVG.)

Over the weekend, neighbors here between Avenue B and Avenue C saw people removing furniture from the house, packed up in both a rental truck and dumpster (h/t Dave on 7th!)...