Tickets went on sale today to see METZ at the Bowery Ballroom this coming January. Until then, here's "Wasted" from the Canadian trio's self-titled debut from 2013.
Starting today, Feltman’s of Coney Island owner and Brooklyn native Michael Quinn will be selling hot dogs at Augers Well, the bar at 115 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue.
Instead of serving $2 hot dogs as they did all summer Feltman’s will be serving up enormous franks for $5 each, along with their very popular homemade apple cider vinegar mustard, which will be whipped up daily in the Augurs Well kitchen.
Feltman's is named after Charles Feltman, purportedly the inventor of the hot dog as well as the restaurant that was located in Coney Island from 1870-1954. (Read more about Feltman at the Coney Island History Project here.)
Quinn reportedly still plans to reopen a restaurant in Coney Island... but, as the Coney Island Blog notes, "right now he’s having fun telling the Feltman’s story and creating brand recognition." And he will be doing so right next door to Crif Dogs. Of course Feltman's and Nathan's co-exited for more than 40 years in Coney Island...
Thanks to EVG regular jdx for this recent shot of the city, with Tompkins Square Park about right in the middle of the photo (didn't want to muck it up with the work of EV Arrow here) ... check out jdx's website here for more photos...
Second Avenue residents continue to rebuild lives after March 26 (The Villager)
Thoughts on Richard Hell's new compilation "Massive Pissed Love" (The Village Voice)
"15 essential" East Village restaurant openings (Zagat)
Tonight on East Third Street: "What's Your Freedom to Ya~!? Pop Up Art/Culture Jam" (Facebook)
Dora is up to something in Tompkins Square Park (Gog in NYC)
... on the topic of red-tailed hawks... here's Christo hanging out in Tompkins Square Park....
[Photo by Bobby Williams]
When Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers tore up the Village Gate in 1977 (Dangerous Minds)
Sietsema praises the vegetarian cuisine at Avant Garden on East Seventh Street (Eater)
At Berlin, a "sneaky cabaret" underneath 2A on Avenue A (The New York Times)
32K monthly for the Sixth Ward space on Orchard (BoweryBoogie)
CB3 backs plan for new management at Essex Street Market (The Lo-Down)
Robert Crumb on misogyny, America and art (The Observer)
A look at the new book "City on Fire," in which "one of its primary interests is the 1970s scene in the East Village and the anarchist squatters who inhabit an abandoned building there" (Time magazine)
A John Zorn benefit concert tomorrow night as part of a Harry Smith celebration (Anthology Film Archives)
... and over on East First Street, there's a new mural by Brazilian artist Paolo Govea adjacent to the Tuck Shop between First Avenue and Second Avenue... Tuck Shop owner Niall Grant said the mural is presented in partnership with Sixpoint Brewery... who will be helping curate the space going forward...
... and "All Things Must Pass," a documentary on the rise and fall of Tower Records, opens today at the Village East Cinemas on Second Avenue at East 12th Street...
... and finally finally... why not one more wildlife pic for this post — a standoff in Tompkins Squrae Park...
The site reflects real time updates to transit, construction, and traffic alerts, 311 service requests, emergency notifications, event permits, and other data. The data is also displayed on a neighborhood map that can be used to look up things like restaurant grades, greenmarkets, and parks.
I checked on it last night to learn that there were delays on the 4 and F trains... that a sewer backed up at 111 Avenue C ... that "Rats were reported in a park at Avenue A and East 7 Street last weekend" ... and my favorite — "Disruptive banging and pounding noise was reported last Tuesday at 103 Avenue A."
Each neighborhood page includes details on the weather, garbage and recycling schedules, school closures and alternate-side parking.
The site, which went live on Wednesday, arrives via the Mayor's Office of Technology and Innovation and Vizalytics, a local tech startup. DNAinfo noted that the developers will continue to tweak the site over the next 90 days or so. Specific sites — with names like EastVillage.nyc — are expected in early 2016.
A new business is prepping to take over the recently vacated storefront at 350 E. Ninth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
The sign shows East Village Tobacco (Tobbaco) & Variety Shop opening soon. And variety is right: Aside from some usual deli-type items, there's promise of perfume and cloth.
The space was previously home to A.K. Shoe Repair, which closed at the end of August. The proprietor said that he was no longer able to sustain the business after his landlord raised the rent from $2k to $4.5k a month.
Since opening this past July at 130 St. Mark's Place, we've heard good things about Via Della Pace Pizza. (Eater gave them positive notices here.)
But is it the best restaurant in NYC? Heh. Well, according to reviewers on travel website TripAdvisor, it is... somehow, the 23, 5-star reviews catapults the pizzeria near Avenue A to the top of the list... No. 1 out of 11,525 ...
... and ahead of such wannabes as Daniel (with 1,711 reviews) ... and Faicco's Pork Store ...
David Owen, the co-founder of London vintage booksellers IDEA Books Ltd, has chosen Marc H. Miller and Bettie Ringma's “Bettie Visits CBGB” as what he calls a “Superbook”: a rare work of exceptional cultural significance. Owen makes his point in an entertaining and evocative radio program just released by Radio Wolfgang.
A sound collage that mixes interviews with music, the program evokes the Bowery and the glory years of CBGB, using as its centerpiece this collection of 10 color snapshots in a handmade leatherette portfolio. The photographs in “Bettie Visits CBGB” show a young Dutch woman posing with Patti Smith, Blondie, the Ramones, Talking Heads, Richard Hell and other musicians ...
The program, produced by Olivia Humphreys, provides a human look at a remarkable five-year period of cultural history. Among those interviewed are Ringma and Miller, the creators of the portfolio; painter Curt Hoppe, their Bowery neighbor and collaborator; photographer Roberta Bayley, the doorwoman at CBGB; cartoonist John Holmstrom, the founder of Punk magazine; and Susan Springfield, the singer in the Erasers.
Miller, one of the creators of the portfolio, is founder of the website 98 Bowery and the related Gallery 98. To see pictures from the “Bettie Visits CBGB” series, click here. The radio program can be accessed on the website of Radio Wolfgang.
