Thursday, October 6, 2022
These 'Friends' are looking to care for Tompkins Square Park
Friday, September 30, 2022
This is a fantastic ramshackle day
Filmmaker Lance Bangs, who has directed videos for Nirvana, Sonic Youth, R.E.M., Green Day, and more, pieced together unseen footage from the artist's archives to lend a visual accompaniment to "Fantastic," and Strummer's lyrical oratory around dreaming, making change and better days...
Recorded in December 2002 at the Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, Wales, "Fantastic" was one of Strummer’s final recordings, with vocals laid down just weeks after Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros played their last-ever live show at Liverpool University on Nov. 22, 2002, and exactly one month before Strummer’s untimely death on Dec. 22, 2002, at the age of 50.
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Week in Grieview
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Green days: 6&B Garden program teaching East Village kids how to garden and cook
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space turns 10
To celebrate this landmark year, MoRUS, along with partners The Anarchist Book Fair, The Emma Goldman Film Festival, Green Oasis Community Garden/Gilbert’s Garden, La Plaza Cultural Community Garden, Nublu, and Time's Up, is set to present a four-day slate of events revisiting some of the museum's most gripping films, in-demand workshops, beloved walking tours and dynamic speakers.
There are a lot of events. You can find more info at this link.
Originally slated to open in mid-November 2012, MoRUS was forced to push back its grand opening date by a month due to flood damage from Hurricane Sandy. In the days following the storm, MoRUS created a cell phone charging station for the community using a bike generator lent to the museum by Time's Up!
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Week in Grieview
Friday, July 29, 2022
EVG Etc.: Andy Warhol's durational cinema; Economy Candy's 85th birthday
Friday, July 22, 2022
Today in grand openings
Thursday, June 30, 2022
The Gallery Watch Q&A: Kevin Sabo on 'Kimberly Pepperoni’s Closet'
Friday, June 3, 2022
These 2 community gardens are hosting a free summer theater festival
The theme of the 2022 Festival is Mother Earth/Nature.The festival will present six 30-minute plays performed in two community gardens. Three plays will be performed on Saturdays, June 4 & 11 at 6B Garden, on the corner of Avenue B and Sixth Street ... and three different plays will be presented on Sundays, June 5 & 12 at Green Oasis Garden, 370 E. Eighth St. between Avenue C and Avenue D.A set of three plays will be performed twice on Saturdays from 2-7 p.m., and twice on Sundays from 2-7 p.m. Each program will be repeated the following weekend, Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12.This inaugural Theater Festival is curated by Penny Arcade, Erez Ziv, Riki Colon, Roman Primitivo Albear, Bonnie Sue Stein and Charles Krezell.
Everyone is welcome! We are hoping for great audiences to experience Free Theater in our community gardens!
Monday, May 16, 2022
Stuy Town ownership nixes plans for 2 heat and power plants
"This is a highly satisfactory resolution to an issue that concerned many residents. I am grateful to all who signed petitions and postcards and came to our rallies, and to the cadre of hard-working tenants who formed our CHP strategy committee," said Susan Steinberg, president of the Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association. "I also want to acknowledge the effective support of our elected representatives. In particular I want to call out our Council Member Keith Powers, whose nonstop negotiations with Blackstone resulted in their pulling the project. Finally, I want to acknowledge Blackstone for its willingness to recognize how critical this issue was for us and for doing the right thing."
A spokesperson for Beam Living, which manages Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, released this statement to the media:After years of working tirelessly with the Tenants Association, my colleagues, and residents, this is a great outcome.
— Keith Powers (@KeithPowersNYC) May 12, 2022
Big thanks to @ST_PCV_Tenants, @RepMaloney, @bradhoylman, @HarveyforNY, @MarkLevineNYC, & every single person who helped organize. https://t.co/REpJ0p0qy2
"We always take our community’s feedback seriously and are pleased with the dialogue we have had about our collective commitment to making StuyTown and Peter Cooper Village more sustainable and resilient. We are proud of the progress we have made to date and remain committed to bringing resilient and green infrastructure to our community."
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Week in Grieview
Sunday, May 8, 2022
Remembering Paul Adrian Davies
Thursday, April 28, 2022
RIP Paul Adrian Davies
I am particularly drawn to the "street" in the widest context of that word. The "street" could be a temple in India, a marketplace in Mexico, a protest in Barcelona or the New York subway.I like to observe the activities that take place in these settings and look closely at how people present themselves and interact with one another. I also enjoy the random events which happen in these environments and create unique moments and images.I am very interested in the dialogue which takes place on the "street" via graffiti, murals, scribblings, stickers and posters. I view this as a strong and important alternative to traditional communication channels such as print, television and even the internet.
Friends are planning a celebration of his life next month.
Updated:
The memorial is Tuesday, May 10 at 5:45 p.m. ... at the Green Oasis Community Garden on Eighth Street between Avenue C and Avenue D.
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Week in Grieview
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
A visit to Le Phin, the new Vietnamese cafe on 10th Street
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Gallery Watch: GAO HANG! at The Hole
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Here are the proposed locations for new Citi Bike docking stations in the East Village
Citi Bike announced that it needs the DOT to provide it with sites for an immediate Lyft-funded infusion of docks and bikes because the system is under "added stress [in] its original service area, which serves a disproportionate number of the total rides."In other words, too many people are either showing up at docks that are empty or trying to return bikes to full racks. Even as it is breaking its own records, Citi Bike estimates that it lost 4 million rides in 2021 because customers are getting frustrated. The company cited the ridership increases as well as "unpredictable commuting patterns as a result of the pandemic."An unbalanced system results in riders finding empty or full docks during periods of peak demand," a problem that cannot be totally mitigated through rebalancing or Bike Angels, the company said.
[A]s the city has sought to accommodate the surge in both bike-share use and overall cycling by adding hundreds of miles of bike lanes, it has provoked a backlash from drivers and some elected officials who complain that parking and driving are now more difficult.