Sunday, June 7, 2026

Scenes from the 3rd annual Lower East Side Puerto Rican Parade & Festival

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Photos by Stacie Joy  Puerto Rican flags were flying — and so were plenty of Knicks colors — as the third annual Lower East Side Puerto Rica...
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Week in Grieview

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We spy Clyde! The neighborhood pup was keeping a low profile while hanging out with his owner, Santo Mollica of The Source Unltd copy shop....
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Sunday's opening shot

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The fifth annual LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens) Theater Festival continues today at the 6th Street and Avenue B Garden.  The...
Saturday, June 6, 2026

Saturday's parting short

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Right when the rain started falling this evening on St. Mark's Place...
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Noted

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EVG reader Cynthia Reynolds shares these photos from Fifth Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery this morning, where someone took th...
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Important dates leading up to the June 23 New York Primary

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Book Club Bar reopens after a spring spruce-up

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Photos by Stacie Joy Book Club Bar is back in action today following a brief closure.  As previously reported , the bookstore-bar at 197 ...
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Caturday's opening shot

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Photo by Stacie Joy  Sky looks thrilled by his newfound fame at Love Story on Third Street near Avenue B...
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Friday, June 5, 2026

Friday's parting shot

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On the Open Street of St. Mark's Place this evening between Avenue A and First Avenue...
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Snap, crackle and dream pop

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We've been listening to Sungaze of late, a Cincinnati-based band that falls into the dream pop-shoegaze category. (The band says, ...

'No Picnic' starting its 8th week at the Film Forum

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Philip Hartman (@philhartman41) The Film Forum is at 209 W. Houston St. ...

Pride outside the 2nd Avenue F stop

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Here's a look at the Pride Month mural outside the Second Avenue F stop... art by Ricky Sencion .  This is the ninth Pride mural here ...
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The Lower East Side Puerto Rican Parade is back for a third year tomorrow

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The third annual Lower East Side Puerto Rican Parade & Festival takes place tomorrow (Saturday) from 4 to 8:30 p.m.  The parade begins...
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Thursday, June 4, 2026

Thursday's parting shot

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Photo by Stacie Joy  The Summer of Ludd is coming to Tompkins Square Park this June 28...
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The 5th annual LUNGS Theater Festival takes place this weekend

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The fifth annual LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens) Theater Festival is this weekend at the 6th Street and Avenue B Garden.  The...
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Hoffmaier & Hoffmaier leaves Avenue B after 25-plus years

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  One of the neighborhood's longtime professional offices has left the neighborhood. After more than 2...
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Cotti Coffee coming to 14th Street

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Photo via EVG reader Brian Carroll  Renovations continue at 223 E. 14th St., where there will soon be another coffee option on the block bet...
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On 11th Street, a dry cleaners replaces a dry cleaners

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Pinnacle Cleaners closed in March after 15-plus years at 299 E. 11th St., just east of Second Avenue.  We figured the place might be fitt...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Wednesday's Let's Go Knicks parting shots

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Photos by Stacie Joy  Knicks fan and Mary O's owner Mary O'Halloran makes some last-minute touches to Mary O's Game 1 signage o...

East Village musician Franzi Szymkowiak on her band Lukka's latest release

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Photos and interview by Stacie Joy East Village-based singer-songwriter Franzi Szymkowiak and her band Lukka (Ashley Gonzalez on bass and S...