Friday, August 21, 2026

From White Trash to Aliens on 5th Street

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy Aliens of Brooklyn is returning to the East Village.  Owner-artist Joseph Angel Tijerina opens his new...
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Bye, bye Blank Street

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And then there were none. Blank Street Coffee at 149 Avenue A between Ninth and 10th Street has closed. A for-rent sign showed up on the ...
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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Thursday's parting shot

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Crossing Houston at Ludlow tonight in the downpour...
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‘Tony’ and a Bourdain East Village flashback

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"Tony," the film that chronicles a life-changing summer of 1975 for a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain, continues its run at Village...
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An East Village swimmer completes open-water swimming's Triple Crown

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Photos and interview by Stacie Joy English Channel photos by Keith Nelson   East Village resident Juliet Kadlecek recently completed the Tri...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Wednesday's parting shot

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Banner evening sky from First Avenue...

'I smell dead things': The plot thins on Avenue A

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The mucky tree well on Avenue A between Fifth Street and Sixth Street along the Con Ed substation is once again a bare plot of earth and p...
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‘A Dream Task’: Inside Nico Lou’s new Mutt Library at Hancock Cafe

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Photos by Stacie Joy  Interview by EVG  East Village native Nico Lou Monheim Carrasquillo has a new home for some of the books, writers and...
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Nothing 'Irregular' about the 2 festival awards for this Sophie's-set film

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A nice festival finish for "Irregular." The independent feature, filmed largely inside Sophie's on Fifth Street between Aven...

Openings: Recente on 2nd Avenue

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Photo courtesy of Alex Staniloff  Recente , a coastal Italian restaurant and aperitivo bar, debuted last week at 182 Second Ave. between 11t...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

A Tompkins Square Park trash can has a warning

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Photos by Steven  An unusual warning appeared early this evening just inside the Seventh Street and Avenue A entrance to Tompkins Square Par...

Free film tomorrow night in Tompkins Square Park: 'Beast of the Southern Wild'

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ICYMI: Roadway dining gets a year-round seat at the table

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EVG file photo New York City's roadway dining season will no longer have to end when November does.  City Council voted last week to ...
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Never mind the bollards: Clinton Street has a traffic problem

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Photos by Salim  Early yesterday morning, a semi turning from Clinton Street onto westbound Houston Street rode over a bollard on the divide...
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Monday, August 17, 2026

Monday's parting shot

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A photo of the Monday sunset courtesy of EVG reader Jim Mullins...

A final Friday night at White Trash

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Photos by Stacie Joy  White Trash, the vintage furniture and home furnishings shop at 304 E. Fifth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenu...
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