A kiss before the L on First Avenue and 14th Street ... photo by Dan Efram
Saturday, May 19, 2018
Friday, May 18, 2018
'Eye' opener
Here's Philadelphia's Empath with "The Eye," a track from their recently released cassette "Liberating Guilt and Fear."
Empath opened for Iceage Wedesday night at Bowery Ballroom and will be at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 9 as part of the Northside Festival.
Mikey Likes It back in scooping action this evening
After a three-plus-week closure, Mikey Likes It is back in action ... 199 Avenue A between 12th Street and 13th Street...
Updated 5/19
They are open this Saturday afternoon... and there's a crowd... photo by Lola Sáenz...
Updated 5/21
Find more on the situation here.
Updated 5/19
They are open this Saturday afternoon... and there's a crowd... photo by Lola Sáenz...
Updated 5/21
Find more on the situation here.
Dance • Dance • Dance
Dance • Dance • Dance
Drums are drumming
Speakers speaking
Rhythms to the crowd
Costumes costuming
Prism colors
Moving right around
Bodies gyrating
Arms a-waving
Feet a rhythmic blur
This the most fun
That is happening
People will concur
Once a year
Just not enough
Then again not everyday
We need to
Catch our breath
To dance in other ways
When we are lonely
Perhaps sad and blue
Dancing is the thing to do
Find a corner
Put on some sounds
Then dance around and around
Now feeling better
Because we know a way
Of being happy everyday
Who says
We need to wait to dance
Till the next dance day
Dance • Dance • Dance.
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peter radley
The 42nd annual Saint George Ukrainian Festival is this weekend
The festival officially begins this evening at 6:30 on Seventh Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square.
You can find the full schedule of events here.
High times tomorrow with John Holmstrom's 'Stoned Aged' at Metropolis
East Village resident John Holmstrom, the co-founder, editor and illustrator of Punk Magazine, will be at vintage-clothing outpost Metropolis tomorrow signing copies of his new publication (zine!), Stoned Age.
Stoned Age "intends to bring back the fun of 20th century marijuana culture, when it was the choice of hipsters, beatniks, jazz musicians, hippies, and other misfits," per tomorrow's invite.
Holmstrom, who illustrated the covers of the Ramones albums "Rocket to Russia" and "Road to Ruin," will be in the store from 1-3 p.m., though there are activities happening all day at Metropolis, including DJ Drew Redmond "spinning old-school punk."
Metropolis is at 43 Third Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Q-and-A with John Holmstrom, founding editor of Punk Magazine
John Holmstrom on the CBGB movie and the East Village of 2013
RIP Mikey Evans
Mikey Evans, who spent his whole life as a resident of 190-192 E. Second St., died on Wednesday night.
I don't have a lot of background information at the moment. Evans had been in declining health in recent months.
Julio Pena and Beatrice Tosti di Valminuta, the husband-wife owners of Il Posto Accanto at 190 Second St. between Avenue A and Avenue B since 1995, shared the news in a series of Instagram posts yesterday:
With heavy hearts we are wishing our good friend & brother Michael Evans a loving farewell. The Lifeguard of 2nd Street will now be our Guardian Angel ... Those of us that had the pleasure of watching Mikey from sunup to sundown will forever remember his beautiful energy as he entertained and elevated our small community.
Those of us at Il Posto Accanto and Il Bagatto don't know a 2nd Street without Mikey because Mikey was here first.
He was one of a kind, and lived and died on his own terms. We would like to celebrate his life with everybody.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Get well soon, Mikey
Happening tomorrow (Saturday): The Dance Parade and DanceFest
You may have seen the police barricades in place along St. Mark's Place and parts of Tompkins Square Park... all ahead of the 12th annual Dance Parade and DanceFest.
The Parade kicks off at 1 p.m. at 21st and Broadway, and heads down to Eighth Street/St. Mark's Place ... and eventually into Tompkins Square Park for the DanceFest...
Organizers say that 10,000 (or so) dancers from 150-plus organizations will be taking part in the parade. This year's theme: "The Cabaret of Life," which celebrates the repeal of NYC's 1926 Cabaret Law last fall.
Here's the official website with more info.
And in case you were wondering if the whole thing will be called off because of the rainy forecast... No!
Rain or Shine we are dancing on Saturday, May 19th!
— Dance Parade NYC (@DanceParadeNYC) May 17, 2018
Boutique health studio shaping up on 6th Street
Fit Ritual is a new boutique health studio opening tomorrow evening at 543 E. Sixth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.
EVG contributor Stacie Joy got a look inside the other day as workers were continuing to build-out the space...
Their Instagram account notes that Fit Ritual will offer fitness trainings, diet and nutrition, and massages. (The Fit Ritual website isn't active just yet.)
The studio's grand opening is tomorrow evening from 5-7 p.m.
The owners have been East Village residents since 1988, and previously operated Team Wellness & Massage Center in North Bergen, N.J.
This storefront was last home Love Shines, the boutique that closed in March 2017 after 20 years. Love Shines still operates as an online-only business.
New for lease sign at the old 7-Eleven space on St. Mark's Place
Just noting that a new for lease sign arrived this week at 37 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue... this prime, 2,000-square-foot space has been vacant since the 7-Eleven closed here in late November 2013.
The listing at Winick notes that the rent is available upon request, and that the possession is "immediate."
Winick originally had the listing, before another broker took over at the start of 2017. Anyway, maybe this will be the year for a new tenant here.
Previously on EV Grieve:
A few more details about renting the former 7-Eleven space on St. Mark's Place
After nearly 4 years empty, 37 St. Mark's Place may be getting new retail tenants
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