...here's the website with all the details.
Meanwhile, Joann Jovinelly attended yesterday and shared some photos...
Sunday, April 15, 2012
At the 2012 NYC Anarchist Book Fair
The 2012 NYC Anarchist Book Fair ends today...
...here's the website with all the details.
Meanwhile, Joann Jovinelly attended yesterday and shared some photos...
...here's the website with all the details.
Meanwhile, Joann Jovinelly attended yesterday and shared some photos...
Boukiés opens tomorrow
The Post has a feature today on new Greek restaurants around the city... and they note that Boukiés opens tomorrow on Second Avenue and East Second Street. It's the latest place from restaurateur Christos Valtzoglou, who also owns Pylos on Seventh Street. Previously, this space was home to the short-lived Heartbreak Cafe.
Previously.
More about last night's Tompkins Square Park closure and the black bloc on St. Mark's Place
Last night, we watched the NYPD shut down Tompkins Square Park around 9. We spoke with several people watching the police assemble on Avenue A at St. Mark's Place. One man spoke of a "mob" that broke windows at the Astor Place Starbucks. And that this pack was headed toward the Park. He seemed excited about this prospect. Another couple confirmed hearing the "mob" story as well. Several of the officers who arrived said that they didn't know why they were there. "We just show where they tell us to go," said one.
@mcompost, described as an Oakland, Calif.-based "anarchist legal worker," followed the group. @mcompost later described what happened as a "very loosely organized anti-police protest" — aka "NYC FTP"
From there, this so-called black bloc headed down St. Mark's Place between Third Avenue and Second Avenue.
(Runnin' Scared has a recap of the events here.)
After a few run-ins with the NYPD, the group quickly dispersed.
Later last night, as Gothamist reported, the NYPD shut down East Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C and arrested two men at an after-party of the Anarchist Book Fair at the Sixth Street Community Center. There were reports that someone was throwing bottles from a rooftop.
At the time last night, several people thought these incidents were all related. However, attendees of this party told Gothamist that the two incidents were unrelated.
(There were a lot of crazy stories making the rounds last night. One person told us the police closed Tompkins Square Park because it "smelled like urine.")
Meanwhile, this morning, we walked on Astor Place and St. Mark's Place. There wasn't any evidence that windows were broken at the Astor Place Starbucks. However, as noted last night, someone did smash a window at the soon-to-open 7-Eleven on St. Mark's Place near Second Avenue.
Someone also smashed the side of this payphone on St. Mark's Place. Of course, this could have been a typical Saturday night act of vandalism...
Ditto for all this...
Previously.
@mcompost, described as an Oakland, Calif.-based "anarchist legal worker," followed the group. @mcompost later described what happened as a "very loosely organized anti-police protest" — aka "NYC FTP"
I got roped into attending a NYC #FTP march. About 40 mostly white punk kids. My hopes are not high.
— Marcus (@mcompost) April 15, 2012
From there, this so-called black bloc headed down St. Mark's Place between Third Avenue and Second Avenue.
About 50 ppl dressed in black bashing windows, attacking 7-11 sign, chanting "nypd go to hell" @evgrieve
— Ewing (@Ewingweb) April 15, 2012
(Runnin' Scared has a recap of the events here.)
Six undercovers just tried to grab someone.crowd rushed back and freed their comrade. Shit is heating up
— Marcus (@mcompost) April 15, 2012
After a few run-ins with the NYPD, the group quickly dispersed.
And poof, they're gone! Crowd split up, presumably to regroup elsewhere. #nyc #ftp
— Marcus (@mcompost) April 15, 2012
A whole lots of nypd rolling through tompkins but no protesters at all. No idea where they went. #nyc #ftp
— Marcus (@mcompost) April 15, 2012
Later last night, as Gothamist reported, the NYPD shut down East Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C and arrested two men at an after-party of the Anarchist Book Fair at the Sixth Street Community Center. There were reports that someone was throwing bottles from a rooftop.
At the time last night, several people thought these incidents were all related. However, attendees of this party told Gothamist that the two incidents were unrelated.
(There were a lot of crazy stories making the rounds last night. One person told us the police closed Tompkins Square Park because it "smelled like urine.")
Meanwhile, this morning, we walked on Astor Place and St. Mark's Place. There wasn't any evidence that windows were broken at the Astor Place Starbucks. However, as noted last night, someone did smash a window at the soon-to-open 7-Eleven on St. Mark's Place near Second Avenue.
Someone also smashed the side of this payphone on St. Mark's Place. Of course, this could have been a typical Saturday night act of vandalism...
Ditto for all this...
Previously.
East Houston Street, 9:12 a.m., April 15
Step right up! No line.
And you have until Tuesday to file your tax returns according to our sources at the IRS.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
[Updated] NYPD shuts down Tompkins Square Park
The NYPD has shut down Tompkins Square ... witnesses report unrest in the neighborhood
There are dozens of police officers now on guard on Avenue A at St. Mark's Place.... the officers that we spoke with on the scene won't say why they are currently blocking the park... the NYPD closed every entrance to the Park in the last hour...
Several people around the park said that protestors have smashed windows at the Starbucks on Astor Place... as well as the incoming 7-Eleven on St. Mark's Place...
About 50 ppl dressed in black bashing windows, attacking 7-11 sign, chanting "nypd go to hell" @evgrieve
— Ewing (@Ewingweb) April 15, 2012
There are conflicting reports what is happening...
UPDATED 10:23 p.m.
Updated 11:08 p.m.
Various readers have said that the activity tonight was related to an "NYC FTP" protest...
11:20 p.m.
Multiple residents say that East Sixth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C is closed...
@ChristRobbins is on the scene... He reports that "witnesses say it was an anarchist book after-party at 6th street. Two men say police 'beat people.'"
11:59 p.m.
"It was a very loosely organized anti police protest."
7 a.m.
Christopher Robbins at Gothamist reports that the NYPD arrested two men outside the Sixth Street Community Center last night. The community center was hosting an after party for the Anarchist Book Fair. However, attendees at the community center say the events on East Sixth Street and the unrest on St. Mark's Place were unrelated. There were reports that people were throwing bottles and other items off the center's roof, which employees say would have been impossible. An employee of the community center told Gothamist: "The police just came and brutalized two guys who were standing outside the stoop."
Report: The Lakeside Lounge closes at the end of the month
That's the word via a report at New York Music Daily, who note that the Lakeside, which opened in 1997 on Avenue B near 10th Street, "will be replaced by a gentrifier whiskey joint, no doubt with $19 artisanal cocktails and hedge fund nebbishes trying to pick up on sorostitutes when their boyfriends are puking in the bathroom – or out of it."
Read the rest of the post here about the bands who played at the Lakeside.
This and Banjo Jim's now within the past eight months. Ouch.
Here's the rest of the Lakeside's calendar for the month. Go say goodbye.
Ink Lake shares some Lakeside memories here.
Canned goods for the homeless on Avenue A
A good samaritan gave two men sitting in front of the former East Village Farms on Avenue A some canned goods. Unfortunately, the men do not have a can opener.
Photo by Dave on 7th.
[Updated] Cute pet alert for Tompkins Square Park today!
The pet rally is under way... the flyer here tells you what's going on...
And, when people rush the stage for Randall, voice of "The Honey Badger," I'm stealing this...
Updated Sunday morning
Here are a few photos of the event via Bobby Williams...
Friday, April 13, 2012
Cash mob for St. Mark's Bookshop Sunday afternoon
Citing an article in Publisher's Weekly, Jeremiah Moss reports that the St. Mark's Bookshop is struggling financially again.
Per Publisher's Weekly:
"We’re hanging in there, barely," says co-owner Bob Contant. "It’s a difficult April. Traffic is down. Without an increase, we can’t rebuild our inventory. We’re 20% short of where we need to be."
Last fall, more than 44,000 people signed a petition to help save the bookstore and to lobby Cooper Union to reduce its rent for 2012.
Jeremiah is organizing a cash mob for Sunday afternoon:
#cashmob St. Mark's Bookshop, Sunday April 15, at 1:00 pm. Spend $15 on a book. Spend your tax refund! Then go drink at The International on First Avenue between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place. Please re-tweet...spread the word.
While all this might be fine in the short-term, Jeremiah notes that "in this iZombie culture, what St. Mark's Bookshop needs most is a powerful new business plan — something that will sustain them in the long run, something that will keep attracting book buyers, day after day."
Meanwhile, the Bookshop has recently joined the Twitterverse — @stmarksbookshop
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