Sunday, December 14, 2025
Sunday's opening shot
Saturday, December 13, 2025
Afterword Bookshop set to debut TODAY
Hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily ... let us know if you go.
Previously on EV Grieve:
MoRUS celebrates 13 years today
MoRUS 13th anniversary party
Saturday, Dec. 13
5–10 p.m.
155 Avenue C, between Ninth and 10th streets
Join us at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space for our 13th annual anniversary party. Enjoy live music and drinks as we celebrate 13 years of flipping the negative into positive action.
Schedule of events:
• 5 p.m. — Radical Bookstore zine release
Live music
• 6 p.m. — Jada
• 7 p.m. — Nocona George & Foley
Live underground comix presentation
• 8:30 p.m. — Seth Tobocman
The prolific graphic artist shares his radical artwork and storytelling.
Music and dancing to follow
Bar open all night
Get tickets.
Saturday's opening shot
It looks and feels like snow out there today... and the NYC area is under a winter storm advisory... and you are advised via AccuWeather that snow and flurries will start late this evening, accumulating an inch or two overnight ... expect slippery conditions on sidewalks and streets and staircases, etc.
Friday, December 12, 2025
Friday's parting shot
Per the program:
Armed with indefatigable energy, an inventive mind, and a wry, closely observing eye, Leaf nimbly navigated the planes of the real and the imagined, holding a mirror up to essential truths while reminding us of our shared humanity.
She had a studio at 7 Bleecker St. (where she lived with her husband Robert Frank) ... and she spent some of her time in a remote fishing village in Nova Scotia.
The gallery is open tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It's well worth the visit.
Hearing 'Aidan'
The shoegaze-y, psych-rock debut record from the Alabama-based duo Sister Ray Davies is now out... the video above is for the first single, "Aidan."
About the ‘Vape TY Deposit Box’ on 6th Street
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
If you’ve walked past 431 E. Sixth St. lately between Avenue A and First Avenue, you may have noticed a small "Vape TY Deposit Box" mounted outside the building.
It's part of an ongoing project by Laura Tighe, who runs Smilers, the gallery that opened in No. 431 earlier this year.
Tighe has been quietly collecting empty vape cartridges from neighbors and passersby; the box is available 24/7 for drop-offs.
The cartridges will eventually make their way into a long-term installation Tighe is developing upstairs: The New York Vape Room, a rooftop, greenhouse-like structure built around the city’s discarded vape culture.
So if you've ever wondered who’s gathering those spent cartridges on Sixth Street, it's an artist at work.
Bluestockings Cooperative hosting final closing sale Saturdays through December
The sales take place over the next three Saturdays — Dec. 13, 20 and 27 — from noon to 5 p.m., at 116 Suffolk St. between Rivington and Delancey.
Organizers describe the events as a chance to "celebrate and grieve" the closing of the long-running, community-minded space. And nearly everything is up for grabs: books, appliances, merchandise, furniture — it's all gotta go, per their announcement.
Masks are required.
If you've ever attended a reading, a meeting, a workshop, a film screening, or just browsed the shelves at Bluestockings over the years, this is one last opportunity to stop by, show support, and help the team close out this chapter.
As we first reported on Nov. 28, the storefront is now for rent.
The listing at the Meridian Capital Group website notes that all uses will be considered for the 2,500-square-foot space, "perfect for comedy club, wine bar, gallery, vintage clothing, or fitness." Asking rent: $13,950
Bluestockings announced on Sept. 22 that it would be closing as a business at the end of 2025, marking the end of a 26-year run as an independent feminist bookstore, café, and radical community space. The retail space closed in September, while the online shop remained in operation.
In a statement, the worker-owners and staff said daily operations are no longer sustainable, citing health, financial and structural challenges. There was pushback to the narrative, as reported here.
Previously on EV Grieve:
At the Romy & Michele Saturday Afternoon Tea Dance at Club Cumming
Photos and interview by Stacie Joy
Every Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m., Club Cumming on Sixth Street hosts the long-running "Romy & Michele's Saturday Afternoon Tea Dance" — a no-cover, pop-forward hang built around friendship, community and the occasional Post-It request.
The weekly party is helmed by East Village resident DJ Bright Light Bright Light (Rod Thomas), who has been spinning the tea dance for nearly a decade and brought it to Club Cumming when it opened in the fall of 2017.
We stopped by on a recent Saturday and asked Thomas a few questions about why he named the event after the 1997 comedy "Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion" (which co-starred Club Cumming owner Alan Cumming), how Post-Its became part of the dance-floor ritual, and why hosting this gathering in the East Village still feels a little magical.
How did the Romy and Michele Tea Dance come about?
I chose the Romy & Michele's Saturday Afternoon Tea Dance name because I love the film so much. I thought it would be fun to do a silly, lighthearted tea dance whose name lets you know it's about having a blast with your friends, whatever anyone might think, and that it's deeply rooted in a love of pop culture.
So people can request songs on a Post-It (in the film, the leads, Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow, claim they invented Post-Its), and it's a nice way to make people feel like they can hear their favorite songs in a warm, friendly space.
When people are requesting songs on Post-Its on the wall, they see what others are requesting, and it's an easy icebreaker. I've seen people laugh at some song choices and get so excited if someone's requesting the same song as them, which happens! So it's been lovely seeing friendships form over the years.
For me, music is all about connection and community, so being able to run an event that helps create and nurture community is a real proud moment for me. A real joy!
Why does hosting this event in the East Village matter to you?
Before I moved to NYC, the East Village was like a holy grail of pop culture history to me — seeing it in films like "Party Girl" especially — and all the music history I'd hear about. It feels amazing to be part of this area of the city. It's so creative and so full of life.
Thursday, December 11, 2025
SantaCon 2025 arrives Saturday. Prepare accordingly.
SantaCon 2024 outside Solas on 9th Street. Photo by Stacie Joy.
In case you were blissfully enjoying the holiday season, SantaCon 2025 takes place on Saturday.
The annual pub crawl — an alleged charitable event, per published reports — kicks off this year at 410 a.m.at 140th and Broadway. From here, the entire tri-state area is effectively under a red alert.
A $17 "donation" gets you a Santa Badge and access to participating bars, mostly in Midtown West and East. And, as always, the East Village remains a main attraction.
Most of the participating local venues remain the same...
• Amsterdam Billiards & Bar, 110 E. 11th St. at Fourth Avenue
• 10 Degrees Bar, 121 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue
• The Laurels, 231 Second Ave. at 14th St.
• Coyote Ugly, 233 E. 14th St., between Second Avenue and Third Avenue
• Solas, 232 E. Ninth St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue (serving as a "Huge Venue")
• Bull McCabe's, 29 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue
• Doc Holliday's, 141 Avenue A at Ninth Street
• Horseshoe Bar/7B, 108 Avenue B at Seventh Street
New this year:
• Sly Fox, 140 Second Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street.
As we've seen in previous Cons, bars not on the official list also participate, including Downtown Social on Second Avenue at Ninth Street and Eastpoint on Avenue B between Second Street and Third Street.
Per EVG's Stacie Joy last year: "Though not incident-free, the 2024 edition of SantaCon showed signs of being more manageable than in previous years. For some, that may be a holiday miracle in itself."
Can we make it two miracles in a row?
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Dec. 10
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