While they were in front of the former hookah hotspot, partygoers were actually going in the door next to the space for a party in an apartment above the old Le Souk ...
Monday, May 16, 2011
This weekend in big parties on Avenue B
Late Saturday night/early Sunday morning, a reader noted a large, uh, gathering on Avenue B... bringing back nightmares memories of Le Souk...
While they were in front of the former hookah hotspot, partygoers were actually going in the door next to the space for a party in an apartment above the old Le Souk ...
While they were in front of the former hookah hotspot, partygoers were actually going in the door next to the space for a party in an apartment above the old Le Souk ...
Barbao closed again this past weekend
Barbao on St. Mark's Place remained closed Friday and Saturday nights. Michael "Bao" Huynh's eatery was not open the previous weekend due to an "electricity problem."
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Verso opens today
After weeks of extensive renovations, Verso, the former Caffe Pepe Rosso/Caffe Cotto, opens today on Avenue C at Eighth Street, Dave on 7th notes...
And it appears that the to-go window isn't really happening...
And it appears that the to-go window isn't really happening...
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Asleep on the stoop
Taken outside the now-defuct Jazz on the Town Hostel on 14th Street near Second Avenue by James and Karla Murray.
Bike lane patrol
EV Grieve correspondent Bobby Williams noted yesterday that police officers were on Second Avenue at Fifth Street waiting for cyclists to run the red light... the fellow pictured apparently didn't stop, and was let off with a warning.
Let's not mention this to samo, OK? Previously.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
School-crossing sign continues East Village tour
Landlords enter bed bugs battle
Several readers noted the arrival of these letters from their landlords this past week...
So, basically, to avoid the spread of bed bugs, you have to wrap your mattress and box springs in plastic before dumping it on the curb — whether or not you even have bed bugs. There is a fine of up to $100 if your bed isn't wrapped. Landlords such as Brownstone Building Mgmt here will fine you the tenant then. If they can figure out who the mattress belonged to, that is.
So, basically, to avoid the spread of bed bugs, you have to wrap your mattress and box springs in plastic before dumping it on the curb — whether or not you even have bed bugs. There is a fine of up to $100 if your bed isn't wrapped. Landlords such as Brownstone Building Mgmt here will fine you the tenant then. If they can figure out who the mattress belonged to, that is.
Friday, May 13, 2011
When surveyors make us nervous
We can't help but be nervous when we see things like surveyors at work outside Billy's Antiques on Houston... What are they surveying? What godawful thing is coming/happening next to this region near the Bowery?
And why do we hear rumors about something Starbucksy coming to the vacant storefront behind Pulino's?
And why do we hear rumors about something Starbucksy coming to the vacant storefront behind Pulino's?
This weekend: The Ukrainian Festival
What happens to fallen road signs
Crazy Eddie sent me this fallen "Bump" sign on the East River greenway by the ConEd plant awhile ago...
Now looked what happened to it! Red Hook isn't enough for them?
Now looked what happened to it! Red Hook isn't enough for them?
Life after the Amato Opera
In January 2009, Anthony Amato announced that he was closing the Amato Opera after more than 60 years. Amato also said that he was selling the building at 319 Bowery that he had called home since 1962.
As he told the Times, "I'm 88 years old, and I'm a little tired," he said. "I have a few years left."
However shocking the news may have been to the public, the announcement wasn't a complete surprise to some company members.
"There were some rumors swirling among the cast in the late fall of 2009," Melissa Gerstein, an East Village resident and an Amato member since 2004, told me on the phone. "We noted his health. He was just tired. He still had a lot of live. He wanted to do some other things to do with his time."
And then the cast began to talk about the future.
"There were a lot of people who had been involved with the company for 30-40 years. There were really sad about not being able to go to the Amato every week to perform," Gerstein said.
So a small group of cast members continued talking about launching Amore Opera to fill that void in producing homespun, inexpensive productions and keeping the Amato spirit alive.
Once the members had everything in order — a board and budget, for starters — they approached Amato with their idea.
He gave them an enthusiastic endorsement.
Tonight, the Amore Opera finishes up their second season with a production of "Carmen," which runs through May 29 at the Connelly Theatre at 220 E. Fourth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.
For Amato, Gerstein said that he was extremely pleased that people who he loved and cared about were going to be continuing his legacy.
And what does Anthony Amato mean to her?
"He is a very warm and giving person. He’s just in it for the music, and no other purpose. For a young person like myself coming in — I was a year out of graduate school, which was tough and rigorous — jumping into a company like Amato, with a fun, unstructured way of doing things… He molded each performer into the person that he knew they could become up on stage."
For further reading:
Amato Opera (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
Find more information on the Amore Opera here.
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