Rudy Volcano’s stores have been hubs of their communities for over a decade. Originally from Guatemala, and with a special interest in the arts and crafts of Latin America, Mr. Volcano builds on a wide-ranging background, a keen eye, a delight in clothing and cloth from foreign climes, a knack for discovering and nurturing indigenous talents around the world, and the joy of sharing his discoveries with a devoted customer base.
Rudy’s stores, their merchandise, ever-changing inventory and fast window displays, reflect his holistic vision. Rudy Volcano businesses are eco-responsive, devoted to fair trade practices, to organic materials, to one-of-a-kind garments and crafts, and to developing ongoing relationships with creative artisans and neighbors alike. Each store is a meeting place for people from a myriad of cultures, for artists and artisans, for performers of every kind, environmentalists and tame animals.
[Chef Michael White] will serve 12- and 16-inch pies to eat in or take out. The tables in the restaurant, a high-ceilinged box in wood and brick with 62 seats inside and 38 on the sidewalk, are fitted with little metal sockets in which the stems of cantilevered pizza stands are placed, so a pizza does not take up table space.
This Sunday... Tompkins Square Park will host the 2012 edition of “Puke Island”, an afternoon of FREE punk/rock/metal music. The outdoor all-ages event will be from 2-6 PM. Scheduled to perform (with set-times):
Lynch Pigs (2 PM)
Miscegenator (2:40 PM)
(A)Truth – (3:20 PM)
Mongrel Bitch (4 PM)
Truth In Needles (4:40 PM)
Alekhine’s Gun (5:20 PM)
Police said the victim was part of a dispute between his aunt and her boyfriend.
According to authorities, the boyfriend fled the scene after the stabbing and are looking for him.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
We spotted the 1st fireflies of summer in Tompkins Square Park last night. Visit your local park this weekend to see them while u still can!
— New Yorkers 4 Parks (@NY4P) June 8, 2012
"Right now, I'm surviving day by day," she says. But at least she isn't worried that her new neighbors will call in complaints to 311 this summer. Pointing toward the ocean, she says, "They're fish."
