Sunday, November 28, 2010
Celebrate the Bowery on Tuesday evening
From the EV Grieve inbox...
BOWERY HISTORY: A CELEBRATION
A lively evening of talk and entertainment honoring the cradle of American popular culture. Birthplace of tap dance, vaudeville, and punk rock, the Bowery is being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. Hosted by Bowery Alliance of Neighbors & Two Bridges Neighborhood Council
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
@ Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street (Btwn. Rivington & Delancey)
SUBWAYS: F to 2nd Ave., 6 to Spring, B/D to Grand, J to Bowery
6 - Happy Hour (Cash Bar), featuring vintage Bowery cocktails
7 - Showtime
HOSTED BY:
Kent Barwick,
President Emeritus, Municipal Art Society
PERFORMERS:
Poor Baby Bree, Chanteuse (w/Frankllin Bruno, piano)
Bob Holman, Poet, Bowery Poetry Club
SPEAKERS:
City Council Member Margaret Chin
Kerri Culhane, Architectural Historian
Peter Quinn, Novelist, BANISHED CHILDREN OF EVE
Eric Ferrara, L.E.S. History Project, author of upcoming book on the Bowery
Anthony Tung, Author, PRESERVING THE WORLD'S GREAT CITIES
Trav S.D., Vaudeville Historian and impresario
FILM:
THIS IS THE BOWERY (rare film from the 1940s); fascinating footage of
the Bowery Mission, street life, etc. In many ways anticipates Lionel
Rogosin's classic 1956 documentary ON THE BOWERY.
TICKETS:
$20 - General Admission
$15 - Student/Seniors
$50 - Sponsors (Priority Seating)
Via here or 866-811-4111
Another day, another Deitch Wall update
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Your daily Deitch Wall update
Kenny Scharf continues his mural here on Houston and the Bowery. Check out some great photos of Scharf at work on GammaBlog.
Christmas is coming, still
Friday, November 26, 2010
Thanksgiving marathon continues
Bowie's puffy-pants, puffy-hair phase circa 1987.
Breaking: Delivery bike removed from Stuy Town
We just noted the presence of an abandoned restaurant delivery bike that has been locked to this tree in 4 Stuyvesant Oval in Stuy Town since.... Halloween!
EV Grieve reader Nixta now reports that, as of this morning, workers removed the bike!
EV Grieve reader Nixta now reports that, as of this morning, workers removed the bike!
Dora Park Apartments getting a bath
One of my favorite apartment buildings, the Dora Park on Seventh Street across from Tompkins Square Park, is getting cleaned up... watching workers on the scene this morning... hope no one wanted to sleep in...
Here's a shot from the invaluable Forgotten New York showing the detail above Dora Park's doorway...
Here's a shot from the invaluable Forgotten New York showing the detail above Dora Park's doorway...
Labels:
Dora Park,
East Village streetscenes,
Seventh Street
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