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Just Do Art! !BADASS! BURLESQUE PRESENTS: !BADASS! LOVES JANIS 3 FringeNYC veteran, Huffington Post blogger and classically trained soprano Juliet Jeske brings her…

Soho House has my support, but won’t get Acker Awards

Soho House has my support, but won’t get Acker Awards

BY CLAYTON PATTERSON  |  I have finished my exploration of Soho House. It was interesting, and I’m glad that I took the opportunity to check them out. I see them fitting into this new Lower East Side. No different than the two new luxury hotels…

Artist struggles to survive amid life on the street

Artist struggles to survive amid life on the street

BY CLAYTON PATTERSON | One of the greatest blessings I have received in life is connected to my archive. How fortunate and blessed I have been to have been able to document such a wide cross-section of the people, places and events, the life and…

Just Do Art!

Just Do Art!

!BADASS! BURLESQUE PRESENTS: !BADASS! LOVES JANIS 3 FringeNYC veteran, Huffington Post blogger and classically trained soprano Juliet Jeske brings her killer voice and improv chops to the role of Janis, as she hosts a righteous tribe of highly sexualized performers gathered together in the service…

The cinematic equivalent of a twangy country song

The cinematic equivalent of a twangy country song

BY RANIA RICHARDSON    |  The title, “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” says it all. The Christian hymn and popular country song “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” refers to reuniting with a loved one in heaven — and in a film that foreshadows death, it’s easy…

Espresso, booze or shoes, all fail at ‘doomed corner’

Espresso, booze or shoes, all fail at ‘doomed corner’

BY ELISSA STEIN  |  Last summer, with a fair amount of fanfare, a successful European espresso bar chain established its first outpost in New York City. Reportedly spending thousands upon thousands of dollars on renovations, Segafredo opened its sleek, upscale doors, planning to make a…

Making all the right moves

Making all the right moves

The renovation of Washington Square Park several years ago cramped the style of chess players there, leading to a new chess scene quickly developing in Union Square’s southern plaza. Saravuth Inn has earned a living playing chess in Union Square since 2008. He says his…

Students occupy, see red after Cooper ends free tuition

Students occupy, see red after Cooper ends free tuition

In protest of The Cooper Union’s recent announcement that it would start charging incoming undergraduates a 50 percent tuition — ending a 100-year tradition of free education — about 50 students occupied President Jamshed Bharucha’s office in the Foundation Building last Wed., May 8. On…

Cupcakes and pancakes are in the house all of a sudden

Cupcakes and pancakes are in the house all of a sudden

House of Cupcakes recently opened at Seventh Ave. South at Grove St. And if that wasn’t enough, a few blocks to the south, IHOP (the International House of Pancakes) has opened on Carmine St. near Seventh Ave. South. Only time will tell if this is…

Dormitory foes warn Cooper: Don’t get in bed with Singer!

Dormitory foes warn Cooper: Don’t get in bed with Singer!

BY SARAH FERGUSON  |  On Wednesday, more than 150 people marched from the old P.S. 64 on E. 9th St. — former home of the CHARAS/El Bohio Cultural and Community Center — to The Cooper Union to demand that the university reverse its plan to…

N.Y.U. gives space for tots and seniors on its superblocks

N.Y.U. gives space for tots and seniors on its superblocks

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON  |  N.Y.U. — going beyond what was required in its agreement with the city for the O.K.’ing of its N.Y.U. 2031 development plan — is creating space for not one, but two, local nonprofit groups in the university’s Washington Square Village complex.…