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Just Do Art!

Just Do Art! THE 17th ANNUAL LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS Founded 18 years ago by Theater for the New City’s…

Wild times in Austria

Wild times in Austria V CLAYTON | The recent Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe tour in Austria featured acts like the heavily tattooed Zombie Boy —…

Busy Planet

Busy Planet ‘Connections’ kicks off summer theater fest season BY MARTIN DENTON (of nytheatre.com and indietheaternow.com) | New York City’s busy summer…

Wild times in Austria

Wild times in Austria

V CLAYTON | The recent Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe tour in Austria featured acts like the heavily tattooed Zombie Boy — who appeared in a Lady Gaga video, as well on as a German modeling show — and is hugely popular in Europe. There were also…

Just Do Art!

Just Do Art!

THE 17th ANNUAL LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS Founded 18 years ago by Theater for the New City’s prolific, indefatigable Crystal Field, the Lower East Side Festival of the Arts — like TNC’s annual Halloween bash and its upcoming summer street theater —…

Wild times in Austria

Wild times in Austria

V CLAYTON | The recent Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe tour in Austria featured acts like the heavily tattooed Zombie Boy — who appeared in a Lady Gaga video, as well on as a German modeling show — and is hugely popular in Europe. There were also…

Busy Planet

Busy Planet ‘Connections’ kicks off summer theater fest season BY MARTIN DENTON (of nytheatre.com and indietheaternow.com) |…

Just Do Art!

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

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…

Wild times in Austria

Wild times in Austria

V CLAYTON | The recent Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe tour in Austria featured acts like the heavily tattooed Zombie Boy — who appeared in a Lady Gaga video, as well on as a German modeling show — and is hugely popular in Europe. There were also…

Fighting to hold an L.E.S. community garden together

Fighting to hold an L.E.S. community garden together

  Above, City Councilmember Margaret Chin visited the Children’s Magical Garden on Norfolk St. last Thursday — a day after developer Serge Hoyda fenced off the lot he owns — and spoke with garden member Dave Currence, who was holding his 4-month-old son, Wells. Below, Chin, accompanied…

Stand with the people of Oklahoma

Stand with the people of Oklahoma

NYC Community Media encourages our readers to donate what they can to help the people of Oklahoma recover from the devastating tornado that hit May 21. Our papers –Downtown Express, The Villager, Chelsea Now, Gay City News and the East Villager – cover communities which…

D.O.T. backpedals, removes Renwick rack in Hudson Sq.

D.O.T. backpedals, removes Renwick rack in Hudson Sq.

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON  |  The squeaky wheel gets the — bike-share docking station removed. Residents of 49 Renwick St. in Hudson Square were relieved Tuesday to see workers wielding hand trucks dismantling and removing the new bike-share station lining Renwick St. at Spring St. in…