Advocates, donors and volunteers gathered in the Village on April 25 to kick off the final weeks of the campaign leading up to the 28th annual AIDS Walk NY, which will be held in Central Park on May 19. The Walk is largest AIDS-related fundraising event in the world, and last year raised more than [...]
Continue reading …V PET SET Millie and Zach met at the Leroy Street Dog Run and never looked back. Zach is owned by Bob and Joan Matloff; Millie by Ron and Paula Faber. Zach and Millie love to wrestle when they’re in the Leroy St. Dog Run. Zach grabs Millie’s leg while Millie grabs Zach’s ear. They’re very [...]
Continue reading …In celebration of Earth Day, District Leader Jonathan Geballe — with Celia Wu in photo above — on Saturday led a contingent of Village Independent Democrat club members in a demonstration against the Spectra gas pipeline and hydrofracking. The demonstration, from noon Ato 2 p.m., was held in front of the Bleecker St. Playground to [...]
Continue reading …A man pondered a new Citi Bike information kiosk at MacDougal and Prince Sts., where bike-share docks were recently installed. The bike docks are popping up all over Downtown. The program is expected to kick off as soon as the end of next month.
Continue reading …In a city like New York, with a growing number of bike lanes and two-wheeled commuters, what better way to sell a car than by featuring…a bike? That was the premise for a commercial being filmed last Thurs., April 11, at Madison Square Park. An attractive young bike messenger, appropriately decked out with a [...]
Continue reading …A little girl in Washington Square Park last weekend broke out a pogo stick and boinged around to her heart’s content. Although spring weather isn’t coming fast enough, thanks to her spring-powered stick, the girl was having a lot of fun.
Continue reading …Lucky for the Village, the “Free Advice Girl” is back in Washington Square Park, helping people solve their problems.
Continue reading …His name is Obarh and his obsession is unique, futuristic-looking, geometric drawings. He disdains using a table to display his artwork, finding it “limiting.” So last Saturday, he had taped up dozens of his creations in the window panels of the HSBC bank at the corner of 14th St. and Sixth Ave. But saying he [...]
Continue reading …BY BOB KRASNER | In the fashion world the next thing is always the best thing, unless it’s so retro that it’s cool. Mariann Marlowe, proprietor of the East Village clothing shop Enz’s, has been at both ends of the spectrum. She started out selling Vivienne Westwood’s punk designs in the West Village when [...]
Continue reading …BY TEQUILA MINSKY | Sunday was the season opening of the Jefferson Market Garden, on Greenwich Ave. between Sixth Ave. and 10th St. This year, the magnolia trees and daffodils are foreshadowing the arrival (hopefully!) of spring weather. “Last year, it was warmer and we opened in late March,” noted Jane Osmers, a garden [...]
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