October 30th, 2009
As if the Halloween parade and the marathon weren't enough, the MTA will also be complicating your weekend travel plans. Just about every train line will be disrupted, including the dreaded F. Here's what the MTA advises:
179 St-bound trains run on the from Jay to West 4 Sts, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 [...]
October 30th, 2009
202 Rivington Street (btwn Pitt and Ridge Sts.)RSVP to artlesnyc@gmail.com is mandatoryAdvance Tickets for Abaddon suggested @: www.abaddonnyc.com On Friday night we will let people in @ the door as capacity permits. No one turned away for lack of money.Please give what you can to keep independent, underground arts alive on the Lower [...]
October 30th, 2009
This evening at the Whole Foods on the Bowery, Eric Ripert, one of New York's culinary stars, will talk about his new TV series "Avec Eric" and sign copies of his book, "On the Line." There will be a screening of the show and a discussion with executive producer Justin Barocas about the [...]
October 30th, 2009
Governor David Paterson came to the Lower East Side last night, addressing 300 supporters of the Chinatown YMCA, at their 35th annual gala dinner. Paterson, along with YMCA executive Rena McGreevy and Tracey Chang, Miss New York 2009, were the night's honorees. The festivities, attended by many of New York's movers and shakers, [...]
October 30th, 2009
if you haven't made Halloween plans, no fear! There's plenty happening on the Lower East Side this weekend…
The most creative haunted house in the neighborhood (poosibly in the whole city) is Steampunk at the Abrons Arts Center. The tour through their century-old playhouse includes "clockwork
spiders, legions of half-man/half-machine drones, and mechanized
monsters and misfits [...]
October 30th, 2009
Heading into the last weekend before the city's mayoral election, an internal Thompson campaign poll shows he's narrowing the gap with Mike Bloomberg. But the Times says — not so fast!
October 29th, 2009
In recent weeks the Lower East Side has become a
focal point of the raging debate over the future of charter schools in New York
City. That’s because Girls Prep, a
charter school co-existing with two other schools in a cramped building on
Houston Street, is campaigning for more space to add a middle
school. They want [...]
October 29th, 2009
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is unveiling a new program, emphasizing discussion of immigration issues. "Getting By: Past & Present," will lead visitors through restored and un-restored tenements, facilitating conversations about a wide variety of topics. The talks will focus on things like finding a job, negotiating public assistance, working in unsafe [...]
October 29th, 2009
Today and tomorrow, low-flying helicopters will be buzzing the city for a movie shoot. Among the locations in which the choppers will be hovering: the Manhattan Bridge.
October 29th, 2009
We stopped by the New Museum yesterday for the press preview of the long-awaited Urs Fischer exhibition. This is the first time the museum has devoted all three gallery floors to a single artist. Preparing for "Urs Fischer: Merguerite de Ponty" (open through February 7) was a monumental undertaking. Metal sculptures [...]
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