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 AM Mon, Oct 31 – Nov 2
For service to York St, East Broadway, Delancey St, 2 Av, and Broadway-Lafayette St, take the to West 4 St and transfer to a Coney Island-bound .
For service from York St, East Broadway, Delancey St and 2 Av, take a Coney Island-bound to Jay St and transfer to a 179 St-bound .
For service from Broadway-Lafayette St, take the to West 4 St and transfer to the .
202 Rivington Street (btwn Pitt and Ridge Sts.) RSVP to artlesnyc@gmail.com is mandatory Advance 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 East Side Only assholes and douchebags turned away!
Come celebrate the Pagan High Holiday with your hosts the Pirates of the L.E.S., for one final art.les.nyc event in a blockbuster 2009 season.
ART.LES.NYC Studios, the Lower East Side's only outdoor (tarp-protected) art studio and gallery, throws open the portals to ABADDON, our annual two-level Hellish Haunted Halloween spectacular.
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 inspiration for the series, the behind the scenes details of their adventures and all the elements that went into production. You can also enter to win a dinner for two at Le Bernadin, Ripert's Midtown restaurant. Seating begins at 530. The event, "Avec Eric Unleashed," starts at 630.
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, including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, were held at the Capitale event space on the Bowery.
Paterson, who spent the day in the city consulting with legislative leaders about New York's budget crisis, praised the Chinatown YMCA for its vital role in helping New Yorkers weather tough economic times.
Paterson also addressed the ballooning budget deficit directly, saying the sacrifices he's asking New Yorkers to make now, will help the state emerge from the recession.
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 manifest in eerie parlors, laboratories, and
boiler rooms."Conceived and created by
BESSIE Award-winner Zach Morris of Third Rail Projects, in collaboration with Jesse Green, Liz
Sargent, Barry Weil, Kryssy Wright, and the Abrons’ Urban Youth
Theater. Student tickets sold at the door only. You can only get in if you're at least 8 years old. Click here for more information.
The Theater for the New City has something for everyone. There will be free entertainment outside on 10th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues beginning tomorrow at 430pm. At 730, the indoor party begins. There will be musical performances from La Cumbiamba and the Hot Lavender Swing Band, an 18-piece gay
orchestra. There's also a Witches’ Cauldron, a buffet of Halloween-themed dishes from 100 neighborhood restaurants. But that's not all: burlesque and cabaret acts and a midnight costume party. More information here.
At the Sunshine Cinema, both tonight and tomorrow, it's Nightmare on Elm Street 3 – at midnight.
At the Hotel on Rivington, it's the Heaven & Hell Party. The Penthouse is Heaven and the Lobby is Hell. 107 Rivington Street, 212-475-2600; 9pm Friday, Free.
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!
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 to stay on the LES, and feel optimistic about finding a suitable location, but would consider moving to another neighborhood if necessary. Their plans have
ignited a spirited debate online about how charter schools and traditional
public schools can co-exist in New York. The Lo-Down’s Margaret Zamos-Monteith
recently visited Girls Prep, to learn more about their predicament and their
quest for expansion. In the near future, we’ll also be talking with opponents
of charter schools for their perspective.
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 conditions, confronting racial discrimination, and struggling for acceptable housing. A museum news release notes that, "immigrants today face challenges similar to those faced by newcomers in the past."
Tour guides will use radio broadcasts, maps, newspapers, photos, and oral histories, to trigger the conversations. The program is a revised version of "Kitchen Conversations," a post tour option since 2004. For the first time, the museum is integrating the discussion with the tour itself, to create a more dynamic exchange of ideas.
The program is being offered every day at 2pm. You can see the full news release from the Tenement Museum after the jump.
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.
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 weighing thousands of pounds were brought in from China on airplanes. The ceiling of the second floor gallery was raised two feet. Up to 120 outside contractors were hired to make the modifications necessary to the two year old, $50 million museum.
"Choreographed entirely by the artist," the museum explains on its web site, "the exhibition is a descent into
Fischer’s universe, revealing the world of an artist who has emerged as
one of the most exceptional talents working today." Yesterday, curator Massimiliano Gioni described the extraordinary effort that was required to pull off a show that was both artistically and logistically challenging. You'll be able to hear some of his remarks after the jump and also see one of the more talked about works in the show in action. Spoiler: the motion activated tongue seems to be working fine!
But first, some of the other pieces making up the Urs Fischer exhibition, courtesy of photographer Jenna Rice.
179 St-bound trains run on the
from Jay to West 4 Sts, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon, Oct 31 – Nov 2
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