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The "All Tomorrow's Parties" music festival has announced new details for its September 21-23 extravaganza at Pier 36 on the Lower East Side. Rising R&B star Frank Ocean has been confirmed for Friday night (hopefully he won't cancel at...

You're going to have to wait until next spring for New York City's bike share program.  This morning, Mayor Bloomberg and the Department of Transportation announced that "software issues" had forced the city and corporate sponsor Citibank to delay...

Tanya Ngangan, the radiant founder of Bisous Ciao, an artisanal pastry shop located at 101 Stanton Street., strives to master the macaron—to perfect it. It’s a devotion made evident by the fact that Tanya, who earned “Grand Diplome” qualification...

This Friday, New York’s largest free performing arts festival is setting up shop in the East River Park Bandshell for the start of its annual two-week SummerStage Downtown Series. With a mix of hip-hop, R&B, world music, dance, theater,...

The residents of the Seward Park Cooperative are getting riled up again! As we reported the other day, the co-op board is re-considering a proposal from 7-Eleven to take over a large space once occupied by the Grand Spa...

This popular feature spotlights a wide variety of people who live and work on the Lower East Side. If you know someone you would like to suggest be featured in “My LES,” please email us here.   What do you do? I am...

In the past several months, there has been no shortage of speculation and debate about what should become of two empty storefronts on Grand Street, east of Essex.  Now there's at least a partial answer.  Tribeca Pediatrics, which has...

Sixteen years ago, Elena K. Holy had a dilemma. Her young theater company had drawn some recognition for its production of Brian Parks’ Americana Absurdum -- so much so that supporters were urging her to take it to the...

At Charles Bank Gallery there’s a group show with a serious name: “Inglorious Materials.”  But don’t be scared off, the show features the work of of five different artists who explore different permutations of collage that create a visual...

This morning, city crews are on the job along Clinton Street, implementing the final phases of a plan to improve pedestrian safety on and around the congested Delancey Street corridor.  Back in June, they created new pedestrian "safe zones"...