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Friends and supporters of the pioneering LES performance artist Arleen Schloss, are continuing efforts to raise money to help with medical costs associated with a near fatal brain injury she suffered on January 16th after a fall on the...

Not everyone is letting winter get them down.  Take filmmaker/internet stunt-master Casey Neistat, who decided it was time to go snowboarding on the Lower East Side.  Do not try this at home.  

This week The Jewish Daily Forward features the Kickstarter campaign in support of Michael Levine's Streit's Matzo documentary film project.  The production team has raised $14,000; they've got to hit $60,000 by the end of May.  The documentary, "a...

Thanks to local resident, writer and Lo-Down reader Barbara Becker for sharing this recent post (and video) from her excellent blog, Beyond Siri.  It's called, "Talking to Strangers," and just goes to show you never know who you might...

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart As we noted earlier this morning, the hunt is still on for more Republican support for a $51 billion Hurricane Sandy relief package in the U.S. House.  GOP representatives are taking lots of heat...

Some more evidence of Hurricane Sandy's impending arrival: Water is flooding the East River walkway, just above the Brooklyn Bridge, this morning.

Former Seattle-ites Michael Yuasa and Peter Humphrey are looking to bring some tasty morsels to the East Village.  Yuasa, who is a partner in the recently opened Caffe Vita "outpost" on Ludlow Street, has now teamed up with Humphrey...

Our friends (and new neighbors) AndrewAndrew recently discovered the sandwiches at Sunny and Annie's deli (94 Ave. B at E. 6th St.). Everyone (including AndrewAndrew) agrees, the deli's "Pho Real" sandwhich is particularly delicious.  Check out their "Insta-Review" above.

Thanks to curator Keith Schweitzer for sending along this photo and most excellent video of his latest project, a mural on E. 2nd Street (at 2nd Ave.) by street artist Know Hope.  The piece is title "STAMPEDED" and is...

Going viral today: Ryan Gosling (maybe) restoring our faith in humanity!  This video -- apparently showing the movie star breaking up a fight on St. Mark's Place -- is all the rage.  Gosling is in the city filming the...