Morning Reads: Bowery Poetry Club’s Future, Over-Hyped Gambling Raid?, Arts at Essex Street Market

  • Bob Holman calls the rumors that have been circulating about the Bowery Poetry Club “greatly exaggerated.” (EV Grieve)
  • Remember that recent high-profile police raid of an alleged Chinatown gambling operation on East Broadway?  Kirk Semple takes a closer look and finds the ordeal might very well have revealed a “cultural divide,” but perhaps not much else (NYT).
  • The Essex Street Market will be one of the venues for this year’s “Crossing the Line Festival.” (NYT)
  • A touch screen for real estate info comes to Grand Street (Epoch Times).