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The Lo-Down List: This Week’s Happenings

Our weekly look at upcoming happenings on the Lower East Side.  If you have a neighborhood event you would like us to post, please email us here. A fun way to keep up with the Fringe Fest (running in...

The Sunshine Midnight Movie: An All About Evil Extravaganza

This week's Midnight Movie at the Sunshine Cinema is the East Coast premier of Joshua Grannell's feature film debut, All About Evil.  Grannell, better known as midnight movie impresario Peaches Christ, will appear with horror filmmaker Alan Rowe Kelly...

Midnight Movie at the Sunshine – Cheech & Chong’s Nice Dreams

This weekend's midnight movie at the Sunshine Cinema is Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams.  A classic from 1981 "directed" by Tommy Chong and "written" by the dynamic duo (though the production notes claim the original script was three and...
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The Sunshine’s Rattle & Reel Screening – Winnebago Man

The Sunshine Cinema's Rattle & Reel screening for caregivers and their babies this week is the hilarious documentary, Winnebago Man. Adults pay normal admission prices but all babies are FREE. Tickets available at the box office only on...

Special Screening Party for Rooftop Films, IndiWIRE and Snag Films’ Joint Birthday

Rooftop Films will be throwing a joint birthday party with indie film online companies indieWIRE and Snag Films this Thursday night, at the Open Road Rooftop, with a special preview screening of AARDVARK, the debut feature by Kitao...

Dani Faith Leonard & Alex Cirillo – Two Filmmakers With a Big Vision, Empty Wallets

I recently caught up with the lighthearted, yet dynamic, duo, over a large mug of beer (they had wine), at Cafe Charbon on Orchard Street.
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Midnight Movie at the Sunshine – Pink Flamingos

This week's "Sunshine at Midnight" movie is a restored version of John Waters' "camp-freak-trash-cult sensation," Pink Flamingos (NYTimes Review). Known as one of the most notorious cult films ever made, the 1972 underground classic features the infamous...

Holiday Weekend Guide

If you are staying in the city this Fourth of July weekend, be sure to catch some of our music picks before the fireworks - and here are a few more ways to have fun (and stay cool!): Director Tim...

Weekend Guide

If you're not listening to some world class jazz at the Vision Festival XV or catching some of our weekend music picks, here are a few more ways to stay cool this weekend. If you have an event you...
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Weekend Guide

Along with some previously mentioned events: The Whiz: Obamaland, our weekly music picks, a couple art gallery events and Yevgeniy Fiks' opening, we have a few more suggestions for a sunny weekend on the Lower East Side.  If you...
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