Photos and interview by Stacie Joy It turns out Death becomes them. In recent months, we've seen Genre is Death three times, including twice in Tompkins Square Park, and the duo has quickly become one of our local favorites. The band, Ty Varesi and Tayler Lee, brings an experimen … | Continue reading

EVG reader photo from Sept. 20 An East Village resident accused of stabbing a passenger in the back while exiting a Brooklyn-bound L train at the First Avenue stop last month has been indicted. Yesterday, Manhattan D.A. Alvin L. Bragg Jr. announced the indictment of Raymond Kwok, … | Continue reading

Tomorrow (Halloween) afternoon, Show Brain presents an afternoon of music featuring TDA ... Pinc Louds... and Adult Human Females... and more! From 2:30-6 p.m. | Continue reading

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy The rehabilitation of the former P.S. 64/Charas/El Bohio Community Center could take four to six years and cost over $100 million. Those were two of the big takeaways from a public informational session this past Friday, where local elected offi … | Continue reading

After 10 years at 9 Bleecker St. just west of the Bowery, Overthrow announced that it was closing the doors to its boxing gym next week. Here's the message via Instagram: It is with heavy hearts that we announce Overthrow will be ceasing operations with our last day of business b … | Continue reading

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy This past Thursday, local trio Hello Mary headlined the Bowery Ballroom for the first time in support of their recently released second full-length album, Emita Ox. We've enjoyed watching the band's evolution, from almost-shows in Tompkins Squar … | Continue reading

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy A brother-sister team is opening a new cafe-bar concept at 319 E. 14th St., between First Avenue and Second Avenue, next month. Marilyn Velazquez and Ramon Velazquez (pictured above) are behind Upperz Cafe and Bar. With a CB3-approved liquor lic … | Continue reading

Top photo by Steven; 2nd pic by Choresh Wald In recent weeks, we've seen activity inside the storefront on the SE corner of First Avenue and 1th Street. It looks like a quick-serve food establishment, perhaps like Bereket on Houston and Orchard. We have a better idea of the new t … | Continue reading

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy During a press conference on Aug. 8 at the 14th Street Y, Mayor Adams announced that a $1 million state-of-the-art Mobile NYPD Command Center would be placed near the troubled corner of 14th Street and First Avenue. (The Times first reported tha … | Continue reading

The former Sushi Dojo space is now for lease at 110 First Ave. between Sixth Street and Seventh Street. We don't know the exact timing of the recent closure. The Sushi Dojo website simply says, "We're Closed. Thank you for your support since 2013." Its Instagram account doesn't m … | Continue reading

Posts this week included (with a fall photo from Sixth Street)... • Curtain falls on Connelly Theater: Archdiocese takes center stage in script scrutiny drama (Thursday) • Office building on the former site of B Bar & Grill will be home to Chobani House — 'a new model for urban d … | Continue reading

This past week, the DOT started adding markings along the freshly paved Second Avenue. As previously reported, the new-look Second Avenue would include shifting the curbside bus lane to an offset bus lane to help speed up travel times... From a DOT press release in June: Second A … | Continue reading

Photos by Stacie Joy We always like the Halloween-time windows at Trash & Vaudeville on Seventh Street between Avenue A and First Avenue. We got the night-time shot above and returned to when the longtime clothing boutique (b 1975) was open to check out the seasonal pieces... | Continue reading

From the EVG inbox... Campos Community Garden invites the community to join us for our 14th annual celebration of Dia de Los Muertos on Saturday, Oct. 26, 3-6 p.m. As always, it’s a free event in remembrance of our loved ones. We will commemorate Dia de los Muertos with arts & cr … | Continue reading

AKA, walking down the middle of 14th Street in the early morning. A view this a.m. on 14th Street looking to the east toward Avenue C... ... and the 24-floor residential buidling in progress (maybe up to 20?)... | Continue reading

Local duo Beau — Heather Goldin and Emma Jenney — just saw the release of their third album, Girl Cried Wolf. The video here is for the track "Messy." The longtime friends and native New Yorkers started writing music together at age 13 in Washington Square Park. Per their bio: "I … | Continue reading

RIP to Fernando Valenzuela, the Los Angeles Dodgers great who won the NL Cy Young Award as a rookie in 1981. He died Tuesday at age 63. This mural of him capturing the heyday of "Fernandomania" has been outside Taqueria St Marks Place since the bar-restaurant opened at 79 St. Mar … | Continue reading

View this post on Instagram A post shared by McNally Jackson (@mcnallyjackson) Gary Indiana, the novelist, playwright and critic, has died at age 74 after a reported long battle with cancer. Some headlines on his life and work: • Writer Gary Indiana, Dark Prince of the 1980s East … | Continue reading

EVG photo from January Under increased scrutiny of its productions by the building landlord, the Archdiocese of New York, the Connelly Theater has gone dark on Fourth Street. As The New York Times first reported: Josh Luxenberg, who has been the theater’s general manager for the … | Continue reading

Photo by Rainer Turim Hanging around at Saifee Hardware on Seventh Street and First Avenue... | Continue reading

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy Sofaclub Cannabis is set to open this fall at 229 Avenue B near 14th Street. Ownership has secured a CAURD adult recreational use license from the state for the retail establishment. This marks the furthest east into the East Village for a legal … | Continue reading

Photos by Stacie Joy DupBopBro debuted last Thursday at 309 E. Houston St. between Clinton and Attorney. The business, owned by life partners Gene (seen below) and Veronica Choe, specializes in Korean rice bowls. The quick-serve bowls start with rice and cabbage, and you can sele … | Continue reading

From last evening, traveling troubadour Robert Leslie played a set in Tompkins Square Park. Per Allan Yashin, who shared these photos, "he played Dylan, Neil Young and his excellent originals." | Continue reading

Photos by Steven The chess tables inside the Seventh and A entrance to Tompkins Square Park remain behind barricades since the fatal double shooting on July 12. And we couldn't help but notice a new barricade on the scene... And likely not where Gov. Hochul is planning the new po … | Continue reading