Photo on St. Mark's Place by Stacie Joy Just one of the 10,000 (or so!) dancers who took part in the 19th Annual Dance Parade and Festival today. We'll have more of Stacie's pics from the parade and DanceFest in Tompkins Square in another post... | Continue reading
The annual St. George Ukrainian Festival continues along Seventh Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square. Edmund John Dunn shared this photo from earlier today. Not raining after all! This neighborhood event, celebrating Ukrainian culture, music, and food with various perf … | Continue reading
Image via @canigetawhitney ICYMI (EVG post here): There is a launch event TODAY (May 17!) from 5-8 p.m. for "Candy Store," a years-in-the-making photo documentary centered entirely on Ray's Candy Store. Photographer Whitney Browne worked part-time at Ray's from 2012-2017 and docu … | Continue reading
Photo by Salim The Dunkin'-Baskin-Robbins combo on the NE corner of First Avenue and Sixth Street has closed. Yesterday was the last day in business. The closure notice on the door directs patrons to other local Dunkin' outposts. The closure isn't a surprise, as the storefront ap … | Continue reading
The debut record from Brooklyn’s queer femme punk band SHAGGO has a June 6 release date. (The record-release show is June 12 at Trans-Pecos in Ridgewood.) Tbe above video is for the band's single "I Wanted Fun." | Continue reading
An EVG reader let us know that the Merchant's House Museum is the featured article for today (May 15!) on the English edition of Wikipedia. The family home built in 1832 is at 29 E. Fourth St. between the Bowery and Lafayette. As we've been reporting in recent years, there are co … | Continue reading
The annual St. George Ukrainian Festival takes place on Seventh Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square this coming weekend (May 16-18!) The festivities start at 5 p.m. Friday and last through Sunday afternoon, as the organizers said in a statement: "until all 30,000-plus … | Continue reading
Photographer Whitney Browne is releasing her first book, "Candy Store," a years-in-the-making photo documentary centered entirely on Ray's Candy Store — the Avenue A mainstay since 1974. Browne, who first wandered into Ray's during late-night walks nearly two decades ago, spent y … | Continue reading
Photos by Steven If you were in Tompkins Square Park earlier today, you likely noticed the stacks of sod near the field house. (Thanks to everyone who emailed about this.) Apparently, some of the sod didn't grow in behind the renovated building, so the reinforcements have arrived … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy The Whole Foods Market Daily Shop debuts this morning at 409 E. 14th St. between Avenue A and First Avenue. Doors open at 8 a.m. I received a sneak preview yesterday... I met with local Forager John Lawson (below with, from left, Kristina Sosa a … | Continue reading
Photo by Steven Signage went up yesterday on Second Avenue between Ninth Street and 10th Street for the latest outpost of Lil Sweet Treat. The brand, one of the, per Eater, "new-school, social media-ready candy shops" in NYC, opened its first store in the West Village last fall. … | Continue reading
The Village Alliance BID celebrated the unveiling of a new public artwork by Juliana Woods, a first-year student at The Cooper Union, during an event earlier today on Astor Place. You can find background here. Photo courtesy of Village Alliance (Ryan Muir). | Continue reading
Photos by Stacie Joy We’ve seen Pop Music Fever Dream (PMFD) several times, including last August as part of a Show Brain bill in Tompkins Square Park. And each time, we weren't sure what we might be in for. This held true again on April 25 at Night Club 101 on Avenue A, where PM … | Continue reading
More than 10,000 dancers are expected to participate in the 19th Annual Dance Parade and Festival on Saturday. The event will begin with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:30 a.m. at West 17th Street and Sixth Avenue. Grand Marshals Danny Tenaglia, Mercedes Ellington, Funmilayo Ches … | Continue reading
For-lease signs went up last week in four of the five vacant retail spaces at 58-72 Avenue A, the block-long building that sold in the fall of 2022 between Fourth Street and Fifth Street. The newish owners named the building Untitled. The listings are on LoopNet for the spaces th … | Continue reading
Today, the CBGB brand announced the CBGB Festival, set for Sept. 27 at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn. Presented with The Bowery Presents, the one-day festival will feature 21 bands, including headliners Iggy Pop and Jack White. The lineup playing on three stages includes ar … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy Two East Village artists, hmac and Peter Arkle, joined forces for a quick show at 616 E. Ninth St. between Avenue B and Avenue C. "Neighbors" opened with a Thursday evening reception, followed by a Friday afternoon viewing — offering a chance to … | Continue reading
Joshua Pinsky and Chase Sinzer, partners in the acclaimed 10th Street restaurants Claud and Penny, have plans for a new wine bar called Cache, two blocks north of their current establishments. The two have applied for a tavern wine license for 139 E. 12th St. at Third Avenue, a s … | Continue reading
Kijitora, a cat-themed coffee shop with two Brooklyn locations, is opening a space at 534 E. 14th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B. (Thanks to Russell for the photo!) Aside from a coffee service, the cafe offers a slate of Japanese-inspired drinks, pastries and food, including a … | Continue reading
Signage for Matcha House has arrived at 203 E. 10th St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue. (Thanks to Rob Gall for the photo!) Per the new brand's website: Matcha House is built on the idea that excellence should be the standard. Every detail — from the moment our tea plants … | Continue reading
A for-rent sign has arrived at 24 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue, marking the official end of Nosh Up. The gate, currently used as a message board for travelers, has been down at the market for the past two months. A closure was expected. Nosh Up, which s … | Continue reading
Posts this past week included (with a photo by Stacie Joy yesterday on Avenue B from the LUNGS Spring Awakening)... • More details emerge on Corner Bistro's proposed East Village location (Monday) • On 4th Street, Wash Rite Laundromat cleaned out by rent increase, patrons say (Mo … | Continue reading
Photo by Jeremiah Moss A moment during today's five-band Punk in the Park show in Tompkins... | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy As noted this past week, Key Food at Avenue A and Fourth Street retired a row of its self-checkout terminals. In its place: a good old-fashioned staffed register, which will make four for the grocery. The move is part of a broader effort by stor … | Continue reading
The season's first free show by Show Brain, which has been bringing live music to city parks the past few years, happens tomorrow (Sunday). The lineup (headliner first): • Skorts • Tea Eater • Pons • Francie Moon • Bec Lauder & the Noise The show is from 2-6 p.m. Today (Saturday) … | Continue reading
The annual Spring Awakening, postponed from last Saturday, is taking placing today. Hosted by Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens (LUNGS), the event helps celebrate the neighborhood’s community gardens. There are activities during the afternoon on Avenue B between Seventh Street … | Continue reading
Photo from Tompkins by James Chambers Partly sunny and breezy with a high of 75 today, per local weather sources. Tomorrow, Mother's Day, looks to be the same but maybe even nicer. | Continue reading
The Brooklyn-based Mei Semones has just released her debut record, Animaru, a dreamy blend of jazz, bossa nova and indie rock. Something we'll be playing all summer. The video here is for "Dumb Feeling." | Continue reading
The live shows are back this 2025 season in Tompkins Square Park with Punk in the Park tomorrow (Saturday afternoon). On the bill sponosred by The Shadow: The Undead, Nihilistics, The Coffin Daggers, Jones Crusher and Skitzopolis. And there's more live music on Sunday afternoon v … | Continue reading
The 6th Street and Avenue B Community Garden is hosting its annual plant and bake sale this weekend, with plenty of options for anyone looking to add some green to their home — or just pick up something sweet. The sale runs Saturday and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. at the garden on … | Continue reading
This month, the Educational Alliance celebrates "the vibrant creativity and cultural contributions of older New Yorkers during the fourth annual CelebratEArts Festival." As part of this, the Sirovich Center is hosting a Cermanics & Art Sale today and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p. … | Continue reading
Photo by Steven Reps from PETA gathered in Tompkins Square Park today, urging the public to respect the area's pigeons. The appeal comes in the wake of an arrest last week tied to alleged pigeon poaching (for target practice) on Avenue A and St. Mark's Place. | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy The 15th edition of the Lower East Side Film Festival wrapped up on Monday evening with a closing night screening with strong local interest — the NYC premiere of "The Big Johnson." The documentary chronicling the life of Dean Johnson, the drag … | Continue reading
Community Board 3's Parks, Recreation, Waterfront, & Resiliency Committee meeting tonight includes this agenda item: Support to create an entrance to Tompkins Square Park on 10th Street. The meeting notice doesn't mention where the entrance might be. Given that you can enter Tomp … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy Workers yesterday removed one of the self-checkout lanes at Key Food on Avenue A and Fourth Street... Coming in its place: A good old-fashioned staffed register, expected to be installed by the end of the day. As we first noted on April 22, Key … | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy The sandwich signs of Sunny & Annie's on Avenue B and Sixth Street ... | Continue reading
Photos and text by Stacie Joy In case you haven't had a chance to check it out yet ... Ki Smith Gallery's latest exhibition, "Golden," offers a candid look at 1990s hip-hop culture through the lens of four photographers — Danny Hastings, T. Eric Monroe, Erik Elijah Brumfield, and … | Continue reading
EVG reader Chris Rowland shared this photo today from Stuyvesant Street. This is, obviously, a commentary on consumer culture or waste. The odd, decaying form of the object sitting atop a discarded or secondhand chair may be intended to critique how we discard objects and ideas t … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy As part of another Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding, Rite Aid is reportedly closing (or selling) all 184 outposts in New York State, including 81 First Ave. at Fifth Street. A spokesperson told ABC 7 in Buffalo that "the company is still in the … | Continue reading
From early this morning down on Pike Street (at Monroe) headed toward the East River with a Manhattan Bridge view... | Continue reading
An EVG reader spotted this last evening (Happy Cinco de Mayo!) on the SW corner of Second Avenue and 10th Street... | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy On Monday, someone left a large industrial refrigerator near the southbound M9 stop on Avenue C between Second Street and Third Street. It was not an item to be easily discarded. The appliance, left outside the former storefront of "Store on Ave … | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy The gutting of the former Iglesia Bautista Emmanuel at 256 E. Fourth St. between Avenue B and Avenue C appears complete. We peeked at the interior the other day and didn't see much left. "It's all gone, all the windows, everything on the inside, … | Continue reading
We nearly have a full reveal at the new state-of-the-art facility for Barrier Free Living at 270 E. Second St. between Avenue C and Avenue D... The 12-story new building with a twisting façade will be known as "Freedom Village." Barrier Free Living works with survivors of domesti … | Continue reading
Filming notices are up around Tompkins Square Park and Fourth Street between Avenues A and C for the Hulu series "Rafael's Interiors." The shoot will take place sometime on Friday... Like when "Russian Doll" filmed around here as "Black Gumball" in 2021 ... "Rafael's Interiors" i … | Continue reading
As seen today along First Avenue. And for anyone invested in yesterday's pigeon kidnapping post. | Continue reading
There's a new memoir from Ben Morea, a central figure in the 1960s Lower East Side anarchist guerilla-theater collective. His bio includes the following: "As the unseen hand of the 1960s revolutionary underground, Morea is infamous for shutting down MoMA, forcibly entering the Pe … | Continue reading
Photo by Stacie Joy As we reported this past Friday, NYC classic Corner Bistro is eyeing an expansion to the East Village. There is more information about what to expect at its new outpost, 94 Avenue A at Sixth Street, via the questionnaire now online at the Community Board 3 web … | Continue reading