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May 2, 2012
Mark Your Calendars: The 2012 4Knots Music Festival Is Slated For July 14
The 4Knots Music Festival—the Village Voice's contribution to the many free shows happening around the five boroughs during the summer months—will take place at Pier 17 on the South Street Seaport this July 14, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Participating acts and further details on associated ev ... More >>
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April 27, 2012
Seeing Space Shuttle Enterprise From the Q Train: A Close Encounter of the Manhattan Bridge Kind
Knowing the Space Shuttle Enterprise was going to be arriving today in New York City, I was extremely pissed off to realize I had a doctor's appointment which would preclude me from actively viewing it, and I'd most likely be underground in the subway when it flew over the Hudson, guaranteeing I wou ... More >>
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April 22, 2012
The (Manhattan) Rent is (Seriously) Too Damn High
Ah, the Manhattan real estate market. That one barrier holding you back from the Big Apple's charm while simultaneously making you go absolutely insane. This collection of brokerages and hidden fees turns this anxiety-driven urban playground into a rental nightmare, forcing inhabitants to search for ... More >>
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April 6, 2012
What to Do This Weekend: Smorgasburg, Dekalb Market
Smorgasburg, the outdoor food fair in Williamsburg, will open for the season this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The usual suspects, like Asia Dog, McClure's, Porchetta, and Red Hook Lobster Pound, will be there along with 57 other food vendors.
Blogs
March 9, 2012
Our 10 Best East Village Restaurants, 2012 Edition
These chicken chile guajillo enchiladas at Downtown Bakery are every bit as good -- and spicy -- as they look. The East Village may be the city's most eclectic and rewarding dining destination, though this aspect of the neighborhood is sometimes eclipsed by its bars and cocktail lounges. You can d ... More >>
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February 24, 2012
Would-Be Granny Rapist Kentrel Whitaker Found Guilty of Attacking 73-Year-Old Woman
A 73-year-old woman was out for her morning walk when Kentrel Whitaker shoved her to the ground, beat her, and tried to rape her. The sex-fiend sicko removed her underwear and straddled her, but a nearby pedestrian saw what was happening and rushed to help. Whitaker also broke several of th ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Pazz & Jop 2011: Seth Colter Walls On Craig Taborn, Matana Roberts, And Voting From The Fringe
To supplement this year's Pazz & Jop launch, Sound of the City asked a few critics to expand on the reasonings behind their voting. We'll start off the series with Seth Colter Walls of New York City, who has a constant itch to do the deep dive and find the single-voter albums out there. Find his bal ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Mike Bloomberg's State of the City: Education, Jobs, Innovation, Lady Gaga, Innovation
Not a lot of surprises at the mayor's State of the City speech today at Morris High School in the Bronx. In an auditorium inside the school, Mike Bloomberg spoke for about an hour on how to improve public education and the economy and how to make this great city the capital of innovation. Tha ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
21 Voice Stories from 2011 That Melted Even This Grizzled Journalist's Heart to Report
James WorrellLooking back, 2011 has been quite a year, especially on the gay rights front, one of our major beats. Like the cardiac organ caught in a bear trap accompanying Jen Doll's "Plight of the Single Lady," there were times when, objective reporter or not, the stories we were reporting ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
East River Ferry Rides Free All Day Today
To celebrate its first six months of service, the East River ferry is offering free rides all day today. Free coffee was also apparently handed out this morning to commuters while the rest of us crammed ourselves into packed subway cars. The Voice rode the ferry when it opened last summer a ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
NYE Guide: Never Let The Party End
Surviving 2011 calls for a celebration. Your guide to ringing in 2012 with reckless abandon.
Blogs
December 9, 2011
How to Pick an Ideal Skinny Dipping Spot: Location, Location, Location!
Today on the nude beat: There's a calendar/guide available that may be the perfect stocking stuffer for your nudist uncle, if you have a nudist uncle (and who, honestly, doesn't?). This gift item is called The Skinny Dipping Report, and it is described as "a calendar and guide to swimming nak ... More >>
Art
November 23, 2011
Holiday Guide: Arts Picks
Today on the nude beat: There's a calendar/guide available that may be the perfect stocking stuffer for your nudist uncle, if you have a nudist uncle (and who, honestly, doesn't?). This gift item is called The Skinny Dipping Report, and it is described as "a calendar and guide to swimming nak ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
We're Really Freaking Happy With the Subway, Apparently
Despite our own Steven Thrasher's harrowing experience on a smoke-filled 4 train last night, the MTA believes that we are mostly happier with New York City transit than we used to be (and apparently we do, too). According to the results of their just-released 2011 Customer Satisfaction Survey ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
MTA Responds to 4 Train "Smoke Condition," Says Cause is "Still Under Investigation"
Steven ThrasherThe MTA has responded to the incident involving the 4 train being stuck, in smoke, under the East River last night, with which we were intimately familiar. The (very) good news is that no one, including none of the five firefighters we left down there when our evacuation train ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
On Being Trapped Under the East River On the 4 Train, as Our Car Filled With Smoke [VIDEO]
Steven ThrasherThis brother with the gas mask scared the shit out of everyoneI was on the Brooklyn-bound 4 train tonight which experienced an as of yet un-explained explosion. The following is what I wrote on my laptop, largely unedited, as it happend. 9:30 (ish)-- This was written somewher ... More >>
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October 7, 2011
Deadmau5, K-Holes, Screaming Females, And More: Your Guide To The Weekend's Biggest Shows
The week brought us Jon Brion and Shellac and Sam Sparro (not to mention a handful of surprise Occupy Wall Street pop-ins), and that wide spectrum of genres is also represented in this weekend's concert listings. Tonight Deadmau5, who Maura has just informed me stands out as the only artist to be n ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
April Bloomfield Gets the Vice Munchies Treatment
Perhaps you've heard of April Bloomfield? The no-nonsense chef takes a break from running the Spotted Pig, Breslin, and John Dory to go on a joyride with some her food-industry friends in the latest from Vice's "Munchies" series. First, though, she talks with business partner Ken Friedman about whe ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
Rosarito Fish Shack: Ayup, It's a Seafood Shack
Williamsburg gets a taste of life on the ocean
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October 4, 2011
Helicopter Has Crashed in the East River Bearing Five Passengers [Updated]
According to reports, a helicopter has gone down in the East River. NYPD divers have rescued four people and one is reportedly unconscious -- we haven't heard reports of the fifth person's status. Police spokesman Paul Browne told the AP that the private Bell 206 helicopter plunged into the river of ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
2011 Brooklyn Fishing Derby Officially Underway Along East River
Good news for extreme locavores: the 2011 Brooklyn Fishing Derby is officially under way. The pristine waters of the East River are swimming with striped bass and bluefish just waiting to be caught by some of New York's more adventurous fishermen. Started by the infamous Dr. Claw (a/k/a Ben Sargent) ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 14, 2011
COOL INK
Get a tattoo from David Shrigley
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September 13, 2011
Sherman Adams, NYPD Recruit, Dies After Training Run Along East River
Sherman AdamsAn NYPD recruit named Sherman Adams died last night after a training run with his police academy classmates along the East River. At around 5:40 p.m., after a day of exercises up and down between East Houston and 14th streets, Adams, who was from Coney Island, collapsed. He was ... More >>
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September 7, 2011
Monster Island's Last Hurrah
Throwing a final block party before closing its doors
Blogs
August 12, 2011
Five Reasons You Should See Wild Flag Tonight
The term "supergroup" is pretty well overused in this hyperadjectived age, so let's call Wild Flag—ex-Sleater Kinneyans Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss, former Helium mastermind Mary Timony, and onetime Minder Rebecca Cole—something more superlative, because they certainly deser ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 10, 2011
School of Seven Bells
The term "supergroup" is pretty well overused in this hyperadjectived age, so let's call Wild Flag—ex-Sleater Kinneyans Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss, former Helium mastermind Mary Timony, and onetime Minder Rebecca Cole—something more superlative, because they certainly deser ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
My Weirdest Pitches Of The Week
Think the life of a gossip columnist/blogger is all sawdust and tinsel? Well, here are some of the pitches I've gotten this week, to give you a hint of the reality behind the glitterdome: *"Andrea Bocelli rides the East River ferry"
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August 9, 2011
The Hudson: Frequently Kinda Poopy
A while back, we were all a bit concerned about our New York City water exploits. A fire in the engine room at the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Harlem caused the plant to shut down, spewing nasty water out into our nearby bodies of H20, and officials deemed the Hudson, and parts ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
East Village Backyard Spaces You Can Use for a Pittance (That Aren't 'Timeshares')
Steve Cannon's backyardIt might be tempting to fork over $350 for the right to grill and party (but not imbibe) for four hours in an urban "backyard timeshare" like the one we wrote about earlier today. If, however, you're looking for more recession-friendly options in the neighborhood, we've ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Live: Death Cab For Cutie Possess Brooklyn's Heart
Death Cab for Cutie Williamsburg Waterfront Tuesday, August 2 Better than: New York's skyline at dusk. "Everybody just take a second to turn around and check out how beautiful your city is right now," Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard says shortly into his band's set. "Take a picture, take ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
New Yorkers, You Are Slowly Being Surrounded By Sewage
After a fire on Wednesday night at the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Harlem shut the plant down and forced the city to start pumping raw sewage into the Hudson, we warned yesterday that the Hudson was not exactly fit for swimming or kayaking or fishing or walking near and breathin ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2011
Foie Gras Protestors Find a New Target, Miss the Greater Issue
How to draw a headlineHaving presumably tired of Manhattan's fine-dining scene, foie gras opponents have taken their rhetoric over the East River to Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Blogs
July 18, 2011
Live: Titus Andronicus And The Black Angels Cap Off The 4Knots Fest
Willie DavisThe Black Angels. 4Knots Music Festival: Titus Andronicus, The Black Angels Saturday, June 16 South Street Seaport Better than: Your average punk band/psych band combo. Titus Andronicus didn't make headlining this festival any easier for Austin's The Black Angels. The Texas nat ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
Williamsburg Is in Its 'Manhattanization' Era, But the Unreliable L Train Could Save It
Today on New Urban Network, Peter Feigenbaum writes of the various stages of the "colonization" of Williamsburg -- "just another chapter in the reconfiguration and rebirth of New York since the city's nadir in the mid-1970s." For history and urban planning nerds, this is some fascinating stuf ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2011
I Heard New York: SOTC's New Series "Cast In Concrete" Records Buskers
We certainly try, but capturing the sound of the city is a tall order, even and especially for those of us who are usually most concerned with these things. To most regular New Yorkers—those more likely to spend their Friday evenings in a park than at a concert, for example, or those wh ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2011
4 Great Places to Watch the Fireworks on the Fourth
Since 1958, the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks display has been a New York City tradition. The fireworks were originally set off on the Hudson, but in 1976 they moved to the East River. Last year, they returned to the Hudson to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's exploration of ... More >>
Blogs
June 20, 2011
Ray Kelly, NYPD Commissioner, Loves a Good Tie, Hoodie
Today's edition of Women's Wear Daily profiles the style of a somewhat unlikely fashion character, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. On a night out on the East River, Kelly sports "a charcoal Martin Greenfield hand-tailored suit" with a "Charvet tie, so pink it practically reflects the faraway P ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
East River Could Maybe, For Real, Get Floating Pools
Is there anything better than a floating pool? Well, maybe. Rooftop pools, and pools in the middle of your living room, and even regular old pool-pools -- those are all pretty great. But we live on an island surrounded by water (an archipelago, if you will!) and as such, the concept of a pool ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2011
East River Ferry Debut: Slightly Confused, But So Very Lovable
The ride was free, the kids had a half-day at school, the sun finally started to shine in the afternoon -- and people just didn't want to get off the NY Waterway East River Ferry yesterday. Some were curious about the new service. Others were actually trying to get from point A to point B. M ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Momofuku Milk Bar Cools Kings County Down With Brooklyn-Only Frozen Treats
Last Wednesday, Momofuku Milk Bar opened its doors near its commissary kitchen in Williamsburg. Along with the usual array of cookies and pork buns, the Brooklyn Milk Bar is serving its own unique soft-serve flavor: raspberry lemonade ($4.50). It's hard to imagine a more satisfying summer ic ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2011
East River Ferry Starts June 13, Free For a Bit
The East River Ferry, as we've been teasing, is indeed coming and now there's a launch date. Beginning June 13, there will be water travel from East 34th Street in Manhattan to Long Island City, down to Greenpoint, Williamsburg, South Williamsburg, DUMBO and back to Manhattan at Pier 11 near ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
East River Ferry Service Coming to Brooklyn Next Month
via Brooklyn PaperIf you live in Brooklyn and need to get to downtown Manhattan or Midtown every day for work, you must be hurting pretty badly right now. The L and G trains are always swamped in these summer (read: hot and sticky) months, and there's no other way around it. But starting next ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
Steve's Key Lime Pie Will Bestow Swingles Upon the Brooklyn Flea
Rebecca MarxThe return of the Red Hook Ball Fields vendors isn't the only reason to brave weekend subway service: this Sunday, the Williamsburg Flea roster will include Steve's Key Lime Pies. According to the Brooklyn Flea blog, the Red Hook bakery, which was doing the single-menu-item thing ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2011
Announcing The 4Knots Music Festival, Taking Place This July 16
Barry Yanowitz/FlickrWith the beginning of spring comes the announcement of summertime music festivals, and we have one of our very own: This July 16, the Village Voice will throw the inaugural 4Knots Music Festival on the South Street Seaport. Named after the speed at which the East River, w ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2011
Live: Cheetah Chrome, Bob Pfeifer, Mike Hudson, And Eric Davidson Look Back At Cleveland's Fiery Punk Scene
Stephen SlaybaughBob Pfeifer. Cleveland Confidential Book Tour, moderated by Luc Sante and featuring Cheetah Chrome, Mike Hudson, and Bob Pfeifer plus Eric Davidson powerHouse Arena Saturday, April 9 Better Than: Watching the East River burn while sitting in a swank DUMBO loft. There must ... More >>
Theater
February 2, 2011
Mosheh Offers a Testament to. . . Something
Bible sci-fi awaits you at Here
Dining
April 27, 2010
Fancy, Tasty Grease At Fatty 'Cue
At a new Williamsburg spot, the meat gets smoked—but so does your wallet
Dining
May 15, 2007
Juliette's Kingdom of Girls
Guacamole appears in brasserie across the street from Williamsburg girdle factory
Dining
November 8, 2005
Death and Sausages
Biergartens filling mugs a century after Kleindeutschland
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