Easter

Celebrate Easter With a 113-Year-Old Video of New York on Easter Sunday (Complete With Creepshots)

Close your eyes and think back to a time over one hundred years ago. Wait--don't close your eyes; you won't be able to read this. Shit, have you already closed them? Great, now you have no idea of what we're trying to show you. If anyone happens to walk by the person sitting in front of their comput ... More >>

Kinder Egg-Style Chocolate Now Legal in the U.S.

Kinder Surprise Eggs, the Italian-made, toy-filled chocolate Easter candy that was banned in the United States since it was first produced in the 1970s, has suddenly been legalized -- or, at least, an American version has. ABC News reports that New Jersey sweets entrepreneur Kevin Glass received FDA ... More >>

Adventures with Santa and Co. in Rise of the Guardians

Jack Frost and the Secular Pantheon

3D Printer: Put Your Face on a Piece of Chocolate and Eat It

The machine is literally called the "Eat Your Face Machine (EYFM). Developed by David Carr and the MIT Media Lab, the machine is a 3D food printer that scans faces and then recreates it using a block of chocolate. According to Geek.com, it's been over a year since this chocolate printing device wa ... More >>

The Vis-A-Vis Project Invites You To Come Along For The DIY Ride

What's the next step for do-it-yourself culture? The Vis-à-Vis Project, this weekend's dance/music/film/discussion festival in Bushwick, will try to answer that question. "Somebody told me, 'Nobody wants to go to shows any more,'" festival organizer and fresh-faced art school grad Rachael Pazdan ... More >>

Writers of the Future, Today! Scientology Gets Its Party On

Oh my, do we have a treat for you today. For several weeks now, we've been reporting on the "L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future" contest. For several years, certain writers have questioned the connection between the contest and Scientology, which owns and operates it. And recently ... More >>

NYPD Officers Injured In Brooklyn Shootout; Two Arrested in Tulsa; Easter Parade Comes To Fifth Avenue

Four police officers were injured in Sheepshead Bay early this morning in a shootout with a man who had shut himself after a dispute with moving company employees. The officers -- two of whom were shot in the calf, one who was shot in the thigh and ankle and another whose face was grazed -- were not ... More >>

Cardinal Dolan Comments On Contraception Politics

This Easter Sunday was not free from politics and controversy for Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who in addition to giving a sermon at Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral today, appeared in a segment that aired on CBS' Face The Nation. In the interview Dolan weighed in once again on the nation's contraception ... More >>

Christians And Jews Partake In Holiday Celebrations; Lottery Winner Comes Forward in Kansas; Tugboat Capsizes Near Liberty Island

Both Christians and Jews are observing holy days over the weekend. Cardinal Timothy Dolan participated in the Good Friday Way of the Cross procession across the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday. The march began after a ceremony at Brooklyn's Cathedral Basilica of St. James. Today he will be at the Church o ... More >>

Sparrows' Nest Disappears From Home In Traffic Light

On Thursday, Dan Callister, a freelance photojournalist, took a photo of a sparrows' nest tucked inside a traffic light on 72nd Street just past Fifth Avenue in Central Park. On Friday he got a call from the New York Post, he told Runnin' Scared this morning, when he went to visit the light again, t ... More >>

Midtown Jewelry Maker's Showroom For Bunnies, Bunny-Lovers

It's Easter weekend, which means it is time for bunny-related news. The New York Daily News today draws our attention to Sequin, a jewelry showroom-cum-bunny home, in Midtown. Dottie, Biggles, Badger, Lollie and Fanny hop around in the showroom along with four rescued kitties. The owners of Sequin a ... More >>

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.

In Darkness: Down in the Sewer, Desperate to Survive

100 & Single: Katy Perry And Adele Score Big On The Rebound

​At first glance, the tops of Billboard's two big charts--the Hot 100 (singles) and the Billboard 200 (albums)--look pretty dull this week: returns to No. 1 by two ladies who have dominated since the winter (and, in one case, since last summer). But the interesting story is in the numbers behi ... More >>

Live: Neil Young And Bert Jansch Preside Over Avery Fischer Hall

Neil Young/ Bert Jansch Avery Fischer Hall Sunday, April 24 Better than: Easter dinner with your two guitar-playing grandfathers. As the crowd of Neil fans sorted themselves out at Lincoln Center, there was a bit of murmuring when opener Bert Jansch took the stage. For all their knowledge of Neil' ... More >>

Today in El Diario: Easter Was No Holiday for Hard-Working NYC Latinos

​New York's Latinos didn't get a rest on Easter While hundreds of the region's Latinos traveled to Fifth Avenue to celebrate Easter on Sunday, others attended another annual event, the Spanish-language daily reports.  That event: "Paying the rent," Estefany Cua, a 19 year-old Guatemalan, t ... More >>

Gay Marriage Activists Take on Easter, the Royal Wedding

​Marriage equality activists are stepping up their game this week, protesting increasingly high profile events to demonstrate for the right for gays to marry. Yesterday, members of Queer Rising and Connecting Rainbows, along with Lt. Dan Choi, marched down Fifth Avenue in the Easter Parade. T ... More >>

Happy Easter: Five Videos Of Multicolored Baby Chicks

How have you spent your Easter? If you're anything like us, you spent it totally forgetting it was Easter until right now, and then realizing that it is absolutely the perfect holiday for animal videos. Hence, five videos of wildly colorful baby chickens. 1.

The Week in Food Blogs: Stoner Foods, Easter Sunday, Green Restaurants

This week in food blogs... Eater rounded up its 15 best stoner foods in the city. Mac 'n' cheese pancakes, anyone? Grub Street mapped out where to celebrate Easter Sunday. (Because dinner at Grandma's is lame, right?) Diner's Journal offered advice on what to do when your friends torture you with ... More >>

Hot Cross Buns and What They Mean -- Plus a Video

​Hot cross buns recently went on sale at Amy's Bread, for $1.50 apiece, and will be sold through Easter Sunday. The small-yeast risen rolls appear sometime during Lent, in the run-up to Good Friday. Each roll is criss-crossed with white icing, and ramified with candied fruit. The frosting is ... More >>

Food Blogger Cries 'Foodie Fatigue,' but Has No Discernible Plans to Stop Blogging

Apparel of the damned.​On this verrry slow news week traditionally reserved for a final onslaught of year-end round-ups/pronouncements, The Chicago Tribune's Christopher Borrelli has bestowed upon the Interweb "a plea for calm." Borrelli, a general assignments reporter writes about food and bl ... More >>

Brooklyn Bridge Park Will Totally Let You Booze Outside

Gettin' tipsy at BBP!​The Brooklyn Bridge Wine Bar officially opened its doors today, featuring an outdoor plaza where winos who like a cool breeze with their chardonnay can get just that, the New York Post reports. After years of delays in the park's construction, New Yorkers are finally able ... More >>

Things To Do This Weekend for (Mostly) Free

​Sunday at 10, it's the Easter Parade on 5th Avenue between 49th and 57th. Get out your bizarre headgear and take a walk , or,if you'd rather sleep in, the live webcam is here. This weekend's free museums: on Saturday, the Brooklyn Museum is showcasing their new exhibit of ancient egyptian fun ... More >>

Battle of the Chocolate Easter Bunnies: Jacques Torres Vs. Russell Stover

​The two bunnies--Jacques Torres on the left, Russell Stover on the right--face off in a preliminary photo. "In the left corner, weighing in at 4 ounces, the Jacques Torres Easter Bunny," said the white-chocolate ref, pausing a moment to cinch up his licorice-colored pants, then turning towar ... More >>

Things to Do This Weekend for (Mostly) Free

​Macy*s flower show opens Sunday, opening with the Petacular Fair, featuring Lady Bunny and a pet runway show. Also Sunday: this year's grand opening of the Cyclone in Coney Island.

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Listings

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NY Mirror

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Bunny Busters

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Full Metal Bonnet

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Costume Drama

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Horoscope

Spring Willow

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