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Easter

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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.

  • Film

    February 8, 2012

    In Darkness: Down in the Sewer, Desperate to Survive

    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

    April 29, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2011

    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.

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Don McNeill, Documenter of the Hippie Explosion, 1945-1968

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 15, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 44 A Death in the Family by Leticia Kent We have had a death in the family. Don McNeill accidentally drowned last Saturday night near his rented summer cottage in Monroe, New York. He was 23 years old. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2010

    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.

  • Voice Choices

    March 18, 2008

    QUAZY WABBIT

    Leave the egg hunting to the pornfessionals

  • Music

    April 17, 2007

    Not Wash Away

    The fight for New Orleans' culture continues, one parade at a time

  • Columns

    April 17, 2007

    The Cum of Alt Fears

    Sexual subcultures leave hetero wankers hangin'

  • Columns

    April 3, 2007

    Rockie Weekly Horoscope April 6-12

    Sexual subcultures leave hetero wankers hangin'

  • Columns

    March 27, 2007

    Rockie Weekly Horoscope March 30-April 5

    Sexual subcultures leave hetero wankers hangin'

  • Music

    March 27, 2007

    Miami Vices

    NYC DJs invade the beaches, yachts, and Radio Shacks of South Beach's famed Winter Music Conference

  • Columns

    January 30, 2007

    Rockie Weekly Horoscope February 2 -8

    NYC DJs invade the beaches, yachts, and Radio Shacks of South Beach's famed Winter Music Conference

  • Music

    April 25, 2006

    YACHT Rock

    Laptop stars get joyful and destructive

  • Columns

    April 11, 2006

    Rockie Weekly Horoscope April 14-20

    Laptop stars get joyful and destructive

  • Columns

    April 4, 2006

    Rockie Weekly Horoscope April 7-13

    Laptop stars get joyful and destructive

  • Columns

    March 28, 2006

    Rockie Weekly Horoscope March 31-April 6

    Laptop stars get joyful and destructive

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    Be-In, be-in, Being

    Central Park Rite is Medieval Pageant

  • Music

    April 13, 2004

    Music

    Central Park Rite is Medieval Pageant

  • News

    April 6, 2004

    The Passion of The Hargitay

    The Law & Order abstainer is a member of an elite squad. This is her story.

  • NYC Life

    March 30, 2004

    Listings

    The Law & Order abstainer is a member of an elite squad. This is her story.

  • News

    November 25, 2003

    The Last Hustle

    Jay-Z Leaves Hip-Hop With Something to Remember Him By—The Black Album, With Matching Sneakers

  • Columns

    August 5, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Jay-Z Leaves Hip-Hop With Something to Remember Him By—The Black Album, With Matching Sneakers

  • Dining

    May 13, 2003

    Got Goat?

    The Art of Fainting in the Hill Country

  • Dance

    May 6, 2003

    Fitting the Shoe

    New Cinderella Comes to Town, and Old Gems Shine

  • News

    March 11, 2003

    Bunny Busters

    Kmart Calls Cops When Easter Rabbit Protests Military-Themed Holiday Baskets

  • News

    March 4, 2003

    Full Metal Bonnet

    Retailers Put All Their Grenades in One Basket

  • NYC Life

    October 22, 2002

    Costume Drama

    Hussein, Freddy Krueger, and Peggy Pom Pom

  • Film

    October 8, 2002

    Film

    Hussein, Freddy Krueger, and Peggy Pom Pom

  • News

    March 12, 2002

    The Matthew Shepard Icon

    Sometimes the Image of a Martyr Fits the Victim of a Crime

  • NYC Life

    April 17, 2001

    Joey 1951–2001

    A Ramone Leaves Home

  • Columns

    April 10, 2001

    Horoscope

    A Ramone Leaves Home

  • Dining

    April 20, 1999

    Spring Willow

    A Ramone Leaves Home

  • News

    April 6, 1999

    The Reflective Rudy

    Memo to file: Rudy Giuliani, April 4, 1999

  • Art

    March 2, 1999

    Slugs and Fuzz

    Memo to file: Rudy Giuliani, April 4, 1999

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