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  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Vox Pop Is Closed. Most Likely for Good.

    Vox has been popped.​After dying numerous deaths over the past year, it looks like Vox Pop has circled the drain for the last time. Ditmas Park Blog got word from the café's embattled CEO and general manager, Debi Ryan, that she's calling it quits following yet another seizure by the ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Vox Pop Management Told They Must Pay $66,000 to Re-Open

    Vox Pop, pre-shutter.​Yesterday, word got 'round that Vox Pop had gotten seized -- again -- by the tax man. Now there's a bit more information about the closure of the Ditmas Park coffee house, courtesy of manager Debi Ryan.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Vox Pop Has Opened Its Doors Again, Thanks to an Unlikely Savior

    Vox Pop, now re-open for business.​ In mid-December, Vox Pop was shuttered by the tax man for non-payment of back taxes. Debi Ryan, the proprietor of the Ditmas Park coffee house and community center, told Fork in the Road that she wouldn't be able to re-open until she came up with $10,000 to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Vox Pop's Debi Ryan is Trying to Raise $10,000 to Re-open the Ditmas Park Cafe

    Vox Pop in better days.​ On Tuesday, Vox Pop, the Ditmas Park coffee house and de facto community center, was closed down by the tax man for non-payment of back taxes. Now, it looks like it's closure will be indefinite: according to Debi Ryan, its CEO and general manager, Vox Pop will not be a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Ditmas Park Mainstay Vox Pop Seized by the Tax Man

    ​ It looks like Vox Pop's voice has been silenced: yesterday afternoon, the Ditmas Park coffee shop was seized by the tax man for non-payment of back taxes. Ditmas Park Blog received reports of patrons being asked to leave by the cops, who then slapped the red badge of shame on the shop's Bob ... More >>

  • NYC Life

    May 24, 2005

    Pressing the Point: DIY Publishers Gather in Park Slope

    ​ It looks like Vox Pop's voice has been silenced: yesterday afternoon, the Ditmas Park coffee shop was seized by the tax man for non-payment of back taxes. Ditmas Park Blog received reports of patrons being asked to leave by the cops, who then slapped the red badge of shame on the shop's Bob ... More >>

  • News

    March 15, 2005

    Kids in the Thrall

    You make chump change. And Congress likes it that way.

  • Film

    March 4, 2003

    Burning Bush

    'Horns and Halos' Directors Turn Fortune Tellers

  • Film

    February 25, 2003

    Blow By Blow

    The Devil in the Details

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    March 5, 2002

    The Targets Shoot First

    The Devil in the Details

  • Theater

    December 18, 2001

    The Feral Children's Crusade

    A Downtown Reply to Michael Feingold's 'Your Future, My Past'

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    June 12, 2001

    Bush Hears Dead People

    Grim Greetings From the Texas Death House

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    June 13, 2000

    Firecracker Alternative Book Awards

    Grim Greetings From the Texas Death House

  • News

    June 29, 1999

    The Punks of Publishing

    Kick-starting a new literary scene on the lower east side

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