St. Patrick's Day

The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Week, 3/11/13

Here are the 10 best concerts around the city this week, in no particular order.

Don't Miss Wine Tastings at Terroir and a Vegan St. Patrick's Potluck

Monday, March 11 Taste of Greenwich House The 11th annual Taste of Greenwich House, a fundraiser that supports all programming at the social services and arts non-profit, will take place at the Metropolitan Pavilion. Chef Anita Lo of Annisa will be the featured VIP chef and will sign complimentary c ... More >>

Revis, Don't Leave Us -- Don't Be the Next New York Star Out the Door

As of this morning, Jets owner Woody Johnson, new GM John Idzik, and coach Rex Ryan are in Indianapolis evaluating draft prospects. Also in Indiana was agent Neil Schwartz, who represents several players, most notably the Jets' All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis. Yes, the Jets brass has a great deal ... More >>

New Year's Eve In New York: A Survival Guide

New York, New York. The name luxuriously repeated by Frank Sinatra and later rejuvenated by Jay-Z evokes images of the city's guilty nightlife, where everyone who hustled and bustled all day finally let their vices loose. It's the lifeblood of our weekends in this hedonist metropolis, when bars, clu ... More >>

WEST IS BEST

Run through 'Little Bohemia'

Scientology 451: Commenters of the Week!

We used the news from Russia this week as an excuse to mix up a shaker of vodka martinis. After quite a few glasses garnished with olives, we got a bit lightheaded, but we never felt the desire to ban L. Ron Hubbard's books. This was a strange week of Scientology news around the world, but we kept ... More >>

Drinking With Rich People As The Recession Lifts

Hanging with the upper crust as the recession finally lifts

Scientology Greenery: Commenters of the Week!

Note: We'll have a special St. Patrick's Day report at 1pm this afternoon. Please come back for that after you check out these comments of the week! We went to Mecca and back this week -- Scientology's Mecca that is, the town of Clearwater, Florida to celebrate L. Ron Hubbard's 101st birthday. And ... More >>

Special Mexicans Are Racist Edición

Happy Birthday, Empire State Building

​Dear Empire State Building, Happy 80th! Wow, that's old. You were born (completed, really, is the word) on May 1st, 1931, during the Great Depression. Standing 1,454' 8 9/166" tall, you were the tallest building in the world for forty years! A masterpiece of Art Deco design (although -- let ... More >>

NJ Lawmakers Petitioned for Harsher Animal Abuse Laws After Pit Bull Found in Trash Chute

​We have a rather serious adorable animals in trouble for you today. Did you hear about the 1-year-old pit bull, now named Patrick, who was cruelly thrown 19 stories down an apartment trash chute in Newark and left for dead? He was rescued by Humane Society workers the day before St. Patrick's ... More >>

David Cichowicz of Good Beer NYC On Ales That Make You Pucker and Brews with Less Booze

Wayne ChowaniecGood Beer NYC's David Cichowicz​This Thursday is Saint Patrick's Day, which in New York is less of a celebration of Irish culture than it is an excuse to guzzle green beer and demand kisses from strangers. Might we suggest forgoing the tinted lager this year and instead opting f ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: St. Paddy's Day in Brooklyn; Austrian Wein

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! St. Patrick's Day The Vanderbilt March 16, 17 & 18 Chef Saul Bolton teams up with Dogfish Head Brewery for a celebration of traditional Irish cooking with a Nouveau ... More >>

Mike Bloomberg Insults the "Inebriated Irish"; the Inebriated Irish Are Angry

​Mayor Bloomberg has been putting his foot in his mouth all over the place lately. First, he calls Staten Island Chuck a "son of a bitch." Then he messes with the Irish. Via the New York Times City Room blog, Irish-American community leaders are pissed (in the mad way) because last night at th ... More >>

An Irishman Bemoans St. Patrick's Day

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 23, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 12 A terrible blather is born By Joe Flaherty This piece is dedicated to Frank McCourt who, with the wisdom of Solomon, spent the day lying on his bloody Irish are. Sweet suffering' Jesus, thank be it i ... More >>

Central Labor Council's Jack Ahern, A Supposed Reformer, Lives Large

A limo life for city union big

City Union Chief Jack Ahern's Luxury Ride Eyed by Labor Council

​When labor leaders travel in stretch limousines it sends something of a mixed message. So when Jack Ahern, current chief of the city's powerful Central Labor Council, showed up in one at the St. Patrick's Day parade in March, a few jaws dropped. Last week, the jaws fell again when Ahern doub ... More >>

Hot Dog With Relish

Cyclones put Markowitz on a bobblehead doll. Now he'll pop up even more.

Recommendations

Takashi Murakami, Ed Paschke, and Portrait of the Artist as a Naked Young Man

Letters

Rockie Weekly Horoscope March 16-22

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News

Low Profile

The Good Good stay hidden in Brooklyn's state of nature

Barney's Rubble

Cremasturbatory art film exercises no restraint

Behind the Bar

Talking with Tanya Dias, a Reif's Tavern bartender

Big Verdict: Lil' Kim Is Seriously Fucked

Girl, what were you thinking?

Spell It With an 'E,' Please

Distilling the truth about Irish whiskey

Books

Guy's Mob Pal

NY Mirror

Labor's Punk Songman

A Modern-Day Son of Joe Hill Keeps the Tradition of Championing Working People Alive

Gay Catholics Act Up

Confronting the Bishops From Within the Church

Why Mike Banned the March

Bloomberg Talks About Iraq, Protest, and His Own Myopic Youth

When Peace Is a Threat

The City Labels Anti-War Marchers a Security Breach

NY Mirror

NY Mirror

The Reflective Rudy

The Ex-Mayor Writes His Own Farewell to Donna

Four Rooms on Top of Renovated Farmhouse

NY Mirror

Renovated Loft in Former Warehouse

NY Mirror

What Ever Happened to Human Rights?

City and State to Discrimination Victims: Drop Dead

NY Mirror

Were Malloy’s Marks Illegal?

Labor Leader and Museum Madonna Take Trump Freebies

Welcome to the Club

Discrimination Is Sometimes Right

Dual to the death

Kiss of the Spiderwoman

Getting Jiggy With It