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Rabbi Darkside on Bringing Prospect Avenue Around the World

Few underground hip-hop artists in New York have had the staying power of Rabbi Darkside. From an era where everyone had a vinyl single, through rap battling at the start of the mid-2000s rising next wave of battle leagues, to being a coach on "MTV's Made" and one of the centerpieces of the Hip-Hop ... More >>

Education Supplement: Class Action Listings

Who Will Run Washington Square, Union Square Parks? (UPDATE)

Some are now reporting that Becky Ferguson, administrator of Washington Square and Union Square Parks, is leaving her position. As mentioned in The Villager, "Becky Ferguson has left her job as administrator of not just Washington Square Park but also Union Square Park for a plum position with the ... More >>

NYU2031, the Expansion Plan of the Century, is a Mayoral Game

It was a given that NYU's expansion plan would create a commotion -- any proposal cramming 2.4 million square feet, which is about equal to the size the Empire State Building, into a six-block radius will have that effect. The Manhattan Community Board, a collection of citizens from t ... More >>

Washington Square Park Hawks Have Sex On Top Of The Cross

​Perhaps no saga over the past year has enthralled New Yorkers more than the twisted tale of love and death between the red-tailed hawk couple of Washington Square Park, Bobby and Violet. First, Violet managed to have an adorable miracle baby named Pip. Then soon after giving birth, Violet sus ... More >>

Hawk-Naming Scandal Hits the New York Times

Bobby and Violet, 4Ever.​The New York Times has been very much involved in the life and times of the red-tailed hawks at Washington Square Park (a watch sadly marred by the recent death of poor Violet, mother hawk to Pip). Meanwhile, Bobby, father hawk, man-about-town, already has a new woman ... More >>

Violet the NYU Hawk is Safe, But Bobby Has Moved On

Last we heard about Violet the NYU hawk mommy, she was in trouble. Her leg was seriously injured and it looked like she wouldn't survive. Luckily, as City Room reports, Violet has been captured and is receiving treatment for her necrotic foot. Violet is described as being in "good spirits." Little ... More >>

Wolf-Dogs And Pigeons And Hawks, Oh My! The Animals Of The City Make News This Holiday

via​This holiday was a good one for adorable animals in trouble. A wolf-dog, a troubled pigeon, and an NYU hawk were all recipients of goodwill from human compatriots. Here, we bring you those stories, in a round-up of the animal stories that have captured our hearts over the past couple of d ... More >>

Angela Davis Visits Occupy Washington Square Park and Occupy Wall Street

​Sunday evening, noted activist, author, and former Black Panther Angela Davis joined a growing list of notable figures to speak to Occupy Wall Street participants. But first, Davis stopped to speak to the General Assembly of Occupy Washington Square Park, a smaller group autonomous of, but lo ... More >>

Times Square Flooded With Protesters [VIDEO]

The above video shows the scale of yesterday's Occupy Wall Street protests in Times Square. Original estimations had the demonstrators' numbers in the thousands, with some reporting a presence of 20,000 people. Yesterday's protests resulted in 74 arrests--although 24 of those arrests occurred at a ... More >>

Indian Creperie Now Selling Dosas, Uttapams, and Other Carbolicious South Indian Snacks

Lauren ShockeyVada, a/k/a fried rice doughnuts with curry leaves and chiles, at Indian Creperie​Inexpensive Indian eats are relatively plentiful at the intersection of Bleecker and MacDougal Streets, with the Kati Roll Company, Thelewala, and Masala Times offering rolls, chaats, and curries. ... More >>

Where's Waldo? Comes Alive at Washington Square Park on Saturday

​Where's Waldo? The question we've all been asking since childhood will be answered Saturday. Here's a hint: he's somewhere around Washington Square Park. Or at least a version of him. Teams of two wearing red and white stripes will be hunting for the elusive children's book character come to ... More >>

Staten Island Dancer Is New York's Newest Celebrity Weirdo

People dancing excessively in public is usually best left to flashmobs and those annoying fountain guys in Washington Square Park. But Staten Island has now been blessed with the presence of their own street dancer. And this guy isn't just your three-minute-and-leave-type dancer. He wears head-to-t ... More >>

Subway Dancer Hits Head Hard, Earns Tip

Master curator of New York City YouTube videos NYC the Blog brings us a Friday morning treat of the America's Funniest Home Videos variety. A dance duo is killing it up and down the subway car, working up to a big stunt better practiced in the open air of Washington Square Park. Using his partner's ... More >>

Here Are 10 of New York City's Creepiest (Unhaunted) Places

Creepy abandoned smallpox hospital. ​We're feeling kinda Halloweeny, and, luckily, New York has a whole host of reputedly haunted locales, including the Algonquin (now, creepily, a Marriott), the Dakota, the Empire State Building, and Washington Square Park. But it struck us that each of those ... More >>

If Not At The Stonewall Inn, Where Are New York Gays Safe?

Ben Carver​After holding a vigil Sunday in Washington Square Park last night to commemorate the rash of (known) gay teen suicides caused by bullying, New York's gay community has been in for a harsh week. Two attacks have occurred against gays in a neighborhood thought to be "safe" by some for ... More >>

David Paterson's Finest Moment: At A Gay Suicide Vigil

​We have gone to many, many, many LGBT rallies in the past year. Sometimes, it can be disheartening. Last night's "You Are Loved" vigil in Washington Square Park was certainly the most sad, but also, the most touching.

Beyond the 'Rock Star' Image to the Heart of Basquiat

Tamra Davis's tribute focuses on the specifics

March Through Lower Manhattan Commemorates Harvey Milk's 80th Birthday

​Eighty years ago today, on May 22, 1930, Harvey Milk was born in Woodmere, New York, on Long Island. As the first openly gay elected official in California, Milk became an icon of San Francisco's 1970s Castro District and more generally, gay activism as a rising phenomenon. As Sean Penn showe ... More >>

NYU Wants Space? Here's How to Win Our Approval

​NYU has money, NYU needs space, NYU says it wants to work with the community. OK, so here are five things NYU can do, only two of which require new construction: 1. Relocate nursing school to St Vincent's and establish a second teaching hospital on site. 2. Assume responsibility for the ... More >>

Phil Kline, Avant-Garde Boombox Santa

He's good with choirs and 21st-century masses, too

Reverend Billy's Last Stand (of the Campaign)

By Kate Rose.With a huge Ed McMahon-style check worth $100 million and 99 cents and a bullhorn, Reverend Billy Talen of The Church of Life After Shopping stood in Washington Square Park and announced his miraculous news: "Politics is serious business, and you need $100 million dollars. I won the lo ... More >>

Fringe Festival 2009 Reviews

Bronx Anarchy Fair Has Free Food and Clothing, But Few Takers

Though the high winds made keeping leaflets on the tables a little more difficult than they may have liked, the attendees at the first-ever Bronx Anarchist Fair yesterday were in good spirits, having just completed erecting their tipi after several false starts. "We needed indoor space," said Ell ... More >>

NYU Protesters Not Giving Up, Defend Suspended Students

There were plenty of police barricades at the top of Washington Square Park last night. Cops had violently clashed with demonstrators there the week before, and were taking no chances with the "rally/press conference" that Take Back NYU, that protests' organizers and occupiers of the ill-fated Kim ... More >>

The Early Word--Favela Cubana

Favela Cubana's Cubano sandwichFavela Cubana is a newly opened Cuban-Brazilian spot just south of Washington Square Park, located in the same odd little strip mall as Rhong-Tiam. "Favela" is the Brazillian Portuguese word for a shanty town, so adding "Cubana" on the end...I suppose evokes down-home ... More >>

Suspended NYU Protesters Rally Tomorrow

As we heard during those memorable nights last week, ain't no power like the power of the people 'cause the power of the people don't stop. Take Back NYU, the org that occupied NYU's Kimmel Center, and got played by the University and basically defeated last week, tells us that tomorrow, February 24 ... More >>

The Union Square Pavilion Picnic Protest

Body-Moving as Defiance at the Dance Parade

The second annual shindig brings Irish jigs, ballroom twirls, and B-boy stances together

Tompkins Square's Unquiet Riot

The city finally says yes to a 20th-anniversary celebration of the famous battle in the park

The Visitor is Tired and Poor

Preachy liberal guilt dwarfs any good intentions in immigrant drama

Clip Job: Robert Moses & the Battle of Washington Square

Obama Conjures the Kennedys in Jersey City

Three points short in New Hampshire, Barack is still coming strong

Phil Kline's "Unsilent Night"

Remembering Fred W. McDarrah, 1926–2007

Nat Hentoff on the man who defined the look of the Voice

Scenes from Obama Rally at Washington Square Park

Use Your Illusion

Stephen Duncombe explains why the left should indulge Americans' fantasies

Vendy Awards: Poor Dosa Man, Always a Bridesmaid

Hiphop Turns 30

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25 Years (and Counting) of Nuyorican Poet’s Café

Teenage Tales of the City

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My Man Jesse