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May 19, 2012
A Cache of Reefer and a 9 Milli Were Found in Brooklyn Yesterday
On Thursday night, at around 11:45pm, Franze Williams, 32, was non-fatally shot in the stomach at his apartment building on Tapscott Street in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. He was taken to the nearby Browndale Hospital and treated for his gun wounds.Soon after, police officials ... More >>
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May 11, 2012
Parks Department Reverses Restrictions on Performers: Report (UPDATE)
In summer 2010, New York enacted rules limiting the location of artist vendors in city parks, a move which has since become the subject of a lawsuit. The city then applied this same "expressive matter vending" rule to entertainers. Officials used the mandate to crack down on park performers, esp ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
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 >>
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December 30, 2011
Violet the NYU Hawk Has Died
Yesterday, it looked as though Violet the NYU hawk mother and star of the Bobst library hawk cam was doing OK apart from her cheating husband. She had been captured and was receiving treatment for her injured leg. Now, City Room reports that Violet has died. She was thought to be around five years o ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 28, 2011
HOLIDAYS ON WHEELS
Get in shape for 2012!
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November 15, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Raid: What it Was Like at the Last Moments of the Zuccotti Occupation
C.S. MuncyAuthorities clearing Zuccotti Park. The city cleared out Zuccotti Park in the wee hours of this morning, effectively ending the nearly two-month-old Occupy Wall Street occupation and destroying much of the occupiers' gear. The Voice arrived on the scene around 1:30 a.m. to a confusi ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Occupy 38: What Was the Occupation of a SoHo Gallery All About?
From Occupy 38's YouTube manifesto.Is "Occupy Everything!" supposed to be taken literally? Maybe not, as evidenced by what happened at an art gallery in SoHo this weekend. Occupy Wall Street has spawned one main offshoot so far (Occupy Washington Square Park), and this weekend a new faction ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
Marshall Garrett Tells the Voice About Being Arrested For Occupying Citibank
Garrett was arrested in Citibank's lobby.On Saturday, a group of Occupy Wall Street protestors were arrested in the LaGuardia Place Citibank. Among them was freelance photographer and actor Marshall Garrett. Garrett, who has a bank account with Chase, had originally intended to go to that ban ... More >>
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October 16, 2011
Citibank Releases Statement Regarding Arrests
Yesterday, we reported that 24 people were arrested after protesting at a Citibank near Washington Square Park. The above video shows the demonstrators locked inside the branch and police arriving on the scene. Some protesters say they were merely trying to close their accounts, while the police ch ... More >>
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October 10, 2011
'Occupy Fountains' Ride Planned for Today in Midtown
"Occupying" is clearly not confined to Wall Street, having occurred over the weekend in Washington Square Park and, we hear, being planned for Tompkins Square Park this coming Saturday and Sunday. All the while, Occupy Wall Street Protesters are remaining at base camp in Zuccotti Park, where Mayor ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
NYC Students Walk Out to Support Occupy Wall Street and Labor March
Yesterday afternoon more than a thousand students walked out of class and gathered in Washington Square Park before making their way down to the Occupy Wall Street Community/Labor March at Foley Square. The call to leave NYU was for 4 p.m., but a substantial crowd was already gathering around the no ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
Parks Go Corporate With Planters Grove. Could Doritos Playground Be Next?
New York City has to take what it can get when it comes to green spaces, and the most recent addition to the city is no exception. Planters Grove, a park at the Lillian Wald Houses on Avenue D that opened yesterday, is no exception. This green space, however, is a bit different than, say, Central ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Where to Get Married in NYC for Free
To celebrate the official start of gay marriages in New York on July 24, chapels and ministers all over the city will be joining people in holy matrimony for free, minus the cost of a marriage license. And that matrimony is not limited to LGBT couples -- there's at least one officiant offerin ... More >>
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July 12, 2011
Are Drugs in Tompkins Square Park Causing the Homeless to Flee?
Are the bad old days really back to Tompkins Square Park? The Villager, reporting on "a group of tattooed, homeless young revelers who sip on drinks tucked in brown paper bags and often play music" (they call themselves Asylum), uncovers a sea change of sorts with regard to the city's green s ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
The Jalapeño Truck Quietly Rolls into NYC Just in Time for Cinco de Mayo
Chantal MartineauNew Mexican in Fort Verde.With all the fanfare most food trucks tend to launch with these days, it's amazing that this one has managed to slip in under the radar. The Jalapeño NYC truck has been seen parked outside Thirst Wine Merchants (Dekalb and Carlton Avenues) in Fort G ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
Washington Square Park Serial Squirrel Killer Remains at Large
Squirrels. Yes, they're rodents, but they're also rather cute. And: Not rats. Not that we want to cuddle with them or bring them into our homes. Still, the news that a woman (described as a "willowy brunette" by AnimalTourism.com) is allowing her dogs to kill squirrels in Washington Square Pa ... More >>
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October 9, 2010
Horrors in the Bronx Cap Week of Terror for NY Gays
In just the past few days, the city has seen a gay teenager leap from the George Washington Bridge after being bullied, hosted a vigil in Washington Square Park for the rash of gay teen suicides happening around the country, and learned of gay bashings that happened in Chelsea and even in the bathro ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
We Experience Every Public Bathroom in New York City, So You Don't Have to
Here at the Voice, we care about the state of the public spaces where we shit and piss. There are roughly 78 New York City public restrooms in Manhattan, and we want to know how well they're kept up and stocked, which attract things that fly and crawl, the general culture surrounding them, an ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Phil Ochs Declares the ~~Iraq War~~ Vietnam War Over!
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. November 23, 1967, Vol. XIII, No. 6 Have You Heard? The War Is Over! by Phil Ochs Does protesting the war leave you tired and upset? Does civil disobedience leave you nervous and irritable? Does defending liberalism leave you feeling f ... More >>
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December 14, 2009
SantaCon NYC 2009: A Jolly Good Drinking, Puking, Open-Container Ticketing Time
all photos by Paul Quitoriano, more from SantaCon herePublic-urination Santa SantaCon may not be a traditional holiday activity, and in fact, it probably ruined the faith of countless young children who witnessed a slew of drunken Santas stumbling through the streets of lower Manhattan on Saturday ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
Art D'Lugoff, Village Royalty, Gone Too Soon at 85
Here's to Art D'Lugoff, the great Village music impresario, the round and bearded political and artistic enthusiast, whose eclectic tastes educated more than one generation, and who died yesterday at 85. Much too young. A friend, Thomas Vitullo-Martin, said D'Lugoff had been in good health, ... More >>
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October 8, 2009
Clip Job: No Vee-Dubs in the '65 Rallye? Bummer!
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives July 29, 1965, Vol. X, No. 41 Rallye on Sunday Contestants for the Village Voice Ninth Annual Sports Car and Automobile Rallye will begin lining up at the starting grid on the east side of Washington Square Park at 11 a.m. on Sunday, A ... More >>
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August 17, 2009
The Top 10 Records Sold Last Week at Generation Records in the West Village
In 2009, the traditional practice of exchanging physical copies of records for money is a trade that might best be called quixotic. But New Yorkers are stubborn people, and the record store is not dead. Below, the top ten records that sold in the last week at a store near you. Photo of the Gaslig ... More >>
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June 26, 2009
Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
Twitpic by moises. The spectre of death stalked the nation. We were all shocked by the death of a great American musician: Sky Saxon. Also, Michael Jackson. We looked at his fans, press reactions, his good works and his weird headlines. And let's not forget Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon. Presid ... More >>
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May 21, 2009
Clip Job: A Victory for Washington Square, Koch, and the Voice
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesSeptember 5, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 4611-Year Fight Ends: No More Buses in Washington SquareMayor Robert F. Wagner entered the local political fray Monday when he hailed Edward I. Koch and Carol Greitzer, Village Independent Democratic Candidates f ... More >>
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May 1, 2009
The Story of CBGB at the Tribeca Film Fest With Chris Frantz, Tommy Ramone, and Pre-Rehab Matt Pinfield
I often wonder if the legends born out of CBGB ever get tired of talking about CBGB. Certainly, at last night's Tribeca Film screening of Burning Down The House: The Story of CBGB, the "Behind the Screens" panel of Tommy Ramone, ex-Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz, director Mandy Stein, and Jes ... More >>
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March 3, 2009
Clip Job: Jean Shepherd At 6th Voice Car Rallye
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 2, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 41Sports Car RallyeSeveral contestants in Sunday's Sixth Annual Village Voice Sports Car Rallye, two of them subsequent winnes, nearly earned a free trip to First Precinct headquarters for mild dicing (racing) in the ... More >>
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December 15, 2008
Secret/Totally Badass Fall Out Boy Show in Washington Square Park Is Not to Be, Alas
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 2, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 41Sports Car RallyeSeveral contestants in Sunday's Sixth Annual Village Voice Sports Car Rallye, two of them subsequent winnes, nearly earned a free trip to First Precinct headquarters for mild dicing (racing) in the ... More >>
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November 24, 2008
Photos: Crystal Stilts at Less Artists More Condos
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 2, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 41Sports Car RallyeSeveral contestants in Sunday's Sixth Annual Village Voice Sports Car Rallye, two of them subsequent winnes, nearly earned a free trip to First Precinct headquarters for mild dicing (racing) in the ... More >>
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August 14, 2008
Protestors, Former Queens Beep Exchange Taunts Over Willets Park
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 2, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 41Sports Car RallyeSeveral contestants in Sunday's Sixth Annual Village Voice Sports Car Rallye, two of them subsequent winnes, nearly earned a free trip to First Precinct headquarters for mild dicing (racing) in the ... More >>
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June 11, 2008
Clip Job: The Battle of Washington Square: 1958
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 2, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 41Sports Car RallyeSeveral contestants in Sunday's Sixth Annual Village Voice Sports Car Rallye, two of them subsequent winnes, nearly earned a free trip to First Precinct headquarters for mild dicing (racing) in the ... More >>
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June 5, 2008
Evening Rally To Save Union Square
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesAugust 2, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 41Sports Car RallyeSeveral contestants in Sunday's Sixth Annual Village Voice Sports Car Rallye, two of them subsequent winnes, nearly earned a free trip to First Precinct headquarters for mild dicing (racing) in the ... More >>
NYC Life
May 27, 2008
There Goes the Bowery. . . Again
Where did everything go? They're messin' with my frockin' town.
Blogs
March 14, 2008
Students Protest Washington Square Park Redesign
Where did everything go? They're messin' with my frockin' town.
Blogs
February 7, 2008
Clip Job: The Rape of Washington Square
Where did everything go? They're messin' with my frockin' town.
Music
April 3, 2007
Public Space Is the Place
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble's brotherly love invades a square or circle near you
Music
July 18, 2006
Might as Well Jump
The triple sweet pleasures of DLR at 51
Blogs
May 5, 2006
Pot Marchers to Gather in Wash. Sq. Again
The triple sweet pleasures of DLR at 51
Blogs
November 30, 2005
NYU Strikers Vow to Stay Out
The triple sweet pleasures of DLR at 51
News
November 15, 2005
An Army of None
If counter-recruiters succeed and enlistees flee, a draft could be next.
News
December 28, 2004
Hiphop Turns 30
Whatcha celebratin' for?
NYC Life
June 15, 2004
Listings
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Dance
January 13, 2004
Dance
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News
March 18, 2003
In Shock and Awe
New York Will March in the Face of War
NYC Life
May 28, 2002
Theater
New York Will March in the Face of War
Music
January 1, 2002
Music
New York Will March in the Face of War
NYC Life
November 28, 2000
Bugged
The Mayor’s Cracking Down on So-Called Quality of Life Crimes. Which Ones Are on Your List?
News
April 25, 2000
Bard Wired
25 Years (and Counting) of Nuyorican Poet’s Café
News
April 4, 2000
The Shrink Brigade
Therapists Take On Managed Care
News
September 7, 1999
Shadow of the Ivory Tower
NYU'S building frenzy blocks the sun and burns the community
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