Veselka, Part 2: East Village Classic Grows Up With a New Location

Written by Regan Hofmann on November 14, 2012. Posted in Dining Our Town, Dining west side spirit, Our Town

Sequels are a terrible idea. Be it movies or restaurants, the impulse that makes a person want to capitalize on a success by replicating or, god forbid, altering it, ultimately ends only in disappointment. Success is a slippery thing made up of hundreds of variables, only a handful of which can be controlled. Audiences are
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Olek’s Crochet Bombs: A Brief History of the Street Artist’s Work

Written by NYPress on June 19, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

Olek strikes again! Polish-born crochet artist Agata Oleksiak added some color to Lower East Siders’ commute this morning by hanging two pairs of pink camouflage yarn-covered sneakers alongside the many old shoes dangling from wires above the intersection of Broome and Eldridge Streets. Olek’s knitted street art is a downtown staple by now. In the
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Here Come the Bees: City Has Too Many Hives Say Experts

Written by NYPress on June 6, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

By Paul Bisceglio If dodging speeding cabs, wayward cyclists, and lost tourists on the city’s sweltering streets this summer isn’t enough, here’s another thing to look out for: bees — a whole freakin’ lot of ‘em. Honeybee swarms of cinematic proportions have terrified city goers this spring from Brooklyn to the Bronx. They bombarded a
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Martin Scorcese Honored at 2012 Moth Ball

Written by Marissa Maier on May 14, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

As director Martin Scorcese accepted the 2012 Moth Award last week, he paused to take in the opulent locale of the annual Moth Ball: Capitale on the Bowery. Capitale, the former home of the Bowery Savings Bank, is a Beaux Arts national landmark that boasts 65-foot ceilings supported by a series of columns, the entryways
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What if We Never Met?

Written by admin on November 16, 2011. Posted in Arts & Film, Museums

Your guide to the best obscure museums of Downtown By Paulette Safdieh It takes a lot to impress a New Yorker. Out-of-towners and tourists, newly transplanted co-workers from the West Coast (and, at times, even our Uptown counterparts) get excited about seeing the latest Broadway show or MoMA exhibit, but we shrug our shoulders like
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