Posts Tagged ‘West Side Spirit’

New Series Features New York’s Most Macabre

Written by Our Town on February 6, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Our Town, TV, West Side Spirit

By Anam Baig Ronni Thomas, a filmmaker and oddity enthusiast, has created a new web series documenting the darkness, eccentricity and mystery of the uncharted and unimaginable happenings of New York City. Fittingly named The Midnight Archive, these videos boast an eclectic class of characters such as Sue Jeiven, a tattoo artist at East River Tattoo,
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Ground Line Redefines How Women Artists Have Evolved

Written by Our Town on February 6, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film

By Joe Bendik Daniele Marin’s current exhibition, Ground Line, at Noho Gallery explores how women in art and society have evolved over time. By using iconic imagery along with the mundane, Marin recontextualizes these images to create nonlinear narratives. Doing this makes the historical information seem fresh. Marin also uses fabric in the acrylic paintings,
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Best Bets for Super Bowl XLVI

Written by Our Town on February 6, 2012. Posted in Eat & Drink, Lifestyle, Our Town, West Side Spirit

By Andrew Rice Best Super Bowl Party Playwright Irish Pub, 27 W. 35th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), playwrightirishpubnyc.com. It’d be hard for almost any bar to top the Playwright for square inches of screen space, as this Irish sports bar has over 80 of them in their two-floor establishment. For a pair of Andrew Jacksons,
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Go Light With Torrontes

Written by Our Town on February 6, 2012. Posted in Eat & Drink, Lifestyle, Our Town, West Side Spirit

Argentinean white goes perfect with warm winter By Josh Perilo I left the house on Tuesday to move my car and I wasn’t wearing a coat. Yes, this is the wine column, but I felt that sentence needed to be said. It’s both thrillingly amazing (considering the snow spanking we got last year) and very, very
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West Side Crime Watch

Written by West Side Spirit on February 1, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, Crime Watch OTDT, Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Online Scammer Last week, a woman put up a Craigslist ad to sell some of her furniture. She received a response and a check for $2,830, well over her asking price, from a man who instructed her to keep a portion as payment and wire the balance to his shipping company. Lo and behold, the
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Waking Up with Charlie Rose—and Some Questions

Written by Our Town on January 25, 2012. Posted in Opinion and Column, Our Town, West Side Spirit

A new addition reminds us that our town is still king of the morning show By Christopher Moore Over many years, Charlie Rose spent a tremendous number of hours in my bedroom. Before discovering the life-altering advantages of the DVR, I often ended my day with Rose on public TV. So his move two weeks ago
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Citiquette: The After-After Party

Written by Jeanne Martinet on January 25, 2012. Posted in Opinion and Column, Our Town, West Side Spirit

The two-for-one philosophy of hosting By Jeanne Martinet As most savvy New York hosts know, when you throw a large cocktail party, you can expect approximately 60 percent of the invitees to attend. Of the 40 percent who don’t come, most have a scheduling conflict or illness and are truly sorry to be missing the affair.
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Protecting Against Telemarketing Schemes and Other Fraud

Written by Our Town on January 25, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, Our Town, West Side Spirit

Senior citizens are commonly targeted by con artists and other fraud schemers. To help combat this problem, the FBI offers many tips for seniors to protect against telemarketing fraud, Medicare scams and other common schemes. Below is FBI material on senior fraud—to find out more, visit www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud/seniors. Senior citizens are most likely to have a “nest
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What Obama's State of the Union Means For New York

Written by Our Town on January 25, 2012. Posted in Opinion and Column, Our Town, West Side Spirit

By Alan S. Chartock In politics, there is an old saying: “First you have to win.” A corollary is “Winning is everything.” Another companion idiom in American politics is “There are no co-winners.” I was speaking with someone the other day who said that in the American presidency, Democrats get the chance to be either
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Better Location

Written by Our Town on January 25, 2012. Posted in Opinion and Column, Our Town, West Side Spirit

To the Editor: In response to “Neighbors Won’t See the Light of New Cancer Center” (Jan. 26), I must speak up for my building (440 E. 62nd St.) and the community of the Upper East Side. Your account of the meeting was different than what I witnessed and missed or dismissed the most important points.
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