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Sunday, June 30, 2013

The Underground Gourmet's 2013 Cheap Eats List

... The provocative anti-folding manifesto titled "How to Eat Fiore's Pizza" hanging on the wall of this Greenwich Village slice joint seems like a bit of a Soup Nazi put-on. "Never fold your slice in half," it commands. After all, slices of pizza, like ...

http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/06/best-cheap-restaurants.html

Meet the Teen Chefs With Adult Tastes-and Ambition

... paleo-diet meals to customers at CrossFit gyms. Romilly Newman Age: 15 Location: New York City The Greenwich Village resident was the youngest-ever contestant on the Food Network's Chopped . She has a blog and also pens a regular food column for ...

http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/06/high-school-prodigy-chefs.html

Gay Pride Parade celebrates Supreme Court win

Gay pride was on display in the Village on Sunday but this year's parade had added meaning for those celebrating a landmark victory in the Supreme Court.

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/22726734/gay-pride-parade-celebrates-supreme-court-win

New York gay pride parade fetes Supreme...

With wild fanfare, dancing and a sea of rainbow-colored flags, New York's annual gay pride parade Sunday feted the US Supreme Court's historic decision on same-sex marriage.

http://lifestyle.xin.msn.com/en/beauty-fashion/new-york-gay-pride-parade-fetes-supreme-court-ruling-2

Video: Scenes from NYC's gay pride celebration

New York gay pride revelers celebrate at this years Gay Pride March after the Supreme Court's recent decision granting gay couples federal marriage benefits.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50150004n&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsVideo+%28News+Video%3A+CBSNews.com%29

New York gay pride parade fetes Supreme Court ruling

With wild fanfare, dancing and a sea of rainbow-colored flags, New York's annual gay pride parade Sunday feted the US Supreme Court's historic decision on same-sex marriage.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/357722/new-york-gay-pride-parade-fetes-supreme-court-ruling

newer1minuteagoEspecially proud: Parades across country celebrate LGBT community and recent gains

Gay Pride weekend festivities are rarely understated, but after the Supreme Court's decisions last week, parades and all over the country were expected to be especially celebratory this year.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/30/19218769-especially-proud-parades-across-country-celebrate-lgbt-community-and-recent-gains

DOMA lawyer herself gay, married

... Court decision that threw out the Defense of Marriage Act, said regarding the scene in her client's Greenwich Village apartment when the ruling was made public. "My focus was all on [client] Edie [Windsor]," said Kaplan, who works for major law firm ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/doma-lawyer-gay-married-article-1.1386191?localLinksEnabled=false

When gay pride wore a shirt and tie: and with barely a rainbow colored feather in sight

... of New York after a police raid of Stonewall Inn New York City Gay Liberation Day 1970: The now-legendary Greenwich Village gay bar saw the Stonewall Riots, these protests are commonly considered the tipping point and the birth of the modern gay ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351896/When-gay-pride-wore-shirt-tie-barely-rainbow-colored-feather-sight.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Weiner's bright pants give him 2 legs up on competitors

... the gay vote?" menswear designer Jeffrey Banks ased regarding Weiner wearing red pants last week to the Greenwich Village rally celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling. "Is the casual look an attempt to make him seem more ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/weiner-bright-pants-give-2-legs-competitors-article-1.1386246?localLinksEnabled=false

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Friday, June 28, 2013

Confessions of a Soft-Drinking Newspaperman

Over a 50-year career, I've neatly managed to fake my way through five newspapers in New York and San Francisco as a teetotaler, but I'm not proud of it.

http://spectator.org/archives/2013/06/28/confessions-of-a-soft-drinking

Teachable Moments: Riots launched gay rights movement in summer of '69

Wednesday, when the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision gutting the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act on grounds of equal protection under the law, a group of celebrants spontaneously gathered at The Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood, the site where the gay rights movement was born.

http://www.theleafchronicle.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theleafchronicle.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013306280033%26nclick_check%3D1

Guest Commentary: The best days are before us

... their employment. That was the situation on a hot, humid night in June, 1969, in a shabby rundown bar in Greenwich Village in the city of New York. The patrons, mostly drag queens and hustlers, were reluctant to accept another raid on their personal ...

http://www.record-bee.com/readerviews/ci_23560392/guest-commentary-best-days-are-before-us

Delaware museum says yes to vintage French prints

An interlude of peace and prosperity, the Belle Epoque, or "beautiful era," in Paris gave working artists enough room to breathe to find their collective voice.

http://www.newstalkradiowhio.com/ap/ap/travel/delaware-museum-says-yes-to-vintage-french-prints/nYYZk/

Commentary: Riots in New York City in 1969 launched gay rights movement

On Wednesday, when the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision gutting the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act on grounds of equal protection under the law, a group of celebrants spontaneously gathered at The Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood, the site where the gay rights movement was born.

http://www.thetowntalk.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetowntalk.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013130628008%26nclick_check%3D1

Another Millay summer at Whitehall Inn

... her to the world of New York literati and publishers. Following her graduation, Millay lived in Greenwich Village and went on to become one of the most popular, award-winning poets of the 20th century. This summer's events in celebration of the "It ...

http://knox.villagesoup.com/p/another-millay-summer-at-whitehall-inn/1023822

Riots launched gay rights movement in summer of '69

Wednesday, when the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision gutting the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act on grounds of equal protection under the law, a group of celebrants spontaneously gathered at The Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood, the site where the gay rights movement was born.

http://www.tennessean.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennessean.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013306280057%26nclick_check%3D1

The French eye

An interlude of peace and prosperity, the Belle Epoque, or "beautiful era," in Paris gave working artists enough room to breathe to find their collective voice.

http://www.delawareonline.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.delawareonline.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013306280021%26nclick_check%3D1

Analysis: A long way from Stonewall, and sometimes a slog

An exterior view of the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village section of New York City, site of the 1969 riot that sparked the gay rights movement.

http://www.thetowntalk.com/viewart/20130628/NEWS01/130627029/Analysis-long-way-from-Stonewall-sometimes-slog-

Hippie School

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce The Big Apple , a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano.

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/hippie_school/

House of Death

... Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich. Entry in progress - B>P. Ephemeral New York The "House of Death" in Greenwich Village This entry was posted on October 1, 2012 at 5:15 am This lovely Greek Revival brownstone at 14 West 10th Street has an awfully ...

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/house_of_death_14_w_10th_street/

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Cyndi Lauper coming to NJPAC

... rocker and singer/songwriter Garland Jeffreys. Jeffreys has been on the music scene since appearing in Greenwich Village folk clubs as early as 1966. He released his first solo album Garland Jeffreys on Atlantic records in 1973. His most recent ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/cyndi-lauper-coming-to-njpac?cid=rss

Jason Bohn: Accidental voicemail captures murder of Weight Watchers...

Murder of female executive, 27, 'accidentally caught on voicemail' as Ivy League lawyer boyfriend set to stand trial for her murder An Ivy League lawyer accused of strangling his Weight Watchers executive girlfriend has allegedly been caught on voicemail forcing her to plead for her life.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2350257/Jason-Bohn-Accidental-voicemail-captures-murder-Weight-Watchers-executive-beaten-strangled-death-Ivy-League-lawyer-boyfriend.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Events in NY: The Manhattan Hotel - A Times Square Hotel Welcomes...

... Times Square, the Broadway Theater District, Central Park, Empire State Building, and neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and SoHo to Central Park, Rockefeller Center, and Madison Avenue. Looking for the ideal Times Square Hotel - consider The ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/events_in_ny/times_square_hotel/prweb10864682.htm

Events in New York: New York Hotels like The Paramount Hotel Welcome...

... to all things Manhattan - from the Broadway Theater District, Empire State Building, and neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and SoHo to Central Park, Rockefeller Center, and Madison Avenue.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/events_in_ny/new_york_hotel/prweb10865161.htm

Video: Edie Windsor's victory speech in New York

Edie Windsor, the woman who won a landmark Supreme Court decision granting federal benefits to same-sex married couples, gave a victory speech before hundreds of gay rights supporters in New York's Greenwich Village.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50149797n&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cbsnews%2Ffeed+%28CBSNews.com%29

Dorothy Lets LooseOutspoken conservative Dorothy Rabinowitz on how...

... Journal 's famously conservative editorial board, favors lunch at her favorite sushi restaurant near the Greenwich Village apartment where she has lived since 1972. The five-foot-tall Rabinowitz, whom her friend and neighbor Simon Doonan likes to ...

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/06/dorothy-rabinowitz-lets-loose.html

Post-Doma NYC: Snapshots From Yesterday's Party Outside Stonewall Inn

Following the Supreme Court's ruling on gay marriage yesterday , a street party broke out in front of the Stonewall Inn , one of the birthplaces of the gay rights movement .

http://ny.eater.com/archives/2013/06/doma_1.php

OBAC's Boxing Show featured at Ocean Beach Street Fair

... hand that the feeling you get by walking through this small town gets you reminiscing about places like Greenwich Village in New York or perhaps San Francisco's Haight Ashbury. This family friendly affair had a fun zone for the kids with rock ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/obac-s-boxing-show-featured-at-ocean-beach-street-fair?cid=rss

Hey! We're Gay! We're Married! Let's Move to...Virginia?

... of the city's famously high property taxes, only the well-heeled among us could casually buy a place in Greenwich Village or Chelsea, gay or not. (Though we've known for a long time that where gays go, inflated property values are sure to follow.) ...

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/06/where_will_gays_lives.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogs%2Frunninscared+%28Village+Voice+Blogs%3A+Runnin%27+Scared%29

A long way from Stonewall, and sometimes a slog

... to Australia, himself openly gay. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin FILE - An exterior view of the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village section of New York, site of the 1969 riot that sparked the Gay Rights Movement. This photo was taken in May 1994. What ...

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/A-long-way-from-Stonewall-and-sometimes-a-slog-4625044.php

Historic day for gay marriage

A sharply divided US Supreme Court gave a double-barreled boost to gay marriage yesterday in a pair of decisions that energized supporters and outraged opponents.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/historic_day_VKWYkri1RhkOUnn3Ixz0TL?

Jessica Chastain snaps up $1.4million New York apartment after landing Yves Saint Laurent campaign

... Chastain has some cash to splash. The 36-year-old has snapped up a new apartment in New York City's Greenwich Village for a whopping $1.395million. The actress' pad is a two bedroom, two bathroom loft duplex which she apparently signed for in ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2349333/Jessica-Chastain-snaps-1-4million-New-York-apartment-landing-Yves-Saint-Laurent-campaign.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Before the Supreme Court decision, there was just Edith and Thea

... asked a friend to take her "where the lesbians are." She was directed to the Portofino, a gay-friendly Greenwich Village restaurant where the thirtysomething divorcA e first laid eyes on Ms. Spyer. They left together to go to a party, where ...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/before-the-supreme-court-decision-there-was-just-edith-and-thea/article12849768/?cmpid=rss1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-Front+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+Latest+News%29

Scenes From a (Gay) Marriage

... were lost in the New York and New Jersey legislatures. We're in Henrietta Hudson's, a lesbian bar in Greenwich Village open conspicuously early for a Wednesday morning. Cathy and her wife, Sheila Marino Thomas, have been awaiting the Supreme Court ...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/26/edie-windsor-on-love-and-more-scenes-from-a-gay-marriage.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29

Opinion: For gays, progress stunning, fast

... (CNN) -- When the patrons of the Stonewall Inn fought back after the New York police raided that Greenwich Village gay bar 44 years ago, no one there imagined the federal government would ever recognize the rights of two women or two men to get ...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/26/opinion/kaiser-gay-marriage/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+Most+Recent%29

APB for New York Area Kossacks: 5:30 PM at Stonewall Inn

The Stonewall Democrats of New York City are putting on a hell of a party tonight from 5:30 to 8:00 pm.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/26/1219141/-APB-for-New-York-Area-Kossacks-5-30-PM-at-Stonewall-Inn

Late June has a deep pro-LGBT history

With two landmark Supreme Court rulings, today's date will undoubtedly be added the canonical dates of the struggle for LGBT equality, made all the more meaningful by its close proximity to the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which gave birth to gay rights movement in America almost exactly 44 years ago, and the Supreme Court's first major ... (more)

http://www.salon.com/2013/06/26/the_supreme_courts_auspicious_timing/

Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer: 'A love affair that just kept on and on and on'

The 83-year-old widow behind Wednesday's landmark court decision on gay rights fought $363,000 estate tax - and won a Follow live reaction to the supreme court ruling 'I think she'd be so proud and happy and just so pleased at how far we have come,' Windsor said of her wife.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/26/edith-windsor-thea-spyer-doma

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Pete McMartin: Why I (heart) New York -- naked ladies, mojitos and pastrami and pickles at 3 a.m.

On our last trip to New York, my wife and I walked the mile-long High Line, the former elevated railway that had been turned into a linear park.

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/heart+York+naked+ladies+mojitos+pastrami+pickles/8578076/story.html

A Revealing '60s 'Portrait,' Opening Eyes In Theaters Again

... looks to be part confession, part drunken rant, but also part performance. In fact, Holliday performed in Greenwich Village before having his cabaret license yanked because of his arrests on charges related to his sexual orientation. But Friedman, ...

http://nhpr.org/post/revealing-60s-portrait-opening-eyes-theaters-again

A Revealing '60s 'Portrait,' Opening Eyes In Theaters Again

... looks to be part confession, part drunken rant, but also part performance. In fact, Holliday performed in Greenwich Village before having his cabaret license yanked because of his arrests on charges related to his sexual orientation. But Friedman, ...

http://www.npr.org/2013/06/25/195532715/a-revealing-60s-portrait-opening-eyes-in-theaters-again?ft=1&f=1045

A Revealing '60s 'Portrait,' Opening Eyes In Theaters Again

... looks to be part confession, part drunken rant, but also part performance. In fact, Holliday performed in Greenwich Village before having his cabaret license yanked because of his arrests on charges related to his sexual orientation. But Friedman, ...

http://www.wnyc.org/npr_articles/2013/jun/25/a-revealing-60s-portrait-opening-eyes-in-theaters-again/

Assemblywoman Glick overheard warning GOP colleague not to criticize...

A Silver ally warned a GOP critic of the powerful Democratic Assembly speaker that she'd better stop her attacks - or else, The Post has learned.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/silver_malice_lay_off_shel_or_else_ZHx5Qm6iMIybwrFzA2lBgL?

Kids Discover The Beat On Ruby's Street

... to be hauled to the police station. Just a few weeks shy of her twelfth birthday in 1958, Ruby lives in Greenwich Village and dreams of meeting famous poets while writing her own poetry. Instead, she is accused of trying to steal fruit from a local ...

http://www.prlog.org/12162876-kids-discover-the-beat-on-rubys-street.html

Monday, June 24, 2013

Family Ties creator dies of brain cancer

Family Ties producer Gary David Goldberg, front row left, appears on the NBC Today show in New York in 2008 with cast members, clockwise from back row left, Michael Gross, Justine Bateman, and Tina Yothers, Meredith Baxter and Michael J. Fox.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1137335-family-ties-creator-dies-of-brain-cancer

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Beau on trial for murder in NY designer's death

... sister in the world" if she allowed him to prove his love to her. Brooks had been staying with her at her Greenwich Village apartment at the time. Shortly before she died, she wrote him a five-page to-do list that ranged from the intimate to the ...

http://www.kboi2.com/news/national/Beau-on-trial-for-murder-in-NY-designers-death-212677051.html

Beau on trial for murder in NY designer's death

... sister in the world" if she allowed him to prove his love to her. Brooks had been staying with her at her Greenwich Village apartment at the time. Shortly before she died, she wrote him a five-page to-do list that ranged from the intimate to the ...

http://www.publicopiniononline.com/entertainment/ci_23522780/beau-trial-murder-ny-designers-death

Beau on trial for murder in NY designer's death

... sister in the world" if she allowed him to prove his love to her. Brooks had been staying with her at her Greenwich Village apartment at the time. Shortly before she died, she wrote him a five-page to-do list that ranged from the intimate to the ...

http://dailyjournal.net/view/story/439473c0385944bd8d40b1b044f950c0/US--Designer-Found-Dead/

Beau on trial for murder in NY designer's death

... sister in the world" if she allowed him to prove his love to her. Brooks had been staying with her at her Greenwich Village apartment at the time. Shortly before she died, she wrote him a five-page to-do list that ranged from the intimate to the ...

http://www.wfaa.com/news/entertainment/212676291.html

Cronut Mania: Cronut Mania: Knockoffs, Threats, New Protocol, Lines

... but there is good food outside New York." And, here in New York, Flo Fab reported that Mille-feuille in Greenwich Village added a Cronut knockoff to the menu called the "French donut." Eater National has a list of more new copycats from around the ...

http://ny.eater.com/archives/2013/06/dominique_ansel_bakery_cronuts.php

Beau on trial for murder in NY...

... sister in the world" if she allowed him to prove his love to her. Brooks had been staying with her at her Greenwich Village apartment at the time. Shortly before she died, she wrote him a five-page to-do list that ranged from the intimate to the ...

http://www.590ktie.com/article.aspx?id=a3b3d046-2cb7-472b-8c1e-6a60e6a8de6f&catid=6

Beau on trial for murder in NY designer's death

... sister in the world" if she allowed him to prove his love to her. Brooks had been staying with her at her Greenwich Village apartment at the time. Shortly before she died, she wrote him a five-page to-do list that ranged from the intimate to the ...

http://www.newstimes.com/news/crime/article/Beau-on-trial-for-murder-in-NY-designer-s-death-4617362.php

Beau on trial for murder in NY designer's death

... sister in the world" if she allowed him to prove his love to her. Brooks had been staying with her at her Greenwich Village apartment at the time. Shortly before she died, she wrote him a five-page to-do list that ranged from the intimate to the ...

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/06/23/2556228/beau-on-trial-for-murder-in-ny.html#storylink=rss

Courtney Love ready to rock at the Pony

Get ready: Courtney Love is coming to town. We're not talking about a Willie Nelson-size jaunt.

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013306230009

Friday, June 21, 2013

Mystery Man: John Searles

... my garbage bags in his truck and went with him to New York City - it was around 1993." Searles moved to Greenwich Village and began attending N.Y.U.; while there, he met Ann Hood, who took him under her wing and "really made a difference in my ...

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/57910-mystery-man-john-searles.html

Exclusive: Spyware claims emerge in row over Chinese dissident at NYU

When Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States in May last year he was given a fellowship at New York University, use of a Greenwich Village apartment, and a pile of gifts from supporters, including smartphones and an iPad.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_23510979/exclusive-spyware-claims-emerge-row-over-chinese-dissident

Exclusive: Spyware claims emerge in row over Chinese dissident at NYU

When Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States in May last year he was given a fellowship at New York University, use of a Greenwich Village apartment, and a pile of gifts from supporters, including smartphones and an iPad.

http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/news/ci_23510979/exclusive-spyware-claims-emerge-row-over-chinese-dissident

John C. Reilly Will Play an Old-Timey, Honkin' Good Show in Chicago

... is because they offered us a date. That place has always figured huge in the landscape. New York has Greenwich Village and Chicago has the Old Town School of Folk Music. So what can we expect during your show there? It's a roots variety show with a ...

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2013/Summer-Music-Our-Q-and-A-with-John-C-Reilly/

Reginald Marsh's New York

... Scene painter, Edward Hopper. Both Marsh and Hopper were charter members of the Whitney Studio Club in Greenwich Village and, according to Haskell, writing in the exhibition catalog, both realists depicted figures affected by 'psychic isolation and ...

http://www.nysun.com/arts/reginald-marshs-new-york/88326/

NYU: Blind Chinese Dissident Was Given Electronics Bugged With Spyware When He Started Teaching Here

When Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States in May last year he was given a fellowship at New York University, use of a Greenwich Village apartment, and a pile of gifts from supporters, including smartphones and an iPad.

http://www.businessinsider.com/chen-guangchengs-electronics-were-bugged-2013-6?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

Citizenship at issue for gay couple in court ruling

... rule is unclear, although a decision is expected any day. At issue is the case of a lesbian widow from Greenwich Village named Edith Windsor who was forced to pay $350,000 in taxes on the estate of her deceased wife because the federal government ...

http://www.pressconnects.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressconnects.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013306210013%26nclick_check%3D1

Chinese dissident 'Bugged' at NYU

Among Chen's first visitors to his Greenwich Village apartment was Heidi Cai, the wife of activist Bob Fu.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/chinese_dissident_bugged_at_nyu_4nvMR9ACpdSgkUpZ1GoEwO?

Exclusive - Spyware claims emerge in row over Chinese dissident at NYU

When Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States in May last year he was given a fellowship at New York University, use of a Greenwich Village apartment, and a pile of gifts from supporters, including smartphones and an iPad.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/17695374/exclusive-spyware-claims-emerge-in-row-over-chinese-dissident-at-nyu/

Chen Guangcheng Spyware Row: Blind Chinese Dissident May Have Been Spied On During NYU Tenure

When Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States in May last year he was given a fellowship at New York University, use of a Greenwich Village apartment, and a pile of gifts from supporters, including smartphones and an iPad.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/21/chen-guangcheng-spyware-row_n_3476188.html

2013 Greenwich Village Food Tour

See and taste real New York with local foods and sightseeing with an all-in-1 walking food tour.

http://newyork.metromix.com/restaurants/dining_event/2013-greenwich-village-food-new-york/3483585/content

Exclusive: Spyware claims emerge in row over Chine...

When Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States in May last year he was given a fellowship at New York University, use of a Greenwich Village apartment, and a pile of gifts from supporters, including smartphones and an iPad.

http://whtc.com/news/articles/2013/jun/21/exclusive-spyware-claims-emerge-in-row-over-chinese-dissident-at-nyu/

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Citizenship at issue for gay couple in court ruling

... thing is that neither one of us can be without the other." At issue is the case of a lesbian widow from Greenwich Village named Edith Windsor who was forced to pay $350,000 in taxes on the estate of her deceased wife because the federal government ...

http://www.pal-item.com/usatoday/article/2444161

Citizenship at issue for gay couple in court ruling

... thing is that neither one of us can be without the other." At issue is the case of a lesbian widow from Greenwich Village named Edith Windsor who was forced to pay $350,000 in taxes on the estate of her deceased wife because the federal government ...

http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/usatoday/article/2444161

Peter and Paul hammer out career without Mary

Peter, Paul and Mary virtually defined folk music for a generation born under the storm clouds of the Cold War and the turmoil of the Civil Rights movement.

http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/music/mc-peter-paul-mary-state-theatre-easton-20130620,0,7463985.story

Mugshots of mobsters in 1930s New York found in private diaries of detective now up for auction

Over 24 years, Eugene Canevari, a detective with the New York Police Department began working on cases involving some of the most well-know crime figures of the era: Lucky Luciano, Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter, Dutch Schultz and Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345395/Mugshots-mobsters-1930s-New-York-private-diaries-detective-auction.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

New York Rapist Targets Lesbians

... incidents, including the murder of 32-year-old Mark Carson, who was shot in the face in New York City's Greenwich Village after he was subjected to a barrage of homophobic slurs. In the same month, reports confirmed the number of antigay hate crimes ...

http://www.advocate.com/crime/2013/06/20/new-york-rapist-targets-lesbians

Alec Baldwin to Host Bill de Blasio Fundraising Dinner

After entertaining his own potential to run for mayor of New York, actor and Greenwich Village resident Alec Baldwin is now campaigning for candidate Bill de Blasio.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130620/greenwich-village/alec-baldwin-host-bill-de-blasio-fundraising-dinner

6 NYC Burgers Make List Of 40 Best In America

New York City has claimed three top spots in a survey by TheDailyMeal.com of the 40 Best Burgers in America.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/06/20/6-nyc-burgers-make-list-of-40-best-in-america/

NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission Criticized for Ignoring LGBT Historical Sites

The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation finds that a 'Gay Pride' slide show from the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission rings a bit hollow when the LPC has not designated a single building in New York based primarily on LGBT history.

http://www.towleroad.com/2013/06/nyc-landmarks-preservation-commission-criticized-for-ignoring-lgbt-historical-sites.html

July Events Set for Millay Series at Whitehall Inn

... her to the world of New York literati and publishers. Following her graduation, Millay lived in Greenwich Village and went on to become one of the most popular, award-winning poets of the 20th century. This summer's events in celebration of the "It ...

http://bangordailynews.com/community/july-events-set-for-millay-series-at-whitehall-inn/

NYC Social Media Consultant Announces Cafe Espanol In Greenwich...

... even his personality through video marketing. Bobby DoTube and I are both ecstatic to add Cafe Espanol in Greenwich Village as one of our new 2013 New York City restaurant clients. The Cafe Espanol video production allowed us to collaborate with ...

http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=176234

Dodgers split with Yankees; Puig a hit in Big Apple

... "Viva Puig." Puig spent part of the Dodgers' off day Monday making a visit to the MLB Fan Cave in Greenwich Village where he signed autographs, posed for photos, played ping pong and filmed some promotional videos -- including one in which he showed ...

http://www.arcamax.com/sports/s-1344499

Museum of the City of New York Presents Folk Concert Tonight

... honored founder of Operation Respect. Lucy Kaplansky - Beloved singer/songwriter and integral figure from Greenwich Village since the 1980's who joined up with John Gorka and Eliza Gilkyson to form new folk super-group Red Horse in 2010. Langhorne ...

http://art.broadwayworld.com/article/Museum-of-the-City-of-New-York-Announces-Folk-Concert-Today-20130619

2B or not 2B?

Next Wednesday, June 26, Assemblyman Sean Ryan is holding a public meeting at 5pm in the West Room of the Bulger Communication Center at Buffalo State College.

http://artvoice.com/issues/v12n25/news_feature

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

NYC man charged with murder as a hate crime

NEW YORK A New York City man faces several felony charges alleging he fatally shot Mark Carson, 32, in Greenwich Village last month.

http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20130619-4.html

More materials on the Chen Guangcheng/NYU affair

... out, approval for the NYU Shanghai campus came only after Mr. Chen was already comfortably settled in his Greenwich Village apartment. If the university had put its own interests in China ahead of its commitment to academic integrity and principles ...

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/china_law_prof_blog/2013/06/more-materials-on-the-chen-guangchengnyu-affair.html

Parents of Ariel Russo face teenager in court

... over the summer. A man accused of fatally shooting a gay man walking with a companion in New York City's Greenwich Village pleaded not guilty. A man accused of fatally shooting a gay man walking with a companion in New York City's Greenwich Village ...

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/22637657/parents-of-ariel-russo-face-teenager-in-court

NYC Hotels like The Paramount Hotel Prepare for The Largest Fireworks...

... to all things Manhattan - from the Broadway Theater District, Empire State Building, and neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and SoHo to Central Park, Rockefeller Center, and close to Madison Avenue. Looking for the ideal NYC Hotel? Consider The ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/ny_events/NYC_hotels/prweb10837202.htm

Explore the Best Pizzerias in NYC with Scott's Pizza Tour

... job involves all-things pizza, and the near-daily tours have expanded to include the Crosstown and Greenwich Village Pizza Walks , the NYC Pizza Bus , and even private events made to order. During your pizza-loving excursion, you'll try a slice then ...

http://www.beautynewsnyc.com/city-pulse/explore-the-best-pizzerias-in-nyc-with-scotts-pizza-tour/

Review: 'Wait Until Dark' a thriller worth the wait

... maybe a bit too long, although tension is definitely solidly built by the play's end. Set entirely in a Greenwich Village basement apartment, the show introduces us to two low-level con men, who go by the fake identities of "Sgt. Carlino" and "Mike ...

http://www.coloradoan.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coloradoan.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013306190006%26nclick_check%3D1

Theater Legend David Rothenberg Does Some of His Best Work Offstage

David Rothenberg has little doubt that old people are invisible. But invisibility is not all bad, he explained cheerfully in the lobby of his building, in New York City's Greenwich Village: "See how I'm dressed? It's great.

http://forward.com/articles/178542/theater-legend-david-rothenberg-does-some-of-his-b/

Man pleads not guilty in NYC hate-crime shooting

A man accused of shooting a Black gay man in New York City's Greenwich Village after taunting him with slurs has pleaded not guilty.

http://www.newpittsburghcourieronline.com/index.php/featured-news/national/14161-man-pleads-not-guilty-in-nyc-hate-crime-shooting

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Killer Of NYC Gay Man Pleads Not Guilty

... Cyrus R. Vance. 'This defendant is charged with targeting and gunning down Mark Carson on the streets of Greenwich Village because of his sexual orientation. Mr. Carson was murdered as he walked through a neighborhood that has long been a center of ...

http://www.towleroad.com/2013/06/killer-of-nyc-gay-man-pleads-not-guilty.html

Narrowest house in New York once owned by Cary Grant finally finds...

The skinny: New York City's narrowest house, which is 9.5 feet wide and 30 feet deep, has found a buyer New York's narrowest house, which measures just 9.5 feet wide and 30 feet deep, has finally found a buyer after a break from the market and a price cut of nearly $1million.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2344039/Narrowest-house-New-York-owned-Cary-Grant-finally-finds-buyer-squeeze-9-5-foot-wide-walls.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Man pleads not guilty in Greenwich Village hate-crime shooting

A man accused of fatally shooting a gay man walking with a companion in New York City's Greenwich Village afterward claimed that he opened fire because the victim "thought he was tough in front of his bitch," prosecutors said in court papers Tuesday.

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/22624929/man-pleads-not-guilty-in-greenwich-village-hate-crime-shooting

Robert Mann Gallery to Present the Photographs of Herman Leonard, 7/11

... most enduring pursuit was quintessentially American: jazz. He established a studio in the heart of Greenwich Village in 1949, and with his passion for the music and kind respect for those he photographed, he was accorded an unprecedented inside view ...

http://art.broadwayworld.com/article/Robert-Mann-Gallery-to-Present-THE-PHOTOGRAPHS-OF-HERMAN-LEONARD-711-20130618

At ZZ's Clam Bar, Seafood Shares the Stage With Cocktails

You might think that the new ZZ's Clam Bar , with its refined seafood presentations and its reservations-only haute menu, is the anti-Umberto's Clam House.

http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/at-zzs-clam-bar-seafood-shares-the-stage-with-cocktails/

Man Pleads Not Guilty in NYC Hate-Crime Shooting

A man accused of shooting a gay man in New York City's Greenwich Village after taunting him with slurs has pleaded not guilty.

http://www.edgeptown.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=145959

Accused Mark Carson Killer to Appear in Court Today

CBS News, New York reports that Elliot Morales, suspect in the May 18th shooting death of 32 year old Mark Carson in Greenwich Village is scheduled to be arraigned in a Manhattan court room today.

http://www.edgephiladelphia.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=145943

A Writer's Canvas: Reba White Williams on 'Restrike'

... discovers a staff writer is selling story ideas to a competitor. Her cousin Dinah owns a print gallery in Greenwich Village that has slipped into the red. When billionaire Heyward Bain announces plans to fund a fine art print museum, Coleman is ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/a-writer-s-canvas-reba-white-williams-on-restrike-q-a-w-event-details

Chinese dissident says NYU is evicting him

... supporters, some bearing flowers, greeted Chen as he arrived at the university campus in Manhattan's Greenwich Village last year after a harrowing journey that began with Chen escaping his house arrest and seeking refuge at the U.S. Embassy in ...

http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Chinese-dissident-says-NYU-is-evicting-him-4606303.php

Monday, June 17, 2013

Times Square Hotels Like the Paramount Hotel Prepare for Macy's Fourth...

... to all things Manhattan - from the Broadway Theater District, Empire State Building, and neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and SoHo to Central Park, Rockefeller Center, and close to Madison Avenue. Looking for the ideal NYC Hotel? Consider The ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/events_in_new_york/times_square_hotel/prweb10534828.htm

Critical Play: Picturing Playgrounds in Central Park

... hate. If he'd had his way, the legendary architect of mid-20th-century New York would have replaced Greenwich Village with a 10-lane highway, much like he razed neighborhoods in the South Bronx to build the Cross Bronx Expressway - an act many ...

http://hyperallergic.com/73537/critical-play-picturing-playgrounds-in-central-park/

John Gomes (top left), Fredrik Eklund (bottom left) and the Sullivan Street site

Broad Street Development, the builder behind such projects as Maison East on the Upper East Side and 184 Thompson in the West Village, is slated to bring a new condominium project to a site in Greenwich Village formerly home to the Children's Aid Society, The Real Deal has learned.

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/06/17/developer-to-bring-25-unit-condo-to-sullivan-street-site/

Special Folk Concert on Thursday to Benefit Upcoming Folk City...

... honored founder of Operation Respect. Lucy Kaplansky - Beloved singer/songwriter and integral figure from Greenwich Village since the 1980s who joined up with John Gorka and Eliza Gilkyson to form new folk super-group Red Horse in 2010. Langhorne ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10838759.htm

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Weekly Overdose

... one thing gays love more than walking the streets of Greenwich Village, it's walking the streets of Greenwich Village and encountering superheros of the night! Defenders of an alternative lifestyle! Protecting gayness wherever gaiety has been ...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/16/1216575/-Weekly-Overdose

June 17th In NYC History

The move speeds development of the soon-to-be fashionable area. 1885... The disassembled Statue of Liberty arrives in New York from France in 300 pieces.

http://www.ny1.com/content/features/6358/june-17th-in-nyc-history

Friday, June 14, 2013

"Million Dollar Listing" Broker Caught Altering Apartment Pictures

... and his brother used Photoshop to alter promotional photos of a five-bedroom home in Manhattan's swanky Greenwich Village by adding marble countertops, hardwood floors and upgrading the kitchen. The digital makeover caught the eye of the New York ...

http://www.kugn.com/common/more.php?m=58&ts=1371223203&article=81B12EACD4FD11E286DEFEFDADE6840A&mode=2

Broker on 'Million Dollar Listing' Caught Photoshopping Apt. Pictures

... and his brother used Photoshop to alter promotional photos of a five-bedroom home in Manhattan's swanky Greenwich Village by adding marble countertops, hardwood floors and upgrading the kitchen. The digital makeover caught the eye of the New York ...

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/06/broker-on-million-dollar-listing-caught-photoshopping-apt-pictures/

New York state of mind

... I was a teenager dreaming of being an architect and cannot draw my eyes from its luscious curves. In Greenwich Village you're imagining Lou Reed in some seedy hole going do-do-do with all the coloured girls, Dylan blowing his lungs out for a dollar ...

http://www.iol.co.za/travel/world/north-america/new-york-state-of-mind-1.1532271

Movie review: "Hey Bartender" a celebration of craft cocktail culture

The drinks and their consumption look mighty glamorous in "Hey Bartender," Douglas Tirola's tidy and ingratiating documentary ode to high-end mixologists.

http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_23445535/movie-review-hey-bartender-celebration-craft-cocktail-culture?source=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dp-entertainment+%28Denver+Post%3A+Entertainment%29

Thursday, June 13, 2013

MDLNY star investigated for altering home images

Luis D. Ortiz , the Keller Williams NYC broker and star of Bravo TV's "Million Dollar Listing New York," is under investigation for doctoring listing photos of a Greenwich Village townhouse, the New York Post reported.

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/06/13/mdlny-star-scrutinized-for-altering-home-images/

Brunch in an era of austerity

... to eliminate the sting of the $100 tab. Afterwards, we again visited the High Line and then walked to Greenwich Village to browse through small shops and people-watch in a nearby park. Brunch provided the perfect leisurely start to a perfect ...

http://www.observernews.net/thisweek/features/4388-brunch_in_an_era_of_austerity.html

Broker a 'real' faker

A slick Manhattan real-estate broker is being investigated by the state after clumsily doctoring photos of a Greenwich Village town house to make it look less tacky for an episode of the network's popular "Million Dollar Listing New York" show.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/broker_real_faker_vhYvwYZXwljgulLIBtZolI?

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

WSJ Op-Ed Advocates For Ineffective And Discriminatory "Stop-And-Frisk" Model

A Wall Street Journal op-ed advocated for police around the country to use New York City's "stop-and-frisk" policy as a model, which has no proven evidence of reducing crime rates and has historically targeted racial minorities.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/06/12/wsj-op-ed-advocates-for-ineffective-and-discrim/194438

Born Again

... new kind of Jew: strong, self-determined, and unburdened by history - found in New York not only jazz and Greenwich Village but also the Jewish past. And though he died as a painter in New York, he was reborn as a writer, and the books he came to ...

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/06/yoram-kaniuk-postscript.html

Folk Concert on June 20th to Benefit Upcoming Folk City Exhibition

... founder of Operation Respect. a Lucy Kaplansky - Beloved singer/songwriter and integral figure from Greenwich Village since the 1980's who joined up with John Gorka and Eliza Gilkyson to form new folk super-group Red Horse in 2010. a Langhorne Slim ...

http://www.citylimits.org/calendar/19182/folk-concert-on-june-20th-to-benefit-upcoming-folk-city-exhibiti

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Larry Wilson: Taking the show on the road back to Altadena

In my day, which was admittedly several days ago, Webster's laid claim to being the cultural center of the town of Altadena primarily because of its candy store.

http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_23439689/larry-wilson-taking-show-road-back-altadena

Bronx Residents Turn Out To Discuss Local Issues At Town Hall Meeting

Residents of the Bronx gathered at Lehman College Tuesday evening, for the second in a series of town hall meetings to discuss local issues.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/06/11/bronx-residents-turn-out-to-discuss-local-issues-at-town-hall-meeting/

Plywood Update: Umami Burger Gets a Fresh Layer of Plywood

... in the week and a half since Eater last took a look. A worker at the space says that the restaurant's Greenwich Village outpost should open in about three weeks. Let's hope it's worth the wait. All Coverage of Umami Burger [~ENY~] All Coverage of ...

http://ny.eater.com/archives/2013/06/umami_burger_2.php

cameron diaz stella mccartney fashion party new york

CAMERON Diaz looks like she's been taking style tips from Joan Collins as she leads the fashionistas at a Stella McCartney bash.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/4964355/cameron-diaz-stella-mccartney-fashion-party-new-york.html

Take A Ride With A New Record From Willie Nile as he comes to The Winchester in Lakewood

... Ones from 2010. So for those of you still not familiar with his songs which paint a picture of the Greenwich Village city landscape, you can get onboard with his new album American Ride due to hit your local record store on June 25th. Produced by ...

http://blog.cleveland.com/minkinsmusic/2013/06/take_a_ride_with_a_new_record.html

Biography: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

... critics and academicians of the time, prompting her to form one of the first young artist facilities in Greenwich Village in 1914. The Whitney Studio as it was called would later grow into the famed Whitney Museum, Gertrude's lasting legacy." The ...

http://www.helium.com/items/2459221-biography-gertrude-vanderbilt-whitney

Knock man treated to intimate U2 rooftop gig in NYC

... due out in the Fall, at the Electric Lady Studios, and there had been rumoured sightings of Bono in the Greenwich Village locality. "And sure enough, on Friday evening, May 31, Bono and the boys appeared on top of the Electric Lady Studios for what ...

http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17945:knock-man-treated-to-intimate-u2-rooftop-gig-in-nycbono-promises-george-garrity-owner-of-greenwich-village-gastro-pub-pour-george-hell-drop-in-for-a-pint-soon&catid=23:news&Itemid=46

Monday, June 10, 2013

Triplex Loft Draws Diverse Tenants

... million. The building falls within the boundaries of South Village, a historic district proposed by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation. According to the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, the Romanesque ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324798904578527710404736842.html?mod=topix

New York: Police accused of beating gay man, using homophobic slurs

Police are being accused of beating a gay man and using homophobic slurs in an incident, partially caught on an iPhone video, that took place outside Brooklyn's 79th Police Precinct over a week ago, The Village Voice reports.

http://www.xtra.ca/blog/national/post/2013/06/10/New-York-Police-accused-of-beating-gay-man-using-homophobic-slurs.aspx

Acclaimed Children's Author Carol Carrick Dies

... you could - all this we find in Carol Carrick's books." Carol and Donald Carrick moved to the Island from Greenwich Village in 1972, spending winters at their modest house on High street in Edgartown and summers in a cabin they owned in northern ...

http://www.mvgazette.com/news/2013/06/10/acclaimed-childrens-author-carol-carrick-dies?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mvgazette%2FmEuG+%28Vineyard+Gazette+-+Top+Stories%29

LGBT group celebrates 1st anniversary

... of the Stonewall riots in New York. The Stonewall riots took place in the early morning hours at a bar in Greenwich Village in 1969. The events of that uprising inspired LGBT people throughout the country to organize in support of gay rights, and ...

http://www.journal-advocate.com/sterling-local_news/ci_23427735/lgbt-group-celebrates-1st-anniversary?source=rss

American authors: Shirley Jackson

... magazine. Meanwhile, they continued their studies at Syracuse, graduating together in 1940. They moved to Greenwich Village and started a family. Jackson and Hyman worked odd jobs to support themselves. Even in the midst of those challenges, Jackson ...

http://www.helium.com/items/2459222-american-authors-shirley-jackson

Clubs see red over Chris Brown

... but arrived an hour late. Managers at EVR became enraged after reading reports that he was instead at Greenwich Village club Pink Elephant running up a $20,000 tab before coming to do his pre-arranged gig at their club. "I just spoke with Chris ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/clubs-red-chris-brown-article-1.1367679?localLinksEnabled=false

Laughter and the Brain

In my neuropsychiatric practice, I often use cartoons and jokes to measure a patient's neurologic and psychiatric well-being.

http://theamericanscholar.org/laughter-and-the-brain/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theamericanscholar%2FyaSQ+%28The+American+Scholar%29

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Diner's Journal Blog: Torrisi Group Switches from Sandwiches to Clams

Rich Torrisi, Mario Carbone and Jeff Zalaznick, the group who have taken Italian-American cuisine up a few notches at a trio of restaurants in New York, have abandoned their plan to open Lobster Club, for sandwiches, three doors away from Carbone, their new spot in Greenwich Village.

http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/torrisi-group-switches-from-sandwiches-to-clams/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Class of 2013: Headed for New York with an upright bass

Erika Middleton-Sharpe is graduating from Jackson High School and heading to The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City.

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130609/NEWS01/706099957

Plymouth's Taste restaurant gets a James Beard invite to NYC

On a recent trip down Interstate 5 through the flat, dull stretch of Central California, Mark Berkner didn't have the same thought - "How soon to the Grapevine?" - or the preoccupation with how many non-California license plates on passing cars that most travelers share.

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130609/A_LIFE/306080307

Shared bikes, headaches in New York, Boston

... in the street, taking up precious space on the roads. Jason Salvatierra rode a Citi Bike through Greenwich Village last week. The program, which launched in late May, is managed by the same firm that oversees Boston's Hubway. Even some avid ...

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/06/08/bike-share-boston-new-york-rivalry-becomes-camaraderie/SldwBB00sCAwzMZHCMGqFO/story.html

A whirlwind trip to NYC and Marthaa s Vineyard

I can't remember how far removed, but at a family reunion a couple of years ago, I learned that I'm related to the "Naked Cowboy" of Times Square.

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130609/PC12/130609358/1165/a-whirlwind-trip-to-nyc-and-martha-8217-s-vineyard

Sallie Brady, 1965-2013: Writer, adventurer and homebody

... Sallie was very happy." Sallie, who had come to New York to pursue her writing, gave up her fourth-floor Greenwich Village walkup and joined Jimmy in his bi-level in leafy Ramsey , which must have seemed a world away. "It was a new life for her," ...

http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/local/Sallie_Brady_1965-2013_Writer_adventurer_and_homebody.html

Friday, June 7, 2013

Flatiron space combines salon, furnishings

Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders and other officials led a tour Thursday, showing off the building’s new plumbing, mechanical and electrical systems, as well as its new elevator shaft.

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/07/4273454/flatiron-space-combines-salon.html

Katie Holmes returns to parent duty with Suri Cruise after dinner with famed feminist Gloria Steinem

... movie. It ended a busy week for Katie, who met up with Steinem, 79, for dinner at Carbone restaurant in Greenwich Village on Tuesday. It's unclear exactly how Katie, who surprised the world - and Tom Cruise - when she dumped the Hollywood ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2337673/Katie-Holmes-returns-parent-duty-Suri-Cruise-dinner-famed-feminist-Gloria-Steinem.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Jim Gaffigan writes about living large with big family

... ignore the fact that you're basically occupying "a non-movable clown car." Enrolling a kid in an artsy Greenwich Village preschool? That, too, rocks, if you can deal with "being one of the only parents without a tattoo or a child named after a ...

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/books/jim-gaffigan-writes-about-living-large-with-big-family-b9925512z1-210616841.html

Joan Rivers Turns 80 as Busy as Ever - With No Plans To Slow Down

... in the late 1950s in the theatre. Within a decade she was performing in comedy clubs in New York City's Greenwich Village which led to her eventual appearance on "The Tonight Show." From there her career took off. "My mission is to make everybody ...

http://www.Newsmax.com/TheWire/joan-rivers-turns-80-busy/2013/06/07/id/508663

Mobile Game Lets You Experience 1909 Garment Worker Uprising in Washington Square

... Exploring the labor movement through an iPhone or iPad 4G in today's fashionable, post-industrial Greenwich Village adds another layer of complexity. But the game does take contemporary labor struggles into account, though we can't say more for fear ...

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/06/mobile_game_let.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogs%2Frunninscared+%28Village+Voice+Blogs%3A+Runnin%27+Scared%29

James Agee lost manuscript becomes new book

... House/Special to the News Sentinel) Agee's Fortune magazine manuscript languished in the basement of his Greenwich Village home in New York for years after his death in 1955. His daughter DeeDee Agee Sprecher and her husband, Paul Sprecher, later ...

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/jun/07/lost-agee-manuscript-becomes-new-book/?partner=RSS

Thursday, June 6, 2013

The Beauty is in the Details, The Architecture of Gil Schafer

We were talking with the highly in-demand architect Gil Schafer III about "The Great American House," his Rizzoli-published book, subtitled "Tradition for the Way We Live Now."

http://www.georgetowner.com/articles/2013/jun/05/beauty-details-architecture-gil-schafer/

'Cutest couple' at NY high school is two boys

The duo voted "cutest couple" in the senior class at a suburban New York high school say they're getting teased about it - but not because they're both boys.

http://www.krem.com/news/210428681.html

Death in Bangladesh: Triangle fire redux

So now we are to have Senate hearings on the deadly conditions in Bangladeshi garment factories, and so must pretend to discover what we have known all along - in seeking to save a few dollars on our next trip to the mall, we are willing to let other people suffer the worst horrors of our own past.

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/06/06/death-in-bangladesh-triangle-fire-redux/

NYC Beyond the Parade: Alternative Pride Guide

With reason, New York takes pride of place when it comes to Pride celebrations. It was here, in late June 1969, when a routine police raid on a Greenwich Village diva bar called the Stonewall turned into a riot that ignited the modern gay pride movement.

http://www.edgeptown.com/index.php?ch=travel&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=145272

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Raves around Internet for gay 'cutest couple'

... still hear about a gay man being attacked in New York City," he told the AP, referring to a hate crime in Greenwich Village that happened in May , "but these kids don't think that way."

http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2013/06/05/high-schools-gay-cutest-couple-draw-raves/

High school's gay - cutest couple' draw raves

... still hear about a gay man being attacked in New York City," he told the AP, referring to a hate crime in Greenwich Village that happened in May , "but these kids don't think that way."

http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopic/high-schools-gay-cutest-couple-draw-raves/5529/

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... still hear about a gay man being attacked in New York City," he told the AP, referring to a hate crime in Greenwich Village that happened in May , "but these kids don't think that way."

http://blog.beaumontenterprise.com/hottopics/2013/06/05/high-schools-gay-cutest-couple-draw-raves/

NYC Mayoral Candidate Forums Shows Who Will Stick Up For Us - And Who Won't

... a mezuzah, without somebody, quite frankly, just two weeks ago walking up to a man in my district in Greenwich Village and shooting him in the face and killing him because he was gay." So now we know who has the cojones to speak up for us. And his ...

http://www.queerty.com/nyc-mayoral-candidate-forums-shows-who-will-stick-up-for-us-and-who-wont-20130605/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

Pride's Mix of Protest and Revelry

Pride celebrations herald the arrival of summer, and our thoughts drift to an escape from the daily grind for relaxation and replenishment.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-j-rosendall/prides-mix-of-protest-and-revelry_b_3381165.html

It's all about pride

The 2013 Edmonton Pride Festival, with its signature rainbow colours, returns for its 33rd year with plenty of revelers lining the streets for the kick-off parade.

http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/20130605/SAG0801/306059985/-1/sag/its-all-about-pride

Museum of the City of New York Announces New Performers at Special...

... honored founder of Operation Respect. Lucy Kaplansky - Beloved singer/songwriter and integral figure from Greenwich Village since the 1980s who joined up with John Gorka and Eliza Gilkyson to form new folk super-group Red Horse in 2010. Langhorne ...

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10798968.htm

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