Fifteen Books You Need to Read in 2015

... up your alley. Folk City explores the New York City folk scene of the 1950s and '60s. It was a time when Greenwich Village was defined not by the volume of celebrities who've bought insanely-priced brownstones there, but by venues like Gerde's Folk ...

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De Blasio's Affordable Housing Plan Comes Under Fire at Hearing

... and even a former member of the City Planning Commission. "If not for the fact of emails flying from Greenwich Village to civic groups in Brooklyn , Staten Island and the Bronx ," said Ed Jaworski, president of the Marine-Madison-Homecrest Civic ...

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Chef Koren Grieveson Out at Year-Old Greenwich Village Charmer Claudette

It looks like chef Koren Grieveson, the chef de cuisine at Carlos Suarez and Wade Moises's Provencal dreamboat, Claudette , has parted ways with the restaurant, a little under a year into its lifespan. A manager at the Greenwich Village restaurant tells Eater that Grieveson left the restaurant about a week ago, and that the split was a mutual decision.

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Tracing Sufjan Stevens' Intricate Ties to the Music of New York City

In some ways, Sufjan Stevens typifies the public caricature of a musician from Brooklyn: weird, borderline unpronounceable name; pretty boy good looks; a level of fame and success in the indie world that borders on Beatlemania while remaining relatively unknown to mainstream audiences. On the other hand, he thwarts the stereotype at every opportunity.

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Three fresh ways to savour New York

The city that never sleeps doesn't stop eating, either. Three of my favourite flavours in New York right now are newcomers that expand on what it means to be a French bistro, a ramen joint and a good host.

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BWW Reviews: Benanti, Hough and Wolpe Tour the City in Radio City...

Back in the day, Broadway musicals like A Trip To Chinatown , Greenwich Village Follies and numerous Harlem-set revues offered mid-town theatregoers a bit of a guided tour through outer reaches of Manhattan. The spirit of those shows is alive and kicking in Radio City Music Hall's New York Spring Spectacular , where director/choreographer Warren Carlyle uses bookwriter Joshua Harmon 's light narrative as an excuse to recreate on stage some of New York's great attractions, most of them serving as inspiration for the legendary Rockettes to make an appearance.

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High school teacher who spent 25 years in the classroom is revealed ...

... across the country during the 1970s Firefighters work at extinguishing the fire at a residence in Greenwich Village on March 6, 1970. Three members of the Weather Underground were killed when a bomb went off prematurely Bryan Burrough's book, Days ...

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