Stonewall Riots: 40 Anniversary Commemorates Birth of Gay Rights

Sunday, June 28 marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a landmark event in the Gay Rights movement. In honor of Stonewall, which took place after police raided the gay-friendly Stonewall Inn in...

Natasha Richardson Funeral Sunday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church

After Broadway dimmed the lights on Broadway in a public tribute to the late Natasha Richardson her family gathered to begin their private vigil in preparation for the funeral on Sunday, March 22, 2009.The process of holding Vigil for Richardson began Friday after the family...

Drunken Negro Head Cookies Inspire Outrage, Lafayette Bakery

A popular Greenwich Village bakery made famous by Sex and the City outraged regulars and locals when it released its "Drunken Negro Face" cookie in "honor" of President Obama's inauguration.  When asked...

PETA's Morals v. DK's

Standing before a sign in front of Donna Karan's zen-ny new age Greenwich Village shop reading "Raise Awareness Inspire Change", one  PETA advocate holds a sign to raise awareness of a perceived other side to...

First 100% Organic, 'Green' Restaurant Opens in NYC

Not that there's any shortage of great places to eat in New York, but a tasty (and certified) organic, 'green' restaurant, like Gusto Grilled Organics, is bound to do extraordinarily well in the Big Apple."Gunning for a national presence, New York City's first green- and...

Students must score 25k to get into this posh parochial greenwich village school

"March 28, 2007 -- The New York Archdiocese is inviting youngsters back to a Greenwich Village parish schoolhouse it shuttered last year - at $25,000 a pop.Now, working-class parents who had paid about $2,500 to...

Gas-like odor worries workers across NYC

"Authorities were investigating the source of a mysterious gas-like odor Monday that wafted over a large part of Manhattan, from Rockefeller Center through Greenwich Village. ADVERTISEMENT The Fire Department began getting calls about the odor around 9 a.m. Monday, said...

Manhole covers explode in Greenwich Village

NY Post reports that three explosions shook Houston Street between Thompson and MacDougal streets.  One witness says a manhole cover flew over 30 feet in the air when the blast occurred. One person has been...

Civic Hits 4 then Crashes Into "Bon Viant" Diner

"The driver of the black, four-door Honda Civic, described by eyewitnesses as a middle-aged female, reportedly hit one victim at 12th Street and Broadway and continued driving down the block, striking three others...

Guardian Angels swoop down on pot dealer on Christopher Street

"Pot peddlers around Christopher St. beware. The Guardian Angels have their eyes on you — and might very well help in arresting you.That’s the message the Angels, as well as the local police, are sending...

"Six Degrees" a rewarding character ensemble

"By Barry Garron LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Kevin Bacon notwithstanding, the phrase "six degrees of separation" has evolved to stand for the idea that we're all somehow connected, a slightly hipper version...

This is why you shouldn't tailgate

(Greenwich Village) The first thing i saw when i looked out my window this morning was a ladder sliding off the top of an Olympia Gate Company van and into the back seat of this car. Luckily nobody was hurt; had...

A Touch of New Orleans in Village Halloween Parade

A gifted little boy who lost his horn - and home - in Hurricane Katrina led a Halloween parade of witches, warlocks, goblins and ghosts monster-mashing through Greenwich Village, New Orleans-style, last...

Adrift in the Village

Movida mixes a crowd of bankers, club kids and old-timers nostalgic for New York's wanton dance scene.

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