East 1st Street and Bowery, June 13 2008-- East Villagers vociferously protest the gentrification of the neighborhood, the so-called "redefined" Bowery (developer terminology), the proliferation of wine bars such as the one owned by Bruce Willis, sterile glass architecture typified by Avalon Chrystie Place, and rampant residential and small business evictions. The protest march continued past the former CBGBs, the Bowery Hotel, to 47 East 3rd street where a landlord couple invoked eminent domain to evict a large number of tenants and reclaim the entire building for themselves (see earlier post on this bldg on this blog), then across Tompkins Square where a French film was being shown by the Parks Dept and the French Film Office (for free) past Bill Castro who scuttled away at the sight of the protesters and on to the Christadora building.
Tompkins Square Park skaters from Ruthie Doyle on Vimeo. A short documentary about the skateboarders in Tompkins Square Park in New York (the East Village), made start to finish in two afternoons. Cast: Ruthie Doyle
Jesus as a Muslim! Jesus as a pimp! Jesus as a junkie! A uniquely talented artist in NYC's East Village holds forth at "Galeria DeLaVega". 102 Saint Marks Place. (That's 'Galeria' spelled with one 'l'). His visions of Jesus are multiple, visionary, inspired and outrageously funny. Enjoy exploring his many manifestations of "JESUS AS".Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)Tags: galeria delavega, st. marks place, east village, nyc, pimp, muslim, jesus drawings, randy wicker, hitler, prostitute, porn star, glover, puerto rican
Robert Schneider’s revival of the much-acclaimed Dirt was surprisingly dusty in its efforts to portray the plight of an illegal immigrant from Iraq, desperately trying to make a go of it in the big city peddling roses. Sad, our solo character appears to wallow in self-pity and self-loathing while diminishing his last vestiges of self-respect through an unyielding envy for the culture, the literature and accomplishments of a country that rejects his very existence
Gallery curator, Peter Kato and graphic artist, Paul Tam presents an art gallery show, Lucky Lucky Kitty Kitty. A collection of over sixty artists have their artwork featured based on the Chinese/Japanese pop culture and folklore icon, Maneki Neko. This show was held at The Showroom NYC in January 2008. Abby Denson Alexandra Pyak Andrea Kang Angel Tan BlairWear Brian Procell Cheo Leon Clementine Daniels Crystal Puckett David Healey David Ansvanda Doug Cross Douglas diMonda Elizabeth Ito Eric Holswade Gina Garan Gloria Chan Jason Pulgarin Jim Debarros Jimmy Garzon Joann Lee John Shonen June Chan Justin Volpe Kayo Shibayama Kenny Chan Kotaro Kawashima Kristen Martin Mad Barbarians Mariati Galatio Mark Andrews Mary Chan Matt Siren Matthew Francis Timpanelli Michael Nunez Michelle Glick Mike Chan Mone Monmolli Nairobi Morgan Nick Martin Nicole Eckstrom Nozomi Oshima Nyeema Morgan Paul Tam Pirouette Daniels R. Trimmer Rob Keith Ruth Holswade Ryan Murphy Sarah Miller Shane Steinhilber Shin DevilRobots SipeStar Tokyo Alice Tracy Kontos Victoria Semajerian Virginia Shou Woodrow Martin Yuka Iino Yukie Takahashi
Mini-documentary filmed in 2000 by St. Orr of "Chatham and Campbells", a small elegant though short-lived coffee shop in the EAST VILLAGE of Manhattan off 1st Ave. and 6th St. Writers, artists, zany characters open up on camera for fun and entertainment in the spirit of fun, charm and creativity--NOT hustling deals deals deals on mobiles and crackberries like it is NOW!* Author's Note.
Gallery curator, Peter Kato and graphic artist, Paul Tam presents an art gallery show, Lucky Lucky Kitty Kitty. A collection of over sixty artists have their artwork featured based on the Chinese/Japanese pop culture and folklore icon, Maneki Neko. This show was held at The Showroom NYC in January 2008. Abby Denson Alexandra Pyak Andrea Kang Angel Tan BlairWear Brian Procell Cheo Leon Clementine Daniels Crystal Puckett David Healey David Ansvanda Doug Cross Douglas diMonda Elizabeth Ito Eric Holswade Gina Garan Gloria Chan Jason Pulgarin Jim Debarros Jimmy Garzon Joann Lee John Shonen June Chan Justin Volpe Kayo Shibayama Kenny Chan Kotaro Kawashima Kristen Martin Mad Barbarians Mariati Galatio Mark Andrews Mary Chan Matt Siren Matthew Francis Timpanelli Michael Nunez Michelle Glick Mike Chan Mone Monmolli Nairobi Morgan Nick Martin Nicole Eckstrom Nozomi Oshima Nyeema Morgan Paul Tam Pirouette Daniels R. Trimmer Rob Keith Ruth Holswade Ryan Murphy Sarah Miller Shane Steinhilber Shin DevilRobots SipeStar Tokyo Alice Tracy Kontos Victoria Semajerian Virginia Shou Woodrow Martin Yuka Iino Yukie Takahashi
Hanging with "the PLUGS" Marian and Betty at their ultra-fabulous MIKEYS Pet Shop in the East Village, NYC. Yuppies, NYU-eunochs, Real Estate Developers and Bond Street Billionaires BEWARE!
NYCMASSEUR.COM (Steve Orr) talks about his experience being "queer bashed" by 3 Latin male teenagers in 1994; how he survived, processed--healed from the experience, learned how to be stronger from it and transcended and transformed the urge for revenge into an urge to be a stronger person.
Hey NYC theatergoers, looking for something drastically theatrically different this weekend? Perhaps some European theater wrapped in a circus like atmosphere, with a splash of fairy tales from the old country? How about if we could suggest a comedic dramatic production of Pinocchio produced via a hidden dark metaphoric enigmatic driven plot that will keep you riveted throughout the play and engaged in conversation for the rest of your evening?
