Plus Battery Park City hosts a free version of a hit play from The Flea at the Irish Hunger Memorial; learn mahjong at the China Institute. / 1 comment
Plus one more cashless cashier; a new bar at the Arlo Hotel; some monsters at The Flea; City Winery owner hosts tribute to Van Morrison; a petition for field space at the Gansevoort Peninsula / 1 comment
Plus: The 1st Precinct's new Neighborhood Coordination Officers; World Trade Center Greenmarket to move indoors; Louie Anderson stand-up; "Bucket o’Blood Cabaret" at the Flea.
Plus: The former Ritz-Carlton hotel was sold; Stephen Mueller's "funny, radiant, sexy, quasi-abstractions"; Todd Solodnz's play at the Flea.
Plus: Children's theater at the Flea; Weill Cornell on Worth Street; Jillian Denby paintings; a bit of rock gardening; openings and closings in the Seaport. / 1 comment
Plus: Manhatta's opening deal; the Working Families Party wants to screw over Deborah Glick; "Fiddler" rave; King restaurant profile; the Flea's upcoming season.
Plus: Starbucks and Vitamin Shoppe look likely to open sooner than expected; Frenchette menu with prices; more on Ato restaurant's tea room and shop; opera at the Flea; Bortolami gallery show. / 1 comment
Plus: Fitness classes at the Flea theater; Howard Street carpet store closing after 33 years; Cowboy Junkies in concert; "C2" shoot. / 1 comment
Plus: Local politicians push Cuomo for Battery Park City representation; city council speaker's secret food-cart bill; three women accuse Russell Simmons of rape; the reopening date for Soho Rep; the Flea's next season. / 1 comment
Plus: Red Wing Shoes pop-up at Grown & Sewn; changes coming to the Il Mulino storefront; "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" at the Flea; new acupuncturist office.
The new Flea is 25 percent larger than its previous incarnation, but the mission remains unchanged: to raise a "joyful hell in a small space." / 1 comment
Plus: Inside the Flea's new theater complex; a tour of Mariah Carey's closet; thefts at Brookfield Place and the new Mailroom nightclub; Zabar's bar in Chinatown.
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