Cool Runnings with Sailor Jerry at Miss Lily's new Avenue A location

Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum was the feature of the Punky Reggae Cocktail Party last Thursday night, at Miss Lily's 7A, the new location in the East Village of Miss Lily's , the Jamaican restaurant that has been a Caribbean outpost on West Houston Street in Soho since 2011.

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Required Reading

... floating in dream-like stasis in tanks of clear water, originally seen in his Equilibrium show at the scrappy East Village space International With Monument, in 1985." " Not a Koons Person " by Maika Pollack (Gallerist NY): "You may quietly reflect ...

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Escape the city heat at these 6 icy cool locations

... cool pool (61 degrees) and an ice pool (46 degrees). "It's almost like shock therapy," says Andrew Day, 28, an East Village photographer who visits three to four times a month. "I can do a few seconds to a minute. It helps reset your senses, muscles ...

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The Halal Guys are expanding from food carts to restaurants

... prettified version of the Middle Eastern street food that draws lines down the block in Midtown. "For me, the (East Village restaurant) is not my aim," says Abouelenein. "This is just the first step. I am imagining something bigger than this." It's ...

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New Yorkers await kickoff of U.S. World Cup match

... ed, white and blue, there were pockets of supports for the German squad. The German bar Zum Schneider's in the East Village was relocating to a bigger space on 23rd St., with the owners expecting a turnout of up to 800 people.

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In 'Begin Again,' Keira Knightley Straps on a Guitar and Tries to Sing

... hostile ex-wife (Catherine Keener) and his car breaks down. At his lowest ebb, he wanders into a club in the East Village where Gretta is singing one of her sad songs about loneliness in the city, imagines a potential future star replete with ...

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The show must go on Artists don't let sidewalk show cancellation deter them; they plan their own

The city's art community was out in force on Friday, June 20 when a show of local artists' work opened at Bee's Art Studio, 914 Broadway.

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Review: Ivan Ramen Is So Good It Will Make Your Eyes Explode

On July 17, 2012, Ivan Orkin, perhaps the only Long Islander to become famous for running a duo of Tokyo ramen joints, hosted a one night pop-up at Momofuku Noodle Bar in Manhattan's East Village.

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Keira Knightley heads outside her comfort zone in 'Begin Again'

... After Gretta's creative partner and boyfriend (Adam Levine) becomes a star and moves out, Dan spots her on an East Village stage, giving one last performance at the mic before she abandons her career. Despite coming from Carney, the filmmaker behind ...

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MUD Truck in Prospect Park

MUD coffee tastes nothing like its name. It's not too bitter and it's not flavorless either like many street vendor's coffee.

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The Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory has been

... 1991, Sundaes and Cones has been selling quality, homemade ice cream for over 20 years. The shop moved to the East Village in 2006. Sundaes and Cones offers classic favorites like chocolate and vanilla but keeps their menu up to date with new ...

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10 Summer Food Tours in New York City: Plus One Epi Editor's Under-$50 East Village Eating Tour

If you're headed to New York City this summer and want to maximize your time tasting as many of the city's diverse cuisines as possible, consider going on a food tour.Many of the Big Apple's culinary guides are locals with a passion for sharing the best spots in city, and there's a food tour out there for just about any kind of experience you want.

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Photo Flash: First Look - Michael Canzoniero Completes Principal...

... art gallery, fabulous burlesque hot-spot the Slipper Room, trendy e-cigarette lounge the Henley Vaporium, an East Village yoga center, and a Soho bar, allowing the actors to move from one location to another without having to wait for set up. ...

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Director Michael Canzoniero Completed Principal Shooting in 48 Hours Around Nyc for Making the Day

... art gallery, fabulous burlesque hot-spot the Slipper Room, trendy e-cigarette lounge the Henley Vaporium, an East Village yoga center, and a Soho bar, allowing the actors to move from one location to another without having to wait for set up. ...

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New York City Personal Injury Lawyer Kenneth A. Wilhelm Calls for...

... examples of incidents where a victim was hit on the head by debris while walking near a sidewalk shed in the East Village as well as that of a child who suffered an electrical shock after she touched a sidewalk shed carrying live electrical voltage ...

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Archaeologists Recreate 'Elixir of Long Life' After Unearthing 1800s Bottle

... known to help prevent gas. When DNAinfo New York showed the recipes to herbalist Lata Kennedy, who's owned the East Village herb shop Flower Power for 19 years, she said many are still used to naturally treat ailments. "All those ingredients are ...

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Metropolitan Playhouse Receives Victorian Society Award

... Within the Law, hailed as "spectacularly good" by Martin Denton at nytheaternow.com . Called an "indispensable East Village institution" by nytheatre.com and "invaluable" by Back Stage, Metropolitan has earned accolades from The New York Times, and ...

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Turning Homelessness into Art

They're on our trains and our street corners, holding handwritten signs, asking for food, money, shelter, compassion.

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Pioneering NYC restaurant WD-50 to close in the fall

... loss of a history-making culinary laboratory. Dufresne is also the gastronomic conceptualist behind Alder, an East Village tavern that offers a playfully cubist version of pub grub, but the chef made his mark on the global food scene with WD-50, an ...

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Ann Arbor Civic Theatre announces 2014-15 season lineup

... by Glenn Bugala, tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. Jenn McKee is an entertainment reporter for The Ann Arbor News. Reach her at jennmckee@mlive.com or 734-623-2546, and ...

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Karen DeCrow's long career - here are five highlights

Mayoral run. In 1969 DeCrow ran for mayor of Syracuse against Lee Alexander. The run made her the first female mayoral candidate of any major city in New York state.

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's Restaurant Power Rankings: Claudette, Hudson Eats,...

... their restaurant), make sure you get over there before the end of the month . 15. Huertas (11) This charming East Village pintxos spot is drawing crowds and developing its own fanbase. The highlights: Excellent homemade vermouth, some great ciders ...

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The Grid: Collateral Damage of New York's Bike Share Program? Bike Shops

Charlie McCorkell supported New York's Citi Bike program from the beginning, as one of the bicycle-sharing network's founding members.

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Best Bets, June 5-11: Wine and chowder, the perfect pair

... boys Beck, with his Americana band The Bohemian Stains, and Ayers always promise a good time. 8:30 p.m. at East Village Coffee Lounge, 498 Washington St., Monterey. $10. The picnic's centerpiece is a festive barbecue prepared and served by community ...

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Exclusive: Sean MacPherson on What Makes a Hotspot Tick

... restaurants. At 184 rooms, the Ludlow is almost 50 percent larger than the nearby Bowery Hotel, the breakout East Village success opened by Mr. MacPherson in 2007. The Ludlow joins a hospitality portfolio that includes the Waverly Inn, the Park ...

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Fools Gold whiskey bar | Barclays' Sugar Factory | Diamond bankruptcy

For the Record is a weekly listing of information from the public record that can help businesspeople in the New York area find opportunities, potential new clients and updates on competitors.

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Best Weekend Treat

... birthday spot, packages start at $75, plus the menu bill. The Farmacy gang just opened a satellite at the East Village Kiehl's flagship (109 Third Ave., nr. 13th St.), taking the drugstore soda fountain back to basics. Where can you find the city's ...

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Scratchpad: Best Toddler-Friendly New Restaurants

... critically praised, moderately priced new restaurants around town, starting with these. 5. At Sara Jenkins's East Village pasta house Porsena (21 E. 7th St., nr. Cooper Sq.; 212-228-4923), the main draw for kids is a choice of unfancy-tasting pastas ...

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New York

... Hotel, the popular spot boasts decadent comfort food and a fashionable clientele. 3. The Redhead At unassuming East Village gastropub The Redhead, seasonal, Southern-inflected food and carefully-made cocktails reign supreme. On Triple D, Guy was ...

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Man steals $11,000 from church during service

... Church on East 14th St. The suspect swiped the cash from a night stand in a third floor bedroom of the East Village church rectory. Surveillance video shows the man roaming the building at about 1:15 p.m. The man reportedly encountered the church's ...

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Political Activists Say the NYPD Still Silent After Its Undercover Cops Were Exposed

... Will, but their request was denied. On Tuesday, Matt Metzgar, an activist whose efforts to remove from his East Village home an undercover officer during a 1997 political benefit are documented in the complaint, told the Voice the AP leak was proof ...

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You Can’t Stop the Afrobeat

... as if he was born for the job. Call him the Boy From Lagos. But Ngaujah, as he explained over breakfast in the East Village recently, grew up in Indiana and Georgia (where the locals had to learn that his name is pronounced, approximately, Sah ...

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The Stiles Ultimatum

... Strangers say hi to you! So I've kind of come back with a new perspective.' Leisurely sipping Diet Coke in an East Village cafe whose maitre d' won't stop staring at her-ads for The Bourne Ultimatum (she's been in all three Bournes ) are up and ...

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Jaime King and husband Kyle Newman bump into Dakota Johnson while out with baby James in NY

Jaime King and husband share laughs and cuddles with Dakota Johnson after bumping into her while on outing with baby James Jaime King and husband Kyle Newman bumped into Dakota Johnson as they left their hotel in New York's East Village with their baby James and a nanny on Monday.

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Face Off Unlimited Comes to Times Square with Launch of New Show

... the Japanese game show BATSU!, which NY Magazine calls a "Whacky Spectacle." Asian Fusion declares BATSU! an "East Village Sensation!" Face Off offers improv classes and corporate workshops, employs and trains the finest improv actors in New York, ...

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Off-Broadway legend Judith Malina forges on at 88

WHERE: The La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theatre, 74A E. Fourth St. , Manhattan. lamama.org, 646-430-5374.

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