Rethinking the Tortilla: Aspiring Restaurateur Seeks Funding to Bring ...

... no one I've asked had ever actually had a pupusa." Similar to the Venezuelan arepa, made popular in New York's East Village and Brooklyn by hot spot Caracas, Pupusas are a gluten-free corn masa closed tortilla stuffed with any combination of beans, ...

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Peloton puts a new spin on home workouts with high-tech bike

... its paces. Peloton is the spinning class - without the actual class. I took the bike for a spin in my own tiny East Village apartment. Peloton is a new touch-screen-enabled bicycle that lets the user take classes from the comfort of her own home - ...

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Many varieties of shave ice are available to New Yorkers looking to cool off

A gold flake topped shave ice reportedly debuted at a Tokyo hotel this summer for $25, while another nearby hotel just started serving the summery snack with a scoop of caviar - for $50.

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Site-Specific Dead Behind These Eyes Set for Sing Sing Karaoke, Begin. 8/29

Taking place inside an East Village karaoke bar, Sister Sylvester's Dead Behind These Eyes is a site-specific performance about pop music, love and apathy.

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The Corporate Sector Completely Assimilates Brooklyn, NY's Williamsburg

... decline as factories and warehouses closed. It became a symbol of urban blight. Towards the late 1990s, as the East Village began to become too expensive for starving artists, the poorest of students and recent graduates, these urban pioneers began ...

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The Oldest Rapper In Hip Hop Takes On Cam'ron

He was rolling along in his wheelchair on a busy East-Village street, looking for something.

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Film clips

... with a major label, she's at loose ends until a disgraced record label exec stumbles upon her performing on an East Village stage. (101 minutes) BLENDED, PG-13 After a disastrous blind date, single parents (Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore) agree on ...

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