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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