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After winning over a Webster Hall crowd, the band Wild Cub said on Facebook: “Thank you New York. You gave us two sold out shows in one week, we gave you half our equipment.”      NYT > N.Y. / Region

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This year the Metropolitan Museum of Art has taken a turn towards the dark side with their roof garden installation. The site-specific work is from artist Imran Qureshi, and the finished product looks like a large-scale promotional piece for Dexter. Or the scene of a gruesome, bloody murder spree (but with gorgeous views of a [...]

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Rangers prospect Dylan McIlrath had planned to spend a relaxing off-day in Boston but instead spent the afternoon running from danger.      Rangers Rss Article only

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  In a “radical move,” at the end of end of last year, Liz Mestres, left, stepped down as executive director of the Brecht Forum after 18 years. Mestres, along with the late Arthur Felberbaum, Mary Boger, right, Susan Boger, Carol Goldman, Bill Henning, Lisa Maya Knauer, Eli Messinger, Luis Prado and Juliet Ucelli, founded [...]

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The Casino Pier—beloved by Gov. Chris Christie and MTV star Snooki alike—helped turn this coastal town into one of the East Coast’s top surfing destinations beginning in the 1960s. WSJ.com: Newyork Main

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The frontman of The Virgins, playing Bowery Ballroom next week, talks about working with Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, sticking with the East Village while others move to Brooklyn, and more. The Local East Village

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Steak! Sushi! Sex! Where do scenesters go to score after they get too old for Lavo? The steakhouse is attracting a crowd of eager forty- and fiftysomethings, the Post reports. “I’m single and looking for a man — the men are the meat,” says one woman. And a 58-year-old “femme fatale and twice-divorced grandma” boasts [...]

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If you’ve ever walked by Wendigo Productions back when it was on Avenue B or now that it’s on Avenue A (with a new art gallery!) and wondered what the heck the place was all about, well here’s your answer. The Local East Village

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Beer halls are adding curfews, barring kids after bedtime. Home Page Top Stories on DNAINFO.com – Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | 12:41pm

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No, Gus is not here. “They ask if they can take pictures,” says a 19-year-old shift manager at Twisters, the real-life burrito shop that stands in for Gus Fring’s crystal meth front Los Pollos Hermanos on the AMC show. “They ask if Gus is here.” Apparently Albuquerque has had a tough time figuring out how [...]

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After Hurricane Sandy wiped out nearly all the cars in Howard Beach, Queens, residents bought new ones and provided tire thieves inviting targets. NYT > N.Y. / Region

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Brooklyn artist Charles Harlan created a mystery of how a 10-foot cylinder fit into a tiny gallery. Home Page Top Stories on DNAINFO.com – Tuesday, March 5, 2013 | 3:33pm

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A family doctor who lives and works in East Harlem happened upon the scene Thursday moments after Amar Diarrassouba, 6, was struck by a truck. She sent us this account. NYT > N.Y. / Region

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The New York bar scene is harking back to an era of sawdust-covered floors and bourbon-filled glasses. But just because these industrial-themed gastropubs are a departure from the sleek cocktail joints du jour, doesn’t mean the libations are — the drinks (and food) at three of the city’s newest hot spots are made with modern-day [...]

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