lower east side
NYC Weekend Round-Up: Male Beauty Pageant, Fun at Stonewall Inn and Tarot Card Readings in Brooklyn
Start off the first weekend of 2014 with these off-the-wall events!!! 15th Annual Mr. Lower East Side Beauty Pageant at the Cake Shop For the last 15 years the self-proclaimed Bob Barker of the Lower East Side, Rev Jen Miller, has hosted the Mr. Lower East Side Beauty Pageant. It’s
Vannessa’s Dumpling House: So Damn Cheap, So Damn Good!
Food is absolutely amazing! It can pick you up when you are feeling down, help celebrate life’s Hallmark moments, bridge the gaps between cultures and most of it fuels your body! With that being said, it is obvious we need food…right?! But what if you are strapped for cash? You
FREE Comedy Tonight: The BIG Pony Show at Leftfield
Mondays can sort of suck, but they don’t need to when there’s a pony involved. Tonight, you can experience laughter on the Lower East Side, with the BIG Pony Show at Leftfield. The show is FREE and it’s hosted by Harlem-based comedian Mike Brown. The showcase also features comedians Alyssa
FREE: Compulsion Opening Reception at Mark Miller Gallery
Compulsive decisions are fun. Wouldn’t you agree? Artists Dina Brodsky and Maria Kreyn would. That’s why they have come together to present New Yorkers with a month-long exhibit exploring compulsiveness at the Mark Miller Gallery on Orchard Street from May 8th-June7th. Compulsion explores exquisite pieces from artists who “focus obsessively
The 2nd Annual New York Funny Songs Festival Needs Your Help
You read the title. Now, you might be asking yourself: What is the NY Funny Songs Festival and why does it need my help? Great questions! This unique four-day festival celebrates the marriage between comedy and music. More than 50 comedy musicians come together to perform in more than 18
Doc Holliday’s: Small Town Bar in the Big City
Doc Holliday’s gives me the impression that some rich schmuck got bored and decided to helicopter in a small Midwestern bar into Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood. It might have something to do with the old school country music and classic rock springing from the speakers. Maybe it was the
FREE Concert: Fortress of Attitude Playing Arlene’s Grocery Tonight
Sadly, I’ve received some terrible news this month: there will not be an intimate apartment show with the boys from Fortress of Attitude. But, the good news is that they will be performing at Arlene’s Grocery tonight! The New York-based comedy rock group will be hitting the stage for an