East Village News

The Pulitzer Prize and Obie Award-winning Theatre for the New City will hold its 9th Annual LOVE N' COURAGE benefit gala on Monday, February 13 at the National Arts Club , this year honoring legendary centenarian writer Bel Kaufman, author of "Up the Down Staircase," it has been announced by Crystal Field , co-founder and artistic director of ... (more)

Four area restaurants double down, Bed Stuy loses brisket, and Carroll Garden's builds a better burger in this week's scrumptious serving of gossip.

Zurcher Studio 33 Bleecker Street , 212-777-0790 East Village / Lower East Side March 5 - March 12, 2012 Opening: Monday, March 5, 5 - 8 PM Web Site ZURCHER will yet again be for those who feel they are missing out on visiting the individual gallery amongst the whirlwind of the week of the Armory Show in New York - -here they will find an ... (more)

Hong Thaimee, the chef and owner of Ngam , is looking to extend the reach of Thai cuisine into the homes of New Yorkers by offering a series of monthly cooking classes at her East Village restaurant.

The East Village's Stand 4 today announced that every 2 weeks a new personality - whether it be Broadway, TV performer, football or baseball player - will come in and design and name a burger to go on the 'Wall of Flame.' The burger they design will also be for a cause they love.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, the composer of the Tony Award-winning musical that Dancap is bringing to the Toronto Centre for the Arts on Feb.

The FDNY responds to a fire in the East Village - New York, NY - Sep 30, 2011 NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget proposes cutting $40 million from the funding for New York City fire companies , and the possible reductions have the full attention of the fire officers union head - Al Hagan.

Fifteen-year-old fashionista Tavi Gevinson is singing in a short film, and she'll perform the song in the midst of the New York collections for fall 2012.

Times Square: A little late in the game, but R Lounge , located in the Renaissance Time Square Hotel, will be offering a number of Super Bowl specials, including the famous Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken, for only $5. Don't forget about that 360 degree view of Times Square.

"I'm not down in Florida playing golf. I'm still in the East Village. Things haven't changed that much for me.' That's how composer Philip Glass minimizes turning 75, a milestone that will be celebrated at music events throughout the city, beginning with the world premiere of his Symphony No.

Each month, HuffPost NY joins TastingTable.com 's New York editor, Tressa Eaton, to highlight our five favorite finds from the city's amazing culinary scene.

If your background isn't at least in part Chinese, and New Year's to you was celebrated a month-plus ago, then you're missing out on one of the coolest annual food celebrations there is.

Ever watch the movie Gangs of New York ? It is about the different immigrants coming to the New World, preferably, the area of the Five Points in Lower Manhattan.

Tomorrow is Jackson Pollock's 100th birthday. A trip to MOMA is in order! Also check out this gorgeous collection of 'behind the scenes' photos.

The notoriously grungy and dilapidated Mars Bar wasn't the kind of place that made you think of art.

Kevin Shea Adams, a photographer and musician living in New York, recently discovered that the abandoned space above his favorite bodega, East Village Farms on Avenue A, happens to be an old theatre which shut down in the late 1950s .

JANUARY 23: Birds fly over the late-19th-century Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection in a area of the East Village that the city of New York wants to declare a historic district on January 23, 2012 in New York City.

Though New York City has always been a place of fearless eaters , the latest trend to hit the mainstream culinary scene has even some of the strongest of stomachs feeling a little squeamish.

There's no way the movie "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" wouldn't strike a nerve with New Yorkers -- after all, it features a young boy who tries to make sense of his father's death in the World Trade Center on September 11 -- but some tactlessly placed ads are causing controversy in the Big Apple.

The Flatiron neighborhood is already home to two esteemed burger destinations: Danny Meyer's Shake Shack and a relative newcomer to the area, Schnipper's Quality Kitchen .