Police ‘reassessing’ Washington Square curfew, let park stay open Sunday night
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | In the words of Monty Python...and now for something completely different. After the mini-riot in Washington Square Park on Saturday night...
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Trigger’s cool new groove: Ice cream shops
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated June 10, 12:30 a.m.: Trigger is known for many things. He was the owner of the Continental, the East Village...
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Twenty-three arrested as cops clear Washington Square Park for early curfew
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | On second thought, maybe this won't be going so smoothly after all. On Friday night, police who had cleared Washington Square...
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City rolls out ‘Bike Boulevard’ concept for University Place
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | A month ago, when The Village Sun reported on the Department of Transportation doing community outreach for ideas for University...
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The Lower East Side Festival of the Arts is live again
The Theater for the New City's Lower East Side Festival of the Arts is back performing to live audiences again — with an emphasis on...
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Posts tagged as “outdoor music”

Pinc Louds’ Plan B: Play garden after being told no in park

Pinc Louds singer Claudi, third from right, and fans listen as a police officer tells the band that they can't use electric amplifiers in the park without a sound permit. (Photo by Everynight Charley Crespo)

Pinc Louds’ Plan B: Play garden after being told no in park

June 7, 2021

BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Meanwhile, in Tompkins Square Park… All the focus has been on Washington Square Park lately since the police imposed an…

New program would boost outdoor music and performances

Baby Machine performed recently at the Nexus Holiday Market and Flea at Peretz Square. Like other local musicians, they have been playing outdoors during the pandemic, though no one has been applying for any permits. (Photo by Everynight Charley Crespo)

New program would boost outdoor music and performances

January 5, 2021

BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Permits for outdoor concerts and other cultural events, which were halted in 2020 due to coronavirus concerns, likely will become…

Police pull plug on R&B band in Washington Square Park

Police tell Leroy Webb he has to stop playing amplified music in Washington Square Park at night. (Photo by Everynight Charley Crespo)

Police pull plug on R&B band in Washington Square Park

December 8, 2020

BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Leroy Webb spent a good part of the summer evenings singing rhythm and blues and playing his electric piano by…

Bands rock out the final Avenue B Flea

Daddy Long Legs playing at the Avenue B Flea on Nov. 15. (Photo by Everynight Charley Crespo)

Bands rock out the final Avenue B Flea

November 21, 2020

A rocking musical lineup at the final Avenue B Flea on Sun., Nov. 15, had the crowd jamming. The bands included Daddy Long Legs, Pleasure…

‘Offender’ doesn’t ‘let there be lights’ at Whiteclaw show

Whiteclaw playing at an earlier show in Tompkins Square Park, on Sept. 17, with their signature light wall. (Photo by Everynight Charley Crespo)

‘Offender’ doesn’t ‘let there be lights’ at Whiteclaw show

October 20, 2020

BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | With concert venues still closed, rock bands these days do not get many opportunities to practice their chops or gain…

Keep on truckin’: Rockin’ out outdoors during the pandemic

PLM Music Revue had the novel idea of using a truck as a stage outside Tompkins Square Park. (Photo by Everynight Charley Crespo)

Keep on truckin’: Rockin’ out outdoors during the pandemic

October 1, 2020

Charley Crespo a.k.a. Everynight Charley covered what he dubbed the “Sweet Sounds of September” last month as musicians continued to fill the parks with tunes.…