Opinion: Make University Place car-free with a bike boulevard or pedestrian greenway
BY AUSTIN CELESTIN | New York’s favorite pandemic pastime has returned with winter in the rearview mirror. The popular Open Streets initiative has forever transformed...
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De Blasio running for new Downtown congressional seat but so is Hoylman
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Hank Sheinkopf immediately knew why The Village Sun was calling on Friday. "He can win — and he can win significantly,"...
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Ryder Kessler, Open New York candidate, takes on Deborah Glick in Assembly Democratic primary
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Ryder Kessler, a young politico endorsed by Open New York, among others, is running against longtime incumbent Assemblymember Deborah Glick in...
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Adams cancels Grand St. homeless shelter in Chinatown allegedly due to Hotel Trades Council opposition
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated May 2, 9:00 p.m.: In a stunning reversal and a major victory for Chinatown residents and merchants, Mayor Adams has...
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Stuy Town parking on loop roads is loopy: D.O.T./N.Y.P.D. reject 15-minute grace period in no-standing zones
BY KEITH J. KELLY | New York Police Department ticket agents are apparently no longer honoring a decades-old agreement reached between the Department of Transportation...
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Posts tagged as “outdoor performances”

Little Island makes a big splash on the Hudson

Little Island a.k.a. Pier 55 opened to the public last Friday in Hudson River Park. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Little Island makes a big splash on the Hudson

May 25, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Along with the city’s reopening from the waning pandemic, the Little Island opened for the first time to the public last…

Local musicians invade parks and sidewalks with live performances

The Sammy Buttons Experience jammed outdoors at Union Square on March 20. (Photo by Everynight Charley Crespo)

Local musicians invade parks and sidewalks with live performances

March 30, 2021

BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | With big fanfare, New York’s state and city leaders promised to kick-start an arts and cultural revival in 2021 with…

Open Culture program to kick off in March

Not waiting for the de Blasio's administration's plan, the Theater for the New City, on First Ave. at 10th St., has been bringing its "Open ’Tho Shut" variety shows to the streets. Above, Amy Coleman sang standards accompanied by Peter Dizozza on Feb. 6. (Photo by Everynight Charley Crespo)

Open Culture program to kick off in March

February 13, 2021

BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Starting in March, New York City’s long-promised Open Culture program will open more than 100 traffic-free streets to performing-arts events.…

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…