The 55,000 square foot Park Avenue Armory has been transformed into a retro-futuristic tribute to the American space age with a sprawling installation by artist Tom Sachs. Called SPACE PROGRAM: MARS, the exhibit is also a living performance, with Sachs and his studio team of thirteen performing the myriad procedures, rituals, and tasks of their mission to Mars. Everything from the Mars landscape to the NASA aeronautical equipment is created out of salvaged materials or ordered from DIY catalogs. Click through on Katie Sokoler ‘s photos for a look at the massive, immersive show. Here’s a video preview: [ more › ]
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Photos: Experience NASA’s Amazing Trip To Mars Inside The Park Ave Armory
Yesterday’s police crackdown on SoHo’s street vendors is turning into a serious headache for a slew of licensed peddlers. After police from the 1st Precinct showed up on Broadway yesterday and started shutting down vendors for things like being inches under 20′ from a building entrance and having tables that were “too tall,” they came back to the bewildered workers and confiscated their carts and merchandise, too. This is not a small thing when your merchandise is your livelihood! [ more › ]
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NYPD Seizes Property From SoHo Street Vendors, In No Hurry To Give It Back
Yesterday we alerted you that MCA Day was coming to Union Square this Saturday, and below the organizer, Michael Kearney, tells us more about what to expect, and why he felt compelled to create a gathering to remember Adam Yauch . The event comes just over two weeks after Yauch’s passing on May 4th. In the interview, Kearney sums up why so many people who never knew Yauch personally were so saddened by his death. [ more › ]
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More Details About Tomorrow’s MCA Day In Union Square
Well, it was fun while it lasted! Starting this weekend the MTA will, as planned , ban boozing on board the LIRR from midnight to 5 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Considering how inebriated things were last weekend, we don’t have high hopes for this one. As the Wall Street Journal notes , the LIRR can be a pretty sodden place. Then again, new source of income for the MTA! [ more › ]
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Drink Up: LIRR Late Night Booze Ban Kicks In TONIGHT
Gothamist publisher Jake Dobkin is blowing the cover on this whole overhyped PokPok “Beer Slushie.” Here is his exclusive report: [ more › ]
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Calling Bullsh*t on PokPok’s "Beer Slushie"
After a group of teens attacked five people following a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert two weeks ago (“leaving one man with a fractured eye socket, another unconscious and a boy with multiple facial fractures”), the Newark police have decided to increase security at the Prudential Center for tomorrow afternoon’s Game 3 between the Devils and Rangers. [ more › ]
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Prudential Center Heightens Security For Devils-Rangers Game 3
Released by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency: the 1:84 scale model of Osama bin Laden’s Pakistani compound that was used to plan last year’s raid. The detailed replica took six weeks to build with painstaking precision, from the clay fields to the styrofoam buildings. [New York Daily News via Gizmodo ]
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bin Laden’s Hideout: Released by the National Geospatial Intelligence…
The Rockaway Beach food vendors are open for business starting tomorrow! [ more › ]
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Shut Out Of GoogaMooga? Rockaway Beach Club Opens Tomorrow
We still have a week left till Memorial Day Weekend—the unofficial start of summer—but with perfect weather ahead for the next couple days, the Great GoogaMooga , and topless women roaming the East Village, we feel comfortable declaring this weekend the unofficial unofficial start of summer! And to add to the fun, the first Brooklyn Flea record fair of the year will take place tomorrow in Williamsburg. [ more › ]
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Vinylly: Brooklyn Flea Record Fair Rings In Summer
Gluten-free food is here to stay. Though some still scoff at the gluten-sensitive, the option of eating sans gluten is increasingly popular for both health and diet reasons. Heck, Domino’s is even getting into the game (though we’d recommend trying the gluten-free pie at Pala or L’asso first). But the biggest growth area in the gluten-free game is in baking. To that end, Pip’s Place (“a Gluten Free Cakery”) has just opened its doors on the Upper East Side. Meanwhile, here are five other bakeries whose food tastes good even if you can eat gluten. [ more › ]
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Five Favorite Gluten-Free Dessert Spots In NYC Worth Trying