You already know what to get the get the guys (and the geeks) in your life. This one’s for the ladies. Above: 1. Jumbo chocolate Buddha, $50 – Bond Street Chocolate (63 East Fourth Street) 2. Giles and Brother silver necklace, $84 – Oak (28 Bond Street) 3. Great Lake sand terrarium prism, $65 – […]

Six of the season’s top poetry slammers will be competing for a chance at the finals. Watch The Local’s video to find out what it takes to get to the semis.

After several rejections by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, Jared Kushner gets approval for a rooftop addition to the famed building

At a Buddhist community center on Fourth Avenue, a lama and some of his students are raising money for the neediest inhabitants of Nepal.

A former D.J. at Area, Palladium, and other legendary clubs is making a documentary about what some consider the glory days of New York City nightlife.

An East Village native designs video games that are set in the neighborhood.

A roundup of this morning’s news, including a building for sale on Avenue B, a building on the market on East Houston Street, Courtney Love on the Bowery, and more.

A duo known as the Tree Riders has taken over for the previous vendor Roger Francis Baust, who died in September.

Meanwhile, the bacon waft persists.

Part three of The Local’s holiday gift guide: Geek chic!

Photos: Noah Fecks. On the northern fringes of Avenue A, an intriguing storefront stands out amidst the taverns, slice joints, and coffee shops. Its façade is blank except for a built-in 1950s-style television that for years has played loops of video art, and its front door is usually open into the wee hours of the […]

As workers removed a wall from the former Mars Bar this morning, deliveries came in to the forthcoming 7-Eleven.

The East Village lounge raises money to support the hospital bills for a “fixture of the New York nightlife scene” who was injured in a freak accident.

A roundup of this morning’s news, including more Occupy Wall Street arrests, an arrest in a mugging case, an undercover netting stolen iPhone buyers, and more.

A throwback tea party on the Second Avenue subway station platform.

The photography of Harvey Wiesnenberg.

Kathy Grayson’s gallery, The Hole, leads the pack of galleries that have opened up downtown recently. Before a show of paintings by Lola Montes Schnabel (daughter of Julian), she took her act to Miami Beach. The Local followed.

The fire started in the walls and ceiling near the wood burning oven.

From zombies to yogis and from guitar orchestras to boom-box symphonies, the East Village has plenty to keep you (and the kids) in good cheer this holiday season.