On Sidewalk Cafe’s roll-down gate today.

The sports bar has been open for 16 years.

“Baggage Battles” has been renewed for 14 episodes, Billy Leroy tells The Local. The second season will start filming July 11 at a customs auction in Newark.

Summer is a time for garden parties, rooftop views, and cocktails. If you can enjoy all that while supporting local non-profits, so much the better. Here are a few chances to do just that this week.

An IHOP neighbor continues to document every scent and stench wafting from the so-called International House of Putrid Odors.

The memorabilia was packed up with care and put in a moving truck headed to Savannah.

Some lucky pedestrians around Union Square got to zing down a 160-foot-long zip line before going off to work this morning.

“This collection is about a celebration of life,” explained the fashion designer. “In a way there is no better place to celebrate the vibrancy of life than in a cemetery.”

A roundup of this morning’s news.

The photography of Scott Lynch.

Earlier today, friends and family gathered to remember Corey Capers, a 31-year-old resident of Baruch Houses who was fatally stabbed early Saturday morning.

This week, dozens of residents and employees of the Cabrini Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation will receive bottles of holy water with which to bless their new homes or offices.

Sign up for The Local’s newsletter and get a chance to tour Allen Ginsberg’s apartment.

At two new plays, the audience members are invited to imbibe.

The Ex-Villagers: they loved the East Village and left it. Mara Levi closed her East Sixth Street restaurant last year. With the Long Island outpost of Mara’s Homemade now a year old, we checked in to see how she’s doing.

A roundup of this morning’s news, including two new art shows, a new play, photos of the neighborhood in the 80s, an interview with Jimmy from Trash & Vaudeville, and more.

The police have named a suspect in a stabbing that occurred early Saturday morning.

A fight involving a father, his son, and a police officer last Saturday grew into a brawl that took over Avenue D and spilled into a police station house, said residents of Alphabet City who report that tensions have been running high ever since. Videos obtained by The Local offer a glimpse into the chaos.

A man was stabbed to death on East Fifth Street early this morning, the police said.