A Lower East Side artist creates paintings using cattle blood procured from slaughterhouses.

Days after local firehouses commemorated September 11, 2001, Engine Company Five dedicated a plaque to the late Raymond Ragucci, a retired firefighter who died last year, just a week shy of the ten-year anniversary of the attacks.

Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong continue sorting through their archives of punk-era concert footage as it’s digitized for the Downtown Collection at N.Y.U.’s Fales Library.

Kim’s Video Makes a Pizza, as the venue will be called, will be located at 101 Avenue D, a new building facing the Jacob Riis Houses.

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Nicole Guzzardi Nicole Guzzardi A block away from where Mama’s Food Shop was being emptied earlier this week, signage was torn down from the former Kate’s Joint this evening. Ruth Marquez, a longtime Lower East Sider who spent a dozen years working in Puerto Rico as an events planner and then returned to the neighborhood, held […]

It’s been a week of highs and lows for Nublu. Tonight, the club celebrates its 10th anniversary at Le Poisson Rouge. But earlier this week, owner Ilhan Ersahin was forced to defended himself against accusations that his live music venue is to blame for noise on Avenue C.

Yesterday, a local blogger posted his high-resolution map of the trees of Tompkins Square Park. On Saturday, he’ll talk about his quest to identify every single one of them.

After riding out a wave of opposition in March, Bikinis Eatery will open its doors this Saturday. Here’s a look inside.

A seafood shack has opened in the former Meatball Factory space. Here’s a look at the venue and the menu.

A roundup of news from around the East Village, including a history of the East Village in 10 objects, the latest on Andrew Carmellini’s new restaurant, and more.

Preservationists, politicians, and neighborhood residents asked the Landmarks Preservation Commission yesterday to limit the height of a proposed hotel that they fear will damage the historic Merchant’s House Museum.

On the heels of news that East Village pizzeria Motorino is reopening in Williamsburg, The Local maps 19 restaurants with locations on either side of the bridge.

It’s bird migration season, meaning you can see more than just the usual pigeons and sparrows in Tompkins Square Park. Dennis Edge, a local birder, has photographed 92 species there, and he’ll talk about it at the 6th & B community garden later this month.

Parishioners locked out of Mary Help of Christians gathered in front of the church steps last night and chanted before a candlelit image of the Virgin Mary. They plan to return to the sidewalk every night, at 7 p.m., even during the cold of winter.

A roundup of East Village news from around the Web, including a guilty plea from the “White-Glove Bandit,” an interview with Allen Ginsberg’s research assistant, an new production at the Public Theater, and more.

Ladder Company 3 marked the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 with a noontime memorial for twelve firefighters – plus one relative – killed in the terrorist attacks 11 years ago.

Jeremiah Clancy wants to make clear that a new Mama’s coming to 200 East Third Street has nothing to do with the bygone East Village institution.

Taureau has left foodie row and a neighborhood longtimer I Coppi has closed on Ninth Street, taking its garden with it.