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Ahead of a competition tomorrow, some East Village meat masters reveal their secrets.

Cooper Union SOS A few days after The Times ran a piece about the possibility of tuition at Cooper Union, student protests are gearing up again. At issue this time: prospective students whose early-decision applications have been deferred ahead of the school’s vote, next month, about whether or not to begin charging tuition to incoming […]

With spring around the corner, residents will gather at ABC No Rio tomorrow to plot the future of the Siempre Verde garden.

Who’s the best barista around? Here’s what seven of them are planning for the Northeast Regional Barista Competition, happening this week.

The Local’s daily roundup of East Village news from around the Web.

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Local artist Nicolina Johnson, better known as just Nicolina, revealed the latest in her series of epic “portals” today, and moved quickly to fix one that had been vandalized.

Star, the pit-bull that was shot by a police officer last August, is finally up for adoption.

Even petite women have come in to express their excitement about the healthy-sized models in the window, says the owner of the new Lower East Side shop.

A look inside the new restaurant with the $2,200 samurai. It aims to open this week.

A small group chanted anti-7-Eleven slogans at the site of the incoming store on Avenue A and then voiced support for local delis in front of New York Health Choice, Yankee Two, and others.

The Local’s daily roundup of East Village news from around the Web.

It’s said the Stony Brook sophomore had a congenital heart condition and had been bar-hopping earlier in the night.

What’s this samurai doing on First Avenue?

The owner of the building that housed P.S. 64 and then the CHARAS/El Bohio community center has applied for a permit to covert one of the East Village’s largest and most controversial vacant properties into a dormitory.

The dollar-slice war is on!

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.

We sat down with five of this year’s ten presenters, including one who’s based in the East Village, to see what we can expect from their shows and why it’s worth a hop across the river.