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Kelsey Kudak Kelsey Kudak A fresh coat of paint is still drying on the facade of the Bowery Poetry Club, but last week patrons slipped through the side door of 308 Bowery and entered another era. The club now shares a space with Duane Park, the well-known burlesque joint formerly in Tribeca. Chandeliers from the 1920s […]

A block association wants to adopt a resolution that would make it harder for large franchises and chain stores to open shop in the East Village without prior community approval.

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.

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

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

The Local’s daily roundup of East Village news from around the web, including the latest on the CBGB festival and movie, more on the Lower East Side shooting of a police officer, remembering the Grateful Dead in Tompkins Square Park, brunch at Boukies, and more.

The club will close for around a month and add food service.

It’s Allen Ginsberg’s birthday weekend and today Tompkins Square Park was buzzing with art, dance, music, and, um, bouncy castles and face-painting. Yes: it’s Howl! Festival.

It’s a Howl of an opportunity: Sign up for The Local’s newsletter for the chance to visit Allen Ginsberg’s former apartment with his longtime secretary, Bob Rosenthal, sharing his memories of the bard.

A beekeeper who tends to the bees on the rooftop of the Bowery Poetry Club thinks the bees that swarmed near Bleecker Street on Wednesday likely came from a neighboring hive rather than those belonging to the literary bar.

The bees that swarmed on the Bowery yesterday will find a new home in Queens today. But where did they come from in the first place? The beekeeper that relocated them points to the rooftop of the Bowery Poetry Club.

A roundup of this morning’s news.

A roundup of this morning’s news.

The Bowery Poetry Club’s front café, which went dark after Bowery Beef closed last summer, is once again brewing coffee, this time under the eye of a former manager at Think Coffee’s Mercer Street location.

A roundup of today’s news, including an all-you-can-drink brunch deal and the closing of a roast-beef joint.

Cary Abrams previews the Howl Festival.