We caught up with the Palenque food truck on East 14th Street before the holidays. The crew is taking a break through mid-January, but follow their schedule to find out when you can next get organic arepas in the East Village.
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Tonight: Doin’ It With Donkeys, On the Big Screen
By MELVIN FELIXIf you thought the lost episode of “Fear Factor” that Gawker recently excerpted was Too Much Donkey Information, you may want to steer clear of this week’s installment of the New Filmmakers’ Fest at Anthology Film Archives. At 6 p.m., the program kicks off with “Donkey Love,” about men in northern Colombia who have sex with donkeys. (Seems those secret service agents didn’t see the half of it.) The film’s premise (and trailer, above) left us with more than a few questions. So we spoke with the film’s director, Daryl Stoneage, to find out – among other things – if he wasn’t just making it all up.
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Is this real?
A.
This is 100 percent real. Some days when I Google search my name or talk to my girlfriend’s parents, I wish it wasn’t, but it truly is. Read more…
