Woman Killed in Hit and Run was Award-Winning Film Editor
by Avi - January 31, 2010 at 9:52 pm - - 2 Comments
Karen Schmeer, the 39-year-old woman run down Friday night by thieves allegedly escaping a pharmacy heist, was a well known film editor who had worked on major documentaries like Errol Morris’ “Fog of War”. Read More / Comment »
Another Seinfeld Episode Comes True
Costanza and the security guard.
As any true fan knows, life tends to have lots of Seinfeld moments. Case in point: the residents of 650 West End Avenue just won a fight with their coop board to get a chair for their doormen to sit on, instead of making them stand for eight hours at a time, the New York Post reported. Read More / Comment »
Events for $20 or Less Sunday
January 31, 2010
John Pizzarelli Concert
Jazz guitarist John PIzzarelli plays a kid-friendly jazz benefit for the Anderson School, PS 334. Food and drinks will be served, and CD’s will be available to buy. Read More / Comment »
Central Park Creates Totally Fake Winter Wonderland
Snow machines from the upstate New York ski area Gore Mountain blew artificial snow all over the area just south of the Bandshell in Central Park on Saturday in preparation for Winter Jam 2010 on Feb. 6. Read More / Comment »
Man Charged with Murder 2 in 90th Street Hit and Run
by Avi - January 30, 2010 at 5:52 pm - - 2 Comments
Police have identified the victim of the fatal hit and run crash on 90th street and Broadway Friday night. The victim’s name is Marie Karen Schmeer and she was 39. Police also named the man arrested in the hit and run. Read More / Comment »
Tavern Tag Sale: Images from the End of an Era
Yes, those are Greek columns sticking out the back of that convertible driving away from Tavern on the Green Saturday. That was how awesome the Tavern on the Green going-out-of-business tag sale was.
Never before have we heard more New Yorkers saying “Oh my God” at a tag sale. There were quite a few “Oh my God” items, and they were almost preposterously inexpensive — as in two formal white tablecloths for $20, or black satin jackets with glitter pictures of ladies riding tigers for less than $10. Yes, we purchased both of those items. Check them out in our slideshow below. And check out our previous Tavern coverage here. (all photos by Avi)
Woman Killed in Hit and Run on 90th Street
by Avi - January 30, 2010 at 10:44 am - - 3 Comments
A trio of thieves suspected of stealing drugs from a nearby pharmacy ran over a woman carrying groceries on 90th Street and Broadway Friday night, killing her Read More / Comment »
Events for $20 or Less Saturday
FOCUS! 2010 – Composing an American Mainstream at Juilliard
Juilliard’s mid-winter festival of contemporary music, created in 1945 by School President William Schuman (re-named in 1985), comes full-circle with this year’s spotlight on American composers, including works by Schuman himself, and an all-Schuman addendum in April with the Juilliard Orchestra led by Leonard Slatkin. Read More / Comment »
Upper West Side Restaurant Invents Mac n’ Cheese Pizza
This just in: you can put macaroni and cheese on a pizza. But should you? Read More / Comment »
Did You Lose Your Shiba Inu?
Someone found a small Shiba Inu on Wednesday night at 102nd Street and Broadway and is looking for the owner via Craigslist. Spread the word. Shiba Inus are, in fact, the cutest dogs in the world. (Yes, the Westside Independent’s official mascot happens to be a Shiba Inu.)
